2004 Skybox LE

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Description[edit]

2004 Skybox LE (for "Limited Edition") is a 160-card set released in March, 2004. The last 50 cards in the base set make up a "Prospects LE" subset, and are all serial-numbered.

Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield an autograph, two game-used jersey cards, and a serial-numbered Prospect LE card.

Distribution[edit]

Hobby: 18 packs per box, three cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 16 boxes per case.

Retail: 18 packs per box, three cards per pack (MSRP: $2).

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 160 - ? ?
short set 110 - ? ?
Prospects LE 50 99 or 299 1:18 1:144
Gold Proof 160 150 * *
Artist Proof 160 50 * *
Photographer Proof 160 25 * *
Executive Proof 160 one-of-one * *
Sky's the Limit 20 - 1:6 1:8
Sky's the Limit Executive Proof 20 one-of-one ? ?
L.E.ague L.E.aders 10 - 1:18 1:12
L.E.ague L.E.aders Executive Proof 10 one-of-one ? ?
Rare Form 10 130 1:288 1:576
Rare Form Executive Proof 10 one-of-one ? ?
Jersey Proof 50 299 ** **
Jersey Proof Silver 50 50 ** **
Jersey Proof Gold 50 10 ** **
History of the Draft: The 90s Jersey 40 varies ** **
History of the Draft: The 90s Jersey Silver 40 50 ** **
History of the Draft: The 90s Jersey Gold 40 10 ** **
Sky's the Limit Jersey 18 99 ** **
Sky's the Limit Jersey Silver 18 50 ** **
Sky's the Limit Jersey Gold 18 10 ** **
Rare Form Game Used Silver 10 50 ** **
Rare Form Game Used Gold 10 10 ** **
Rare Form Game Used Number 10 varies ** **
L.E.ague L.E.aders Jersey 10 75 ** **
L.E.ague L.E.aders Jersey Silver 10 50 ** **
L.E.ague L.E.aders Jersey Gold 10 10 ** **
History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph Black 13 199 *** N/A
History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph Copper 13 varies *** N/A
History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph Silver 13 50 *** N/A
History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph Gold 13 10 *** N/A
Rare Form Autograph Black 9 299 *** N/A
Rare Form Autograph Copper 9 99 *** N/A
Rare Form Autograph Silver 9 50 *** N/A
Rare Form Autograph Gold 9 10 *** N/A

* Odds of finding a serial-numbered parallel: 1:6/Hobby packs; 1:48/retail packs
** Odds of finding a game-used card: 1:9/Hobby packs; 1:48/retail packs
*** Odds of finding an autograph: 1:18/Hobby packs

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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NOTE: For the first 110-cards in the base set, ALL cards coming out of Hobby packs were die-cut; while ALL cards coming out of retail packs were not.

