1997 Topps

Description

1997 Topps is a 495-card set released in two series of 275 and 220 cards, respectively.

Card 42 is a special Jackie Robinson tribute card commemorating the 50th anniversary of his contribution to baseball history and numbered for his Dodgers uniform number.

Topps announced in 1996 that beginning in 1997, card number 7 would no longer exist in future Topps Baseball sets; it would be "retired" in honor of Mickey Mantle. Card number 84 does not exist because Mike Fetters' card was incorrectly numbered 61. Card number 277 does not exist because Chipper Jones' card was incorrectly numbered 276.

Due to the popularity of featuring a reprint insert set of Mickey Mantle cards in the previous year's set, this year's release featured another reprint insert set consisting of other Mantle cards that did not appear in the 1996 set. Further, this year's release showcased Willie Mays and honored him with his own reprint insert set as well. "Willie Mays seemed the next logical progression after Mickey Mantle...He was a contemporary of Mantle's, those two names often are spoken together, and mays remains a special name in our hearts here at Topps," said Topps spokesman, Marty Appel at the time.

Rookie Cards include Kris Benson and Eric Chavez.

Factory sets were produced, but in much more limited quantity than in previous years.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29)

Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Jumbo: 12 packs per box, 35 cards per pack

Series One Repack: 10 packs plus one oversized Willie Mays 1952 Topps reprint per box. (Wal-Mart exclusive)

Series Two Repack: 15 packs plus one oversized parallel per box. (Wal-Mart exclusive)

Hobby Factory sets: Gold box. 495 card base set, plus eight inserts and one hermetically sealed "Last Day Production" Reprint of Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays.

Retail Factory sets: Red box. 495 card base set, plus eight inserts.

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	275	-	11:1	11:1	33:1
Mickey Mantle Reprints	16	-	1:12	1:12	1:3
Willie Mays Reprints	27	-	1:8	1:8	1:2
Hobby Masters	10	-	1:36	N/A	N/A
Sweet Strokes	12	-	N/A	1:12	N/A
Inter-League Finest	14	-	1:36	1:36	1:10
Inter-League Finest Refractors	14	-	1:216	1:216	1:56
All-Stars	22	-	1:18	1:18	1:6
Willie Mays Reprint Autographs	20	65	1:2400	1:2400	1:625

Series Two

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	220	-	11:1	11:1	33:1
Mickey Mantle Finest Reprints	16	-	1:24	1:24	1:6
Mickey Mantle Finest Refractor Reprints	16	-	1:216	1:216	1:60
Willie Mays Finest Reprints	27	-	1:20	1:20	1:4
Willie Mays Finest Refractor Reprints	27	-	1:180	1:180	1:48
Hobby Masters	10	-	1:36	N/A	N/A
Awesome Impact	20	-	N/A	1:18	N/A
Season's Best	25	-	1:6	1:6	1:1
Team Timber	16	-	1:36	1:36	1:8
Derek Jeter Autograph	1	-	1:576	1:576	?

Checklist

Promos

• PP5 Ricky Bottalico
• PP1 Frank Thomas
• PP2 Andruw Jones
• PP3 Barry Bonds
• PP4 Eric Young
• PP6 Royce Clayton
• PP7 Tom Goodwin
• PP8 Craig Biggio
• PP9 Ellis Burks

Base Set

Series One

NOTE: All American League players have a red frame, while National Leaguers have a green frame.

