Description

2005 Finest is a 166-card set released by Topps in May, 2005. Cards #141-#156 make up an Autographed First-Year subset which is hand-numbered to either 970 or 375 copies. The final ten cards are of retired players.

In an effort to "add value" to the product, the number of Refractor parallels was greatly increased. Each six-pack mini box will yield four Refractors serial-numbered to 399 copies or less and one autograph. Each Hobby box has three mini boxes and an Alex Rodriguez "Finest Moments" insert serial-numbered to 190 copies packed as a box topper.

Each case guarantees either a one-of-one Refractor, Printing Plate, or an Alex Rodriguez autograph serial-numbered to thirteen copies.

Distribution

Three, six-pack mini boxes plus one A-Rod Moments box topper per box (MSRP: $40), five cards per pack. Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds per mini box
Base	166	-	?
short set	150	-	?
Autographed First-Year Players	16	varies	1:3
Refractor short set	150	399	one-per mini box
Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	399	1:5
Blue Refractor short set	150	299	one-per mini box
Blue Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	299	1:7
X-Fractor short set	150	250	one-per mini box
X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	250	1:8
Green Refractor short set	150	199	one-per mini box
Green Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	199	1:10
Blue X-Fractor short set	150	150	1:2
Blue X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	150	1:13
Black Reractor short set	150	99	1:2
Black Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	99	1:19
Green X-Fractor short set	150	50	1:2
Green X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	50	1:38
Gold Refractor short set	150	49	1:5
Gold Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	49	1:39
Black X-Fractor short set	150	25	1:8
Black X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	25	1:76
Gold X-Fractor short set	150	10	1:20
Gold X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	10	1:190
Framed White Refractor short set	150	one-of-one	1:202
Framed White Refractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	one-of-one	1:1914
Framed White X-Fractor short set	150	one-of-one	1:202
Framed White X-Fractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	one-of-one	1:1914
SuperFractor short set	150	one-of-one	1:202
SuperFractor Autographed First-Year Players	16	one-of-one	1:1914
Printing Plates short set	150	four for each	1:5
Printing Plates Autographed First Year Players	16	four for each	1:478
A-Rod Moments	49	190	one-per-box*
Autograph Refractors	15	-	varies
Autograph X-Fractors	15	25	1:81
Autograph SuperFractors	15	one-of-one	1:2051
Autograph Printing Plates	15	four for each	1:513
A-Rod Moments Autographs	49	13	1:15/boxes*
Moments Autographs Gold Refractor	2	50	1:305
Two of a Kind Autograph	1	13	1:9568

Checklist

Base Set

1 Alexis Rios
2 Hank Blalock
3 Bobby Abreu
4 Curt Schilling
5 Albert Pujols
6 Aaron Rowand
7 B.J. Upton
8 Andruw Jones
9 Jeff Francis
10 Sammy Sosa
11 Aramis Ramirez
12 Carl Pavano
13 Bartolo Colon
14 Greg Maddux
15 Scott Kazmir
16 Melvin Mora
17 Brandon Backe
18 Bobby Crosby
19 Carlos Lee
20 Carl Crawford
21 Brian Giles
22 Jeff Bagwell
23 J.D. Drew
24 C.C. Sabathia
25 Alfonso Soriano
26 Chipper Jones
27 Austin Kearns
28 Carlos Delgado
29 Jack Wilson
30 Dmitri Young
31 Carlos Guillen
32 Jim Thome
33 Eric Chavez
34 Jason Schmidt
35 Brad Radke
36 Frank Thomas
37 Darin Erstad
38 Javier Vazquez
39 Garret Anderson
40 David Ortiz
41 Javy Lopez
42 Geoff Jenkins
43 Jose Vidro
44 Aubrey Huff
45 Bernie Williams
46 Dontrelle Willis
47 Jim Edmonds
48 Ivan Rodriguez
49 Gary Sheffield
50 Alex Rodriguez
51 John Buck
52 Andy Pettitte
53 Ichiro
54 Johnny Estrada
55 Jake Peavy
56 Carlos Zambrano
57 Jose Reyes
58 Bret Boone
59 Jason Bay
60 David Wright
61 Jeromy Burnitz
62 Corey Patterson
63 Juan Pierre
64 Zack Greinke
65 Mike Lowell
66 Ken Griffey, Jr.
67 Marcus Giles
68 Edgar Renteria
69 Ken Harvey
70 Pedro Martinez
71 Johnny Damon
72 Lyle Overbay
73 Mike Maroth
74 Jorge Posada
75 Carlos Beltran
76 Mark Buehrle
77 Khalil Greene
78 Josh Beckett
79 Mark Loretta
80 Rafael Palmeiro
81 Justin Morneau
82 Rocco Baldelli
83 Ben Sheets
84 Kerry Wood
85 Miguel Tejada
86 Magglio Ordonez
87 Livan Hernandez
88 Kazuo Matsui
89 Manny Ramirez
90 Hideki Matsui
91 Jeff Kent
92 Matt Lawton
93 Richie Sexson
94 Mike Mussina
95 Adam Dunn
96 Johan Santana
97 Nomar Garciaparra
98 Michael Young
99 Victor Martinez
100 Barry Bonds
101 Oliver Perez
102 Randy Johnson
103 Mark Mulder
104 Pat Burrell
105 Mike Sweeney
106 Mark Teixeira
107 Paul Lo Duca
108 Jon Lieber
109 Mike Piazza
110 Roger Clemens
111 Rafael Furcal
112 Troy Glaus
113 Miguel Cabrera
114 Randy Wolf
115 Lance Berkman
116 Mark Prior
117 Rich Harden
118 Preston Wilson
119 Roy Oswalt
120 Luis Gonzalez
121 Ronnie Belliard
122 Sean Casey
123 Barry Zito
124 Larry Walker
125 Derek Jeter
126 Tim Hudson
127 Tom Glavine
128 Scott Rolen
129 Torii Hunter
130 Paul Konerko
131 Shawn Green
132 Travis Hafner
133 Vernon Wells
134 Sidney Ponson
135 Vladimir Guerrero
136 Mark Kotsay
137 Todd Helton
138 Adrian Beltre
139 Wily Mo Pena
140 Joe Mauer

Autographed First-Year Players

Each Autographed First-Year Player card is hand-numbered to the either 375 or 970 copies. The specific odds of finding one are as follows.

375: 1:41/mini boxes
970: 1:3/mini boxes

141 Brian Stavisky AU RC*
142 Nate McLouth AU RC
143 Glen Perkins AU RC
144 Chip Cannon AU RC*
145 Shane Costa AU RC
146 Wes Swackhamer AU RC*
147 Kevin Melillo AU RC
148 Billy Butler AU RC
149 Landon Powell AU RC
150 Scott Mathieson AU RC
151 Chris Roberson AU RC
152 Chad Orvella AU RC
153 Eric Nielsen AU RC*
154 Matt Campbell AU RC*
155 Mike Rogers AU RC*
156 Melky Cabrera AU RC

Retired Players

NOTE: None of the Retired Players are short-printed.

157 Nolan Ryan
158 Bo Jackson
159 Wade Boggs
160 Andre Dawson
161 Dave Winfield
162 Reggie Jackson
163 David Justice
164 Dale Murphy
165 Paul O'Neill
166 Tom Seaver

Parallels

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used