Let’s review one of the most iconic trading card sets of all time from Topps. The 1993 Topps Finest Baseball has become a cultural classic and one to revolutionize trading card releases in the hobby’s history.
The sleek, contemporary form of trading cards with the use of Chromium Technology that we see today has its origins in this innovation, which was revolutionary at the time.
But what makes it so special?
The Refractors of the Topps Finest Baseball are a collector’s favorite because they were unique and gave certain cards a rainbow shine, creating a chase aspect for the first time. Moreover, confirmed print runs for each card type were announced for the first time as well.
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1993 Topps Finest Baseball Release Date
The 1993 Topps Finest Baseball box was released 1993 (exact date unknown).
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What Is Topps Finest Baseball?
In the early 1990s, when companies like Topps, Upper Deck, and Fleer were competing to create the best products, Topps, already an established leader, took a major leap in innovation by introducing the Finest series in 1993.
This set was groundbreaking for a few reasons:
- Topps limited production, making the set much rarer than typical releases.
- It was the first baseball card set to use chromium technology, giving the cards a reflective, metallic finish.
- The inclusion of Refractor parallels, which added a rainbow sheen to select cards, created a chase element that collectors loved.
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Box Configuration: What’s Inside?
Each box guarantees:
| Box Type | Cards Per Pack | Packs Per Box |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby Box | 6 cards | 18 packs |
Box Break
| Feature | Box |
|---|---|
| Jumbo All-Star Card | 1 in every box |
| Refractor | 2 in every box (1 in 9 packs) |
The 1993 Topps Finest Baseball Checklist Overview
In all, there are 199 cards in the base set (#1–199), including Hall of Famers and a 30-card All-Star subset that goes unmentioned in the design. The base set design is very 90s as you would expect from a trading card set of that era.
Player is well highlighted in the center in an action shot sandwiched between the top and bottom partitions, which double as the product and player name titleplate, respectively. Team names are not part of the design either.
The 1993 Topps Finest Refractors are one or the only reasons you are here. One of the main factors driving the popularity of refractors from this collection is the fact that they introduced several groundbreaking firsts in the hobby market.
For starters, it was the first time any set had offered rainbow shine in a set through the introduction of refractors. Additionally, what attracted more eyeballs was their limited print run (SP), exclusive to refractor parallels.
As for rookie cards, there are only two of such featuring J.T. Snow and Mike Lansing. Finishing their career playing for the Boston Red Sox is the common fact shared between the two players.
Additionally, the aforementioned All-Star players are celebrated in a Jumbo card subset which lands one in each 1993 Finest Baseball box.
1993 Topps Finest Baseball Checklist
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Base
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Refractors (SP)
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Jumbo All-Star
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL BASE SET
199 CARDS
Parallels: Refractors 1:9
1 David Justice
2 Lou Whitaker
3 Bryan Harvey
4 Carlos Garcia
5 Sid Fernandez
6 Brett Butler
7 Scott Cooper
8 B.J. Surhoff
9 Steve Finley
10 Curt Schilling
11 Jeff Bagwell HOF
12 Alex Cole
13 John Olerud
14 John Smiley
15 Bip Roberts
