1994 Signature Rookies

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Description

1994 Signature Rookies is a 50-card set released in the Spring of 1994. The product features minor league prospects and is not licensed by either Major League Baseball or the Player's Association.

The product is significant as it was the first to include an autograph in every pack. The set also contains an early Derek Jeter autograph.

Distribution

36 packs per box, six cards per pack. 12,500 boxes produced.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 50 45,000 ?
24k Gold Signatures 2 7750 ?
Cliff Floyd 5 10,000 ?
Hottest Prospects 12 5000 ?
Signatures 50 8650 one-per-pack
Cliff Floyd Signatures 5 225 ?
Top Prospect Signatures 6 5250 ?
Hottest Prospect Signatures 12 1000 ?

Checklist

Promos

  • 1 Cliff Floyd
  • 2 Phil Nevin

Tuff Stuff Promos

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  • P1 Rick Helling 1562
  • P2 Charles Johnson 1000
  • P3 Chad Mottola 1562
  • P4 J.R. Phillips 1562
  • P5 Glenn Williams 1562

Base Set

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Each card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 45,000 copies.

  • 1 Russ Davis
  • 2 Brant Brown
  • 3 Ricky Bottalico
  • 4 Brian Bevil
  • 5 Garret Anderson
  • 6 Rod Henderson
  • 7 Keith Herling
  • 8 Scott Hatteberg
  • 9 Brook Fordyce
  • 10 Joey Eischen
  • 11 Orlando Miller
  • 12 Ray McDavid
  • 13 Andre King
  • 14 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 15 Tyrone Hill
  • 16 Paul Spoljaric
  • 17 Todd Ritchie
  • 18 Herbert Perry
  • 19 Alex Ochoa
  • 20 Mike Neill
  • 21 John Burke
  • 22 Alan Benes
  • 23 Robbie Beckett
  • 24 Brian Barber
  • 25 Justin Thompson
  • 26 Joey Hamilton
  • 27 Rick Greene
  • 28 Wayne Gomes
  • 29 Matt Drews
  • 30 Jeff D'Amico
  • 31 Bryn Kosco
  • 32 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 33 Jason Kendall
  • 34 Mike Kelly
  • 35 Derek Jeter
  • 36 Jay Powell
  • 37 Phil Nevin
  • 38 Kurt Miller
  • 39 Chad McConnell
  • 40 Sean Lowe
  • 41 Michael Tucker
  • 42 Paul Shuey
  • 43 Dan Smith
  • 44 Pokey Reese
  • 45 Kirk Presley
  • 46 Jamey Wright
  • 47 Gabriel White
  • 48 John Wasdin
  • 49 Billy Wagner
  • 50 Joe Vitiello

Inserts

24k Gold Signatures

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Both 24k Gold Signatures are limited, but not serial-numbered, to 7750 copies. Obviously, the "signatures" are facsimilies.

  • S1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • S2 Nolan Ryan

Cliff Floyd

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Each Cliff Floyd card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 10,000 copies. The entire set was also issued as promo cards, which, inexplicably, are also limited to 10,000 copies.

  • B1 Cliff Floyd
  • B2 Cliff Floyd
  • B3 Cliff Floyd
  • B4 Cliff Floyd
  • B5 Cliff Floyd

Hottest Prospects

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Each Hottest Prospect card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 5000 copies.

  • S1 John Burke
  • S2 Russ Davis
  • S3 Todd Hollandsworth
  • S4 Derek Jeter
  • S5 Mike Kelly
  • S6 Ray McDavid
  • S7 Kurt Miller
  • S8 Phil Nevin
  • S9 Alex Ochoa
  • S10 Justin Thompson
  • S11 Michael Tucker
  • S12 Gabriel White

Mail-In Promos

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Each Hottest Prospects Mail-In "Promos" card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 3000 copies. Despite the name, it is not a true "Promo" set, as it was offered as part of a wrapper redemption program.

Autographs

Signatures

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Signatures is a 50-card autographed parallel of the base set. Each player signed 8650 and each is hand-numbered.

Cliff Floyd Signatures

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225 copies of each of Cliff Floyd insert were autographed by the man himself for random insertion. Each card is hand-numbered. A number of non-serial-numbered autographs are known to exist as well.

Top Prospects Signatures

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Each Top Prospects Signature is hand-numbered to 5250 copies.

  • A1 Gene Schall
  • A2 D.J. Boston
  • A3 Preston Wilson
  • A4 Terrell Wade
  • A5 James Mouton
  • B5 Glenn Williams

Hottest Prospects Signatures

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1000 copies of each Hottest Prospect insert were autographed and hand-numbered.

Mail-In Promos

Each Hottest Prospects Mail-In Promos Signatures is hand-numbered to 1000 copies and were distributed via a wrapper redemption program.