Yankee Stadium Legacy
The Yankee Stadium Legacy set is a 6,743-card compilation chronicling every single game the New York Yankees ever played at the original Yankee Stadium, and other notable events. The card set was manufactured by Upper Deck and made its official debut by being randomly inserted into packs of Upper Deck’s 2008 Series 1 Baseball.
As part of a promotion related to the set, the first five collectors who completed the set of all 6,661 cards inserted into 2008 Upper Deck Baseball products, were to travel to New York during the 2009 New York Yankees season to attend a game at the new Yankee Stadium and meet Yankee Captain, Derek Jeter. The Yankee Stadium Legacy cards representing the 2008 New York Yankees season appeared in 2009 Upper Deck Series One Baseball packs in February 2009 and put an end to the Yankee Stadium Legacy promotion. The five contest winners would receive the 82 cards representing the final season at Yankee Stadium.
Tommy Baxter, a 36-year-old from Little Rock, Arkansas, was the first collector to put together Upper Deck’s Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection. Baxter was a Cubs fan. Baxter's accomplishment was commemorated with a card in 2009 Upper Deck Series One Baseball.
Notable cards
Some of the notable cards in the set commemorate some of the most famous sporting events that have taken place at Yankee Stadium. Some of these events include:| Event | Date | Card # |
| College Football:Notre Dame vs. Army, Win One for the Gipper Speech | 473HM | |
| Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man Alive" Speech | ||
| 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | 1288HM | |
| Babe Ruth's "Final Visit to Yankee Stadium" | ||
| Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling heavyweight title bout | ||
| 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts | 2835HM | |
| 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | 2946 | |
| Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's Home Run Record | 3073 | |
| Muhammad Ali's title defense against Ken Norton | 4131 HM | |
| Reggie Jackson, Three Home Runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series | ||
| Pine Tar Incident |
Guinness record
According to a January 2008 Upper Deck press release, Guinness World Records would certify Yankee Stadium Legacy as the largest baseball card set ever produced, once all the cards are released.However, the 1998 Topps TEK set contained 90 different player cards, that were each available in 90 different variations, for a total of 8100 different cards which some collectors consider to be an even larger complete set.