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=Description=
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1997 Fleer was a 761-card set with cards 1-500 in Series One and cards 501-761 in Series Two.  Series One (which was not marketed as "Series One") was issued in April, 1997.  In lieu of an "Update" set, Fleer instead published a second series which served as the ''de facto'' 1997 Fleer Update set. 
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As with the [[1996 Fleer|previous year's set,]] the cards were borderless and printed with a matte-finish and gold foil stamping. Unlike the previous year's product, the matte finish used wasn't as "rough" and made sorting cards easier.  It is believed that the last 11 cards in Series 2 (751-761) were late additions to the set and short-printed. The set featured an Encore subset (cards 696-720) and Checklists (cards 491-500/721-750/761)
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For the first time since [[1993 Fleer|1993]], Fleer did not include an insert in every pack.  However, this era of the late-1990s was the height of the "Insert Mania" craze that began earlier in the decade and Fleer continued to drive the trend and accommodated demand by producing 14 insert sets plus a parallel set and autograph redemption.
  
=Description=
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This was also the final year for "Fleer" baseball, as the company renamed their flagship product to [[1998 Fleer Tradition|''Fleer Tradition'']] beginning in 1998.
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Series Two featured one of only two "true" rookie cards of David Ortiz and his card referred to him as "David Arias" (his full given name is David Américo Ortiz Arias)
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
  
=Reviews=
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Series One Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).
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Series Two Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).
  
 
=Insertion Ratios=
 
=Insertion Ratios=
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===Series One===
  
 
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!Retail Odds
 
!Retail Odds
 
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||761||-||?||?
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||500||-||?||?
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|-
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|Tiffany||500||-||1:20||1:20
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|-
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|Rookie Sensations||20||-||1:6||1:6
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|-
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|Golden Memories||10||-||1:16||1:16
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|-
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|Team Leaders||28||-||1:20||1:20
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|-
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|Night and Day||10||-||1:240||1:240
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|-
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|Zone||20||-||1:80||N/A
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|-
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|Lumber Company||18||-||N/A||1:18
 
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|}
  
=Checklist=
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===Series Two===
  
==Base Set==
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{| class="ratio"
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!Cards
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!Total Cards
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!Numbered To
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!Hobby Odds
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!Retail Odds
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|-
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||261||-||?||?
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|-
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|Tiffany||261||-||1:20||1:20
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|-
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|Million Dollar Moments||50||-||one-per-pack||one-per-pack
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|Headliners|||20||-||1:2||1:2
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|New Horizons||15||-||1:4||1:4
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|-
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|Goudey Greats||15||-||1:8||1:8
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|Goudey Greats Foil||15||-||1:800||N/A
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|-
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|Soaring Stars||12||-||1:12||1:12
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|Glowing Stars||12||-||?||?
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|Diamond Tribute||12||-||1:288||1:288
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|Decade of Excellence||12||-||1:36||N/A
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|Decade of Excellence Rare Traditions||12||-||1:360||N/A
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|Bleacher Blasters||10||-||N/A||1:36
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|Andruw Jones 1997 Circa Autograph||1||200||?||?
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1 Roberto Alomar
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=Checklist=
  
2 Brady Anderson
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==Promo==
  
3 Bobby Bonilla
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/4892/Matt-Williams-(Promotional-Sample).jpg?id=5b8526cc-63a9-4677-b779-51d3cdb2a945&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/4892/Matt-Williams-(Promotional-Sample).jpg?id=5b8526cc-63a9-4677-b779-51d3cdb2a945&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
4 Rocky Coppinger
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Promo');
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</sql2wiki>
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==Base Set==
  
5 Cesar Devarez
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===Series One===
  
6 Scott Erickson
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/72/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=9ba052a8-6796-4195-8a23-d744d7df8084&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/72/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=9ba052a8-6796-4195-8a23-d744d7df8084&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
7 Jeffrey Hammonds
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num < 491)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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====Checklists====
  
8 Chris Hoiles
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/499/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=7b672018-d42a-4e80-88dc-94464166a115&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/499/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=7b672018-d42a-4e80-88dc-94464166a115&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
9 Eddie Murray
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num BETWEEN 491 AND 500)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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===Series Two===
  
10 Mike Mussina
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/522/Jorge-Posada.jpg?id=07ba1596-d911-464d-bc1a-f121b8cd2d2c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/522/Jorge-Posada.jpg?id=07ba1596-d911-464d-bc1a-f121b8cd2d2c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
11 Randy Myers
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num BETWEEN 501 AND 695)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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====Encore====
  
12 Rafael Palmeiro
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/710/Hideo-Nomo.jpg?id=8ea79a1d-b760-4f55-aa10-9426a8e4a735&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/710/Hideo-Nomo.jpg?id=8ea79a1d-b760-4f55-aa10-9426a8e4a735&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
13 Cal Ripken
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num BETWEEN 696 AND 720)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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====Team Checklists====
  
14 B.J. Surhoff
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/726/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=a783041d-d799-4c77-ae1a-ca2b6d2aabc1&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/726/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=a783041d-d799-4c77-ae1a-ca2b6d2aabc1&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
15 David Wells
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Series Two checklists are broken down by team.  Two checklists featuring the team logos of the 1998 expansion teams (Arizona and Tampa Bay) list the inserts.
  
16 Todd Zeile
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num BETWEEN 721 AND 750)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC
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</sql2wiki>
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====High-Numbers====
  
17 Darren Bragg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/751/Hideki-Irabu.jpg?id=6f260a23-6efa-47ba-8afc-117b61cdf214&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base/751/Hideki-Irabu.jpg?id=6f260a23-6efa-47ba-8afc-117b61cdf214&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
18 Jose Canseco
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These eleven base cards were added late in the Series Two production run and were slightly short-printed.
  
19 Roger Clemens
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer') AND (num > 750)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC
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</sql2wiki>
  
20 Wil Cordero
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==Parallels==
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===Tiffany===
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base---Tiffany/350/Derrick-May.jpg?id=a8d56a47-c5d7-496c-9a6d-b884c60f918d&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Base---Tiffany/350/Derrick-May.jpg?id=a8d56a47-c5d7-496c-9a6d-b884c60f918d&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
21 Jeff Frye
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All 761 base cards were available in a "Tiffany" parallel. All Tiffany parallel cards featured blue holographic foil over the player nameplate and Fleer logo on a glossy card-front.  Unlike the [[1996 Fleer#Tiffany|previous year's Tiffany's,]] there were NOT seeded as a one-per-pack parallel.
  
22 Nomar Garciaparra
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==Inserts==
 
 
23 Tom Gordon
 
 
 
24 Mike Greenwell
 
 
 
25 Reggie Jefferson
 
 
 
26 Jose Malave
 
 
 
27 Tim Naehring
 
 
 
28 Troy O'Leary
 
 
 
29 Heathcliff Slocumb
 
 
 
30 Mike Stanley
 
 
 
31 John Valentin
 
 
 
32 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
33 Tim Wakefield
 
 
 
34 Garret Anderson
 
 
 
35 George Arias
 
 
 
36 Shawn Boskie
 
 
 
37 Chili Davis
 
 
 
38 Jason Dickson
 
 
 
39 Gary DiSarcina
 
 
 
40 Jim Edmonds
 
 
 
41 Darin Erstad
 
 
 
42 Jorge Fabregas
 
 
 
43 Chuck Finley
 
 
 
44 Todd Greene
 
 
 
45 Mike Holtz
 
 
 
46 Rex Hudler
 
 
 
47 Mike James
 
 
 
48 Mark Langston
 
 
 
49 Troy Percival
 
 
 
50 Tim Salmon
 
 
 
51 Jeff Schmidt
 
 
 
52 J.T. Snow
 
 
 
53 Randy Velarde
 
 
 
54 Wilson Alvarez
 
 
 
55 Harold Baines
 
 
 
56 James Baldwin
 
 
 
57 Jason Bere
 
 
 
58 Mike Cameron
 
 
 
59 Ray Durham
 
 
 
60 Alex Fernandez
 
 
 
61 Ozzie Guillen
 
 
 
62 Roberto Hernandez
 
 
 
63 Ron Karkovice
 
 
 
64 Darren Lewis
 
 
 
65 Dave Martinez
 
 
 
66 Lyle Mouton
 
 
 
67 Greg Norton
 
 
 
68 Tony Phillips
 
 
 
69 Chris Snopek
 
 
 
70 Kevin Tapani
 
 
 
71 Danny Tartabull
 
 
 
72 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
73 Robin Ventura
 
 
 
74 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
 
 
75 Albert Belle
 
 
 
76 Mark Carreon
 
 
 
77 Julio Franco
 
 
 
78 Brian Giles
 
 
 
79 Orel Hershiser
 
 
 
80 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
81 Dennis Martinez
 
 
 
82 Jack McDowell
 
 
 
83 Jose Mesa
 
 
 
84 Charles Nagy
 
 
 
85 Chad Ogea
 
 
 
86 Eric Plunk
 
 
 
87 Manny Ramirez
 
 
 
88 Kevin Seitzer
 
 
 
89 Julian Tavarez
 
 
 
90 Jim Thome
 
 
 
91 Jose Vizcaino
 
 
 
92 Omar Vizquel
 
 
 
93 Brad Ausmus
 
 
 
94 Kimera Bartee
 
 
 
95 Raul Casanova
 
 
 
96 Tony Clark
 
 
 
97 John Cummings
 
 
 
98 Travis Fryman
 
 
 
99 Bob Higginson
 
 
 
100 Mark Lewis
 
 
 
101 Felipe Lira
 
 
 
102 Phil Nevin
 
 
 
103 Melvin Nieves
 
 
 
104 Curtis Pride
 
  
105 A.J. Sager
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===Rookie Sensations===
  
106 Ruben Sierra
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Rookie-Sensations/1/Jermaine-Allensworth.jpg?id=adb7df4f-409a-4d91-8917-f61946f9672c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Rookie-Sensations/1/Jermaine-Allensworth.jpg?id=adb7df4f-409a-4d91-8917-f61946f9672c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
107 Justin Thompson
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This notable insert continued in 1997 with a 20-card set that highlighted the top young players in the game at the time.  Cards were printed on a multi-colored, paint-brush themed background design.
  
