2000 Finest Baseball Cards

2000 Finest baseball cards were released when designs still mimicked the feel of a theme that was so richly developed in later half of the 1990s. It stems from an ideal combination of simplicity and rarity. The former is showcased by the base design with the baseball and horizontal lines in the background, and the blue nameplate that wraps around the team logo. Nothing too complicated, just an attractive simple design. The later is accentuated by the surprisingly rare gold refractor parallels.

A full parallel run includes a base, refractor, and gold refractor. While it may seem like a pretty easy 3-card batch to pull together, the gold refractor is often the odd man out. If you’re looking to pull together a complete run of a player in the set, here’s what to expect:

• Base: This is the standard card. It can be had at minimal expense in a variety of places online on a pretty routine basis.
• Refractor: There are several different subsets in the total 2000 Finest Baseball set. Insertion ratios depend on where the card is found in the set and in what style of pack you are opening i.e., Retail, Hobby, and HTA. Insertion ratios are anywhere from 1:6 to 1:288.
• Gold Refractor: There are several different subsets in the total 2000 Finest Baseball set. Insertion ratios depend on where the card is found in the set and in what style of pack you are opening i.e., Retail, Hobby, and HTA. Insertion ratios are anywhere from 1:240 to 1:2880. These feature deckle edging and are commonly the last cards people need to complete their runs.

There are a number of excellent insert sets in 2000 Finest that would make a box break an exciting one. If you’ve enjoyed Finest products in the past, this installment is sure to delight as it’s packed with star talent, interesting parallels, and cool insert sets.

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Set Information:

Important Date(s)
April 2000	S1 Release Date
July 2000	S2 Release Date

Set	Total Cards	Print Run(s)	Odds
Base	289	Base /- Features /- Counterparts /- S1 RCs /2000 S2 RCs /3000 Gems /-	Base: 6:1 H/R; 13:1 HTA Features: 1:8 H/R; 1:3 HTA Counterparts: 1:8 H/R; 1:3 HTA S1 RCs: 1:23 H/R; 1:6 HTA S2 RCs: 1:13 H/R; 1:5 HTA Gems: 1:24 H/R; 1:9 HTA
Refractor	287	Base /- Features /- Counterparts /- S1 RCs /500 S2 RCs /1000 Gems /-	Base: 1:24 H/R; 1:6 HTA Features: 1:96 H/R; 1:40 HTA Counterparts: 1:96 H/R; 1:40 HTA S1 RCs: 1:93 H/R S2 RCs: 1:49 H/R Gems: 1:288 H/R; 1:120 HTA
Gold Refractor	287	Base /- Features /- Counterparts /- S1 RCs /100 S2 RCs /100 Gems /-	Base: 1:240 H/R Features: 1:960 H/R; 1:400 HTA Counterparts: 1:960 H/R; 1:400 HTA S1 RCs: 1:368 H/R S2 RCs: 1:448 H/R Gems: 1:2880 H/R; 1:1200 HTA
Ballpark Bounties	30	–	1:24 H/R; 1:12 HTA 1-15 in S1 16-30 in S2
Dream Cast	10	–	1:36 H/R S2; 1:13 HTA
For the Record	30	See notes	1:71 S1 H/R; 1:33 HTA
Gems Oversize	20	–	Inserted as box-toppers 1-10 in S1 11-20 in S2
Gems Oversize Refractor	20	–	Inserted as box-toppers in HTA boxes only
Going the Distance	12	–	1:24 S1 H/R; 1:12 HTA
Moments	4	–	1:9 S2 H/R; 1:4 HTA
Moments Refractor	4	–	1:20 S2; 1:9 HTA
Moments Refractor Autograph	4	–	1:425 S2 H/R; 1:196 HTA
Pre-Production	5	–	Distributed to dealers and hobby media on Topps’ mailing list
Graded Gems Exchange Cards	2	10	S1: 1:9344 HTA S2: 1:8157 HTA

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– See chart above for insertion ratios –

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Base Set Checklist:

