Description

2002 Fleer Showcase is a 166-card set released in June, 2002. The set consists of a ten-card "Avant Card" subset, six "Avant Rookies" (each serial-numbered to 500 copies) and 25 "Rookie Showcase" cards, each serial-numbered to either 1000 or 1500 copies.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Four boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	166	-	?
short set	125	-	?	?
Avant Card	10	-	1:12	?
Avant Rookies	6	500	?	?
Rookie Showcase	25	1000 or 1500	?	?
Legacy	166	175	1:24	?
Masterpiece	166	one-of-one	?	?
Baseball's Best	20	-	1:8	1:10
Derek Jeter Legacy Collection	22	1000	?	?
Baseball's Best Memorabilia	19	-	1:12	1:36
Baseball's Best Memorabilia Gold	19	100	?	?
Baseball's Best Memorabilia Autograph Silver	2	400	?	?
Baseball's Best Memorabilia Autograph Gold	2	100	?	?
Derek Jeter Legacy Collection Memorabilia	4	varies	?	?
Sweet Sigs Leather	13	varies	?	?
Sweet Sigs Lumber	13	varies	?	?
Sweet Sigs Wall	13	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Albert Pujols
2 Pedro Martinez
3 Frank Thomas
4 Gary Sheffield
5 Roberto Alomar
6 Luis Gonzalez
7 Bob Abreu
8 Carlos Lee
9 Preston Wilson
10 Todd Helton
11 Juan Gonzalez
12 Chuck Knoblauch
13 Jason Kendall
14 Aaron Sele
15 Greg Vaughn
16 Fred McGriff
17 Doug Mientkiewicz
18 Richard Hidalgo
19 Alfonso Soriano
20 Matt Williams
21 Bob Higginson
22 Mo Vaughn
23 Andruw Jones
24 Omar Vizquel
25 Bret Boone
26 Bernie Williams
27 Rafael Furcal
28 Jeff Bagwell
29 Marty Cordova
30 Lance Berkman
31 Vernon Wells
32 Garret Anderson
33 Larry Bigbie
34 Steve Finley
35 Barry Bonds
36 Eric Chavez
37 Tony Clark
38 Roger Clemens
39 Adam Dunn
40 Roger Cedeno
41 Carlos Delgado
42 Jermaine Dye
43 Brian Jordan
44 Darin Erstad
45 Paul LoDuca
46 Jim Edmonds
47 Tom Glavine
48 Cliff Floyd
49 Jon Lieber
50 Adrian Beltre
51 Joel Pineiro
52 Jim Thome
53 Jimmy Rollins
54 Pat Burrell
55 Jeromy Burnitz
56 Larry Walker
57 Damon Minor
58 John Olerud
59 Carlos Beltran
60 Vladimir Guerrero
61 Dave Justice
62 Phil Nevin
63 Tino Martinez
64 Curt Schilling
65 Corey Patterson
66 Aubrey Huff
67 Mark Grace
68 Rafael Palmeiro
69 Jorge Posada
70 Craig Biggio
71 Manny Ramirez
72 Mark Quinn
73 Raul Mondesi
74 Shawn Green
75 Brian Giles
76 Paul Konerko
77 Troy Glaus
78 Mike Mussina
79 Greg Maddux
80 Edgar Martinez
81 Jose Vidro
82 Scott Rolen
83 Ben Grieve
84 Jeff Kent
85 Magglio Ordonez
86 Freddy Garcia
87 Ivan Rodriguez
88 Pokey Reese
89 Shannon Stewart
90 Randy Johnson
91 Cristian Guzman
92 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
93 Steve Cox
94 Mike Sweeney
95 Robert Fick
96 Sean Casey
97 Tim Hudson
98 Bud Smith
99 Corey Koskie
100 Richie Sexson
101 Aramis Ramirez
102 Barry Larkin
103 Rich Aurilia
104 Charles Johnson
105 Ryan Klesko
106 Ben Sheets
107 J.D. Drew
108 Jay Gibbons
109 Kerry Wood
110 C.C. Sabathia
111 Eric Munson
112 Josh Beckett
113 Javier Vazquez
114 Barry Zito
115 Kazuhiro Sasaki
116 Bubba Trammell
117 Russell Branyan
118 Todd Walker
119 Mike Hampton
120 Jeff Weaver
121 Geoff Jenkins
122 Edgardo Alfonzo
123 Mike Lieberthal
124 Mike Lowell
125 Kevin Brown

Avant Card

126 Derek Jeter
127 Ichiro
128 Nomar Garciaparra
129 Ken Griffey, Jr.
130 Jason Giambi
131 Alex Rodriguez
132 Chipper Jones
133 Mike Piazza
134 Sammy Sosa
135 Hideo Nomo

Avant Rookies

Each Avant Rookie is serial-numbered to 500 copies.