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Tom Pagnozzi
• 3 Terrell Wade
• 4 Jose Valentin
• 5 Mark Clark
• 6 Brady Anderson
• 8 Wade Boggs
• 9 Scott Stahoviak
• 10 Andres Galarraga
• 11 Steve Avery
• 12 Rusty Greer
• 13 Derek Jeter
• 14 Ricky Bottalico
• 15 Andy Ashby
• 16 Paul Shuey
• 17 F.P. Santangelo
• 18 Royce Clayton
• 19 Mike Mohler
• 20 Mike Piazza
• 21 Jaime Navarro
• 22 Billy Wagner RCup
• 23 Mike Timlin
• 24 Garret Anderson
• 25 Ben McDonald
• 26 Mel Rojas
• 27 John Burkett
• 28 Jeff King
• 29 Reggie Jefferson
• 30 Kevin Appier
• 31 Felipe Lira
• 32 Kevin Tapani
• 33 Mark Portugal
• 34 Carlos Garcia
• 35 Joey Cora
• 36 David Segui
• 37 Mark Grace
• 38 Erik Hanson
• 39 Jeff D'Amico
• 40 Jay Buhner
• 41 B.J. Surhoff
• 42 Jackie Robinson TRIB
• 43 Roger Pavlik
• 44 Hal Morris
• 45 Mariano Duncan
• 46 Harold Baines
• 47 Jorge Fabregas
• 48 Jose Herrera
• 49 Jeff Cirillo
• 50 Tom Glavine
• 51 Pedro Astacio
• 52 Mark Gardner
• 53 Arthur Rhodes
• 54 Troy O'Leary
• 55 Bip Roberts
• 56 Mike Lieberthal
• 57 Shane Andrews
• 58 Scott Karl
• 59 Gary DiSarcina
• 60 Andy Pettitte
• 61 Kevin Elster
• 62 Mark McGwire
• 63 Dan Wilson
• 64 Mickey Morandini
• 65 Chuck Knoblauch
• 66 Tim Wakefield
• 67 Raul Mondesi
• 68 Todd Jones
• 69 Albert Belle
• 70 Trevor Hoffman
• 71 Eric Young
• 72 Robert Perez
• 73 Butch Huskey
• 74 Brian McRae
• 75 Jim Edmonds
• 76 Mike Henneman
• 77 Frank Rodriguez
• 78 Danny Tartabull
• 79 Robb Nen
• 80 Reggie Sanders
• 81 Ron Karkovice
• 82 Benito Santiago
• 83 Mike Lansing
• 84 Mike Fetters UER (incorrectly numbered as 61)
• 85 Craig Biggio
• 86 Mike Bordick
• 87 Ray Lankford
• 88 Charles Nagy
• 89 Paul Wilson
• 90 John Wetteland
• 91 Tom Candiotti
• 92 Carlos Delgado
• 93 Derek Bell
• 94 Mark Lemke
• 95 Edgar Martinez
• 96 Rickey Henderson
• 97 Greg Myers
• 98 Jim Leyritz
• 99 Mark Johnson

'96 Season Highlights

• 100 Dwight Gooden
• 101 Al Leiter
• 101 Al Leiter
• 102 John Mabry
• 102 John Mabry
• 103 Alex Ochoa
• 104 Mike Piazza

• 105 Jim Thome
• 106 Ricky Otero
• 107 Jamey Wright
• 108 Frank Thomas
• 109 Jody Reed
• 110 Orel Hershiser
• 111 Terry Steinbach
• 112 Mark Loretta
• 113 Turk Wendell
• 114 Marvin Benard
• 115 Kevin Brown
• 116 Robert Person
• 117 Joey Hamilton
• 118 Francisco Cordova
• 119 John Smiley
• 120 Travis Fryman
• 121 Jimmy Key
• 122 Tom Goodwin
• 123 Mike Greenwell
• 124 Juan Gonzalez
• 125 Pete Harnisch
• 126 Roger Cedeno
• 127 Ron Gant
• 128 Mark Langston
• 129 Tim Crabtree
• 130 Greg Maddux
• 131 William VanLandingham
• 132 Wally Joyner
• 133 Randy Myers
• 134 John Valentin
• 135 Bret Boone
• 136 Bruce Ruffin
• 137 Chris Snopek
• 138 Paul Molitor
• 139 Mark McLemore
• 140 Rafael Palmeiro
• 141 Herb Perry
• 142 Luis Gonzalez
• 143 Doug Drabek
• 144 Ken Ryan
• 145 Todd Hundley
• 146 Ellis Burks
• 147 Ozzie Guillen
• 148 Rich Becker
• 149 Sterling Hitchcock
• 150 Bernie Williams
• 151 Mike Stanley
• 152 Roberto Alomar
• 153 Jose Mesa
• 154 Steve Trachsel
• 155 Alex Gonzalez
• 156 Troy Percival
• 157 John Smoltz
• 158 Pedro Martinez
• 159 Jeff Conine
• 160 Bernard Gilkey
• 161 Jim Eisenreich
• 162 Mickey Tettleton
• 163 Justin Thompson
• 164 Jose Offerman
• 165 Tony Phillips
• 166 Ismael Valdes
• 167 Ryne Sandberg
• 168 Matt Mieske
• 169 Geronimo Berroa
• 170 Otis Nixon
• 171 John Mabry
• 172 Shawon Dunston
• 173 Omar Vizquel
• 174 Chris Hoiles
• 175 Dwight Gooden
• 176 Wilson Alvarez
• 177 Todd Hollandsworth
• 178 Roger Salkeld
• 179 Rey Sanchez
• 180 Rey Ordonez
• 181 Denny Martinez
• 182 Ramon Martinez
• 183 Dave Nilsson
• 184 Marquis Grissom
• 185 Randy Velarde
• 186 Ron Coomer
• 187 Tino Martinez
• 188 Jeff Brantley
• 189 Steve Finley
• 190 Andy Benes
• 191 Terry Adams
• 192 Mike Blowers
• 193 Russ Davis
• 194 Darryl Hamilton
• 195 Jason Kendall
• 196 Johnny Damon
• 197 Dave Martinez
• 198 Mike Macfarlane
• 199 Norm Charlton

Prospects

• 200 Doug Million / Damian Moss RC / Jonathan Moss PROS
• 201 Geoff Jenkins / Raul Ibanez / Mike Cameron PROS
• 202 James Boncini / Sean Casey / Dmitri Young PROS
• 203 Jed Hansen / Homer Bush / Felipe Crespo PROS
• 204 Kevin Orie / Gabe Alvarez / Aaron Boone PROS
• 205 Ben Davis / Kevin Brown / Bobby Estalella PROS
• 206 Dante Powell / Billy McMillon / Bubba Trammell PROS
• 207 Glendon Rusch / Jarrod Washburn / Marc Wilkins PROS

• 208 Brian L. Hunter
• 209 Jason Giambi
• 210 Henry Rodriguez
• 211 Edgar Renteria
• 212 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 213 Fernando Vina
• 214 Shawn Green
• 215 Ray Durham
• 216 Joe Randa
• 217 Armando Reynoso
• 218 Eric Davis
• 219 Bob Tewksbury
• 220 Jacob Cruz
• 221 Glenallen Hill
• 222 Gary Gaetti
• 223 Donne Wall
• 224 Brad Clontz
• 225 Marty Janzen
• 226 Todd Worrell
• 227 John Franco
• 228 David Wells
• 229 Gregg Jefferies
• 230 Tim Naehring
• 231 Thomas Howard
• 232 Roberto Hernandez
• 233 Kevin Ritz
• 234 Julian Tavarez
• 235 Ken Hill
• 236 Greg Gagne
• 237 Bobby Chouinard
• 238 Joe Carter
• 239 Jermaine Dye RCup
• 240 Antonio Osuna
• 241 Julio Franco
• 242 Mike Grace
• 243 Aaron Sele
• 244 Dave Justice
• 245 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 246 Jose Canseco
• 247 Paul O'Neill
• 248 Sean Berry

Expansion Draft Picks

• 249 Nick Bierbrodt / Kevin Sweeney ARZ DP RC
• 250 Vladimir Nunez RC / Larry Rodriguez ARZ DP
• 251 Ron Hartman / David Hayman ARZ DP RC
• 252 Alex Sanchez / Matt Quatraro TB DP RC
• 253 Ronni Seberino RC / Pablo Ortega TB DP

• 254 Rex Hudler
• 255 Orlando Miller
• 256 Mariano Rivera
• 257 Brad Radke
• 258 Bob Higginson
• 259 Jay Bell
• 260 Mark Grudzielanek
• 261 Lance Johnson
• 262 Ken Caminiti
• 263 J.T. Snow
• 264 Gary Sheffield
• 265 Darrin Fletcher
• 266 Eric Owens
• 267 Luis Castillo
• 268 Scott Rolen

Draft Picks

• 269 Todd Noel / Joe Oliver DP RC
• 270 Corey Lee / Robert Stratton DP RC
• 271 Matt Halloran / Gil Meche DP RC
• 272 Eric Milton RC / Dee Brown DP RC
• 273 Josh Garrett / Chris Reitsma DP RC
• 274 Jason Marquis / A.J. Zapp DP RC

Checklists

• 275 Checklist
• 276 Checklist

Series Two

• 277 Chipper Jones UER (Incorrectly numbered, should as 276)
• 278 Orlando Merced
• 279 Ariel Prieto
• 280 Al Leiter
• 281 Pat Meares
• 282 Darryl Strawberry
• 283 Jamie Moyer
• 284 Scott Servais
• 285 Delino DeShields
• 286 Danny Graves
• 287 Gerald Williams
• 288 Todd Greene
• 289 Rico Brogna
• 290 Derrick Gibson
• 291 Joe Girardi
• 292 Darren Lewis
• 293 Nomar Garciaparra
• 294 Greg Colbrunn
• 295 Jeff Bagwell
• 296 Brent Gates
• 297 Jose Vizcaino
• 298 Alex Ochoa
• 299 Sid Fernandez
• 300 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 301 Chris Gomez
• 302 Wendell Magee, Jr.
• 303 Darren Oliver
• 304 Mel Nieves
• 305 Sammy Sosa
• 306 George Arias
• 307 Jack McDowell
• 308 Stan Javier
• 309 Kimera Bartee
• 310 James Baldwin
• 311 Rocky Coppinger
• 312 Keith Lockhart
• 313 C.J. Nitkowski
• 314 Allen Watson
• 315 Darryl Kile
• 316 Amaury Telemaco
• 317 Jason Isringhausen
• 318 Manny Ramirez
• 319 Terry Pendleton
• 320 Tim Salmon
• 321 Eric Karros
• 322 Mark Whiten
• 323 Rick Krivda
• 324 Brett Butler
• 325 Randy Johnson
• 326 Eddie Taubensee
• 327 Mark Leiter
• 328 Kevin Gross
• 329 Ernie Young
• 330 Pat Hentgen
• 331 Rondell White
• 332 Bobby Witt
• 333 Eddie Murray
• 334 Tim Raines
• 335 Jeff Fassero
• 336 Chuck Finley
• 337 Willie Adams
• 338 Chan Ho Park
• 339 Jay Powell
• 340 Ivan Rodriguez
• 341 Jermaine Allensworth
• 342 Jay Payton
• 343 T.J. Mathews
• 344 Tony Batista
• 345 Ed Sprague
• 346 Jeff Kent
• 347 Scott Erickson
• 348 Jeff Suppan
• 349 Pete Schourek
• 350 Kenny Lofton
• 351 Alan Benes
• 352 Fred McGriff
• 353 Charlie O'Brien
• 354 Darren Bragg
• 355 Alex Fernandez
• 356 Al Martin
• 357 Bob Wells
• 358 Chad Mottola
• 359 Devon White
• 360 David Cone
• 361 Bobby Jones
• 362 Scott Sanders
• 363 Karim Garcia
• 364 Kirt Manwaring
• 365 Chili Davis
• 366 Mike Hampton
• 367 Chad Ogea
• 368 Curt Schilling
• 369 Phil Nevin
• 370 Roger Clemens
• 371 Willie Greene
• 372 Kenny Rogers
• 373 Jose Rijo
• 374 Bobby Bonilla
• 375 Mike Mussina
• 376 Curtis Pride
• 377 Todd Walker
• 378 Jason Bere
• 379 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 380 Dante Bichette
• 381 Carlos Baerga
• 382 Livan Hernandez
• 383 Jason Schmidt
• 384 Kevin Stocker
• 385 Matt Williams
• 386 Bartolo Colon
• 387 Will Clark
• 388 Dennis Eckersley
• 389 Brooks Kieschnick
• 390 Ryan Klesko
• 391 Mark Carreon
• 392 Tim Worrell
• 393 Dean Palmer
• 394 Wil Cordero
• 395 Javy Lopez
• 396 Rich Aurilia
• 397 Greg Vaughn
• 398 Vinny Castilla
• 399 Jeff Montgomery
• 400 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 401 Walt Weiss
• 402 Brad Ausmus
• 403 Ruben Rivera
• 404 Mark Wohlers
• 405 Rick Aguilera
• 406 Tony Clark
• 407 Lyle Mouton
• 408 Bill Pulsipher
• 409 Jose Rosado
• 410 Tony Gwynn
• 411 Cecil Fielder
• 412 John Flaherty
• 413 Lenny Dykstra
• 414 Ugueth Urbina
• 415 Brian Jordan
• 416 Bob Abreu
• 417 Craig Paquette
• 418 Sandy Martinez
• 419 Jeff Blauser
• 420 Barry Larkin
• 421 Kevin Seitzer
• 422 Tim Belcher
• 423 Paul Sorrento
• 424 Cal Eldred
• 425 Robin Ventura
• 426 John Olerud
• 427 Bob Wolcott
• 428 Matt Lawton
• 429 Rod Beck
• 430 Shane Reynolds
• 431 Mike James
• 432 Steve Wojciechowski
• 433 Vladimir Guerrero
• 434 Dustin Hermanson
• 435 Marty Cordova
• 436 Marc Newfield
• 437 Todd Stottlemyre
• 438 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 439 Dave Stevens
• 440 Hideo Nomo
• 441 Mark Thompson
• 442 Mark Lewis
• 443 Quinton McCracken
• 444 Cliff Floyd
• 445 Denny Neagle
• 446 John Jaha
• 447 Mike Sweeney
• 448 John Wasdin
• 449 Chad Curtis
• 450 Mo Vaughn
• 451 Donovan Osborne
• 452 Ruben Sierra
• 453 Michael Tucker
• 454 Kurt Abbott
• 455 Andruw Jones UER
• 456 Shannon Stewart
• 457 Scott Brosius
• 458 Juan Guzman
• 459 Ron Villone
• 460 Moises Alou
• 461 Larry Walker

'96 Season Highlights

• 462 Eddie Murray
• 463 Paul Molitor
• 464 Hideo Nomo
• 465 Barry Bonds
• 466 Todd Hundley

• 467 Rheal Cormier

Expansion Draft Picks

• 468 Jose Sandoval / Joe Conti AZ DP RC
• 469 Rod Barajas / Jackie Rexrode AZ DP RC
• 470 Cedric Bowers / Jared Sandberg TB DP RC
• 471 Paul Wilder / Chie Gunner TB DP RC
• 472 Mike DeCelle / Marcus McCain TB DP RC

• 473 Todd Zeile
• 474 Neifi Perez
• 475 Jeromy Burnitz
• 476 Trey Beamon

Draft Picks

• 477 John Patterson / Braden Looper DP RC
• 478 Jake Westbrook RC / Danny Peoples DP
• 479 Eric Chavez / Adam Eaton DP RC
• 480 Peter Tucci / Joe Lawrence DP RC
• 481 Kris Benson / Billy Koch DP RC
• 482 John Nicholson / Andy Prater DP RC
• 483 Mark Kotsay / Mark Johnson DP RC

• 484 Armando Benitez
• 485 Mike Matheny
• 486 Jeff Reed

Prospects

• 487 Mark Bellhorn / Randy Johnson / Enrique Wilson
• 488 Richard Hidalgo / Ben Grieve RC / Scott Morgan
• 489 Paul Konerko / Derrek Lee / Ron Wright
• 490 Wes Helms / Bill Mueller RC / Brad Seitzer
• 491 Jeff Abbott / Shane Monahan / Edgard Velazquez
• 492 Jimmy Anderson RC / Ron Blazier / Gerald Witasick
• 493 Darin Blood / Carl Pavano / Heath Murray
• 494 Nelson Figueroa RC / Mike Villano / Mark Redman

Checklists

• 495 Checklist CL 277-400
• 496 Checklist CL 401-496

Parallels

Jumbos

Topps produced four oversized cards that were distributed exclusively in Wal-Mart repack boxes. For the first series, each repack box contained 10 Series One packs, plus one oversized reprint of Willie Mays' 1952 Topps card. The Series Two repack boxes had 15 packs and one of three oversized parallel cards listed below.

1 Chipper Jones

2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

3 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Inserts

Mickey Mantle Reprints

Following the successful reprint set in 1996 Topps, this 16-card set features reprints of all Topps/Bowman Mickey Mantle cards that were not reprinted the previous year. Each card is stamped with the same commemorative gold foil logo and is sequentially-numbered as an extension of the '96 set.

The "base" cards were inserted into Series One packs, while Finest and Finest Refractor versions were in Series Two. Each factory set contained one hermetically sealed "Last Day Production" Reprint of Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays.

• 21 Mickey Mantle / Hank Bauer / Yogi Berra 53B
• 22 Mickey Mantle 53B
• 23 Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra 57T
• 24 Mickey Mantle / Hank Aaron 58T
• 25 Mickey Mantle 58T AS
• 26 Mickey Mantle 59T HL
• 27 Mickey Mantle 59T AS
• 28 Mickey Mantle / Ken Boyer 60T
• 29 Mickey Mantle 60T AS
• 30 Mickey Mantle 61T HL
• 31 Mickey Mantle 61T MVP
• 32 Mickey Mantle 61T AS
• 33 Mickey Mantle / Willie Mays 62T
• 34 Mickey Mantle 62T IA
• 35 Mickey Mantle 62T AS
• 36 Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris / Al Kaline / Norm Cash 64T

Willie Mays Reprints

This 27-card set reprints reprints vintage Willie Mays Topps and Bowman cards. Each card front is highlighted by a special commemorative gold foil stamp. Randomly inserted in first series hobby packs only (at the rate of one in 2,400) are personally signed cards (see below).

The "base" cards were inserted into Series One packs, while Finest and Finest Refractor versions were in Series Two.

• 1 Willie Mays 51B
• 2 Willie Mays 52T
• 3 Willie Mays 53T
• 4 Willie Mays 54B
• 5 Willie Mays 54T
• 6 Willie Mays 55B
• 7 Willie Mays 55T
• 8 Willie Mays 56T
• 9 Willie Mays 57T
• 10 Willie Mays 58T
• 11 Willie Mays 59T
• 12 Willie Mays 60T
• 13 Willie Mays 60T AS
• 14 Willie Mays 61T
• 15 Willie Mays 61T AS
• 16 Willie Mays 62T
• 17 Willie Mays 63T
• 18 Willie Mays 64T
• 19 Willie Mays 65T
• 20 Willie Mays 66T
• 21 Willie Mays 67T
• 22 Willie Mays 68T
• 23 Willie Mays 69T
• 24 Willie Mays 70T
• 25 Willie Mays 71T
• 26 Willie Mays 72T
• 27 Willie Mays 73T

Last Day Production

Each factory set contained one hermetically sealed "Last Day Production" Reprint of Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays.

Jumbos

A special 4 1/4" by 5 3/4" jumbo reprint of the 1952 Topps Willie Mays card was made available exclusively in special Series One Wal-Mart Blaster boxes. Each box (shaped much like a cereal box) contained ten eight-card retail packs and the aforementioned jumbo card and retailed for $10.

