2022 Topps Heritage Baseball Checklist

2022 Topps Heritage Baseball brings back the 1973 Topps design across a 500-card base set printed on vintage-style stock. Released March 11, 2022, it surrounds that base with a long list of variations and 1973-themed extras, from Topps Comics, Candy Lids and Venezuela Stamps to Mint and U.S. Postal Stamp relics.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 500 cards with Red Border, Black Border, Flip Stock and French Text /73 parallels
• Variations: 100 Chrome and 130 Mini variations, plus Image, Throwback Uniform, Nickname, Team and Name Color Swap, Player Icon Color Swap and five Error Short Prints
• Inserts: 1973 Topps Comics, 1973 Topps Pin-Ups Posters, Baseball Flashbacks, New Age Performers, Then and Now, News Flashbacks and a 50-card Oversized Base 1973 Topps set
• Autographs: 71 Real One Autographs with a Special Edition Red Ink /73 parallel, Real One Dual and Triple Autographs, Flashbacks Autograph Relics, and 1973 Cut Signatures and Celebrity Cut Signatures
• Relics: Clubhouse Collection singles through quads with Gold /99 and Patch /1 parallels, 1973 Mint and 1973 US Postal Stamp Relics

Key players

The 1973 Topps Comics insert features Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Wander Franco, Aaron Judge and Mookie Betts, and card 1 groups Nelson Cruz, Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols. Baseball Flashbacks revisits Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench and Tom Seaver, while the oversized cards add Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Bo Bichette and Freddie Freeman.

Grading considerations

Chrome variations, Real One Red Ink autographs and the short-print variations are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. The matte Heritage stock shows soft corners and chipped edges more readily than glossy cards, Black Border parallels reveal edge wear, and centering can vary. See our grading scale.