2002 Fleer Tradition

Description

2002 Fleer Tradition is a 500-card set was issued early in 200. The first 100 cards in this set were issued at an overall rate of one in two -- a fact that was not revealed by Fleer until after the product's release. In line with the brand's 2000 reboot, the base set is based on the 1934 Goudey set.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	500	-	?	?
short set	400	-	?	?
SPs	100	-	1:2	1:2
Diamond Tributes	15	-	1:6	1:10
Lumber Company	30	-	1:12	1:20
Grass Roots	10	-	1:18	1:20
This Day in History	30	-	1:18	1:24
Heads Up	10	-	1:36	1:40
Lumber Company Game Bat	30	-	1:72	1:108
This Day in History Game Used	22	varies	?	?
This Day in History Autographs	8	varies	?	?
Grass Patch	10	50	?	?

Checklist

Promo

• 142 Derek Jeter

Base Set

NOTE: The first 100 cards in the set are short-printed. This was not announced by Fleer until after the product's release.

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Tony Gwynn
• 4 Brad Radke
• 5 Jose Ortiz
• 6 Mark Mulder
• 7 Jon Lieber
• 8 John Olerud
• 9 Phil Nevin
• 10 Craig Biggio
• 11 Pedro Martinez
• 12 Fred McGriff
• 13 Vladimir Guerrero
• 14 Jason Giambi
• 15 Mark Kotsay
• 16 Bud Smith
• 17 Kevin Brown
• 18 Darin Erstad
• 19 Julio Franco
• 20 C.C. Sabathia
• 21 Larry Walker
• 22 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 23 Luis Gonzalez
• 24 Albert Pujols
• 25 Brian Lawrence
• 26 Al Leiter
• 27 Mike Sweeney
• 28 Jeff Weaver
• 29 Matt Morris
• 30 Hideo Nomo
• 31 Tom Glavine
• 32 Magglio Ordonez
• 33 Roberto Alomar
• 34 Roger Cedeno
• 35 Greg Vaughn
• 36 Chan Ho Park
• 37 Rich Aurilia
• 38 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• 39 Eric Young
• 40 Bob Higginson
• 41 Marlon Anderson
• 42 Mark Grace
• 43 Steve Cox
• 44 Cliff Floyd
• 45 Brian Roberts
• 46 Paul Konerko
• 47 Brandon Duckworth
• 48 Josh Beckett
• 49 David Ortiz
• 50 Geoff Jenkins
• 51 Ruben Sierra
• 52 John Franco
• 53 Einar Diaz
• 54 Luis Castillo
• 55 Mark Quinn
• 56 Shea Hillenbrand
• 57 Rafael Palmeiro
• 58 Paul O'Neill
• 59 Andruw Jones
• 60 Lance Berkman
• 61 Jimmy Rollins
• 62 Jose Hernandez
• 63 Rusty Greer
• 64 Wade Miller
• 65 David Eckstein
• 66 Jose Valentin
• 67 Javier Vazquez
• 68 Roger Clemens
• 69 Omar Vizquel
• 70 Roy Oswalt
• 71 Shannon Stewart
• 72 Byung-Hyun Kim
• 73 Jay Gibbons
• 74 Barry Larkin
• 75 Brian Giles
• 76 Andres Galarraga
• 77 Sammy Sosa
• 78 Manny Ramirez
• 79 Carlos Delgado
• 80 Jorge Posada
• 81 Todd Ritchie
• 82 Russ Ortiz
• 83 Brent Mayne
• 84 Mike Mussina
• 85 Raul Mondesi
• 86 Mark Loretta
• 87 Tim Raines
• 88 Ichiro
• 89 Juan Pierre
• 90 Adam Dunn
• 91 Jason Tyner
• 92 Miguel Tejada
• 93 Elpidio Guzman
• 94 Freddy Garcia
• 95 Marcus Giles
• 96 Junior Spivey
• 97 Aramis Ramirez
• 98 Jose Rijo
• 99 Paul LoDuca
• 100 Mike Cameron

