Revision as of 04:43, 9 March 2011

Description

1997 Leaf is a 400-card set issued in two separate 200-card series. The set contains the following subsets: Legacy (188-197/348-367), Checklists (198-200/398-400) and Gamers (368-397). Rookie Cards in this set include Jose Cruz Jr., Brian Giles and Hideki Irabu.

In a tie in with the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut, Donruss/Leaf also issued some collectible items. They made 42 all-leather jackets (issued to match Robinson's uniform number). There were also 311 leather jackets produced (to match Robinson's career batting average). 1,500 lithographs were also produced of which Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow) signed 500 of them.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	400	-	?	?	?
Fractal Matrix	400	varies	?	?	?
Fractal Matrix Die-Cut	400	varies	?	?	?
Knot-Hole Gang (S1)	12	5000	?	?	?
Get-A-Grip (S1)	16	3500	?	N/A	N/A
Dress For Success (S1)	18	3500	N/A	?	N/A
Banner Season (S1)	15	2500	N/A	N/A	?
Statistical Standouts (S1)	15	1000	?	?	?
Warning Track (S2)	18	3500	?	?	N/A
Gold Leaf Stars (S2)	36	2500	?	?	N/A
Leagues of the Nation (S2)	15	2500	?	?	N/A
Jackie Robinson 1948 Reprint (S2)	1	1948	?	?	N/A
Frank Thomas Collection (S2)	6	100	?	?	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Parallels

Fractal Matrix

Inserts

Knot-Hole Gang

2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Frank Thomas
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Mike Piazza
6 Jeff Bagwell
7 Rusty Greer
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Chipper Jones
10 Ryan Klesko
11 Barry Larkin
12 Paul Molitor
1 Chuck Knoblauch

Get-A-Grip

16 Mariano Rivera / Ken Caminiti
15 Cal Ripken / Bill Pulsipher
14 Derek Jeter / Al Leiter
13 Mo Vaughn / Andy Benes
12 Ivan Rodriguez / Paul Wilson
11 Roger Clemens / Brian Jordan
10 Andruw Jones / Troy Percival
9 Hideo Nomo / Albert Belle
8 Barry Bonds / Mike Mussina
7 Juan Gonzalez / Kevin Brown
6 Jeff Bagwell / Pat Hentgen
5 Alex Rodriguez / Tom Glavine
4 Chipper Jones / Randy Johnson
3 Mike Piazza / Andy Pettitte
2 Frank Thomas / John Smoltz
1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Greg Maddux

Dress For Success

1 Greg Maddux
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Albert Belle
4 Frank Thomas
5 Dante Bichette
6 Gary Sheffield
7 Jeff Bagwell
8 Mike Piazza
9 Mark McGwire
10 Ken Caminiti
11 Alex Rodriguez
12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
13 Juan Gonzalez
14 Brian Jordan
15 Mo Vaughn
16 Ivan Rodriguez
17 Andruw Jones
18 Chipper Jones

Banner Season

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Juan Gonzalez
4 Frank Thomas
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Kenny Lofton
7 Chuck Knoblauch
8 Mo Vaughn
9 Chipper Jones
10 Ken Caminiti
11 Craig Biggio
12 John Smoltz
13 Pat Hentgen
14 Derek Jeter
15 Todd Hollandsworth

Warning Track

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Albert Belle
3 Barry Bonds
4 Andruw Jones
5 Kenny Lofton
6 Tony Gwynn
7 Manny Ramirez
8 Rusty Greer
9 Bernie Williams
10 Gary Sheffield
11 Juan Gonzalez
12 Raul Mondesi
13 Brady Anderson
14 Rondell White
15 Sammy Sosa
16 Deion Sanders
17 Dave Justice
18 Jim Edmonds

Gold Leaf Stars

Leagues of the Nation

15 Vladimir Guerrero / Tony Clark
14 Darin Erstad / Wilton Guerrero
12 Alex Rodriguez / Tony Gwynn
11 Mo Vaughn / Gary Sheffield
10 Jeff Bagwell / Matt Williams
9 Albert Belle / Deion Sanders
8 Paul Molitor / Barry Larkin
4 Derek Jeter / Kenny Lofton
3 Mark McGwire / Ken Caminiti
1 Juan Gonzalez / Barry Bonds
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Chipper Jones
5 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
6 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Larry Walker
7 Sammy Sosa / Frank Thomas
13 Scott Rolen / Tino Martinez

Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf Reprint

Autographs & Game-Used

Frank Thomas Collection

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