2002 Fleer Tradition Update

Description

2002 Fleer Tradition Update is a 400-card set released in October, 2002. For the first time since 1996, Fleer's post-season Update set was issued exclusively in pack form. The first 100 cards (#U1 through #U100), which feature a mix of rookies and prospects, were issued at a stated rate of one per pack and are in shorter supply than the rest of the set. Other subsets include Diamond Standouts (U276-U297), All-Stars (U298-U360), Curtain Call (U361-U385) and Tale of the Tape (U386-U400).

Distribution

36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2). Six boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	400	-	?
Rookies/Prospects	100	-	one-per-pack
short set	300	-	?
Glossy	900	200	?
Diamond Debuts	15	-	1:6
This Day in History	25	-	1:12
Plays of the Week	30	-	1:12
Grass Roots	10	-	1:18
Heads Up	10	-	1:36
New York's Finest	15	-	1:83
This Day in History Game Used	20	-	1:28
This Day in History Autographs	6	-	1:582
New York's Finest Single Swatch	20	-	1:112
New York's Finest Dual Swatch	6	100	?
Heads Up Game Used Hats	11	150	?
Grass Patch	7	50	?

Checklist

Base Set

Prospects

• U1 P.J. Bevis SP RC*
• U2 Mike Crudale SP RC
• U3 Ben Howard SP RC
• U4 Travis Driskill SP RC
• U5 Reed Johnson SP RC
• U6 Kyle Kane SP RC*
• U7 Deivis Santos SP
• U8 Tim Kalita SP RC*
• U9 Brandon Puffer SP RC
• U10 Chris Snelling SP RC
• U11 Juan Brito SP RC
• U12 Tyler Yates SP RC
• U13 Victor Alvarez SP RC
• U14 Takahito Nomura SP RC
• U15 Ron Calloway SP RC
• U16 Satoru Komiyama SP RC
• U17 Julius Matos SP RC
• U18 Jorge Nunez SP RC*
• U19 Anderson Machado SP RC
• U20 Scotty Layfield SP RC*
• U21 Aaron Cook SP RC
• U22 Alex Pelaez SP RC
• U23 Corey Thurman SP RC
• U24 Nelson Castro SP RC*
• U25 Jeff Austin SP RC
• U26 Felix Escalona SP RC
• U27 Luis Ugueto SP RC
• U28 Jaime Cerda SP RC
• U29 J.J. Trujillo SP RC
• U30 Rodrigo Rosario SP RC
• U31 Jorge Padilla SP RC
• U32 Shawn Sedlacek SP RC
• U33 Nate Field SP RC
• U34 Earl Snyder SP RC
• U35 Miguel Asencio SP RC
• U36 Ken Huckaby SP RC
• U37 Valentino Pascucci SP
• U38 So Taguchi SP RC
• U39 Brian Mallette SP RC
• U40 Kazuhisa Ishii SP RC
• U41 Matt Thornton SP RC
• U42 Mark Corey SP RC
• U43 Kirk Saarloos SP RC
• U44 Josh Bard SP RC
• U45 Hansel Izquierdo SP RC
• U46 Rene Reyes SP RC
• U47 Luis Garcia SP
• U48 Jason Simontacchi SP RC
• U49 John Ennis SP RC
• U50 Franklyn German SP RC
• U51 Aaron Guiel SP RC
• U52 Howie Clark SP RC
• U53 David Ross SP RC
• U54 Jason Davis SP RC
• U55 Francis Beltran SP RC
• U56 Barry Wesson SP RC
• U57 Runelvys Hernandez SP RC
• U58 Oliver Perez SP RC
• U59 Ryan Bukvich SP RC
• U60 Steve Kent SP RC
• U61 Julio Mateo SP RC
• U62 Jason Jimenez SP RC
• U63 Jayson Durocher SP RC
• U64 Kevin Frederick SP RC
• U65 Kevin Gryboski SP RC
• U66 Edwin Almonte SP RC
• U67 John Foster SP RC
• U68 Doug Devore SP RC
• U69 Tom Shearn SP RC
• U70 Colin Young SP RC*
• U71 Jon Adkins SP RC
• U72 Will Nieves SP RC
• U73 Matt Duff SP RC
• U74 Carl Sadler SP RC
• U75 Jason Kershner SP RC
• U76 Brandon Backe SP RC
• U77 Josh Hancock SP RC
• U78 Chris Baker SP RC*
• U79 Travis Hughes SP RC
• U80 Steve Bechler SP RC
• U81 Allan Simpson SP RC
• U82 Aaron Taylor SP RC
• U83 Kevin Cash SP RC
• U84 Chone Figgins SP RC
• U85 Clay Condrey SP RC
• U86 Shane Nance SP RC
• U87 Freddy Sanchez SP RC
• U88 Jim Rushford SP RC
• U89 Jeriome Robertson SP RC
• U90 Trey Lunsford SP RC
• U91 Cody McKay SP RC
• U92 Trey Hodges SP RC
• U93 Hee Seop Choi SP
• U94 Joe Borchard SP
• U95 Orlando Hudson SP
• U96 Carl Crawford SP
• U97 Mark Prior SP
• U98 Brett Myers SP
• U99 Kenny Lofton SP
• U100 Cliff Floyd SP