• 101 Alex Hernandez
• 102 Benji Gil
• 103 Benito Santiago
• 104 Bob Abreu
• 105 Brad Penny
• 106 Calvin Murray
• 107 Chad Durbin
• 108 Chris Singleton
• 109 Chris Carpenter
• 110 Dave Justice
• 111 Eric Chavez
• 112 Fernando Tatis
• 113 Frank Castillo
• 114 Jason LaRue
• 115 Jim Edmonds
• 116 Joe Kennedy
• 117 Jose Jimenez
• 118 Josh Towers
• 119 Junior Herndon
• 120 Luke Prokopec
• 121 Mac Suzuki
• 122 Mark DeRosa
• 123 Marty Cordova
• 124 Michael Tucker
• 125 Michael Young
• 126 Robin Ventura
• 127 Shane Halter
• 128 Shane Reynolds
• 129 Tony Womack
• 130 A.J. Pierzynski
• 131 Aaron Rowand
• 132 Antonio Alfonseca
• 133 Arthur Rhodes
• 134 Bob Wickman
• 135 Brady Clark
• 136 Chad Hermansen
• 137 Marlon Byrd
• 138 Dan Wilson
• 139 David Cone
• 140 Dean Palmer
• 141 Denny Neagle
• 142 Derek Jeter
• 143 Erubiel Durazo
• 144 Felix Rodriguez
• 145 Jason Hart
• 146 Jay Bell
• 147 Jeff Suppan
• 148 Jeff Zimmerman
• 149 Kerry Wood
• 150 Kerry Robinson
• 151 Kevin Appier
• 152 Michael Barrett
• 153 Mo Vaughn
• 154 Rafael Furcal
• 155 Sidney Ponson
• 156 Terry Adams
• 157 Tim Redding
• 158 Toby Hall
• 159 Aaron Sele
• 160 Bartolo Colon
• 161 Brad Ausmus
• 162 Carlos Pena
• 163 Jace Brewer
• 164 David Wells
• 165 David Segui
• 166 Derek Lowe
• 167 Derek Bell
• 168 Jason Grabowski
• 169 Johnny Damon
• 170 Jose Mesa
• 171 Juan Encarnacion
• 172 Ken Caminiti
• 173 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 174 Luis Rivas
• 175 Mariano Rivera
• 176 Mark Grudzielanek
• 177 Mark McGwire
• 178 Mike Bordick
• 179 Mike Hampton
• 180 Nick Bierbrodt
• 181 Paul Byrd
• 182 Robb Nen
• 183 Ryan Dempster
• 184 Ryan Klesko
• 185 Scott Spiezio
• 186 Scott Strickland
• 187 Todd Zeile
• 188 Tom Gordon
• 189 Troy Glaus
• 190 Matt Williams
• 191 Wes Helms
• 192 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
• 193 Brook Fordyce
• 194 Nomar Garciaparra
• 195 Kevin Tapani
• 196 Mark Buehrle
• 197 Dmitri Young
• 198 John Rocker
• 199 Juan Uribe
• 200 Matt Anderson
• 201 Alex Gonzalez
• 202 Julio Lugo
• 203 Roberto Hernandez
• 204 Richie Sexson
• 205 Corey Koskie
• 206 Tony Armas, Jr.
• 207 Rey Ordonez
• 208 Orlando Hernandez
• 209 Pokey Reese
• 210 Mike Lieberthal
• 211 Kris Benson
• 212 Jermaine Dye
• 213 Livan Hernandez
• 214 Bret Boone
• 215 Dustin Hermanson
• 216 Placido Polanco
• 217 Jesus Colome
• 218 Alex Gonzalez
• 219 Adam Everett
• 220 Adam Piatt
• 221 Brad Fullmer
• 222 Brian Buchanan
• 223 Chipper Jones
• 224 Chuck Finley
• 225 David Bell
• 226 Jack Wilson
• 227 Jason Bere
• 228 Jeff Conine
• 229 Jeff Bagwell
• 230 Joe McEwing
• 231 Kip Wells
• 232 Mike Lansing
• 233 Neifi Perez
• 234 Omar Daal
• 235 Reggie Sanders
• 236 Shawn Wooten
• 237 Shawn Chacon
• 238 Shawn Estes
• 239 Steve Sparks
• 240 Steve Kline
• 241 Tino Martinez
• 242 Tyler Houston
• 243 Xavier Nady
• 244 Bengie Molina
• 245 Ben Davis
• 246 Casey Fossum
• 247 Chris Stynes
• 248 Danny Graves
• 249 Pedro Feliz
• 250 Darren Oliver
• 251 Dave Veres
• 252 Deivi Cruz
• 253 Desi Relaford
• 254 Devon White
• 255 Edgar Martinez
• 256 Eric Munson
• 257 Eric Karros
• 258 Homer Bush
• 259 Jason Kendall
• 260 Javy Lopez
• 261 Keith Foulke
• 262 Keith Ginter
• 263 Nick Johnson
• 264 Pat Burrell
• 265 Ricky Gutierrez
• 266 Russ Johnson
• 267 Steve Finley
• 268 Terrence Long
• 269 Tony Batista
• 270 Torii Hunter
• 271 Vinny Castilla
