Description

2001 Topps Stars is a 200-card set released exclusively to Topps' Home Team Advantage dealer network in June, 2001. The base set consists of 200 cards with no short prints or variations. The set primarily focuses on veterans with a small subset of Hall of Fame players and 22 rookie cards including Jose Reyes, Jake Peavy and Albert Pujols -- but not Ichiro Suzuki as he was not under contract to Topps at the time.

This would be the final Topps Stars product after a five year run.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack. HTA Hobby stores only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
Gold	200	499	1:9
Onyx	200	99	1:48
Elimination	134	100	1:72
Progression	9	-	1:8
Player's Choice Awards	10	-	1:12
Player's Choice Awards Relics	10	-	1:530
Game-Gear Jerseys	15	-	1:61
Game-Gear Bats	21	-	1:187
Autographs	13	-	1:353
Game-Gear Autographed Jerseys	2	25	1:19,288
Game-Gear Autographed Bats	3	25	1:12,240

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Darin Erstad
2 Luis Gonzalez
3 Rafael Furcal
4 Dante Bichette
5 Sammy Sosa
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Jim Thome
8 Bob Higginson
9 Cliff Floyd
10 Lance Berkman
11 Eric Karros
12 Jeromy Burnitz
13 Jose Vidro
14 Benny Agbayani
15 Jorge Posada
16 Ramon Hernandez
17 Jason Kendall
18 Jeff Kent
19 John Olerud
20 Al Martin
21 Gerald Williams
22 Gabe Kapler
23 Carlos Delgado
24 Mariano Rivera
25 Javy Lopez
26 Paul Konerko
27 Daryle Ward
28 Mike Lieberthal
29 Tom Goodwin
30 Garret Anderson
31 Steve Finley
32 Brian Jordan
33 Nomar Garciaparra
34 Ray Durham
35 Sean Casey
36 Kenny Lofton
37 Dean Palmer
38 Jeff Bagwell
39 Mike Sweeney
40 Adrian Beltre
41 Richie Sexson
42 Vladimir Guerrero
43 Derek Jeter
44 Miguel Tejada
45 Doug Glanville
46 Brian Giles
47 Marvin Benard
48 Edgar Martinez
49 Edgar Renteria
50 Fred McGriff
51 Ivan Rodriguez
52 Brad Fullmer
53 Antonio Alfonseca
54 Tom Glavine
55 Warren Morris
56 Johnny Damon
57 Dmitri Young
58 Mo Vaughn
59 Randy Johnson
60 Greg Maddux
61 Carl Everett
62 Magglio Ordonez
63 Pokey Reese
64 Todd Helton
65 Preston Wilson
66 Richard Hidalgo
67 Jermaine Dye
68 Gary Sheffield
69 Geoff Jenkins
70 Edgardo Alfonzo
71 Paul O'Neill
72 Terrence Long
