When it comes to options, there’s no lack of 2004 Topps Baseball factory sets. Collectors have a total of eight different ones to choose from, each with their own set of exclusive cards.
All of the 2004 Topps Baseball factory set bonus cards revolve around young prospects and rookies — or first-year players as they were referred to back then.
Hobby sets and those from the J.C. Penny catalog each have five different First-Year Player Bonus cards. Both of the retail factory sets have Draft Pick Bonus cards. The first five are in the Blue retail box sets while the remaining nine are in the Holiday Green retail set.
Four teams also got their own 2004 Topps Baseball factory sets: the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. Each has five exclusive cards highlighting the franchises’ top prospects at the time. Of the 20 team-specific cards, Robinson Cano and Kevin Youkilis are the best.
Below is a breakdown of all the factory set exclusives and where to find them.
2004 Topps Baseball Factory Set Bonus Cards Checklist
First-Year Player Bonus Cards
Hobby
1 Travis Blackley
2 Rudy Guillen
3 Ervin Santana
4 Wanell Severino
5 Kevin Kouzmanoff
J.C. Penny
6 Alberto Callaspo
7 Bobby Brownlie
8 Travis Hanson
9 Joaquin Arias
10 Merkin Valdez
Draft Picks Bonus Cards
Retail Blue
1 Josh Johnson
2 Donny Lucy
3 Greg Golson
4 K.C. Herren
5 Jeff Marquez
Retail Green (Holiday)
6 Mark Rogers
7 Eric Hurley
8 Gio Gonzalez
9 Thomas Diamond
10 Matt Bush
11 Kyle Waldrop
12 Neil Walker
13 Mike Ferris
14 Ray Liotta
15 Phillip Hughes
Boston Red Sox
1 David Murphy
2 Kevin Youkilis
3 Juan Cedeno
4 Matt Murton
5 Kenny Perez
Chicago Cubs
1 Bobby Brownlie
2 Felix Pie
3 Jon Connolly
4 David Kelton
5 Ricky Nolasco
Houston Astros
1 Brooks Conrad
2 Hector Gimenez
3 Kevin Davidson
4 Chris Burke
5 John Buck
New York Yankees
1 Rudy Guillen
2 David Parrish
3 Brad Halsey
4 Hector Made
5 Robinson Cano
