2023 Topps 206 Baseball Checklist and Details
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2023 Topps 206 Baseball is the same but different. First, the same. It brings back the T206-inspired design and image filters for yet another year. If you’ve lost track of the number of times it’s has appeared largely unchanged in the last 20-plus years, you’re probably not alone. But there’s some charm in that for many, offering a shrunken down nostalgic continuity.
Also filed under “the same” is the online-exclusive distribution, which has been the case for annual Topps 206 Baseball sets since 2020.
Parallel backs and autographs are among the other returning elements.
As for different, it’s all in the configuration. Instead of small, single-pack boxes, Topps 206 is growing up. Boxes now come with four packs. Topps also looks to be cutting the number of waves but making those that do make the cut significantly larger.
2023 Topps 206 Baseball Checklist Overview
The first set, Low Series, consists of 150 cards. It’s a mix of veterans, rookies, legends and retired fan favorites. They maintain the dimensions of a traditional tobacco card and the same general T206 design.
Parallels combine to land two per pack. Rather than changes to the front, most of these can be differentiated by the backs.
At least one of the parallels in each pack is a Piedmont Back. Others include:
- Polar Bear – 1:2 packs
- Uzit – 1:6 packs
- Carolina Brights – 1:12 packs
- Sweet Caporal – 1:25 packs
- Tolstoi – 1:48 packs
- 95 Morton Brick Back – 25 copies each
- Wood Paper Stock – 20 copies each
- Blank Back – 10 copies each
- Interleague Logo Back – 5 copies each
- Ty Cobb Back – 1/1
Additional variations are available in four themes for select cards:
- 2023 Opening Day Variations
- Missing Black Plate Variations
- American Beauty Image Variations
- Background Variations – 1/1
Autographs, all of which have on-card signatures, combine to land every third box.
Rounding out the 2023 Topps 206 Baseball Low Series checklist are 20 T205 inserts.
2023 Topps 206 Baseball cards at a glance:
Cards per pack: Low Series – 10
Packs per box: Low Series – 4
Set size: Low Series – 150 cards
Release date: Low Series – July 6, 2023
Shop for 2023 Topps 206 Baseball boxes on eBay:
What to expect in a hobby box:
- Piedmont Back – 4
- Polar Bear Back – 2
- Additional Parallels – 2 Total
2023 Topps 206 Baseball Checklist
You can also download a spreadsheet copy of the checklist:
Please note that print runs for cards without serial numbers have not been announced.
Base Set Checklist
150 cards.
Parallels:
- Piedmont Back – (1+ per pack)
- Polar Bear – (1:2 packs)
- Uzit – (1:6 packs)
- Carolina Brights – (1:12 packs)
- Sweet Caporal – (1:25 packs)
- Tolstoi – (1:48 packs)
- 95 Morton Brick Back – 25 copies each
- Wood Paper Stock – 20 copies each
- Blank Back – 10 copies each
- Interleague Logo Back – 5 copies each
- Ty Cobb Back – 1/1
José Abreu
Ronald Acuña Jr.
Willy Adames
Yordan Alvarez
Nolan Arenado
Randy Arozarena
Luis Arraez
Javier Assad RC
Javier Báez
Brett Baty RC
Cody Bellinger
Mookie Betts
Bo Bichette
Craig Biggio
Xander Bogaerts
Alex Bregman
George Brett
Hunter Brown RC
Kris Bryant
Byron Buxton
Oswaldo Cabrera RC
Rod Carew
Dylan Carlson
Kerry Carpenter RC
Corbin Carroll RC
Triston Casas RC
Dylan Cease
Matt Chapman
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Roger Clemens
Bartolo Colon
David Cone
William Contreras
Willson Contreras
Brandon Crawford
J.P. Crawford
Oneil Cruz
Jacob deGrom
Rafael Devers
Larry Doby
Cecil Fielder
Prince Fielder
Jack Flaherty
Shintaro Fujinami RC
Andrés Giménez
Tyler Glasnow
Paul Goldschmidt
Juan Gonzalez
Dwight Gooden
Sonny Gray
Zack Greinke
Jordan Groshans RC
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Ron Guidry
Tony Gwynn
Josh Hader
Ian Happ
Bryce Harper
Michael Harris II RC
Ke’Bryan Hayes
Gunnar Henderson RC
Rickey Henderson
Teoscar Hernández
Nico Hoerner
Kenley Jansen
Derek Jeter
Randy Johnson
Josh Jung RC
Jim Kaat
Al Kaline
Buddy Kennedy RC
Clayton Kershaw
Harmon Killebrew
George Kirby
Steven Kwan
Royce Lewis
Matthew Liberatore RC
Francisco Lindor
Evan Longoria
Nathaniel Lowe
Fred Lynn
Manny Machado
Sean Manaea
Brandon Marsh
Ketel Marte
Michael Massey RC
Don Mattingly
Andrew McCutchen
Mark McGwire
Jeff McNeil
Joey Meneses RC
Christopher Morel RC
Joe Musgrove
Bo Naylor RC
Josh Naylor
Phil Niekro
Brandon Nimmo
Shohei Ohtani
Tony Oliva
David Ortiz
Mel Ott
Rafael Palmeiro
Vinnie Pasquantino RC
Dustin Pedroia
Andy Pettitte
Lou Piniella
Buster Posey
Tim Raines
Anthony Rendon
Anthony Rizzo
Luis Robert Jr.
