Description

2003 Fleer Patchworks is a 115-card set, released in May, 2003. Patchworks replaced 2002 Fleer Premium in Fleer's release calendar. The set consists of 90 veterans (#1-#90) with the final 25 cards (#91-#115) making up the "Rookie Ranks" subset. Each Rookie Ranks card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	115	-	?	?
short set	90	-	?	?
Rookie Ranks	25	1500	?	?
Star Ruby	115	100	?	?
National Pastime	25	-	1:12	1:6
Numbers Game	15	-	1:24	1:12
Past Present Future	10	-	1:72	1:96
National Pastime Trim	11	200	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
National Pastime Team Name	15	100	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
National Pastime Number	16	75	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
National Pastime Nameplate	15	50	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
National Pastime Commemorative	11	25	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
National Pastime MLB Logo	15	one-of-one	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Numbers Game Jersey	10	-	1:33	1:213
Numbers Game Jersey Patch	10	300	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Past Present Future Single	17	200	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Past Present Future Dual	6	100	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Game Worn Patch Level 1 Single	17	250	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Game Worn Patch Level 2 Dual	18	100	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Game Worn Patch Level 3 Multi	18	50	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Licensed Apparel Jersey	15	500	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Licensed Apparel Jersey Patch	15	300	(Overall relics, 1:8)	?
Diamond Ink	6	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Luis Castillo
2 Derek Jeter
3 Vladimir Guerrero
4 Bobby Higginson
5 Pat Burrell
6 Ivan Rodriguez
7 Craig Biggio
8 Troy Glaus
9 Barry Bonds
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Barry Larkin
12 Roberto Alomar
13 Rodrigo Lopez
14 Eric Chavez
15 Shawn Green
16 Joe Randa
17 Mark Grace
18 Jason Kendall
19 Hee Seop Choi
20 Luis Gonzalez
21 Sammy Sosa
22 Larry Walker
23 Phil Nevin
24 Manny Ramirez
25 Jim Thome
26 Randy Johnson
27 Jose Vidro
28 Austin Kearns
29 Mike Sweeney
30 Magglio Ordonez
31 Mike Piazza
32 Eric Hinske
33 Alex Rodriguez
34 Kerry Wood
35 Matt Morris
36 Lance Berkman
37 Michael Cuddyer
38 Curt Schilling
39 Sean Burroughs
40 Ken Griffey, Jr.
41 Edgardo Alfonzo
42 Carlos Pena
43 Adam Dunn
44 Pedro Martinez
45 Miguel Tejada
46 Tom Glavine
47 Torii Hunter
48 Jason Giambi
49 Tony Batista
50 Ben Grieve
51 Ichiro
52 Bob Abreu
53 Todd Helton
54 Kazuhiro Sasaki
55 Nomar Garciaparra
56 Francisco Rodriguez
57 Ellis Burks
58 Frank Thomas
59 Greg Maddux
60 Josh Beckett
61 Brad Wilkerson
62 Joe Borchard
63 Carlos Delgado
64 Alfonso Soriano
65 Chipper Jones
66 J.D. Drew
67 Mark Prior
68 Rafael Palmeiro
69 Jeff Kent
70 Adrian Beltre
71 Marlon Byrd
72 Orlando Hudson
73 Junior Spivey
74 Jeff Bagwell
75 Barry Zito
76 Roger Clemens
77 Aubrey Huff
78 Geoff Jenkins
79 Andruw Jones
80 Scott Rolen
81 Omar Vizquel
82 Darin Erstad
83 Bernie Williams
84 Freddy Garcia
85 Richie Sexson
86 Josh Phelps
87 Albert Pujols
88 Aramis Ramirez
89 Shea Hillenbrand
90 Cristian Guzman
91 Adam LaRoche RR
92 David Pember RR RC
93 Terrmel Sledge RR RC
94 Hideki Matsui RR RC
95 Nook Logan RR RC
96 Jose Contreras RR RC
97 Pete LaForest RR RC
98 Rich Fischer RR RC*
99 Francisco Rosario RR RC
100 Josh Willingham RR RC
101 Alejandro Machado RR RC
102 Lew Ford RR RC
103 Joe Valentine RR RC
104 Guillermo Quiroz RR RC
105 Chien-Ming Wang RR RC
106 Jhonny Peralta RR
107 Shane Victorino RR RC
108 Prentice Redman RR RC
109 Matt Bruback RR RC*
110 Lance Niekro RR
111 Travis Hughes RR
112 Nic Jackson RR
113 Hector Luna RR RC
114 Cliff Lee RR
115 Tim Olson RR RC

