1997 Topps hobby boxes

36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack.  Series 1 is numbered 1-276.  Series 2 is numbered 278-496.  Complete set is 493 cards numbered 1-496.  Cards 7, 84, and 277 do not exist.  Due to an apparent error, both Elster and Fetters are numbered 61 and both Checklist 276 and Chipper Jones are numbered 276.

Insert sets include Topps All-Stars, Topps Awesome Impact, Topps Hobby Masters, Topps Inter-League Finest, Topps Mantle, Topps Mays, Topps Mays Autographs, Topps Season’s Best,Topps Sweet Strokes, and Topps Team Timber.

SERIES 1

“Randomly inserted Willie Mays commemorative cards 1951-1973″

“Look for 16 additional Mickey Mantle commemorative cards randomly inserted”

1997 Topps packs

Look for Expansion Team Cards

Randomly Inserted:

• Willie Mays Commemorative Reprints (1 in 8 packs)
• Mickey Mantle Commemorative Reprints (1 in 12 packs)
• Sweet Strokes Power Matrix (1 in 12 packs)
• Double-sided Inter-league Finest (1 in 36 packs)
• Topps All-Stars (1 in 18 packs)
• Double-sided Inter-league Refractors (1 in 216 packs)

SERIES 2

The box top features Barry Bonds and Willie Mays.

Look for Willie Mays/Mickey Mantle Finest and Finest Refractor commemorative cards randomly inserted.

Randomly inserted Willie Mays Finest/Finest Refractors, Mickey Mantle Finest/Finest Refractors, Team Timber, Awesome Impact, and Season’s Best cards.

Season’s Best 1:6; Awesome Impact 1:18; Mays Finest 1:20; Mantle Finest 1:24; Team Timber 1:36; Mays Refractor 1:180; Mantle Refractor 1:216

1997 Topps cards, front and back

KEY CARDS

Key base set rookies include Gil Meche, Rod Barajas, Braden Looper, Eric Chavez, Mark Kotsay, and Bill Mueller.

Other key cards include Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, and Cal Ripken.

There is also an unnumbered Derek Jeter autograph distributed with this set.