Description

2005 Fleer Patinum is a 125-card set released in April, 2005. This would be the final baseball card product ever released by Fleer as they would file for bankruptcy the following month.

Unlike previous Fleer Platinum products, the design of the base set is not based on a past Fleer sets. The final 25 cards make up a "Rookie" subset, with each card serial-numbered to only 1000 copies. Justin Verlander is the only notable rookie in this set.

Finally, each 18-pack Hobby box came packaged in a collectible tin box, reminisent of 1997 and 1998 Donruss Preferred. There were 15 different tins in all and each 16-tin Hobby case contained one "Platinum" tin.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per tin, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 16 tins per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack. 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	125	-	?	?
short set	100	-	?	?
Rookie subset	25	1000	1:18	1:60
Platinum Finish	125	199	*	*
Platinum Extreme	125	20	*	*
Lumberjacks	15	-	1:6	1:8
Diamond Dominators	20	-	N/A	1:12
Diamond Dominators Metal	19	-	1:18	N/A
Decade of Excellence	20	-	1:99	1:125
Decade of Excellence Jersey Silver	17	-	1:54	N/A
Decade of Excellence Jersey Gold	17	99	**	**
Decade of Excellence Patch Platinum	17	10	**	**
Decade of Excellence Autographed Jersey Platinum	5	five	**	**
Diamond Dominators Jersey Red	19	-	N/A	1:50
Diamond Dominators Jersey Silver	19	-	1:45	N/A
Diamond Dominators Jersey Gold	19	199	**	**
Diamond Dominators Metal Patch	20	30	**	**
Diamond Dominators Metal Autograph	11	ten	**	**
Lumberjacks Bat Silver	14	-	**	N/A
Lumberjacks Bat Gold	14	250	**	N/A
Lumberjacks Bat-Patch Platinum	14	20	**	N/A
Lumberjacks Autograph Platinum	5	20	**	N/A
Nameplates Patch Platinum	25	25	**	**
Nameplates Patch Autograph Platinum	4	25	**	**
Nameplates Patch Masterpiece	25	one-of-one	**	**
Nameplates Dual Patch Platinum	15	25	**	**
Nameplates Dual Patch Autograph Platinum	2	one-of-one	**	**
Nameplates Dual Patch Masterpiece	25	one-of-one	**	**
Autograph Die Cuts	16	varies	1:184	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

1 Nomar Garciaparra
2 Matt Holliday
3 Rickie Weeks
4 Jim Thome
5 Roy Halladay
6 Paul Konerko
7 Lance Berkman
8 Ichiro
9 Kerry Wood
10 Lew Ford
11 Omar Vizquel
12 Manny Ramirez
13 Carlos Beltran
14 Lyle Overbay
15 Billy Wagner
16 Jose Vidro
17 Vladimir Guerrero
18 Miguel Tejada
19 Alex Rodriguez
20 Rocco Baldelli
21 David Ortiz
22 Victor Martinez
23 Shawn Green
24 Jason Bay
25 Pedro Martinez
26 Travis Hafner
27 Eric Gagne
28 Jack Wilson
29 Ivan Rodriguez
30 Jody Gerut
31 Adrian Beltre
32 Craig Wilson
33 J.D. Drew
34 Craig Biggio
35 Mark Mulder
36 Mark Teixeira
37 Melvin Mora
38 Ken Griffey, Jr.
39 Mike Sweeney
40 Khalil Greene
41 Rafael Palmeiro
42 Austin Kearns
43 Garret Anderson
44 Trevor Hoffman
45 Andruw Jones
46 Adam Dunn
47 Angel Berroa
48 Ryan Klesko
49 Sean Casey
50 Kaz Matsui
51 Jim Edmonds
52 Magglio Ordonez
53 Tom Glavine
54 Larry Walker
55 Johnny Estrada
56 Brad Lidge
57 Barry Zito
58 Michael Young
59 Chipper Jones
60 Andy Pettitte
61 Eric Chavez
62 Carlos Delgado
63 David Eckstein
64 Dmitri Young
65 Mike Piazza
66 Albert Pujols
67 Luis Gonzalez
68 Hideki Matsui
69 Gary Sheffield
70 Carl Crawford
71 Curt Schilling
72 Todd Helton
73 Ben Sheets
74 Bobby Abreu
75 Jose Guillen
76 Richie Sexson
77 Miguel Cabrera
78 Bernie Williams
79 Aubrey Huff
80 John Smoltz
81 Jeff Bagwell
82 Tim Hudson
83 Alfonso Soriano
84 Freddy Garcia
85 Johan Santana
86 Bret Boone
87 Troy Glaus
88 Carlos Guillen
89 Derek Jeter
90 Scott Rolen
91 Sammy Sosa
92 Jacque Jones
93 Jason Schmidt
94 Randy Johnson
95 Dontrelle Willis
96 Mariano Rivera
97 Hank Blalock
98 Mark Prior
99 Torii Hunter
100 Roger Clemens