73 Bob Abreu
74 Kevin Young
75 J.T. Snow
76 Alex Rodriguez
77 Jim Edmonds
78 Mark McGwire
79 Tony Batista
80 Darrin Fletcher
81 Robb Nen
82 Jose Offerman
83 Travis Fryman
84 Joe Randa
85 Omar Vizquel
86 Tim Salmon
87 Andruw Jones
88 Albert Belle
89 Manny Ramirez
90 Frank Thomas
91 Barry Larkin
92 Neifi Perez
93 Luis Castillo
94 Moises Alou
95 Mark Quinn
96 Kevin Brown
97 Cristian Guzman
98 Mike Piazza
99 Bernie Williams
100 Jason Giambi
101 Scott Rolen
102 Phil Nevin
103 Rich Aurilia
104 Mike Cameron
105 Fernando Vina
106 Greg Vaughn
107 Jose Cruz, Jr.
108 Raul Mondesi
109 Ben Molina
110 Pedro Martinez
111 Todd Hollandsworth
112 Jacque Jones
113 Rickey Henderson
114 Troy Glaus
115 Chipper Jones
116 Delino DeShields
117 Eric Young
118 Jose Valentin
119 Roberto Alomar
120 Jeff Cirillo
121 Mike Lowell
122 Julio Lugo
123 Shawn Green
124 Marquis Grissom
125 Matt Lawton
126 Jay Payton
127 Dave Justice
128 Eric Chavez
129 Pat Burrell
130 Ryan Klesko
131 Barry Bonds
132 Jay Buhner
133 J.D. Drew
134 Rafael Palmeiro
135 Shannon Stewart
136 Juan Gonzalez
137 Tony Womack
138 Carlos Lee
139 Derrek Lee
140 Ben Grieve
141 Ron Belliard
142 Stan Musial
143 Ernie Banks
144 Jim Palmer
145 Tony Perez
146 Duke Snider
147 Rod Carew
148 Warren Spahn
149 Yogi Berra
150 Juan Marichal
151 Eric Munson
152 Carlos Pena
153 Joe Crede
154 Ryan Anderson
155 Milton Bradley
156 Sean Burroughs
157 Corey Patterson
158 C.C. Sabathia
159 Ben Petrick
160 Aubrey Huff
161 Gookie Dawkins
162 Ben Sheets
163 Pablo Ozuna
164 Eric Valent
165 Rod Barajas
166 Chin-Feng Chen
167 Josh Hamilton
168 Keith Ginter
169 Vernon Wells
170 Dernell Stenson
171 Alfonso Soriano
172 Jason Marquis
173 Nick Johnson
174 Adam Everett
175 Jimmy Rollins
176 Ben Diggins
177 John Lackey
178 Scott Heard
179 Brian Hitchcox RC*
180 Odannis Ayala RC*
181 Scott Pratt RC*
182 Greg Runser RC*
183 Chris Russ RC*
184 Derek Thompson
185 Jason Jones RC
186 Dominic Rich RC*
187 Chad Petty RC*
188 Steve Smyth RC
189 Bryan Hebson RC
190 Danny Borrell RC*
191 Bob Keppel RC
192 Justin Wayne RC
193 Reggie Abercrombie RC
194 Travis Baptist RC
195 Shawn Fagan RC*
196 Jose Reyes RC
197 Chris Bass RC*
198 Albert Pujols RC
199 Luis Cotto RC*
200 Jake Peavy RC

