Best Ubaldo Jimenez Rookie Cards to Buy

By Alan Karpuch · 1 Comment

There are only a few Ubaldo Jimenez rookie cards that are worth buying. Ubaldo has dominated the first half of 2010 season with a no-hitter thrown in the first few games of the season. He also has been the first pitcher to have 7 wins this season. His low earned run average has collectors thinking Cy Young. Ubaldo has been virtually unhittable this year. Collectors have been wondering what are the best Ubaldo Jimenez rookie cards to invest in? We have done the research for you listing the best rookie cards to buy including their current values. Many of these baseball cards have been on most collectors’ hot lists since the beginning of the season.

2005 Leaf Certified Autographed Ubaldo Jimenez rookie card

Much like the other cards we will discuss later, these rare rookie cards have all been hand signed. These cards sell for about $125 and are becoming some of the hardest baseball cards to find due to his immense popularity. An Emerald version of this card exists with an amazingly low print run of only 5 cards. This card has recently sold for $500 in recent ebay auction.

2005 Leaf Limited Autograph Ubaldo Jimenez rookie card

There are a few versions of these rare autograph rookie cards that have been produced. Some are sequentially numbered to only 25. This is one of the lowest print runs that you are going to find for a signed rookie card. If you are lucky you can purchase one of these RC’s for about $225.

2005 Upper Deck SP Authentic Ubaldo Jimenez Rookie Card

This is another amazing Ubaldo Jimenez rookie card which is also very rare when it comes to quantities available. There were only 185 of these gems produced by Upper Deck. Card currently brings about $150 in recent online auctions.

2007 Bowman Chrome Ubaldo Jimenez Rookie Card

These cards say rookie card but are not the first cards produced of Jimenez. They sell very well due to the low prices that come with the cards. You can find these cards for about $3 which is a great investment for the short term as well as the long term.

As Ubaldo Jimenez rookie cards get the praise they deserve they are still far from his Cy Young rivals for this Year. Tim Lincecum rookie cards and Roy Halladay rookie cards are still much more valuable and more heavily traded. As long as Jimenez pitches the way he has this year his cards will soon compete with some of the best pitchers in today’s game.