Tier One Darwin Barney

Topps Tier One is one of those fancy products that I usually steer clear of.  It's too expensive for me (over $100 for a single three-card pack!) and the checklist is too short.  I usually like something that has a team set of at least seven or eight players.  Plus, there isn't even a base set of cards; it's all autographs or relics.


But.....since I've added a couple player collections, I thought I'd try to cherry-pick a few autograph cards.  Today, my first success...

....Darwin Barney.  He's on the "On the Rise" checklist...nice to see him included there.  Every Tier One pack has one of the "On the Rise" cards in it, along with a "Crowd Pleaser" autograph and a relic card.  You can see that mine is numbered /235.  It set me back only ten bucks.  


Since every pack has an "On the Rise (OTR)" card in it, I can use the checklist to get an almost exact number of packs of this that were made.


The OTR checklist has 94 different cards (not 94 players since several players have more than one variation).  They are all numbered between 50 copies and 395 copies.  However, three of the cards, Allen Craig, Gordon Beckham and Bryce Harper, don't have numbers listed since they have to be redeemed.  But I added up the number of cards for the 91 other players and got a total of 15,865 cards.  


There are also OTR parallels: White ink /25, Silver ink /10, and Gold ink 1/1.  That adds 36 cards for each of the 94 on the checklist, another 3.384 cards.  Add that to the 15,865 and maybe another 75 for the three redemptions and you get a total of 19,324 cards...and 19,324 packs of Tier One.


If you'd like to check my math, here is the entire On the Rise checklist, with the players and the number of base autograph cards.

OR-AJO Adam Jones	50
OR-AA Alex Avila	235
OR-AO Alexi Ogando	75
OR-AC Allen Craig	Redemption
OR-AR Anthony Rizzo	235
OR-ARI Anthony Rizzo	235
OR-ACH Aroldis Chapman	75
OR-BR Ben Revere	235
OR-BRE Ben Revere	235
OR-BP Brad Peacock	350
OR-BPE Brad Peacock	350
OR-BBE Brandon Belt	235
OR-BM Brent Morel	235
OR-BA Brett Anderson	235
OR-BAN Brett Anderson	235
OR-BL Brett Lawrie	50
OR-BH Bryce Harper	Redemption
OR-CGO Carlos Gonzalez	50
OR-CS Carlos Santana	50
OR-CH Chris Heisey	235
OR-CHE Chris Heisey	235
OR-CSA Chris Sale	75
OR-CKE Clayton Kershaw	50
OR-CR Colby Rasmus	75
OR-CK Craig Kimbrel	50
OR-DBA Daniel Bard	235
OR-DBD Daniel Bard	235
OR-DHU Daniel Hudson	235
OR-DE Danny Espinosa	235
OR-DB Darwin Barney	235
OR-DG Dee Gordon	75
OR-DH Derek Holland	75
OR-DM Devin Mesoraco	75
OR-DME Devin Mesoraco	75
OR-DP Drew Pomeranz	75
OR-DST Drew Stubbs	75
OR-DS Drew Storen	75
OR-DA Dustin Ackley	50
OR-EN Eduardo Nunez	75
OR-ENU Eduardo Nunez	75
OR-EH Eric Hosmer	50
OR-FF Freddie Freeman	50
OR-MST Giancarlo Stanton	50
OR-GG Gio Gonzalez	50
OR-GB Gordon Beckham	Redemption
OR-HN Hector Noesi	315
OR-IN Ivan Nova	75
OR-INO Ivan Nova	75
OR-JDA J.D. Martinez	350
OR-JDM J.D. Martinez	350
OR-JA J.P. Arencibia	75
OR-JAR J.P. Arencibia	75
OR-JP Jarrod Parker	235
OR-JK Jason Kipnis	75
OR-JW Jemile Weeks	235
OR-JWE Jemile Weeks	235
OR-JH Jeremy Hellickson	50
OR-JM Jesus Montero	50
OR-JPA Jimmy Paredes	350
OR-JPR Jimmy Paredes	350
OR-JG Johnny Giavotella	395
OR-JJ Jon Jay	235
OR-JN Jon Niese	235
OR-JWA Jordan Walden	75
OR-JZ Jordan Zimmerman	235
OR-JR Josh Reddick	350
OR-JRE Josh Reddick	350
OR-JTE Julio Teheran	235
OR-KSE Kyle Seager	395
OS-KS Kyle Seager	235
OR-LM Logan Morrison	50
OR-MB Madison Bumgarner	50
OR-MTT Mark Trumbo	50
OR-MTM Mark Trumbo	50
OR-MMO Matt Moore	75
OR-MP Michael Pineda	75
OR-MT Mike Trout	50
OR-MM Mitch Moreland	350
OR-MMR Mitch Moreland	350
OR-NE Nathan Eovaldi	395
OR-NF Neftali Feliz	75
OR-NW Neil Walker	235
OR-PG Paul Goldschmidt	75
OR-RD Randall Delgado	395
OR-RR Ricky Romero	75
OR-SP Salvador Perez	350
OR-SPE Salvador Perez	350
OR-TW Travis Wood	235
OR-TC Trevor Cahill	75
OR-VW Vance Worley	355
OR-VWO Vance Worley	355
OR-WR Wilson Ramos	75
OR-YC Yoenis Cespedes	50
OR-ZB Zach Britton	50