2001 Topps Heritage

Description

2001 Topps Heritage is a 407-card set released right before spring training in February 2001. It is considered one of the landmark products of the 2000s for its model configuration and autograph lineup and was awarded "Product of the Decade" by Beckett.

Produced to celebrate Topps' 50th anniversary in the baseball card business, the base set had the same look and feel as the legendary 1952 Topps set. (Topps opted make all cards in the modern 2.5" X 3.5" format, and not in the 2.625" X 3.75" dimensions like the real '52 Topps.) Most of the photographs on the cards were purposefully blurred to give them an early-50s look.

Just like '52 Topps, the lower numbered cards and the higher numbered cards, were short printed -- but unlike '52 Topps, '01 Topps Heritage was released in a single series. In a nod to history, card #311 was reserved for then Yankee prospect David Parrish. Parrish's pose all but mirroring the picture used on Mickey Mantle's '52 Topps card.

Topps went beyond the call of duty on this set making redemption cards for every 1952 original card including the famed Mickey Mantle. There were also redemptions featuring replica hats. To top things off, 25 original Willie Mays '52 Topps cards were bought, autographed by Willie and inserted as box toppers. Chrome cards were inserted one per box and are very popular today, as are the autographs. Mays would later sign additional red ink cards that were unnumbered.

Legacy of 2001 Topps Heritage

The popularity of 2001 Topps Heritage can not be stressed enough. Set building was on the decline around 2001. Much of the time sets featured too many short printed cards that were either too hard to pull out of packs, or serial numbered too low. Topps found the right combination in Heritage making the set a challenge to put together, but fun to do while keeping pack prices down.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
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Checklist