Parallels

Each of the 115 base cards is available as a Star Ruby parallel. Each Star Ruby is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts

National Pastime

1 Barry Bonds
2 Kazuhiro Sasaki
3 Mike Piazza
4 Barry Zito
5 Sammy Sosa
6 Pedro Martinez
7 Craig Biggio
8 Rafael Palmeiro
9 Greg Maddux
10 Manny Ramirez
11 Adam Dunn
12 Omar Vizquel
13 Hideo Nomo
14 Alex Rodriguez
15 Pat Burrell
16 Nomar Garciaparra
17 Randy Johnson
18 Juan Gonzalez
19 Chipper Jones
20 Frank Thomas
21 Vladimir Guerrero
22 Troy Glaus
23 Albert Pujols
24 Ichiro
25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Numbers Game

1 Ichiro
2 Derek Jeter
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Miguel Tejada
5 Nomar Garciaparra
6 Jason Giambi
7 J.D. Drew
8 Barry Bonds
9 Alfonso Soriano
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Barry Larkin
12 Roberto Alomar
13 Larry Walker
14 Roger Clemens
15 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Past Present Future

1 Eddie Mathews / Rafael Palmeiro / Alex Rodriguez
2 Phil Rizzuto / Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
3 Reggie Jackson / Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa
4 Billy Williams / Sammy Sosa / Hee Seop Choi
5 Joe Morgan / Roberto Alomar / Alfonso Soriano
6 Yogi Berra / Mike Piazza / Josh Phelps
7 Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood
8 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen / Eric Hinske
9 Barry Bonds / Alex Rodriguez / Alfonso Soriano
10 Yogi Berra / Derek Jeter / Hideki Matsui

Autographs & Game-Used

National Patchime

National Patchtime are a series of game-used parallels and partial-parallels of the National Pastime insert set.

Trim

Each National Patchtime Trim card features a piece of jersey trim and is serial-numbered to 200 copies.

MR Manny Ramirez
NG Nomar Garciaparra
PM Pedro Martinez
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
AR Alex Rodriguez
CJ Chipper Jones
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza

Team Name

Each National Patchtime Team Name card features a piece of the jersey's team name and is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
CJ Chipper Jones
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza
NG Nomar Garciaparra
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
PB Pat Burrell
RJ Randy Johnson
SS Sammy Sosa
BZ Barry Zito
TG Troy Glaus
OV Omar Vizquel

Number

Each National Patchtime Number card features a piece of the player's jersey number and is serial-numbered to 75 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
CJ Chipper Jones
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza
MR Manny Ramirez
BZ Barry Zito
CB Craig Biggio
NG Nomar Garciaparra
PM Pedro Martinez
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
PB Pat Burrell
RJ Randy Johnson
SS Sammy Sosa

Nameplate

Each National Patchtime Nameplate card features a piece of the player's nameplate and is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
CJ Chipper Jones
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza
CB Craig Biggio
NG Nomar Garciaparra
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
PB Pat Burrell
RJ Randy Johnson
SS Sammy Sosa
BZ Barry Zito
TG Troy Glaus

Commemorative

Each National Patchtime Commemorative card features a piece of a commemorative sleeve patch and is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
MP Mike Piazza
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
SS Sammy Sosa
BZ Barry Zito
TG Troy Glaus
CB Craig Biggio
PM Pedro Martinez

MLB Logo

Each National Patchtime MLB Logo card features the MLB "logoman" patch from the back of the player's uniform. Each card is a one-of-one.

