1996 Leaf

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Description

1996 Leaf is a 220-card set released in May, 1996. For the first time, Leaf was released as a single-series. The main selling point was the large number of serial-numbered inserts, and the base set was almost thought of as an afterthought.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - ? ?
Bronze Press Proof 220 2000 PP PP
Silver Press Proof 220 1000 PP PP
Gold Press Proof 220 500 PP PP
MVP Contenders 20 - 1:8 1:8
22K Gold Leaf Stars 15 2500 1:190 1:190
Hats Off 8 5000 N/A 1:72
Picture Perfect 12 5000 1:140 1:140
Statistical Standouts 8 2500 1:210 N/A
Total Bases 12 5000 1:72 N/A
Frank Thomas Greatest Hits 7 5000 1:210 1:210

PP: Odds of finding any Press Proof: 1:10/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

  • 210 Dante Bichette / Albert Belle CL
  • 205 Tony Gwynn / Edgar Martinez CL
  • 153 Hideo Nomo / Marty Cordova CL
  • 105 Barry Larkin / Mo Vaughn CL
  • 48 Greg Maddux / Randy Johnson CL
  • 1 John Smoltz
  • 2 Dennis Eckersley
  • 3 Delino DeShields
  • 4 Cliff Floyd
  • 5 Chuck Finley
  • 6 Cecil Fielder
  • 7 Tim Naehring
  • 8 Carlos Perez
  • 9 Brad Ausmus
  • 10 Matt Lawton RC
  • 11 Alan Trammell
  • 12 Steve Finley
  • 13 Paul O'Neill
  • 14 Gary Sheffield
  • 15 Mark McGwire
  • 16 Bernie Williams
  • 17 Jeff Montgomery
  • 18 Chan Ho Park
  • 19 Greg Vaughn
  • 20 Jeff Kent
  • 21 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 22 Charles Johnson
  • 23 Eric Karros
  • 24 Alex Rodriguez
  • 25 Chris Snopek
  • 26 Jason Isringhausen
  • 27 Chili Davis
  • 28 Chipper Jones
  • 29 Bret Saberhagen
  • 30 Tony Clark
  • 31 Marty Cordova
  • 32 Dwayne Hosey
  • 33 Fred McGriff
  • 34 Deion Sanders
  • 35 Orlando Merced
  • 36 Brady Anderson
  • 37 Ray Lankford
  • 38 Manny Ramirez
  • 39 Alex Fernandez
  • 40 Greg Colbrunn
  • 41 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 42 Mickey Morandini
  • 43 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 44 Quinton McCracken
  • 45 Tim Salmon
  • 46 Jose Mesa
  • 47 Marquis Grissom
  • 49 Raul Mondesi
  • 50 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 51 Ray Durham
  • 52 Matt Williams
  • 53 Bob Hamelin
  • 54 Lenny Dykstra
  • 55 Jeff King
  • 56 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 57 Terry Pendleton
  • 58 Kevin Stocker
  • 59 Ozzie Timmons
  • 60 Dave Justice
  • 61 Ricky Bottalico
  • 62 Andy Ashby
  • 63 Larry Walker
  • 64 Jose Canseco
  • 65 Bret Boone
  • 66 Shawn Green
  • 67 Chad Curtis
  • 68 Travis Fryman
  • 69 Roger Clemens
  • 70 David Bell
  • 71 Rusty Greer
  • 72 Bob Higginson
  • 73 Joey Hamilton
  • 74 Kevin Seitzer
  • 75 Julian Tavarez
  • 76 Troy Percival
  • 77 Kirby Puckett
  • 78 Barry Bonds
  • 79 Michael Tucker
  • 80 Paul Molitor
  • 81 Carlos Garcia
  • 82 Johnny Damon
  • 83 Mike Hampton
  • 84 Ariel Prieto
  • 85 Tony Tarasco
  • 86 Pete Schourek
  • 87 Tom Glavine
  • 88 Rondell White
  • 89 Jim Edmonds
  • 90 Robby Thompson
  • 91 Wade Boggs
  • 92 Pedro Martinez
  • 93 Gregg Jefferies
  • 94 Albert Belle
  • 95 Benji Gil
  • 96 Denny Neagle