2000 Finest is a two-series, 287-card set issued by Topps in 6-card packs with an SRP of $4.99, and 13-card HTA packs with an SRP of $10.00. The set includes 179 cards and the following subsets: 20 first series RCs (101-120) serial numbered to 2000 and 20 second series RCs (247-266) serial numbered to 3000; 15 Features (121-135); 10 Counterparts (267-276), and 20 Gems (136-145, 277-286). Ken Griffey Jr. (146) has two unique cards depicting him in a Reds uniform – Action and Portrait. Parallel(s): Refractor and Gold Refractor.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
1	Nomar Garciaparra	145	Jeff Bagwell GEM
2	Chipper Jones	146	Ken Griffey Jr. (Action)
3	Erubiel Durazo	146A	Ken Griffey Jr. (Portrait)
4	Robin Ventura	147	Andruw Jones
5	Garret Anderson	148	Kerry Wood
6	Dean Palmer	149	Jim Edmonds
7	Mariano Rivera	150	Pedro Martinez
8	Rusty Greer	151	Warren Morris
9	Jim Thome	152	Trevor Hoffman
10	Jeff Bagwell	153	Ryan Klesko
11	Jason Giambi	154	Andy Pettitte
12	Jeromy Burnitz	155	Frank Thomas
13	Mark Grace	156	Damion Easley
14	Russ Ortiz	157	Cliff Floyd
15	Kevin Brown	158	Ben Davis
16	Kevin Millwood	159	John Valentin
17	Scott Williamson	160	Rafael Palmeiro
18	Orlando Hernandez	161	Andy Ashby
19	Todd Walker	162	J.D. Drew
20	Carlos Beltran	163	Jay Bell
21	Ruben Rivera	164	Adam Kennedy
22	Curt Schilling	165	Manny Ramirez
23	Brian Giles	166	John Halama
24	Eric Karros	167	Octavio Dotel
25	Preston Wilson	168	Darin Erstad
26	Al Leiter	169	Jose Lima
27	Juan Encarnacion	170	Andres Galarraga
28	Tim Salmon	171	Scott Rolen
29	B.J. Surhoff	172	Delino DeShields
30	Bernie Williams	173	J.T. Snow
31	Lee Stevens	174	Tony Womack
32	Pokey Reese	175	John Olerud
33	Mike Sweeney	176	Jason Kendall
34	Corey Koskie	177	Carlos Lee
35	Roberto Alomar	178	Eric Milton
36	Tim Hudson	179	Jeff Cirillo
37	Tom Glavine	180	Gabe Kapler
38	Jeff Kent	181	Greg Vaughn
39	Mike Lieberthal	182	Denny Neagle
40	Barry Larkin	183	Tino Martinez
41	Paul O’Neill	184	Doug Mientkiewicz
42	Rico Brogna	185	Juan Gonzalez
43	Brian Daubach	186	Ellis Burks
44	Rich Aurilia	187	Mike Hampton
45	Vladimir Guerrero	188	Royce Clayton
46	Luis Castillo	189	Mike Mussina
47	Bartolo Colon	190	Carlos Delgado
48	Kevin Appier	191	Ben Grieve
49	Mo Vaughn	192	Fernando Tatis
50	Alex Rodriguez	193	Matt Williams
51	Randy Johnson	194	Rondell White
52	Kris Benson	195	Shawn Green
53	Tony Clark	196	Hideki Irabu
54	Chad Allen	197	Troy Glaus
55	Larry Walker	198	Roger Cedeno
56	Freddy Garcia	199	Ray Lankford
57	Paul Konerko	200	Sammy Sosa
58	Edgardo Alfonzo	201	Kenny Lofton
59	Brady Anderson	202	Edgar Martinez
60	Derek Jeter	203	Mark Kotsay
61	John Smoltz	204	David Wells
62	Doug Glanville	205	Craig Biggio
63	Shannon Stewart	206	Ray Durham
64	Greg Maddux	207	Troy O’Leary
65	Mark McGwire	208	Rickey Henderson
66	Gary Sheffield	209	Bob Abreu
67	Kevin Young	210	Neifi Perez
68	Tony Gwynn	211	Carlos Febles
69	Rey Ordonez	212	Chuck Knoblauch
