Description

2000 Topps TEK is a 45-card set released in July, 2000. This would be the final Topps TEK set.

The set features 40 player cards (1-40), and five short-printed rookie cards (41-45), and each card has 20 different background variations. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors and are short-printed in comparison to the other 15.

Each rookie card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies with 100 copies for each background variation. The only notable Rookie Card is that of BretT Myers.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	45	-	?
short set	40	-	?
Rookies	5	2000	1:2
Colored Variations	45	-	1:10
Gold	45	200	1:42
ArchiTEKs	18	-	1:5
DramaTEK Performers	9	-	1:10
TEKtonics	9	-	1:30

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Piazza

2 Chipper Jones

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Ivan Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 A.J. Burnett

7 Jim Thome

8 Mo Vaughn

9 Andruw Jones

10 Mark McGwire

11 Jose Canseco

12 Shawn Green

13 Barry Bonds

14 Bernie Williams

15 Manny Ramirez

16 Greg Maddux

17 Carlos Beltran

18 Pedro Martinez

19 Jeff Bagwell

20 Sammy Sosa

21 J.D. Drew

22 Randy Johnson

23 Larry Walker

24 Frank Thomas

25 Orlando Hernandez

26 Scott Rolen

27 Tony Gwynn

28 Rick Ankiel

29 Roberto Alomar

30 Ken Griffey, Jr.

31 Vladimir Guerrero

32 Derek Jeter

33 Nomar Garciaparra

34 Alex Rodriguez

35 Sean Casey

36 Adam Piatt

37 Corey Patterson

38 Josh Hamilton

39 Pat Burrell

40 Eric Munson

Rookies

Each rookie is cumulatively serial-numbered to 2000 copies; however, for each of the 20 different background variations, there are 100 copies each.

Unlike the regular base cards, Topps used different photographs for each variation. Background variations 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16-20 all use the same picture.

41 Ruben Salazar RC /2000

42 John Sneed RC /2000

43 Josh Girdley /2000

44 Brett Myers RC /2000

45 Rick Asadoorian RC /2000

Parallels

Colored

There are 20 different background variations for each player card. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors and were produced in smaller quantities. Pattern 16 cards are purple, pattern 17 are red, pattern 18 are yellow, pattern 19 are green, and pattern 20 are blue.

Gold

Each base card's background variaiton has a Gold parallel that is serial-numbered to 10 copies. Collectively, each individual player has 200 Gold cards.

Inserts

ArchiTEKs

A1 Nomar Garciaparra
A2 Derek Jeter
A3 Chipper Jones
A4 Vladimir Guerrero
A5 Mark McGwire
A6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
A7 Mike Piazza
A8 Jeff Bagwell
A9 Larry Walker
A10 Manny Ramirez
A11 Alex Rodriguez
A12 Sammy Sosa
A13 Shawn Green
A14 Juan Gonzalez
A15 Barry Bonds
A16 Pedro Martinez
A17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
A18 Ivan Rodriguez

DramaTEK Performers

DP1 Mark McGwire
DP2 Sammy Sosa
DP3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
DP4 Nomar Garciaparra
DP5 Chipper Jones
DP6 Mike Piazza
DP7 Alex Rodriguez
DP8 Derek Jeter
DP9 Vladimir Guerrero

TEKtonics

TT1 Derek Jeter
TT2 Mark McGwire
TT3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
TT4 Mike Piazza
TT5 Alex Rodriguez
TT6 Chipper Jones
TT7 Nomar Garciaparra
TT8 Sammy Sosa
TT9 Cal Ripken, Jr.