Description

2004 Topps Pristine is a 188-card chromium-stock set released in October, 2004. As with the previous year's Pristine set, the last 90 cards in the base set make up a 30-player First-Year subset. Each of the 30 First-Year Players has three cards: Common, Uncommon (serial-numbered to 999 copies) and Rare (serial-numbered to 499 copies).

Each pack contains three mini packs. One pack will have an Uncirculated card, pack #2 a Relic, and the third pack six base cards -- at least two coming from the First-Year Player subset. Each Hobby box will contain, as box toppers, a "Pack #4" which will yield one "Pristine Mini" card, and a Gold Refractor.

Distribution

Five packs plus one "Pack #4" and one Gold Refractor per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $30). Six boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	188	-	6:1
short set	100	-	4:1
Common Rookies	30	-	2:1
Uncommon Rookies	29	999	1:2
Rare Rookies	29	499	1:4
Uncirculated Refractors short set	100	49	1:11
Uncirculated Common Rookie Refractors	30	999	?
Uncirculated Uncommon Rookie Refractors	30	399	1:5
Uncirculated Rare Rookie Refractors	30	49	1:35
Gold Refractors	190	41	one-per-box
Printing Plates	190	four for each	1:52
Mini	30	-	1:5
Fantasy Favorites Relics	35	-	?
Uncirculated Fantasy Favorites Relics Refractors	35	25	1:59
Going Going Gone Bat Relics	22	-	varies
Uncirculated Going Going Gone Bat Relics Refractors	22	25	1:93
Patch Place Relics	33	-	varies
Uncirculated Patch Place Relics Refractors	33	10	1:155
Key Acquisition Bat Relics	8	-	1:8
Uncirculated Key Acquisition Bat Relics Refractor	8	25	1:256
Mini Relics	10	100	1:51
1-2-3 Triple Relics	3	-	1:171
Uncirculated 1-2-3 Triple Relics Refractor	3	25	1:686
Personal Endorsements	28	-	varies
Personal Endorsements Gold	28	25	1:73
Two of a Kind Dual Autographs	2	13	1:3705

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans

1 Jim Thome
2 Ryan Klesko
3 Ichiro
4 Rocco Baldelli
5 Vernon Wells
6 Javier Vazquez
7 Billy Wagner
8 Jose Reyes
9 Lance Berkman
10 Alex Rodriguez
11 Pat Burrell
12 Mark Mulder
13 Mike Piazza
14 Miguel Cabrera
15 Larry Walker
16 Carlos Lee
17 Mark Prior
18 Pedro Martinez
19 Melvin Mora
20 Sammy Sosa
21 Bartolo Colon
22 Luis Gonzalez
23 Marcus Giles
24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
25 Ivan Rodriguez
26 Carlos Beltran
27 Geoff Jenkins
28 Nick Johnson
29 Gary Sheffield
30 Alfonso Soriano
31 Scott Rolen
32 Garret Anderson
33 Richie Sexson
34 Curt Schilling
35 Greg Maddux
36 Adam Dunn
37 Preston Wilson
38 Josh Beckett
39 Roy Oswalt
40 Derek Jeter
41 Jason Kendall
42 Bret Boone
43 Torii Hunter
44 Roy Halladay
45 Edgar Renteria
46 Troy Glaus
47 Chipper Jones
48 Manny Ramirez
49 C.C. Sabathia
50 Albert Pujols
51 Randy Wolf
52 Eric Chavez
53 Kevin Brown
54 Cliff Floyd
55 Jeff Bagwell
56 Frank Thomas
57 David Ortiz
58 Rafael Palmeiro
59 Randy Johnson
60 Vladimir Guerrero
61 Carlos Delgado
62 Hank Blalock
63 Jim Edmonds
64 Jason Schmidt
65 Mike Lieberthal
66 Tim Hudson
67 Jorge Posada
68 Jose Vidro
69 Eric Gagne
70 Roger Clemens
71 Mike Lowell
72 Dontrelle Willis
73 Austin Kearns
74 Kerry Wood
75 Miguel Tejada
76 Bobby Abreu
77 Edgar Martinez
78 Joe Mauer
79 Mike Sweeney
80 Jason Giambi
81 Mark Teixeira
82 Aubrey Huff
83 Brian Giles
84 Barry Zito
85 Mike Mussina
86 Brandon Webb
87 Andruw Jones
88 Javy Lopez
89 Bill Mueller
90 Scott Podsednik
91 Moises Alou
92 Esteban Loaiza
93 Magglio Ordonez
94 Jeff Kent
95 Todd Helton
96 Juan Pierre
97 Jody Gerut
98 Angel Berroa
99 Shawn Green
100 Nomar Garciaparra

First Year Players

Each Uncommon card is serial-numbered to 999 copies, and each Rare card is numbered to 499.

NOTE: It does not appear that cards #168 and #169 exist.

