2002 Topps Gallery

Description

2002 Topps Gallery is a 200-card, all-painted, set released in June, 2002. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one of 10 variations, and every other box a Relic.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Variation Level 1	10	-	1:24	1:24
Variation Level 2	10	25	1:4065	1:4065
Printing Plates	200	four for each	1:1211	1:1211
Heritage	25	-	1:12	1:12
Bucks	1	-	1:127	1:127
Heritage Uniform Relics	9	-	1:85	1:85
Original Bat Relics	15	-	1:169	1:169
Autographs	10	-	1:240	1:240
Heritage Autographs	3	25	1:13,595	1:14,064

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: For the first time since 1998, all 200 base cards are printed in equal quantities.

• 1 Jason Giambi
• 2 Mark Grace
• 3 Bret Boone
• 4 Antonio Alfonseca
• 5 Kevin Brown
• 6 Cristian Guzman
• 7 Magglio Ordonez
• 8 Luis Gonzalez
• 9 Jorge Posada
• 10 Roberto Alomar
• 11 Mike Sweeney
• 12 Jeff Kent
• 13 Matt Morris
• 14 Alfonso Soriano
• 15 Adam Dunn
• 16 Neifi Perez
• 17 Todd Walker
• 18 J.D. Drew
• 19 Eric Chavez
• 20 Alex Rodriguez
• 21 Ray Lankford
• 22 Roger Cedeno
• 23 Chipper Jones
• 24 Josh Beckett
• 25 Mike Piazza
• 26 Freddy Garcia
• 27 Todd Helton
• 28 Tino Martinez
• 29 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 30 Curt Schilling
• 31 Mark Buehrle
• 32 John Olerud
• 33 Brad Radke
• 34 Steve Sparks
• 35 Jason Tyner
• 36 Jeff Shaw
• 37 Mariano Rivera
• 38 Russ Ortiz
• 39 Richard Hidalgo
• 40 Carl Everett
• 41 John Burkett
• 42 Tim Hudson
• 43 Mike Hampton
• 44 Orlando Cabrera
• 45 Barry Zito
• 46 C.C. Sabathia
• 47 Chan Ho Park
• 48 Tom Glavine
• 49 Aramis Ramirez
• 50 Lance Berkman
• 51 Al Leiter
• 52 Phil Nevin
• 53 Javier Vazquez
• 54 Troy Glaus
• 55 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• 56 Albert Pujols
• 57 John Smoltz
• 58 Derek Jeter
• 59 Robb Nen
• 60 Jason Kendall
• 61 Eric Gagne
• 62 Vladimir Guerrero
• 63 Corey Patterson
• 64 Rickey Henderson
• 65 Jack Wilson
• 66 Jason LaRue
• 67 Sammy Sosa
• 68 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 69 Randy Johnson
• 70 Nomar Garciaparra
• 71 Ivan Rodriguez
• 72 J.T. Snow
• 73 Darryl Kile
• 74 Andruw Jones
• 75 Brian Giles
• 76 Pedro Martinez
• 77 Jeff Bagwell
• 78 Rafael Palmeiro
• 79 Ryan Dempster
• 80 Jeff Cirillo
• 81 Geoff Jenkins
• 82 Brandon Duckworth
• 83 Roger Clemens
• 84 Fred McGriff
• 85 Hideo Nomo
• 86 Larry Walker
• 87 Sean Casey
• 88 Trevor Hoffman
• 89 Robert Fick
• 90 Armando Benitez
• 91 Jeromy Burnitz
• 92 Bernie Williams
• 93 Carlos Delgado
• 94 Troy Percival
• 95 Nate Cornejo
• 96 Derrek Lee
• 97 Jose Ortiz
• 98 Brian Jordan
• 99 Jose Cruz
• 100 Ichiro
• 101 Jose Mesa
• 102 Tim Salmon
• 103 Bud Smith
• 104 Paul LoDuca
• 105 Juan Pierre
• 106 Ben Grieve
• 107 Russell Branyan
• 108 Bob Abreu
• 109 Moises Alou
• 110 Richie Sexson
• 111 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
• 112 Marlon Anderson
• 113 Juan Gonzalez
• 114 Craig Biggio
• 115 Carlos Beltran
• 116 Eric Milton
• 117 Cliff Floyd
• 118 Rich Aurilia
• 119 Adrian Beltre
• 120 Jason Bere
• 121 Darin Erstad
• 122 Ben Sheets
• 123 Johnny Damon
• 124 Jimmy Rollins
• 125 Shawn Green
• 126 Greg Maddux
• 127 Mark Mulder
• 128 Bartolo Colon
• 129 Shannon Stewart
• 130 Ramon Ortiz
• 131 Kerry Wood
• 132 Ryan Klesko
• 133 Preston Wilson
• 134 Roy Oswalt
• 135 Rafael Furcal
• 136 Eric Karros
• 137 Nick Neugebauer
• 138 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 139 Paul Konerko
• 140 Bobby Higginson
• 141 Garret Anderson
• 142 Wes Helms
• 143 Brent Abernathy
• 144 Scott Rolen
• 145 Dmitri Young
• 146 Jim Thome
• 147 Raul Mondesi
• 148 Pat Burrell
• 149 Gary Sheffield
• 150 Miguel Tejada

Prospects

• 151 Brandon Inge
• 152 Carlos Pena
• 153 Jason Lane
• 154 Nathan Haynes
• 155 Hank Blalock
• 156 Juan Cruz
• 157 Morgan Ensberg
• 158 Sean Burroughs
• 159 Ed Rogers
• 160 Nick Johnson
• 161 Orlando Hudson
• 162 Anastacio Martinez RC
• 163 Jeremy Affeldt
• 164 Brandon Claussen
• 165 Deivis Santos
• 166 Mike Rivera
• 167 Carlos Silva
• 168 Val Pascucci
• 169 Xavier Nady
• 170 David Espinosa

