Revision as of 19:54, 31 May 2017

Description

2002 Fleer Premium is a 240-card set released in April, 2002. Cards numbered from 201 through 240 featured leading prospects entering the 2002 season and were seeded at stated odds of one in two packs.

For the second consecutive year, Fleer was forced to add additional cards to compensate for the lack of "true" rookie cards in the base set. In late May, Fleer announced a "Player to be Named Later" program, whereby the first 2002 collectors to send in any 10 of the short-printed prospect cards (#201-#240) would receive ten new prospect cards (#241-#250). Each of the ten Player to be Named Later cards are serial-numbered to 2002 copies.

The Player to be Named Later cards were also available in a Star Ruby parallel. To receive the Star Ruby version, collectors had to turn in any ten Star Ruby Prospects. Only 50 Star Ruby Player to be Named sets were produced and each card is serial-numbered. "Player to be Named" cards were actually released in October, 2002.

Distribution

24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	250	-	?
short set	200	-	?
Prospects	40	-	1:2
Player to be Named Later	10	2002	N/A
Star Ruby	240	125	?
Player to be Named Later Star Ruby	10	50	N/A
International Pride	15	-	1:6
Legendary Dynasties	36	-	1:18
Legendary Dynasties Gold	36	300	?
Diamond Stars	20	-	1:72
On Base!	30	varies	?
International Pride Game Used	10	-	1:90
International Pride Game Used Premium	10	75	?
Legendary Dynasties Game Used	22	-	1:120
Legendary Dynasties Game Used Premium	12	varies
Legendary Dynasties Autographs	9	varies	?
Diamond Stars Game Used	12	-	1:105
Diamond Stars Game Used Premium	10	75	?
Diamond Stars Dual Game Used	7	100	?
Diamond Stars Dual Game Used Premium	5	25	?
Diamond Stars Derek Jeter Autograph	1	100	?
On Base! Game Used	30	100	?

Checklist

Base Set

Prospects

Player to be Named Later

Parallels

Each of the 240 cards inserted into packs are available in the following parallel.

Star Ruby (serial-numbered to 125 copies)

Just like with the base set, collectors who acquired any ten Star Rubies from the 40-card Prospects subset (cards #201-#240), could trade them to Fleer for a complete ten-card Player to be Named Later (cards #241-250) Star Ruby parallel set.

Player to be Named Later Star Ruby (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Inserts

International Pride

1 IP Larry Walker
2 IP Albert Pujols
3 IP Juan Gonzalez
4 IP Ichiro
5 IP Rafael Palmeiro
6 IP Carlos Delgado
7 IP Kazuhiro Sasaki
8 IP Vladimir Guerrero
9 IP Bobby Abreu
10 IP Ivan Rodriguez
11 IP Tsuyoshi Shinjo
12 IP Pedro Martinez
13 IP Andruw Jones
14 IP Sammy Sosa
15 IP Chan Ho Park

Legendary Dynasties

Each Legendary Dynasties card is also available in a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 300 copies.

1 LD Honus Wagner
2 LD Christy Mathewson
3 LD Lou Gehrig
4 LD Babe Ruth
5 LD Jimmie Foxx
6 LD Lefty Grove
7 LD Al Simmons
8 LD Bill Dickey
9 LD Stan Musial
10 LD Enos Slaughter
11 LD Johnny Mize
12 LD Yogi Berra
13 LD Whitey Ford
14 LD Jackie Robinson
15 LD Duke Snider
16 LD Roger Maris
17 LD Jim Palmer
18 LD Don Drysdale
19 LD Brooks Robinson
20 LD Rollie Fingers
21 LD Reggie Jackson
22 LD Joe Morgan
23 LD Johnny Bench
24 LD Thurman Munson
25 LD Jose Canseco
26 LD Tom Glavine
27 LD Chipper Jones
28 LD Greg Maddux
29 LD Roberto Alomar
30 LD David Cone
31 LD Jim Thome
32 LD Manny Ramirez
33 LD Roger Clemens
34 LD Derek Jeter
35 LD Bernie Williams
36 LD Alfonso Soriano

On Base!

Each card is serial-numbered to the player's 2001 On-Base Percentage, and is denoted below.

1 OB Frank Thomas 316
2 OB Ivan Rodriguez 347
3 OB Nomar Garciaparra 352
4 OB Ken Griffey, Jr. 365
5 OB Juan Gonzalez 370
6 OB Shawn Green 372
7 OB Vladimir Guerrero 377
8 OB Derek Jeter 377
9 OB Scott Rolen 378
10 OB Ichiro 381
11 OB Mike Piazza 384
12 OB Bernie Williams 395
13 OB Moises Alou 396
14 OB Jeff Bagwell 397
15 OB Alex Rodriguez 399
16 OB Albert Pujols 403
17 OB Manny Ramirez 405
18 OB Carlos Delgado 408
19 OB Jim Edmonds 410
20 OB Roberto Alomar 415
21 OB Jim Thome 416
22 OB Gary Sheffield 417
23 OB Chipper Jones 427
24 OB Luis Gonzalez 429
25 OB Lance Berkman 430
26 OB Todd Helton 432
27 OB Sammy Sosa 437
28 OB Larry Walker 449
29 OB Jason Giambi 477
30 OB Barry Bonds 515

Autographs & Game-Used

International Pride Game Used

This ten-card set partially-parallels the International Pride insert. Each card features either a piece of a game-used bat or jersey. A "Premium" version also exists, featuring a swatch of a jersey patch and serial-numbered to 75 copies.

