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1993 Leaf Series 2 box

Description

1993 Leaf is a 550-card set released in three series of 220, 220, and 110 cards, respectively. The first two series of cards were distributed in 14-card foil packs, jumbo packs and magazine packs. The third series, known officially as "Leaf Update," was Hobby only and distributed only in 14-card waxpacks. In addition, Leaf announced a production run of only 6250 12-box cases of Leaf Update.

Rookie Cards in this set include J.T. Snow. White Sox slugger (and at that time, Leaf pitch-man) Frank Thomas signed 3500 cards, which were randomly seeded into Update packs. In addition, a special card commemorating Dave Winfield's 3000th base hit was also seeded into Update packs.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 14 cards per pack. 6250, 12-box, cases of Update Series produced.

Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 20 cards per pack. Series One and Two only.

Magazine: Series One and Two only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds	Magazine Odds
Base	550	-	?	?	?
Gold Leaf Rookies (S1, S2)	20	-	?	N/A	N/A
Gold Leaf Rookies (Update)	5	-	1:18	N/A	N/A
Frank Thomas (S1, S2)	10	-	1:12	1:8	?
Heading for the Hall (S1, S2)	10	-	1:12	1:8	?
Gold Leaf Stars (S1, S2)	20	-	N/A	1:1	N/A
Gold Leaf Stars (Update)	10	-	?	N/A	N/A
On the Fast Track (S1, S2)	20	-	N/A	N/A	?
Dave Winfield 3000 (Update)	1	-	1:36	N/A	N/A
Frank Thomas Autograph (Update)	1	3500	?	N/A	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

