Revision as of 14:46, 15 April 2015

Description

2001 Greats of the Game is a 137-card set released by Fleer in March, 2001. Like the previous year's set, the set focuses on retired players, and each 24-pack Hobby box will yield three on-card autographs. A stripped-down version of the product was also released to retail outlets, with only one autograph per 20-pack box.

The set is also notable for featuring some of the first officially-licensed cards Negro League players. At the time, Fleer had a license with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Distribution

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

Retail: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	137	-	5:1	5:1
Retrospection	10	-	1:6	1:6
Dodger Blues	15	-	1:36	N/A
Feel the Game Classics	24	-	1:72	1:400
Autographs	93	-	1:8	1:20

Checklist

Promos

Beginning with the February, 2001 issue of Sports Cards Magazine, and continuing for the next five months, Fleer included a six-card promo sheet done in the style of the 2000 Greats of the Game set.

It should be noted that, whereas the Greats of the Game brand focused on retired players, all of the players included in this promo set were active at the time of printing.

Base Set

1 Roberto Clemente
2 George Anderson
3 Babe Ruth
4 Paul Molitor
5 Don Larsen
6 Cy Young
7 Billy Martin
8 Lou Brock
9 Fred Lynn
10 Johnny VanderMeer
11 Harmon Killebrew
12 Dave Winfield
13 Orlando Cepeda
14 Johnny Mize
15 Walter Johnson
16 Roy Campanella
17 Monte Irvin
18 Mookie Wilson
19 Elston Howard
20 Walter Alston
21 Rollie Fingers
22 Brooks Robinson
23 Hank Greenberg
24 Maury Wills
25 Rich Gossage
26 Leon Day
27 Jimmy Foxx
28 Alan Trammell
29 Dennis Martinez
30 Don Drysdale
31 Bob Feller
32 Jackie Robinson
33 Whitey Ford
34 Enos Slaughter
35 Rod Carew
36 Eddie Mathews
37 Ron Cey
38 Thurman Munson
39 Henry Kimbro
40 Ty Cobb
41 Rocky Colavito
42 Satchel Paige
43 Andre Dawson
44 Phil Rizzuto
45 Roger Maris
46 Bobby Bonds
47 Joe Carter
48 Christy Mathewson
49 Tony Lazzeri
50 Gil Hodges
51 Ray Dandridge
52 Gaylord Perry
53 Ernie Banks
54 Lou Gehrig
55 George Kell
56 Wes Parker
57 Sam Jethroe
58 Joe Morgan
59 Steve Garvey
60 Joe Torre
61 Roger Craig
62 Warren Spahn
63 Willie McCovey
64 James Bell
65 Frank Robinson
66 Richie Allen
67 Bucky Dent
68 George Foster
69 Hoyt Wilhelm
70 Phil Niekro
71 Buck Leonard
72 Preacher Roe
73 Yogi Berra
74 Joe Black
75 Nolan Ryan
76 Pop Lloyd
77 Lester Lockett
78 Paul Blair
79 Ryne Sandberg
80 Bill Perkins
81 Frank Howard
82 Hack Wilson
83 Robin Yount
84 Harry Heilmann
85 Mike Schmidt
86 Vida Blue
87 George Brett
88 Juan Marichal
89 Tom Seaver
90 Bill Skowron
91 Don Mattingly
92 Jim Bunning
93 Eddie Murray
94 Tom Lasorda
95 Pee Wee Reese
96 Bill Dickey
97 Ozzie Smith
98 Dale Murphy
99 Artie Wilson
100 Bill Terry
101 Jim Hunter
102 Don Sutton
103 Luis Aparicio
104 Reggie Jackson
105 Ted Radcliffe
106 Carl Erskine
107 Johnny Bench
108 Carl Furillo
109 Stan Musial
110 Carlton Fisk
111 Rube Foster
112 Tony Oliva
113 Hank Bauer
114 Jim Rice
115 Willie Mays
116 Ralph Kiner
117 Al Kaline
118 Billy Williams
119 Buck O'Neil
120 Tony Perez
121 Dave Parker
122 Kirk Gibson
123 Lou Piniella
124 Ted Williams
125 Steve Carlton
126 Dizzy Dean
127 Willie Stargell
128 Joe Niekro
129 Lloyd Waner
130 Wade Boggs
131 Wilmer Fields
132 Bill Mazeroski
133 Duke Snider
134 Joe Williams
135 Bob Gibson
136 Jim Palmer
137 Oscar Charleston

Inserts

Retrospection

1 RC Babe Ruth
2 RC Stan Musial
3 RC Jimmy Foxx
4 RC Roberto Clemente
5 RC Ted Williams
6 RC Mike Schmidt
7 RC Cy Young
8 RC Satchel Paige
9 RC Hank Greenberg
10 RC Jim Bunning

Autographs & Game-Used

Dodger Blues

Based on the popular "Yankee Clippings" insert from the previous year's product, Dodger Blues is exclusive to Hobby packs.

Walter Alston JSY
Walter Alston UNI
Roy Campanella BAT SP
Roger Craig JSY
Don Drysdale JSY
Carl Furillo JSY
Steve Garvey JSY
Gil Hodges UNI
Wes Parker BAT
Wes Parker JSY
Pee Wee Reese JSY
Jackie Robinson UNI SP
Preacher Roe JSY
Duke Snider BAT SP
Don Sutton JSY

Feel the Game Classics

Luis Aparicio BAT 200
George Brett JSY 300
Lou Brock JSY
Orlando Cepeda BAT 300
Whitey Ford JSY
Hank Greenberg BAT 300
Elston Howard BAT 300
Catfish Hunter JSY
Harmon Killebrew BAT
Roger Maris BAT
Eddie Mathews BAT
Willie McCovey BAT 200
Johnny Mize BAT
Paul Molitor JSY
Jim Palmer JSY
Tony Perez BAT
Brooks Robinson BAT 144
Babe Ruth BAT 250
Mike Schmidt JSY
Tom Seaver JSY
Enos Slaughter BAT 300
Willie Stargell JSY
Hack Wilson BAT
Harry Heilmann BAT

Autographs

This is a 93-card autographed partial-parallel of the base set. Some of the autographs packed out as redemptions, all of which expired March 1, 2002, and are denoted in the checklist below. One of those cards that packed out as an exchange card was Willie Stargell who died before he was able to sign his cards. Fleer would fulfill Stargell's redemption with various other autographs. For other players, some but not all, of their autographs did pack out. Those players who have both live autographs and redemptions are indicated with an asterisk below.

Paul Blair accidentally signed his name twice on some cards.

Bill Mazeroski's card has the logo of the Negro League Baltimore Elite Giants on the back.

Richie Allen
Sparky Anderson
Luis Aparicio EXCH
Ernie Banks 250
Hank Bauer
Johnny Bench 400
Yogi Berra 500
Joe Black
Paul Blair
Vida Blue
Wade Boggs
Bobby Bonds
George Brett 247
Lou Brock 500
Jim Bunning SOME EXCH
Rod Carew
Steve Carlton
Joe Carter
Orlando Cepeda
Ron Cey SOME EXCH
Rocky Colavito
Roger Craig
Andre Dawson
Bucky Dent
Carl Erskine
Bob Feller
Wilmer Fields
Rollie Fingers SOME EXCH
Carlton Fisk SOME EXCH
Whitey Ford
George Foster
Steve Garvey 400
Bob Gibson
Kirk Gibson
Rich Gossage
Frank Howard
Monte Irvin
Reggie Jackson 400
Sam Jethroe EXCH
Paul Blair (Double-Signed)
Al Kaline
George Kell
Harmon Killebrew SOME EXCH
Ralph Kiner
Don Larsen
Tommy Lasorda EXCH 400
Lester Lockett
Fred Lynn
Juan Marichal EXCH
Dennis Martinez
Don Mattingly
Willie Mays EXCH 100
Bill Mazeroski UER
Willie McCovey
Paul Molitor
Joe Morgan
Dale Murphy
Eddie Murray 140
Stan Musial 525
Joe Niekro
Phil Niekro
Tony Oliva
Buck O'Neil
Jim Palmer 600
Dave Parker
Tony Perez
Gaylord Perry SOME EXCH
Lou Pinella
Ted Radcliffe
Jim Rice
Phil Rizzuto EXCH 425
Brooks Robinson SOME EXCH
Frank Robinson
Preacher Roe
Nolan Ryan 650
Ryne Sandberg
Mike Schmidt 213
Tom Seaver
Bill Skowron
Enos Slaughter
Ozzie Smith
Duke Snider 600
Warren Spahn
Willie Stargell EXCH NO AU
Don Sutton
Joe Torre 500
Alan Trammell
Hoyt Wilhelm
Billy Williams
Maury Wills
Artie Wilson
Mookie Wilson
Dave Winfield 370
Robin Yount 400