Description

2000 Upper Deck Pros & Prospects is a 192-card set released in two series. The first 132 cards were released as part of the Pros & Prospects set in October, 2000 and consists of: 90 Veterans (1-90), 30 Prospective Superstars (91-120) each serial-numbered to 1350 copies, and 12 Pro Fame cards (121-132) each serial-numbered to 1000.

In late December, 2000, Upper Deck released their Rookie Update brand which carried a selection of new cards to extend the 2000 SP Authentic, SPx and Pros & Prospects brands. The new Pros & Prospects cards featured an extension of the Prospective Superstars subset (cards 133-162) with each card serial-numbered to 1600 copies and a selection of veterans (cards 163-192) composed of player's either initially not included in the basic set or traded to new teams.

Distribution

Pros & Prospects: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Rookie Update: 15 packs per box, four cards per pack. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	192	-	?
Pros & Prospects short set	90	-	?
Pros & Prospects Prospective Superstars	30	1350	?
Pros & Prospects Pro Fame	12	1000	?
Rookie Update Prospective Superstars	30	1600	?
Rookie Update short set	30	-	?
ProMotion	10	-	1:6
Future Forces	10	-	1:6
Best in the Bigs	10	-	1:12
Rare Breed	12	-	1:12
Autographed Game Worn Jerseys	?	-	1:96
Autographed Game Worn Jerseys Gold	?	varies	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Lou Brock Bat	1	350	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Lou Brock Jersey	1	350	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Lou Brock Bat/Jersey	1	100	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Lou Brock Autographed Bat/Jersey	1	20	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Rod Carew Bat	1	350	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Rod Carew Jersey	1	350	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Rod Carew Bat/Jersey	1	100	?
A Piece of History 3000 Club Rod Carew Autographed Bat/Jersey	1	30	?

Checklist

Base Set

Pros & Prospects Series

1 Darin Erstad
2 Troy Glaus
3 Mo Vaughn
4 Jason Giambi
5 Tim Hudson
6 Ben Grieve
7 Eric Chavez
8 Shannon Stewart
9 Raul Mondesi
10 Carlos Delgado
11 Jose Canseco
12 Fred McGriff
13 Greg Vaughn
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Roberto Alomar
16 Jim Thome
17 Alex Rodriguez
18 Freddy Garcia
19 John Olerud
20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
21 Albert Belle
22 Mike Mussina
23 Ivan Rodriguez
24 Rafael Palmeiro
25 Ruben Mateo
26 Gabe Kapler
27 Pedro Martinez
28 Nomar Garciaparra
29 Carl Everett
30 Carlos Beltran
31 Jermaine Dye
32 Johnny Damon UER (Joe Randa photo)
33 Juan Gonzalez
34 Juan Encarnacion
35 Dean Palmer
36 Jacque Jones
37 Matt Lawton
38 Frank Thomas
39 Paul Konerko
40 Magglio Ordonez
41 Derek Jeter
42 Bernie Williams
43 Mariano Rivera
44 Roger Clemens
45 Jeff Bagwell
46 Craig Biggio
47 Richard Hidalgo
48 Chipper Jones
49 Andres Galarraga
50 Andruw Jones
51 Greg Maddux
52 Jeromy Burnitz
53 Geoff Jenkins
54 Mark McGwire
55 Jim Edmonds
56 Fernando Tatis
57 J.D. Drew
58 Sammy Sosa
59 Kerry Wood
60 Randy Johnson
61 Matt Williams
62 Erubiel Durazo
63 Shawn Green
64 Kevin Brown
65 Gary Sheffield
66 Adrian Beltre
67 Vladimir Guerrero
68 Jose Vidro
69 Barry Bonds
70 Jeff Kent
71 Preston Wilson
72 Ryan Dempster
73 Mike Lowell
74 Mike Piazza
75 Robin Ventura
76 Edgardo Alfonzo
77 Derek Bell
78 Tony Gwynn
79 Matt Clement
80 Scott Rolen
81 Bob Abreu
82 Curt Schilling
83 Brian Giles
84 Jason Kendall
85 Kris Benson
86 Ken Griffey, Jr.
87 Sean Casey
88 Pokey Reese
89 Larry Walker
90 Todd Helton
91 Rick Ankiel
92 Milton Bradley
93 Vernon Wells
94 Rafael Furcal
95 Kazuhiro Sasaki RC
96 Joe Torres RC*
97 Adam Kennedy
98 Adam Piatt
99 Matt Wheatland USA RC*
100 Alex Cabrera RC
101 Barry Zito RC
102 Mike Lamb RC
103 Scott Heard USA RC*
104 Danys Baez RC
105 Matt Riley
106 Mark Mulder
107 Wilfredo Rodriguez RC
108 Luis Matos RC
109 Alfonso Soriano
110 Pat Burrell
111 Mike Tonis USA RC
112 Aaron McNeal RC*
113 Dave Krynzel USA RC
114 Josh Beckett
115 Sean Burnett USA RC
116 Eric Munson
117 Scott Downs RC
118 Brian Tollberg RC
119 Nick Johnson
120 Leo Estrella RC
121 Ken Griffey, Jr.
122 Frank Thomas
123 Cal Ripken, Jr.
124 Ivan Rodriguez
125 Derek Jeter
126 Mark McGwire
127 Pedro Martinez
128 Chipper Jones
129 Sammy Sosa
130 Alex Rodriguez
131 Vladimir Guerrero
132 Jeff Bagwell