120 K. Caminiti / R. Thompson CL
1 Ben McDonald
2 Sid Fernandez
3 Juan Guzman
4 Curt Schilling
5 Ivan Rodriguez
6 Don Slaught
7 Terry Steinbach
8 Todd Zeile
9 Andy Stankiewicz
10 Tim Teufel
11 Marvin Freeman
12 Jim Austin
13 Bob Scanlan
14 Rusty Meacham
15 Casey Candaele
16 Travis Fryman
17 Jose Offerman
18 Albert Belle
19 John Vander Wal
20 Dan Pasqua
21 Frank Viola
22 Terry Mulholland
23 Gregg Olson
24 Randy Tomlin
25 Todd Stottlemyre
26 Jose Oquendo
27 Julio Franco
28 Tony Gwynn
29 Ruben Sierra
30 Robby Thompson
31 Jim Bullinger
32 Rick Aguilera
33 Scott Servais
34 Cal Eldred
35 Mike Piazza
36 Brent Mayne
37 Wilfredo Cordero
38 Milt Cuyler
39 Howard Johnson
40 Kenny Lofton
41 Alex Fernandez
42 Denny Neagle
43 Tony Pena
44 Bob Tewksbury
45 Glenn Davis
46 Fred McGriff
47 John Olerud
48 Steve Hosey
49 Rafael Palmeiro
50 Dave Justice
51 Pete Harnisch
52 Sam Militello
53 Orel Hershiser
54 Pat Mahomes
55 Greg Colbrunn
56 Greg Vaughn
57 Vince Coleman
58 Brian McRae
59 Lenny Dykstra
60 Dan Gladden
61 Ted Power
62 Donovan Osborne
63 Ron Karkovice
64 Frank Seminara
65 Bob Zupcic
66 Kirt Manwaring
67 Mike Devereaux
68 Mark Lemke
69 Devon White
70 Sammy Sosa
71 Pedro Astacio
72 Dennis Eckersley
73 Chris Nabholz
74 Melido Perez
75 Todd Hundley
76 Kent Hrbek
77 Mickey Morandini
78 Tim McIntosh
79 Andy Van Slyke
80 Kevin McReynolds
81 Mike Henneman
82 Greg W. Harris
83 Sandy Alomar
84 Mike Jackson
85 Ozzie Guillen
86 Jeff Blauser
87 John Valentin
88 Rey Sanchez
89 Rick Sutcliffe
90 Luis Gonzalez
91 Jeff Fassero
92 Kenny Rogers
93 Bret Saberhagen
94 Bob Welch
95 Darren Daulton
96 Mike Gallego
97 Orlando Merced
98 Chuck Knoblauch
99 Bernard Gilkey
100 Billy Ashley
101 Kevin Appier
102 Jeff Brantley
103 Bill Gullickson
104 John Smoltz
105 Paul Sorrento
106 Steve Buechele
107 Steve Sax
108 Andujar Cedeno
109 Billy Hatcher
110 Checklist CL
111 Alan Mills
112 John Franco
113 Jack Morris
114 Mitch Williams
115 Nolan Ryan
116 Jay Bell
117 Mike Bordick
118 Geronimo Pena
119 Danny Tartabull
121 Steve Avery
122 Ricky Bones
123 Mike Morgan
124 Jeff Montgomery
125 Jeff Bagwell
126 Tony Phillips
127 Lenny Harris
128 Glenallen Hill
129 Marquis Grissom
130 Gerald Williams UER (Photo is of Bernie Williams)
131 Greg A. Harris
132 Tommy Greene
133 Chris Hoiles
134 Bob Walk
135 Duane Ward
136 Tom Pagnozzi
137 Jeff Huson
138 Kurt Stillwell
139 Dave Henderson
140 Darrin Jackson
141 Frank Castillo
142 Scott Erickson
143 Darryl Kile
144 Bill Wegman
145 Steve Wilson
146 George Brett
147 Moises Alou
148 Lou Whitaker
149 Chico Walker
150 Jerry Browne
151 Kirk McCaskill
152 Zane Smith
153 Matt Young
154 Lee Smith
155 Leo Gomez
156 Dan Walters
157 Pat Borders
158 Matt Williams
159 Dean Palmer
160 John Patterson
161 Doug Jones
162 John Habyan
163 Pedro Martinez
164 Carl Willis
165 Darrin Fletcher
166 B.J. Surhoff
167 Eddie Murray
168 Keith Miller
169 Ricky Jordan
170 Juan Gonzalez
171 Charles Nagy
172 Mark Clark
173 Bobby Thigpen
174 Tim Scott
175 Scott Cooper
176 Royce Clayton
177 Brady Anderson
178 Sid Bream
179 Derek Bell
180 Otis Nixon
181 Kevin Gross
182 Ron Darling
183 John Wetteland
184 Mike Stanley
185 Jeff Kent
186 Brian Harper
187 Mariano Duncan
188 Robin Yount
189 Al Martin
190 Eddie Zosky
191 Mike Munoz
192 Andy Benes
193 Dennis Cook
194 Bill Swift
195 Frank Thomas COR ("Franklin" airbrushed)
196 Damon Berryhill
197 Mike Greenwell
198 Mark Grace
199 Darryl Hamilton
200 Derrick May
201 Ken Hill
202 Kevin Brown
203 Dwight Gooden
204 Bobby Witt
205 Juan Bell
206 Kevin Maas
207 Jeff King
208 Scott Leius
209 Rheal Cormier
210 Darryl Strawberry
211 Tom Gordon
212 Bud Black
213 Mickey Tettleton
214 Pete Smith
215 Felix Fermin
216 Rick Wilkins
217 George Bell
218 Eric Anthony
219 Pedro Munoz
220 Albert Belle CL
195a Frank Thomas VAR ("Franklin" trademark visible on batting glove