• 272 A.J. Burnett
• 273 Adrian Beltre
• 274 Alex Rodriguez
• 275 Armando Benitez
• 276 Billy Koch
• 277 Brady Anderson
• 278 Brian Jordan
• 279 Carlos Febles
• 280 Daryle Ward
• 281 Eli Marrero
• 282 Garret Anderson
• 283 Jack Cust
• 284 Jacque Jones
• 285 Jamie Moyer
• 286 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 287 Jim Thome
• 288 Jon Garland
• 289 Jose Offerman
• 290 Matt Stairs
• 291 Orlando Cabrera
• 292 Ramiro Mendoza
• 293 Ray Durham
• 294 Rickey Henderson
• 295 Rob MacKowiak
• 296 Scott Rolen
• 297 Tim Hudson
• 298 Todd Helton
• 299 Tony Clark
• 300 B.J. Surhoff
• 301 Bernie Williams
• 302 Bill Mueller
• 303 Chris Richard
• 304 Craig Paquette
• 305 Curt Schilling
• 306 Damian Jackson
• 307 Derrek Lee
• 308 Eric Milton
• 309 Frank Catalanotto
• 310 J.T. Snow
• 311 Jared Sandberg
• 312 Jason Varitek
• 313 Jeff Cirillo
• 314 Jeromy Burnitz
• 315 Joe Crede
• 316 Joel Pineiro
• 317 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 318 Kevin Young
• 319 Marquis Grissom
• 320 Moises Alou
• 321 Randall Simon
• 322 Royce Clayton
• 323 Tim Salmon
• 324 Travis Fryman
• 325 Travis Lee
• 326 Vance Wilson
• 327 Jarrod Washburn
• 328 Ben Petrick
• 329 Ben Grieve
• 330 Carl Everett
• 331 Eric Byrnes
• 332 Doug Glanville
• 333 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 334 Ellis Burks
• 335 Gabe Kapler
• 336 Gary Sheffield
• 337 Greg Maddux
• 338 J.D. Drew
• 339 Jamey Wright
• 340 Jeff Kent
• 341 Jeremy Giambi
• 342 Joe Randa
• 343 Joe Mays
• 344 Jose Macias
• 345 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 346 Mike Kinkade
• 347 Mike Lowell
• 348 Randy Johnson
• 349 Randy Wolf
• 350 Richard Hidalgo
• 351 Ron Coomer
• 352 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 353 Sean Casey
• 354 Trevor Hoffman
• 355 Adam Eaton
• 356 Alfonso Soriano
• 357 Barry Zito
• 358 Billy Wagner
• 359 Brent Abernathy
• 360 Bret Prinz
• 361 Carlos Beltran
• 362 Carlos Guillen
• 363 Charles Johnson
• 364 Cristian Guzman
• 365 Damion Easley
• 366 Darryl Kile
• 367 Delino DeShields
• 368 Eric Davis
• 369 Frank Thomas
• 370 Ivan Rodriguez
• 371 Jay Payton
• 372 Jeff D'Amico
• 373 John Burkett
• 374 Melvin Mora
• 375 Ramon Ortiz
• 376 Robert Person
• 377 Russell Branyan
• 378 Shawn Green
• 379 Todd Hollandsworth
• 380 Tony McKnight
• 381 Trot Nixon
• 382 Vernon Wells
• 383 Troy Percival
• 384 Albie Lopez
• 385 Alex Ochoa
• 386 Andy Pettitte
• 387 Brandon Inge
• 388 Bubba Trammell
• 389 Corey Patterson
• 390 Damian Rolls
• 391 Dee Brown
• 392 Edgar Renteria
• 393 Eric Gagne
• 394 Jason Johnson
• 395 Jeff Nelson
• 396 John Vander Wal
• 397 Johnny Estrada
• 398 Jose Canseco
• 399 Juan Gonzalez
• 400 Kevin Millwood
• 401 Lee Stevens
• 402 Matt Lawton
• 403 Mike Lamb
• 404 Octavio Dotel
• 405 Ramon Hernandez
• 406 Ruben Quevedo
• 407 Todd Walker
• 408 Troy O'Leary
• 409 Wascar Serrano
• 410 Aaron Boone
• 411 Aubrey Huff
• 412 Ben Sheets
• 413 Carlos Lee
• 414 Chuck Knoblauch
• 415 Steve Karsay
• 416 Dante Bichette
• 417 David Dellucci
• 418 Esteban Loaiza
• 419 Fernando Vina
• 420 Ismael Valdes
• 421 Jason Isringhausen
• 422 Jeff Shaw
• 423 John Smoltz
• 424 Jose Vidro
• 425 Kenny Lofton
• 426 Mark Little
• 427 Mark McLemore
• 428 Marvin Benard
• 429 Mike Piazza
• 430 Pat Hentgen
• 431 Preston Wilson
• 432 Rick Helling
• 433 Robert Fick
• 434 Rondell White
• 435 Adam Kennedy

