1998 Flair Showcase

Description

1998 Flair Showcase is a 480-card, multi-fractured, multi-tiered, set released by Fleer in July, 1998. There are 120 players released on four different, repeating, levels, each with it's own front design: Flair (also known as "Row 3"), Style (Row 2), Grace (Row 1), and Showcase (Row 0). The Row 3 cards are the easiest to find, while the Row 0s the toughest.

Each "Row" is then sub-divided into four, 30-card, sub-sections, each with it's own reverse design: Showtime, Showstopper, Showdown, and Showpiece. Each of the 120 players in the set has one card in each of the four rows, and one card in each of the backs.

Insertion Ratios

In the first table, we list what cards are in each subset, and the insertion ratio/production figure.

	Showtime	Showstopper	Showdown	Showpiece
Row 3	1-30 (1:0.9)	31-60 (1:1.1)	61-90 (1:1.5)	91-120 (1:2)
Row 2	31-60 (1:2.5)	1-30 (1:2)	91-120 (1:3.5)	61-90 (1:4)
Row 1	61-90 (1:6)	91-120 (1:10)	1-30 (1:16)	31-60 (1:24)
Row 0	91-120 (serial-numbered to 2000)	61-90 (serial-numbered to 1000	31-60 (serial-numbered to 500)	1-30 (serial-numbered to 250)

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Legacy Collection	480	100	?
Masterpieces	480	one-of-one	?
Wave of the Future	12	-	1:20
Perfect 10	10	10	?

Checklist

Base Set

For brevity's sake, only one "Row" is listed below. The checklist for all four Rows is identical. Also note that only the player's Row 3 card is considered his "true" rookie card.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Travis Lee
• 3 Frank Thomas
• 4 Ben Grieve
• 5 Nomar Garciaparra
• 6 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 7 Alex Rodriguez
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Mark McGwire
• 10 Chipper Jones
• 11 Paul Konerko
• 12 Todd Helton
• 13 Greg Maddux
• 14 Derek Jeter
• 15 Jaret Wright
• 16 Livan Hernandez
• 17 Mike Piazza
• 18 Juan Encarnacion
• 19 Tony Gwynn
• 20 Scott Rolen
• 21 Roger Clemens
• 22 Tony Clark
• 23 Albert Belle
• 24 Mo Vaughn
• 25 Andruw Jones
• 26 Jason Dickson
• 27 Fernando Tatis
• 28 Ivan Rodriguez
• 29 Ricky Ledee
• 30 Darin Erstad
• 31 Brian Rose
• 32 Magglio Ordonez RC
• 33 Larry Walker
• 34 Bob Higginson
• 35 Chili Davis
• 36 Barry Bonds
• 37 Vladimir Guerrero
• 38 Jeff Bagwell
• 39 Kenny Lofton
• 40 Ryan Klesko
• 41 Mike Cameron
• 42 Charles Johnson
• 43 Andy Pettitte
• 44 Juan Gonzalez
• 45 Tim Salmon
• 46 Hideki Irabu
• 47 Paul Molitor
• 48 Edgar Renteria
• 49 Manny Ramirez
• 50 Jim Edmonds
• 51 Bernie Williams
• 52 Roberto Alomar
• 53 Dave Justice
• 54 Rey Ordonez
• 55 Ken Caminiti
• 56 Jose Guillen
• 57 Randy Johnson
• 58 Brady Anderson
• 59 Hideo Nomo
• 60 Tino Martinez
• 61 John Smoltz
• 62 Joe Carter
• 63 Matt Williams
• 64 Robin Ventura
• 65 Barry Larkin
• 66 Dante Bichette
• 67 Travis Fryman
• 68 Gary Sheffield
• 69 Eric Karros
• 70 Matt Stairs
• 71 Al Martin
• 72 Jay Buhner
• 73 Ray Lankford
• 74 Carlos Delgado
• 75 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 76 Rondell White
• 77 Chuck Knoblauch
• 78 Raul Mondesi
• 79 Johnny Damon
• 80 Matt Morris
• 81 Tom Glavine
• 82 Kevin Brown
• 83 Garret Anderson
• 84 Mike Mussina
• 85 Pedro Martinez
• 86 Craig Biggio
• 87 Darryl Kile
• 88 Rafael Palmeiro
• 89 Jim Thome
• 90 Andres Galarraga
• 91 Sammy Sosa
• 92 Willie Greene
• 93 Vinny Castilla
• 94 Justin Thompson
• 95 Jeff King
• 96 Jeff Cirillo
• 97 Mark Grudzielanek
• 98 Brad Radke
• 99 John Olerud
• 100 Curt Schilling
• 101 Steve Finley
• 102 J.T. Snow
• 103 Edgar Martinez
• 104 Wilson Alvarez
• 105 Rusty Greer
• 106 Pat Hentgen
• 107 David Cone
• 108 Fred McGriff
• 109 Jason Giambi
• 110 Tony Womack
• 111 Bernard Gilkey
• 112 Alan Benes
• 113 Mark Grace
• 114 Reggie Sanders
• 115 Moises Alou
• 116 John Jaha
• 117 Henry Rodriguez
• 118 Dean Palmer
• 119 Mike Lieberthal
• 120 Shawn Estes

Parallels

All 120 cards in all four Rows are available in the following parallels.

• Legacy Collection (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

• Masterpiece (one-of-one)

Inserts

Wave of the Future

This 12-card insert features thick plastic cards filled with vegetable oil and sparkles in an attempt to mimic ocean waters.

• 1 WF Travis Lee
• 2 WF Todd Helton
• 3 WF Ben Grieve
• 4 WF Juan Encarnacion
• 5 WF Brad Fullmer
• 6 WF Ruben Rivera
• 7 WF Paul Konerko
• 8 WF Derrek Lee
• 9 WF Mike Lowell
• 10 WF Magglio Ordonez
• 11 WF Rich Butler
• 12 WF Eli Marrero

Perfect 10

This 10-card insert features color player photography using silk-screen technology. Only 10 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, making it one of the scarcest non-parallel inserts of the era.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Frank Thomas
• 4 Mike Piazza
• 5 Greg Maddux
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra
• 7 Mark McGwire
• 8 Scott Rolen
• 9 Alex Rodriguez
• 10 Roger Clemens