Series Two

221 Lance Blankenship
222 Deion Sanders
223 Craig Biggio
224 Ryne Sandberg
225 Ron Gant
226 Tom Brunansky
227 Chad Curtis
228 Joe Carter
229 Brian Jordan
230 Brett Butler
231 Frank Bolick
232 Rod Beck
233 Carlos Baerga
234 Eric Karros
235 Jack Armstrong
236 Bobby Bonilla
237 Don Mattingly
238 Jeff Gardner
239 Dave Hollins
240 Steve Cooke
241 Jose Canseco
242 Ivan Calderon
243 Tim Belcher
244 Freddie Benavides
245 Roberto Alomar
246 Rob Deer
247 Will Clark
248 Mike Felder
249 Harold Baines
250 David Cone
251 Mark Guthrie
252 Ellis Burks
253 Jim Abbott
254 Chili Davis
255 Chris Bosio
256 Bret Barberie
257 Hal Morris
258 Dante Bichette
259 Storm Davis
260 Gary DiSarcina
261 Ken Caminiti
262 Paul Molitor
263 Joe Oliver
264 Pat Listach
265 Gregg Jefferies
266 Jose Guzman
267 Eric Davis
268 Delino DeShields
269 Barry Bonds
270 Mike Bielecki
271 Jay Buhner
272 Scott Pose RC
273 Tony Fernandez
274 Chito Martinez
275 Phil Plantier
276 Pete Incaviglia
277 Carlos Garcia
278 Tom Henke
279 Roger Clemens
280 Rob Dibble
281 Daryl Boston
282 Greg Gagne
283 Cecil Fielder
284 Carlton Fisk
285 Wade Boggs
286 Damion Easley
287 Norm Charlton
288 Jeff Conine
289 Roberto Kelly
290 Jerald Clark
291 Rickey Henderson
292 Chuck Finley
293 Doug Drabek
294 Dave Stewart
295 Tom Glavine
296 Jaime Navarro
297 Ray Lankford
298 Greg Hibbard
299 Jody Reed
300 Dennis Martinez
301 Dave Martinez
302 Reggie Jefferson
303 John Cummings RC
304 Orestes Destrade
305 Mike Maddux
306 David Segui
307 Gary Sheffield
308 Danny Jackson
309 Craig Lefferts
310 Andre Dawson
311 Barry Larkin
312 Alex Cole
313 Mark Gardner
314 Kirk Gibson
315 Shane Mack
316 Bo Jackson
317 Jimmy Key
318 Greg Myers
319 Ken Griffey, Jr.
320 Monty Fariss
321 Kevin Mitchell
322 Andres Galarraga
323 Mark McGwire
324 Mark Langston
325 Steve Finley
326 Greg Maddux
327 Dave Nilsson
328 Ozzie Smith
329 Candy Maldonado
330 Lance Johnson CL
331 Tim Pugh RC
332 Joe Girardi
333 Junior Felix
334 Greg Swindell
335 Ramon Martinez
336 Sean Berry
337 Joe Orsulak
338 Wes Chamberlain
339 Stan Belinda
340 Bobby Bonilla CL UER (#306 is listed as "Luis Mercedes")
341 Bruce Hurst
342 John Burkett
343 Mike Mussina
344 Scott Fletcher
345 Rene Gonzales
346 Roberto Hernandez
347 Carlos Martinez
348 Bill Krueger
349 Felix Jose
350 John Jaha
351 Willie Banks
352 Matt Nokes
353 Kevin Seitzer
354 Erik Hanson
355 David Hulse RC
356 Domingo Martinez RC
357 Greg Olson
358 Randy Myers
359 Tom Browning
360 Charlie Hayes
361 Bryan Harvey
362 Eddie Taubensee
363 Tim Wallach
364 Mel Rojas
365 Frank Tanana
366 John Kruk
367 Tim Laker RC
368 Rich Rodriguez
369 Darren Lewis
370 Harold Reynolds
371 Jose Melendez
372 Joe Grahe
373 Lance Johnson
374 Jose Mesa
375 Scott Livingstone
376 Wally Joyner
377 Kevin Reimer
378 Kirby Puckett
379 Paul O'Neill
380 Randy Johnson
381 Manny Lee
382 Dick Schofield
383 Darren Holmes
384 Charlie Hough
385 John Orton
386 Edgar Martinez
387 Terry Pendleton
388 Dan Plesac
389 Jeff Reardon
390 David Nied
391 Dave Magadan
392 Larry Walker
393 Ben Rivera
394 Lonnie Smith
395 Craig Shipley
396 Willie McGee
397 Arthur Rhodes
398 Mike Stanton
399 Luis Polonia
400 Jack McDowell
401 Mike Moore
402 Jose Lind
403 Bill Spiers
404 Kevin Tapani
405 Spike Owen
406 Tino Martinez
407 Charlie Leibrandt
408 Ed Sprague
409 Bryn Smith
410 Benito Santiago
411 Jose Rijo
412 Pete O'Brien
413 Willie Wilson
414 Bip Roberts
415 Eric Young
416 Walt Weiss
417 Milt Thompson
418 Chris Sabo
419 Scott Sanderson
420 Tim Raines
421 Alan Trammell
422 Mike Macfarlane
423 Dave Winfield
424 Bob Wickman
425 Dave Valle
426 Gary Redus
427 Turner Ward
428 Reggie Sanders
429 Todd Worrell
430 Julio Valera
431 Cal Ripken, Jr.
432 Mo Vaughn
433 John Smiley
434 Omar Vizquel
435 Billy Ripken
436 Cory Snyder
437 Carlos Quintana
438 Omar Olivares
439 Robin Ventura
440 Checklist CL