  • 97 Mark Langston
  • 98 Sandy Alomar
  • 99 Tony Gwynn
  • 100 Todd Hundley
  • 101 Dante Bichette
  • 102 Eddie Murray
  • 103 Lyle Mouton
  • 104 John Jaha
  • 106 Jon Nunnally
  • 107 Juan Gonzalez
  • 108 Kevin Appier
  • 109 Brian McRae
  • 110 Lee Smith
  • 111 Tim Wakefield
  • 112 Sammy Sosa
  • 113 Jay Buhner
  • 114 Garret Anderson
  • 115 Edgar Martinez
  • 116 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 117 Billy Ashley
  • 118 Joe Carter
  • 119 Javy Lopez
  • 120 Bobby Bonilla
  • 121 Ken Caminiti
  • 122 Barry Larkin
  • 123 Shannon Stewart
  • 124 Orel Hershiser
  • 125 Jeff Conine
  • 126 Mark Grace
  • 127 Kenny Lofton
  • 128 Luis Gonzalez
  • 129 Rico Brogna
  • 130 Mo Vaughn
  • 131 Brad Radke
  • 132 Jose Herrera
  • 133 Rick Aguilera
  • 134 Gary DiSarcina
  • 135 Andres Galarraga
  • 136 Carl Everett
  • 137 Steve Avery
  • 138 Vinny Castilla
  • 139 Dennis Martinez
  • 140 John Wetteland
  • 141 Alex Gonzalez
  • 142 Brian Jordan
  • 143 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 144 Terrell Wade
  • 145 Wilson Alvarez
  • 146 Reggie Sanders
  • 147 Will Clark
  • 148 Hideo Nomo
  • 149 J.T. Snow
  • 150 Frank Thomas
  • 151 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 152 Jay Bell
  • 154 David Cone
  • 155 Roberto Alomar
  • 156 Carlos Delgado
  • 157 Carlos Baerga
  • 158 Geronimo Berroa
  • 159 Joe Vitiello
  • 160 Terry Steinbach
  • 161 Doug Drabek
  • 162 David Segui
  • 163 Ozzie Smith
  • 164 Kurt Abbott
  • 165 Randy Johnson
  • 166 John Valentin
  • 167 Mickey Tettleton
  • 168 Ruben Sierra
  • 169 Jim Thome
  • 170 Mike Greenwell
  • 171 Quilvio Veras
  • 172 Robin Ventura
  • 173 Bill Pulsipher
  • 174 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 175 Hal Morris
  • 176 Ryan Klesko
  • 177 Eric Young
  • 178 Shane Andrews
  • 179 Brian L. Hunter
  • 180 Brett Butler
  • 181 John Olerud
  • 182 Moises Alou
  • 183 Glenallen Hill
  • 184 Ismael Valdes
  • 185 Andy Pettitte
  • 186 Yamil Benitez
  • 187 Jason Bere
  • 188 Dean Palmer
  • 189 Jimmy Haynes
  • 190 Trevor Hoffman
  • 191 Mike Mussina
  • 192 Greg Maddux
  • 193 Ozzie Guillen
  • 194 Pat Listach
  • 195 Derek Bell
  • 196 Darren Daulton
  • 197 John Mabry
  • 198 Ramon Martinez
  • 199 Jeff Bagwell
  • 200 Mike Piazza
  • 201 Al Martin
  • 202 Aaron Sele
  • 203 Ed Sprague
  • 204 Rod Beck
  • 206 Mike Lansing
  • 207 Craig Biggio
  • 208 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 209 Dave Nilsson
  • 211 Derek Jeter
  • 212 Alan Benes
  • 213 Jason Schmidt
  • 214 Alex Ochoa
  • 215 Ruben Rivera
  • 216 Roger Cedeno
  • 217 Jeff Suppan
  • 218 Billy Wagner
  • 219 Mark Loretta
  • 220 Karim Garcia

Parallels

Press Proof

Randomly inserted into packs at the rate of 1:10 contained one of the following Press Proof parallels:

  • Bronze (limited to 2000 copies)
  • Silver (limited to 1000 copies)
  • Gold (limited to 500 copies)

Each Press Proof was printed with holographic foil with the "Leaf 96" logo stamped in either Gold, Silver, or Bronze foil. The cards are NOT serial-numbered, and the words "PRESS PROOF" appear nowhere on the card.