  • 1 Juan Pierre
  • 2 Derek Jeter
  • 3 Brandon Webb
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Jason Schmidt
  • 6 Marlon Byrd
  • 7 Garret Anderson
  • 8 Miguel Cabrera
  • 9 Jose Reyes
  • 10 Rocco Baldelli
  • 11 Tony Batista
  • 12 Carlos Beltran
  • 13 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 14 Shawn Green
  • 15 Albert Pujols
  • 16 Magglio Ordonez
  • 17 Kip Wells
  • 18 Andruw Jones
  • 19 Ryan Wagner
  • 20 Alex Rodriguez
  • 21 Vernon Wells
  • 22 Todd Helton
  • 23 David Ortiz
  • 24 Troy Glaus
  • 25 Jim Thome
  • 26 Greg Maddux
  • 27 Roberto Alomar
  • 28 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 29 Hee Seop Choi
  • 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 31 Tim Hudson
  • 32 Shannon Stewart
  • 33 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 34 Luis Gonzalez
  • 35 Darin Erstad
  • 36 Dmitri Young
  • 37 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 38 Scott Podsednik
  • 39 Jose Vidro
  • 40 Mark Prior
  • 41 Mike Mussina
  • 42 Gary Sheffield
  • 43 Manny Ramirez
  • 44 C.C. Sabathia
  • 45 Curt Schilling
  • 46 Scott Rolen
  • 47 Hideo Nomo
  • 48 Torii Hunter
  • 49 Aubrey Huff
  • 50 Javy Lopez
  • 51 Austin Kearns
  • 52 Mike Piazza
  • 53 Sean Burroughs
  • 54 Kerry Wood
  • 55 Marquis Grissom
  • 56 Preston Wilson
  • 57 Angel Berroa
  • 58 Jason Kendall
  • 59 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 60 Mike Lowell
  • 61 Eric Chavez
  • 62 Bartolo Colon
  • 63 Adam Dunn
  • 64 Pedro Martinez
  • 65 Lance Berkman
  • 66 Bret Boone
  • 67 Eric Gagne
  • 68 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 69 Jay Gibbons
  • 70 Larry Walker
  • 71 Orlando Cabrera
  • 72 Jorge Posada
  • 73 Jamie Moyer
  • 74 Carl Crawford
  • 75 Hank Blalock
  • 76 Josh Beckett
  • 77 Jody Gerut
  • 78 Kevin Brown
  • 79 Sammy Sosa
  • 80 Chipper Jones
  • 81 Tom Glavine
  • 82 Barry Zito
  • 83 Edgar Renteria
  • 84 Esteban Loaiza
  • 85 Jason Giambi
  • 86 Miguel Tejada
  • 87 Randy Johnson
  • 88 A.J. Burnett
  • 89 Richie Sexson
  • 90 Reggie Sanders
  • 91 Carlos Delgado
  • 92 Pat Burrell
  • 93 Jacque Jones
  • 94 Roy Oswalt
  • 95 Frank Thomas
  • 96 Melvin Mora
  • 97 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 98 Mike Sweeney
  • 99 Brian Giles
  • 100 Edgar Martinez
  • 101 Mark Teixeira
  • 102 Sean Casey
  • 103 Javier Vazquez
  • 104 Hideki Matsui
  • 105 Jim Edmonds
  • 106 Roy Halladay
  • 107 Craig Biggio
  • 108 Geoff Jenkins
  • 109 Alfonso Soriano
  • 110 Barry Larkin

Prospects LE[edit]

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NOTES

  • Each Prospects LE is serial-numbered to either 99 or 299 copies.
  • All Prospects LE cards are die-cut and have gray borders.
  • 111 Chris Bootcheck 299
  • 112 Dallas McPherson 99
  • 113 Matt Kata 99
  • 114 Scott Hairston 299
  • 115 Bobby Crosby 299
  • 116 Adam Wainright 99
  • 117 Daniel Cabrera 299
  • 118 Kevin Youkilis 299
  • 119 Ronny Cedeno RC 299
  • 120 Ruddy Yan 299
  • 121 Ryan Wing RC* 299
  • 122 William Bergolla RC 299
  • 123 Edwin Encarnacion 299
  • 124 Jonny Gomes 299
  • 125 Garrett Atkins 299
  • 126 Clint Barmes 299
  • 127 Wilfredo Ledezma 299
  • 128 Cody Ross 299
  • 129 Josh Willingham 99
  • 130 Chin-Hui Tsao 299
  • 131 Hector Gimenez RC 299
  • 132 David DeJesus 299
  • 133 Jimmy Gobble 299
  • 134 Edwin Jackson 99
  • 135 Koyie Hill 299
  • 136 Rickie Weeks 99
  • 137 Graham Koonce 299
  • 138 Rob Bowen 299
  • 139 Shawn Hill RC 299
  • 140 Craig Brazell 299
  • 141 Mike Hessman 299
  • 142 Jorge De Paula 299
  • 143 Chien-Ming Wang 99
  • 144 Rich Harden 299
  • 145 Ryan Howard 99
  • 146 Alfredo Simon RC 299
  • 147 Ian Snell RC 299
  • 148 Ryan Doumit 299
  • 149 Khalil Greene 99
  • 150 Angel Chavez RC 299
  • 151 Dan Haren 299
  • 152 Chris Snelling 299
  • 153 Aaron Miles 299
  • 154 John Gall RC 299
  • 155 Chris Narveson 299
  • 156 Delmon Young 99
  • 157 Chad Gaudin 299
  • 158 Gerald Laird 299
  • 159 Alexis Rios 299
  • 160 Jason Arnold 299

Parallels[edit]

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All 160 base cards are available in the following die-cut parallels.