Base Set

1 Kris Benson 2 Brian Jordan 3 Fernando Vina 4 Mike Sweeney 5 Rafael Palmeiro 6 Paul O'Neill 7 Todd Helton 8 Ramiro Mendoza 9 Kevin Millwood 10 Chuck Knoblauch 11 Derek Jeter 12 Alex Rodriguez 13 Geoff Jenkins 14 David Justice 15 David Cone 16 Andres Galarraga 17 Garret Anderson 18 Roger Cedeno 19 Randy Velarde 20 Carlos Delgado 21 Quilvio Veras 22 Jose Vidro 23 Corey Patterson 24 Jorge Posada 25 Eddie Perez 26 Jack Cust 27 Sean Burroughs 28 Randy Wolf 29 Mike Lamb 30 Rafael Furcal 31 Barry Bonds 32 Tim Hudson 33 Tom Glavine 34 Javy Lopez 35 Aubrey Huff 36 Wally Joyner 37 Magglio Ordonez 38 Matt Lawton 39 Mariano Rivera 40 Andy Ashby 41 Mark Buehrle 42 Esteban Loaiza 43 Mark Redman 44 Mark Quinn 45 Tino Martinez 46 Joe Mays 47 Walt Weiss 48 Roger Clemens 49 Greg Maddux 50 Richard Hidalgo 51 Orlando Hernandez 52 Chipper Jones 53 Ben Grieve 54 Jimmy Haynes 55 Ken Caminiti 56 Tim Salmon 57 Andy Pettitte 58 Darin Erstad 59 Marquis Grissom 60 Raul Mondesi 61 Bengie Molina 62 Miguel Tejada 63 Jose Cruz Jr. 64 Billy Koch 65 Troy Glaus 66 Cliff Floyd 67 Tony Batista 68 Jeff Bagwell 69 Billy Wagner 70 Eric Chavez 71 Troy Percival 72 Andruw Jones 73 Shane Reynolds 74 Barry Zito 75 Roy Halladay 76 David Wells 77 Jason Giambi 78 Scott Elarton 79 Moises Alou 80 Adam Piatt 81 Wilton Veras 82 Darryl Kile 83 Johnny Damon 84 Tony Armas Jr. 85 Ellis Burks 86 Jamey Wright 87 Jose Vizcaino 88 Bartolo Colon 89 Carmen Cali 90 Kevin Brown 91 Josh Hamilton 92 Jay Buhner 93 Scott Pratt 94 Alex Cora 95 Luis Montanez 96 Dmitri Young 97 J.T. Snow 98 Damion Easley 99 Greg Norton 100 Matt Wheatland 101 Chin-Feng Chen 102 Tony Womack 103 Adam Kennedy (Black Back) 104 J.D. Drew 105 Carlos Febles 106 Jim Thome 107 Danny Graves 108 Dave Mlicki 109 Ron Coomer 110 James Baldwin 111 Shaun Boyd 112 Brian Bohanon 113 Jacque Jones 114 Alfonso Soriano 115 Tony Clark 116 Terrence Long 117 Todd Hundley 118 Kazuhiro Sasaki 119 Brian Sellier 120 John Olerud 121 Javier Vazquez 122 Sean Burnett 123 Matt LeCroy 124 Erubiel Durazo 125 Juan Encarnacion 126 Pablo Ozuna 127 Russ Ortiz 128 David Segui 129 Mark McGwire 130 Mark Grace 131 Fred McGriff 132 Carl Pavano 133 Derek Thompson 134 Shawn Green 135 B.J. Surhoff 136 Michael Tucker 137 Jason Isringhausen 138 Eric Milton 139 Mike Stodolka 140 Milton Bradley 141 Curt Schilling 142 Sandy Alomar 143 Brent Mayne 144 Todd Jones 145 Charles Johnson 146 Dean Palmer 147 Masato Yoshii 148 Edgar Renteria 149 Joe Randa 150 Adam Johnson 151 Greg Vaughn 152 Adrian Beltre 153 Glenallen Hill 154 David Parrish 155 Neifi Perez 156 Pete Harnisch 157 Paul Konerko 158 Dennys Reyes 159 Jose Lima (Black Back) 160 Eddie Taubensee 161 Miguel Cairo 162 Jeff Kent 163 Dustin Hermanson 164 Alex Gonzalez 165 Hideo Nomo 166 Sammy Sosa 167 C.J. Nitkowski 168 Cal Eldred 169 Jeff Abbott 170 Jim Edmonds 171 Mark Mulder (Black Back) 172 Dominic Rich 173 Ray Lankford 174 Danny Borrell 175 Rick Aguilera 176 Shannon Stewart (Black Back) 177 Steve Finley 178 Jim Parque 179 Kevin Appier (Black Back) 180 Adrian Gonzalez 181 Tom Goodwin 182 Kevin Tapani 183 Fernando Tatis 184 Mark Grudzielanek 185 Ryan Anderson 186 Jeffrey Hammonds 187 Corey Koskie 188 Brad Fullmer (Black Back) 189 Rey Sanchez 190 Michael Barrett 191 Rickey Henderson 192 Jermaine Dye 193 Scott Brosius 194 Matt Anderson 195 Brian Buchanan 196 Derrek Lee 197 Larry Walker 198 Dan Moylan 199 Vinny Castilla 200 Ken Griffey Jr. 201 Matt Stairs (Black Back) 202 Ty Howington 203 Andy Benes 204 Luis Gonzalez 205 Brian Moehler 206 Harold Baines 207 Pedro Astacio 208 Cristian Guzman 209 Kip Wells 210 Frank Thomas 211 Jose Rosado 212 Vernon Wells (Black Back) 213 Bobby Higginson 214 Juan Gonzalez 215 Omar Vizquel 216 Bernie Williams 217 Aaron Sele 218 Shawn Estes 219 Roberto Alomar 220 Rick Ankiel 221 Josh Kalinowski 222 David Bell 223 Keith Foulke 224 Craig Biggio (Black Back) 225 Josh Axelson 226 Scott Williamson 227 Ron Belliard 228 Chris Singleton 229 Alex Serrano 230 Deivi Cruz 231 Eric Munson 232 Luis Castillo 233 Edgar Martinez 234 Jeff Shaw 235 Jeromy Burnitz 236 Richie Sexson 237 Will Clark 238 Ron Villone 239 Kerry Wood 240 Rich Aurilia 241 Mo Vaughn (Black Back) 242 Travis Fryman 243 Manny Ramirez 244 Chris Stynes 245 Ray Durham 246 Juan Uribe 247 Juan Guzman 248 Lee Stevens 249 Devon White 250 Kyle Lohse 251 Bryan Wolff 252 Matt Galante 253 Eric Young 254 Freddy Garcia 255 Jay Bell 256 Steve Cox 257 Torii Hunter 258 Jose Canseco 259 Brad Ausmus 260 Jeff Cirillo 261 Brad Penny 262 Antonio Alfonseca 263 Russ Branyan 264 Chris Morris 265 John Lackey 266 Justin Wayne 267 Brad Radke 268 Todd Stottlemyre 269 Mark Loretta 270 Matt Williams 271 Kenny Lofton 272 Jeff D'Amico 273 Jamie Moyer 274 Darren Dreifort 275 Denny Neagle 276 Orlando Cabrera 277 Chuck Finley 278 Miguel Batista 279 Carlos Beltran 280 Eric Karros 281 Mark Kotsay 282 Ryan Dempster 283 Barry Larkin 284 Jeff Suppan 285 Gary Sheffield 286 Jose Valentin 287 Robb Nen 288 Chan Ho Park 289 John Halama 290 Steve Smyth 291 Gerald Williams 292 Preston Wilson 293 Victor Hall 294 Ben Sheets 295 Eric Davis 296 Kirk Rueter 297 Chad Petty 298 Kevin Millar 299 Marvin Benard 300 Vladimir Guerrero 301 Livan Hernandez 302 Travis Baptist 303 Bill Mueller 304 Mike Cameron 305 Randy Johnson 306 Alan Mahaffey 307 Timo Perez 308 Pokey Reese 309 Ryan Rupe 310 Carlos Lee 311 Doug Glanville SP 312 Jay Payton SP 313 Troy O'Leary SP 314 Francisco Cordero SP 315 Rusty Greer SP 316 Cal Ripken SP 317 Ricky Ledee SP 318 Brian Daubach SP 319 Robin Ventura SP 320 Todd Zeile SP 321 Francisco Cordova SP 322 Henry Rodriguez SP 323 Pat Meares SP 324 Glendon Rusch SP 325 Keith Osik SP 326 Robert Keppel SP 327 Bobby Jones SP 328 Alex Ramirez SP 329 Robert Person SP 330 Ruben Mateo SP 331 Rob Bell SP 332 Carl Everett SP 333 Jason Schmidt SP 334 Scott Rolen SP 335 Jimmy Anderson SP 336 Bret Boone SP 337 Delino DeShields SP 338 Trevor Hoffman SP 339 Bob Abreu SP 340 Mike Williams SP 341 Mike Hampton SP 342 John Wetteland SP 343 Scott Erickson SP 344 Enrique Wilson SP 345 Tim Wakefield SP 346 Mike Lowell SP 347 Todd Pratt SP 348 Brook Fordyce SP 349 Benny Agbayani SP 350 Gabe Kapler SP 351 Sean Casey SP 352 Darren Oliver SP 353 Todd Ritchie SP 354 Kenny Rogers SP 355 Jason Kendall SP 356 John Vander Wal SP 357 Ramon Martinez SP 358 Edgardo Alfonzo SP 359 Phil Nevin SP 360 Albert Belle SP 361 Ruben Rivera Sp 362 Pedro Martinez SP 363 Derek Lowe SP 364 Pat Burrell SP 365 Mike Mussina SP 366 Brady Anderson SP 367 Darren Lewis SP 368 Sidney Ponson SP 369 Adam Eaton SP 370 Eric Owens SP 371 Aaron Boone SP 372 Matt Clement SP 373 Derek Bell SP 374 Trot Nixon SP 375 Travis Lee SP 376 Mike Banjamin SP 377 Jeff Zimmerman SP 378 Mike Lieberthal SP 379 Rick Reed SP 380 Nomar Garciaparra SP 381 Omar Daal SP 382 Ryan Klesko SP 383 Rey Ordonez SP 384 Kevin Young SP 385 Rick Helling SP 386 Brian Giles SP 387 Tony Gwynn SP 388 Ed Sprague SP 389 J.R. House SP 390 Scott Hatteberg SP 391 John Valentin SP 392 Melvin Mora SP 393 Royce Clayton SP 394 Jeff Fassero SP 395 Manny Alexander SP 396 John Franco SP 397 Luis Alicea SP 398 Ivan Rodriguez SP 399 Kevin Jordan SP 400 Jose Offerman SP 401 Jeff Conine SP 402 Seth Etherton SP 403 Mike Bordick SP 404 Al Leiter SP 405 Mike Piazza SP 406 Armando Benitez SP 407 Warren Morris SP

Short Prints

Cards 1-80 and 311-407 are all short prints.

Inserts

Chrome

CP1 Cal Ripken

CP2 Jim Thome

CP3 Derek Jeter

CP4 Andres Galarraga

CP5 Carlos Delgado

CP6 Roberto Alomar

CP7 Tom Glavine

CP8 Gary Sheffield

CP9 Mo Vaughn

CP10 Preston Wilson

CP11 Mike Mussina

CP12 Greg Maddux

CP13 Ivan Rodriguez

CP14 Al Leiter

CP15 Seth Etherton

CP16 Edgardo Alfonzo

CP17 Richie Sexson

CP18 Andruw Jones

CP19 Bartolo Colon

CP20 Darin Erstad

CP21 Kevin Brown

CP22 Mike Sweeney

CP23 Mike Piazza

CP24 Rafael Palmeiro

CP25 Terrence Long

CP26 Kazuhiro Sasaki

CP27 John Olerud

CP28 Mark McGwire

CP29 Fred McGriff

CP30 Todd Helton

CP31 Curt Schilling

CP32 Alex Rodriguez

CP33 Jeff Kent

CP34 Pat Burrell

CP35 Jim Edmonds

CP36 Mark Mulder

CP37 Troy Glaus

CP38 Jay Payton

CP39 Jermaine Dye

CP40 Larry Walker

CP41 Ken Griffey Jr.

CP42 Jeff Bagwell

CP43 Rick Ankiel

CP44 Mark Redman

CP45 Edgar Martinez

CP46 Mike Hampton

CP47 Manny Ramirez

CP48 Ray Durham

CP49 Rafael Furcal

CP50 Sean Casey

CP51 Jose Canseco

CP52 Barry Bonds

CP53 Tim Hudson

CP54 Barry Zito

CP55 Chuck Finley

CP56 Magglio Ordonez

CP57 David Wells

CP58 Jason Giambi

CP59 Tony Gwynn

CP60 Vladimir Guerrero

CP61 Randy Johnson

CP62 Bernie Williams

CP63 Craig Biggio

CP64 Jason Kendall

CP65 Pedro Martinez

CP66 Mark Quinn

CP67 Frank Thomas

CP68 Nomar Garciaparra

CP69 Brian Giles

CP70 Shawn Green

CP71 Roger Clemens

CP72 Sammy Sosa

CP73 Juan Gonzalez

CP74 Orlando Hernandez

CP75 Chipper Jones

CP76 Josh Hamilton

CP77 Adam Johnson

CP78 Shaun Boyd

CP79 Alfonso Soriano

CP80 Derek Thompson

CP81 Adrian Gonzalez

CP82 Ryan Anderson

CP83 Corey Patterson

CP84 J.R. House

CP85 Sean Burroughs

CP86 Bryan Wolff

CP87 John Lackey

CP88 Ben Sheets

CP89 Timo Perez

CP90 Robert Keppel

CP91 Luis Montanez

CP92 Sean Burnett

CP93 Justin Wayne

CP94 Eric Munson

CP95 Steve Smyth

CP96 Matt Galante

CP97 Carmen Cali

CP98 Brian Sellier

CP99 David Parrish

CP100 Danny Borrell

CP101 Chad Petty

CP102 Dominic Rich

CP103 Josh Axelson

CP104 Alex Serrano

CP105 Juan Uribe

CP106 Travis Baptist

CP107 Alan Mahaffey

CP108 Kyle Lohse

CP109 Victor Hall

CP110 Scott Pratt

Classic Renditions

CR1 Mark McGwire

CR2 Nomar Garciaparra

CR3 Barry Bonds

CR4 Sammy Sosa

CR5 Chipper Jones

CR6 Pat Burrell

CR7 Frank Thomas

CR8 Manny Ramirez

CR9 Derek Jeter

CR10 Ken Griffer Jr.

New Age Performers

NAP1 MIKE PIAZZA

NAP2 SAMMY SOSA

NAP3 ALEX RODRIGUEZ

NAP4 BARRY BONDS

NAP5 KEN GRIFFEY JR.

NAP6 CHIPPER JONES

NAP7 RANDY JOHNSON

NAP8 DEREK JETER

NAP9 NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

NAP10 MARK McGWIRE

NAP11 JEFF BAGWELL

NAP12 PEDRO MARTINEZ

NAP13 TODD HELTON

NAP14 VLADIMIR GUERRERO

NAP15 GREG MADDUX

Then and Now

TH1 Yogi Berra/Mike Piazza

TH2 Duke Snider/Sammy Sosa

TH3 Willie Mays/Ken Griffey Jr.

TH4 Phil Rizzuto/Derek Jeter

TH5 Pee Wee Reese/Nomar Garciaparra

TH6 Jackie Robinson/Alex Rodriguez

TH7 Johnny Mize/Mark McGwire

TH8 Bob Feller/Pedro Martinez

TH9 Robin Roberts/Greg Maddux

TH10 Warren Spahn/Randy Johnson

Time Capsule

THTC-WM Willie Mays

THTC-TW Ted Williams

THTC-DN Don Newcombe

THTC-WF Whitey Ford

THTC-WMTW Willie Mays/Ted Williams

=Topps Heritage Autographs

Topps issued 52 autographed cards which included 26 players from 1952 and 26 current baseball players. This set would be known in later Heritage issues as Real One Autographs.