108 Alan Trammell
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Rookie Sensations');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Golden Memories===
  
109 Kevin Appier
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Golden-Memories/10/Ozzie-Smith.jpg?id=5661a2f8-1909-4f0f-9320-c0a7b75cbba5&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Golden-Memories/10/Ozzie-Smith.jpg?id=5661a2f8-1909-4f0f-9320-c0a7b75cbba5&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
110 Tim Belcher
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This 10-card set featured players that achieved milestone accomplishments during the 1996 season on a sun-themed background.
  
111 Jaime Bluma
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Golden Memories')
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
  
112 Johnny Damon
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===Team Leaders===
  
113 Tom Goodwin
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Team-Leaders/6/Bobby-Higginson.jpg?id=153abe43-08b2-4119-8b95-8401f75c9a71&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Team-Leaders/6/Bobby-Higginson.jpg?id=153abe43-08b2-4119-8b95-8401f75c9a71&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
114 Chris Haney
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This 28-card set highlighted the top player from each Major League team.  Cards were die-cut to contour an up-close picture of the featured player's face.  Initially, Fleer printed this insert featuring the bill of the player's cap extended outwards as part of the die-cut contouring.  However, due to quality control issues (i.e., ease of this portion of the card getting damaged due to it "sticking out"), Fleer reprinted this insert set without the player's cap bill protruding outwards.  Both variations of this insert - cap bill and no cap bill - exist but it unknown how many of each variation exists; however, much fewer quantities of the cap bill variation exist.
  
115 Keith Lockhart
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Team Leaders');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Night and Day===
  
116 Mike Macfarlane
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Night--Day/9/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=176573bf-d7d0-497a-841f-def1984a2e77&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Night--Day/9/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=176573bf-d7d0-497a-841f-def1984a2e77&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
117 Jeff Montgomery
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This 10-card set featured some of the top players in the game and detailed their statistical splits between night and day games.  Card-fronts featured [[Lenticular_Printing | lenticular technology]] and were printed on thicker cardstock to support the design.
  
118 Jose Offerman
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Night and Day');
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</sql2wiki>
  
119 Craig Paquette
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===Zone===
  
120 Joe Randa
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Zone/12/Dean-Palmer.jpg?id=5137d45a-9d30-4c74-b190-4d196cd08ff3&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Zone/12/Dean-Palmer.jpg?id=5137d45a-9d30-4c74-b190-4d196cd08ff3&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
121 Bip Roberts
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This 20-card set highlighted the top players in the game at the time on a holographic, spiral foil design with player photos centered in center (representing the player being "in the zone").  Zone cards were exclusive to Series 1 hobby packs.
  
122 Jose Rosado
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Zone');
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</sql2wiki>
  
123 Mike Sweeney
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===Lumber Company===
  
124 Michael Tucker
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Lumber-Company/9/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=018f60d9-35b2-4313-b99b-61d70bdf69af&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Lumber-Company/9/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=018f60d9-35b2-4313-b99b-61d70bdf69af&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
125 Jeromy Burnitz
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This 18-card set featured the top sluggers in the game at the time on a die-cut card that resembled a wood slice.  This set was exclusive to Series 1 Retail packs.
  
126 Jeff Cirillo
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Lumber Company');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Million Dollar Moments===
  
127 Jeff D'Amico
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''See [[1997 Fleer Million Dollar Moments]].''
  
128 Mike Fetters
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===Headliners===
  
129 John Jaha
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Headliners/10/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=4acdc48a-6cdd-4a20-b2c8-8dc8794ef5c7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Headliners/10/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=4acdc48a-6cdd-4a20-b2c8-8dc8794ef5c7&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
130 Scott Karl
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This 20-card set highlighted the top draws in baseball on team colored foil background.
  
131 Jesse Levis
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Headliners');
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</sql2wiki>
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===New Horizon===
  
132 Mark Loretta
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---New-Horizon/3/Darin-Erstad.jpg?id=7aee71a2-67d4-4e99-9561-050c43224279&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---New-Horizon/3/Darin-Erstad.jpg?id=7aee71a2-67d4-4e99-9561-050c43224279&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
133 Mike Matheny
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This 15-card set highlighted some of the some young stars in the game at the time on a rainbow foil background and nameplate.
  
134 Ben McDonald
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer New Horizons');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Goudey Greats===
  
135 Matt Mieske
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Goudey-Greats/6/Kenny-Lofton.jpg?id=d6dbcdcd-b196-4e6c-8026-781d62774241&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Goudey-Greats/6/Kenny-Lofton.jpg?id=d6dbcdcd-b196-4e6c-8026-781d62774241&size=original&side=back&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Goudey-Greats---Foil/6/Kenny-Lofton.jpg?id=a066ba79-8289-45fe-9806-185a8dc833dd&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Goudey-Greats---Foil/6/Kenny-Lofton.jpg?id=a066ba79-8289-45fe-9806-185a8dc833dd&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
136 Marc Newfield
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Foreshadowing future "throwback" sets by Fleer (and others), this 15-card set featured some of the top players in the game on a card design that resembled the [[1933 Goudey]] (R-319) set.  Like the originals, each card measured 2 3/8" X 2 7/8". 
  
137 Dave Nilsson
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This set was also available in a gold foil-stamped parallel. Both the regular and gold foil parallels were exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs.
  
138 Jose Valentin
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Goudey Greats');
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</sql2wiki>
  
139 Fernando Vina
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===Soaring Stars===
  
140 Bob Wickman
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This 12-card set highlighted the top stars in the game on a "star" foil background and had three variations for each player:
  
141 Gerald Williams
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*'''Version 1: "Star" foil variation #1''': Midnight blue background with a "star" foil finish finish.  This is the most common.
  
142 Rick Aguilera
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars/9/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=c842c0ef-b889-49bb-99a7-2ee8e3bd30ba&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars/9/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=c842c0ef-b889-49bb-99a7-2ee8e3bd30ba&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
143 Rich Becker
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*'''Version 2: "Star" foil variation #2''': Midnight blue background with a different "star" foil finish finish than Version 1 - is similar to the foil finish on [[1997_E-X_2000#Essential_Credentials|1997 E-X2000 Essential Credentials]].
  
144 Ron Coomer
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars/9/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=7372eebf-84c8-4c07-916e-898aed9a9aae&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars/9/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=7372eebf-84c8-4c07-916e-898aed9a9aae&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
145 Marty Cordova
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*'''Version 3: "Glowing" foil''': Holographic, midnight blue background with no stars.  Towards the end of the production run, Fleer ran out of the "starry" foil used on the regular Soaring Stars, and had to switch to a "glowing" (holographic foil).  It is believed that 10%-20% of the total production run was printed on this "glowing" foil.
  
146 Roberto Kelly
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars---Glowing/4/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=5a752101-0e23-4d6c-bd15-b62e84e19198&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Soaring-Stars---Glowing/4/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=5a752101-0e23-4d6c-bd15-b62e84e19198&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
147 Chuck Knoblauch
+
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 +
SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Soaring Stars');
 +
</sql2wiki>
  
148 Matt Lawton
+
===Diamond Tribute===
  
149 Pat Meares
+
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Diamond-Tribute/10/Cal-Ripken-Jr.jpg?id=09e023f0-9661-4b9d-b518-03950d62a414&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Diamond-Tribute/10/Cal-Ripken-Jr.jpg?id=09e023f0-9661-4b9d-b518-03950d62a414&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
150 Travis Miller
+
The most difficult insert set by pack odds, this 12-card set paid homage to the top players in the game at the time on a visually stunning, holographic and embossed "diamond burst" card design.
  
151 Paul Molitor
+
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 +
SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Diamond Tribute');
 +
</sql2wiki>
 +
===Decade of Excellence===
  
152 Greg Myers
+
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Decade-of-Excellence/8/Paul-Molitor.jpg?id=1641bf05-ec47-4c97-af68-a14b14b28a35&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Decade-of-Excellence/8/Paul-Molitor.jpg?id=1641bf05-ec47-4c97-af68-a14b14b28a35&size=original&side=back&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Decade-of-Excellence---Rare-Traditions/8/Paul-Molitor.jpg?id=0f21414b-c119-457d-aed8-8f051a2ab9ed&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Decade-of-Excellence---Rare-Traditions/8/Paul-Molitor.jpg?id=0f21414b-c119-457d-aed8-8f051a2ab9ed&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
153 Dan Naulty
+
This 12-card set featured the top veteran stars in the game on a card design that resembled the [[1987 Fleer]] set.  All players in this set were active in 1987.  For distinction, each card in this insert set utilized a different photograph than the player's original 1987 Fleer card and had the words, "Fleer Decade of Excellence 1987-1997" stamped in gold foil in the corner.  This set was exclusive to Series 2 Hobby packs.
  
154 Kirby Puckett
+
This set was also available in all-foil "Rare Traditions" parallel that utilized silver foil stamping for the nameplate and "Fleer Decade of Excellence 1987-1997" stamp.
  
155 Brad Radke
+
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 +
SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Decade of Excellence');
 +
</sql2wiki>
  
156 Frank Rodriguez
+
===Bleacher Blasters===
  
157 Scott Stahoviak
+
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Bleacher-Blasters/9/Mo-Vaughn.jpg?id=c20ff6b7-9ea5-4be2-a2c6-942955511ea7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Fleer---Bleacher-Blasters/9/Mo-Vaughn.jpg?id=c20ff6b7-9ea5-4be2-a2c6-942955511ea7&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
158 Dave Stevens
+
This 10-card set highlighted the top home run hitters in the game on a yellow, silver, and red die-cut foil background resembling an explosion.  This insert was exclusive to Series 2 Retail packs.
  
159 Matt Walbeck
+
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 +
SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Bleacher Blasters');
 +
</sql2wiki>
  
160 Todd Walker
+
==Autographs==
  
161 Wade Boggs
+
===Andruw Jones 1997 Circa Autograph===
  
162 David Cone
 
  
163 Mariano Duncan
+
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Skybox-Circa---Emerald-Autograph-Redemption-Card/2/Emerald-Redemption.jpg?id=17cce90e-ab58-4e89-ae5c-190a7194a2e2&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 +
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Skybox-Circa---Emerald-Autograph-Redemption-Card/2/Emerald-Redemption.jpg?id=17cce90e-ab58-4e89-ae5c-190a7194a2e2&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
164 Cecil Fielder
+
Fleer had Andruw Jones autograph 200 copies of his [[1997 Circa]] base card. In order to acquire the card, one had to collect a set of redemption cards that were seeded into Series Two packs at the rate of 1:4/packs. The redemption cards were identical to those inserted into '97 Circa packs as part of that product's Emerald Autograph program and incorrectly state "6 CARD AUTOGRAPH SET;" however, only Jones was available through this offer. (Jones was not part of Circa's Emerald Autograph program.)
 
