2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball Hobby

2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball is the second half of the season’s central flagship set. It fills in some gaps, expands others and still finds a way to introduce some new ones as well (Hot Dogs parallels, anyone?).

2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball Checklist Overview

Like the first release, the core of Series 2 is its base set. Consisting of another 350 cards, it brings the total 2024 Topps Baseball checklist up to 700 cards. This time around, collectors will find star players not in Series 1 and others in new uniforms. It adds more breadth and has rookies as well, although it’s not yet known whether early-season debuts will be in the base set.

Other subsets include more Future Stars and League Leaders.

Parallels include:

• Aqua – 1 per Fanatics box pack (Fanatics boxes only)
• Gold Foil – 1:2 jumbo packs (jumbo only)
• Yellow – 2 per hanger box (hanger boxes only)
• Rainbow Foil – 1:10 packs
• Royal Blue – 1:10 retail packs (retail only)
• Team Color
• True Photo
• Yellow Foil – 1:10 hanger boxes (hanger boxes only)
• Gold – /2024
• Blue Foil – /999
• Purple Foil – /799
• Green Foil – /499
• Aqua Foil – /399
• Orange Foil – /299
• Red Foil – /199
• Vintage Stock – /99
• Independence Day – /76
• Black – /73 (hobby and jumbo only)
• Father’s Day Powder Blue – /50
• Mother’s Day Hot Pink – /50
• Yellow Crackle – /50 (hanger boxes only)
• Memorial Day Camo – /25
• Clear – /10
• Platinum – 1/1
• Printing Plates – 1/1

Blasters are back with a handful of summer-themed parallels that combine to land three per box. Among these are:

• Hot Dogs – 1:21 blaster packs
• Statue of Liberty – 1:56 blaster packs
• Beach Umbrella – /50
• Sun – /10
• Fireworks – /5
• Waves – 1/1

Golden Mirror Image Variations continue as well. These give all 350 base cards SSP versions with different photos on the front.

Inserts

Inserts are where collectors will find the biggest mix of new and continuing content.

1989 Topps Baseball is joined by a similar but separate 1989 Topps Baseball All-Stars set. Both have similar Blue, Black (/299), Gold (/50), Red (/10) and Platinum (1/1) parallel lineups.

Also returning are Significant Statistics and some of 2024 Topps Baseball’s tougher inserts: Homefield Advantage, Legendary Home Field Advantage and Heavy Lumber, which are done on wood material and limited to 500 copies each. Social Media Follow Backs Redemptions, hobby-only sketch cards and Platinum Performers are among the other rarities on the 2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball checklist.

Around the Horn, City to City, Covering the Field and Fantasy Favorites all make their debut. Celebrities return to Topps Baseball with First Pitch/Play Ball. Similar inserts appeared in 2016 and 2017 flagship sets. Each of these has Blue, Black (/299), Gold (/50), Red (/10) and Platinum (1/1) versions as well.

40/70, which commemorates Ronald Acuña Jr’s historic 2023 campaign, is exclusive to hobby packs. The only parallels for these short prints are Gold (/50), Red (/10) and Platinum (1/1).

2023 Silver Slugger Award Winners represent the manufactured relics in the product. Black (/299), Gold (/75), Red (/10) and Platinum (1/1) parallels are also included. Some have autographs as well numbered to 25 or fewer.

Retail-Exclusive Inserts

A handful of insert sets on the 2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball checklist are only available at the retail level.

Stars of MLB gets another 30 cards with one landing in every retail pack. Red (/70), Black (/25) and Platinum (1/1) parallels are available. Stars of MLB Chrome take it up a notch. These are 1:10 retail packs with additional Red Refractors (/70), Black Refractors (/25) and Superfractors (1/1).

1989 Topps Baseball and 1989 Topps Baseball All-Stars Mega Box are found in special Mega Boxes.

These same boxes also have exclusive Mega Stars cards.

All three of the Mega Box sets have similar Purple Foil (/75), Gold Foil (/50), Orange Foil (/25), Red Foil (/5) and Black Foil (1/1) parallels.

Autographs

Baseball Stars Autographs return as one of the key places to find signatures. These have a handful of parallels numbered to 99 or less. They’re joined by Baseball Stars Dual Autographs (/10) and new Baseball Stars Triple Autographs (/5).

Other multi-player sets include Dynamic Dual Autographs (/10) and Signature Tune Dual Autographs (/25).

1989 Topps Baseball Autographs and their companion All-Stars Autographs feature on-card signatures and a list of veteran, rookie and retired players.

40/70 Autographs (/10), City to City Autographs (/99), Cut Signatures (1/1), First Pitch/Play Ball Autographs (/99 or less), Heavy Lumber Autograph Relics (/10), and Major League Material Autographs (/50 or less) are among the other signed sets in 2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball.

Memorabilia Cards

1989 Topps Baseball continues to find its way onto the checklist with relics. These have Black (/199), Gold (/50 or less), Red (/10 or less) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.

Major League Materials continues to take an all-encompassing approach to memorabilia and players.

City Connect Swatch Collection has pieces taken from game-used City Connect uniforms while Rounding the Bases Relics are another retail-exclusive.

In the Name Relics take full letters from the backs of jerseys. These are only in hobby and jumbo packs.

2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball cards at a glance:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 12,
Packs per box: Hobby – 20
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12
Set size: 350 cards
Release date (subject to change): June 12, 2024