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 Suzuki
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

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

Diamond Dominators

There are two different versions of the Diamond Dominators set. A 20-card "cardboard" version that was exclusive to retail packs, and a 19-card Hobby-exclusive "Metal" parallel.

NOTES

Mariano Rivera (card #13 in the retail set) was NOT included in the Metal set. As a result, the checklist for cards 1-12 are identical in BOTH sets. Cards #13-19 in the Metal set correspond to #14-20 in retail (i.e. Kaz Matsui is #14 in retail, #13 in Metal). For brevity's sake, we are not listing the checklist for the Metal set.
All Metal cards have die-cut corners.

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

Decade of Excellence

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

Packaging

Tins

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
NM Carlos Beltran / Pedro Martinez
PP Jim Thome / Bobby Abreu
SC Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen
SM Adrian Beltre / Richie Sexson
TR Alfonso Soriano / Hank Blalock
AB Chipper Jones / John Smoltz
NY Hideki Matsui / Randy Johnson
LD Eric Gagne / J.D. Drew
LA Vladimir Guerrero / Garret Anderson
BO Miguel Tejada / Sammy Sosa

Autographs & Game-Used

Decade of Excellence

Jersey Silver

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

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

Patch Platinum

Each Decade of Excellence Patch Platinum is serial-numbered to ten copies.

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

Autograph Jersey Platinum

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

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

Diamond Dominators

Jersey Red/Silver

Diamond Dominators Jersey Red is exclusive to retail packs, while Jersey Silver is available only in Hobby. The checklists are identical.

Each card is also available in a Hobby-exclusive Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 199 copies.

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

Metal Patch

Each Diamond Dominators Metal Patch is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 30 copies.

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

Metal Autograph

Each Diamond Dominators Metal Autograph is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to ten copies.

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

Lumberjacks

Bat Silver

Each Lumberjacks Bat Silver is also available the following parallels.

Bat Gold (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Bat-Patch Platinum (serial-numbered to 20 copies)

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

Autograph Platinum

Each Lumberjacks Autograph Platinum is serial-numbered to 20 copies.

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

Nameplates

Patch Platinum

Each Nameplates Patch Platinum is serial-numbered to 25 copies and available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

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

Patch Autograph Platinum

Each Nameplate Patch Autograph Platinum is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

LB Lance Berkman
MB Marlon Byrd
SK Scott Kazmir
SR Scott Rolen

Dual Patch Platinum

Each Nameplates Dual Patch Platinum is serial-numbered to 25 copies and available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

ADSG Adam Dunn / Shawn Green
APJT Albert Pujols / Jim Thome
APSR Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen
JDCS Johnny Damon / Curt Schilling
JMBR Joe Mauer / Brad Radke
JSJM Johan Santana / Joe Mauer
KMJR Kaz Matsui / Jose Reyes
KMMT Kaz Matsui / Miguel Tejada
LBTG Lance Berkman / Troy Glaus
MBJT Marlon Byrd / Jim Thome
RJCS Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling
SKJS Scott Kazmir / Johan Santana
SSIR Sammy Sosa / Ivan Rodriguez
VGAS Vladimir Guerrero / Alfonso Soriano
VMMP Victor Martinez / Mike Piazza

Dual Patch Autograph Platinum

Each Nameplates Dual Patch Autograph Platinum is a one-of-one.

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

Autograph Die Cuts

This set is a Hobby-exclusive autographed partial-parallel. The cards numbers do NOT match the sequential numbering of the base set, and is skip-numbered.

Each card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to the production figures listed.

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