 
165 Joe Girardi
 
 
 
166 Dwight Gooden
 
 
 
167 Charlie Hayes
 
 
 
168 Derek Jeter
 
 
 
169 Jimmy Key
 
 
 
170 Jim Leyritz
 
 
 
171 Tino Martinez
 
 
 
172 Ramiro Mendoza
 
 
 
173 Jeff Nelson
 
 
 
174 Paul O'Neill
 
 
 
175 Andy Pettitte
 
 
 
176 Mariano Rivera
 
 
 
177 Ruben Rivera
 
 
 
178 Kenny Rogers
 
 
 
179 Darryl Strawberry
 
 
 
180 John Wetteland
 
 
 
181 Bernie Williams
 
 
 
182 Willie Adams
 
 
 
183 Tony Batista
 
 
 
184 Geronimo Berroa
 
 
 
185 Mike Bordick
 
 
 
186 Scott Brosius
 
 
 
187 Bobby Chouinard
 
 
 
188 Jim Corsi
 
 
 
189 Brent Gates
 
 
 
190 Jason Giambi
 
 
 
191 Jose Herrera
 
 
 
192 Damon Mashore
 
 
 
193 Mark McGwire
 
 
 
194 Mike Mohler
 
 
 
195 Scott Spiezio
 
 
 
196 Terry Steinbach
 
 
 
197 Bill Taylor
 
 
 
198 John Wasdin
 
 
 
199 Steve Wojciechowski
 
 
 
200 Ernie Young
 
 
 
201 Rich Amaral
 
 
 
202 Jay Buhner
 
 
 
203 Norm Charlton
 
 
 
204 Joey Cora
 
 
 
205 Russ Davis
 
 
 
206 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
207 Sterling Hitchcock
 
 
 
208 Brian Hunter
 
 
 
209 Raul Ibanez
 
 
 
210 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
211 Edgar Martinez
 
 
 
212 Jamie Moyer
 
 
 
213 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
 
214 Paul Sorrento
 
 
 
215 Matt Wagner
 
 
 
216 Bob Wells
 
 
 
217 Dan Wilson
 
 
 
218 Damon Buford
 
 
 
219 Will Clark
 
 
 
220 Kevin Elster
 
 
 
221 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
 
222 Rusty Greer
 
 
 
223 Kevin Gross
 
 
 
224 Darryl Hamilton
 
 
 
225 Mike Henneman
 
 
 
226 Ken Hill
 
 
 
227 Mark McLemore
 
 
 
228 Darren Oliver
 
 
 
229 Dean Palmer
 
 
 
230 Roger Pavlik
 
 
 
231 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
 
232 Mickey Tettleton
 
 
 
233 Bobby Witt
 
 
 
234 Jacob Brumfield
 
 
 
235 Joe Carter
 
 
 
236 Tim Crabtree
 
 
 
237 Carlos Delgado
 
 
 
238 Huck Flener
 
 
 
239 Alex Gonzalez
 
 
 
240 Shawn Green
 
 
 
241 Juan Guzman
 
 
 
242 Pat Hentgen
 
 
 
243 Marty Janzen
 
 
 
244 Sandy Martinez
 
 
 
245 Otis Nixon
 
 
 
246 Charlie O'Brien
 
 
 
247 John Olerud
 
 
 
248 Robert Perez
 
 
 
249 Ed Sprague
 
 
 
250 Mike Timlin
 
 
 
251 Steve Avery
 
 
 
252 Jeff Blauser
 
 
 
253 Brad Clontz
 
 
 
254 Jermaine Dye
 
 
 
255 Tom Glavine
 
 
 
256 Marquis Grissom
 
 
 
257 Andruw Jones  
 
 
 
258 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
259 David Justice
 
 
 
260 Ryan Klesko
 
 
 
261 Mark Lemke
 
 
 
262 Javier Lopez
 
 
 
263 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
264 Fred McGriff
 
 
 
265 Greg McMichael
 
 
 
266 Denny Neagle
 
 
 
267 Terry Pendleton
 
 
 
268 Eddie Perez
 
 
 
269 John Smoltz
 
 
 
270 Terrell Wade
 
 
 
271 Mark Wohlers
 
 
 
272 Terry Adams
 
 
 
273 Brant Brown
 
 
 
274 Leo Gomez
 
 
 
275 Luis Gonzalez
 
 
 
276 Mark Grace
 
 
 
277 Tyler Houston
 
 
 
278 Robin Jennings
 
 
 
279 Brooks Kieschnick
 
 
 
280 Brian McRae
 
 
 
281 Jaime Navarro
 
 
 
282 Ryne Sandberg
 
 
 
283 Scott Servais
 
 
 
284 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
285 Dave Swartzbaugh
 
 
 
286 Amaury Telemaco
 
 
 
287 Steve Trachsel
 
 
 
288 Pedro Valdes
 
 
 
289 Turk Wendell
 
 
 
290 Bret Boone
 
 
 
291 Jeff Branson
 
 
 
292 Jeff Brantley
 
 
 
293 Eric Davis
 
 
 
294 Willie Greene
 
 
 
295 Thomas Howard
 
 
 
296 Barry Larkin
 
 
 
297 Kevin Mitchell
 
 
 
298 Hal Morris
 
 
 
299 Chad Mottola
 
 
 
300 Joe Oliver
 
 
 
301 Mark Portugal
 
 
 
302 Roger Salkeld
 
 
 
303 Reggie Sanders
 
 
 
304 Pete Schourek
 
 
 
305 John Smiley
 
 
 
306 Eddie Taubensee
 
 
 
307 Dante Bichette
 
 
 
308 Ellis Burks
 
 
 
309 Vinny Castilla
 
 
 
310 Andres Galarraga
 
 
 
311 Curt Leskanic
 
 
 
312 Quinton McCracken
 
 
 
313 Neifi Perez
 
 
 
314 Jeff Reed
 
 
 
315 Steve Reed
 
 
 
316 Armando Reynoso
 
 
 
317 Kevin Ritz
 
 
 
318 Bruce Ruffin
 
 
 
319 Larry Walker
 
 
 
320 Walt Weiss
 
 
 
321 Jamey Wright
 
 
 
322 Eric Young
 
 
 
323 Kurt Abbott
 
 
 
324 Alex Arias
 
 
 
325 Kevin Brown
 
 
 
326 Luis Castillo
 
 
 
327 Greg Colbrunn
 
 
 
328 Jeff Conine
 
 
 
329 Andre Dawson
 
 
 
330 Charles Johnson
 
 
 
331 Al Leiter
 
 
 
332 Ralph Milliard
 
 
 
333 Robb Nen
 
 
 
334 Pat Rapp
 
 
 
335 Edgar Renteria
 
 
 
336 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
337 Devon White
 
 
 
338 Bob Abreu
 
 
 
339 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
340 Derek Bell
 
 
 
341 Sean Berry
 
 
 
342 Craig Biggio
 
 
 
343 Doug Drabek
 
 
 
344 Tony Eusebio
 
 
 
345 Ricky Gutierrez
 
 
 
346 Mike Hampton
 
 
 
347 Brian Hunter
 
 
 
348 Todd Jones
 
 
 
349 Darryl Kile
 
 
 
350 Derrick May
 
 
 
351 Orlando Miller
 
 
 
352 James Mouton
 
 
 
353 Shane Reynolds
 
 
 
354 Billy Wagner
 
 
 
355 Donne Wall
 
 
 
356 Mike Blowers
 
 
 
357 Brett Butler
 
 
 
358 Roger Cedeno
 
 
 
359 Chad Curtis
 
 
 
360 Delino DeShields
 
 
 
361 Greg Gagne
 
 
 
362 Karim Garcia
 
 
 
363 Wilton Guerrero
 
 
 
364 Todd Hollandsworth
 
 
 
365 Eric Karros
 
 
 
366 Ramon Martinez
 
 
 
367 Raul Mondesi
 
 
 
368 Hideo Nomo
 
 
 
369 Antonio Osuna
 
 
 
370 Chan Ho Park
 
 
 
371 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
372 Ismael Valdes
 
 
 
373 Todd Worrell
 
 
 
374 Moises Alou
 
 
 
375 Shane Andrews
 
 
 
376 Yamil Benitez
 
 
 
377 Jeff Fassero
 
 
 
378 Darrin Fletcher
 
 
 
379 Cliff Floyd
 
 
 
380 Mark Grudzielanek
 
 
 
381 Mike Lansing
 
 
 
382 Barry Manuel
 
 
 
383 Pedro Martinez
 
 
 
384 Henry Rodriguez
 
 
 
385 Mel Rojas
 
 
 
386 F.P. Santangelo
 
 
 
387 David Segui
 
 
 
388 Ugueth Urbina
 
 
 
389 Rondell White
 
 
 
390 Edgardo Alfonzo
 
 
 
391 Carlos Baerga
 
 
 
392 Mark Clark
 
 
 
393 Alvaro Espinoza
 
 
 
394 John Franco
 
 
 
395 Bernard Gilkey
 
 
 
396 Pete Harnisch
 
 
 
397 Todd Hundley
 
 
 
398 Butch Huskey
 
 
 
399 Jason Isringhausen
 
 
 
400 Lance Johnson
 
 
 
401 Bobby Jones  
 
 
 
402 Alex Ochoa
 
 
 
403 Rey Ordonez
 
 
 
404 Robert Person
 
 
 
405 Paul Wilson
 
 
 
406 Matt Beech
 
 
 
407 Ron Blazier
 
 
 
408 Ricky Bottalico
 
 
 
409 Lenny Dykstra
 
 
 
410 Jim Eisenreich
 
 
 
411 Bobby Estalella
 
 
 
412 Mike Grace
 
 
 
413 Gregg Jefferies
 
 
 
414 Mike Lieberthal
 
 
 
415 Wendell Magee
 
 
 
416 Mickey Morandini
 
 
 
417 Ricky Otero
 
 
 
418 Scott Rolen
 
 
 
419 Ken Ryan
 
 
 
420 Benito Santiago
 
 
 
421 Curt Schilling
 
 
 
