Revision as of 00:50, 26 September 2015

Description

The inaugural Fleer Genuine set was released in May 2001. The base set consists of 130 cards, the last 30 making up the rookie and prospect-laden and serial-numbered "Genuine Upside" subset.

Genuine was designed to compete with similar $5/pack products like SP Authentic, and the parallels between SPA and Genuine are striking -- not the least of which is the product's name. Each 24-pack Hobby box of Genuine should yield one card from each of three insert sets, two Genuine Upside cards, and three of "hits." Also randomly inserted into packs were 500 redemption cards good for an uncut sheet autographed by Derek Jeter.

Like most 2001 sets, the Genuine Upside subset is full of prospects who never panned out and marginal Major Leaguers. Although Genuine does include an Ichiro RC, Albert Pujols was not included.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP $4.99).

Reviews

http://oldschoolbreaks.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/2001-fleer-genuine-baseball-review/

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base (Short Set)	100	-	5:1	?
Genuine Upside	30	1500	?	?
At Large	15	-	1:23	?
High Interest	15	-	1:23	?
Pennant Aggression	10	-	1:23	?
Autographics	?	-	1:24	?
Autographics Silver	?	250	?	?
Autographics Gold	?	50	?	?
Genuine Coverage Plus	12	150	?	-
Final Cut	18	-	1:30	?
Material Issue	19	-	1:30	-
Names of the Game	35	50	?	?
Names of the Game Autographs	23	100	?	?
Tip of the Cap	12	150	?	-

Checklist

Base Set

1 Derek Jeter
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Frank Thomas
5 Travis Fryman
6 Gary Sheffield
7 Jason Giambi
8 Trevor Hoffman
9 Todd Helton
10 Ivan Rodriguez
11 Roberto Alomar
12 Barry Zito
13 Kevin Brown
14 Shawn Green
15 Kenny Lofton
16 Jeff Weaver
17 Geoff Jenkins
18 Carlos Delgado
19 Mark Grace
20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
21 Dave Justice
22 Brian Giles
23 Scott Williamson
24 Richie Sexson
25 John Olerud
26 Sammy Sosa
27 Bob Higginson
28 Matt Lawton
29 Vinny Castilla
30 Alex Gonzalez
31 Manny Ramirez
32 Brad Radke
33 Cal Ripken, Jr.
34 Richard Hidalgo
35 Al Leiter
36 Freddy Garcia
37 Juan Encarnacion
38 Corey Koskie
39 Greg Vaughn
40 Rafael Palmeiro
41 Vladimir Guerrero
42 Troy Glaus
43 Mike Hampton
44 Jose Vidro
45 Ryan Rupe
46 Troy O'Leary
47 Ben Petrick
48 Mike Lieberthal
49 Mike Sweeney
50 Scott Rolen
51 Albert Belle
52 Mark Quinn
53 Mike Piazza
54 Mark McGwire
55 Brady Anderson
56 Carlos Beltran
57 Michael Barrett
58 Jason Kendall
59 Jim Edmonds
60 Matt Williams
61 Pokey Reese
62 Bernie Williams
63 Barry Bonds
64 David Wells
65 Chipper Jones
66 Jim Parque
67 Derrek Lee
68 Darin Erstad
69 Edgar Martinez
70 Kerry Wood
71 Omar Vizquel
72 Jeromy Burnitz
73 Warren Morris
74 Rick Ankiel
75 Andruw Jones
76 Paul Konerko
77 Mike Lowell
78 Roger Clemens
79 Tim Hudson
80 Rafael Furcal
81 Craig Biggio
82 Edgardo Alfonzo
83 Pat Burrell
84 Adrian Beltre
85 Tony Gwynn
86 J.T. Snow
87 Randy Johnson
88 Sean Casey
89 Preston Wilson
90 Mike Mussina
91 Eric Chavez
92 Tim Salmon
93 Pedro Martinez
94 Darryl Kile
95 Greg Maddux
96 Magglio Ordonez
97 Jeff Bagwell
98 Timo Perez
99 Jeff Kent
100 Eric Owens