NOTE: Card #247, Willis Roberts, is missing the U prefix on the back of the card.

• U101 Randy Winn
• U102 Ryan Dempster
• U103 Josh Phelps
• U104 Marcus Giles
• U105 Rickey Henderson
• U106 Jose Leon
• U107 Tino Martinez
• U108 Greg Norton
• U109 Odalis Perez
• U110 J.C. Romero
• U111 Gary Sheffield
• U112 Ismael Valdes
• U113 Juan Acevedo
• U114 Ben Broussard
• U115 Deivi Cruz
• U116 Geronimo Gil
• U117 Eric Hinske
• U118 Ted Lilly
• U119 Quinton McCracken
• U120 Antonio Alfonseca
• U121 Brent Abernathy
• U122 Johnny Damon
• U123 Francisco Cordero
• U124 Sterling Hitchcock
• U125 Vladimir Nunez
• U126 Andres Galarraga
• U127 Timo Perez
• U128 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• U129 Joe Girardi
• U130 Roberto Alomar
• U131 Ellis Burks
• U132 Mike DeJean
• U133 Alex Gonzalez
• U134 Johan Santana
• U135 Kenny Lofton
• U136 Juan Encarnacion
• U137 Dewon Brazelton
• U138 Jeromy Burnitz
• U139 Elmer Dessens
• U140 Juan Gonzalez
• U141 Todd Hundley
• U142 Tomo Ohka
• U143 Robin Ventura
• U144 Rodrigo Lopez
• U145 Ruben Sierra
• U146 Jason Phillips
• U147 Ryan Rupe
• U148 Kevin Appier
• U149 Sean Burroughs
• U150 Masato Yoshii
• U151 Juan Diaz
• U152 Tony Graffanino
• U153 Raul Ibanez
• U154 Kevin Mench
• U155 Pedro Astacio
• U156 Brent Butler
• U157 Kirk Rueter
• U158 Eddie Guardado
• U159 Hideki Irabu
• U160 Wendell Magee, Jr.
• U161 Antonio Osuna
• U162 Jose Vizcaino
• U163 Danny Bautista
• U164 Vinny Castilla
• U165 Chris Singleton
• U166 Mark Redman
• U167 Olmedo Saenz
• U168 Scott Erickson
• U169 Ty Wigginton
• U170 Jason Isringhausen
• U171 Andy Van Hekken
• U172 Chris Magruder
• U173 Brandon Berger
• U174 Roger Cedeno
• U175 Kelvim Escobar
• U176 Jose Guillen
• U177 Damian Jackson
• U178 Eric Owens
• U179 Angel Berroa
• U180 Alex Cintron
• U181 Jeff Weaver
• U182 Damon Minor
• U183 Bobby Estalella
• U184 Dave Justice
• U185 Roy Halladay
• U186 Brian Jordan
• U187 Mike Maroth
• U188 Pokey Reese
• U189 Rey Sanchez
• U190 Hank Blalock
• U191 Jeff Cirillo
• U192 Dmitri Young
• U193 Carl Everett
• U194 Joey Hamilton
• U195 Jorge Julio
• U196 Pablo Ozuna
• U197 Jason Marquis
• U198 Dustan Mohr
• U199 Joe Borowski
• U200 Tony Clark
• U201 David Wells
• U202 Josh Fogg
• U203 Aaron Harang
• U204 John McDonald
• U205 John Stephens
• U206 Chris Reitsma
• U207 Alex Sanchez
• U208 Milton Bradley
• U209 Matt Clement
• U210 Brad Fullmer
• U211 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• U212 Austin Kearns
• U213 Damaso Marte
• U214 Vicente Padilla
• U215 Raul Mondesi
• U216 Russell Branyan
• U217 Bartolo Colon
• U218 Moises Alou
• U219 Scott Hatteberg
• U220 Bobby Kielty
• U221 Kip Wells
• U222 Scott Stewart
• U223 Victor Martinez
• U224 Marty Cordova
• U225 Desi Relaford
• U226 Reggie Sanders
• U227 Jason Giambi
• U228 Jimmy Haynes
• U229 Billy Koch
• U230 Damian Moss
• U231 Chan Ho Park
• U232 Cliff Floyd
• U233 Todd Zeile
• U234 Jeremy Giambi
• U235 Rick Helling
• U236 Matt Lawton
• U237 Ramon Martinez
• U238 Rondell White
• U239 Scott Sullivan
• U240 Hideo Nomo
• U241 Todd Ritchie
• U242 Ramon Santiago
• U243 Jake Peavy
• U244 Brad Wilkerson
• U245 Reggie Taylor
• U246 Carlos Pena
• U247 Willis Roberts
• U248 Jason Schmidt
• U249 Mike Williams
• U250 Alan Zinter
• U251 Michael Tejera
• U252 Dave Roberts
• U253 Scott Schoeneweis
• U254 Woody Williams
• U255 John Thomson
• U256 Ricardo Rodriguez
• U257 Aaron Sele
• U258 Paul Wilson
• U259 Brett Tomko
• U260 Kenny Rogers
• U261 Mo Vaughn
• U262 John Burkett
• U263 Dennis Stark
• U264 Ray Durham
• U265 Scott Rolen
• U266 Gabe Kapler
• U267 Todd Hollandsworth
• U268 Bud Smith
• U269 Jay Payton
• U270 Tyler Houston
• U271 Brian Moehler
• U272 David Espinosa
• U273 Placido Polanco
• U274 John Patterson
• U275 Adam Hyzdu