16 Albert Belle
17 Duane Ward
18 Alan Trammell HOF
19 Andy Benes
20 Reggie Sanders
21 Todd Zeile
22 Rick Aguilera
23 Dave Hollins
24 Jose Rijo
25 Matt Williams
26 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
27 Alex Fernandez
28 Ozzie Smith HOF
29 Ramon Martinez
30 Bernie Williams
31 Gary Sheffield
32 Eric Karros
33 Frank Viola
34 Kevin Young
35 Ken Hill
36 Tony Fernandez
37 Tim Wakefield
38 John Kruk
39 Chris Sabo
40 Marv Grissom
41 Glenn Davis
42 Jeff Montgomery
43 Kenny Lofton
44 John Burkett
45 Darryl Hamilton
46 Jim Abbott
47 Ivan Rodriguez HOF
48 Eric Young
49 Mitch Williams
50 Harold Reynolds
51 Brian Harper
52 Rafael Palmeiro
53 Bret Saberhagen
54 Jeff Conine
55 Ivan Calderon
56 Juan Guzman
57 Carlos Baerga
58 Charles Nagy
59 Wally Joyner
60 Charlie Hayes
61 Shane Mack
62 Pete Harnisch
63 George Brett
64 Lance Johnson
65 Ben McDonald
66 Bobby Bonilla
67 Terry Steinbach
68 Ron Gant
69 Doug Jones
70 Paul Molitor HOF
71 Brady Anderson
72 Chuck Finley
73 Mark Grace
74 Mike Devereaux
75 Tom Phillips
76 Chuck Knoblauch
77 Tony Gwynn HOF
78 Kevin Appier
79 Sammy Sosa
80 Mickey Tettleton
81 Felix Jose
82 Mark Langston
83 Gregg Jefferies
84 Andre Dawson All-Star HOF
85 Greg Maddux All-Star HOF
86 Rickey Henderson All-Star HOF
87 Tom Glavine All-Star HOF
88 Roberto Alomar All-Star HOF
89 Darryl Strawberry All-Star
90 Wade Boggs All-Star HOF
91 Bo Jackson All-Star
92 Mark McGwire All-Star
93 Robin Ventura All-Star
94 Joe Carter All-Star
95 Lee Smith All-Star HOF
96 Cal Ripken Jr. All-Star HOF
97 Larry Walker All-Star HOF
98 Don Mattingly All-Star
99 Jose Canseco All-Star
100 Dennis Eckersley All-Star HOF
101 Terry Pendleton All-Star
102 Frank Thomas All-Star HOF
103 Barry Bonds All-Star
104 Roger Clemens All-Star
105 Ryne Sandberg All-Star HOF
106 Fred McGriff All-Star HOF
107 Nolan Ryan All-Star HOF
108 Will Clark All-Star
109 Pat Listach All-Star
110 Ken Griffey Jr. All-Star HOF
111 Cecil Fielder All-Star
112 Kirby Puckett All-Star HOF
113 Dwight Gooden All-Star
114 Barry Larkin All-Star HOF
115 David Cone All-Star
116 Julio Gonzalez All-Star
117 Kent Hrbek
118 Tim Wallach
119 Craig Biggio HOF
120 Roberto Kelly
121 Gregg Olson
122 Eddie Murray HOF
123 Wil Cordero
124 Jay Buhner
125 Carlton Fisk HOF
126 Eric Davis
127 Doug Drabek
128 Ozzie Guillen
129 John Wetteland
130 Andres Galarraga
131 Ken Caminiti
132 Tom Candiotti
133 Pat Borders
134 Kevin Brown
135 Travis Fryman
136 Kevin Mitchell
137 Greg Swindell
138 Benito Santiago
139 Reggie Jefferson
140 Chris Bosio
141 Deion Sanders
142 Scott Erickson
143 Howard Johnson
144 Orestes Destrade
145 Jose Guzman
146 Chad Curtis
147 Cal Eldred
148 Willie Greene
149 Tommy Greene
150 Erik Hanson
151 Bob Welch
152 John Jaha
153 Harold Baines HOF
154 Randy Johnson HOF
155 Al Martin
156 J.T. Snow
157 Mike Mussina HOF
158 Ruben Sierra
159 Dean Palmer
160 Steve Avery
161 Julio Franco
162 Dave Winfield HOF
163 Tim Salmon
164 Tom Henke
165 Mo Vaughn
166 John Smoltz HOF
167 Danny Tartabull
168 Delino DeShields
169 Charlie Hough
170 Paul O'Neill
171 Darren Daulton
172 Jack McDowell
173 Junior Felix
174 Jimmy Key
175 George Bell
176 Mike Stanton
177 Lenny Dykstra
178 Norm Charlton
179 Eric Anthony
180 Rob Dibble
181 Otis Nixon
182 Randy Myers
183 Tim Raines HOF
184 Orel Hershiser
185 Andy Van Slyke
186 Mike Lansing
187 Ray Lankford
188 Mike Morgan
189 Moises Alou
190 Edgar Martinez
191 John Franco
192 Robin Yount HOF
193 Bob Tewksbury
194 Jay Bell
195 Luis Gonzalez
196 Dave Fleming
197 Mike Greenwell
198 David Nied
199 Mike Piazza HOF
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL REFRACTOR SHORT PRINTS
The list below contains suspected 1993 Topps Finest Baseball Refractor short prints. Short prints only apply to parallels, not the 1993 Topps Finest base set.