  • Gold Proof (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Artist Proof (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Photographer Proof (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Executive Proof (one-of-one)

Hobby Die-Cuts[edit]

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As noted above, all 110 short set cards that were issued in Hobby packs were die-cut. Retail cards were not die-cut.

Inserts[edit]

Each of the three insert sets listed below are also available in a one-of-one Executive Proof parallel.

Sky's the Limit[edit]

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  • 1 Dontrelle Willis
  • 2 Rocco Baldelli
  • 3 Miguel Cabrera
  • 4 Mark Prior
  • 5 Hideki Matsui
  • 6 Kerry Wood
  • 7 Alfonso Soriano
  • 8 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 9 Brandon Webb
  • 10 Alex Rodriguez
  • 11 Barry Zito
  • 12 Hank Blalock
  • 13 Jose Reyes
  • 14 Torii Hunter
  • 15 Josh Beckett
  • 16 Manny Ramirez
  • 17 Andruw Jones
  • 18 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 19 Miguel Tejada
  • 20 Carlos Delgado

L.E.ague L.E.aders[edit]

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  • 1 Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 Jim Thome
  • 3 Albert Pujols
  • 4 Pedro Martinez
  • 5 Roy Halladay
  • 6 Jason Schmidt
  • 7 Kerry Wood
  • 8 Juan Pierre
  • 9 Preston Wilson
  • 10 Carlos Delgado

Rare Form[edit]

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According to a press release issued by Fleer shortly after the product went live, each Rare Form card is limited (but not serial-numbered) 130 copies.

  • 1 Albert Pujols
  • 2 Miguel Cabrera
  • 3 Jim Thome
  • 4 Derek Jeter
  • 5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 6 Mike Piazza
  • 7 Alex Rodriguez
  • 8 Delmon Young
  • 9 Chipper Jones
  • 10 Rickie Weeks

Autographs & Game-Used[edit]

Jersey Proof[edit]

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Each Jersey Proof is serial-numbered to 299 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Curt Schilling
  • 3 Randy Johnson
  • 4 Brandon Webb
  • 5 Gary Sheffield
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Chipper Jones
  • 8 David Ortiz
  • 9 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 10 Pedro Martinez
  • 11 Manny Ramirez
  • 12 Kerry Wood
  • 13 Mark Prior
  • 14 Sammy Sosa
  • 15 Frank Thomas
  • 16 Austin Kearns
  • 17 Todd Helton
  • 18 Preston Wilson
  • 19 Juan Pierre
  • 20 Josh Beckett
  • 21 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 22 Miguel Cabrera
  • 23 Mike Lowell
  • 24 Lance Berkman
  • 25 Jeff Bagwell
  • 26 Angel Berroa
  • 27 Hideo Nomo
  • 28 Eric Gagne
  • 29 Scott Podsednik
  • 30 Richie Sexson
  • 31 Torii Hunter
  • 32 Mike Piazza
  • 33 Jose Reyes
  • 34 Tom Glavine
  • 35 Derek Jeter
  • 36 Jorge Posada
  • 37 Jason Giambi
  • 38 Alfonso Soriano
  • 39 Eric Chavez
  • 40 Miguel Tejada
  • 41 Jim Thome
  • 42 Albert Pujols
  • 43 Scott Rolen
  • 44 Rocco Baldelli
  • 45 Alex Rodriguez
  • 46 Hank Blalock
  • 47 Mark Teixeira
  • 48 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 49 Carlos Delgado
  • 50 Roy Halladay

History of the Draft: The 90s Jersey[edit]