Genuine Upside

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

101 Ichiro Suzuki
102 Elpidio Guzman
103 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
104 Travis Hafner
105 Larry Barnes
106 Jaisen Randolph
107 Paul Phillips
108 Erick Almonte
109 Nick Punto
110 Jack Wilson
111 Jeremy Owens
112 Esix Snead
113 Jay Gibbons
114 Adrian Hernandez
115 Matt White
116 Ryan Freel
117 Martin Vargas
118 Winston Abreu
119 Junior Spivey
120 Paxton Crawford
121 Randy Keisler
122 Juan Diaz
123 Aaron Rowand
124 Toby Hall
125 Brian Cole
126 Aubrey Huff
127 Corey Patterson
128 Sun Woo Kim
129 Jace Brewer
130 Cesar Izturis

Inserts

All of the regular inserts in this product fall at a rate of 1:23 packs.

At Large

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At Large #1AL Derek Jeter

ALG1 Derek Jeter
ALG2 Nomar Garciaparra
ALG3 Mark McGwire
ALG4 Pedro Martinez
ALG5 Tony Gwynn
ALG6 Roger Clemens
ALG7 Ivan Rodriguez
ALG8 Sammy Sosa
ALG9 Magglio Ordonez
ALG10 Jason Giambi
ALG11 Carlos Delgado
ALG12 Chipper Jones
ALG13 Mike Piazza
ALG14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
ALG15 Ken Griffey, Jr.

High Interest

File:Sosahighinterest.jpg

High Interest #5HI Sammy Sosa

HI1 Derek Jeter
HI2 Nomar Garciaparra
HI3 Greg Maddux
HI4 Todd Helton
HI5 Sammy Sosa
HI6 Jeff Bagwell
HI7 Jason Giambi
HI8 Frank Thomas
HI9 Andruw Jones
HI10 Jim Edmonds
HI11 Bernie Williams
HI12 Randy Johnson
HI13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
HI14 Pedro Martinez
HI15 Mark McGwire

Pennant Aggression

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Pennant Aggression #10PA Pedro Martinez

PA1 Derek Jeter
PA2 Alex Rodriguez
PA3 Nomar Garciaparra
PA4 Mark McGwire
PA5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
PA6 Mike Piazza
PA7 Sammy Sosa
PA8 Barry Bonds
PA9 Chipper Jones
PA10 Pedro Martinez

Autographs & Game-Used

Final Cut

NOTES:

Some Final Cut cards were issued with patch swatches, as opposed to regular jersey fabric. Do NOT assume they are fake. Despite the fact that card is labeled as a regular jersey card, some Final Cut cards (like Edgar Martinez's) with patch material were produced.
Although no cards were serial-numbered, Fleer released production figures for some cards shortly after Genuine's release..

Wade Boggs
Barry Bonds SP 330
George Brett
Sean Casey
J.D. Drew SP 75
Bob Gibson SP 200
Troy Glaus
Tony Gwynn
Andruw Jones SP 135
Chipper Jones
Greg Maddux
Edgar Martinez SP UER (incorrectly labelled as a BTG GLV) 130
Pokey Reese
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Ivan Rodriguez SP 120
Scott Rolen
Tim Salmon
Miguel Tejada SP 170
Frank Thomas
Robin Ventura
Larry Walker
Matt Williams
Robin Yount

Final Cut Redemption Replacements

These six cards (all New York Yankees) were produced by Fleer in 2001, but were withdrawn prior to packout for licensing purposes. Some of the Guidry, Larsen, Randolph and Righetti cards did make their way into packs as Fleer attempted to pull all of the copies they could find from production prior to shipping.

After Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy and liquidation, these six unreleased Final Cut cards were issued as replacements for unexpired redemption cards.

Ron Guidry
Reggie Jackson
Don Larsen
Willie Randolph
Dave Righetti
Thurman Munson

Coverage Plus

Each Coverage Plus card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Barry Bonds
Darin Erstad
Troy Glaus
Tony Gwynn
Derek Jeter
Randy Johnson
Andruw Jones
Chipper Jones
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Frank Thomas

Material Issue

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Material Issue #11MI Greg Maddux

NOTE: Some Material Issue cards were issued with patch swatches, as opposed to regular jersey fabric. Do NOT assume they are fake. Despite the fact that card is labeled as a regular jersey card, some Material Issue cards with patch material were produced.

The Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling cards were short-printed. Although they are not serial-numbered, Fleer did reveal the production figures for these two cards.