422 Kevin Sefcik
 
 
 
423 Jermaine Allensworth
 
 
 
424 Trey Beamon
 
 
 
425 Jay Bell
 
 
 
426 Francisco Cordova
 
 
 
427 Carlos Garcia
 
 
 
428 Mark Johnson
 
 
 
429 Jason Kendall
 
 
 
430 Jeff King
 
 
 
431 Jon Lieber
 
 
 
432 Al Martin
 
 
 
433 Orlando Merced
 
 
 
434 Ramon Morel
 
 
 
435 Matt Ruebel
 
 
 
436 Jason Schmidt
 
 
 
437 Marc Wilkins
 
 
 
438 Alan Benes
 
 
 
439 Andy Benes
 
 
 
440 Royce Clayton
 
 
 
441 Dennis Eckersley
 
 
 
442 Gary Gaetti
 
 
 
443 Ron Gant
 
 
 
444 Aaron Holbert
 
 
 
445 Brian Jordan
 
 
 
446 Ray Lankford
 
 
 
447 John Mabry
 
 
 
448 T.J. Mathews
 
 
 
449 Willie McGee
 
 
 
450 Donovan Osborne
 
 
 
451 Tom Pagnozzi
 
 
 
452 Ozzie Smith
 
 
 
453 Todd Stottlemyre
 
 
 
454 Mark Sweeney
 
 
 
455 Dmitri Young
 
 
 
456 Andy Ashby
 
 
 
457 Ken Caminiti
 
 
 
458 Archi Cianfrocco
 
 
 
459 Steve Finley
 
 
 
460 John Flaherty
 
 
 
461 Chris Gomez
 
 
 
462 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
463 Joey Hamilton
 
 
 
464 Rickey Henderson
 
 
 
465 Trevor Hoffman
 
 
 
466 Brian Johnson
 
 
 
467 Wally Joyner
 
 
 
468 Jody Reed
 
 
 
469 Scott Sanders
 
 
 
470 Bob Tewksbury
 
 
 
471 Fernando Valenzuela
 
 
 
472 Greg Vaughn
 
 
 
473 Tim Worrell
 
 
 
474 Rich Aurilia
 
 
 
475 Rod Beck
 
 
 
476 Marvin Benard
 
 
 
477 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
478 Jay Canizaro
 
 
 
479 Shawon Dunston
 
 
 
480 Shawn Estes
 
 
 
481 Mark Gardner
 
 
 
482 Glenallen Hill
 
 
 
483 Stan Javier
 
 
 
484 Marcus Jensen
 
 
 
485 Bill Mueller
 
 
 
486 Wm. VanLandingham
 
 
 
487 Allen Watson
 
 
 
488 Rick Wilkins
 
 
 
489 Matt Williams
 
 
 
490 Desi Wilson
 
 
 
491 Albert Belle CL
 
 
 
492 Ken Griffey Jr. CL
 
 
 
493 Andruw Jones CL
 
 
 
494 Chipper Jones CL
 
 
 
495 Mark McGwire CL
 
 
 
496 Paul Molitor CL
 
 
 
497 Mike Piazza CL
 
 
 
498 Cal Ripken CL
 
 
 
499 Alex Rodriguez CL
 
 
 
500 Frank Thomas CL
 
 
 
501 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
502 Carlos Perez
 
 
 
503 Tim Raines
 
 
 
504 Danny Patterson
 
 
 
505 Derrick May
 
 
 
506 Dave Hollins
 
 
 
507 Felipe Crespo
 
 
 
508 Brian Banks
 
 
 
509 Jeff Kent
 
 
 
510 Bubba Trammell
 
 
 
511 Robert Person
 
 
 
512 David Arias-Ortiz
 
 
 
513 Ryan Jones
 
 
 
514 David Justice
 
 
 
515 Will Cunnane
 
 
 
516 Russ Johnson
 
 
 
517 John Burkett
 
 
 
518 Robinson Checo
 
 
 
519 Ricardo Rincon
 
 
 
520 Woody Williams
 
 
 
521 Rick Helling
 
 
 
522 Jorge Posada
 
 
 
523 Kevin Orie
 
 
 
524 Fernando Tatis
 
 
 
525 Jermaine Dye
 
 
 
526 Brian Hunter
 
 
 
527 Greg McMichael
 
 
 
528 Matt Wagner
 
 
 
529 Richie Sexson
 
 
 
530 Scott Ruffcorn
 
 
 
531 Luis Gonzalez
 
 
 
532 Mike Johnson RC
 
 
 
533 Mark Petkovsek
 
 
 
534 Doug Drabek
 
 
 
535 Jose Canseco
 
 
 
536 Bobby Bonilla
 
 
 
537 J.T. Snow
 
 
 
538 Shawon Dunston
 
 
 
539 John Ericks
 
 
 
540 Terry Steinbach
 
 
 
541 Jay Bell
 
 
 
542 Joe Borowski
 
 
 
543 David Wells
 
 
 
544 Justin Towle
 
 
 
545 Mike Blowers
 
 
 
546 Shannon Stewart
 
 
 
547 Rudy Pemberton
 
 
 
548 Bill Swift
 
 
 
549 Osvaldo Fernandez
 
 
 
550 Eddie Murray
 
 
 
551 Don Wengert
 
 
 
552 Brad Ausmus
 
 
 
553 Carlos Garcia
 
 
 
554 Jose Guillen
 
 
 
555 Rheal Cormier
 
 
 
556 Doug Brocail
 
 
 
557 Rex Hudler
 
 
 
558 Armando Benitez
 
 
 
559 Eli Marrero
 
 
 
560 Ricky Ledee
 
 
 
561 Bartolo Colon
 
 
 
562 Quilvio Veras
 
 
 
563 Alex Fernandez
 
 
 
564 Darren Dreifort
 
 
 
565 Benji Gil
 
 
 
566 Kent Mercker
 
 
 
567 Glendon Rusch
 
 
 
568 Ramon Tatis
 
 
 
569 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
570 Mark Lewis
 
 
 
571 Emil Brown
 
 
 
572 Jaime Navarro
 
 
 
573 Sherman Obando
 
 
 
574 John Wasdin
 
 
 
575 Calvin Maduro
 
 
 
576 Todd Jones
 
 
 
577 Orlando Merced
 
 
 
578 Cal Eldred
 
 
 
579 Mark Gubicza
 
 
 
580 Michael Tucker
 
 
 
581 Tony Saunders
 
 
 
582 Garvin Alston
 
 
 
583 Joe Roa
 
 
 
584 Brady Raggio
 
 
 
585 Jimmy Key
 
 
 
586 Marc Sagmoen
 
 
 
587 Jim Bullinger
 
 
 
588 Yorkis Perez
 
 
 
589 Jose Cruz Jr. RC
 
 
 
590 Mike Stanton
 
 
 
591 Deivi Cruz
 
 
 
592 Steve Karsay
 
 
 
593 Mike Trombley
 
 
 
594 Doug Glanville
 
 
 
595 Scott Sanders
 
 
 
596 Thomas Howard
 
 
 
597 T.J. Staton
 
 
 
598 Garrett Stephenson
 
 
 
599 Rico Brogna
 
 
 
600 Albert Belle
 
 
 
601 Jose Vizcaino
 
 
 
602 Chili Davis
 
 
 
603 Shane Mack
 
 
 
604 Jim Eisenreich
 
 
 
605 Todd Zeile
 
 
 
606 Brian Boehringer
 
 
 
607 Paul Shuey
 
 
 
608 Kevin Tapani
 
 
 
609 John Wetteland
 
 
 
610 Jim Leyritz
 
 
 
611 Ray Montgomery
 
 
 
612 Doug Bochtler
 
 
 
613 Wady Almonte
 
 
 
614 Danny Tartabull
 
 
 
615 Orlando Miller
 
 
 
616 Bobby Ayala
 
 
 
617 Tony Graffanino
 
 
 
618 Marc Valdes
 
 
 
619 Ron Villone
 
 
 
620 Derrek Lee
 
 
 
621 Greg Colbrunn
 
 
 
622 Felix Heredia
 
 
 
623 Carl Everett
 
 
 
624 Mark Thompson
 
 
 
625 Jeff Granger
 
 
 
626 Damian Jackson
 
 
 
627 Mark Leiter
 
 
 
628 Chris Holt
 
 
 
629 Dario Veras
 
 
 
630 Dave Burba
 
 
 
631 Darryl Hamilton
 
 
 
632 Mark Acre
 
 
 
633 Fernando Hernandez
 
 
 
634 Terry Mulholland
 
 
 
635 Dustin Hermanson
 
 
 
636 Delino DeShields
 
 
 
637 Steve Avery
 
 
 
638 Tony Womack
 
 
 
639 Mark Whiten
 
 
 
640 Marquis Grissom
 
 
 
641 Xavier Hernandez
 
 
 
642 Eric Davis
 
 
 
643 Bob Tewksbury
 
 
 
644 Dante Powell
 
 
 
645 Carlos Castillo
 
 
 
646 Chris Widger
 
 
 
647 Moises Alou
 
 
 
648 Pat Listach
 
 
 
649 Edgar Ramos
 
 
 
650 Deion Sanders
 
 
 
651 John Olerud
 
 
 
652 Todd Dunwoody
 
 
 
653 Randall Simon
 
 
 
654 Dan Carlson
 
 
 
655 Matt Williams
 
 
 
656 Jeff King
 
 
 
657 Luis Alicea
 
 
 
658 Brian Moehler
 
 
 
659 Ariel Prieto
 
 
 
660 Kevin Elster
 
 
 
661 Mark Hutton
 
 
 
662 Aaron Sele
 
 
 
663 Graeme Lloyd
 
 
 
664 John Burke
 
 
 
665 Mel Rojas
 
 
 
666 Sid Fernandez
 
 
 
667 Pedro Astacio
 
 
 
668 Jeff Abbott
 
 
 
669 Darren Daulton
 
 
 
670 Mike Bordick
 
 
 
671 Sterling Hitchcock
 
 
 
672 Damion Easley
 
 
 
673 Armando Reynoso
 
 
 
674 Pat Cline
 
 
 
675 Orlando Cabrera
 
 
 
676 Alan Embree
 
 
 
677 Brian Bevil
 
 
 
678 David Weathers
 
 
 
679 Cliff Floyd
 
 
 
680 Joe Randa
 
 
 
