1997 Sports Illustrated

Description

1997 Sports Illustrated is a 180-card set released by Fleer in the summer of '97. This would be the first set in a three-year partnership between SI and Fleer. The set features photographs taken from the archives of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-
Extra Edition	180	500	?
Great Shots	25	-	one-per-pack
Cooperstown Collection	12	-	1:12
Autographed Mini-Covers	6	250	?

Checklist

Promo

• 158 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set

Fresh Faces

• 1 Bob Abreu FF
• 2 Jaime Bluma FF
• 3 Emil Brown FF RC
• 4 Jose Cruz, Jr. FF RC
• 5 Jason Dickson FF
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra FF
• 7 Todd Greene FF
• 8 Vladimir Guerrero FF
• 9 Wilton Guerrero FF
• 10 Jose Guillen FF
• 11 Hideki Irabu FF RC
• 12 Russ Johnson FF
• 13 Andruw Jones FF
• 14 Damon Mashore FF
• 15 Jason McDonald FF
• 16 Ryan McGuire FF
• 17 Matt Morris FF
• 18 Kevin Orie FF
• 19 Dante Powell FF
• 20 Pokey Reese FF
• 21 Joe Roa FF RC
• 22 Scott Rolen FF
• 23 Glendon Rusch FF
• 24 Scott Spiezio FF
• 25 Bubba Trammell FF RC
• 26 Todd Walker FF
• 27 Jamey Wright FF

Season Highlights

• 28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 29 Tino Martinez
• 30 Roger Clemens
• 31 Hideki Irabu
• 32 Kevin Brown
• 33 Cal Ripken / Chipper Jones
• 34 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 35 Ken Caminiti
• 36 Randy Johnson

Inside Baseball

• 37 Andy Ashby IB
• 38 Jay Buhner IB
• 39 Joe Carter IB
• 40 Darren Daulton IB
• 41 Jeff Fassero IB
• 42 Andres Galarraga IB
• 43 Rusty Greer IB
• 44 Marquis Grissom IB
• 45 Joey Hamilton IB
• 46 Jimmy Key IB
• 47 Ryan Klesko IB
• 48 Eddie Murray IB
• 49 Charles Nagy IB
• 50 Dave Nilsson IB
• 51 Ricardo Rincon IB RC
• 52 Billy Wagner IB
• 53 Dan Wilson IB
• 54 Dmitri Young IB

SIber Vision

• 55 Roberto Alomar
• 56 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 57 Scott Brosius
• 58 Tony Clark
• 59 Carlos Delgado
• 60 Jermaine Dye
• 61 Darin Erstad
• 62 Derek Jeter
• 63 Jason Kendall
• 64 Hideo Nomo
• 65 Rey Ordonez
• 66 Andy Pettitte
• 67 Manny Ramirez
• 68 Edgar Renteria
• 69 Shane Reynolds
• 70 Alex Rodriguez
• 71 Ivan Rodriguez
• 72 Jose Rosado