The Mike Mussina card was withdrawn prior to packout for licensing purposes. The Mussina card was eventually released as a "buyback" in the 2005 Fleer National Pastime product. The Mussina found in '05 National Pastime packs was hand-numbered to 27 copies.

Steve Carlton SP
J.D. Drew
Darin Erstad
Troy Glaus
Tom Glavine
Tony Gwynn
Randy Johnson
Chipper Jones
Greg Maddux
Edgar Martinez SP
Pedro Martinez SP 60
Kevin Millwood
Paul Molitor SP
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Scott Rolen
Nolan Ryan
Curt Schilling SP 120
Frank Thomas
Robin Ventura
Mike Mussina SP (2005 National Pastime) 27

Material Issue Redemption Replacements

As in the case with the Yankee Final Cut cards, a few unreleased Material Issue cards also surfaced as redemption replacements when Fleer went bankrupt.

Only one Elston Howard and three Billy Martin cards have ever emerged.

Rod Carew
Tommy John
Elston Howard
Billy Martin

Names of the Game

Each unautographed Names of the Game is hand-numbered to 50 copies.

NOTE: The Willie Mays card is not serial-numbered and extremely scarce -- only three are known to exist.

Yogi Berra BAT
Orlando Cepeda BAT
Rocky Colavito BAT
Andre Dawson JSY
Bucky Dent BAT
Rollie Fingers JSY
Carlton Fisk BAT
Whitey Ford JSY
Jimmie Foxx BAT
Hank Greenberg BAT
Jim Hunter JSY
Reggie Jackson JSY
Randy Johnson JSY
Chipper Jones BAT
Harmon Killebrew BAT
Tony Lazzeri BAT
Don Mattingly BAT
Willie McCovey BAT
Johnny Mize BAT
Pee Wee Reese JSY
Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT
Phil Rizzuto BAT
Ivan Rodriguez BAT
Preacher Roe JSY
Babe Ruth BAT
Nolan Ryan JSY
Tom Seaver JSY
Bill Skowron BAT
Enos Slaughter BAT
Duke Snider BAT
Willie Stargell BAT
Bill Terry BAT
Ted Williams BAT
Hack Wilson BAT
Willie Mays JSY (no serial-number)

Autographs

Each Names of the Game Autograph is hand-numbered to 100 copies.

NOTEs:

Black and blue autograph variations are known to exist.
Un-signed copies are on the market also. These were not issued in Fleer Genuine packs, but appeared in FairField/Target re-packs.
The Phil Rizzuto autograph surfaced after Fleer's bankruptcy. None of Rizzuto's cards were hand numbered.
Willie Mays did not sign any of his cards and none were inserted into packs. It is believed that Mays kept the cards and gave them to friends and family. One was auctioned by Bobert Edward auctions as part of the Sy Berger Collection. None of the Mays cards were serial-numbered, but it is believed that 102 exist.

Yogi Berra BAT
Orlando Cepeda BAT
Rocky Colavito BAT
Andre Dawson JSY
Bucky Dent BAT
Rollie Fingers JSY
Carlton Fisk BAT
Whitey Ford JSY
Reggie Jackson JSY
Randy Johnson JSY
Chipper Jones BAT
Harmon Killebrew BAT
Don Mattingly BAT
Willie McCovey BAT
Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT
Ivan Rodriguez BAT
Preacher Roe JSY
Nolan Ryan JSY
Tom Seaver JSY
Bill Skowron BAT
Enos Slaughter BAT
Duke Snider BAT
Willie Mays JSY (no auto, no serial-number)
Phil Rizzuto BAT (no serial-number)

Tip of the Cap

Each Tip of the Cap is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

NOTE: Troy Glaus's card was not issued in packs and did not surface until after Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy.

Roberto Alomar
Barry Bonds
Eric Chavez
Troy Glaus (pulled)
Shawn Green
Vladimir Guerrero
Randy Johnson
Andruw Jones
Javy Lopez
Pedro Martinez
Rafael Palmeiro
Ivan Rodriguez
Miguel Tejada

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 As in the case with the Yankee Final Cut cards, a few unreleased Material Issue cards also surfaced as redemption replacements when Fleer went bankrupt.
-Only one Elston Howard has ever emerged.
+Only one Elston Howard and three Billy Martin cards have ever emerged.
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