2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Variations Guide and Gallery

August 20, 2019

Picking up where the first set left off, the 2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball variations come in a variety of forms. From Action Images and Color Swaps to Throwbacks and Error (and more), the short prints cover a lot of ground. And that’s been the norm for Heritage for several years.

Here’s an overview of what to look for while you’re busting 2019 Topps Heritage High Number packs and boxes followed by a more comprehensive checklist and gallery.

Action Image Variations

Base card images in 2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball are mostly a mix of posed shots and portraits. This is done to mimic the 1970 Topps Baseball set it’s based on. Action Image Variations change up the photos for something more dynamic. This is where you’ll see a switch to game shots.

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Action Image Variation 534 Bryce Harper

Action Image Variations are exclusive to hobby packs.

Error Variations

Can something really be an error if it’s done on purpose? At any rate, this is where you’ll find mistakes. At first glance, these can be on the tricky side to spot. In the past these errors have been as small as a typo in the stats or a subtle color tweak. Thankfully, Topps has made it easy to know if you have one of these variations, even if you don’t know what the mistake is. We’ll get to that momentarily.

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Error Variation 534 Bryce Harper

Nickname Variations

The premise for these is simple. The player’s name is replaced by another name they go by or people frequently call them.

All you need to do to spot a Nickname Variation is look on the front at who is featured on the card.

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Nickname Variations 534 Bryce Harper

Team Name Color Variations

Another hobby-exclusive, Team Name Color Variations are on the tougher side to spot. The difference on these comes with the team name text on the front.

Short print versions change the color of the text for something different.

Throwback Uniform Variations

Throwbacks are among the most popular Topps Heritage variations, in large part because of their rarity. These SSP cards offer up a different photo, similar to Action Image cards. However, there’s a more defined theme here. Throwback pictures show players in commemorative uniforms from the past, usually from Throwback the Clock games.

Trade Variations

On the front, there’s nothing strange about Trade Variations. They look perfectly normal. The lone difference on these is a small one found in the player vitals on the back.

Variations have an added line about how the player was acquired in the box on the back.

The Easiest Way to Spot 2019 Topps Heritage High Number Variations

For the past couple of Heritage sets, Topps has been using a simple labeling system that takes all the guess work — and staring at fine print — out of confirming variations. And it continues here.

Under the card number, SSP cards say exactly what type of card they are. So no trying to figure out the error and no need to stare at tiny codes that aren’t supposed to be stared at in the first place.

It’s all right there in the open.

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Variations Checklist

Here’s a quick look at the players who have 2019 Topps Heritage High Number variations along with the types of SSP cards. Click on the links to shop for specific cards on eBay.

574 Craig Kimbrel – Trade
580 Brandon Woodruff – Throwback
589 Eduardo Escobar – Throwback
591 Christian Walker – Action | Team Color
596 Russell Martin – Throwback
628 Jason Martin – Throwback
629 Melky Cabrera – Throwback
700 Nick Kingham – Throwback
701 Victor Robles – Action | Team Color
702 Andrew McCutchen – Action | Team Color | Throwback | Trade
703 Chris Paddack – Action | Team Color
708 Clint Frazier – Action | Team Color
725 Ichiro – Action | Nickname | Team Color | Throwback

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Variations Gallery

Use the tabs to easily move between the various variation types.

Error

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Error Variations

516 Eloy Jimenez, Chicago White Sox

Error – reverse negative

Base

517 Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres

Error – yellow bar on front

Base

519 Pete Alonso, New York Mets

Error – missing blackplate

Base – black color showing

520 Manny Machado, San Diego Padres

Error – ‘3rd base’ white

Base – ‘3rd Base’ red

534 Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies

Error – “Philies”

Base

Action

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Action Image Variations

501 Michael Chavis, Boston Red Sox

Action – fielding

Base – swinging

504 Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays

Action – throwing

Base – with bat

506 Yasmani Grandal, Milwaukee Brewers

Action – blue jersey

Base – white jersey

507 Nick Senzel, Cincinnati Reds

Action – red jersey

2019 Topps Heritage High 507 Nick Senzel

Base – white jersey

508 Brendan Rodgers, Colorado Rockies

Action – gray jersey

Base – pinstripe jersey