3 Bryan Harvey
10 Curt Schilling
12 Alex Cole
25 Matt Williams
34 Kevin Young
38 John Kruk
39 Chris Sabo
40 Marquis Grissom
41 Glenn Davis
47 Ivan Rodriguez
51 Brian Harper
70 Paul Molitor
79 Sammy Sosa
80 Mickey Tettleton
81 Felix Jose
84 Andre Dawson All-Star
87 Tom Glavine All-Star
94 Joe Carter All-Star
97 Larry Walker All-Star
99 Jose Canseco All-Star
102 Frank Thomas All-Star
107 Nolan Ryan All-Star
108 Will Clark All-Star
110 Ken Griffey Jr. All-Star
116 Juan Gonzalez All-Star
123 Wil Cordero
134 Kevin Brown
148 Willie Greene
155 Al Martin
159 Dean Palmer
163 Tim Salmon
173 Junior Felix
182 Randy Myers
193 Bob Tewksbury
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL JUMBO ALL-STARS SET CHECKLIST
One in each box
Over-sized cards measurement—4 1/2" x 6".
84 Andre Dawson
85 Greg Maddux
86 Rickey Henderson
87 Tom Glavine
88 Roberto Alomar
89 Darryl Strawberry
90 Wade Boggs
91 Bo Jackson
92 Mark McGwire
93 Robin Ventura
94 Joe Carter
95 Lee Smith
96 Cal Ripken, Jr.
97 Larry Walker
98 Don Mattingly
99 Jose Canseco
100 Dennis Eckersley
101 Terry Pendleton
102 Frank Thomas
103 Barry Bonds
104 Roger Clemens
105 Ryne Sandberg
106 Fred McGriff
107 Nolan Ryan
108 Will Clark
109 Pat Listach
110 Ken Griffey, Jr.
111 Cecil Fielder
112 Kirby Puckett
113 Dwight Gooden
114 Barry Larkin
115 David Cone
116 Julio Gonzalez
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Base
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Refractors (SP)
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Jumbo All-Star
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL BASE SET
199 CARDS
Parallels: Refractors 1:9
1 David Justice
2 Lou Whitaker
3 Bryan Harvey
4 Carlos Garcia
5 Sid Fernandez
6 Brett Butler
7 Scott Cooper
8 B.J. Surhoff
9 Steve Finley
10 Curt Schilling
11 Jeff Bagwell HOF
12 Alex Cole
13 John Olerud
14 John Smiley
15 Bip Roberts
16 Albert Belle
17 Duane Ward
18 Alan Trammell HOF
19 Andy Benes
20 Reggie Sanders
21 Todd Zeile
22 Rick Aguilera
23 Dave Hollins
24 Jose Rijo
25 Matt Williams
26 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
27 Alex Fernandez
28 Ozzie Smith HOF
29 Ramon Martinez
30 Bernie Williams
31 Gary Sheffield
32 Eric Karros
33 Frank Viola
34 Kevin Young
35 Ken Hill
36 Tony Fernandez
37 Tim Wakefield
38 John Kruk
39 Chris Sabo
40 Marv Grissom
41 Glenn Davis
42 Jeff Montgomery
43 Kenny Lofton
44 John Burkett
45 Darryl Hamilton
46 Jim Abbott
47 Ivan Rodriguez HOF
48 Eric Young
49 Mitch Williams
50 Harold Reynolds
51 Brian Harper
52 Rafael Palmeiro
53 Bret Saberhagen
54 Jeff Conine
55 Ivan Calderon
56 Juan Guzman
57 Carlos Baerga
58 Charles Nagy
59 Wally Joyner
60 Charlie Hayes
61 Shane Mack
62 Pete Harnisch
63 George Brett
64 Lance Johnson
65 Ben McDonald
66 Bobby Bonilla
67 Terry Steinbach
68 Ron Gant
69 Doug Jones
70 Paul Molitor HOF