First-Year Prospects

• 171 Dan Phillips RC*
• 172 Tony Fontana RC*
• 173 Juan Silvestre
• 174 Henry Pichardo RC*
• 175 Pablo Arias RC*
• 176 Brett Roneberg RC*
• 177 Chad Qualls RC
• 178 Greg Sain RC*
• 179 Rene Reyes RC
• 180 So Taguchi RC
• 181 Dan Johnson RC
• 182 Justin Backsmeyer RC*
• 183 Juan M. Gonzalez RC*
• 184 Jason Ellison RC*
• 185 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
• 186 Joe Mauer
• 187 James Shanks RC*
• 188 Kevin Cash RC
• 189 J.J. Trujillo RC
• 190 Jorge Padilla RC

Retired Players

• 191 Nolan Ryan
• 192 George Brett
• 193 Ryne Sandberg
• 194 Robin Yount
• 195 Tom Seaver
• 196 Mike Schmidt
• 197 Frank Robinson
• 198 Harmon Killebrew
• 199 Kirby Puckett
• 200 Don Mattingly

Variations

Ten players have two variations. The more common variation (also known as "Variation 1") were inserted at the rate of one-per-box. "Variation 2" is much, much, scarcer, and limited (but not serial-numbered) to 25 copies.

The website Trader Cracks has assembled a visual guide to the Variation 1 cards.

Variation 1

• 1 Jason Giambi Blue background
• 20 Alex Rodriguez Gray jersey
• 25 Mike Piazza Black jersey
• 27 Todd Helton Blue background
• 56 Albert Pujols Red Hat
• 58 Derek Jeter Blue background
• 67 Sammy Sosa Black Bat
• 71 Ivan Rodriguez Blue jersey
• 76 Pedro Martinez Red Shirt
• 100 Ichiro Empty dugout

Variation 2

• 1 Jason Giambi White Batting Glove
• 20 Alex Rodriguez Grass stained pants
• 25 Mike Piazza Orange background
• 27 Todd Helton Black bat
• 56 Albert Pujols Blue wristband
• 58 Derek Jeter Red background
• 67 Sammy Sosa Red Wrist Band
• 71 Ivan Rodriguez No wristbands
• 76 Pedro Martinez No ball
• 100 Ichiro Brown bat

Parallels

A set of four Press Plates were randomly inserted for each base card.

Inserts

Heritage

The 2002 edition of the popular Gallery Heritage insert features artistic impressions of 25 prominent Topps rookie cards.

• GH-AK Al Kaline 54
• GH-AR Alex Rodriguez 98
• GH-BBO Bret Boone 93
• GH-BR Brooks Robinson 57
• GH-CJ Chipper Jones 91
• GH-CY Carl Yastrzemski 60
• GH-GM Greg Maddux 87
• GH-JG Jason Giambi 91TT
• GH-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 89TT
• GH-LG Luis Gonzalez 91
• GH-MM Mark McGwire 85
• GH-MP Mike Piazza 93
• GH-MS Mike Schmidt 73
• GH-NR Nolan Ryan 68
• GH-PM Pedro Martinez 93
• GH-RA Roberto Alomar 88
• GH-RC Roger Clemens 85
• GH-RJ Reggie Jackson 69
• GH-RY Robin Yount 75
• GH-SG Shawn Green 92
• GH-SM Stan Musial 58
• GH-SS Sammy Sosa 90
• GH-TG Tony Gwynn 83
• GH-TS Tom Seaver 67
• GH-TSH Tsuyoshi Shinjo 01

Bucks

This card is a $5 gift certificate good towards the purchase of an original Topps Gallery artwork.

• NNO Nolan Ryan

Autographs & Game-Used

Heritage Uniform Relics

The specific odds of finding a Heritage Uniform Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:106/packs
• Group B: 1:424/packs

• GHR-AR Alex Rodriguez A
• GHR-BBO Bret Boone A
• GHR-CJ Chipper Jones B
• GHR-GM Greg Maddux A
• GHR-LG Luis Gonzalez A
• GHR-MP Mike Piazza A
• GHR-PM Pedro Martinez A
• GHR-TG Tony Gwynn A
• GHR-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo A

Original Bat Relics

• GO-AJ Andruw Jones
• GO-AP Albert Pujols
• GO-AR Alex Rodriguez
• GO-AS Alfonso Soriano
• GO-BBO Bret Boone
• GO-BW Bernie Williams
• GO-CD Carlos Delgado
• GO-CJ Chipper Jones
• GO-JC Jose Canseco
• GO-JG Juan Gonzalez
• GO-LG Luis Gonzalez
• GO-MP Mike Piazza
• GO-TG Tony Gwynn
• GO-TH Todd Helton
• GO-TM Tino Martinez

Autographs

The specific odds of finding an Autograph are as follows.

• Group A: 1:815/packs
• Group B: 1:1017/packs
• Group C: 1:509/packs

• GA-BBO Bret Boone A
• GA-JD J.D. Drew B
• GA-JL Jason Lane C
• GA-JP Jorge Posada A
• GA-JS Juan Silvestre C
• GA-LB Lance Berkman A
• GA-LG Luis Gonzalez B
• GA-MO Magglio Ordonez A
• GA-SG Shawn Green A

Heritage Autographs

Each Heritage Autograph is hand-numbered to 25 copies.

• GHA-BBO Bret Boone
• GHA-LG Luis Gonzalez
• GHA-SG Shawn Green

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