Description

1997 Metal Universe set (produced by Fleer) is a 250-card, single-series set printed on 100 percent etched foil with UV-coating. At the time, Fleer was owned by Marvel Entertainment, and many of the famed comic book publisher's artists were involved in the design of the set -- giving Metal its trademark "comic book" look.

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Mining for Gold	10	-	1:9	1:9
Magnetic Field	10	-	1:12	1:12
Titanium	10	-	N/A	1:24
Platinum Portraits	10	-	1:36	1:36
Blast Furnace	12	-	1:48	N/A
Mother Lode	12	-	1:288	1:288
Emerald Autographs	6	-	1:480	N/A

Checklist

Promos

This Alex Rodriguez promo card was distributed to dealers and the Hobby media several weeks prior to the product's release.

149 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Brady Anderson
3 Rocky Coppinger
4 Chris Hoiles
5 Eddie Murray
6 Mike Mussina
7 Rafael Palmeiro
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 B.J. Surhoff
10 Brant Brown
11 Mark Grace
12 Brian McRae
13 Jaime Navarro
14 Ryne Sandberg
15 Sammy Sosa
16 Amaury Telemaco
17 Steve Trachsel
18 Darren Bragg
19 Jose Canseco
20 Roger Clemens
21 Nomar Garciaparra
22 Tom Gordon
23 Tim Naehring
24 Mike Stanley
25 John Valentin
26 Mo Vaughn
27 Jermaine Dye
28 Tom Glavine
29 Marquis Grissom
30 Andruw Jones
31 Chipper Jones
32 Ryan Klesko
33 Greg Maddux
34 Fred McGriff
35 John Smoltz
36 Garret Anderson
37 George Arias
38 Gary DiSarcina
39 Jim Edmonds
40 Darin Erstad
41 Chuck Finley
42 Troy Percival
43 Tim Salmon
44 Bret Boone
45 Jeff Brantley
46 Eric Davis
47 Barry Larkin
48 Hal Morris
49 Mark Portugal
50 Reggie Sanders
51 John Smiley
52 Wilson Alvarez
53 Harold Baines
54 James Baldwin
55 Albert Belle
56 Mike Cameron
57 Ray Durham
58 Alex Fernandez
59 Roberto Hernandez
60 Tony Phillips
61 Frank Thomas
62 Robin Ventura
63 Jeff Cirillo
64 Jeff D'Amico
65 John Jaha
66 Scott Karl
67 Ben McDonald
68 Marc Newfield
69 Dave Nilsson
70 Jose Valentin
71 Dante Bichette
72 Ellis Burks
73 Vinny Castilla
74 Andres Galarraga
75 Kevin Ritz
76 Larry Walker
77 Walt Weiss
78 Jamey Wright
79 Eric Young
80 Julio Franco
81 Orel Hershiser
82 Kenny Lofton
83 Jack McDowell
84 Jose Mesa
85 Charles Nagy
86 Manny Ramirez
87 Jim Thome
88 Omar Vizquel
89 Matt Williams
90 Kevin Appier
91 Johnny Damon
92 Chili Davis
93 Tom Goodwin
94 Keith Lockhart
95 Jeff Montgomery
96 Craig Paquette
97 Jose Rosado
98 Michael Tucker
99 Wilton Guerrero
100 Todd Hollandsworth
101 Eric Karros
102 Ramon Martinez
103 Raul Mondesi
104 Hideo Nomo
105 Mike Piazza
106 Ismael Valdes
107 Todd Worrell
108 Tony Clark
109 Travis Fryman
110 Bob Higginson
111 Mark Lewis
112 Melvin Nieves
113 Justin Thompson
114 Wade Boggs
115 David Cone
116 Cecil Fielder
117 Dwight Gooden
118 Derek Jeter
119 Tino Martinez
120 Paul O'Neill
121 Andy Pettitte
122 Mariano Rivera
123 Darryl Strawberry
124 John Wetteland
125 Bernie Williams
126 Tony Batista
127 Geronimo Berroa
128 Scott Brosius
129 Jason Giambi
130 Jose Herrera
131 Mark McGwire
132 John Wasdin
133 Bob Abreu
134 Jeff Bagwell
135 Derek Bell
136 Craig Biggio
137 Brian Hunter
138 Darryl Kile
139 Orlando Miller
140 Shane Reynolds
141 Billy Wagner
142 Donne Wall
143 Jay Buhner
144 Jeff Fassero
145 Ken Griffey, Jr.
146 Sterling Hitchcock
147 Randy Johnson
148 Edgar Martinez
149 Alex Rodriguez
150 Paul Sorrento
151 Dan Wilson
152 Moises Alou
153 Darrin Fletcher
154 Cliff Floyd
155 Mark Grudzielanek
156 Vladimir Guerrero
157 Mike Lansing
158 Pedro Martinez
159 Henry Rodriguez
160 Rondell White
161 Will Clark
162 Juan Gonzalez
163 Rusty Greer
164 Ken Hill
165 Mark McLemore
166 Dean Palmer
167 Roger Pavlik
168 Ivan Rodriguez
169 Mickey Tettleton
170 Bobby Bonilla
171 Kevin Brown
172 Greg Colbrunn
173 Jeff Conine
174 Jim Eisenreich
175 Charles Johnson
176 Al Leiter
177 Robb Nen
178 Edgar Renteria
179 Gary Sheffield
180 Devon White
181 Joe Carter
182 Carlos Delgado
183 Alex Gonzalez
184 Shawn Green
185 Juan Guzman
186 Pat Hentgen
187 Orlando Merced
188 John Olerud
189 Robert Perez
190 Ed Sprague
191 Mark Clark
192 John Franco
193 Bernard Gilkey
194 Todd Hundley
195 Lance Johnson
196 Bobby Jones
197 Alex Ochoa
198 Rey Ordonez
199 Paul Wilson
200 Ricky Bottalico
201 Gregg Jefferies
202 Wendell Magee, Jr.
203 Mickey Morandini
204 Ricky Otero
205 Scott Rolen
206 Benito Santiago
207 Curt Schilling
208 Rich Becker
209 Marty Cordova
210 Chuck Knoblauch
211 Pat Meares
212 Paul Molitor
213 Frank Rodriguez
214 Terry Steinbach
215 Todd Walker
216 Andy Ashby
217 Ken Caminiti
218 Steve Finley
219 Tony Gwynn
220 Joey Hamilton
221 Rickey Henderson
222 Trevor Hoffman
223 Wally Joyner
224 Scott Sanders
225 Fernando Valenzuela
226 Greg Vaughn
227 Alan Benes
228 Andy Benes
229 Dennis Eckersley
230 Ron Gant
231 Brian Jordan
232 Ray Lankford
233 John Mabry
234 Tom Pagnozzi
235 Todd Stottlemyre
236 Jermaine Allensworth
237 Francisco Cordova
238 Jason Kendall
239 Jeff King
240 Al Martin
241 Rod Beck
242 Barry Bonds
243 Shawn Estes
244 Mark Gardner
245 Glenallen Hill
246 Bill Mueller RC
247 J.T. Snow
248 Checklist CL 1-107
249 Checklist CL 108-207
250 Checklist CL 208-250

