1997 Sports Illustrated

Description

1997 Sports Illustrated is a 180-card set released by Fleer in the summer of '97. The set features photographs taken from the archives of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-
Extra Edition	180	500	?
Great Shots	25	-	one-per-pack
Cooperstown Collection	12	-	1:12
Autographed Mini-Covers	6	250	?

Checklist

• 1 Bob Abreu FF
• 2 Jaime Bluma FF
• 3 Emil Brown FF RC
• 4 Jose Cruz, Jr. FF RC
• 5 Jason Dickson FF
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra FF
• 7 Todd Greene FF
• 8 Vladimir Guerrero FF
• 9 Wilton Guerrero FF
• 10 Jose Guillen FF
• 11 Hideki Irabu FF RC
• 12 Russ Johnson FF
• 13 Andruw Jones FF
• 14 Damon Mashore FF
• 15 Jason McDonald FF
• 16 Ryan McGuire FF
• 17 Matt Morris FF
• 18 Kevin Orie FF
• 19 Dante Powell FF
• 20 Pokey Reese FF
• 21 Joe Roa FF RC
• 22 Scott Rolen FF
• 23 Glendon Rusch FF
• 24 Scott Spiezio FF
• 25 Bubba Trammell FF RC
• 26 Todd Walker FF
• 27 Jamey Wright FF
• 28 Ken Griffey, Jr. SH
• 29 Tino Martinez SH
• 30 Roger Clemens SH
• 31 Hideki Irabu SH
• 32 Kevin Brown SH
• 33 Cal Ripken / Chipper Jones SH
• 34 Sandy Alomar, Jr. SH
• 35 Ken Caminiti SH
• 36 Randy Johnson SH
• 37 Andy Ashby IB
• 38 Jay Buhner IB
• 39 Joe Carter IB
• 40 Darren Daulton IB
• 41 Jeff Fassero IB
• 42 Andres Galarraga IB
• 43 Rusty Greer IB
• 44 Marquis Grissom IB
• 45 Joey Hamilton IB
• 46 Jimmy Key IB
• 47 Ryan Klesko IB
• 48 Eddie Murray IB
• 49 Charles Nagy IB
• 50 Dave Nilsson IB
• 51 Ricardo Rincon IB RC
• 52 Billy Wagner IB
• 53 Dan Wilson IB
• 54 Dmitri Young IB
• 55 Roberto Alomar SV
• 56 Sandy Alomar, Jr. SV
• 57 Scott Brosius SV
• 58 Tony Clark SV
• 59 Carlos Delgado SV
• 60 Jermaine Dye SV
• 61 Darin Erstad SV
• 62 Derek Jeter SV
• 63 Jason Kendall SV
• 64 Hideo Nomo SV
• 65 Rey Ordonez SV
• 66 Andy Pettitte SV
• 67 Manny Ramirez SV
• 68 Edgar Renteria SV
• 69 Shane Reynolds SV
• 70 Alex Rodriguez SV
• 71 Ivan Rodriguez SV
• 72 Jose Rosado SV
• 73 John Smoltz
• 74 Tom Glavine
• 75 Greg Maddux
• 76 Chipper Jones
• 77 Kenny Lofton
• 78 Fred McGriff
• 79 Kevin Brown
• 80 Alex Fernandez
• 81 Al Leiter
• 82 Bobby Bonilla
• 83 Gary Sheffield
• 84 Moises Alou
• 85 Henry Rodriguez
• 86 Mark Grudzielanek
• 87 Pedro Martinez
• 88 Todd Hundley
• 89 Bernard Gilkey
• 90 Bobby Jones
• 91 Curt Schilling
• 92 Ricky Bottalico
• 93 Mike Lieberthal
• 94 Sammy Sosa
• 95 Ryne Sandberg
• 96 Mark Grace
• 97 Deion Sanders
• 98 Reggie Sanders
• 99 Barry Larkin
• 100 Craig Biggio
• 101 Jeff Bagwell
• 102 Derek Bell
• 103 Brian Jordan
• 104 Ray Lankford
• 105 Ron Gant
• 106 Al Martin
• 107 Kevin Elster
• 108 Jermaine Allensworth
• 109 Vinny Castilla
• 110 Dante Bichette
• 111 Larry Walker
• 112 Mike Piazza
• 113 Eric Karros
• 114 Todd Hollandsworth
• 115 Raul Mondesi
• 116 Hideo Nomo
• 117 Ramon Martinez
• 118 Ken Caminiti
• 119 Tony Gwynn
• 120 Steve Finley
• 121 Barry Bonds
• 122 J.T. Snow
• 123 Rod Beck
• 124 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 125 Mike Mussina
• 126 Brady Anderson
• 127 Bernie Williams
• 128 Derek Jeter
• 129 Tino Martinez
• 130 Andy Pettitte
• 131 David Cone
• 132 Mariano Rivera
• 133 Roger Clemens
• 134 Pat Hentgen
• 135 Juan Guzman
• 136 Bob Higginson
• 137 Tony Clark
• 138 Travis Fryman
• 139 Mo Vaughn
• 140 Tim Naehring
• 141 John Valentin
• 142 Matt Williams
• 143 Dave Justice
• 144 Jim Thome
• 145 Chuck Knoblauch
• 146 Paul Molitor
• 147 Marty Cordova
• 148 Frank Thomas
• 149 Albert Belle
• 150 Robin Ventura
• 151 John Jaha
• 152 Jeff Cirillo
• 153 Jose Valentin
• 154 Jay Bell
• 155 Jeff King
• 156 Kevin Appier
• 157 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 158 Alex Rodriguez
• 159 Randy Johnson
• 160 Juan Gonzalez
• 161 Will Clark
• 162 Dean Palmer
• 163 Tim Salmon
• 164 Jim Edmonds
• 165 Jim Leyritz
• 166 Jose Canseco
• 167 Jason Giambi
• 168 Mark McGwire
• 169 Barry Bonds CC
• 170 Alex Rodriguez CC
• 171 Roger Clemens CC
• 172 Ken Griffey, Jr. CC
• 173 Greg Maddux CC
• 174 Mike Piazza CC
• 175 Will Clark / Mark McGwire CC
• 176 Hideo Nomo CC
• 177 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC
• 178 Ken Griffey, Jr. CC
• 179 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter CC
• 180 John Wetteland CC

