2016 Finest

This article is about a set that was just released.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2016 Finest is a 110-card set released May 18th. Each Hobby Master box will yield two autographs.

Changes in Hobby Distribution

On April 22nd, Topps announced drastic changes in 2016 Finest's distribution. Those Hobby dealers who pre-ordered Finest directly from Topps would have their orders honored. (Finest was solicited to Hobby dealers from November 25th, 2015 to January 13th, 2016 at a direct price of around $600 for an eight-box case.) However, reportedly due to low sales, Topps would not make Finest available to Hobby distributors or to online retailers and instead would sell it directly on the Topps.com website for $99.99 a box or $799.89 for an eight-box case.

Distribution

Two, six-pack miniboxes per box, five cards per pack ($99.99 at Topps.com). Eight boxes per case ($799.89 at Topps.com).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	110	-	?
short set	100	-	?
SPs	10	-	?
Refractors	100	-	1:3
Prism Refractor	100	-	1:6
Purple Refractor	100	-	?
Blue Refractor	100	-	?
Green Refractor	100	-	?
Gold Refractor	100	-	?
Orange Refractor	110	25	?
Red Refractor	110	5	?
SuperFractor	110	one-of-one	?
Printing Plates	100	four for each	?
Franchise Finest	30	-	1:3
Franchise Finest Orange Refractor	30	25	?
Franchise Finest Red Refractor	30	5	?
Franchise Finest SuperFractor	30	one-of-one	?
1996 Finest Intimidators	20	-	1:8
1996 Finest Intimidators Orange Refractor	20	25	?
1996 Finest Intimidators Red Refractor	20	5	?
1996 Finest Intimidators SuperFractor	20	one-of-one	?
Firsts	10	-	1:12
Firsts Orange Refractor	10	25	?
Firsts Red Refractor	10	5	?
Firsts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts	10	-	1:96
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Orange Refractor	10	25	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Red Refractor	10	5	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	?
Autographs	43	-	?
Autographs Blue Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Green Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Gold Refractor	43	-	?
Autographs Orange Refractor	43	25	?
Autographs Red Refractor	43	5	?
Autographs SuperFractor	43	one-of-one	?
Autographs Printing Plates	43	four for each	?
Greats Autographs	12	-	?
Greats Autographs Gold Refractor	12	-	?
Greats Autographs Orange Refractor	12	25	?
Greats Autographs Red Refractor	12	5	?
Greats Autographs SuperFractor	12	one-of-one	?
Greats Autographs Printing Plates	12	four for each	?
Franchise Finest Autographs	7	-	?
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs	5	-	?
Firsts Autographs	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Green Refractor	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Gold Refractor	7	-	?
Firsts Autographs Orange Refractor	7	25	?
Firsts Autographs Red Refractor	7	5	?
Firsts Autographs SuperFractor	7	one-of-one	?
Firsts Autographs Printing Plates	7	four for each	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs	10	5	?
Mystery Autographs	?	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Mike Trout
• 2 Ryan Howard
• 3 Edwin Encarnacion
• 4 Dee Gordon
• 5 Evan Longoria
• 6 Jake Arrieta
• 7 Jose Abreu
• 8 Frankie Montas RC
• 9 Matt Harvey
• 10 Ichiro
• 11 A.J. Pollock
• 12 Ian Kinsler
• 13 Salvador Perez
• 14 Buster Posey
• 15 Corey Kluber
• 16 Jose Peraza RC
• 17 Greg Bird RC
• 18 Trea Turner RC
• 19 Joc Pederson
• 20 J.D. Martinez
• 21 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
• 22 Carlos Correa
• 23 Cole Hamels
• 24 Joey Votto
• 25 Kenta Maeda RC
• 26 Dellin Betances
• 27 Ketel Marte RC
• 28 Brian McCann
• 29 Troy Tulowitzki
• 30 Dallas Keuchel
• 31 Byron Buxton
• 32 David Ortiz
• 33 Rob Refsnyder RC
• 34 Tyson Ross
• 35 Mookie Betts
• 36 Charlie Blackmon
• 37 Francisco Lindor
• 38 Sonny Gray
• 39 Jose Altuve
• 40 Chris Sale
• 41 Brian Dozier
• 42 Luis Severino RC
• 43 Robinson Cano
• 44 Josh Donaldson
• 45 Adrian Beltre
• 46 Jose Fernandez
• 47 Andrew McCutchen
• 48 Ryan Braun
• 49 Noah Syndergaard
• 50 Clayton Kershaw
• 51 Michael Brantley
• 52 Felix Hernandez
• 53 Yu Darvish
• 54 Andrew Miller
• 55 Eric Hosmer
• 56 Peter O'Brien RC
• 57 Wil Myers
• 58 Corey Seager RC
• 59 George Springer
• 60 Brandon Crawford
• 61 Jacob deGrom
• 62 Alcides Escobar
• 63 Yoenis Cespedes
• 64 Gary Sanchez RC
• 65 Miguel Cabrera
• 66 Gerrit Cole
• 67 Kyle Schwarber RC
• 68 Jorge Soler
• 69 Miguel Sano RC
• 70 Brandon Phillips
• 71 Maikel Franco
• 72 Craig Kimbrel
• 73 Dustin Pedroia
• 74 Matt Holliday
• 75 Henry Owens RC
• 76 Anthony Rizzo
• 77 David Wright
• 78 Giancarlo Stanton
• 79 Nolan Arenado
• 80 Kyle Seager
• 81 Mark Melancon
• 82 Raul Mondesi, Jr. RC
• 83 Carlos Carrasco
• 84 Matt Carpenter
• 85 David Price
• 86 Todd Frazier
• 87 Rusney Castillo
• 88 Madison Bumgarner
• 89 Starling Marte
• 90 Zack Greinke
• 91 Hector Olivera RC
• 92 Kolten Wong
• 93 Christian Yelich
• 94 Max Kepler RC
• 95 Jason Kipnis
• 96 Prince Fielder
• 97 Stephen Piscotty RC
• 98 Jorge Lopez RC
• 99 Jon Lester
• 100 Bryce Harper