136 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
137 Satoru Komiyama RC
138 So Taguchi RC
139 Jorge Padilla RC
140 Rene Reyes RC
141 Jorge Nunez RC*

Showcase Rookies

142 Nelson Castro RC* 1000
143 Anderson Machado RC 1000
144 Edwin Almonte RC 1000
145 Luis Ugueto RC 1000
146 Felix Escalona RC 1000
147 Ron Calloway RC 1000
148 Hansel Izquierdo RC 1000
149 Mark Teixeira 1000
150 Orlando Hudson 1000
151 Aaron Cook RC 1000
152 Aaron Taylor RC 1000
153 Takahito Nomura RC 1000
154 Matt Thornton RC 1000
155 Mark Prior 1000
156 Reed Johnson RC 1000
157 Doug Devore RC 1500
158 Ben Howard RC 1500
159 Francis Beltran RC 1500
160 Brian Mallette RC 1500
161 Sean Burroughs 1500
162 Michael Restovich 1500
163 Austin Kearns 1500
164 Marlon Byrd 1500
165 Hank Blalock 1500
166 Mike Rivera 1500

Parallels

All 166 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Legacy (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
Masterpieces (one-of-one)

Inserts

Baseball's Best

1 BB Derek Jeter
2 BB Barry Bonds
3 BB Mike Piazza
4 BB Alex Rodriguez
5 BB Pat Burrell
6 BB Rafael Palmeiro
7 BB Nomar Garciaparra
8 BB Todd Helton
9 BB Roger Clemens
10 BB Shawn Green
11 BB Chipper Jones
12 BB Pedro Martinez
13 BB Luis Gonzalez
14 BB Randy Johnson
15 BB Ichiro
16 BB Ken Griffey, Jr.
17 BB Vladimir Guerrero
18 BB Sammy Sosa
19 BB Jason Giambi
20 BB Albert Pujols

Derek Jeter Legacy Collection

See 2001 Fleer Derek Jeter Legacy Collection.

Autographs & Game-Used

Baseball's Best Memorabilia

Derek Jeter
Barry Bonds
Mike Piazza
Alex Rodriguez
Pat Burrell
Rafael Palmeiro
Nomar Garciaparra
Todd Helton
Roger Clemens
Shawn Green
Chipper Jones
Pedro Martinez
Luis Gonzalez
Randy Johnson
Ichiro Suzuki
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero
Sammy Sosa
Jason Giambi
Albert Pujols

Autographs

Each card is serial-numbered to 400 copies, with a Gold parallel, numbered to 100, also available.

Derek Jeter
Barry Bonds

Derek Jeter Legacy Collection Memorabilia

See 2001 Fleer Derek Jeter Legacy Collection.

Sweet Sigs

Each Sweet Sigs features an autograph signed on either a piece of leather, wood, or a piece of Milwaukee County Stadium's outfield wall. The Leather and Lumber cards are NOT game-used. Each is serial-numbered to the production figures listed.

Leather

Bob Abreu 10
Russell Branyan 90
Pat Burrell 35
Sean Casey 35
Eric Chavez 20
Rafael Furcal 92
Nomar Garciaparra 5
Brandon Inge 122
Jackson Melian 37
Xavier Nady 301
Jose Ortiz 50
Ben Sheets 60
Mike Sweeney 103

Lumber

Bob Abreu 231
Russell Branyan 425
Pat Burrell 115
Sean Casey 64
Eric Chavez 256
Rafael Furcal 530
Nomar Garciaparra 25
Brandon Inge 528
Jackson Melian 636
Xavier Nady 589
Jose Ortiz 515
Ben Sheets 458
Mike Sweeney 495

Wall

Bob Abreu 70
Russell Branyan 200
Pat Burrell 35
Sean Casey 35
Eric Chavez 108
Rafael Furcal 207
Nomar Garciaparra 25
Brandon Inge 187
Jackson Melian 146
Xavier Nady 286
Jose Ortiz 116
Ben Sheets 150
Mike Sweeney 371