Carlos Delgado JSY
Juan Gonzalez JSY
Andruw Jones BAT
Pedro Martinez JSY
Rafael Palmeiro JSY
Chan Ho Park JSY
Albert Pujols JSY
Ivan Rodriguez BAT
Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY
Tsuyoshi Shinjo JSY

Legendary Dynasties Game Used

This 22-card set features a game-worn memorabilia piece from players featured in the Legendary Dynasty insert set. After the product's release, Fleer announced that a few cards in the set were issued in shorter supply. We have notated those cards with a SP in our checklist and their announced print run as well.

Roberto Alomar JSY
Johnny Bench JSY
Yogi Berra BAT 75
Roger Clemens JSY
Bill Dickey BAT 200
Rollie Fingers JSY
Whitey Ford JSY 25
Reggie Jackson BAT 250
Derek Jeter BAT
Chipper Jones JSY
Roger Maris BAT 225
Johnny Mize BAT 225
Joe Morgan BAT
Thurman Munson BAT 250
Jim Palmer JSY
Manny Ramirez JSY
Brooks Robinson BAT 200
Jackie Robinson PANTS 150
Babe Ruth BAT 60
Duke Snider BAT 250
Alfonso Soriano JSY
Bernie Williams JSY

Legendary Dynasties Game Used Premium

These 12 cards feature players from the Legendary Dynasties set along with a game-worn jersey patch swatch. These cards are all serial-numbered to the highest single-season win total any of their teams accomplished.

Rollie Fingers 93
Roger Clemens 114
Roger Maris 109
Roberto Alomar 96
Reggie Jackson 93
Manny Ramirez 99
Johnny Bench 108
Jim Palmer 109
Derek Jeter 114
Alfonso Soriano 99
Chipper Jones 106
Bernie Williams 114

Legendary Dynasties Autographs

These nine cards feature on-card autographs of selected players from the Legendary Dynasties set. With the exception of Brooks Robinson, these cards are all serial-numbered to the last two digits of a year in which the player's team won the World Series. Robinson's card is serial-numbered to 64 copies honoring his 1964 AL MVP campaign.

NOTE: All Legendary Dynasties Autographs were issued as exchange cards. These cards expired April 1, 2003.

Johnny Bench EXCH 76
Yogi Berra EXCH 51
Rollie Fingers EXCH 74
Tom Glavine EXCH 95
Reggie Jackson EXCH 73
Derek Jeter EXCH 96
Greg Maddux EXCH 95
Jim Palmer EXCH 70
Brooks Robinson EXCH MVP 64

Diamond Stars Game Used

This 12-card set features a game-worn memorabilia piece from players featured in the Diamond Stars insert set. Shortly after the product's release, Fleer revealed that Nomar Garciaparra's card was short-printed and limited to an announced (but not serial-numbered) production figure of 150 copies.

Barry Bonds JSY
Manny Ramirez JSY
Ivan Rodriguez JSY
Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY
Roger Clemens JSY
Alex Rodriguez JSY
Derek Jeter BAT
Chipper Jones JSY
Todd Helton PANTS
Luis Gonzalez JSY
Mike Piazza JSY
Nomar Garciaparra BAT 150

Diamond Stars Game Used Premium

This 10-card set all features a piece of a game-used jersey patch and are all serial-numbered to 75 copies.

Barry Bonds 75
Roger Clemens 75
Todd Helton 75
Chipper Jones 75
Manny Ramirez 75
Alex Rodriguez 75
Ivan Rodriguez 75
Luis Gonzalez 75
Mike Piazza 75
Kazuhiro Sasaki 75

Diamond Stars Dual Game Used

This seven-card set features two pieces of memorabilia from the same player. Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Todd Helton JSY/BAT 100
Derek Jeter JSY/BAT 100
Chipper Jones JSY/BAT 100
Mike Piazza JSY/BAT 100
Manny Ramirez JSY/JSY 100
Alex Rodriguez JSY/HAT 100
Barry Bonds JSY/PANTS 100

Diamond Stars Dual Game Used Premium

Each of these five cards feature a piece of game-used memorabilia coupled with a piece of a game-used jersey patch. Each card is serial-numbered to only 25 copies.

Barry Bonds PATCH/BTG GLV 25
Chipper Jones PATCH/BTG GLV 25
Manny Ramirez PATCH/PATCH 25
Mike Piazza PATCH/BAT 25
Alex Rodriguez PATCH/BTG GLV 25

Diamond Stars Derek Jeter Autograph

This Derek Jeter card features an on-card autograph and is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 100 copies. As Jeter was unable to sign these cards in time for insertion into the product, exchange cards seeded into packs. The exchange cards expired April 1, 2003.

Derek Jeter EXCH 100

On Base! Game Used

This 30-card set parallels the On Base! insert. Each card features a piece of a game-used base and is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Luis Gonzalez 100
Chipper Jones 100
Gary Sheffield 100
Nomar Garciaparra 100
Manny Ramirez 100
Moises Alou 100
Sammy Sosa 100
Frank Thomas 100
Ken Griffey, Jr. 100
Jim Thome 100
Todd Helton 100
Larry Walker 100
Jeff Bagwell 100
Lance Berkman 100
Shawn Green 100
Vladimir Guerrero 100
Roberto Alomar 100
Mike Piazza 100
Jason Giambi 100
Derek Jeter 100
Bernie Williams 100
Scott Rolen 100
Barry Bonds 100
Ichiro 100
Jim Edmonds 100
Albert Pujols 100
Juan Gonzalez 100
Alex Rodriguez 100
Ivan Rodriguez 100
Carlos Delgado 100

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