Rookie Subset

Each card in the "Rookie" subset is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

101 David Wright
102 Justin Morneau
103 Scott Kazmir
104 Gavin Floyd
105 Justin Verlander RC
106 Zack Greinke
107 David Aardsma
108 Ryan Raburn
109 Joey Gathright
110 J.D. Durbin
111 Sean Burnett
112 Jose Lopez
113 Nick Swisher
114 Bobby Jenks
115 Kelly Johnson
116 B.J. Upton
117 Ronny Cedeno
118 Edwin Encarnacion
119 Jeff Baker
120 Taylor Buchholz
121 Luis Hernandez RC
122 Dioner Navarro
123 Victor Diaz
124 Jon Knott
125 Russ Adams

Parallels

Each base card is available in the following parallels.

Platinum Finish (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Platinum Extreme (serial-numbered to 20 copies)

Inserts

Lumberjacks

1LJ Albert Pujols
2LJ Jim Thome
3LJ Andruw Jones
4LJ Kaz Matsui
5LJ Adam Dunn
6LJ Bernie Williams
7LJ Hank Blalock
8LJ Bobby Abreu
9LJ Rocco Baldelli
10LJ Jacque Jones
11LJ Mark Teixeira
12LJ Ichiro
13LJ Gary Sheffield
14LJ Sean Casey
15LJ Carl Crawford

Diamond Dominators

1DD Albert Pujols
2DD Curt Schilling
3DD Adrian Beltre
4DD Randy Johnson
5DD Ivan Rodriguez
6DD Mike Piazza
7DD Chipper Jones
8DD Sammy Sosa
9DD Tim Hudson
10DD Rocco Baldelli
11DD Alfonso Soriano
12DD David Ortiz
13DD Mariano Rivera
14DD Kaz Matsui
15DD Khalil Greene
16DD Eric Gagne
17DD Vladimir Guerrero
18DD Jason Giambi
19DD Scott Rolen
20DD Miguel Cabrera

Decade of Excellence

1DE Albert Pujols
2DE Derek Jeter
3DE Randy Johnson
4DE Ichiro
5DE Alex Rodriguez
6DE Mike Piazza
7DE Greg Maddux
8DE Curt Schilling
9DE Frank Thomas
10DE Torii Hunter
11DE Al Kaline
12DE Travis Hafner
13DE Ivan Rodriguez
14DE Rafael Palmeiro
15DE Mike Schmidt
16DE Johnny Bench
17DE Jim Edmonds
18DE Pedro Martinez
19DE Robin Yount
20DE Sammy Sosa

Packaging

Tins

AB Chipper Jones / John Smoltz
BO Miguel Tejada / Sammy Sosa
BR Manny Ramirez / David Ortiz
CC Kerry Wood / Mark Prior
CR Adam Dunn / Austin Kearns
FM Miguel Cabrera / Dontrelle Willis
HA Roger Clemens / Lance Berkman
LA Vladimir Guerrero / Garret Anderson
LD Eric Gagne / J.D. Drew
NM Carlos Beltran / Pedro Martinez
NY Hideki Matsui / Randy Johnson
PP Jim Thome / Bobby Abreu
SC Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen
SM Adrian Beltre / Richie Sexson
TR Alfonso Soriano / Hank Blalock

Autographs & Game-Used

Decade of Excellence

Jersey Silver

The Jersey Silvers are also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 99 copies.

