1995 Select

Description

1995 Select is a 250-card set, released exclusively to Hobby outlets, in the Summer of 1995. As with the previous year's Select, only 4,950, 24-box, cases were produced with each individual waxbox bearing a unique serial-number.

A special card of Hideo Nomo (#251) was issued later in the year to those dealers who ordered a specific number of cases directly from Pinnacle Brands.

Distribution

24 packs per box, 12 cards per pack. 24 boxes per case. 4950 cases per series produced. (MSRP: $1.99). Hobby exclusive.

Reviews

Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 94% (236 of 250); Duplicates: 0; Artist's Proof Insert Completion: .004% (1 of 250); Can't Miss Insert Completion: .08% (1 of 12); Big Sticks Insert Completion .08% (1 of 12); Sure Shot Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	250	135543	?
Artist's Proof	250	475	1:24
Can't Miss	12	9900	1:24
Big Sticks	12	4950	1:48
Sure Shots	10	3168	1:90

NOTE: All production figures are calculated. No cards were actually serial-numbered.

Checklist

Promos

These four cards were distributed to dealers to promote the upcoming 1995 Select set. All cards have the word "SAMPLE" printed on both sides.

• 34 Roberto Alomar
• 37 Jeff Bagwell
• 241 Alex Rodriguez
• NNO Title Card

Base Set

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Robin Ventura
• 3 Al Martin
• 4 Jeff Frye
• 5 Darryl Strawberry
• 6 Chan Ho Park
• 7 Steve Avery
• 8 Bret Boone
• 9 Danny Tartabull
• 10 Dante Bichette
• 11 Rondell White
• 12 Dave McCarty
• 13 Bernard Gilkey
• 14 Mark McGwire
• 15 Ruben Sierra
• 16 Wade Boggs
• 17 Mike Piazza
• 18 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 19 Mike Mussina
• 20 Darryl Kile
• 21 Greg Maddux
• 22 Frank Thomas
• 23 Kevin Appier
• 24 Jay Bell
• 25 Kirk Gibson
• 26 Pat Hentgen
• 27 Joey Hamilton
• 28 Bernie Williams
• 29 Aaron Sele
• 30 Delino DeShields
• 31 Danny Bautista
• 32 Jim Thome
• 33 Rikkert Faneyte
• 34 Roberto Alomar
• 35 Paul Molitor
• 36 Allen Watson
• 37 Jeff Bagwell
• 38 Jay Buhner
• 39 Marquis Grissom
• 40 Jim Edmonds
• 41 Ryan Klesko
• 42 Fred McGriff
• 43 Tony Tarasco
• 44 Darren Daulton
• 45 Marc Newfield
• 46 Barry Bonds
• 47 Bobby Bonilla
• 48 Greg Pirkl
• 49 Steve Karsay
• 50 Bob Hamelin
• 51 Javy Lopez
• 52 Barry Larkin
• 53 Kevin Young
• 54 Sterling Hitchcock
• 55 Tom Glavine
• 56 Carlos Delgado
• 57 Darren Oliver
• 58 Cliff Floyd
• 59 Tim Salmon
• 60 Albert Belle
• 61 Salomon Torres
• 62 Gary Sheffield
• 63 Ivan Rodriguez
• 64 Charles Nagy
• 65 Eduardo Perez
• 66 Terry Steinbach
• 67 Dave Justice
• 68 Jason Bere
• 69 Dave Nilsson
• 70 Brian Anderson
• 71 Billy Ashley
• 72 Roger Clemens
• 73 Jimmy Key
• 74 Wally Joyner
• 75 Andy Benes
• 76 Ray Lankford
• 77 Jeff Kent
• 78 Moises Alou
• 79 Kirby Puckett
• 80 Joe Carter
• 81 Manny Ramirez
• 82 J.R. Phillips
• 83 Matt Mieske
• 84 John Olerud
• 85 Andres Galarraga
• 86 Juan Gonzalez
• 87 Pedro Martinez
• 88 Dean Palmer
• 89 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 90 Brian Jordan
• 91 Hal Morris
• 92 Lenny Dykstra
• 93 Wil Cordero
• 94 Tony Gwynn
• 95 Alex Gonzalez
• 96 Cecil Fielder
• 97 Mo Vaughn
• 98 John Valentin
• 99 Will Clark
• 100 Geronimo Pena
• 101 Don Mattingly
• 102 Charles Johnson
• 103 Raul Mondesi
• 104 Reggie Sanders
• 105 Royce Clayton
• 106 Reggie Jefferson
• 107 Craig Biggio
• 108 Jack McDowell
• 109 James Mouton
• 110 Mike Greenwell
• 111 David Cone
• 112 Matt Williams
• 113 Garret Anderson
• 114 Carlos Garcia
• 115 Alex Fernandez
• 116 Deion Sanders
• 117 Chili Davis
• 118 Mike Kelly
• 119 Jeff Conine
• 120 Kenny Lofton
• 121 Rafael Palmeiro
• 122 Chuck Knoblauch
• 123 Ozzie Smith
• 124 Carlos Baerga
• 125 Brett Butler
• 126 Sammy Sosa
• 127 Ellis Burks
• 128 Bret Saberhagen
• 129 Doug Drabek
• 130 Dennis Martinez
• 131 Paul O'Neill
• 132 Travis Fryman
• 133 Brent Gates
• 134 Rickey Henderson
• 135 Randy Johnson
• 136 Mark Langston
• 137 Greg Colbrunn
• 138 Jose Rijo
• 139 Bryan Harvey
• 140 Dennis Eckersley
• 141 Ron Gant
• 142 Carl Everett
• 143 Jeff Granger
• 144 Ben McDonald
• 145 Kurt Abbott
• 146 Jim Abbott
• 147 Jason Jacome
• 148 Rico Brogna
• 149 Cal Eldred
• 150 Rich Becker
• 151 Pete Harnisch
• 152 Roberto Petagine
• 153 Jacob Brumfield
• 154 Todd Hundley
• 155 Roger Cedeno
• 156 Harold Baines
• 157 Steve Dunn
• 158 Tim Belk
• 159 Marty Cordova
• 160 Russ Davis
• 161 Jose Malave
• 162 Brian L. Hunter
• 163 Andy Pettitte
• 164 Brooks Kieschnick
• 165 Midre Cummings
• 166 Frank Rodriguez
• 167 Chad Mottola
• 168 Brian Barber
• 169 Tim Unroe
• 170 Shane Andrews
• 171 Kevin Flora
• 172 Ray Durham
• 173 Chipper Jones
• 174 Butch Huskey
• 175 Ray McDavid
• 176 Jeff Cirillo
• 177 Terry Pendleton
• 178 Scott Ruffcorn
• 179 Ray Holbert
• 180 Joe Randa
• 181 Jose Oliva
• 182 Andy Van Slyke
• 183 Albie Lopez
• 184 Chad Curtis
• 185 Ozzie Guillen
• 186 Chad Ogea
• 187 Dan Wilson
• 188 Tony Fernandez
• 189 John Smoltz
• 190 Willie Greene
• 191 Darren Lewis
• 192 Orlando Miller
• 193 Kurt Miller
• 194 Andrew Lorraine
• 195 Ernie Young
• 196 Jimmy Haynes
• 197 Raul Casanova
• 198 Joe Vitiello
• 199 Brad Woodall
• 200 Juan Acevedo RC
• 201 Michael Tucker
• 202 Shawn Green
• 203 Alex Rodriguez
• 204 Julian Tavarez
• 205 Jose Lima
• 206 Wilson Alvarez
• 207 Rich Aude
• 208 Armando Benitez
• 209 Dwayne Hosey
• 210 Gabriel White
• 211 Joey Eischen
• 212 Bill Pulsipher
• 213 Robby Thompson
• 214 Toby Borland
• 215 Rusty Greer
• 216 Fausto Cruz
• 217 Luis Ortiz
• 218 Duane Singleton
• 219 Troy Percival
• 220 Gregg Jefferies
• 221 Mark Grace
• 222 Mickey Tettleton
• 223 Phil Plantier
• 224 Larry Walker
• 225 Ken Caminiti
• 226 Dave Winfield
• 227 Brady Anderson
• 228 Kevin Brown
• 229 Andujar Cedeno
• 230 Roberto Kelly

