Revision as of 15:24, 5 October 2012

Description

2003 Fleer Hardball is a 280 "card" set released in March, 2003. Each card is a 2 1/2"-diameter disc done in the style of similar food issue discs of the 1970s and 80s. Cards #241-#265 featured All-Around Stars and cards #266-#280 make up the Rookies On Deck.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes to a case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Blaster Odds
Base	280	-	?	?	?
short set	240	-	?	?	?
All-Around Stars	25	-	1:2	1:4	1:5
Rookies On Deck	15	-	1:2	1:4	1:5
Gold	280	-	1:4	1:6	1:10
Round Trippers	20	-	1:8	1:12	1:20
On The Ball	15	-	1:12	1:18	1:20
Discs	20	-	1:24	1:24	1:50
On The Ball Game Used	10	-	1:18	1:30	1:100
Round Numbers Game Used	4	-	1:288	1:566	?
Platinum	280	50	?	N/A	N/A
Round Numbers	14	1000	?	?	?
Round Trippers Rounding First	15	varies	?	N/A	N/A
Round Trippers Rounding Second	15	10	?	N/A	N/A
Round Trippers Rounding Third	15	3	?	N/A	N/A
Signatures	4	varies	?	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Barry Bonds
2 Derek Jeter
3 Jason Varitek
4 Magglio Ordonez
5 Ryan Dempster
6 Adam Everett
7 Paul LoDuca
8 Brad Wilkerson
9 Al Leiter
10 Jermaine Dye
11 Rob MacKowiak
12 J.T. Snow
13 Juan Gonzalez
14 Eric Hinske
15 Greg Maddux
16 Moises Alou
17 Carlos Lee
18 Richard Hidalgo
19 Jorge Posada
20 Mike Lieberthal
21 Jeff Cirillo
22 Corey Patterson
23 C.C. Sabathia
24 Brian Giles
25 Edgar Martinez
26 Trot Nixon
27 Kerry Wood
28 Austin Kearns
29 Lance Berkman
30 Hideo Nomo
31 Brad Radke
32 John Valentin
33 Tim Hudson
34 Aramis Ramirez
35 Kevin Mench
36 Kevin Appier
37 Chris Richard
38 Ruben Mateo
39 Juan Pierre
40 Nick Neugebauer
41 Mike Mussina
42 Rich Aurilia
43 Albert Pujols
44 Carlos Delgado
45 Junior Spivey
46 Marcus Giles
47 Johnny Damon
48 Mark Prior
49 Omar Vizquel
50 Craig Biggio
51 Chuck Knoblauch
52 Eric Milton
53 Jeromy Burnitz
54 Jim Thome
55 Steve Finley
56 Kevin Millwood
57 Alex Gonzalez
58 Ben Broussard
59 Derrek Lee
60 Joe Randa
61 Doug Mientkiewicz
62 Jason Phillips
63 Brett Myers
64 Josh Fogg
65 Reggie Sanders
66 Chipper Jones
67 Roosevelt Brown
68 Matt Lawton
69 Charles Johnson
70 Mark Quinn
71 Jacque Jones
72 Armando Benitez
73 Bob Abreu
74 Jason Kendall
75 Jeff Kent
76 Mark Teixeira
77 Garret Anderson
78 Jerry Hairston
79 Tony Graffanino
80 Josh Beckett
81 Eric Gagne
82 Fernando Tatis
83 Brett Tomko
84 Fernando Vina
85 Rafael Palmeiro
86 Luis Gonzalez
87 Javy Lopez
88 Shea Hillenbrand
89 Hee Seop Choi
90 Preston Wilson
91 Neifi Perez
92 Ray Lankford
93 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