Diamond Standouts

• U276 Albert Pujols
• U277 Larry Walker
• U278 Magglio Ordonez
• U279 Ryan Klesko
• U280 Darin Erstad
• U281 Jeff Kent
• U282 Paul Lo Duca
• U283 Jim Edmonds
• U284 Chipper Jones
• U285 Bernie Williams
• U286 Pat Burrell
• U287 Cliff Floyd
• U288 Troy Glaus
• U289 Brian Giles
• U290 Jim Thome
• U291 Greg Maddux
• U292 Roberto Alomar
• U293 Jeff Bagwell
• U294 Rafael Furcal
• U295 Josh Beckett
• U296 Carlos Delgado
• U297 Ken Griffey, Jr.

All-Stars

• U298 Jason Giambi
• U299 Paul Konerko
• U300 Mike Sweeney
• U301 Alfonso Soriano
• U302 Shea Hillenbrand
• U303 Tony Batista
• U304 Robin Ventura
• U305 Alex Rodriguez
• U306 Nomar Garciaparra
• U307 Derek Jeter
• U308 Miguel Tejada
• U309 Omar Vizquel
• U310 Jorge Posada
• U311 AJ Pierzynski
• U312 Ichiro
• U313 Manny Ramirez
• U314 Torii Hunter
• U315 Garret Anderson
• U316 Robert Fick
• U317 Randy Winn
• U318 Mark Buehrle
• U319 Freddy Garcia
• U320 Eddie Guardado
• U321 Roy Halladay
• U322 Derek Lowe
• U323 Pedro Martinez
• U324 Mariano Rivera
• U325 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• U326 Barry Zito
• U327 Johnny Damon
• U328 Ugueth Urbina
• U329 Todd Helton
• U330 Richie Sexson
• U331 Jose Vidro
• U332 Luis Castillo
• U333 Junior Spivey
• U334 Scott Rolen
• U335 Mike Lowell
• U336 Jimmy Rollins
• U337 Jose Hernandez
• U338 Mike Piazza
• U339 Benito Santiago
• U340 Sammy Sosa
• U341 Barry Bonds
• U342 Vladimir Guerrero
• U343 Lance Berkman
• U344 Adam Dunn
• U345 Shawn Green
• U346 Luis Gonzalez
• U347 Eric Gagne
• U348 Tom Glavine
• U349 Trevor Hoffman
• U350 Randy Johnson
• U351 Byung-Hyun Kim
• U352 Matt Morris
• U353 Odalis Perez
• U354 Curt Schilling
• U355 John Smoltz
• U356 Mike Williams
• U357 Andruw Jones
• U358 Vicente Padilla
• U359 Mike Remlinger
• U360 Robb Nen