Showtime

• 232 Scott Ruffcorn
• 233 Billy Ashley
• 234 J.R. Phillips
• 235 Chipper Jones
• 236 Charles Johnson
• 237 Midre Cummings
• 238 Brian L. Hunter
• 239 Garret Anderson
• 240 Shawn Green
• 241 Alex Rodriguez

Checklists

• 242 Frank Thomas CL
• 243 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
• 244 Albert Belle CL
• 245 Cal Ripken, Jr. CL
• 246 Barry Bonds CL
• 247 Raul Mondesi CL
• 248 Mike Piazza CL
• 249 Jeff Bagwell CL
• 250 Jeff Bagwell / Frank Thomas / Ken Griffey, Jr. / M CL

Hideo Nomo Rookie

• 251S Hideo Nomo

Parallels

Artist's Proof

Artist's Proof is a 250-card parallel set, seeded into 1995 Select packs at the rate of 1:24, or one-per-box. Based upon the announced print run of 4950, 24-box cases, collectors were quickly able to calculate that, although each card was not serial-numbered, only 475 copies of each Artist's Proof were produced. (This was back when a card limited to under 500 copies was still meant something.)

Like with the base set, a Hideo Nomo Artist's Proof was randomly distributed directly to Hobby dealers and never inserted in packs.

Inserts

Can't Miss

This all-Dufex set features 12 of the top young stars of 1995.

• CM1 Cliff Floyd
• CM2 Ryan Klesko
• CM3 Charles Johnson
• CM4 Raul Mondesi
• CM5 Manny Ramirez
• CM6 Billy Ashley
• CM7 Alex Gonzalez
• CM8 Carlos Delgado
• CM9 Garret Anderson
• CM10 Alex Rodriguez
• CM11 Chipper Jones
• CM12 Shawn Green

Big Sticks

These 12 cards feature all the usual power hitters, printed on holographic foil. Dubbed by Pinnacle as "Gold Rush technology".

• BS1 Frank Thomas
• BS2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• BS3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• BS4 Mike Piazza
• BS5 Don Mattingly
• BS6 Will Clark
• BS7 Tony Gwynn
• BS8 Jeff Bagwell
• BS9 Barry Bonds
• BS10 Paul Molitor
• BS11 Matt Williams
• BS12 Albert Belle

Sure Shots

These Dufex cards feature players selected in the first round of the 1994 MLB Draft. Select touted this insert set as "Tomorrow's Superstars".

• SS1 Ben Grieve
• SS2 Kevin Witt
• SS3 Mark Farris (Never Played in Major Leagues)
• SS4 Paul Konerko
• SS5 Dustin Hermanson
• SS6 Ramon Castro
• SS7 McKay Christensen
• SS8 Brian Buchanan
• SS9 Paul Wilson
• SS10 Terrence Long