Hobby Masters

Exclusive to Hobby packs, this 20-card set honors players picked by Hobby dealers from across the country as the best players in card collecting. Cards 1-10 were issued in first series packs and 11-20 in second series. Printed on 28-point diffraction foilboard, one card replaces two regular cards when inserted in packs.

• HM1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• HM2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HM3 Greg Maddux
• HM4 Albert Belle
• HM5 Tony Gwynn
• HM6 Jeff Bagwell
• HM7 Randy Johnson
• HM8 Raul Mondesi
• HM9 Juan Gonzalez
• HM10 Kenny Lofton
• HM11 Frank Thomas
• HM12 Mike Piazza
• HM13 Chipper Jones
• HM14 Brady Anderson
• HM15 Ken Caminiti
• HM16 Barry Bonds
• HM17 Mo Vaughn
• HM18 Derek Jeter
• HM19 Sammy Sosa
• HM20 Andres Galarraga

Sweet Strokes

Exclusive to Series One retail packs, this 15-card set features of some of baseball's top hitters on matrix foilboard.

• SS1 Roberto Alomar
• SS2 Jeff Bagwell
• SS3 Albert Belle
• SS4 Barry Bonds
• SS5 Mark Grace
• SS6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• SS7 Tony Gwynn
• SS8 Chipper Jones
• SS9 Edgar Martinez
• SS10 Mark McGwire
• SS11 Rafael Palmeiro
• SS12 Mike Piazza
• SS13 Gary Sheffield
• SS14 Frank Thomas
• SS15 Mo Vaughn

Inter-League Finest

Randomly inserted in Series One packs, this 14-card set features top individual match-ups from the new for 1997 Interleague rivalries. One player from each major league team is represented on each side of this double-sided set with a color photo and is covered with the patented Finest clear protector.

A Refractor version was also available.

• ILM1 Mark McGwire / Barry Bonds
• ILM2 Mike Piazza / Tim Salmon
• ILM3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• ILM4 Juan Gonzalez / Tony Gwynn
• ILM5 Sammy Sosa / Frank Thomas
• ILM6 Albert Belle / Barry Larkin
• ILM7 Johnny Damon / Brian Jordan
• ILM8 Paul Molitor / Jeff King
• ILM9 Jeff Bagwell / John Jaha
• ILM10 Bernie Williams / Todd Hundley
• ILM11 Joe Carter / Henry Rodriguez
• ILM12 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Gregg Jefferies
• ILM13 Chipper Jones / Mo Vaughn
• ILM14 Travis Fryman / Gary Sheffield

All-Stars

Randomly inserted in Series One packs, this 22-card set printed on rainbow foilboard features the top 11 players from each league and from each position as select by the Topps. The fronts carry a photo of a "first team" all-star player while the backs carry a different photo of that player alongside the "second team" and "third team" selections. Only the "first team" players are checklisted listed below.

• AS1 Ivan Rodriguez
• AS2 Todd Hundley
• AS3 Frank Thomas
• AS4 Andres Galarraga
• AS5 Chuck Knoblauch
• AS6 Eric Young
• AS7 Jim Thome
• AS8 Chipper Jones
• AS9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• AS10 Barry Larkin
• AS11 Albert Belle
• AS12 Barry Bonds
• AS13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• AS14 Ellis Burks
• AS15 Juan Gonzalez
• AS16 Gary Sheffield
• AS17 Andy Pettitte
• AS18 Tom Glavine
• AS19 Pat Hentgen
• AS20 John Smoltz
• AS21 Roberto Hernandez
• AS22 Mark Wohlers

Season's Best

This 25-card set was randomly inserted into Topps Series Two packs and features five top players from each of the following five statistical categories: Leading Looters (top base stealers), Bleacher Reachers (top home run hitters), Hill Toppers (most wins), Number Crunchers (most RBI's), Kings of Swing (top slugging percentages). The fronts display color player photos printed on matrix foilboard.