101 David Aardsma Common

102 David Aardsma Uncommon

103 David Aardsma Rare

104 Erick Aybar Common

105 Erick Aybar Uncommon

106 Erick Aybar Rare

107 Chad Bentz Common

108 Chad Bentz Uncommon

109 Chad Bentz Rare

110 Travis Blackley Common

111 Travis Blackley Uncommon

112 Travis Blackley Rare

113 Bobby Brownlie Common

114 Bobby Brownlie Uncommon

115 Bobby Brownlie Rare

116 Alberto Callaspo Common

117 Alberto Callaspo Uncommon

118 Alberto Callaspo Rare

119 Kazuo Matsui Common

120 Kazuo Matsui Uncommon

121 Kazuo Matsui Rare

122 Jesse Crain Common

123 Jesse Crain Uncommon

124 Jesse Crain Rare

125 Howie Kendrick Common

126 Howie Kendrick Uncommon

127 Howie Kendrick Rare

128 Blake Hawksworth Common

129 Blake Hawksworth Uncommon

130 Blake Hawksworth Rare

131 Conor Jackson Common

132 Conor Jackson Uncommon

133 Conor Jackson Rare

134 Paul Maholm Common

135 Paul Maholm Uncommon

136 Paul Maholm Rare

137 Lastings Milledge Common

138 Lastings Milledge Uncommon

139 Lastings Milledge Rare

140 Matt Moses Common

141 Matt Moses Uncommon

142 Matt Moses Rare

143 David Murphy Common

144 David Murphy Uncommon

145 David Murphy Rare

146 Dioner Navarro Common

147 Dioner Navarro Uncommon

148 Dioner Navarro Rare

149 Dustin Nippert Common

150 Dustin Nippert Uncommon

151 Dustin Nippert Rare

152 Vito Chiaravalloti Common

153 Vito Chiaravalloti Uncommon

154 Vito Chiaravalloti Rare

155 Akinori Otsuka Common

156 Akinori Otsuka Uncommon

157 Akinori Otsuka Rare

158 Casey Daigle Common

159 Casey Daigle Uncommon

160 Casey Daigle Rare

161 Carlos Quentin Common

162 Carlos Quentin Uncommon

163 Carlos Quentin Rare

164 Omar Quintanilla Common

165 Omar Quintanilla Uncommon

166 Omar Quintanilla Rare

167 Chris Saenz Common

168 Chris Saenz Uncommon

169 Chris Saenz Rare

170 Ervin Santana Common

171 Ervin Santana Uncommon

172 Ervin Santana Rare

173 Chris Shelton Common

174 Chris Shelton Uncommon

175 Chris Shelton Rare

176 Kyle Sleeth Common

177 Kyle Sleeth Uncommon

178 Kyle Sleeth Rare

179 Brad Snyder Common

180 Brad Snyder Uncommon

181 Brad Snyder Rare

182 Tim Stauffer Common

183 Tim Stauffer Uncommon

184 Tim Stauffer Rare

185 Shingo Takatsu Common

186 Shingo Takatsu Uncommon

187 Shingo Takatsu Rare

188 Merkin Valdez Common

189 Merkin Valdez Uncommon

190 Merkin Valdez Rare

Parallels

Uncirculated Refractor

All 188 base cards (not including #168 and #169) are available in the following Uncirculated Refractors.

short set (cards #1-#100; serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Common Rookies (serial-numbered to 999 copies)
Uncommon Rookies (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
Rare Rookies (serial-numbered to 49 copies)

Gold Refractor

Each sealed Hobby box contained one Gold Refractor packed as a box topper. All 188 base cards are available in a Gold Refractor, which is serial-numbered to 41 copies.

NOTE: All Gold Refractors have a serrated border.

Printing Plates

A set of four Printing Plates for each card were randomly inserted into packs.

Inserts

Minis

Each sealed Hobby box contained a "Pack #4" that will yield either a Mini or a Mini Relic (see below).

AO Akinori Otsuka
AP Albert Pujols
AR Alex Rodriguez
BH Blake Hawksworth
CJ Chipper Jones
CJA Conor Jackson
DA David Aardsma
DJ Derek Jeter
DM David Murphy
DN Dioner Navarro
DW Dontrelle Willis
EA Erick Aybar
HK Howie Kendrick
IS Ichiro
JG Jason Giambi
JT Jim Thome
KM Kaz Matsui
KS Kyle Sleeth
KW Kerry Wood
LM Lastings Milledge
MM Matt Moses
MP Mark Prior
MPI Mike Piazza
MV Merkin Valdez
NG Nomar Garciaparra
SS Sammy Sosa
ST Shingo Takatsu
TS Tim Stauffer
VC Vito Chiaravalloti
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Autographs & Game-Used

Fantasy Favorites Relics

Each Fantasy Favorites Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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2004 Topps Pristine Fantasy Favorites Relics FF-LW: Larry Walker Front

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2004 Topps Pristine Fantasy Favorites Relics FF-LW: Larry Walker Back

AB Angel Berroa BAT
AJ Andruw Jones JSY
AP Albert Pujols JSY
AR Alex Rodriguez BAT
BB Bret Boone JSY
BW Brandon Webb UNI
CD Carlos Delgado JSY
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
CK Corey Koskie BAT
DJ Derek Jeter BAT
EG Eric Gagne JSY
FT Frank Thomas JSY
JB Jeff Bagwell UNI
JD Johnny Damon BAT
JR Jimmy Rollins JSY
JT Jim Thome UNI
JV Jose Vidro BAT
KL Kenny Lofton BAT
KW Kerry Wood JSY
LW Larry Walker JSY
MA Moises Alou JSY
MG Mark Grudzielanek BAT
MP Mark Prior JSY
MPI Mike Piazza JSY
MT Mark Teixeira BAT
NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
PM Pedro Martinez JSY
PW Preston Wilson JSY
RB Rocco Baldelli BAT
RF Rafael Furcal BAT
RFJ Rafael Furcal JSY
SG Shawn Green JSY
TH Tim Hudson JSY
THE Todd Helton JSY
VG Vladimir Guerrero BAT

Going Going Gone Bat Relics

The odds of finding a Going Going Gone Bat Relic are as follows.

Group A: 1:6/packs
Group B: 1:11/packs

Each Going Going Gone Bat Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AD Adam Dunn B
AP Albert Pujols A
AR Alex Rodriguez A
AS Alfonso Soriano A
BB Bret Boone A
CJ Chipper Jones A
DO David Ortiz B
FT Frank Thomas B
JG Juan Gonzalez A
JJ Jacque Jones A
JK Jeff Kent A
JT Jim Thome A
LB Lance Berkman A
LG Luis Gonzalez A
MO Magglio Ordonez A
MP Mike Piazza B
MR Manny Ramirez B
RK Ryan Klesko B
SR Scott Rolen A
SS Sammy Sosa A
TH Todd Helton
VG Vladimir Guerrero A
VW Vernon Wells A

Key Acquisition Bat Relics

Each Key Acquisition Bat Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
AS Alfonso Soriano
GS Gary Sheffield
HC Hee Seop Choi
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JG Juan Gonzalez
JL Javy Lopez
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Patch Place Relics

The odds of finding a Patch Place Relic are as follows.

Group A: 1:30/packs
Group B: 1:34/packs

Each Patch Place Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

AD Adam Dunn A
AJ Andruw Jones A
AK Austin Kearns A
AP Albert Pujols B
BB Bret Boone B
BZ Barry Zito A
CC Chin-Feng Chen A
CD Carlos Delgado A
CJ Chipper Jones B
DW Dontrelle Willis A
EG Eric Gagne A
FT Frank Thomas A
JB Jeff Bagwell B
JBE Josh Beckett B
JR Jose Reyes A
JS John Smoltz A
KW Kerry Wood A
LC Luis Castillo A
LG Luis Gonzalez B
ML Mike Lowell A
MP Mark Prior B
MPI Mike Piazza B
NG Nomar Garciaparra A
PL Paul Lo Duca A
PM Pedro Martinez B
PW Preston Wilson A
RB Rocco Baldelli A
RF Rafael Furcal A
RJ Randy Johnson B
SG Shawn Green A
SS Sammy Sosa A
TH Tim Hudson A
THE Todd Helton B

1-2-3 Triple Relics

All 1-2-3 Triple Relics are also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

BOS Johnny Damon / Bill Mueller / Nomar Garciaparra BAT / JSY / JSY
CHC Mark Grudzielanek / Alex Gonzalez / Sammy Sosa BAT / BAT / BAT
NYY Kenny Lofton / Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez BAT / BAT / BAT

Mini Relics

Each Mini Relic is serial-numbered to 100 copies and are exclusive to Pack #4.

AP Albert Pujols JSY
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
EG Eric Gagne JSY
JB Jeff Bagwell UNI
KW Kerry Wood JSY
MP Mark Prior JSY
NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
PM Pedro Martinez JSY
PW Preston Wilson JSY
MPI Mike Piazza JSY

Personal Endorsements

The odds of finding a Personal Endorsements autograph are as follows.

Group A: 1:39
Group B: 1:41
Group C: 1:7

Each Personal Endorsement is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AH Aubrey Huff C
AR Alex Rodriguez A
BC Bobby Crosby C
BM Brett Myers A
BW Brandon Webb B
CJ Conor Jackson C
CL Chris Lubanski C
DA David Aardsma C
DM Dustin McGowan C
DY Delmon Young A
EH Estee Harris C
ES Ervin Santana C
GA Garret Anderson A
GS Gary Sheffield A
GSI Grady Sizemore C
HB Hank Blalock B
IR Ivan Rodriguez A
JF Jennie Finch A
JM Joe Mauer B
JP Jorge Posada A
JV Javier Vazquez A
LB Lance Berkman A
MC Miguel Cabrera B
MG Marcus Giles A
SP Scott Podsednik B
VC Vito Chiaravalloti C
VG Vladimir Guerrero A
WM Willie Mays A

Two of a Kind Dual Autographs

Each Two of a Kind Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 13 copies.

RM Alex Rodriguez / Willie Mays
RC Alex Rodriguez / Jose Canseco