2017 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Checklist

2017 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball continues the 1968-design Heritage set with cards 501–700, released September 13, 2017. It picks up the season's call-ups and traded players, adds 25 short prints numbered 701 onward, and brings Nolan Ryan Highlights and 1968 Poster Box Loaders as its featured inserts.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 200 cards and 25 short prints with Blue Bordered /50, Bright Yellow Backs /25, Gray Backs /10 and Flip Stock /5 parallels, plus 75 Action, Color Swap and Error variations
• Chrome and minis: a 50-card Chrome parallel /999 (Purple Hot Box Refractor, Refractor /568, Blue /68, Gold /5, SuperFractor 1/1) and 50 Mini Variations /100
• Inserts: 1968 Bazooka Mini /250, 1968 Topps Discs, 1968 Topps Game Rookies, Award Winners, Combo Cards, Nolan Ryan Highlights, Now and Then, Rookie Performers and 1968 Poster Box Loaders /50
• Autographs and relics: Real One Autographs and Duals, Cut Signatures 1/1, Nolan Ryan Highlights Autographs, 1968 Poster Box Loader Autographs /10, Clubhouse Collection Relics and Autograph Relics

Key rookies

Christian Arroyo, Jesse Winker and Amir Garrett appear across the base, Chrome and variation checklists. The 1968 Topps Game Rookies include Cody Bellinger, Mitch Haniger, Trey Mancini and Manny Margot, and Rookie Performers adds Aaron Judge, Andrew Benintendi and Alex Bregman. Short prints include Tim Anderson, Luis Severino and Kenley Jansen, and Jim Palmer, Phil Niekro and Rollie Fingers sign the Baseball Flashbacks Autograph Relics.

Grading considerations

Cody Bellinger cards, the Chrome parallels and the Nolan Ryan Highlights Autographs are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. The matte 1968-style stock shows soft corners and edge wear, and centering on Heritage base cards is often uneven. See our grading scale.