Inserts

Mining for Gold

1 Bob Abreu
2 Kevin Brown C
3 Nomar Garciaparra
4 Vladimir Guerrero
5 Wilton Guerrero
6 Andruw Jones
7 Curt Lyons
8 Neifi Perez
9 Scott Rolen
10 Todd Walker

Magnetic Field

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Jeff Bagwell
3 Barry Bonds
4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
5 Derek Jeter
6 Kenny Lofton
7 Edgar Renteria
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Alex Rodriguez
10 Matt Williams

Titanium

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Albert Belle
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Chipper Jones
5 Greg Maddux
6 Mark McGwire
7 Mike Piazza
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Alex Rodriguez
10 Frank Thomas

Platinum Portraits

1 James Baldwin
2 Jermaine Dye
3 Todd Hollandsworth
4 Derek Jeter
5 Chipper Jones
6 Jason Kendall
7 Rey Ordonez
8 Andy Pettitte
9 Edgar Renteria
10 Alex Rodriguez

Blast Furnace

This set is exclusive to Hobby packs.

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Albert Belle
3 Barry Bonds
4 Andres Galarraga
5 Juan Gonzalez
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Todd Hundley
8 Mark McGwire
9 Mike Piazza
10 Alex Rodriguez
11 Frank Thomas
12 Mo Vaughn

Mother Lode

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Jeff Bagwell
3 Barry Bonds
4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
5 Andruw Jones
6 Chipper Jones
7 Kenny Lofton
8 Mike Piazza
9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
10 Alex Rodriguez
11 Frank Thomas
12 Matt Williams

Autographs

Emerald Autographs

Randomly inserted into Hobby packs at the rate of one in 20 boxes were Emerald Autograph Exchange cards good for an on-card autograph of the player depicted. The autographed cards parallel the corresponding basic cards except of course for the signature on front, coupled with special emerald foil and an embossed Fleer/SkyBox stamp. In addition, the area used for the card number on back of the regular issue card is replaced by a logo stating "Certified Emerald Autograph."

Each pack-inserted Emerald Autograph Exchange card expired February 1st, 1998.

40 Darin Erstad
100 Todd Hollandsworth
149 Alex Rodriguez
197 Alex Ochoa
205 Scott Rolen
215 Todd Walker