DE-AK Al Kaline
DE-AP Albert Pujols
DE-CS Curt Schilling
DE-FT Frank Thomas
DE-GM Greg Maddux
DE-IR Ivan Rodriguez
DE-JB Johnny Bench
DE-JE Jim Edmonds
DE-MP Mike Piazza
DE-MS Mike Schmidt
DE-PM Pedro Martinez
DE-RJ Randy Johnson
DE-RP Rafael Palmeiro
DE-RY Robin Yount
DE-SS Sammy Sosa
DE-TF Travis Hafner
DE-TH Torii Hunter

Patch Platinum

Each Patch Platinum is serial-numbered to ten copies.

DE-AK Al Kaline
DE-AP Albert Pujols
DE-CS Curt Schilling
DE-FT Frank Thomas
DE-GM Greg Maddux
DE-IR Ivan Rodriguez
DE-JB Johnny Bench
DE-JE Jim Edmonds
DE-MP Mike Piazza
DE-MS Mike Schmidt
DE-PM Pedro Martinez
DE-RJ Randy Johnson
DE-RP Rafael Palmeiro
DE-RY Robin Yount
DE-SS Sammy Sosa
DE-TF Travis Hafner
DE-TH Torii Hunter

Autograph Jersey Platinum

Each Autograph Jersey Platinum is serial-numbered to five copies.

DEAG-AK Al Kaline
DEAG-JB Johnny Bench
DEAG-MS Mike Schmidt
DEAG-TH Torii Hunter
DEAG-TH2 Travis Hafner

Diamond Dominators

Jersey Red

Jersey Red is exclusive to retail packs.

Jersey Silver

DD/AB Adrian Beltre
DD/AP Albert Pujols
DD/AS Alfonso Soriano
DD/CJ Chipper Jones
DD/CS Curt Schilling
DD/DO David Ortiz
DD/EG Eric Gagne
DD/IR Ivan Rodriguez
DD/JG Jason Giambi
DD/KG Khalil Greene
DD/KM Kaz Matsui
DD/MC Miguel Cabrera
DD/MP Mike Piazza
DD/RB Rocco Baldelli
DD/RJ Randy Johnson
DD/SR Scott Rolen
DD/SS Sammy Sosa
DD/TH Tim Hudson
DD/VG Vladimir Guerrero

Jersey Gold

DD/AB Adrian Beltre 199
DD/AP Albert Pujols 199
DD/AS Alfonso Soriano 199
DD/CJ Chipper Jones 199
DD/CS Curt Schilling 199
DD/DO David Ortiz 199
DD/EG Eric Gagne 199
DD/IR Ivan Rodriguez 199
DD/JG Jason Giambi 199
DD/KG Khalil Greene 199
DD/KM Kaz Matsui 199
DD/MC Miguel Cabrera 199
DD/MP Mike Piazza 199
DD/RB Rocco Baldelli 199
DD/RJ Randy Johnson 199
DD/SR Scott Rolen 199
DD/SS Sammy Sosa 199
DD/TH Tim Hudson 199
DD/VG Vladimir Guerrero 199