SPs

NOTE: The ten base set short-prints are all Refractors. There are no "plain vanilla" non-Refractor cards.

• 101 Adam Jones SP
• 102 Aroldis Chapman SP
• 103 Aaron Nola SP RC
• 104 Matt Harvey SP
• 105 Wade Davis SP
• 106 Paul Goldschmidt SP
• 107 Max Scherzer SP
• 108 Michael Conforto SP RC
• 109 Freddie Freeman SP
• 110 Kris Bryant SP

Parallels

All 100 base cards, but NOT the ten SPs (cards #1-#100) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractors
• Prism Refractor
• Purple Refractor
• Blue Refractor
• Green Refractor
• Gold Refractor
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

All 100 base cards AND the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: The "base" version of the ten short-prints (cards #101-#110) are all Refractors. There is no non-Refractor "plain vanilla" base versions of these cards.

Inserts

All inserts are available in the following Refractors.

• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Franchise Finest

• FF-AJ Adam Jones
• FF-AM Andrew McCutchen
• FF-AR Anthony Rizzo
• FF-BD Brian Dozier
• FF-BH Bryce Harper
• FF-BM Brian McCann
• FF-BP Buster Posey
• FF-CK Clayton Kershaw
• FF-CS Chris Sale
• FF-DO David Ortiz
• FF-EH Eric Hosmer
• FF-EL Evan Longoria
• FF-FF Freddie Freeman
• FF-FH Felix Hernandez
• FF-GS Giancarlo Stanton
• FF-JA Jose Altuve
• FF-JD Josh Donaldson
• FF-JV Joey Votto
• FF-MB Michael Brantley
• FF-MC Miguel Cabrera
• FF-MCA Matt Carpenter
• FF-MH Matt Harvey
• FF-MT Mike Trout
• FF-NA Nolan Arenado
• FF-PF Prince Fielder
• FF-PG Paul Goldschmidt
• FF-RB Ryan Braun
• FF-RH Ryan Howard
• FF-SG Sonny Gray
• FF-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators

• 96FI-AP Albert Pujols
• 96FI-BJ Bo Jackson
• 96FI-CS Chris Sale
• 96FI-DO David Ortiz
• 96FI-EE Edwin Encarnacion
• 96FI-EG Evan Gattis
• 96FI-FT Frank Thomas
• 96FI-GS Giancarlo Stanton
• 96FI-I Ichiro
• 96FI-JC Jose Canseco
• 96FI-MH Matt Harvey
• 96FI-MM Mark McGwire
• 96FI-MP Mike Piazza
• 96FI-NR Nolan Ryan
• 96FI-PF Prince Fielder
• 96FI-RC Roger Clemens
• 96FI-RJ Randy Johnson
• 96FI-VG Vladimir Guerrero
• 96FI-YC Yoenis Cespedes
• 96FI-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts

• FF-AN Aaron Nola
• FF-CS Corey Seager
• FF-HO Hector Olivera
• FF-HOW Henry Owens
• FF-KS Kyle Schwarber
• FF-LS Luis Severino
• FF-MC Michael Conforto
• FF-MS Miguel Sano
• FF-SP Stephen Piscotty
• FF-TT Trea Turner

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts

• FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
• FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
• FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
• FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
• FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr. White Sox

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Blue Refractor
• Green Refractor
• Gold Refractor
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

• FA-AG Andres Galarraga
• FA-AJ Andruw Jones
• FA-AM Andrew Miller
• FA-AP A.J. Pollock
• FA-BH Bryce Harper
• FA-BPA Byung-Ho Park
• FA-BPO Buster Posey
• FA-BS Blake Swihart
• FA-CB Craig Biggio
• FA-CC Carlos Correa
• FA-CD Carlos Delgado
• FA-CDI Corey Dickerson
• FA-CE Carl Edwards, Jr.
• FA-CKL Corey Kluber
• FA-CM Carlos Martinez
• FA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• FA-DK Dallas Keuchel
• FA-DN Daniel Norris
• FA-FF Freddie Freeman
• FA-FL Francisco Lindor
• FA-HO Hector Olivera
• FA-I Ichiro
• FA-JAL Jose Altuve
• FA-JD Jacob deGrom
• FA-JKR John Kruk
• FA-JR J.T. Realmuto
• FA-KB Kris Bryant
• FA-KC Kole Calhoun
• FA-KMA Kenta Maeda
• FA-KW Kolten Wong
• FA-MC Matt Cain
• FA-MT Mike Trout
• FA-OV Omar Vizquel
• FA-RB Ryan Braun
• FA-RF Rollie Fingers
• FA-RM Raul Mondesi, Jr.
• FA-RR Rob Refsnyder
• FA-SM Starling Marte
• FA-SMA Steven Matz
• FA-SP Stephen Piscotty
• FA-TT Trea Turner
• FA-WD Wade Davis
• FA-YD Yu Darvish

Greats Autographs

Each Greats Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Gold Refractor
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

• FGA-AK Al Kaline
• FGA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• FGA-DM Don Mattingly
• FGA-EM Edgar Martinez
• FGA-HA Hank Aaron
• FGA-JG Juan Gonzalez
• FGA-JS John Smoltz
• FGA-MP Mike Piazza
• FGA-NR Nolan Ryan
• FGA-RC Rod Carew
• FGA-SK Sandy Koufax
• FGA-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Franchise Finest Autographs

• FFIA-BP Buster Posey
• FFIA-CK Clayton Kershaw
• FFIA-EL Evan Longoria
• FFIA-FH Felix Hernandez
• FFIA-JA Jose Altuve
• FFIA-MT Mike Trout
• FFIA-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs

• 96FIA-BJ Bo Jackson
• 96FIA-MM Mark McGwire
• 96FIA-NR Nolan Ryan
• 96FIA-RC Roger Clemens
• 96FIA-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts Autographs

Each Firsts Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Green Refractor
• Gold Refractor
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

• FFA-AN Aaron Nola
• FFA-CS Corey Seager
• FFA-HOW Henry Owens
• FFA-KS Kyle Schwarber
• FFA-LS Luis Severino
• FFA-MC Michael Conforto
• FFA-MS Miguel Sano

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs

Each Career Die-Cuts Autograph is serial-numbered to five.

• FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr.