Description

1999 SkyBox Premium is a 300-card set released in the Summer of 1999.

In an effort to satisfy both set collectors and "prospectors," two different versions of each rookie and prospect card (cards #223-272) were created. The commonly available versions feature close-up shots of the players. The parallel versions feature full-body action shots.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
Action	50	-	1:8	1:8
Star Rubies	300	50	?	?
Star Rubies Action	50	15	?	?
Live Bats	15	-	1:7	?
Soul of the Game	15	-	1:14	?
Diamond Debuts	15	-	1:49	?
Show Business	15	-	1:70	?
Intimidation Nation	15	99	?	?
Autographics	52	-	1:68	?
Autographics Blue Ink	52	50	?	?

Checklist

Promo

83 Ben Grieve

Base Set

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Sidney Ponson
3 Shawn Green
4 Dan Wilson
5 Rolando Arrojo
6 Roberto Alomar
7 Matt Anderson
8 David Segui
9 Alex Gonzalez
10 Edgar Renteria
11 Benito Santiago
12 Todd Stottlemyre
13 Rico Brogna
14 Troy Glaus
15 Al Leiter
16 Pedro Martinez
17 Paul O'Neill
18 Manny Ramirez
19 Scott Rolen
20 Curt Schilling
21 Bobby Abreu
22 Robb Nen
23 Andy Pettitte
24 John Wetteland
25 Bobby Bonilla
26 Darin Erstad
27 Shawn Estes
28 John Franco
29 Nomar Garciaparra
30 Rick Helling
31 Dave Justice
32 Chuck Knoblauch
33 Quinton McCracken
34 Kenny Rogers
35 Brian Giles
36 Armando Benitez
37 Trevor Hoffman
38 Charles Johnson
39 Travis Lee
40 Tom Glavine
41 Rondell White
42 Orlando Hernandez
43 Mickey Morandini
44 Darryl Kile
45 Greg Vaughn
46 Gregg Jefferies
47 Mark McGwire
48 Kerry Wood
49 Jeromy Burnitz
50 Ron Gant
51 Vinny Castilla
52 Doug Glanville
53 Juan Guzman
54 Dustin Hermanson
55 Jose Hernandez
56 Bob Higginson
57 A.J. Hinch
58 Randy Johnson
59 Eli Marrero
60 Rafael Palmeiro
61 Carl Pavano
62 Brett Tomko
63 Jose Guillen
64 Mike Lieberthal
65 Jim Abbott
66 Dante Bichette
67 Jeff Cirillo
68 Eric Davis
69 Delino DeShields
70 Steve Finley
71 Mark Grace
72 Jason Kendall
73 Jeff Kent
74 Desi Relaford
75 Ivan Rodriguez
76 Shannon Stewart
77 Geoff Jenkins
78 Ben Grieve
79 Cliff Floyd
80 Jason Giambi
81 Rod Beck
82 Derek Bell
83 Will Clark
84 David Dellucci
85 Joey Hamilton
86 Livan Hernandez
87 Barry Larkin
88 Matt Mantei
89 Dean Palmer
90 Chan Ho Park
91 Jim Thome
92 Miguel Tejada
93 Justin Thompson
94 David Wells
95 Bernie Williams
96 Jeff Bagwell
97 Derrek Lee
98 Devon White
99 Jeff Shaw
100 Brad Radke
101 Mark Grudzielanek
102 Javy Lopez
103 Mike Sirotka
104 Robin Ventura
105 Andy Ashby
106 Juan Gonzalez
107 Albert Belle
108 Andy Benes
109 Jay Buhner
110 Ken Caminiti
111 Roger Clemens
112 Mike Hampton
113 Pete Harnisch
114 Mike Piazza
115 J.T. Snow
116 John Olerud
117 Tony Womack
118 Todd Zeile
119 Tony Gwynn
120 Brady Anderson
121 Sean Casey
122 Jose Cruz, Jr.
123 Carlos Delgado
124 Edgar Martinez
125 Jose Mesa
126 Shane Reynolds
127 John Valentin
128 Mo Vaughn
129 Kevin Young
130 Jay Bell
131 Aaron Boone
132 John Smoltz
133 Mike Stanley
134 Bret Saberhagen
135 Tim Salmon
136 Mariano Rivera
137 Ken Griffey, Jr.
138 Jose Offerman
139 Troy Percival
140 Greg Maddux
141 Frank Thomas
142 Steve Avery
143 Kevin Millwood
144 Sammy Sosa
145 Larry Walker
146 Matt Williams
147 Mike Caruso
148 Todd Helton
149 Andruw Jones
150 Ray Lankford
151 Craig Biggio
152 Ugueth Urbina
153 Wade Boggs
154 Derek Jeter
155 Wally Joyner
156 Mike Mussina
157 Gregg Olson
158 Henry Rodriguez
159 Reggie Sanders
160 Fernando Tatis
161 Dmitri Young
162 Rick Aguilera
163 Marty Cordova
164 Johnny Damon
165 Ray Durham
166 Brad Fullmer
167 Chipper Jones
168 Bobby Smith
169 Omar Vizquel
170 Todd Hundley
171 David Cone
172 Royce Clayton
173 Ryan Klesko
174 Jeff Montgomery
175 Magglio Ordonez
176 Billy Wagner
177 Masato Yoshii
178 Jason Christiansen
179 Chuck Finley
180 Tom Gordon
181 Wilton Guerrero
182 Rickey Henderson
183 Sterling Hitchcock
184 Kenny Lofton
185 Tino Martinez
186 Fred McGriff
187 Matt Stairs
188 Neifi Perez
189 Bob Wickman
190 Barry Bonds
191 Jose Canseco
192 Damion Easley
193 Jim Edmonds
194 Juan Encarnacion
195 Travis Fryman
196 Tom Goodwin
197 Rusty Greer
198 Roberto Hernandez
199 B.J. Surhoff
200 Scott Brosius
201 Brian Jordan
202 Paul Konerko
203 Ismael Valdes
204 Eric Milton
205 Adrian Beltre
206 Tony Clark
207 Bartolo Colon
208 Cal Ripken, Jr.
209 Moises Alou
210 Wilson Alvarez
211 Kevin Brown
212 Orlando Cabrera
213 Vladimir Guerrero
214 Jose Rosado
215 Raul Mondesi
216 David Nilsson
217 Carlos Perez
218 Jason Schmidt
219 Richie Sexson
220 Gary Sheffield
221 Fernando Vina
222 Todd Walker
223 Scott Sauerbeck RC
224 Pascual Matos RC
225 Kyle Farnsworth RC
226 Freddy Garcia RC
227 David Lundquist RC
228 Jolbert Cabrera RC
229 Dan Perkins RC
230 Warren Morris
231 Carlos Febles
232 Brett Hinchliffe RC
233 Jason Phillips RC
234 Glen Barker RC
235 Jose Macias RC
236 Joe Mays RC
237 Chad Allen RC
238 Miguel Del Toro RC
239 Chris Singleton
240 Jesse Garcia RC
241 Kris Benson
242 Clay Bellinger RC
243 Scott Williamson
244 Masao Kida RC
245 Guillermo Garcia RC
246 A.J. Burnett RC
247 Bo Porter RC
248 Pat Burrell RC
249 Carlos Lee
250 Jeff Weaver RC
251 Ruben Mateo
252 J.D. Drew
253 Jeremy Giambi
254 Gary Bennett RC
255 Edwards Guzman RC
256 Ramon E. Martinez RC
257 Giomar Guevara RC
258 Joe McEwing RC
259 Tom Davey RC
260 Gabe Kapler
261 Ryan Rupe RC
262 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
263 Michael Barrett
264 Eric Chavez
265 Orber Moreno RC
266 Marlon Anderson
267 Carlos Beltran
268 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
269 Roy Halladay
270 Torii Hunter
271 Stan Spencer
272 Alex Gonzalez
273 Mark McGwire SF
274 Scott Rolen SF
275 Jeff Bagwell SF
276 Derek Jeter SF
277 Tony Gwynn SF
278 Frank Thomas SF
279 Sammy Sosa SF
280 Nomar Garciaparra SF
281 Cal Ripken, Jr. SF
282 Albert Belle SF
283 Kerry Wood SF
284 Greg Maddux SF
285 Barry Bonds SF
286 Juan Gonzalez SF
287 Ken Griffey, Jr. SF
288 Alex Rodriguez SF
289 Ben Grieve SF
290 Travis Lee SF
291 Mo Vaughn SF
292 Mike Piazza SF
293 Roger Clemens SF
294 J.D. Drew SF
295 Randy Johnson SF
296 Chipper Jones SF
297 Vladimir Guerrero SF
298 Nomar Garciaparra CL
299 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
300 Mark McGwire CL

Parallels

Action

Each of the 50 Rookie/Prospect subset cards (#223-272) are available in an "Action" parallel. Whereas each of the base cards have a close-up "portrait" photo on the front, the "Action" cards have an action photo. Collectors attempting to complete a set should note that there are no other markings on the Action cards designating them such.