Metal Patch

DD/AB Adrian Beltre 30
DD/AP Albert Pujols 30
DD/AS Alfonso Soriano 30
DD/CJ Chipper Jones 30
DD/CS Curt Schilling 30
DD/DO David Ortiz 30
DD/EG Eric Gagne 30
DD/HA Hank Aaron 30
DD/IR Ivan Rodriguez 30
DD/JG Jason Giambi 30
DD/KG Khalil Greene 30
DD/KM Kaz Matsui 30
DD/MC Miguel Cabrera 30
DD/MP Mike Piazza 30
DD/RB Rocco Baldelli 30
DD/RJ Randy Johnson 30
DD/SR Scott Rolen 30
DD/SS Sammy Sosa 30
DD/TH Tim Hudson 30
DD/VG Vladimir Guerrero 30

Metal Autograph

DDA/AP Albert Pujols 10
DDA/CJ Chipper Jones 10
DDA/DO David Ortiz 10
DDA/EG Eric Gagne 10
DDA/HA Hank Aaron 10
DDA/KG Khalil Greene 10
DDA/MC Miguel Cabrera 10
DDA/MP Mike Piazza 10
DDA/RB Rocco Baldelli 10
DDA/RJ Randy Johnson 10
DDA/SR Scott Rolen 10

Lumberjacks

Bat Silver

LJ/AD Adam Dunn
LJ/AJ Andruw Jones
LJ/AP Albert Pujols
LJ/BA Bobby Abreu
LJ/BW Bernie Williams
LJ/CC Carl Crawford
LJ/GS Gary Sheffield
LJ/HB Hank Blalock
LJ/JJ Jacque Jones
LJ/JT Jim Thome
LJ/KM Kaz Matsui
LJ/MT Mark Teixeira
LJ/RB Rocco Baldelli
LJ/SC Sean Casey

Bat Gold

LJ/AD Adam Dunn 250
LJ/AJ Andruw Jones 250
LJ/AP Albert Pujols 250
LJ/BA Bobby Abreu 250
LJ/BW Bernie Williams 250
LJ/CC Carl Crawford 250
LJ/GS Gary Sheffield 250
LJ/HB Hank Blalock 250
LJ/JJ Jacque Jones 250
LJ/JT Jim Thome 250
LJ/KM Kaz Matsui 250
LJ/MT Mark Teixeira 250
LJ/RB Rocco Baldelli 250
LJ/SC Sean Casey 250

Bat-Patch Platinum

LJD/AD Adam Dunn 20
LJD/AJ Andruw Jones 20
LJD/AP Albert Pujols 20
LJD/BA Bobby Abreu 20
LJD/BW Bernie Williams 20
LJD/CC Carl Crawford 20
LJD/GS Gary Sheffield 20
LJD/HB Hank Blalock 20
LJD/JJ Jacque Jones 20
LJD/JT Jim Thome 20
LJD/KM Kaz Matsui 20
LJD/MT Mark Teixeira 20
LJD/RB Rocco Baldelli 20
LJD/SC Sean Casey 20

Autograph Platinum

CC Carl Crawford 20
HB Hank Blalock 20
JT Jim Thome 20
MT Mark Teixeira 20
RB Rocco Baldelli 20

Nameplates

Patch Platinum

NP-AD Adam Dunn 25
NP-AP Albert Pujols 25
NP-AS Alfonso Soriano 25
NP-BR Brad Radke 25
NP-CJ Chipper Jones 25
NP-CS Curt Schilling 25
NP-IR Ivan Rodriguez 25
NP-JD Johnny Damon 25
NP-JM Joe Mauer 25
NP-JR Jose Reyes 25
NP-JS Johan Santana 25
NP-JT Jim Thome 25
NP-KM Kaz Matsui 25
NP-LB Lance Berkman 25
NP-MB Marlon Byrd 25
NP-MP Mike Piazza 25
NP-MT Miguel Tejada 25
NP-RJ Randy Johnson 25
NP-SG Shawn Green 25
NP-SK Scott Kazmir 25
NP-SR Scott Rolen 25
NP-SS Sammy Sosa 25
NP-TG Troy Glaus 25
NP-VG Vladimir Guerrero 25
NP-VM Victor Martinez 25