Parallels

All 180 base cards are available in an "Extra Edition" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 500 copies each.

Inserts

Great Shots

Each pack of Sports Illustrated contained a 5" X 7" Great Shots mini poster. Obviously, these "cards" are impossible to find without crease marks.

• 13 Vinny Castilla / Andres Galarraga
• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Ryan Klesko
• 3 Kenny Lofton
• 4 Greg Maddux
• 5 John Smoltz
• 6 Roberto Alomar
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 8 Mo Vaughn
• 9 Albert Belle
• 10 Frank Thomas
• 11 Ryne Sandberg
• 12 Deion Sanders
• 14 Eric Karros
• 15 Mike Piazza
• 16 Derek Jeter
• 17 Mark McGwire
• 18 Darren Daulton
• 19 Andy Ashby
• 20 Barry Bonds
• 21 Jay Buhner
• 22 Randy Johnson
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Juan Gonzalez
• 25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Cooperstown Collection

This 12-card set features reprints of classic Sports Illustrated covers.

• 1 Hank Aaron
• 2 Yogi Berra
• 3 Lou Brock
• 4 Rod Carew
• 5 Juan Marichal
• 6 Al Kaline
• 7 Joe Morgan
• 8 Brooks Robinson
• 9 Willie Stargell
• 10 Kirby Puckett
• 11 Willie Mays
• 12 Frank Robinson

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Mini-Covers

This six-card set features an on-card autograph on a reprint of a classic Sports Illustrated cover. Only 250 serial-numbered copies of each autograph were printed.

• 1 Alex Rodriguez EXCH
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH
• 3 Kirby Puckett EXCH
• 4 Willie Mays EXCH
• 5 Frank Robinson EXCH
• 6 Hank Aaron EXCH