Update Series

441 Kevin Higgins
442 Carlos Hernandez
443 Dan Peltier
444 Derek Lilliquist
445 Tim Salmon
446 Sherman Obando RC
447 Pat Kelly
448 Todd Van Poppel
449 Mark Whiten
450 Tim Salmon CL
451 Pat Meares RC
452 Tony Tarasco RC
453 Chris Gwynn
454 Armando Reynoso
455 Danny Darwin
456 Willie Greene
457 Mike Blowers
458 Kevin Roberson RC
459 Graeme Lloyd RC
460 Dave West
461 Joey Cora
462 Alex Arias
463 Chad Kreuter
464 Mike Lansing RC
465 Mike Timlin
466 Paul Wagner
467 Mark Portugal
468 Jim Leyritz
469 Ryan Klesko
470 Mario Diaz
471 Guillermo Velasquez
472 Fernando Valenzuela
473 Raul Mondesi
474 Mike Pagliarulo
475 Chris Hammond
476 Torey Lovullo
477 Trevor Wilson
478 Marcos Armas RC
479 Dave Gallagher
480 Jeff Treadway
481 Jeff Branson
482 Dickie Thon
483 Eduardo Perez
484 David Wells
485 Brian Williams
486 Domingo Cedeno RC
487 Tom Candiotti
488 Steve Frey
489 Greg McMichael RC
490 Marc Newfield
491 Larry Andersen
492 Damon Buford
493 Ricky Gutierrez
494 Jeff Russell
495 Vinny Castilla
496 Wilson Alvarez
497 Scott Bullett
498 Larry Casian
499 Jose Vizcaino
500 J.T. Snow RC
501 Bryan Hickerson
502 Jeremy Hernandez
503 Jeromy Burnitz
504 Steve Farr
505 Jayhawk Owens RC
506 Craig Paquette
507 Jim Eisenreich
508 Matt Whiteside RC
509 Luis Aquino
510 Mike LaValliere
511 Jim Gott
512 Mark McLemore
513 Randy Milligan
514 Gary Gaetti
515 Lou Frazier RC
516 Rich Amaral
517 Gene Harris
518 Aaron Sele
519 Mark Wohlers
520 Scott Kamieniecki
521 Kent Mercker
522 Jim Deshaies
523 Kevin Stocker
524 Jason Bere
525 Tim Bogar RC
526 Brad Pennington
527 Curtis Leskanic RC
528 Wayne Kirby
529 Tim Costo
530 Doug Henry
531 Trevor Hoffman
532 Kelly Gruber
533 Mike Harkey
534 John Doherty
535 Erik Pappas
536 Brent Gates
537 Roger McDowell
538 Chris Haney
539 Blas Minor
540 Pat Hentgen
541 Chuck Carr
542 Doug Strange
543 Xavier Hernandez
544 Paul Quantrill
545 Anthony Young
546 Bret Boone
547 Dwight Smith
548 Bobby Munoz
549 Russ Springer
550 Roger Pavlik

Inserts

Gold Leaf Rookies

Exclusive to 14-card wax packs, the first ten cards were in Series One, the last ten in Series Two, and cards U1-U5 in the Update product.