681 Bill Haselman
 
 
 
682 Jeff Fassero
 
 
 
683 Matt Morris
 
 
 
684 Mark Portugal
 
 
 
685 Lee Smith
 
 
 
686 Pokey Reese
 
 
 
687 Benito Santiago
 
 
 
688 Brian Johnson
 
 
 
689 Brent Brede
 
 
 
690 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
 
 
 
691 Julio Santana
 
 
 
692 Steve Kline
 
 
 
693 Julian Tavarez
 
 
 
694 John Hudek
 
 
 
695 Manny Alexander
 
 
 
696 Roberto Alomar ENC
 
 
 
697 Jeff Bagwell ENC
 
 
 
698 Barry Bonds ENC
 
 
 
699 Ken Caminiti ENC
 
 
 
700 Juan Gonzalez ENC
 
 
 
701 Ken Griffey Jr. ENC
 
 
 
702 Tony Gwynn ENC
 
 
 
703 Derek Jeter ENC
 
 
 
704 Andruw Jones ENC
 
 
 
705 Chipper Jones ENC
 
 
 
706 Barry Larkin ENC
 
 
 
707 Greg Maddux ENC
 
 
 
708 Mark McGwire ENC
 
 
 
709 Paul Molitor ENC
 
 
 
710 Hideo Nomo ENC
 
 
 
711 Andy Pettitte ENC
 
 
 
712 Mike Piazza ENC
 
 
 
713 Manny Ramirez ENC
 
 
 
714 Cal Ripken ENC
 
 
 
715 Alex Rodriguez ENC
 
 
 
716 Ryne Sandberg ENC
 
 
 
717 John Smoltz ENC
 
 
 
718 Frank Thomas ENC
 
 
 
719 Mo Vaughn ENC
 
 
 
720 Bernie Williams ENC
 
 
 
721 Tim Salmon CL
 
 
 
722 Greg Maddux CL
 
 
 
723 Cal Ripken CL
 
 
 
724 Mo Vaughn CL
 
 
 
725 Ryne Sandberg CL
 
 
 
726 Frank Thomas CL
 
 
 
727 Barry Larkin CL
 
 
 
728 Manny Ramirez CL
 
 
 
729 Andres Galarraga CL
 
 
 
730 Tony Clark CL
 
 
 
731 Gary Sheffield CL
 
 
 
732 Jeff Bagwell CL
 
 
 
733 Kevin Appier CL
 
 
 
734 Mike Piazza CL
 
 
 
735 Jeff Cirillo CL
 
 
 
736 Paul Molitor CL
 
 
 
737 Henry Rodriguez CL
 
 
 
738 Todd Hundley CL
 
 
 
739 Derek Jeter CL
 
 
 
740 Mark McGwire CL
 
 
 
741 Curt Schilling CL
 
 
 
742 Jason Kendall CL
 
 
 
743 Tony Gwynn CL
 
 
 
744 Barry Bonds CL
 
 
 
745 Ken Griffey Jr. CL
 
 
 
746 Brian Jordan CL
 
 
 
747 Juan Gonzalez CL
 
 
 
748 Joe Carter CL
 
 
 
749 Arizona Diamondbacks CL
 
 
 
750 Tampa Bay Devil Rays CL
 
 
 
751 Hideki Irabu
 
 
 
752 Jeremi Gonzalez
 
 
 
753 Mario Valdez
 
 
 
754 Aaron Boone
 
 
 
755 Brett Tomko
 
 
 
756 Jaret Wright
 
 
 
757 Ryan McGuire
 
 
 
758 Jason McDonald
 
 
 
759 Adrian Brown
 
 
 
760 Keith Foulke RC
 
 
 
761 Bonus Checklist (751-761)  
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
 
 
==Inserts==
 
  
==Autographs & Game-Used==
+
The backs of each redemption card are sequentially-numbered "X of 10."  Collectors that found all ten cards could then redeem them for the Andruw Jones autograph -- however, card #7 was extremely short-printed.
  
 +
<sql2wiki database="carddb">
 +
SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Fleer Circa Autograph');
 +
</sql2wiki>
 +
{{Fleer}}
 
[[Category:Fleer]]
 
[[Category:Fleer]]
 
[[Category:1997]]
 
[[Category:1997]]

Revision as of 16:27, 7 February 2020

Description

1997 Fleer was a 761-card set with cards 1-500 in Series One and cards 501-761 in Series Two. Series One (which was not marketed as "Series One") was issued in April, 1997. In lieu of an "Update" set, Fleer instead published a second series which served as the de facto 1997 Fleer Update set.

As with the previous year's set, the cards were borderless and printed with a matte-finish and gold foil stamping. Unlike the previous year's product, the matte finish used wasn't as "rough" and made sorting cards easier. It is believed that the last 11 cards in Series 2 (751-761) were late additions to the set and short-printed. The set featured an Encore subset (cards 696-720) and Checklists (cards 491-500/721-750/761)

For the first time since 1993, Fleer did not include an insert in every pack. However, this era of the late-1990s was the height of the "Insert Mania" craze that began earlier in the decade and Fleer continued to drive the trend and accommodated demand by producing 14 insert sets plus a parallel set and autograph redemption.

This was also the final year for "Fleer" baseball, as the company renamed their flagship product to Fleer Tradition beginning in 1998.

Series Two featured one of only two "true" rookie cards of David Ortiz and his card referred to him as "David Arias" (his full given name is David Américo Ortiz Arias)

Distribution

Series One Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Series Two Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 500 - ? ?
Tiffany 500 - 1:20 1:20
Rookie Sensations 20 - 1:6 1:6
Golden Memories 10 - 1:16 1:16
Team Leaders 28 - 1:20 1:20
Night and Day 10 - 1:240 1:240
Zone 20 - 1:80 N/A
Lumber Company 18 - N/A 1:18

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 261 - ? ?
Tiffany 261 - 1:20 1:20
Million Dollar Moments 50 - one-per-pack one-per-pack
Headliners 20 - 1:2 1:2
New Horizons 15 - 1:4 1:4
Goudey Greats 15 - 1:8 1:8
Goudey Greats Foil 15 - 1:800 N/A
Soaring Stars 12 - 1:12 1:12
Glowing Stars 12 - ? ?
Diamond Tribute 12 - 1:288 1:288
Decade of Excellence 12 - 1:36 N/A
Decade of Excellence Rare Traditions 12 - 1:360 N/A
Bleacher Blasters 10 - N/A 1:36
Andruw Jones 1997 Circa Autograph 1 200 ? ?