• SB1 Tony Gwynn
• SB2 Frank Thomas
• SB3 Ellis Burks
• SB4 Paul Molitor
• SB5 Chuck Knoblauch
• SB6 Mark McGwire
• SB7 Brady Anderson
• SB8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• SB9 Albert Belle
• SB10 Andres Galarraga
• SB11 Andres Galarraga
• SB12 Albert Belle
• SB13 Juan Gonzalez
• SB14 Mo Vaughn
• SB15 Rafael Palmeiro
• SB16 John Smoltz
• SB17 Andy Pettitte
• SB18 Pat Hentgen
• SB19 Mike Mussina
• SB20 Andy Benes
• SB21 Kenny Lofton
• SB22 Tom Goodwin
• SB23 Otis Nixon
• SB24 Eric Young
• SB25 Lance Johnson

Team Timber

Randomly inserted into all Series Two packs, this 16-card set highlight a selection of baseball's top sluggers. Each card features a simulated wood-grain stock; unfortunately, the fronts are UV-coated making the cards bow noticeably.

• TT1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• TT2 Ken Caminiti
• TT3 Bernie Williams
• TT4 Jeff Bagwell
• TT5 Frank Thomas
• TT6 Andres Galarraga
• TT7 Barry Bonds
• TT8 Rafael Palmeiro
• TT9 Brady Anderson
• TT10 Juan Gonzalez
• TT11 Mo Vaughn
• TT12 Mark McGwire
• TT13 Gary Sheffield
• TT14 Albert Belle
• TT15 Chipper Jones
• TT16 Mike Piazza

Awesome Impact

Exclusive to Series Two retail packs, this 20-card set feature a selection of top young stars and prospects.

• AI1 Jaime Bluma
• AI2 Tony Clark
• AI3 Jermaine Dye
• AI4 Nomar Garciaparra
• AI5 Vladimir Guerrero
• AI6 Todd Hollandsworth
• AI7 Derek Jeter
• AI8 Andruw Jones
• AI9 Chipper Jones
• AI10 Jason Kendall
• AI11 Brooks Kieschnick
• AI12 Alex Ochoa
• AI13 Rey Ordonez
• AI14 Neifi Perez
• AI15 Edgar Renteria
• AI16 Mariano Rivera
• AI17 Ruben Rivera
• AI18 Scott Rolen
• AI19 Billy Wagner
• AI20 Todd Walker

Autographs & Game-Used

Willie Mays Reprint Autographs

According to Topps, Mays signed about 65 copies of each of the following reprint cards: 51B, 52T, 53T, 55B, 55T, 57T, 58T, 60T, 60T AS, 61T, 61T AS, 63T, 64T, 65T, 66T, 69T, 70T, 72T, 73T. The cards are NOT serial-numbered but all have a "Certified Topps Autograph" stamp on them.

Unfortunately, counterfeit examples have surfaced on the secondary market. On these copies, both the autograph and Topps’ “Certified Autograph Issue” stamp can be fake. Counterfeit Certified Auto stamps feature thicker font on the word ‘Autograph’ and specifically, the “g” and “r” will touch. In contrast, legitimate Certified Auto stamps feature thin letter fonts and there is clear space between the “g” and “r” letters in ‘Autograph’.

Derek Jeter Autograph

A special "Derek Jeter Rookie of the Year" autographed card was randomly inserted into all Series Two packs.

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Topps (flagship) Fanatics Era: 2023 - 2024
Topps (flagship) Update Sets
Traded 1974 - 1976 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994
Traded & Rookies: 1995 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004
Updates & Highlights: 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
Update: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Topps (flagship) Parallel Brands
Chrome: 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Chrome Update: 1999 - 2000 - 2005 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Super Chrome: 1998 - 1999
Sapphire Chrome: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023
Holiday: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023
Mini: 1975 - 1985 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2022
Opening Day: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022