70	Cal Ripken Jr.	213	Moises Alou
71	Todd Helton	214	Omar Vizquel
72	Brian Jordan	215	Vinny Castilla
73	Jose Canseco	216	Javy Lopez
74	Luis Gonzalez	217	Johnny Damon
75	Barry Bonds	218	Roger Clemens
76	Jermaine Dye	219	Miguel Tejada
77	Jose Offerman	220	Carl Everett
78	Magglio Ordonez	221	Matt Lawton
79	Fred McGriff	222	Albert Belle
80	Ivan Rodriguez	223	Adrian Beltre
81	Josh Hamilton	224	Dante Bichette
82	Vernon Wells	225	Raul Mondesi
83	Mark Mulder	226	Mike Piazza
84	John Patterson	227	Brad Penny
85	Nick Johnson	228	Kip Wells
86	Pablo Ozuna	229	Adam Everett
87	A.J. Burnett	230	Eddie Yarnall
88	Jack Cust	231	Matt LeCroy
89	Adam Piatt	232	Jason Tyner
90	Rob Ryan	233	Rick Ankiel
91	Sean Burroughs	234	Lance Berkman
92	D’Angelo Jimenez	235	Rafael Furcal
93	Chad Hermansen	236	Dee Brown
94	Robert Fick	237	Gookie Dawkins
95	Ruben Mateo	238	Eric Valent
96	Alex Escobar	239	Peter Bergeron
97	Wily Pena	240	Alfonso Soriano
98	Corey Patterson	241	Adam Dunn
99	Eric Munson	242	Jorge Toca
100	Pat Burrell	243	Ryan Anderson
101	Michael Tejera RC	244	Jason Dallaero
102	Bobby Bradley RC	245	Jason Grilli
103	Larry Bigbie RC	246	Milton Bradley
104	B.J. Garbe RC	247	Scott Downs RC
105	Josh Kalinowski RC	248	Keith Reed RC
106	Brett Myers RC	249	Edgar Cruz RC
107	Chris Mears RC	250	Wes Anderson RC
108	Aaron Rowand RC	251	Lyle Overbay RC
109	Corey Myers RC	252	Mike Lamb RC
110	John Sneed RC	253	Vince Faison RC
111	Ryan Christianson RC	254	Chad Alexander
112	Kyle Snyder	255	Chris Wakeland RC
113	Mike Paradis	256	Aaron McNeal RC
114	Chance Caple RC	257	Tomo Ohka RC
115	Ben Christensen RC	258	Ty Howington RC
116	Brad Baker RC	259	Javier Colina RC
117	Rob Purvis RC	260	Jason Jennings RC
118	Rick Asadoorian RC	261	Ramon Santiago RC
119	Ruben Salazar RC	262	Johan Santana RC
120	Julio Zuleta RC	263	Quincy Foster RC
121	A.Rodriguez/K.Griffey Jr.	264	Junior Brignac RC
122	N.Garciaparra/D.Jeter	265	Rico Washington RC
123	M.McGwire/S.Sosa	266	Scott Sobkowiak RC
124	R.Johnson/P.Martinez	267	P.Martinez/R.Ankiel
125	I.Rodriguez/M.Piazza	268	M.Ramirez/V.Guerrero
126	M.Ramirez/R.Alomar	269	A.Burnett/M.Mulder
127	C.Jones/A.Jones	270	M.Piazza/E.Munson
128	C.Ripken Jr./T.Gwynn	271	J.Hamilton/C.Patterson
129	J.Bagwell/C.Biggio	272	K.Griffey Jr./S.Sosa
130	B.Bonds/V.Guerrero	273	D.Jeter/A.Soriano
131	N.Johnson/A.Soriano	274	M.McGwire/P.Burrell
132	Josh Hamilton	275	C.Jones/C.Ripken Jr.
133	C.Patterson/R.Mateo	276	N.Garciaparra/A.Rodriguez
134	L.Walker/T.Helton	277	Pedro Martinez GEM
135	R.Ordonez/E.Alfonzo	278	Tony Gwynn GEM
136	Derek Jeter GEM	279	Barry Bonds GEM
137	Alex Rodriguez GEM	280	Juan Gonzalez GEM
138	Chipper Jones GEM	281	Larry Walker GEM
139	Mike Piazza GEM	282	Nomar Garciaparra GEM
140	Mark McGwire GEM	283	Ken Griffey Jr. GEM
141	Ivan Rodriguez GEM	284	Manny Ramirez GEM
142	Cal Ripken Jr. GEM	285	Shawn Green GEM
143	Vladimir Guerrero GEM	286	Sammy Sosa GEM
144	Randy Johnson GEM