Topps bought back 25 original 1952 Willie Mays cards and had May sign them. These cards were randomly inserted as bonus items in 2001 Topps Heritage boxes and are known as AutoProofs.

Topps included redemption cards for Eddie Mathews autographs, but unfortunately Eddie died right after Heritage was released and none of his cards were ever signed. Topps offered a non-numbered red ink Willie Mays autograph in place of the Eddie Mathews autograph.

These cards can be found autographed in either Blue or Red ink. Each player signed a total of 200 cards in blue ink and only 52 cards in red ink. The only exception is Willie Mays red ink cards, these are unnumbered as these were replacements for the Eddie Mathews autograph.

THA-AP Andy Pafko

THA-RH Richard Hidalgo

THA-TL Terrence Long

THA-CD Carlos Delgado

THA-CJ Chiiper Jones

THA-TG Tom Glavine

THA-GJ Geoff Jenkins

THA-JM Joe Mays

THA-FV Fernando Vina

THA-CP Corey Patterson

THA-JV Jose Vidro

THA-BB Barry Bonds

THA-AR ALEX RODRIGUEZ

THA-AH AUBREY HUFF

THA-SPB SEAN BURROUGHS

THA-RW RANDY WOLF

THA-KB KRIS BENSON

THA-ML MIKE LAMB

THA-TH TODD HELTON

THA-MQ MARK QUINN

THA-MS MIKE SWEENEY

THA-ML MATT LAWTON

THA-MO MAGGLIO ORDONEZ

THA-MB MARK BUERHLE

THA-MR MARK REDMAN

THA-CF CLIFF FLOYD

THA-NG NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

THA-MV MICKEY VERNON

THA-HB HANK BAUER

THA-DD DOM DiMAGGIO

THA-JG JOE GARAGIOLA

THA-DG DICK GROAT

THA-MI MONTY IRVIN

THA-VL VERNON LAW

THA-EM ED MATHEWS

THA-WM WILLIE MAYS

THA-GM GIL McDOUGALD

THA-MM ORESTES MINOSO

THA-PFR PHIL RIZZUTO

THA-PR Preacher Roe

THA-JS Johnny Sain

THA-HS Hank Sauer

THA-RS Al Schoendienst

THA-BS Bobby Shantz

THA-CS Curt Simmons

THA-ES Enos Slaughter

THA-DS Duke Snider

THA-BT Bobby Thomson

THA-HW Hoyt Wilhelm

THA-RR Robin Roberts

THA-WS Warren Spahn

Classic Renditions Autographs

CRA-BB Barry Bonds

CRA-CJ Chipper Jones

CRA-NG Nomar Garciaparra

Clubhouse Collection Autographs

Each card contains a piece of "Game Used" equipment and is also autographed. A limited edition of only 25 of each card was produced, and each card is hand numbered to 25.

THCC-MM Minnie Minoso GAME JERSEY

THCC-RS Red Schoendienst GAME BAT

THCC-DS Duke Snider GAME BAT

THCC-WM Willie Mays GAME BAT

Clubhouse Collection Relics

THCC-MM MINNIE MINOSO

THCC-RS RED SCHOENDIENST

THCC-DS DUKE SNIDER

THCC-EM EDDIE MATHEWS

THCC-WM WILLIE MAYS

THCC-RA RICHIE ASHBURN

THCC-FT FRANK THOMAS

THCC-FV FERNANDO VINA

THCC-SG SHAWN GREEN

THCC-CJ CHIPPER JONES

THCC-BB BARRY BONDS

THCC-SR SCOTT ROLEN

Clubhouse Collection Dual Relics

THCC-MMFT MINNIE MINOSO FRANK THOMAS

THCC-RSFV RED SCHOENDIENST FERNANDO VINA

THCC-DSSG DUKE SNIDER SHAWN GREEN

THCC-EMCJ EDDIE MATHEWS CHIPPER JONES

THCC-WMBB WILLIE MAYS BARRY BONDS

THCC-RASR RICHIE ASHBURN SCOTT ROLEN

Grandstand Glory Seat Relics

THGG-PR Phil Rizzuto

THGG-YB Yogi Berra

THGG-RA Richie Ashburn

THGG-RR Robin Roberts

THGG-WM Willie Mays

THGG-NF Nellie Fox

THGG-JR Jackie Robinson