Curtain Call

• U361 Shawn Green
• U362 Derek Jeter
• U363 Troy Glaus
• U364 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• U365 Mike Piazza
• U366 Jason Giambi
• U367 Greg Maddux
• U368 Albert Pujols
• U369 Pedro Martinez
• U370 Barry Zito
• U371 Ichiro Suzuki
• U372 Nomar Garciaparra
• U373 Vladimir Guerrero
• U374 Randy Johnson
• U375 Barry Bonds
• U376 Sammy Sosa
• U377 Hideo Nomo
• U378 Jeff Bagwell
• U379 Curt Schilling
• U380 Jim Thome
• U381 Todd Helton
• U382 Roger Clemens
• U383 Chipper Jones
• U384 Alex Rodriguez
• U385 Manny Ramirez

Tale of the Tape

• U386 Barry Bonds
• U387 Jim Thome
• U388 Adam Dunn
• U389 Alex Rodriguez
• U390 Shawn Green
• U391 Jason Giambi
• U392 Lance Berkman
• U393 Pat Burrell
• U394 Eric Chavez
• U395 Mike Piazza
• U396 Vladimir Guerrero
• U397 Paul Konerko
• U398 Sammy Sosa
• U399 Richie Sexson
• U400 Torii Hunter

Parallels

All 400 base cards are available in a Glossy parallel which is serial-numbered to 200 copies. In addition, Glossy parallels for the 500-card 2002 Fleer Tradition base set were also inserted into the Update packs.

Inserts

Diamond Debuts

• U1 DD Mark Prior
• U2 DD Eric Hinske
• U3 DD Kazuhisa Ishii
• U4 DD Ben Broussard
• U5 DD Sean Burroughs
• U6 DD Austin Kearns
• U7 DD Hee Seop Choi
• U8 DD Kirk Saarloos
• U9 DD Orlando Hudson
• U10 DD So Taguchi
• U11 DD Kevin Mench
• U12 DD Carl Crawford
• U13 DD Marlon Byrd
• U14 DD Hank Blalock
• U15 DD Brett Myers

This Day in History

• U1 TDH Shawn Green
• U2 TDH Ozzie Smith
• U3 TDH Derek Lowe
• U4 TDH Ken Griffey, Jr.
• U5 TDH Barry Bonds
• U6 TDH Juan Gonzalez
• U7 TDH Wade Boggs
• U8 TDH Mark Prior
• U9 TDH Thurman Munson
• U10 TDH Curt Schilling
• U11 TDH Jason Giambi
• U12 TDH Cal Ripken, Jr.
• U13 TDH Craig Biggio
• U14 TDH Drew Henson
• U15 TDH Steve Carlton
• U16 TDH Greg Maddux
• U17 TDH Adam Dunn
• U18 TDH Vladimir Guerrero
• U19 TDH Alex Rodriguez
• U20 TDH Carlton Fisk
• U21 TDH Ichiro
• U22 TDH Johnny Bench
• U23 TDH Kazuhisa Ishii
• U24 TDH Derek Jeter
• U25 TDH Jim Thome

Plays of the Week

• 1 PW Troy Glaus
• 2 PW Andruw Jones
• 3 PW Curt Schilling
• 4 PW Manny Ramirez
• 5 PW Sammy Sosa
• 6 PW Magglio Ordonez
• 7 PW Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8 PW Jim Thome
• 9 PW Larry Walker
• 10 PW Robert Fick
• 11 PW Josh Beckett
• 12 PW Roy Oswalt
• 13 PW Mike Sweeney
• 14 PW Shawn Green
• 15 PW Torii Hunter
• 16 PW Vladimir Guerrero
• 17 PW Mike Piazza
• 18 PW Jason Giambi
• 19 PW Eric Chavez
• 20 PW Pat Burrell
• 21 PW Brian Giles
• 22 PW Ryan Klesko
• 23 PW Barry Bonds
• 24 PW Mike Cameron
• 25 PW Albert Pujols
• 26 PW Alex Rodriguez
• 27 PW Carlos Delgado
• 28 PW Richie Sexson
• 29 PW Jay Gibbons
• 30 PW Randy Winn

Grass Roots

• U1 GR Alfonso Soriano
• U2 GR Torii Hunter
• U3 GR Andruw Jones
• U4 GR Jim Edmonds
• U5 GR Shawn Green
• U6 GR Todd Helton
• U7 GR Nomar Garciaparra
• U8 GR Roberto Alomar
• U9 GR Vladimir Guerrero
• U10 GR Ichiro

Heads Up

• U1 HU Roger Clemens
• U2 HU Adam Dunn
• U3 HU Kazuhisa Ishii
• U4 HU Barry Zito
• U5 HU Pedro Martinez
• U6 HU Alfonso Soriano
• U7 HU Mark Prior
• U8 HU Chipper Jones
• U9 HU Randy Johnson
• U10 HU Lance Berkman