71 Brady Anderson
72 Chuck Finley
73 Mark Grace
74 Mike Devereaux
75 Tom Phillips
76 Chuck Knoblauch
77 Tony Gwynn HOF
78 Kevin Appier
79 Sammy Sosa
80 Mickey Tettleton
81 Felix Jose
82 Mark Langston
83 Gregg Jefferies
84 Andre Dawson All-Star HOF
85 Greg Maddux All-Star HOF
86 Rickey Henderson All-Star HOF
87 Tom Glavine All-Star HOF
88 Roberto Alomar All-Star HOF
89 Darryl Strawberry All-Star
90 Wade Boggs All-Star HOF
91 Bo Jackson All-Star
92 Mark McGwire All-Star
93 Robin Ventura All-Star
94 Joe Carter All-Star
95 Lee Smith All-Star HOF
96 Cal Ripken Jr. All-Star HOF
97 Larry Walker All-Star HOF
98 Don Mattingly All-Star
99 Jose Canseco All-Star
100 Dennis Eckersley All-Star HOF
101 Terry Pendleton All-Star
102 Frank Thomas All-Star HOF
103 Barry Bonds All-Star
104 Roger Clemens All-Star
105 Ryne Sandberg All-Star HOF
106 Fred McGriff All-Star HOF
107 Nolan Ryan All-Star HOF
108 Will Clark All-Star
109 Pat Listach All-Star
110 Ken Griffey Jr. All-Star HOF
111 Cecil Fielder All-Star
112 Kirby Puckett All-Star HOF
113 Dwight Gooden All-Star
114 Barry Larkin All-Star HOF
115 David Cone All-Star
116 Julio Gonzalez All-Star
117 Kent Hrbek
118 Tim Wallach
119 Craig Biggio HOF
120 Roberto Kelly
121 Gregg Olson
122 Eddie Murray HOF
123 Wil Cordero
124 Jay Buhner
125 Carlton Fisk HOF
126 Eric Davis
127 Doug Drabek
128 Ozzie Guillen
129 John Wetteland
130 Andres Galarraga
131 Ken Caminiti
132 Tom Candiotti
133 Pat Borders
134 Kevin Brown
135 Travis Fryman
136 Kevin Mitchell
137 Greg Swindell
138 Benito Santiago
139 Reggie Jefferson
140 Chris Bosio
141 Deion Sanders
142 Scott Erickson
143 Howard Johnson
144 Orestes Destrade
145 Jose Guzman
146 Chad Curtis
147 Cal Eldred
148 Willie Greene
149 Tommy Greene
150 Erik Hanson
151 Bob Welch
152 John Jaha
153 Harold Baines HOF
154 Randy Johnson HOF
155 Al Martin
156 J.T. Snow
157 Mike Mussina HOF
158 Ruben Sierra
159 Dean Palmer
160 Steve Avery
161 Julio Franco
162 Dave Winfield HOF
163 Tim Salmon
164 Tom Henke
165 Mo Vaughn
166 John Smoltz HOF
167 Danny Tartabull
168 Delino DeShields
169 Charlie Hough
170 Paul O'Neill
171 Darren Daulton
172 Jack McDowell
173 Junior Felix
174 Jimmy Key
175 George Bell
176 Mike Stanton
177 Lenny Dykstra
178 Norm Charlton
179 Eric Anthony
180 Rob Dibble
181 Otis Nixon
182 Randy Myers
183 Tim Raines HOF
184 Orel Hershiser
185 Andy Van Slyke
186 Mike Lansing
187 Ray Lankford
188 Mike Morgan
189 Moises Alou
190 Edgar Martinez
191 John Franco
192 Robin Yount HOF
193 Bob Tewksbury
194 Jay Bell
195 Luis Gonzalez
196 Dave Fleming
197 Mike Greenwell
198 David Nied
199 Mike Piazza HOF
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL REFRACTOR SHORT PRINTS
The list below contains suspected 1993 Topps Finest Baseball Refractor short prints. Short prints only apply to parallels, not the 1993 Topps Finest base set.