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Ballpark Bounties:

2000 Finest Ballpark Bounties is a 30-card with a Most Wanted theme featuring players with highly desirable skills.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
BB1	Chipper Jones	BB16	Alex Rodriguez
BB2	Mike Piazza	BB17	Derek Jeter
BB3	Vladimir Guerrero	BB18	Cal Ripken Jr.
BB4	Sammy Sosa	BB19	Larry Walker
BB5	Nomar Garciaparra	BB20	Barry Bonds
BB6	Manny Ramirez	BB21	Ken Griffey Jr.
BB7	Jeff Bagwell	BB22	Mark McGwire
BB8	Scott Rolen	BB23	Ivan Rodriguez
BB9	Carlos Beltran	BB24	Andruw Jones
BB10	Pedro Martinez	BB25	Todd Helton
BB11	Greg Maddux	BB26	Randy Johson
BB12	Josh Hamilton	BB27	Ruben Mateo
BB13	Adam Piatt	BB28	Corey Patterson
BB14	Pat Burrell	BB29	Sean Burroughs
BB15	Alfonso Soriano	BB30	Eric Munson

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Dream Cast:

2000 Finest Dream Cast is a 10-card set featuring players with skills people only dream about. The cards fearture a silver metallic wavey design.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
DC1	Mark McGwire	DC6	Ken Griffey Jr.
DC2	Roberto Alomar	DC7	Sammy Sosa
DC3	Chipper Jones	DC8	Mike Piazza
DC4	Derek Jeter	DC9	Pedro Martinez
DC5	Barry Bonds	DC10	Randy Johnson

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For the Record:

2000 Finest For the Record is a 30-card set featuring 10 players and various print runs. Each card is serial numbered to the distance of the left, center, and right field walls of the depicted player’s home ballparks.

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Card #	Player(s)	Print Run(s)	Card #	Player(s)	Print Run(s)
FR1A	Derek Jeter	318	FR6A	Cal Ripken Jr.	333
FR1B	Derek Jeter	408	FR6B	Cal Ripken Jr.	410
FR1C	Derek Jeter	314	FR6C	Cal Ripken Jr.	318
FR2A	Mark McGwire	330	FR7A	Sammy Sosa	355
FR2B	Mark McGwire	402	FR7B	Sammy Sosa	400
FR2C	Mark McGwire	330	FR7C	Sammy Sosa	353
FR3A	Ken Griffey Jr.	331	FR8A	Manny Ramirez	325
FR3B	Ken Griffey Jr.	405	FR8B	Manny Ramirez	410
FR3C	Ken Griffey Jr.	327	FR8C	Manny Ramirez	324
FR4A	Alex Rodriguez	331	FR9A	Mike Piazza	338
FR4B	Alex Rodriguez	405	FR9B	Mike Piazza	410
FR4C	Alex Rodriguez	327	FR9C	Mike Piazza	335
FR5A	Nomar Garciaparra	310	FR10A	Chipper Jones	335
FR5B	Nomar Garciaparra	390	FR10B	Chipper Jones	401
FR5C	Nomar Garciaparra	302	FR10C	Chipper Jones	330

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Gems Oversize:

2000 Finest Gems Oversize is a 20-card set that was inserted into boxes as a box-topper and features some of the best players in baseball. A refractor version also exists.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
1	Derek Jeter	11	Nomar Garciaparra
2	Alex Rodriguez	12	Ken Griffey Jr.
3	Chipper Jones	13	Manny Ramirez
4	Mike Piazza	14	Shawn Green
5	Mark McGwire	15	Sammy Sosa
6	Ivan Rodriguez	16	Pedro Martinez
7	Cal Ripken Jr.	17	Tony Gwynn
8	Vladimir Guerrero	18	Barry Bonds
9	Randy Jonson	19	Juan Gonzalez
10	Jeff Bagwell	20	Larry Walker

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Going the Distance:

2000 Finest Going the Distance is a 12-card set that features some of baseball’s best hitters.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
GTD1	Tony Gwynn	GTD7	Ken Griffey Jr.
GTD2	Alex Rodriguez	GTD8	Vladimir Guerrero
GTD3	Derek Jeter	GTD9	Mark McGwire
GTD4	Chipper Jones	GTD10	Mike Piazza
GTD5	Nomar Garciaparra	GTD11	Manny Ramirez
GTD6	Sammy Sosa	GTD12	Cal Ripken Jr.

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Moments:

2000 Finest Moments is a 4-card set that features great moments from the 1999 baseball season. Two parallel sets exist: Refractor and Refractor Autograph.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
FM1	Chipper Jones	FM3	Tony Gwynn
FM2	Ivan Rodriguez	FM4	Wade Boggs

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Pre-Production:

2000 Finest Pre-Production is a 5-card set that was made to preview what the 2000 Finest set would look like. It was issued to dealers and hobby media on Topps’ mailing listed some weeks before the release of the product.

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Card #	Player(s)	Card #	Player(s)
PP1	Brian Jordan	PP4	Corey Myers
PP2	Bernie Williams	PP5	Derek Jeter GEM
PP3	Pat Burrell

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Graded Gems Exchanges Cards:

20 of these exchange cards were inserted into packs at 10 per series. These cards could be sent to Topps in exchange for a complete Gems subset graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA. The base set includes one of each of these S1 and S2 Graded Gem exchange cards but they are not included in either of the refractor parallel sets.

Card #	Card	Print Run
NNO	Graded Gems S1 Exchange	10
NNO	Graded Gems S2 Exchange	10