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
Onyx (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Elimination

This 134-card partial-parallel was randomly inserted into packs as part of a game where winning cards could be redeemed for a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to the 2002 All-Star Game or a 2001 Topps factory set. Winning cards had to be exchanged by October 19, 2001.

Each card was limited, but not serial-numbered, to 100 copies.

1 Darin Erstad
2 Luis Gonzalez
3 Rafael Furcal
4 Dante Bichette
5 Sammy Sosa
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Jim Thome
8 Bob Higginson
9 Cliff Floyd
10 Lance Berkman
11 Eric Karros
12 Jeromy Burnitz
13 Jose Vidro
14 Benny Agbayani
15 Jorge Posada
16 Ramon Hernandez
17 Jason Kendall
18 Jeff Kent
19 John Olerud
20 Al Martin
21 Gerald Williams
22 Gabe Kapler
23 Carlos Delgado
25 Javy Lopez
26 Paul Konerko
27 Daryle Ward
28 Mike Lieberthal
29 Tom Goodwin
30 Garret Anderson
31 Steve Finley
32 Brian Jordan
33 Nomar Garciaparra
34 Ray Durham
35 Sean Casey
36 Kenny Lofton
37 Dean Palmer
38 Jeff Bagwell
39 Mike Sweeney
40 Adrian Beltre
41 Richie Sexson
42 Vladimir Guerrero
43 Derek Jeter
44 Miguel Tejada
45 Doug Glanville
46 Brian Giles
47 Marvin Benard
48 Edgar Martinez
49 Edgar Renteria
50 Fred McGriff
51 Ivan Rodriguez
52 Brad Fullmer
55 Warren Morris
56 Johnny Damon
57 Dmitri Young
58 Mo Vaughn
61 Carl Everett
62 Magglio Ordonez
63 Pokey Reese
64 Todd Helton
65 Preston Wilson
66 Richard Hidalgo
67 Jermaine Dye
68 Gary Sheffield
69 Geoff Jenkins
70 Edgardo Alfonzo
71 Paul O'Neill
72 Terrence Long
73 Bob Abreu
74 Kevin Young
75 J.T. Snow
76 Alex Rodriguez
77 Jim Edmonds
78 Mark McGwire
79 Tony Batista
80 Darrin Fletcher
82 Jose Offerman
83 Travis Fryman
84 Joe Randa
85 Omar Vizquel
86 Tim Salmon
87 Andruw Jones
88 Albert Belle
89 Manny Ramirez
90 Frank Thomas
91 Barry Larkin
92 Neifi Perez
93 Luis Castillo
94 Moises Alou
95 Mark Quinn
97 Cristian Guzman
98 Mike Piazza
99 Bernie Williams
100 Jason Giambi
101 Scott Rolen
102 Phil Nevin
103 Rich Aurilia
104 Mike Cameron
105 Fernando Vina
106 Greg Vaughn
107 Jose Cruz
108 Raul Mondesi
109 Ben Molina
111 Todd Hollandsworth
112 Jacque Jones
113 Rickey Henderson
114 Troy Glaus
115 Chipper Jones
116 Delino DeShields
117 Eric Young
118 Jose Valentin
119 Roberto Alomar
120 Jeff Cirillo
121 Mike Lowell
122 Julio Lugo
123 Shawn Green
124 Marquis Grissom
125 Matt Lawton
126 Jay Payton
127 Dave Justice
128 Eric Chavez
129 Pat Burrell
130 Ryan Klesko
131 Barry Bonds
132 Jay Buhner
133 J.D. Drew
134 Rafael Palmeiro
135 Shannon Stewart
136 Juan Gonzalez
137 Tony Womack
138 Carlos Lee
139 Derrek Lee
140 Ben Grieve
141 Ron Belliard
198 Albert Pujols

Inserts

Player's Choice Awards

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This 10-card set features players nominated for various Player's Choice Awards for the 2000 baseball season. Each card has three players and the cards were inserted 1:12 packs.

PCA1 Barry Bonds / Todd Helton / Carlos Delgado
PCA2 Eric Davis / Gary Sheffield / Turk Wendell
PCA3 Carlos Delgado / Alex Rodriguez / Frank Thomas
PCA4 Pedro Martinez / David Wells / Andy Pettitte
PCA5 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Mark Quinn / Terrence Long
PCA6 Frank Thomas / Jay Buhner / Bob Higginson
PCA7 Todd Helton / Barry Bonds / Jeff Kent
PCA8 Randy Johnson / Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux
PCA9 Rafael Furcal / Rick Ankiel / Jay Payton
PCA10 Andres Galarraga / Moises Alou / Jeff D'Amico

Progression

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The 9-card set features three players per card (one active, one retired, and one rookie/prospect) that all play the same position. The cards were inserted 1:8 packs

P1 Ernie Banks / Alex Rodriguez / Felipe Lopez
P2 Yogi Berra / Ivan Rodriguez / Ramon Hernandez
P3 Tony Perez / Carlos Delgado / Eric Munson
P4 Rod Carew / Roberto Alomar / Jose Ortiz
P5 Stan Musial / Darin Erstad / Alex Escobar
P6 Jim Palmer / Kevin Brown / Kurt Ainsworth
P7 Duke Snider / Jim Edmonds / Vernon Wells
P8 Warren Spahn / Randy Johnson / Rich Anderson
P9 Juan Marichal / Bartolo Colon / Bobby Bradley

Autographs & Game-Used

Game Gear

Bats

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This 21-card card set features game used bat chips from many of baseball’s rising stars. The cards were inserted in two differnt groups with Group A inserted at 1:216 packs and Group B at a rate of 1:1368 packs. The overall insert rate was 1:187 packs.

