2004 Greats of the Game

Description

2004 Greats of the Game is a 145-card set released by Fleer in two series. The first 80 cards were issued as part of the regular Greats of the Game product in June, while the last 65 cards were released in December as part of the Greats of the Game Cut Signature Edition. Each 15-pack Hobby box of Greats of the Game yielded three autographs while a 15-pack Hobby box of the Cut Signature Edition had two autographs and one game-used memorabilia card.

Distribution

Greats of the Game Series: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $10).

Cut Signature Edition Series: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $10).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	145	-	?	?
Blue (GotG)	80	500	1:7.5	1:24
Blue (CSE)	65	500	1:60	1:110
Battery Mates (GotG)	10	varies	?	?
Glory of Their Time (GotG)	35	varies	?	?
Forever (CSE)	29	varies	1:5	1:12
Announcing Greats (CSE)	10	-	N/A	1:12
Glory of Their Time Game Used (GotG)	32	250	?	N/A
Glory of Their Time Game Used Gold (GotG)	29	-	N/A	1:24
Glory of Their Time Game Used Patch (GotG)	13	25	?	?
Yankees Clippings (CSE)	8	-	1:45	N/A
Forever Game Jersey (CSE)	23	-	N/A	1:24
Forever Game Jersey Logo (CSE)	23	149	*	N/A
Forever Game Jersey Number (CSE)	23	99	*	N/A
Forever Game Patch Logo (CSE)	23	49	*	N/A
Forever Game Patch Number (CSE)	23	25	*	N/A
Forever Game Patch Dual Logo (CSE)	10	19	*	N/A
Forever Game Patch Dual Number (CSE)	10	5	*	N/A
Autographs (GotG)	63	-	1:5	1:90
Autographs (CSE)	46	-	1:7.5	?
Battery Mates Autograph (GotG)	7	varies	?	?
Battery Mates Autograph Dual (GotG)	6	10	?	?
Yankees Clippings Autographs (CSE)	8	varies	?	?
Announcing Greats Autograph Dual (CSE)	8	varies	?	?
Etched in Time Cuts (GotG)	14	varies	?	?
Etched in Time Cuts (CSE)	39	varies	?	?
Comparison Cuts (GotG)	6	one-of-one	?	?
Personality Cuts (CSE)	10	one-of-one	?	?

Checklist

• 1 Lou Gehrig
• 2 Ty Cobb
• 3 Dizzy Dean
• 4 Jimmie Foxx
• 5 Hank Greenberg
• 6 Babe Ruth
• 7 Honus Wagner
• 8 Mickey Cochrane
• 9 Pepper Martin
• 10 Charlie Gehringer
• 11 Carl Hubbell
• 12 Bill Terry
• 13 Mel Ott
• 14 Bill Dickey
• 15 Ted Williams
• 16 Roger Maris
• 17 Thurman Munson
• 18 Phil Rizzuto
• 19 Stan Musial
• 20 Duke Snider
• 21 Reggie Jackson
• 22 Don Mattingly
• 23 Vida Blue
• 24 Harmon Killebrew
• 25 Lou Brock
• 26 Al Kaline
• 27 Dave Parker
• 28 Nolan Ryan
• 29 Jim Rice
• 30 Paul Molitor
• 31 Dwight Evans
• 32 Brooks Robinson
• 33 Jose Canseco
• 34 Alan Trammell
• 35 Johnny Bench
• 36 Carlton Fisk
• 37 Jim Palmer
• 38 George Brett
• 39 Mike Schmidt
• 40 Tony Perez
• 41 Paul Blair
• 42 Fred Lynn
• 43 Carl Yastrzemski
• 44 Steve Carlton
• 45 Dennis Eckersley
• 46 Tom Seaver
• 47 Juan Marichal
• 48 Tony Gwynn
• 49 Moose Skowron
• 50 Bob Gibson
• 51 Luis Tiant
• 52 Eddie Murray
• 53 Frank Robinson
• 54 Rocky Colavito
• 55 Bobby Shantz
• 56 Ernie Banks
• 57 Rod Carew
• 58 Gorman Thomas
• 59 Bernie Carbo
• 60 Joe Rudi
• 61 Graig Nettles
• 62 Ron Guidry
• 63 Whitey Ford
• 64 George Kell
• 65 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 66 Willie McCovey
• 67 Bo Jackson
• 68 Kirby Puckett
• 69 Ted Kluszewski
• 70 Johnny Podres
• 71 Davey Lopes
• 72 Chris Short
• 73 Jeff Torborg
• 74 Bill Freehan
• 75 Frank Tanana
• 76 Jack Morris
• 77 Rick Dempsey
• 78 Yogi Berra
• 79 Tim McCarver
• 80 Rusty Staub

• 81 Tony Lazzeri
• 82 Al Rosen
• 83 Willie McGee
• 84 Preacher Roe
• 85 Dave Kingman
• 86 Luis Aparicio
• 87 John Kruk
• 88 Bing Miller
• 89 Joe Charboneau
• 90 Mark Fidrych
• 91 Catfish Hunter
• 92 Nap Lajoie
• 93 Eddie Murray
• 94 Johnny Pesky
• 95 Tom Seaver
• 96 Frank Robinson
• 97 Enos Slaughter
• 98 Cecil Travis
• 99 Robin Yount
• 100 Don Zimmer
• 101 Babe Herman
• 102 Ron Santo
• 103 Willie Stargell
• 104 Paul Molitor
• 105 Jimmy Piersall
• 106 Johnny Sain
• 107 Joe Pepitone
• 108 Ryne Sandberg
• 109 Jim Thorpe
• 110 Steve Garvey
• 111 Ray Knight
• 112 Fernando Valenzuela
• 113 Will Clark
• 114 Tony Kubek
• 115 Jim Bouton
• 116 Jerry Koosman
• 117 Steve Carlton
• 118 Richie Ashburn
• 119 Roberto Clemente
• 120 Paul O'Neill
• 121 Reggie Jackson
• 122 Andre Dawson
• 123 Hoyt Wilhelm
• 124 Dale Murphy
• 125 Dwight Gooden
• 126 Roger Maris
• 127 Bill Mazeroski
• 128 Don Newcombe
• 129 Robin Roberts
• 130 Duke Snider
• 131 Eddie Mathews
• 132 Wade Boggs
• 133 Rollie Fingers
• 134 Frankie Frisch
• 135 Billy Williams
• 136 Rod Carew
• 137 Dom DiMaggio
• 138 Orel Hershiser
• 139 Gary Carter
• 140 Keith Hernandez
• 141 Bob Lemon
• 142 Nolan Ryan
• 143 Ozzie Smith
• 144 Rick Sutcliffe
• 145 Carlton Fisk

Parallels

All 145 base cards are available in a Blue parallel which is serial-numbered to 500 copies.