New York's Finest

• 1 NYF Edgardo Alfonzo
• 2 NYF Roberto Alomar
• 3 NYF Jeromy Burnitz
• 4 NYF Satoru Komiyama
• 5 NYF Rey Ordonez
• 6 NYF Mike Piazza
• 7 NYF Mo Vaughn
• 8 NYF Roger Clemens
• 9 NYF Jason Giambi
• 10 NYF Derek Jeter
• 11 NYF Mike Mussina
• 12 NYF Jorge Posada
• 13 NYF Alfonso Soriano
• 14 NYF Robin Ventura
• 15 NYF Bernie Williams

Autographs & Game-Used

This Day in History Game Used

NOTE: Shortly after the product's release, Fleer announced production figures for specific cards; however, none of the cards are serial-numbered.

• Craig Biggio BAT 80
• Craig Biggio JSY
• Wade Boggs JSY
• Wade Boggs PANTS
• Barry Bonds BAT
• Barry Bonds JSY
• Adam Dunn JSY
• Carlton Fisk BAT
• Juan Gonzalez BAT
• Shawn Green JSY
• Kazuhisa Ishii BAT
• Derek Jeter PANTS
• Greg Maddux JSY
• Thurman Munson JSY 40
• Alex Rodriguez BAT
• Alex Rodriguez JSY
• Curt Schilling JSY
• Ozzie Smith JSY
• Jim Thome BAT 120
• Jim Thome JSY

New York's Finest Single Swatch

NOTE: Only a swatch for the FIRST player listed in on the card.

• Edgardo Alfonzo / Alfonso Soriano JSY
• Mo Vaughn / Jason Giambi JSY
• Mike Piazza / Jorge Posada JSY
• Edgardo Alfonzo / Robin Ventura JSY
• Satoru Komiyama / Derek Jeter BAT
• Jeromy Burnitz / Bernie Williams JSY
• Mo Vaughn / Mike Mussina JSY
• Rey Ordonez / Derek Jeter JSY
• Alfonso Soriano / Edgardo Alfonzo JSY
• Jason Giambi / Mo Vaughn BASE
• Derek Jeter / Satoru Komiyama JSY
• Derek Jeter / Rey Ordonez JSY
• Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar JSY
• Roger Clemens / Mike Piazza JSY
• Mike Mussina / Mo Vaughn JSY
• Bernie Williams / Jeromy Burnitz JSY
• Robin Ventura / Edgardo Alfonzo JSY
• Jorge Posada / Mike Piazza JSY
• Roberto Alomar / Alfonso Soriano JSY
• Mike Piazza / Roger Clemens JSY

New York's Finest Dual Swatch

Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• Derek Jeter / Rey Ordonez JSY / JSY
• Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar JSY / JSY
• Roger Clemens / Mike Piazza JSY/ JSY
• Mike Mussina / Mo Vaughn JSY/ JSY
• Bernie Williams / Jeromy Burnitz JSY/ JSY
• Robin Ventura / Edgardo Alfonzo JSY/ JSY

Heads Up Game Used Hats

Each card is limited, but NOT serial-numbered, to 150 copies.

• Lance Berkman
• Barry Bonds
• Roger Clemens
• Adam Dunn
• Kazuhisa Ishii
• Randy Johnson
• Chipper Jones
• Mike Piazza
• Mark Prior
• Alfonso Soriano
• Barry Zito

Grass Patch

Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• Roberto Alomar
• Jim Edmonds
• Nomar Garciaparra
• Shawn Green
• Torii Hunter
• Andruw Jones
• Alfonso Soriano

This Day in History Autographs

NOTES

• Shortly after the product's release, Fleer announced production runs for specific cards; however, none of the cards are serial-numbered.
• The Greg Maddux card packs out as a redemption which expires October 31st, 2003.

• Barry Bonds 150
• Mark Prior 64
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 35
• Drew Henson
• Greg Maddux EXCH 99
• Derek Jeter

Fleer/Fleer Tradition
Pre-License Era: 1959 Fleer Ted Williams - 1960 - 1961 - 1963
Triopoly Era: 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
Junk Wax Era: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991
Marvel Entertainment Era: 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997
Fleer Tradition Era: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Upper Deck Era: 2006 - 2007
Update Sets: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 Final Edition - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003
Other Fleer/Fleer Tradition Brands: 2002 Fleer - 2006 Fleer Tradition