2000 Greats of the Game

Description

2000 Greats of the Game is a 107-card set released by Fleer in late March, 2000. Fueled by a great selection of autographs, the Yankee Clippings game-used jersey inserts, and the superior design of the base set, the product turned out to be one of the most popular releases of the 2000 calendar.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	107	-	?
Retrospection	15	-	1:6
Autographs	93	-	1:6
Memorable Moments	4	varies	?
Yankees Clippings	15	-	1:48

Checklist

Promos

• P33 Nolan Ryan

Base Set

• 1 Mickey Mantle
• 2 Gil Hodges
• 3 Monte Irvin
• 4 Satchel Paige
• 5 Roy Campanella
• 6 Richie Ashburn
• 7 Roger Maris
• 8 Ozzie Smith
• 9 Reggie Jackson
• 10 Eddie Mathews
• 11 Dave Righetti
• 12 Dave Winfield
• 13 Lou Whitaker
• 14 Phil Garner
• 15 Ron Cey
• 16 Brooks Robinson
• 17 Bruce Sutter
• 18 Dave Parker
• 19 Johnny Bench
• 20 Fernando Valenzuela
• 21 George Brett
• 22 Paul Molitor
• 23 Hoyt Wilhelm
• 24 Luis Aparicio
• 25 Frank White
• 26 Herb Score
• 27 Kirk Gibson
• 28 Mike Schmidt
• 29 Don Baylor
• 30 Joe Pepitone
• 31 Hal McRae
• 32 Lee Smith
• 33 Nolan Ryan
• 34 Bill Mazeroski
• 35 Bobby Doerr
• 36 Duke Snider
• 37 Dick Groat
• 38 Larry Doby
• 39 Kirby Puckett
• 40 Steve Carlton
• 41 Dennis Eckersley
• 42 Jim Bunning
• 43 Ron Guidry
• 44 Alan Trammell
• 45 Bob Feller
• 46 Dave Concepcion
• 47 Dwight Evans
• 48 Enos Slaughter
• 49 Tom Seaver
• 50 Tony Oliva
• 51 Mel Stottlemyre
• 52 Tommy John
• 53 Willie McCovey
• 54 Red Schoendienst
• 55 Gorman Thomas
• 56 Ralph Kiner
• 57 Robin Yount
• 58 Andre Dawson
• 59 Al Kaline
• 60 Dom DiMaggio
• 61 Juan Marichal
• 62 Jack Morris
• 63 Warren Spahn
• 64 Preacher Roe
• 65 Darrell Evans
• 66 Jim Bouton
• 67 Rocky Colavito
• 68 Bob Gibson
• 69 Whitey Ford
• 70 Moose Skowron
• 71 Boog Powell
• 72 Al Lopez
• 73 Lou Brock
• 74 Mickey Lolich
• 75 Rod Carew
• 76 Bob Lemon
• 77 Frank Howard
• 78 Phil Rizzuto
• 79 Carl Yastrzemski
• 80 Rico Carty
• 81 Jim Kaat
• 82 Bert Blyleven
• 83 George Kell
• 84 Jim Palmer
• 85 Maury Wills
• 86 Jim Rice
• 87 Joe Carter
• 88 Clete Boyer
• 89 Yogi Berra
• 90 Cecil Cooper
• 91 Davey Johnson
• 92 Lou Boudreau
• 93 Orlando Cepeda
• 94 Tommy Henrich
• 95 Hank Bauer
• 96 Don Larsen
• 97 Vida Blue
• 98 Ben Oglivie
• 99 Don Mattingly
• 100 Dale Murphy
• 101 Fergie Jenkins
• 102 Bobby Bonds
• 103 Dick Allen
• 104 Stan Musial
• 105 Gaylord Perry
• 106 Willie Randolph
• 107 Willie Stargell

Inserts

Retrospection

• 1 Rod Carew
• 2 Stan Musial
• 3 Nolan Ryan
• 4 Tom Seaver
• 5 Brooks Robinson
• 6 Al Kaline
• 7 Mike Schmidt
• 8 Thurman Munson
• 9 Steve Carlton
• 10 Roger Maris
• 11 Duke Snider
• 12 Yogi Berra
• 13 Carl Yastrzemski
• 14 Reggie Jackson
• 15 Johnny Bench

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

This 93-card insert features autographed cards of some of the greatest players in major league history. The card design closely parallels the attractive basic issue cards, except of course for the player's signature. Representatives at Fleer eventually released cryptic details on a few cards confirming widespread belief on suspected short-prints within the set. It's known that the scarcest cards are Johnny Bench and Mike Schmidt. Several other cards from this set experienced amazing surges in value throughout the course of the year 2000 as collectors scrambled to complete their sets in the midst of heavy demand and rumors of additional short prints.

