1992 Fleer

Description

The 1992 Fleer baseball set consists of 720 cards. The cards are ordered by player alphabetically within each team, for each league with AL preceding NL. Subsets include: Major League Prospects (652-680), Record Setters (681-687), League Leaders (688-697), Super Star Specials (698-707), Pro Visions (708-713) and seven checklists (714-720).

In an effort to "keep up with the Joneses," Fleer dramatically improved the quality of the cards using metallic inks on both sides of the card and a smoother card stock. The design is a reminder of the "teal craze" that swept pro sport's in the early-90s.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 17 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99).

Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 35 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Racks: 24 packs per box, 42 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

Retail and Hobby factory sets.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds	Rack Odds
Base	720	-	?	?	?
Team Leaders	20	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack
All-Stars	24	-	1:4	N/A	N/A
Rookie Sensations	20	-	N/A	1:4	N/A
Roger Clemens	12	-	?	?	?
Roger Clemens Autograph	1	2000	?	?	?

Checklist

Inserts

All-Stars

This 24-card set was exclusive to 17-card wax packs.

• 1 Felix Jose
• 2 Tony Gwynn
• 3 Barry Bonds
• 4 Bobby Bonilla
• 5 Mike LaValliere
• 6 Tom Glavine
• 7 Ramon Martinez
• 8 Lee Smith
• 9 Mickey Tettleton
• 10 Scott Erickson
• 11 Frank Thomas
• 12 Danny Tartabull
• 13 Will Clark
• 14 Ryne Sandberg
• 15 Terry Pendleton
• 16 Barry Larkin
• 17 Rafael Palmeiro
• 18 Julio Franco
• 19 Robin Ventura
• 20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 21 Joe Carter
• 22 Kirby Puckett
• 23 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 24 Jose Canseco

Lumber Company

Each Hobby factory set contained a full set of nine Lumber Company inserts.

• L1 Cecil Fielder
• L2 Mickey Tettleton
• L3 Darryl Strawberry
• L4 Ryne Sandberg
• L5 Jose Canseco
• L6 Matt Williams
• L7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• L8 Barry Bonds
• L9 Ron Gant

Roger Clemens Career Highlights

Roger Clemens served as a spokesperson for Fleer during 1992 and was the exclusive subject of this 15-card insert set. The first 12-card Clemens Career Highlights were randomly inserted in all 1992 Fleer packs and three were included in each Hobby factory set. The final three cards (13-15) were available through a special mail-in offer for ten 1992 Fleer Baseball wrappers and $1.00.

• 1 Roger Clemens "Quiet Storm"
• 2 Roger Clemens "Courted by Mets and Twins"
• 3 Roger Clemens "The Show"
• 4 Roger Clemens "Rocket Launched"
• 5 Roger Clemens "Time of Trial"
• 6 Roger Clemens "Break Through"
• 7 Roger Clemens "Play It Again Roger"
• 8 Roger Clemens "Business as Usual"
• 9 Roger Clemens "Heee's Back"
• 10 Roger Clemens "Blood, Sweat and Tears"
• 11 Roger Clemens "Prime of Life"
• 12 Roger Clemens "Man For Every Season"
• 13 Roger Clemens EXCH "Cooperstown Bound"
• 14 Roger Clemens EXCH "The Heat of the Moment"
• 15 Roger Clemens EXCH "Final Words Q and A with The Rocket"

Rookie Sensations

Rookie Sensations is a 20-card insert set exclusive to 35-card jumbo packs. The cards were extremely popular upon release resulting in packs selling for levels far above suggested retail levels, and was one of the sets that kicked off the "Insert Mania" that drove The Hobby in the early-to-mid 1990s.

Through a mail-in offer for ten Fleer baseball card wrappers and $1.00 for postage and handling, Fleer offered an uncut 8 1/2" by 11" numbered promo sheet picturing ten of the 20-card set on each side in a reduced-size front-only format. The offer indicated an expiration date of July 31, 1992, or whenever the production quantity of 250,000 sheets was exhausted. In addition to the promo sheet, according to collectorempire.com, some 1992 Fleer cards, including a Frank Thomas Rookie Sensation, were stolen before the foil was applied.

• 1 Frank Thomas
• 2 Todd Van Poppel
• 3 Orlando Merced
• 4 Jeff Bagwell
• 5 Jeff Fassero
• 6 Darren Lewis
• 7 Milt Cuyler
• 8 Mike Timlin
• 9 Brian McRae
• 10 Chuck Knoblauch
• 11 Rich DeLucia
• 12 Ivan Rodriguez
• 13 Juan Guzman
• 14 Steve Chitren
• 15 Mark Wohlers
• 16 Wes Chamberlain
• 17 Ray Lankford
• 18 Chito Martinez
• 19 Phil Plantier
• 20 Scott Leius

Smoke 'n Heat

Each retail factory set contained a full set of 12 Smoke 'n Heat cards.

• S1 Lee Smith
• S2 Jack McDowell
• S3 David Cone
• S4 Roger Clemens
• S5 Nolan Ryan
• S6 Scott Erickson
• S7 Tom Glavine
• S8 Dwight Gooden
• S9 Andy Benes
• S10 Steve Avery
• S11 Randy Johnson
• S12 Jim Abbott

Team Leaders

Each 42-card rack pack contained one Team Leaders insert.

• 1 Don Mattingly
• 2 Howard Johnson
• 3 Chris Sabo
• 4 Carlton Fisk
• 5 Kirby Puckett
• 6 Cecil Fielder
• 7 Tony Gwynn
• 8 Will Clark
• 9 Bobby Bonilla
• 10 Lenny Dykstra
• 11 Tom Glavine
• 12 Rafael Palmeiro
• 13 Wade Boggs
• 14 Joe Carter
• 15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 16 Darryl Strawberry
• 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 18 Danny Tartabull
• 19 Jose Canseco
• 20 Andre Dawson

Autographs

Roger Clemens Autograph

Fleer had Roger Clemens autograph 2000 cards from his Career Highlights insert into packs. Unlike future Fleer autographed inserts, these cards are not certifiable as they do not have any distinguishable marks, nor are they serial-numbered.

• AU Roger Clemens 2000