Prospects

• 436 David Espinosa
• 437 Dewon Brazelton
• 438 Drew Henson
• 439 Juan Cruz
• 440 Jason Jennings
• 441 Carlos Garcia
• 442 Carlos Hernandez
• 443 Wilkin Ruan
• 444 Wilson Betemit
• 445 Horacio Ramirez
• 446 Danys Baez
• 447 Abraham Nunez
• 448 Josh Hamilton
• 449 Chris George
• 450 Rick Bauer
• 451 Donnie Bridges
• 452 Erick Almonte
• 453 Cory Aldridge
• 454 Ryan Drese
• 455 Jason Romano
• 456 Corky Miller
• 457 Rafael Soriano
• 458 Mark Prior
• 459 Mark Teixeira
• 460 Adrian Hernandez
• 461 Tim Spooneybarger
• 462 Bill Ortega
• 463 D'Angelo Jimenez
• 464 Andres Torres
• 465 Alexis Gomez
• 466 Angel Berroa
• 467 Henry Mateo
• 468 Endy Chavez
• 469 Billy Sylvester
• 470 Nate Frese

Banner Season

• 471 Luis Gonzalez
• 472 Barry Bonds
• 473 Rich Aurilia
• 474 Albert Pujols
• 475 Todd Helton
• 476 Moises Alou
• 477 Lance Berkman
• 478 Brian Giles
• 479 Cliff Floyd
• 480 Sammy Sosa
• 481 Shawn Green
• 482 Jon Lieber
• 483 Matt Morris
• 484 Curt Schilling
• 485 Randy Johnson
• 486 Manny Ramirez
• 487 Ichiro
• 488 Juan Gonzalez
• 489 Derek Jeter
• 490 Alex Rodriguez
• 491 Bret Boone
• 492 Roberto Alomar
• 493 Jason Giambi
• 494 Rafael Palmeiro
• 495 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 496 Jim Thome
• 497 Freddy Garcia
• 498 Mark Buehrle
• 499 Mark Mulder
• 500 Roger Clemens

Parallels

All 500 base cards are available in a Glossy parallel, which are all serial-numbered to 200 copies; however, ALL Glossy parallels were randomly inserted into 2002 Fleer Tradition Update packs.

Inserts

Diamond Tributes

• 1 DT Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 DT Tony Gwynn
• 3 DT Derek Jeter
• 4 DT Pedro Martinez
• 5 DT Mark McGwire
• 6 DT Sammy Sosa
• 7 DT Barry Bonds
• 8 DT Roger Clemens
• 9 DT Mike Piazza
• 10 DT Alex Rodriguez
• 11 DT Randy Johnson
• 12 DT Chipper Jones
• 13 DT Nomar Garciaparra
• 14 DT Ichiro
• 15 DT Jason Giambi

Grass Roots

• 1 GR Barry Bonds
• 2 GR Alex Rodriguez
• 3 GR Derek Jeter
• 4 GR Greg Maddux
• 5 GR Ivan Rodriguez
• 6 GR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 7 GR Bernie Williams
• 8 GR Jeff Bagwell
• 9 GR Scott Rolen
• 10 GR Larry Walker

Heads Up

• 1 HU Derek Jeter
• 2 HU Ichiro Suzuki
• 3 HU Sammy Sosa
• 4 HU Mike Piazza
• 5 HU Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 6 HU Alex Rodriguez
• 7 HU Barry Bonds
• 8 HU Nomar Garciaparra
• 9 HU Mark McGwire
• 10 HU Cal Ripken, Jr.