Checklist

Promo

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  • 489 Matt Williams

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Roberto Alomar
  • 2 Brady Anderson
  • 3 Bobby Bonilla
  • 4 Rocky Coppinger
  • 5 Cesar Devarez
  • 6 Scott Erickson
  • 7 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 8 Chris Hoiles
  • 9 Eddie Murray
  • 10 Mike Mussina
  • 11 Randy Myers
  • 12 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 14 B.J. Surhoff
  • 15 David Wells
  • 16 Todd Zeile
  • 17 Darren Bragg
  • 18 Jose Canseco
  • 19 Roger Clemens
  • 20 Wil Cordero
  • 21 Jeff Frye
  • 22 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 23 Tom Gordon
  • 24 Mike Greenwell
  • 25 Reggie Jefferson
  • 26 Jose Malave
  • 27 Tim Naehring
  • 28 Troy O'Leary
  • 29 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 30 Mike Stanley
  • 31 John Valentin
  • 32 Mo Vaughn
  • 33 Tim Wakefield
  • 34 Garret Anderson
  • 35 George Arias
  • 36 Shawn Boskie
  • 37 Chili Davis
  • 38 Jason Dickson
  • 39 Gary DiSarcina
  • 40 Jim Edmonds
  • 41 Darin Erstad
  • 42 Jorge Fabregas
  • 43 Chuck Finley
  • 44 Todd Greene
  • 45 Mike Holtz
  • 46 Rex Hudler
  • 47 Mike James
  • 48 Mark Langston
  • 49 Troy Percival
  • 50 Tim Salmon
  • 51 Jeff Schmidt
  • 52 J.T. Snow
  • 53 Randy Velarde
  • 54 Wilson Alvarez
  • 55 Harold Baines
  • 56 James Baldwin
  • 57 Jason Bere
  • 58 Mike Cameron
  • 59 Ray Durham
  • 60 Alex Fernandez
  • 61 Ozzie Guillen
  • 62 Roberto Hernandez
  • 63 Ron Karkovice
  • 64 Darren Lewis
  • 65 Dave Martinez
  • 66 Lyle Mouton
  • 67 Greg Norton
  • 68 Tony Phillips
  • 69 Chris Snopek
  • 70 Kevin Tapani
  • 71 Danny Tartabull
  • 72 Frank Thomas
  • 73 Robin Ventura
  • 74 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 75 Albert Belle
  • 76 Mark Carreon
  • 77 Julio Franco
  • 78 Brian Giles RC
  • 79 Orel Hershiser
  • 80 Kenny Lofton
  • 81 Dennis Martinez
  • 82 Jack McDowell
  • 83 Jose Mesa
  • 84 Charles Nagy
  • 85 Chad Ogea
  • 86 Eric Plunk
  • 87 Manny Ramirez
  • 88 Kevin Seitzer
  • 89 Julian Tavarez
  • 90 Jim Thome
  • 91 Jose Vizcaino
  • 92 Omar Vizquel
  • 93 Brad Ausmus
  • 94 Kimera Bartee
  • 95 Raul Casanova
  • 96 Tony Clark
  • 97 John Cummings
  • 98 Travis Fryman
  • 99 Bob Higginson
  • 100 Mark Lewis
  • 101 Felipe Lira
  • 102 Phil Nevin
  • 103 Melvin Nieves
  • 104 Curtis Pride
  • 105 A.J. Sager
  • 106 Ruben Sierra
  • 107 Justin Thompson
  • 108 Alan Trammell
  • 109 Kevin Appier
  • 110 Tim Belcher
  • 111 Jaime Bluma
  • 112 Johnny Damon
  • 113 Tom Goodwin
  • 114 Chris Haney
  • 115 Keith Lockhart
  • 116 Mike Macfarlane
  • 117 Jeff Montgomery
  • 118 Jose Offerman
  • 119 Craig Paquette
  • 120 Joe Randa
  • 121 Bip Roberts
  • 122 Jose Rosado
  • 123 Mike Sweeney
  • 124 Michael Tucker
  • 125 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 126 Jeff Cirillo
  • 127 Jeff D'Amico
  • 128 Mike Fetters
  • 129 John Jaha
  • 130 Scott Karl
  • 131 Jesse Levis
  • 132 Mark Loretta
  • 133 Mike Matheny
  • 134 Ben McDonald
  • 135 Matt Mieske
  • 136 Marc Newfield
  • 137 Dave Nilsson
  • 138 Jose Valentin
  • 139 Fernando Vina
  • 140 Bob Wickman
  • 141 Gerald Williams
  • 142 Rick Aguilera
  • 143 Rich Becker
  • 144 Ron Coomer
  • 145 Marty Cordova
  • 146 Roberto Kelly
  • 147 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 148 Matt Lawton
  • 149 Pat Meares
  • 150 Travis Miller
  • 151 Paul Molitor
  • 152 Greg Myers
  • 153 Dan Naulty
  • 154 Kirby Puckett
  • 155 Brad Radke
  • 156 Frank Rodriguez
  • 157 Scott Stahoviak
  • 158 Dave Stevens
  • 159 Matt Walbeck
  • 160 Todd Walker
  • 161 Wade Boggs
  • 162 David Cone
  • 163 Mariano Duncan
  • 164 Cecil Fielder
  • 165 Joe Girardi
  • 166 Dwight Gooden
  • 167 Charlie Hayes
  • 168 Derek Jeter
  • 169 Jimmy Key
  • 170 Jim Leyritz
  • 171 Tino Martinez
  • 172 Ramiro Mendoza RC
  • 173 Jeff Nelson
  • 174 Paul O'Neill
  • 175 Andy Pettitte
  • 176 Mariano Rivera
  • 177 Ruben Rivera
  • 178 Kenny Rogers
  • 179 Darryl Strawberry
  • 180 John Wetteland
  • 181 Bernie Williams
  • 182 Willie Adams
  • 183 Tony Batista
  • 184 Geronimo Berroa
  • 185 Mike Bordick
  • 186 Scott Brosius
  • 187 Bobby Chouinard
  • 188 Jim Corsi
  • 189 Brent Gates
  • 190 Jason Giambi
  • 191 Jose Herrera
  • 192 Damon Mashore
  • 193 Mark McGwire
  • 194 Mike Mohler
  • 195 Scott Spiezio
  • 196 Terry Steinbach
  • 197 Bill Taylor
  • 198 John Wasdin
  • 199 Steve Wojciechowski
  • 200 Ernie Young
  • 201 Rich Amaral
  • 202 Jay Buhner
  • 203 Norm Charlton
  • 204 Joey Cora
  • 205 Russ Davis
  • 206 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 207 Sterling Hitchcock
  • 208 Brian Hunter
  • 209 Raul Ibanez
  • 210 Randy Johnson
  • 211 Edgar Martinez
  • 212 Jamie Moyer
  • 213 Alex Rodriguez
  • 214 Paul Sorrento
  • 215 Matt Wagner
  • 216 Bob Wells
  • 217 Dan Wilson
  • 218 Damon Buford
  • 219 Will Clark
  • 220 Kevin Elster
  • 221 Juan Gonzalez
  • 222 Rusty Greer
  • 223 Kevin Gross
  • 224 Darryl Hamilton
  • 225 Mike Henneman
  • 226 Ken Hill
  • 227 Mark McLemore
  • 228 Darren Oliver
  • 229 Dean Palmer
  • 230 Roger Pavlik
  • 231 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 232 Mickey Tettleton
  • 233 Bobby Witt
  • 234 Jacob Brumfield
  • 235 Joe Carter
  • 236 Tim Crabtree
  • 237 Carlos Delgado
  • 238 Huck Flener
  • 239 Alex Gonzalez
  • 240 Shawn Green
  • 241 Juan Guzman
  • 242 Pat Hentgen
  • 243 Marty Janzen
  • 244 Sandy Martinez
  • 245 Otis Nixon
  • 246 Charlie O'Brien
  • 247 John Olerud
  • 248 Robert Perez
  • 249 Ed Sprague
  • 250 Mike Timlin
  • 251 Steve Avery
  • 252 Jeff Blauser
  • 253 Brad Clontz
  • 254 Jermaine Dye
  • 255 Tom Glavine
  • 256 Marquis Grissom
  • 257 Andruw Jones
  • 258 Chipper Jones
  • 259 Dave Justice
  • 260 Ryan Klesko
  • 261 Mark Lemke
  • 262 Javy Lopez
  • 263 Greg Maddux
  • 264 Fred McGriff
  • 265 Greg McMichael
  • 266 Denny Neagle
  • 267 Terry Pendleton
  • 268 Eddie Perez
  • 269 John Smoltz
  • 270 Terrell Wade
  • 271 Mark Wohlers
  • 272 Terry Adams
  • 273 Brant Brown
  • 274 Leo Gomez
  • 275 Luis Gonzalez
  • 276 Mark Grace
  • 277 Tyler Houston
  • 278 Robin Jennings
  • 279 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 280 Brian McRae
  • 281 Jaime Navarro
  • 282 Ryne Sandberg
  • 283 Scott Servais
  • 284 Sammy Sosa
  • 285 Dave Swartzbaugh
  • 286 Amaury Telemaco
  • 287 Steve Trachsel
  • 288 Pedro Valdes
  • 289 Turk Wendell
  • 290 Bret Boone
  • 291 Jeff Branson
  • 292 Jeff Brantley
  • 293 Eric Davis
  • 294 Willie Greene
  • 295 Thomas Howard
  • 296 Barry Larkin
  • 297 Kevin Mitchell
  • 298 Hal Morris
  • 299 Chad Mottola
  • 300 Joe Oliver
  • 301 Mark Portugal
  • 302 Roger Salkeld
  • 303 Reggie Sanders
  • 304 Pete Schourek
  • 305 John Smiley
  • 306 Eddie Taubensee
  • 307 Dante Bichette
  • 308 Ellis Burks
  • 309 Vinny Castilla
  • 310 Andres Galarraga
  • 311 Curtis Leskanic
  • 312 Quinton McCracken
  • 313 Neifi Perez
  • 314 Jeff Reed
  • 315 Steve Reed
  • 316 Armando Reynoso
  • 317 Kevin Ritz
  • 318 Bruce Ruffin
  • 319 Larry Walker
  • 320 Walt Weiss
  • 321 Jamey Wright
  • 322 Eric Young
  • 323 Kurt Abbott
  • 324 Alex Arias
  • 325 Kevin Brown
  • 326 Luis Castillo
  • 327 Greg Colbrunn
  • 328 Jeff Conine
  • 329 Andre Dawson
  • 330 Charles Johnson
  • 331 Al Leiter
  • 332 Ralph Milliard
  • 333 Robb Nen
  • 334 Pat Rapp
  • 335 Edgar Renteria
  • 336 Gary Sheffield
  • 337 Devon White
  • 338 Bob Abreu
  • 339 Jeff Bagwell
  • 340 Derek Bell
  • 341 Sean Berry
  • 342 Craig Biggio
  • 343 Doug Drabek
  • 344 Tony Eusebio
  • 345 Ricky Gutierrez
  • 346 Mike Hampton
  • 347 Brian Hunter
  • 348 Todd Jones
  • 349 Darryl Kile
  • 350 Derrick May
  • 351 Orlando Miller
  • 352 James Mouton
  • 353 Shane Reynolds
  • 354 Billy Wagner
  • 355 Donne Wall
  • 356 Mike Blowers
  • 357 Brett Butler
  • 358 Roger Cedeno
  • 359 Chad Curtis
  • 360 Delino DeShields
  • 361 Greg Gagne
  • 362 Karim Garcia
  • 363 Wilton Guerrero
  • 364 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 365 Eric Karros
  • 366 Ramon Martinez
  • 367 Raul Mondesi
  • 368 Hideo Nomo
  • 369 Antonio Osuna
  • 370 Chan Ho Park
  • 371 Mike Piazza
  • 372 Ismael Valdes
  • 373 Todd Worrell
  • 374 Moises Alou
  • 375 Shane Andrews
  • 376 Yamil Benitez
  • 377 Jeff Fassero
  • 378 Darrin Fletcher
  • 379 Cliff Floyd
  • 380 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 381 Mike Lansing
  • 382 Barry Manuel
  • 383 Pedro Martinez
  • 384 Henry Rodriguez
  • 385 Mel Rojas
  • 386 F.P. Santangelo
  • 387 David Segui
  • 388 Ugueth Urbina
  • 389 Rondell White
  • 390 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 391 Carlos Baerga
  • 392 Mark Clark
  • 393 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 394 John Franco
  • 395 Bernard Gilkey
  • 396 Pete Harnisch
  • 397 Todd Hundley
  • 398 Butch Huskey
  • 399 Jason Isringhausen
  • 400 Lance Johnson
  • 401 Bobby Jones
  • 402 Alex Ochoa
  • 403 Rey Ordonez
  • 404 Robert Person
  • 405 Paul Wilson
  • 406 Matt Beech
  • 407 Ron Blazier
  • 408 Ricky Bottalico
  • 409 Lenny Dykstra
  • 410 Jim Eisenreich
  • 411 Bobby Estalella
  • 412 Mike Grace
  • 413 Gregg Jefferies
  • 414 Mike Lieberthal
  • 415 Wendell Magee, Jr.
  • 416 Mickey Morandini
  • 417 Ricky Otero
  • 418 Scott Rolen
  • 419 Ken Ryan
  • 420 Benito Santiago
  • 421 Curt Schilling
  • 422 Kevin Sefcik
  • 423 Jermaine Allensworth
  • 424 Trey Beamon
  • 425 Jay Bell
  • 426 Francisco Cordova
  • 427 Carlos Garcia
  • 428 Mark Johnson
  • 429 Jason Kendall
  • 430 Jeff King
  • 431 Jon Lieber
  • 432 Al Martin
  • 433 Orlando Merced
  • 434 Ramon Morel
  • 435 Matt Ruebel
  • 436 Jason Schmidt
  • 437 Marc Wilkins
  • 438 Alan Benes
  • 439 Andy Benes
  • 440 Royce Clayton
  • 441 Dennis Eckersley
  • 442 Gary Gaetti
  • 443 Ron Gant
  • 444 Aaron Holbert
  • 445 Brian Jordan
  • 446 Ray Lankford
  • 447 John Mabry
  • 448 T.J. Mathews
  • 449 Willie McGee
  • 450 Donovan Osborne
  • 451 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 452 Ozzie Smith
  • 453 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 454 Mark Sweeney
  • 455 Dmitri Young
  • 456 Andy Ashby
  • 457 Ken Caminiti
  • 458 Archi Cianfrocco
  • 459 Steve Finley
  • 460 John Flaherty
  • 461 Chris Gomez
  • 462 Tony Gwynn
  • 463 Joey Hamilton
  • 464 Rickey Henderson
  • 465 Trevor Hoffman
  • 466 Brian Johnson
  • 467 Wally Joyner
  • 468 Jody Reed
  • 469 Scott Sanders
  • 470 Bob Tewksbury
  • 471 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 472 Greg Vaughn
  • 473 Tim Worrell
  • 474 Rich Aurilia
  • 475 Rod Beck
  • 476 Marvin Benard
  • 477 Barry Bonds
  • 478 Jay Canizaro
  • 479 Shawon Dunston
  • 480 Shawn Estes
  • 481 Mark Gardner
  • 482 Glenallen Hill
  • 483 Stan Javier
  • 484 Marcus Jensen
  • 485 Bill Mueller RC
  • 486 William VanLandingham
  • 487 Allen Watson
  • 488 Rick Wilkins
  • 489 Matt Williams
  • 490 Desi Wilson