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Each History of the Draft: The 90s Jersey is serial-numbered to the last two digits of the year in which the player depicted was drafted. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • AB A.J. Burnett 95
  • AD Adam Dunn 98
  • AH Aubrey Huff 98
  • AK Austin Kearns 98
  • AP Albert Pujols 99
  • AR Alex Rodriguez 93
  • BB Bret Boone 90
  • BZ Barry Zito 99
  • CB Carlos Beltran 95
  • CJ Chipper Jones 90
  • CP Corey Patterson 98
  • DE Darin Erstad 95
  • DJ Derek Jeter 92
  • EC Eric Chavez 96
  • GA Garret Anderson 90
  • HB Hank Blalock 99
  • JB Josh Beckett 99
  • JG Jason Giambi 92
  • JPI Juan Pierre 98
  • JPO Jorge Posada 90
  • JS Jason Schmidt 91
  • JV Javier Vazquez 94
  • KW Kerry Wood 95
  • LB Lance Berkman 97
  • MB Marlon Byrd 99
  • ML Mike Lowell 95
  • MM Mike Mussina 90
  • MR Manny Ramirez 91
  • NG Nomar Garciaparra 94
  • PB Pat Burrell 98
  • RH Roy Halladay 95
  • RS Richie Sexson 93
  • SG Shawn Green 91
  • SP Scott Podsednik 94
  • SR Scott Rolen 93
  • SS Shannon Stewart 92
  • THE Todd Helton 95
  • THN Torii Hunter 93
  • THU Tim Hudson 97
  • VW Vernon Wells 97

Sky's the Limit Jersey[edit]

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Each Sky's the Limit Jersey is serial-numbered to 99 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • AJ Andruw Jones
  • AR Alex Rodriguez
  • AS Alfonso Soriano
  • BW Brandon Webb
  • BZ Barry Zito
  • CD Carlos Delgado
  • DW Dontrelle Willis
  • HB Hank Blalock
  • JB Josh Beckett
  • JR Jose Reyes
  • KW Kerry Wood
  • MC Miguel Cabrera
  • MP Mark Prior
  • MR Manny Ramirez
  • MT Miguel Tejada
  • RB Rocco Baldelli
  • TH Torii Hunter
  • VG Vladimir Guerrero

Rare Form Game Used Number[edit]

Each Rare Form Game Used Number is serial-numbered to the depicted player's uniform number. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • AP Albert Pujols 5
  • AR Alex Rodriguez 3
  • CJ Chipper Jones 10
  • DJ Derek Jeter 2
  • JT Jim Thome 25
  • MC Miguel Cabrera 20
  • MP Mike Piazza 31
  • NG Nomar Garciaparra 5
  • RB Rocco Baldelli 5
  • RW Rickie Weeks 23

L.E.ague L.E.aders Jersey[edit]

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Each L.E.ague L.E.aders Jersey is serial-numbered to 75 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • AP Albert Pujols
  • AR Alex Rodriguez
  • CD Carlos Delgado
  • JP Juan Pierre
  • JS Jason Schmidt
  • JT Jim Thome
  • KW Kerry Wood
  • PM Pedro Martinez
  • PW Preston Wilson
  • RH Roy Halladay

History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph[edit]

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Each History of the Draft: The 90s Autograph is available in the following.

  • Black (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Copper (varies; see below)
  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • AH Aubrey Huff 98
  • AK Austin Kearns 98
  • AP Albert Pujols 99
  • CP Corey Patterson 98
  • HB Hank Blalock 99
  • JP Juan Pierre 98
  • MB Marlon Byrd 99
  • ML Mike Lowell 95
  • RH Roy Halladay 95
  • SP Scott Podsednik 94
  • SR Scott Rolen 93
  • TH Torii Hunter 93
  • VW Vernon Wells 97

Rare Form Autograph[edit]

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Each Rare Form Autograph is available in the following.

  • Black (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
  • Copper (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to ten)
  • 1 Dallas McPherson
  • 2 Delmon Young
  • 3 Rickie Weeks
  • 4 Brandon Webb
  • 5 Matt Kata
  • 6 Edwin Jackson
  • 7 Rocco Baldelli
  • 8 Angel Berroa
  • 9 Rich Harden