2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball features a 110-card base checklist.

The last 10 cards in the checklist are color short prints and found once in every 12 packs. You may have guessed it from the name of the product, but every single card in the base checklist features a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Each base card is also available in multiple parallels called Crystal Shard. This design has come to be known as Cracked Ice these days.

The largest insert set in this product is Colgan’s Chip Disks. The insert features 165 cards and is fashioned after the 1909-1911 Colgan’s Chips cards.

There are Hall of Fame autographs to pull in these boxes as well. Each box should hold two autographs, and the checklist includes some big-time names. Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Nolan Ryan and Carl Yastrzemski all have autographs here, among many other great names.

2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball Box Break 

Cards per pack: 6
Packs per box: 24 
Price paid: $66 

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First up, an Ernie Banks Pennant box topper! There is a 48-player Pennant checklist, with each player available in both red and blue versions.

Pack 1 highlights: 

Brooks Robinson, Joe Medwick, Lloyd Waner, Willie Stargell, Warren Spahn Induction and Harmon Killebrew Colgan’s Chip Disk (one per pack)

Pack 2: 

Phil Rizzuto, Satchel Paige, Billy Terry, Robin Yount, Tony Perez Green Crystal Shard (1:4 packs) and Andre Dawson Colgan’s Chip Disk

Pack 3: 

Luis Aparicio, Mel Ott, Roy Campanella, Dan Brouthers, 1944 World Series Game 1 Historic Ticket (1:6 packs) and Burleigh Grimes Disk

Pack 4: 

Bruce Sutter, Jim Bunning, Paul Waner, Paul Waner’s 3,000th Hit Ball Museum Pieces (1:8 packs), Honus Wagner Disk and Joe Morgan Gold Crystal Shard /299 (1:24 packs)

Pack 5: 

Charlie Gehringer, Christy Mathewson, Bob Feller, Johnny Evers, Nellie Fox Disk and Nellie Red Crystal Shard /399 (1:12 packs)

Pack 6: 

Casey Stengel, Lefty Grove, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ty Cobb/Rogers Hornsby Numbers Game, Kirby Puckett Disk and Harry Heilmann Green Crystal Shard (1:4 packs) 

Pack 7: 

Joe Morgan, Hal Newhouser, Willie McCovey, Rickey Henderson/Ty Cobb Numbers Game, Lou Boudreau Disk and Walter Johnson Green Crystal Shard (1:4 packs)

Pack 8: 

Bobby Doerr, Lou Gehrig, Burleigh Grimes, Catfish Hunter, Lefty Grove Disk and Joe Morgan Induction

Pack 9: 

Miller Huggins, Carl Yastrzemski, Rick Ferrell, Nolan Ryan’s Spikes Museum Pieces (1:8 packs), Stan Coveleski Disk and Luis Aparicio International Play

Pack 10: 

Juan Marichal, Rogers Hornsby, Pee Wee Reese, 1924 World Series Game 4 Historic Ticket (1:6 packs), Pee Wee Reese Disk and Buck Ewing Lumberjacks (1:12 packs)

Pack 11: 

Al Kaline, Jimmie Foxx, Zack Wheat, Bill Mazeroski, Bill Terry Disk and Bob Lemon Green Crystal Shard (1:4 packs)

Pack 12: 

Al Lopez, Ty Cobb, Bill Dickey, Carlton Fisk, Dazzy Vance Disk and Nap Lajoie Blue Crystal Shard /499 (1:8 packs)

Pack 13: 

Warren Spahn, Tony Lazzeri, Gaylord Perry SP (1:12 packs), Frank Chance, Yogi Berra and Ryne Sandberg Disk

Pack 14: 

Jackie Robinson, Home Run Baker, Red Schoendienst, Warren Spahn Blue Crystal Shard /499 (1:8 packs), Harmon Killebrew Disk and Al Kaline Cooperstown Signatures Autograph /325  

It may seem criminal to some, but this Kaline on-card autograph can be had for around $40.

Pack 15: 

Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Tony Perez, Bob Lemon, Burleigh Grimes Disk and Vin Scully Green Crystal Shard (1:4 packs)

Pack 16: 

Carl Hubbell, Dave Winfield, Walter Johnson, Vin Scully, Bob Lemon Disk and 1931 US Tour of Japan Historic Ticket (1:6 packs)

Pack 17: 

Stan Musial, Honus Wagner, Hack Wilson, Johnny Bench, Pee Wee Reese Disk and Nolan Ryan Blue Crystal Shard /499 (1:8 packs)

Pack 18: 

Frank Robinson, Buck Leonard, Arky Vaughan, Jim Palmer, Roger Bresnahan Disk and Mickey Cochrane Red Crystal Shard /399 (1:12 packs)

Pack 19: 

Nellie Fox, Nap Lajoie, Mike Schmidt, George Kell, Johnny Bench Disk and Ernie Banks Induction

Pack 20: 

Dave Bancroft, Cy Young, Cap Anson, Harry Heilmann, Nap Lajoie Disk and Paul Molitor Induction

Pack 21: 

George Brett, Reggie Jackson, Luke Appling, Lou Gehrig’s Final Game of Streak Historic Ticket (1:6 packs) and Ty Cobb Lumberjacks (1:12 packs)

Pack 22: 

Al Barlick, Frankie Frisch, Joe Tinker, Billy Williams, Charlie Gehringer Disk and Hack Wilson Green Crystal Chard (1:4 packs)

Pack 23: 

Robin Roberts, Jim Bottomley, Goose Goslin, Orlando Cepeda, Whitey Herzog Disk and Jim Bunning Gold Crystal Shard /299 (1:24 packs)

Pack 24: 

Phil Niekro, Jim Rice SP (1:12 packs), Mickey Cochrane, Lou Boudreau, Brooks Robinson Disk and Reggie Jackson’s Bat Museum Pieces (1:8 packs)

Lastly, the Jim Rice card back. Jim waited a long time to get into the Hall but was finally enshrined in 2009. 

It seems as though this box was actually short one autograph. That is a bummer, but it happens.  

Panini also released a Cooperstown product in 2012 and 2015, but those two seem to sell higher than 2013.

I definitely think this product is worth a rip! Nothing but Hall of fame Players. If nothing else, you can certainly learn a lot about the lesser-known legends of baseball.

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