Checklists

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  • 491 Albert Belle
  • 492 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 493 Andruw Jones
  • 494 Chipper Jones
  • 495 Mark McGwire
  • 496 Paul Molitor
  • 497 Mike Piazza
  • 498 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 499 Alex Rodriguez
  • 500 Frank Thomas

Series Two

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  • 501 Kenny Lofton
  • 502 Carlos Perez
  • 503 Tim Raines
  • 504 Danny Patterson
  • 505 Derrick May
  • 506 Dave Hollins
  • 507 Felipe Crespo
  • 508 Brian Banks
  • 509 Jeff Kent
  • 510 Bubba Trammell RC
  • 511 Robert Person
  • 512 David Ortiz RC (billed as "David Arias" on front)
  • 513 Ryan Jones
  • 514 Dave Justice
  • 515 Will Cunnane
  • 516 Russ Johnson
  • 517 John Burkett
  • 518 Robinson Checo RC
  • 519 Ricardo Rincon RC
  • 520 Woody Williams
  • 521 Rick Helling
  • 522 Jorge Posada
  • 523 Kevin Orie
  • 524 Fernando Tatis RC
  • 525 Jermaine Dye
  • 526 Brian Hunter
  • 527 Greg McMichael
  • 528 Matt Wagner
  • 529 Richie Sexson
  • 530 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 531 Luis Gonzalez
  • 532 Mike Johnson RC
  • 533 Mark Petkovsek
  • 534 Doug Drabek
  • 535 Jose Canseco
  • 536 Bobby Bonilla
  • 537 J.T. Snow
  • 538 Shawon Dunston
  • 539 John Ericks
  • 540 Terry Steinbach
  • 541 Jay Bell
  • 542 Joe Borowski RC
  • 543 David Wells
  • 544 Justin Towle RC
  • 545 Mike Blowers
  • 546 Shannon Stewart
  • 547 Rudy Pemberton
  • 548 Bill Swift
  • 549 Osvaldo Fernandez
  • 550 Eddie Murray
  • 551 Don Wengert
  • 552 Brad Ausmus
  • 553 Carlos Garcia
  • 554 Jose Guillen
  • 555 Rheal Cormier
  • 556 Doug Brocail
  • 557 Rex Hudler
  • 558 Armando Benitez
  • 559 Eli Marrero
  • 560 Ricky Ledee RC
  • 561 Bartolo Colon
  • 562 Quilvio Veras
  • 563 Alex Fernandez
  • 564 Darren Dreifort
  • 565 Benji Gil
  • 566 Kent Mercker
  • 567 Glendon Rusch
  • 568 Ramon Tatis RC
  • 569 Roger Clemens
  • 570 Mark Lewis
  • 571 Emil Brown RC
  • 572 Jaime Navarro
  • 573 Sherman Obando
  • 574 John Wasdin
  • 575 Calvin Maduro
  • 576 Todd Jones
  • 577 Orlando Merced
  • 578 Cal Eldred
  • 579 Mark Gubicza
  • 580 Michael Tucker
  • 581 Tony Saunders RC
  • 582 Garvin Alston
  • 583 Joe Roa
  • 584 Brady Raggio RC
  • 585 Jimmy Key
  • 586 Marc Sagmoen RC
  • 587 Jim Bullinger
  • 588 Yorkis Perez
  • 589 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
  • 590 Mike Stanton
  • 591 Deivi Cruz RC
  • 592 Steve Karsay
  • 593 Mike Trombley
  • 594 Doug Glanville
  • 595 Scott Sanders
  • 596 Thomas Howard
  • 597 T.J. Staton RC
  • 598 Garrett Stephenson
  • 599 Rico Brogna
  • 600 Albert Belle
  • 601 Jose Vizcaino
  • 602 Chili Davis
  • 603 Shane Mack
  • 604 Jim Eisenreich
  • 605 Todd Zeile
  • 606 Brian Boehringer RC
  • 607 Paul Shuey
  • 608 Kevin Tapani
  • 609 John Wetteland
  • 610 Jim Leyritz
  • 611 Ray Montgomery RC
  • 612 Doug Bochtler
  • 613 Wady Almonte RC
  • 614 Danny Tartabull
  • 615 Orlando Miller
  • 616 Bobby Ayala
  • 617 Tony Graffanino
  • 618 Marc Valdes
  • 619 Ron Villone
  • 620 Derrek Lee
  • 621 Greg Colbrunn
  • 622 Felix Heredia RC
  • 623 Carl Everett
  • 624 Mark Thompson
  • 625 Jeff Granger
  • 626 Damian Jackson
  • 627 Mark Leiter
  • 628 Chris Holt
  • 629 Dario Veras RC
  • 630 Dave Burba
  • 631 Darryl Hamilton
  • 632 Mark Acre
  • 633 Fernando Hernandez RC
  • 634 Terry Mulholland
  • 635 Dustin Hermanson
  • 636 Delino DeShields
  • 637 Steve Avery
  • 638 Tony Womack RC
  • 639 Mark Whiten
  • 640 Marquis Grissom
  • 641 Xavier Hernandez
  • 642 Eric Davis
  • 643 Bob Tewksbury
  • 644 Dante Powell
  • 645 Carlos Castillo RC
  • 646 Chris Widger
  • 647 Moises Alou
  • 648 Pat Listach
  • 649 Edgar Ramos RC
  • 650 Deion Sanders
  • 651 John Olerud
  • 652 Todd Dunwoody
  • 653 Randall Simon RC
  • 654 Dan Carlson
  • 655 Matt Williams
  • 656 Jeff King
  • 657 Luis Alicea
  • 658 Brian Moehler RC
  • 659 Ariel Prieto
  • 660 Kevin Elster
  • 661 Mark Hutton
  • 662 Aaron Sele
  • 663 Graeme Lloyd
  • 664 John Burke
  • 665 Mel Rojas
  • 666 Sid Fernandez
  • 667 Pedro Astacio
  • 668 Jeff Abbott
  • 669 Darren Daulton
  • 670 Mike Bordick
  • 671 Sterling Hitchcock
  • 672 Damion Easley
  • 673 Armando Reynoso
  • 674 Pat Cline
  • 675 Orlando Cabrera RC
  • 676 Alan Embree
  • 677 Brian Bevil
  • 678 David Weathers
  • 679 Cliff Floyd
  • 680 Joe Randa
  • 681 Bill Haselman
  • 682 Jeff Fassero
  • 683 Matt Morris
  • 684 Mark Portugal
  • 685 Lee Smith
  • 686 Pokey Reese
  • 687 Benito Santiago
  • 688 Brian Johnson
  • 689 Brent Brede RC
  • 690 Shigetoshi Hasegawa RC
  • 691 Julio Santana
  • 692 Steve Kline
  • 693 Julian Tavarez
  • 694 John Hudek
  • 695 Manny Alexander

Encore

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  • 696 Roberto Alomar
  • 697 Jeff Bagwell
  • 698 Barry Bonds
  • 699 Ken Caminiti
  • 700 Juan Gonzalez
  • 701 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 702 Tony Gwynn
  • 703 Derek Jeter
  • 704 Andruw Jones
  • 705 Chipper Jones
  • 706 Barry Larkin
  • 707 Greg Maddux
  • 708 Mark McGwire
  • 709 Paul Molitor
  • 710 Hideo Nomo
  • 711 Andy Pettitte
  • 712 Mike Piazza
  • 713 Manny Ramirez
  • 714 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 715 Alex Rodriguez
  • 716 Ryne Sandberg
  • 717 John Smoltz
  • 718 Frank Thomas
  • 719 Mo Vaughn
  • 720 Bernie Williams

Team Checklists

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Series Two checklists are broken down by team. Two checklists featuring the team logos of the 1998 expansion teams (Arizona and Tampa Bay) list the inserts.

  • 721 Tim Salmon
  • 722 Greg Maddux
  • 723 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 724 Mo Vaughn
  • 725 Ryne Sandberg
  • 726 Frank Thomas
  • 727 Barry Larkin
  • 728 Manny Ramirez
  • 729 Andres Galarraga
  • 730 Tony Clark
  • 731 Gary Sheffield
  • 732 Jeff Bagwell
  • 733 Kevin Appier
  • 734 Mike Piazza
  • 735 Jeff Cirillo
  • 736 Paul Molitor
  • 737 Henry Rodriguez
  • 738 Todd Hundley
  • 739 Derek Jeter
  • 740 Mark McGwire
  • 741 Curt Schilling
  • 742 Jason Kendall
  • 743 Tony Gwynn
  • 744 Barry Bonds
  • 745 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 746 Brian Jordan
  • 747 Juan Gonzalez
  • 748 Joe Carter
  • 749 Arizona Diamondbacks
  • 750 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

High-Numbers

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These eleven base cards were added late in the Series Two production run and were slightly short-printed.

