CHEAP WAX WEDNESDAY CARD BREAKS: 1994 UPPER DECK MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1994 Baseball Card Sets

By Shane Salmonson - May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025

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Upper Deck released their first minor league product in 1992. They would do the same just three other times: 1994, 1995, and 2002.

1994 Upper Deck Minor League Baseball features a 270-card base checklist. That did not mean that the checklist included 270 minor league players. With the subsets, some players had as many as three base cards in the set.

There was only one insert set, Player of the Year, which highlighted star players from each league in the minors. Unfortunately, none of the players highlights went on to become major league stars.

As far as stars included in the base set? How about Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan. Not bad, right?

1994 Upper Deck Minor League Baseball Box Break

Cards per pack: 12

Packs per box: 36

Price paid: $36

Pack 1 highlights:

Dmitri Young, Charles Johnson & Terrell Wade

Pack 2:

Garret Anderson, Ugueth Urbina & Calvin Murray

Pack 3:

Derek Lowe, Rick Helling & Johnny Damon Lowe was involved in a very lopsided trade in 1997, being sent to Boston along with Jason Varitek, for Heathcliff Slocumb.

Pack 4:

Russ Davis & Ernie Young Player of the Year (1 in every 9 packs)

Pack 5:

Neifi Perez & Alex Gonzalez

Pack 6:

Jason Schmidt, Chris Weinke, Todd Hollandsworth & Hollandsworth subset card

Yes, the same Chris Weinke that won the 2000 Heisman Award as the Florida State quarterback.

Pack 7: Roger Cedeno, Billy Wagner & Phil Nevin

Pack 8:

Doug Glanville, Garret Anderson & Phil Nevin

Pack 9:

Jason Giambi, Shannon Stewart & Michael Tucker

Stewart finished his major league career with a .297 batting average!

Pack 10:

Charles Johnson & Garret Anderson

Pack 11:

Michael Moore & Shane Andrews

Pack 12:

Edgardo Alfonzo, Alvin Morman, Alex Gonzalez, Terrell Wade & Roger Cedeno

Love behind the scenes photos on cards like the Morman shot!

Pack 13:

Michael Jordan, Tony Clark & Roberto Petagine Player of the Year (1:9 packs)

Pack 14:

Alex Ochoa, Joe Randa & Randa subset

What do Randa and Nikola Jokic have in common? They share the nickname “Joker”.

Pack 15:

Brien Taylor, Derrek Lee, Bobby Bonds, Jr. & Jason Kendall

Pack 16:

Johnny Damon, Pokey Reese & Alex Gonzalez

Pack 17:

Charles Johnson, Derek Jeter, Alex Gonzalez, Bobby Abreu & Charles Johnson

Pack 18:

Brien Taylor, Jose Lima & Brian Hunter

“Lima Time” hit its peak in 1999, when Jose won 21 games and finished 4th in NL Cy Young voting.

Pack 19:

David Bell, Ray Durham & Ugueth Urbina

Pack 20:

Neifi Perez, Dmitri Young & Trot Nixon

Trot has to be one of the better baseball names, just not quite Homer Bush.

Pack 21:

Rick Helling & Alex Ochoa

Pack 22:

Alex Gonzalez Player of the Year (1:9 packs)

Pack 23: Terrell Wade & James Mouton

Pack 24:

Alex Ochoa & Terrell Wade

Hawatha Terrell Wade always seemed to have some hype around him, but went on to pitch in just 61 major league games.

Pack 25:

Stanton Cameron, Rick Helling & Trot Nixon

Stanton Cameron coming in hot with the sunset glamour shot!

Pack 26:

Jason Kendall & Billy Wagner

Pack 27:

Garret Anderson & Rick Helling

Pack 28:

Scott Hatteberg & Charles Johnson

In a recent interview, Hatteberg mentioned that in the original plans for the Moneyball movie, he was going to be playing himself. Chris Pratt ended up getting the part.