94 Ben Grieve
95 Jarrod Washburn
96 Gary Sheffield
97 Derek Lowe
98 Tony Womack
99 Milton Bradley
100 Brad Penny
101 Mike Sweeney
102 A.J. Pierzynski
103 Edgardo Alfonzo
104 Marlon Byrd
105 Sean Burroughs
106 Kazuhiro Sasaki
107 Damian Rolls
108 Troy Glaus
109 Rafael Furcal
110 Nomar Garciaparra
111 Josh Bard
112 Alex Gonzalez
113 Cristian Guzman
114 Roger Cedeno
115 Freddy Garcia
116 Travis Phelps
117 Juan Cruz
118 Frank Thomas
119 Jaret Wright
120 Carlos Beltran
121 Ronnie Belliard
122 Roger Clemens
123 Vicente Padilla
124 Joel Pineiro
125 Jared Sandberg
126 Tom Glavine
127 Matt Clement
128 Aaron Rowand
129 Alex Escobar
130 Randy Wolf
131 Ichiro
132 Toby Hall
133 Scott Spiezio
134 Bobby Higginson
135 A.J. Burnett
136 Cesar Izturis
137 Roberto Alomar
138 Trevor Hoffman
139 Edgar Renteria
140 Rusty Greer
141 David Eckstein
142 Pedro Martinez
143 Joe Crede
144 Robert Fick
145 Mike Lowell
146 Brian Jordan
147 Mark Mulder
148 Scott Rolen
149 Eddie Guardado
150 Adam Kennedy
151 Ken Griffey, Jr.
152 Larry Walker
153 Carlos Pena
154 Geoff Jenkins
155 Bartolo Colon
156 Mariano Rivera
157 Robb Nen
158 Bret Boone
159 Shannon Stewart
160 Chris Singleton
161 Todd Walker
162 Jay Payton
163 Zach Day
164 Bernie Williams
165 Bubba Trammell
166 Matt Morris
167 Jose Cruz
168 Mark Grace
169 Andruw Jones
170 Cliff Floyd
171 Antonio Alfonseca
172 Jeff Bagwell
173 Shawn Green
174 Joe Mays
175 Mike Piazza
176 Adam Piatt
177 Pokey Reese
178 Carl Everett
179 Tim Salmon
180 Rodrigo Lopez
181 Brandon Inge
182 Kazuhisa Ishii
183 Jose Vidro
184 Barry Zito
185 Phil Nevin
186 J.D. Drew
187 Vernon Wells
188 Darin Erstad
189 Barry Larkin
190 Jason Jennings
191 Luis Castillo
192 Adrian Beltre
193 Tony Armas
194 Terrence Long
195 Mark Kotsay
196 Tino Martinez
197 Jayson Werth
198 Eric Chavez
199 Matt Williams
200 Jon Lieber
201 Eddie Taubensee
202 Shane Reynolds
203 Alex Sanchez
204 Jason Giambi
205 Jimmy Rollins
206 Jamie Moyer
207 Francisco Rodriguez
208 Marty Cordova
209 Aaron Boone
210 Mike Hampton
211 Mark Redman
212 Richie Sexson
213 Andy Pettitte
214 Livan Hernandez
215 Jason Isringhausen
216 Curt Schilling
217 Manny Ramirez
218 Jose Valentin
219 Brent Butler
220 Billy Wagner
221 Ben Sheets
222 Jeff Weaver
223 Brent Abernathy
224 Jay Gibbons
225 Sean Casey
226 Greg Norton
227 Andy Van Hekken
228 Kevin Brown
229 Orlando Cabrera
230 Scott Hatteberg
231 Ryan Klesko
232 Roy Halladay
233 Randy Johnson
234 Mark Buehrle
235 Todd Helton
236 Jeffrey Hammonds
237 Sidney Ponson
238 Kip Wells
239 John Olerud
240 Aubrey Huff