Star Rubies

Each of the 300 base cards are available in a "Star Ruby" parallel which is serial-numbered to 50 copies. In addition the 50 "Action" parallels (see above) were also made as Star Rubies. The Action Star Rubies are all numbered to only fifteen copies, each. Star Rubies, serial-numbered to 50.

Inserts

Diamond Debuts

1DD Eric Chavez
2DD Kyle Farnsworth
3DD Ryan Rupe
4DD Jeremy Giambi
5DD Marlon Anderson
6DD J.D. Drew
7DD Carlos Febles
8DD Joe McEwing
9DD Jeff Weaver
10DD Alex Gonzalez
11DD Chad Allen
12DD Michael Barrett
13DD Gabe Kapler
14DD Carlos Lee
15DD Edwards Guzman

Intimidation Nation

Each Intimidation Nation card is serial-numbered to 99 copies.

1 IN Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 IN Tony Gwynn
3 IN Nomar Garciaparra
4 IN Frank Thomas
5 IN Mike Piazza
6 IN Mark McGwire
7 IN Scott Rolen
8 IN Chipper Jones
9 IN Greg Maddux
10 IN Ken Griffey, Jr.
11 IN Juan Gonzalez
12 IN Derek Jeter
13 IN J.D. Drew
14 IN Roger Clemens
15 IN Alex Rodriguez

Live Bats

1LB Juan Gonzalez
2LB Mark McGwire
3LB Jeff Bagwell
4LB Frank Thomas
5LB Mike Piazza
6LB Nomar Garciaparra
7LB Alex Rodriguez
8LB Scott Rolen
9LB Travis Lee
10LB Tony Gwynn
11LB Derek Jeter
12LB Ben Grieve
13LB Chipper Jones
14LB Ken Griffey, Jr.
15LB Cal Ripken, Jr.

Show Business

1SB Mark McGwire
2SB Tony Gwynn
3SB Nomar Garciaparra
4SB Juan Gonzalez
5SB Roger Clemens
6SB Chipper Jones
7SB Cal Ripken, Jr.
8SB Alex Rodriguez
9SB Orlando Hernandez
10SB Greg Maddux
11SB Mike Piazza
12SB Frank Thomas
13SB Ken Griffey, Jr.
14SB Scott Rolen
15SB Derek Jeter

Soul of the Game

1SG Alex Rodriguez
2SG Vladimir Guerrero
3SG Chipper Jones
4SG Derek Jeter
5SG Tony Gwynn
6SG Scott Rolen
7SG Juan Gonzalez
8SG Mark McGwire
9SG Ken Griffey, Jr.
10SG Jeff Bagwell
11SG Cal Ripken, Jr.
12SG Frank Thomas
13SG Mike Piazza
14SG Nomar Garciaparra
15SG Sammy Sosa

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographics

Each card is also available in a Blue Ink parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies. In addition, the set is NOT sequentially-numbered; therefore, we have checklisted it below in alphabetical order.

Roberto Alomar
Paul Bako
Michael Barrett
Kris Benson
Micah Bowie
Roosevelt Brown
A.J. Burnett
Pat Burrell
Ken Caminiti
Royce Clayton
Edgard Clemente
Bartolo Colon
J.D. Drew
Damion Easley
Derrin Ebert
Mario Encarnacion
Juan Encarnacion
Troy Glaus
Tom Glavine
Juan Gonzalez SP
Shawn Green
Wilton Guerrero
Jose Guillen
Tony Gwynn
Mark Harriger
Todd Hollandsworth
Scott Hunter
Gabe Kapler
Scott Karl
Mike Kinkade
Ray Lankford
Barry Larkin
Matt Lawton
Ricky Ledee
Travis Lee
Eli Marrero
Ruben Mateo
Joe McEwing
Doug Mientkiewicz
Russ Ortiz
Jim Parque
Robert Person
Alex Rodriguez
Scott Rolen
Benj Sampson
Luis Saturria
Curt Schilling
David Segui
Fernando Tatis
Peter Tucci
Javier Vazquez
Robin Ventura