• 73 John Smoltz
• 74 Tom Glavine
• 75 Greg Maddux
• 76 Chipper Jones
• 77 Kenny Lofton
• 78 Fred McGriff
• 79 Kevin Brown
• 80 Alex Fernandez
• 81 Al Leiter
• 82 Bobby Bonilla
• 83 Gary Sheffield
• 84 Moises Alou
• 85 Henry Rodriguez
• 86 Mark Grudzielanek
• 87 Pedro Martinez
• 88 Todd Hundley
• 89 Bernard Gilkey
• 90 Bobby Jones
• 91 Curt Schilling
• 92 Ricky Bottalico
• 93 Mike Lieberthal
• 94 Sammy Sosa
• 95 Ryne Sandberg
• 96 Mark Grace
• 97 Deion Sanders
• 98 Reggie Sanders
• 99 Barry Larkin
• 100 Craig Biggio
• 101 Jeff Bagwell
• 102 Derek Bell
• 103 Brian Jordan
• 104 Ray Lankford
• 105 Ron Gant
• 106 Al Martin
• 107 Kevin Elster
• 108 Jermaine Allensworth
• 109 Vinny Castilla
• 110 Dante Bichette
• 111 Larry Walker
• 112 Mike Piazza
• 113 Eric Karros
• 114 Todd Hollandsworth
• 115 Raul Mondesi
• 116 Hideo Nomo
• 117 Ramon Martinez
• 118 Ken Caminiti
• 119 Tony Gwynn
• 120 Steve Finley
• 121 Barry Bonds
• 122 J.T. Snow
• 123 Rod Beck
• 124 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 125 Mike Mussina
• 126 Brady Anderson
• 127 Bernie Williams
• 128 Derek Jeter
• 129 Tino Martinez
• 130 Andy Pettitte
• 131 David Cone
• 132 Mariano Rivera
• 133 Roger Clemens
• 134 Pat Hentgen
• 135 Juan Guzman
• 136 Bob Higginson
• 137 Tony Clark
• 138 Travis Fryman
• 139 Mo Vaughn
• 140 Tim Naehring
• 141 John Valentin
• 142 Matt Williams
• 143 Dave Justice
• 144 Jim Thome
• 145 Chuck Knoblauch
• 146 Paul Molitor
• 147 Marty Cordova
• 148 Frank Thomas
• 149 Albert Belle
• 150 Robin Ventura
• 151 John Jaha
• 152 Jeff Cirillo
• 153 Jose Valentin
• 154 Jay Bell
• 155 Jeff King
• 156 Kevin Appier
• 157 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 158 Alex Rodriguez
• 159 Randy Johnson
• 160 Juan Gonzalez
• 161 Will Clark
• 162 Dean Palmer
• 163 Tim Salmon
• 164 Jim Edmonds
• 165 Jim Leyritz
• 166 Jose Canseco
• 167 Jason Giambi
• 168 Mark McGwire

Classic Covers

• 169 Barry Bonds
• 170 Alex Rodriguez
• 171 Roger Clemens
• 172 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 173 Greg Maddux
• 174 Mike Piazza
• 175 Will Clark / Mark McGwire
• 176 Hideo Nomo
• 177 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 178 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 179 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter
• 180 John Wetteland

Parallels

All 180 base cards are available in an "Extra Edition" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 500 copies each.

Inserts

Checklist

Randomly inserted into packs is a folded checklist. When unfolded, the checklist measures 5" X 3 1/2"

Great Shots

Each pack of Sports Illustrated contained a 5" X 7" Great Shots mini poster. Obviously, these "cards" are impossible to find without crease marks.

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Ryan Klesko
• 3 Kenny Lofton
• 4 Greg Maddux
• 5 John Smoltz
• 6 Roberto Alomar
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 8 Mo Vaughn
• 9 Albert Belle
• 10 Frank Thomas
• 11 Ryne Sandberg
• 12 Deion Sanders
• 13 Vinny Castilla / Andres Galarraga
• 14 Eric Karros
• 15 Mike Piazza
• 16 Derek Jeter
• 17 Mark McGwire
• 18 Darren Daulton
• 19 Andy Ashby
• 20 Barry Bonds
• 21 Jay Buhner
• 22 Randy Johnson
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Juan Gonzalez
• 25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Cooperstown Collection

This 12-card set features reprints of classic Sports Illustrated covers.

• 1 Hank Aaron
• 2 Yogi Berra
• 3 Lou Brock
• 4 Rod Carew
• 5 Juan Marichal
• 6 Al Kaline
• 7 Joe Morgan
• 8 Brooks Robinson
• 9 Willie Stargell
• 10 Kirby Puckett
• 11 Willie Mays
• 12 Frank Robinson

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Mini-Covers

This six-card set features an on-card autograph on a reprint of a classic Sports Illustrated cover. Only 250 hand-numbered copies of each autograph were printed, although Willie Mays only signed 115 cards.

• Alex Rodriguez
• Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Kirby Puckett
• Willie Mays
• Frank Robinson
• Hank Aaron

Sports Illustrated
1997 - 1998 - 1999
Other Sports Illustrated Sets: 1998 Sports Illustrated Then and Now - 1998 Sports Illustrated World Series Fever - 1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game