Most of the players featured in this set went on to have very good major league careers but by far the biggest prospects in this group at the time failed to have an impact at the major league level. Scott Rolen and Lance Berkman are by far the biggest names in this set.

TSR-AB Adrian Beltre A
TSR-AK Adam Kennedy A
TSR-AP Adam Piatt A
TSR-BD Ben Davis A
TSR-CP Corey Patterson B
TSR-ED Erubiel Durazo A
TSR-EM Eric Munson A
TSR-FL Felipe Lopez A
TSR-FS Fernando Seguignol A
TSR-GL George Lombard A
TSR-GM Gary Matthews, Jr. A
TSR-JE Juan Encarnacion A
TSR-JDD J.D. Drew A
TSR-LB Lance Berkman A
TSR-MC Michael Cuddyer A
TSR-NP Neifi Perez A
TSR-RF Rafael Furcal B
TSR-RS Richie Sexson A
TSR-SB Sean Burroughs A
TSR-SR Scott Rolen A
TSR-TL Terrence Long B

Jerseys

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The specific odds of finding a Game Gear Jersey are as follows.

Group A: 1:71/packs
Group B: 1:472/packs

TSR-AJ Andruw Jones A
TSR-BB Barry Bonds B
TSR-CJ Chipper Jones A
TSR-EA Edgardo Alfonzo A
TSR-EM Edgar Martinez A
TSR-FT Frank Thomas A
TSR-JV Jose Vidro A
TSR-LC Luis Castillo A
TSR-MO Magglio Ordonez A
TSR-MP Mike Piazza A
TSR-RA Roberto Alomar A
TSR-SS Sammy Sosa A
TSR-TG Tony Gwynn A
TSR-TH Todd Helton B
TSR-SHS Shannon Stewart A

Autographs

Each Game Gear Autograph is a signed Relic card and serial-numbered to 25 copies. The specific odds of finding a Game Gear Autograph are as follows.

JSY: 1:19,288/packs BAT: 1:12,240/packs

TSRA-BB Barry Bonds JSY
TSRA-CP Corey Patterson BAT
TSRA-RF Rafael Furcal BAT
TSRA-TH Todd Helton JSY
TSRA-TL Terrence Long BAT

Player's Choice Awards Relics

These "Relics" feature a ticket stub from the 2000 Player's Choice Awards.

PCAR1 Carlos Delgado
PCAR2 Eric Davis
PCAR3 Carlos Delgado
PCAR4 Pedro Martinez
PCAR5 Terrence Long
PCAR6 Frank Thomas
PCAR7 Todd Helton
PCAR8 Randy Johnson
PCAR9 Rafael Furcal
PCAR10 Andres Galarraga

Autographs

The 13-card set feature on-card autographs of some of baseball's great players. The cards were inserted in all packs at a rate of 1:353 packs. More than half the players had not returned their cards in time for packout and thus were inserted as exchange cards. The redemption cards expired on 4/30/03. Eric Munson seems very misplaced to be in this set.

TSA-CD Carlos Delgado
TSA-DS Duke Snider EXCH
TSA-EB Ernie Banks EXCH
TSA-EM Eric Munson
TSA-IR Ivan Rodriguez
TSA-JM Juan Marichal EXCH
TSA-JP Jim Palmer
TSA-RC Rod Carew EXCH
TSA-SM Stan Musial
TSA-TH Todd Helton EXCH
TSA-TP Tony Perez EXCH
TSA-WS Warren Spahn
TSA-YB Yogi Berra EXCH