Inserts

MVP Contenders

This 20 card set features possible contenders for the MVP at the 1996 All-Star Game held in Philadelphia. If the player on the front of the card won the MVP Award (which turned out to be Mike Piazza), the holder could send it in for one of 5000 Gold MVP Contenders sets. The backs of each card carry the instructions on how to redeem the card. The Piazza card when returned with the redemption set had a hole in it to indicate the set had been redeemed.

Curiously, the backs of the Gold cards have the same information on how to redeem winning cards.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Mike Piazza W

3 Sammy Sosa

4 Cal Ripken

5 Jeff Bagwell

6 Reggie Sanders

7 Mo Vaughn

8 Tony Gwynn

9 Dante Bichette

10 Tim Salmon

11 Chipper Jones

12 Kenny Lofton

13 Manny Ramirez

14 Barry Bonds

15 Raul Mondesi

16 Kirby Puckett

17 Albert Belle

18 Ken Griffey Jr.

19 Greg Maddux

20 Bonus Card

22K Gold Leaf Stars

This 15-card set honors some of the games great players on 22 karat gold trim cards. Only 2500 serial-numbered cards of each player were printed.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Dante Bichette

3 Sammy Sosa

4 Ken Griffey Jr.

5 Mike Piazza

6 Tim Salmon

7 Hideo Nomo

8 Cal Ripken

9 Chipper Jones

10 Albert Belle

11 Tony Gwynn

12 Mo Vaughn

13 Barry Larkin

14 Manny Ramirez

15 Greg Maddux

Hats Off

This eight-card set was printed and embossed on a wool-like material with the feel of a Major League ball cap. Only 5000 copies of each card was produced and is exclusive to retail packs.

1 Cal Ripken

2 Barry Larkin

3 Frank Thomas

4 Mo Vaughn

5 Ken Griffey Jr.

6 Hideo Nomo

7 Albert Belle

8 Greg Maddux

Picture Perfect

This 12-card set is printed on real wood with gold foil trim. Cards 1-6 are exclusive to Hobby packs, 7-12 to retail. Only 5000 serial-numbered copies of each card were printed.

One of twelve different Picture Perfect Promo cards was inserted into 1996 Leaf dealer order forms and hobby media press releases. The cards parallel the standard Picture Perfect inserts except for the text "promotional card" running diagonally across the front of the card and "PROMO/5000" text on back.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Cal Ripken

3 Greg Maddux

4 Manny Ramirez

5 Chipper Jones

6 Tony Gwynn

7 Ken Griffey Jr.

8 Albert Belle

9 Jeff Bagwell

10 Mike Piazza

11 Mo Vaughn

12 Barry Bonds

Statistical Standouts

Exclusive to Hobby packs, this eight-card set features players who stood out statistically. The cards were printed on a material with the feel of the leather that's between the seams or stitches of a baseball. Only 2500 copies of each card was printed and each is numbered individually on the back.

1 Cal Ripken

2 Tony Gwynn

3 Frank Thomas

4 Ken Griffey Jr.

5 Hideo Nomo

6 Greg Maddux

7 Albert Belle

8 Chipper Jones

Total Bases

This 12-card, Hobby exclusive, set is printed on canvas and features the top offensive stars. Only 5000 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced.

0ne of twelve different Total Bases Promo cards was inserted into 1996 Leaf dealer order forms and hobby media press releases. The cards parallel the standard Total Bases inserts except for the text "promotional card" running diagonally across the front of the card and "PROMO/5000" text on back.

  • 1 Frank Thomas
  • 2 Albert Belle
  • 3 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 4 Barry Bonds
  • 5 Kirby Puckett
  • 6 Joe Carter
  • 7 Paul Molitor
  • 8 Fred McGriff
  • 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 10 Carlos Baerga
  • 11 Juan Gonzalez
  • 12 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Frank Thomas Greatest Hits

This eight-card set feature the statistical highlights of Frank Thomas. The cards are printed on acetate and are die-cut to look like a compact disc. Cards 1-4 were randomly inserted into Hobby packs, 5-7 in retail, and card #8 was made available through a wrapper redemption offer. Each card is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Frank Thomas 1990

2 Frank Thomas 1991

3 Frank Thomas 1992

4 Frank Thomas 1993

5 Frank Thomas 1994

6 Frank Thomas 1995

7 Frank Thomas Career

8 Frank Thomas MVP