3 Bryan Harvey
10 Curt Schilling
12 Alex Cole
25 Matt Williams
34 Kevin Young
38 John Kruk
39 Chris Sabo
40 Marquis Grissom
41 Glenn Davis
47 Ivan Rodriguez
51 Brian Harper
70 Paul Molitor
79 Sammy Sosa
80 Mickey Tettleton
81 Felix Jose
84 Andre Dawson All-Star
87 Tom Glavine All-Star
94 Joe Carter All-Star
97 Larry Walker All-Star
99 Jose Canseco All-Star
102 Frank Thomas All-Star
107 Nolan Ryan All-Star
108 Will Clark All-Star
110 Ken Griffey Jr. All-Star
116 Juan Gonzalez All-Star
123 Wil Cordero
134 Kevin Brown
148 Willie Greene
155 Al Martin
159 Dean Palmer
163 Tim Salmon
173 Junior Felix
182 Randy Myers
193 Bob Tewksbury
1993 TOPPS FINEST BASEBALL JUMBO ALL-STARS SET CHECKLIST
One in each box
Over-sized cards measurement—4 1/2" x 6".
84 Andre Dawson
85 Greg Maddux
86 Rickey Henderson
87 Tom Glavine
88 Roberto Alomar
89 Darryl Strawberry
90 Wade Boggs
91 Bo Jackson
92 Mark McGwire
93 Robin Ventura
94 Joe Carter
95 Lee Smith
96 Cal Ripken, Jr.
97 Larry Walker
98 Don Mattingly
99 Jose Canseco
100 Dennis Eckersley
101 Terry Pendleton
102 Frank Thomas
103 Barry Bonds
104 Roger Clemens
105 Ryne Sandberg
106 Fred McGriff
107 Nolan Ryan
108 Will Clark
109 Pat Listach
110 Ken Griffey, Jr.
111 Cecil Fielder
112 Kirby Puckett
113 Dwight Gooden
114 Barry Larkin
115 David Cone
116 Julio Gonzalez
Chase Players: Rare Refractor Finds (SP)
- Ken Griffey Jr.
- Sammy Sosa
- Joe Carter
- Ivan Rodriguez
- Brian Harper
FAQs:
What is the most valuable 1993 Topps Finest Baseball Trading Card?
The 1993 Topps Finest Ken Griffey Jr. All-Star Refractor #110 PSA Mt-9 HOF trading card was the highest-priced card sold on eBay for $9000 in December, 2024.
How many cards are included in each box?
The base set of the 1993 Topps Finest Baseball includes 199 cards that include 30 All-Star players starting from #84.
Who are some of the most notable players featured in the 1993 Topps Finest Baseball trading card set?
The set features the most-anticipated rookie from UD Series 2, that is, Connor Bedard, “Young Guns.”
Are there any short print cards to look out for in the 1993 Finest Baseball?
There are a bunch of short-print cards offered in the 1993 Topps Finest Baseball. However, only refractor cards offer short prints. The List includes names like Mickey Tettleton, Sammy Sosa, and Ken Griffey Jr.
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