Dave Concepcion signed some of his cards in red ink. Also, Herb Score mistakenly signed several of his basic autographs with an "ROY 55" notation. Score was supposed so sign only 55 purple-bordered Memorable Moments variations.

Finally, a Derek Jeter card was released in early 2004. It's believed that the card was only made available as a redemption to collectors for autograph exchange cards of other players that they could not fulfill. Only 150 copies of this Jeter card were produced; however, the card is not serial-numbered. This card is NOT to be confused with a similar looking Jeter autographed card that was part of the 2001 Fleer Derek Jeter Legacy Collection.

• Luis Aparicio
• Hank Bauer
• Don Baylor
• Johnny Bench SP
• Yogi Berra SP
• Vida Blue
• Bert Blyleven
• Bobby Bonds
• Lou Boudreau
• Jim Bouton
• Clete Boyer
• George Brett SP
• Lou Brock
• Jim Bunning
• Rod Carew
• Steve Carlton
• Joe Carter SP
• Orlando Cepeda
• Ron Cey
• Rocky Colavito
• Dave Concepcion
• Dave Concepcion Red Ink
• Cecil Cooper
• Andre Dawson
• Dom DiMaggio
• Bobby Doerr
• Darrell Evans
• Bob Feller
• Whitey Ford SP
• Phil Garner
• Bob Gibson
• Kirk Gibson
• Dick Groat
• Ron Guidry
• Tommy Henrich SP
• Frank Howard
• Reggie Jackson SP
• Fergie Jenkins
• Derek Jeter released in 2004 150
• Tommy John
• Davey Johnson
• Jim Kaat
• Al Kaline
• George Kell
• Ralph Kiner
• Don Larsen
• Mickey Lolich
• Juan Marichal
• Eddie Mathews
• Don Mattingly SP
• Bill Mazeroski
• Willie McCovey SP
• Hal McRae
• Paul Molitor
• Jack Morris
• Dale Murphy
• Stan Musial SP
• Ben Oglivie
• Tony Oliva
• Jim Palmer SP
• Dave Parker
• Joe Pepitone
• Gaylord Perry
• Boog Powell
• Kirby Puckett SP
• Willie Randolph
• Jim Rice
• Dave Righetti
• Phil Rizzuto SP
• Brooks Robinson
• Preacher Roe
• Nolan Ryan
• Mike Schmidt SP
• Red Schoendienst
• Herb Score
• Herb Score ROY '55 notation
• Tom Seaver
• Moose Skowron
• Enos Slaughter
• Lee Smith
• Ozzie Smith SP
• Duke Snider SP
• Warren Spahn SP
• Willie Stargell
• Bruce Sutter
• Gorman Thomas
• Alan Trammell
• Frank White
• Hoyt Wilhelm
• Maury Wills
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Robin Yount SP
• Dave Winfield SP

Memorable Moments

Each Memorable Moments card is an autographed parallel of the player's regular GotG autograph and contains a notion by the player related to a career achievement. Each card is serial-numbered to the year of that achievement. The fronts of these cards are purple-bordered instead of burgundy-bordered. Please note that Herb Score signed some of his regular burgundy-bordered autograph cards with the "ROY '55" notation.

• Ron Guidry CY 78
• Nolan Ryan HOF 99
• Herb Score ROY 55
• Tom Seaver CY 69

Yankees Clippings

This insert set features 15 cards that contain pieces of game-used jerseys of legendary New York Yankee players. This set represents one of the earliest attempts by manufacturers to incorporate a theme into a memorabilia-based insert. All cards feature jerseys EXCEPT for the Mantle card which features a pair of home, pin-striped game-used pants. There are also two different Willie Randolph cards, one with the home jersey, the other with an away jersey.

• Mickey Mantle
• Ron Guidry
• Don Larsen
• Elston Howard
• Mel Stottlemyre
• Don Mattingly
• Reggie Jackson
• Tommy John
• Dave Winfield
• Willie Randolph
• Tommy Henrich
• Billy Martin
• Dave Righetti
• Joe Pepitone
• Thurman Munson
• Willie Randolph (gray)