Patch Autograph Platinum

NP/LB Lance Berkman 25
NP/MB Marlon Byrd 25
NP/SK Scott Kazmir 25
NP/SR Scott Rolen 25

Patch Masterpiece

NP-AD Adam Dunn 1
NP-AP Albert Pujols 1
NP-AS Alfonso Soriano 1
NP-BR Brad Radke 1
NP-CJ Chipper Jones 1
NP-CS Curt Schilling 1
NP-IR Ivan Rodriguez 1
NP-JD Johnny Damon 1
NP-JM Joe Mauer 1
NP-JR Jose Reyes 1
NP-JS Johan Santana 1
NP-JT Jim Thome 1
NP-KM Kaz Matsui 1
NP-LB Lance Berkman 1
NP-MB Marlon Byrd 1
NP-MP Mike Piazza 1
NP-MT Miguel Tejada 1
NP-RJ Randy Johnson 1
NP-SG Shawn Green 1
NP-SK Scott Kazmir 1
NP-SR Scott Rolen 1
NP-SS Sammy Sosa 1
NP-TG Troy Glaus 1
NP-VG Vladimir Guerrero 1
NP-VM Victor Martinez 1

Dual Patch Platinum

NPD-AD/SG Adam Dunn / Shawn Green 25
NPD-AP/JT Albert Pujols / Jim Thome 25
NPD-AP/SR Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen 25
NPD-JD/CS Johnny Damon / Curt Schilling 25
NPD-JM/BR Joe Mauer / Brad Radke 25
NPD-JS/JM Johan Santana / Joe Mauer 25
NPD-KM/JR Kaz Matsui / Jose Reyes 25
NPD-KM/MT Kaz Matsui / Miguel Tejada 25
NPD-LB/TG Lance Berkman / Troy Glaus 25
NPD-MB/JT Marlon Byrd / Jim Thome 25
NPD-RJ/CS Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling 25
NPD-SK/JS Scott Kazmir / Johan Santana 25
NPD-SS/IR Sammy Sosa / Ivan Rodriguez 25
NPD-VG/AS Vladimir Guerrero / Alfonso Soriano 25
NPD-VM/MP Victor Martinez / Mike Piazza 25

Dual Patch Autograph Platinum

NP/SKJR Scott Kazmir / Jose Reyes 1
NP/SRMB Scott Rolen / Marlon Byrd 1

Dual Patch Masterpiece

NPD-AD/SG Adam Dunn / Shawn Green 1
NPD-AP/JT Albert Pujols / Jim Thome 1
NPD-AP/SR Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen 1
NPD-JD/CS Johnny Damon / Curt Schilling 1
NPD-JM/BR Joe Mauer / Brad Radke 1
NPD-JS/JM Johan Santana / Joe Mauer 1
NPD-KM/JR Kaz Matsui / Jose Reyes 1
NPD-KM/MT Kaz Matsui / Miguel Tejada 1
NPD-LB/TG Lance Berkman / Troy Glaus 1
NPD-MB/JT Marlon Byrd / Jim Thome 1
NPD-RJ/CS Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling 1
NPD-SK/JS Scott Kazmir / Johan Santana 1
NPD-SS/IR Sammy Sosa / Ivan Rodriguez 1
NPD-VG/AS Vladimir Guerrero / Alfonso Soriano 1
NPD-VM/MP Victor Martinez / Mike Piazza 1

Autograph Die Cuts

1 Lew Ford 99
3 Jason Bay 50
4 Travis Hafner 99
6 Brad Lidge 99
7 Michael Young 99
8 David Eckstein 99
9 Carl Crawford 50
10 Miguel Cabrera 50
11 David Wright 50
12 Justin Morneau 99
13 Scott Kazmir 99
14 Gavin Floyd 99
15 Justin Verlander 99
16 David Aardsma 10
18 Joey Gathright 50
22 Russ Adams 20