  • 751 Hideki Irabu RC
  • 752 Jeremi Gonzalez RC
  • 753 Mario Valdez RC
  • 754 Aaron Boone
  • 755 Brett Tomko
  • 756 Jaret Wright RC
  • 757 Ryan McGuire
  • 758 Jason McDonald
  • 759 Adrian Brown RC
  • 760 Keith Foulke RC
  • 761 Bonus Checklist

Parallels

Tiffany

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All 761 base cards were available in a "Tiffany" parallel. All Tiffany parallel cards featured blue holographic foil over the player nameplate and Fleer logo on a glossy card-front. Unlike the previous year's Tiffany's, there were NOT seeded as a one-per-pack parallel.

Inserts

Rookie Sensations

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This notable insert continued in 1997 with a 20-card set that highlighted the top young players in the game at the time. Cards were printed on a multi-colored, paint-brush themed background design.

  • 1 Jermaine Allensworth
  • 2 James Baldwin
  • 3 Alan Benes
  • 4 Jermaine Dye
  • 5 Darin Erstad
  • 6 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 7 Derek Jeter
  • 8 Jason Kendall
  • 9 Alex Ochoa
  • 10 Rey Ordonez
  • 11 Edgar Renteria
  • 12 Bob Abreu
  • 13 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 14 Wilton Guerrero
  • 15 Andruw Jones
  • 16 Wendell Magee, Jr.
  • 17 Neifi Perez
  • 18 Scott Rolen
  • 19 Scott Spiezio
  • 20 Todd Walker

Golden Memories

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This 10-card set featured players that achieved milestone accomplishments during the 1996 season on a sun-themed background.

  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 Dwight Gooden
  • 3 Todd Hundley
  • 4 Mark McGwire
  • 5 Paul Molitor
  • 6 Eddie Murray
  • 7 Hideo Nomo
  • 8 Mike Piazza
  • 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Ozzie Smith

Team Leaders

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This 28-card set highlighted the top player from each Major League team. Cards were die-cut to contour an up-close picture of the featured player's face. Initially, Fleer printed this insert featuring the bill of the player's cap extended outwards as part of the die-cut contouring. However, due to quality control issues (i.e., ease of this portion of the card getting damaged due to it "sticking out"), Fleer reprinted this insert set without the player's cap bill protruding outwards. Both variations of this insert - cap bill and no cap bill - exist but it unknown how many of each variation exists; however, much fewer quantities of the cap bill variation exist.

  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Mo Vaughn
  • 3 Jim Edmonds
  • 4 Frank Thomas
  • 5 Albert Belle
  • 6 Bob Higginson
  • 7 Kevin Appier
  • 8 John Jaha
  • 9 Paul Molitor
  • 10 Andy Pettitte
  • 11 Mark McGwire
  • 12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 13 Juan Gonzalez
  • 14 Pat Hentgen
  • 15 Chipper Jones
  • 16 Mark Grace
  • 17 Barry Larkin
  • 18 Ellis Burks
  • 19 Gary Sheffield
  • 20 Jeff Bagwell
  • 21 Mike Piazza
  • 22 Henry Rodriguez
  • 23 Todd Hundley
  • 24 Curt Schilling
  • 25 Jeff King
  • 26 Brian Jordan
  • 27 Tony Gwynn
  • 28 Barry Bonds

Night and Day

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This 10-card set featured some of the top players in the game and detailed their statistical splits between night and day games. Card-fronts featured lenticular technology and were printed on thicker cardstock to support the design.

  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 Ellis Burks
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Mark McGwire
  • 6 Mike Piazza
  • 7 Manny Ramirez
  • 8 Alex Rodriguez
  • 9 John Smoltz
  • 10 Frank Thomas

Zone

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This 20-card set highlighted the top players in the game at the time on a holographic, spiral foil design with player photos centered in center (representing the player being "in the zone"). Zone cards were exclusive to Series 1 hobby packs.

  • 1 Jeff Bagwell
  • 2 Albert Belle
  • 3 Barry Bonds
  • 4 Ken Caminiti
  • 5 Andres Galarraga
  • 6 Juan Gonzalez
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 Tony Gwynn
  • 9 Chipper Jones
  • 10 Greg Maddux
  • 11 Mark McGwire
  • 12 Dean Palmer
  • 13 Andy Pettitte
  • 14 Mike Piazza
  • 15 Alex Rodriguez
  • 16 Gary Sheffield
  • 17 John Smoltz
  • 18 Frank Thomas
  • 19 Jim Thome
  • 20 Matt Williams

Lumber Company

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This 18-card set featured the top sluggers in the game at the time on a die-cut card that resembled a wood slice. This set was exclusive to Series 1 Retail packs.

  • 1 Brady Anderson
  • 2 Jeff Bagwell
  • 3 Albert Belle
  • 4 Barry Bonds
  • 5 Jay Buhner
  • 6 Ellis Burks
  • 7 Andres Galarraga
  • 8 Juan Gonzalez
  • 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 10 Todd Hundley
  • 11 Ryan Klesko
  • 12 Mark McGwire
  • 13 Mike Piazza
  • 14 Alex Rodriguez
  • 15 Gary Sheffield
  • 16 Sammy Sosa
  • 17 Frank Thomas
  • 18 Mo Vaughn

Million Dollar Moments

See 1997 Fleer Million Dollar Moments.

Headliners

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This 20-card set highlighted the top draws in baseball on team colored foil background.

  • 1 Jeff Bagwell
  • 2 Albert Belle
  • 3 Barry Bonds
  • 4 Ken Caminiti
  • 5 Juan Gonzalez
  • 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 7 Tony Gwynn
  • 8 Derek Jeter
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Chipper Jones
  • 11 Greg Maddux
  • 12 Mark McGwire
  • 13 Paul Molitor
  • 14 Eddie Murray
  • 15 Mike Piazza
  • 16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 17 Alex Rodriguez
  • 18 Ryne Sandberg
  • 19 John Smoltz
  • 20 Frank Thomas

New Horizon

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This 15-card set highlighted some of the some young stars in the game at the time on a rainbow foil background and nameplate.

  • 1 Bob Abreu
  • 2 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 3 Darin Erstad
  • 4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 5 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 6 Wilton Guerrero
  • 7 Jose Guillen
  • 8 Hideki Irabu
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Kevin Orie
  • 11 Scott Rolen
  • 12 Scott Spiezio
  • 13 Bubba Trammell
  • 14 Todd Walker
  • 15 Dmitri Young

Goudey Greats

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Foreshadowing future "throwback" sets by Fleer (and others), this 15-card set featured some of the top players in the game on a card design that resembled the 1933 Goudey (R-319) set. Like the originals, each card measured 2 3/8" X 2 7/8".

This set was also available in a gold foil-stamped parallel. Both the regular and gold foil parallels were exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs.

  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 3 Tony Gwynn
  • 4 Derek Jeter
  • 5 Chipper Jones
  • 6 Kenny Lofton
  • 7 Greg Maddux
  • 8 Mark McGwire
  • 9 Eddie Murray
  • 10 Mike Piazza
  • 11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 12 Alex Rodriguez
  • 13 Ryne Sandberg
  • 14 Frank Thomas
  • 15 Mo Vaughn

Soaring Stars

This 12-card set highlighted the top stars in the game on a "star" foil background and had three variations for each player:

  • Version 1: "Star" foil variation #1: Midnight blue background with a "star" foil finish finish. This is the most common.

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  • Version 2: "Star" foil variation #2: Midnight blue background with a different "star" foil finish finish than Version 1 - is similar to the foil finish on 1997 E-X2000 Essential Credentials.

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  • Version 3: "Glowing" foil: Holographic, midnight blue background with no stars. Towards the end of the production run, Fleer ran out of the "starry" foil used on the regular Soaring Stars, and had to switch to a "glowing" (holographic foil). It is believed that 10%-20% of the total production run was printed on this "glowing" foil.

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  • 1 Albert Belle
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Derek Jeter
  • 6 Andruw Jones
  • 7 Chipper Jones
  • 8 Greg Maddux
  • 9 Mark McGwire
  • 10 Mike Piazza
  • 11 Alex Rodriguez
  • 12 Frank Thomas

Diamond Tribute

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The most difficult insert set by pack odds, this 12-card set paid homage to the top players in the game at the time on a visually stunning, holographic and embossed "diamond burst" card design.

  • 1 Albert Belle
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Tony Gwynn
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Mark McGwire
  • 8 Eddie Murray
  • 9 Mike Piazza
  • 10 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 11 Alex Rodriguez
  • 12 Frank Thomas

Decade of Excellence

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This 12-card set featured the top veteran stars in the game on a card design that resembled the 1987 Fleer set. All players in this set were active in 1987. For distinction, each card in this insert set utilized a different photograph than the player's original 1987 Fleer card and had the words, "Fleer Decade of Excellence 1987-1997" stamped in gold foil in the corner. This set was exclusive to Series 2 Hobby packs.

This set was also available in all-foil "Rare Traditions" parallel that utilized silver foil stamping for the nameplate and "Fleer Decade of Excellence 1987-1997" stamp.

  • 1 Wade Boggs
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Roger Clemens
  • 4 Tony Gwynn
  • 5 Rickey Henderson
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Mark McGwire
  • 8 Paul Molitor
  • 9 Eddie Murray
  • 10 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 11 Ryne Sandberg
  • 12 Matt Williams

Bleacher Blasters

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This 10-card set highlighted the top home run hitters in the game on a yellow, silver, and red die-cut foil background resembling an explosion. This insert was exclusive to Series 2 Retail packs.

  • 1 Albert Belle
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Mark McGwire
  • 6 Mike Piazza
  • 7 Alex Rodriguez
  • 8 Frank Thomas
  • 9 Mo Vaughn
  • 10 Matt Williams

Autographs

Andruw Jones 1997 Circa Autograph

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Fleer had Andruw Jones autograph 200 copies of his 1997 Circa base card. In order to acquire the card, one had to collect a set of redemption cards that were seeded into Series Two packs at the rate of 1:4/packs. The redemption cards were identical to those inserted into '97 Circa packs as part of that product's Emerald Autograph program and incorrectly state "6 CARD AUTOGRAPH SET;" however, only Jones was available through this offer. (Jones was not part of Circa's Emerald Autograph program.)

The backs of each redemption card are sequentially-numbered "X of 10." Collectors that found all ten cards could then redeem them for the Andruw Jones autograph -- however, card #7 was extremely short-printed.

  • 329 Andruw Jones AU EXCH 200