Jackie Robinson
Carlos Rodón
Julio Rodríguez
Jimmy Rollins
Amed Rosario
Adley Rutschman (RC)
Nolan Ryan
Ron Santo
Kyle Schwarber
Kodai Senga RC
Brian Serven RC
Josh H. Smith RC
Lee Smith
Blake Snell
George Springer
Giancarlo Stanton
Willie Stargell
Spencer Steer RC
Spencer Strider
Eugenio Suárez
Seiya Suzuki
Travis Swaggerty RC
Spencer Torkelson
Ezequiel Tovar RC
Julio Urías
Miguel Vargas RC
Daulton Varsho
Alex Verdugo
Justin Verlander
Joey Votto
Honus Wagner
Jared Walsh
Ted Williams
Brian Wilson
Bobby Witt Jr.
Kyle Wright
Mike Yastrzemski
Masataka Yoshida RC
Barry Zito
2023 Opening Day Variations Checklist
30 cards.
Ronald Acuna Jr.
Yordan Alvarez
Randy Arozarena
Brett Baty
Mookie Betts
Xander Bogaerts
Kris Bryant
Byron Buxton
Corbin Carroll
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
William Contreras
Jacob deGrom
Shintaro Fujinami
Paul Goldschmidt
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Bryce Harper
Michael Harris II
Steven Kwan
Andrew McCutchen
Joey Meneses
Christopher Morel
Shohei Ohtani
Luis Robert
Julio Rodriguez
Adley Rutschman
Giancarlo Stanton
Spencer Torkelson
Joey Votto
Bobby Witt Jr.
Masataka Yoshida
American Beauty Image Variations Checklist
15 cards.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
Mookie Betts
Corbin Carroll
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Bryce Harper
Michael Harris II
Gunnar Henderson
Derek Jeter
Manny Machado
Christopher Morel
Shohei Ohtani
Buster Posey
Julio Rodríguez
Adley Rutschman
Masataka Yoshida
Background Variations Checklist
50 cards.
Ronald Acuña Jr. 1/1
Yordan Alvarez 1/1
Brett Baty 1/1
Mookie Betts 1/1
Bo Bichette 1/1
Craig Biggio 1/1
Xander Bogaerts 1/1
Alex Bregman 1/1
George Brett 1/1
Kris Bryant 1/1
Byron Buxton 1/1
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 1/1
Roger Clemens 1/1
Oneil Cruz 1/1
Jacob deGrom 1/1
Rafael Devers 1/1
Cecil Fielder 1/1
Prince Fielder 1/1
Shintaro Fujinami 1/1
Paul Goldschmidt 1/1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1/1
Bryce Harper 1/1
Michael Harris II 1/1
Gunnar Henderson 1/1
Derek Jeter 1/1
Randy Johnson 1/1
Al Kaline 1/1
Clayton Kershaw 1/1
Steven Kwan 1/1
Francisco Lindor 1/1
Manny Machado 1/1
Don Mattingly 1/1
Andrew McCutchen 1/1
Mark McGwire 1/1
Christopher Morel 1/1
Shohei Ohtani 1/1
David Ortiz 1/1
Buster Posey 1/1
Luis Robert Jr. 1/1
Jackie Robinson 1/1
Julio Rodriguez 1/1
Adley Rutschman 1/1
Nolan Ryan 1/1
Kodai Senga 1/1
Giancarlo Stanton 1/1
Justin Verlander 1/1
Joey Votto 1/1
Ted Williams 1/1
Bobby Witt Jr. 1/1
Masataka Yoshida 1/1
Missing Black Plate Variations Checklist
15 cards.
Brett Baty
Craig Biggio
Kris Bryant
Byron Buxton
Prince Fielder
Paul Goldschmidt
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Mark McGwire
Shohei Ohtani
Luis Robert Jr.
Adley Rutschman
Giancarlo Stanton
Joey Votto
Ted Williams
Bobby Witt Jr.
Autographs Checklist
24 cards.
1:12 packs.
Brett Baty
Craig Biggio
JJ Bleday
Byron Buxton
Bartolo Colon
Cecil Fielder
Rollie Fingers
Oscar Gonzalez
Dwight Gooden
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Ron Guidry
Gunnar Henderson
Torii Hunter
Josh Jung
Kenny Lofton
Fred Lynn
Bo Naylor
Tony Oliva
David Ortiz
Oswald Peraza
Scott Rolen
Tim Wakefield
Brian Wilson
Masataka Yoshida
T205 Gold Border Checklist
20 cards.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
Brett Baty
Mookie Betts
George Brett
Oswaldo Cabrera
Roger Clemens
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Michael Harris II
Gunnar Henderson
Derek Jeter
Al Kaline
Harmon Killebrew
Shohei Ohtani
David Ortiz
Julio Rodríguez
Adley Rutschman
Nolan Ryan
Kodai Senga
Ted Williams
Masataka Yoshida
Why no Mike Trout?
Lots of players are missing. Because it is “Low Series”, it’s likely there will be a “High Series” at some point.
I just wanted to know why would they leave out some of the best players in the world out of the low series. I want you to know that this is like taking a kid in a candy store and and telling him or her that they can’t have any candy. I only have to say this! Come on guys, be a little bit more sensitive to our hearts and souls and put some more candy into the boxes of the lower series and make our childish hearts ? happy ?. Thank you and God bless all of us Bobby.
How do you tell what is an American Beauty variation?