Rookie Update Series

133 Dane Artman USA RC*
134 Juan Pierre RC
135 Jace Brewer RC*
136 Sun Woo Kim RC
137 Jon Rauch USA RC
138 Juan Guzman RC
139 Daylan Holt USA RC*
140 Rico Washington RC
141 Ben Diggins USA RC
142 Mike Meyers RC*
143 Chris Wakeland RC
144 Cory Vance USA RC
145 Keith Ginter USA RC
146 Koyie Hill USA RC
147 Julio Zuleta RC
148 Geraldo Guzman RC
149 Jay Spurgeon RC
150 Ross Gload RC
151 Ben Sheets RC
152 Josh Kalinowski RC*
153 Kurt Ainsworth USA RC
154 Paxton Crawford RC
155 Xavier Nady RC
156 Brad Wilkerson USA RC
157 Kris Wilson RC
158 Paul Rigdon RC
159 Ryan Kohlmeier RC
160 Dane Sardinha USA RC
161 Javier Cardona RC
162 Brad Cresse RC
163 Ron Gant
164 Mark Mulder
165 David Wells
166 Jason Tyner
167 David Segui
168 Al Martin
169 Melvin Mora
170 Ricky Ledee
171 Rolando Arrojo
172 Mike Sweeney
173 Bob Higginson
174 Eric Milton
175 Charles Johnson
176 Dave Justice
177 Moises Alou
178 Andy Ashby
179 Richie Sexson
180 Will Clark
181 Rondell White
182 Curt Schilling
183 Tom Goodwin
184 Lee Stevens
185 Ellis Burks
186 Henry Rodriguez
187 Mike Bordick
188 Ryan Klesko
189 Travis Lee
190 Kevin Young
191 Barry Larkin
192 Jeff Cirillo

Inserts

NOTE: All inserts are exclusive to Pros & Prospects packs.

ProMotion

P1 Derek Jeter
P2 Mike Piazza
P3 Mark McGwire
P4 Ivan Rodriguez
P5 Kerry Wood
P6 Nomar Garciaparra
P7 Sammy Sosa
P8 Alex Rodriguez
P9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
P10 Vladimir Guerrero

Future Forces

F1 Pat Burrell
F2 Brad Penny
F3 Rick Ankiel
F4 Adam Kennedy
F5 Eric Munson
F6 Rafael Furcal
F7 Mark Mulder
F8 Vernon Wells
F9 Matt Riley
F10 Nick Johnson

Best in the Bigs

B1 Sammy Sosa
B2 Tony Gwynn
B3 Pedro Martinez
B4 Mark McGwire
B5 Chipper Jones
B6 Derek Jeter
B7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
B8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
B9 Greg Maddux
B10 Ivan Rodriguez

Rare Breed

R1 Mark McGwire
R2 Frank Thomas
R3 Mike Piazza
R4 Barry Bonds
R5 Manny Ramirez
R6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
R7 Nomar Garciaparra
R8 Randy Johnson
R9 Vladimir Guerrero
R10 Jeff Bagwell
R11 Rick Ankiel
R12 Alex Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Game Jersey Autographs

This 21-card insert features a combination on-card autograph paired with a swatch of the player's game jersey.

The following players packed out as exchange cards: Cal Ripken, Jr., Ivan Rodriguez, Jose Canseco, and Ken Griffey, Jr., Mo Vaughn and Tom Glavine. Please note that Jose Canseco and Tom Glavine both only signed partial quantities of their cards, thus half packed out as proper autos and the other half packed out as exchange cards. Due to problems with the players, UD was not able to get the athletes to sign their remaining cards and were forced to redeem the exchange cards with signed Mo Vaughn cards instead. The deadline to redeem exchange cards was July 5th, 2001.

Representatives at Upper Deck have confirmed that the Derek Jeter card was produced in shorter supply than other cards from this set.

This set also contains the first-ever certified autograph of Luis Gonzalez.

A Gold parallel, serial-numbered to the respective player's uniform number was also produced. Production figures for the Gold cards are listed below. Like the "base" cards, the same six players were packed out as exchange cards, which have since expired.

AR Alex Rodriguez 3
BB Barry Bonds 25
CJ Chipper Jones 10
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH 8
DJ Derek Jeter SP 2
FT Frank Thomas 35
GS Gary Sheffield 10
IR Ivan Rodriguez EXCH 7
JC Jose Canseco EXCH 33
JD J.D. Drew 7
KG Ken Griffey, Jr. EXCH 30
KL Kenny Lofton 7
LG Luis Gonzalez 20
MV Mo Vaughn EXCH 42
MW Matt Williams 9
PW Preston Wilson 44
RJ Randy Johnson 51
RV Robin Ventura 4
SR Scott Rolen 17
TGL Tom Glavine EXCH 47
TGW Tony Gwynn 19

A Piece of History 3000 Club

See 2000 Upper Deck A Piece of History 3000 Club