Leaf produced jumbo (3 1/2 by 5 inch) versions for retail repacks.

1 Kevin Young
2 Wilfredo Cordero
3 Mark Kiefer
4 Gerald Williams
5 Brandon Wilson
6 Greg Gohr
7 Ryan Thompson
8 Tim Wakefield
9 Troy Neel
10 Tim Salmon
11 Kevin Rogers
12 Rod Bolton
13 Ken Ryan
14 Phil Hiatt
15 Rene Arocha
16 Nigel Wilson
17 J.T. Snow
18 Benji Gil
19 Chipper Jones
20 Darrell Sherman
U1 Allen Watson
U2 Jeffrey Hammonds
U3 David McCarty
U4 Mike Piazza
U5 Roberto Mejia

Heading for the Hall

The first five cards in this set were randomly inserted into Series One packs; while cards 6-10 were in Series Two.

1 Nolan Ryan
2 Tony Gwynn
3 Robin Yount
4 Eddie Murray
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
6 Roger Clemens
7 George Brett
8 Ryne Sandberg
9 Kirby Puckett
10 Ozzie Smith

Frank Thomas

The first five cards in this set were randomly inserted into Series One packs; while cards 6-10 were in Series Two.

A jumbo version of this set was produced for the Update Series. Each Update Series box had one 7.5" X 10.5" jumbo card packaged as a box topper. The jumbos are all serial-numbered to 7500 copies.

On the Fast Track

The first 10 cards were exclusive to Series One magazine jumbo packs; while cards 11-20 were in Series Two magazine packs.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Tim Wakefield
3 Kenny Lofton
4 Mike Mussina
5 Juan Gonzalez
6 Chuck Knoblauch
7 Eric Karros
8 Ray Lankford
9 Juan Guzman
10 Pat Listach
11 Carlos Baerga
12 Felix Jose
13 Steve Avery
14 Robin Ventura
15 Ivan Rodriguez
16 Cal Eldred
17 Jeff Bagwell
18 Dave Justice
19 Travis Fryman
20 Marquis Grissom

Gold All-Stars

The first 20 cards were inserted one per 1993 Leaf jumbo packs; the first ten were Series One inserts, the second ten were Series Two inserts. The final ten cards were randomly inserted in 1993 Leaf Update packs. The Update Gold All-Stars feature the starting line-ups from the 1993 All-Star Game.

U3 John Olerud / John Kruk
U10 Paul Molitor / Mark Grace
U5 Wade Boggs / Gary Sheffield
U1 Mark Langston / Terry Mulholland
R20 Roger Clemens / Doug Drabek
R18 Jim Abbott / Tom Glavine
R17 Kirby Puckett / Marquis Grissom
R15 Edgar Martinez / Gary Sheffield
R12 Frank Thomas / Mark Grace
R9 Tony Gwynn / Jose Canseco
R5 Chuck Knoblauch / Delino DeShields
R3 Jeff Bagwell / Cecil Fielder
R2 Don Mattingly / Fred McGriff
R1 Ivan Rodriguez / Darren Daulton
R4 Ryne Sandberg / Carlos Baerga
R6 Robin Ventura / Terry Pendleton
R7 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Andy Van Slyke
R8 Joe Carter / Dave Justice
R10 Dennis Eckersley / Rob Dibble
R11 Mark McGwire / Will Clark
R13 Roberto Alomar / Craig Biggio
R14 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Barry Larkin
R16 Juan Gonzalez / Barry Bonds
R19 Nolan Ryan / Greg Maddux
U2 Ivan Rodriguez / Darren Daulton
U4 Ryne Sandberg / Roberto Alomar
U6 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Barry Larkin
U7 Kirby Puckett / Barry Bonds
U8 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Marquis Grissom
U9 Joe Carter / Dave Justice

Dave Winfield 3000 Hits

This single card was randomly inserted into Update packs.

DW Dave Winfield

Autographs & Game-Used

Frank Thomas Autograph

This Frank Thomas autograph was randomly inserted into Update packs. It is serial-numbered to 3500 copies.

FT Frank Thomas /3500