Rookies On Deck

266 Vinny Chulk
267 Jose Castillo
268 Craig Brazell RC
269 Felix Sanchez RC
270 John Webb
271 Josh Hall RC
272 Alexis Rios
273 Phil Seibel RC
274 Prentice Redman RC
275 Walter Young
276 Nic Jackson
277 Adam Morrissey
278 Bobby Jenks
279 Rodrigo Rosario
280 Chin-Feng Chen

Parallels

Each base card is available in the following parallels.

Gold
Platinum (serial-numbered to 50 copies, Hobby only)

Inserts

Round Trippers

1 Alfonso Soriano
2 Alex Rodriguez
3 Lance Berkman
4 Shawn Green
5 Pat Burrell
6 Andruw Jones
7 Garret Anderson
8 Miguel Tejada
9 Mike Piazza
10 Eric Chavez
11 Rafael Palmeiro
12 Chipper Jones
13 Manny Ramirez
14 Jeff Bagwell
15 Torii Hunter
16 Nomar Garciaparra
17 Sammy Sosa
18 Vladimir Guerrero
19 Troy Glaus
20 Jason Giambi

On The Ball

1 Derek Jeter
2 Barry Bonds
3 Nomar Garciaparra
4 Alfonso Soriano
5 Mike Piazza
6 Alex Rodriguez
7 Chipper Jones
8 Randy Johnson
9 Pedro Martinez
10 Albert Pujols
11 Vladimir Guerrero
12 Sammy Sosa
13 Ichiro
14 Troy Glaus
15 Jason Giambi

Discs

1 Derek Jeter
2 Barry Bonds
3 Ichiro
4 Sammy Sosa
5 Nomar Garciaparra
6 Lance Berkman
7 Jason Giambi
8 Mike Piazza
9 Shawn Green
10 Barry Zito
11 Albert Pujols
12 Alex Rodriguez
13 Tim Salmon
14 Eric Chavez
15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Vladimir Guerrero
18 Francisco Rodriguez
19 Miguel Tejada
20 Randy Johnson

Round Numbers

Each Round Numbers is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

1 Nolan Ryan
2 Al Kaline
3 Mike Schmidt
4 Yogi Berra
5 Brooks Robinson
6 Tom Seaver
7 Willie McCovey
8 Harmon Killebrew
9 Richie Ashburn
10 Lou Brock
11 Jim Palmer
12 Willie Stargell
13 Whitey Ford
14 Robin Yount

Autographs & Game-Used

On The Ball Game Used

AR Alex Rodriguez JSY
AS Alfonso Soriano JSY
BB Barry Bonds JSY
CJ Chipper Jones BAT
DJ Derek Jeter BAT
MP Mike Piazza JSY
NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
PM Pedro Martinez JSY
RJ Randy Johnson JSY
TG Troy Glaus JSY

Round Numbers Game Used

AK Al Kaline JSY
HK Harmon Killebrew BAT
LB Lou Brock JSY
MS Mike Schmidt JSY

Round Trippers Rounding First

This set was exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to the production figures listed below. In addition, each card is available in the following parallels.

Rounding Second (serial-numbered to ten copies)
Rounding Third (serial-numbered to three copies)

1 Garret Anderson BAT 40
2 Jeff Bagwell BAT 344
3 Lance Berkman JSY 529
4 Pat Burrell BAT 502
5 Eric Chavez JSY 572
6 Nomar Garciaparra BAT 529
7 Shawn Green BAT 249
8 Andruw Jones JSY 569
9 Chipper Jones JSY 570
10 Rafael Palmeiro JSY 515
11 Mike Piazza BAT 289
12 Manny Ramirez JSY 530
13 Alex Rodriguez JSY 536
14 Alfonso Soriano JSY 228
15 Miguel Tejada JSY 524

Signatures

BB1 Barry Bonds 255
BB2 Barry Bonds 100
BB3 Barry Bonds 25
DJ Derek Jeter 500

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 |Gold||280||-||1:4||1:6||1:10
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-|Platinum||280||50||?||N/A||N/A
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 |Round Trippers||20||-||1:8||1:12||1:20
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 |Discs||20||-||1:24||1:24||1:50
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-|Round Numbers||14||1000||?||?||?
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 |On The Ball Game Used||10||-||1:18||1:30||1:100
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 |Round Numbers Game Used||4||-||1:288||1:566||?
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+|Platinum||280||50||?||N/A||N/A
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+|Round Numbers||14||1000||?||?||?
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 |Round Trippers Rounding First||15||varies||?||N/A||N/A