Lumber Company

• 1 LC Moises Alou
• 2 LC Luis Gonzalez
• 3 LC Todd Helton
• 4 LC Mike Piazza
• 5 LC J.D. Drew
• 6 LC Albert Pujols
• 7 LC Chipper Jones
• 8 LC Manny Ramirez
• 9 LC Miguel Tejada
• 10 LC Curt Schilling
• 11 LC Alex Rodriguez
• 12 LC Barry Larkin
• 13 LC Nomar Garciaparra
• 14 LC Cliff Floyd
• 15 LC Alfonso Soriano
• 16 LC Sean Casey
• 17 LC Scott Rolen
• 18 LC Jose Ortiz
• 19 LC Corey Patterson
• 20 LC Joe Crede
• 21 LC Jace Brewer
• 22 LC Derek Jeter
• 23 LC Jim Thome
• 24 LC Frank Thomas
• 25 LC Shawn Green
• 26 LC Drew Henson
• 27 LC Jimmy Rollins
• 28 LC Dave Justice
• 29 LC Roberto Alomar
• 30 LC Bernie Williams

This Day in History

• 1 DH Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 DH Barry Bonds
• 3 DH George Brett
• 4 DH Tony Gwynn
• 5 DH Nolan Ryan
• 6 DH Reggie Jackson
• 7 DH Paul Molitor
• 8 DH Ichiro Suzuki
• 9 DH Alex Rodriguez
• 10 DH Don Mattingly
• 11 DH Sammy Sosa
• 12 DH Mark McGwire
• 13 DH Derek Jeter
• 14 DH Roger Clemens
• 15 DH Jim Hunter
• 16 DH Greg Maddux
• 17 DH Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 18 DH Gil Hodges
• 19 DH Edgar Martinez
• 20 DH Mike Piazza
• 21 DH Jimmy Foxx
• 22 DH Albert Pujols
• 23 DH Chipper Jones
• 25 DH Jeff Bagwell
• 26 DH Nomar Garciaparra
• 27 DH Randy Johnson
• 28 DH Todd Helton
• 29 DH Ted Kluszewski
• 30 DH Ivan Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Lumber Company Game Bat

NOTE: Shortly after the product's release, Fleer announced that seven cards were short-printed and limited (but NOT serial-numbered) to 250 copies. One of the seven SPed players (Jace Brewer) never played in an MLB game.

• Roberto Alomar
• Moises Alou
• Jace Brewer 250
• Sean Casey 250
• Joe Crede 250
• J.D. Drew
• Cliff Floyd
• Nomar Garciaparra
• Luis Gonzalez
• Shawn Green
• Todd Helton
• Drew Henson
• Derek Jeter 250
• Chipper Jones
• Dave Justice
• Barry Larkin
• Jose Ortiz 250
• Corey Patterson 250
• Mike Piazza
• Albert Pujols
• Manny Ramirez
• Alex Rodriguez
• Scott Rolen 250
• Jimmy Rollins
• Curt Schilling
• Alfonso Soriano
• Miguel Tejada
• Frank Thomas
• Jim Thome
• Bernie Williams

This Day in History Game Used

NOTE: Shortly after the product's release, Fleer announced the production runs for each card in this set. These cards are NOT serial-numbered.

• Jeff Bagwell BAT 100
• Barry Bonds JSY 250
• George Brett JSY 50
• Roger Clemens JSY 150
• Jimmie Foxx BAT 250
• Todd Helton BAT 150
• Gil Hodges BAT 50
• Jim Hunter JSY 250
• Reggie Jackson BAT 50
• Derek Jeter JSY 250
• Randy Johnson JSY 50
• Chipper Jones BAT 50
• Ted Kluszewski JSY 50
• Greg Maddux JSY 100
• Don Mattingly JSY 50
• Paul Molitor BAT 50
• Mike Piazza BAT 150
• Albert Pujols JSY 50
• Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 50
• Alex Rodriguez HAT 250
• Ivan Rodriguez JSY 50
• Nolan Ryan PANTS 50

Grass Patch

Each Grass Patch is limited (but NOT serial-numbered) to 50 copies.

• Jeff Bagwell
• Barry Bonds
• Derek Jeter
• Greg Maddux
• Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Alex Rodriguez
• Ivan Rodriguez
• Scott Rolen
• Larry Walker
• Bernie Williams

This Day in History Autographs

NOTES

• Shortly after the product's release, Fleer announced the production runs for each card; however, each card is NOT serial-numbered.
• Six of the eight cards packed out as redemptions which expired January 31st, 2003.

• Tony Gwynn EXCH 50
• Reggie Jackson EXCH 50
• Derek Jeter 100
• Randy Johnson EXCH 75
• Don Mattingly EXCH 50
• Paul Molitor EXCH 50
• Albert Pujols 50
• Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH 50

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