AR Alex Rodriguez
CJ Chipper Jones
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza
CB Craig Biggio
MR Manny Ramirez
NG Nomar Garciaparra
RP Rafael Palmeiro
VG Vladimir Guerrero
PB Pat Burrell
RJ Randy Johnson
SS Sammy Sosa
AD Adam Dunn

Numbers Game Jersey

Each Numbers Game Jersey is also available as a Patch card. Numbers Game Patches are serial-numbered to 300 copies

AR Alex Rodriguez
AS Alfonso Soriano
BL Barry Larkin
DJ Derek Jeter
JB Jeff Bagwell
JG Jason Giambi
LW Larry Walker
MT Miguel Tejada
RA Roberto Alomar
RC Roger Clemens

Patch Present Future Single

This 17-card set partially-parallels the Past Present Future insert. Three players are on the card with one of the players having a game-worn jersey patch swatch embedded on the card. For purposes of the checklist, the swatch comes from the player listed FIRST. These cards were issued to a stated print run of 200 serial-numbered sets.

KW Kerry Wood / Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens
SS2 Sammy Sosa / Billy Williams / Hee Seop Choi
SS1 Sammy Sosa / Reggie Jackson / Barry Bonds
SR Scott Rolen / Mike Schmidt / Eric Hinske
RP Rafael Palmeiro / Eddie Mathews / Alex Rodriguez
RC Roger Clemens / Nolan Ryan / Kerry Wood
RA Roberto Alomar / Joe Morgan / Alfonso Soriano
MP Mike Piazza / Yogi Berra / Josh Phelps
EH Eric Hinske / Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen
DJ2 Derek Jeter / Yogi Berra / Hideki Matsui
DJ1 Derek Jeter / Phil Rizzuto / Alfonso Soriano
BB Barry Bonds / Reggie Jackson / Sammy Sosa
AS3 Alfonso Soriano / Barry Bonds / Alex Rodriguez
AS2 Alfonso Soriano / Joe Morgan / Roberto Alomar
AS1 Alfonso Soriano / Phil Rizzuto / Derek Jeter
AR2 Alex Rodriguez / Barry Bonds / Alfonso Soriano
AR1 Alex Rodriguez / Eddie Mathes / Rafael Palmeiro

Patch Present Future Dual

These six cards partially-parallel the Past Present Future insert. Three players are on the card with the two active players having a game-worn jersey patch embedded on the card. For purposes of the checklist, the swatches come from the players listed FIRST and SECOND. Only 100 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced.

DJAS Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
RAAS Roberto Alomar / Alfonso Soriano
RCKW Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood
RPAR Rafael Palmeiro / Alex Rodriguez
SREH Scott Rolen / Eric Hinske
ARAS Alex Rodriguez / Alfonso Soriano

Game-Worn Patch

The Game-Worn Patch insert is broken into three tiers. Level 1 cards have a solid color patch and are serial-numbered to 250 copies. Level 2 have two-color patches and are serial-numbered to 100 copies. Level 3 have multi-colored patches and are serial-numbered to 50.

Level 1 Single

AB Adrian Beltre
AJ Andruw Jones
AR Alex Rodriguez
BA Bob Abreu
BW Bernie Williams
CD Carlos Delgado
EC Eric Chavez
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
JB Josh Beckett
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
MG Mark Grace
RA Roberto Alomar
RO Roy Oswalt
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Level 2 Dual

AB Adrian Beltre
AJ Andruw Jones
AR Alex Rodriguez
BA Bob Abreu
BW Bernie Williams
CD Carlos Delgado
CS Curt Schilling
EC Eric Chavez
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
JB Josh Beckett
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
MG Mark Grace
RA Roberto Alomar
RO Roy Oswalt
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Level 3 Multi

AB Adrian Beltre
AJ Andruw Jones
AR Alex Rodriguez
BA Bob Abreu
BW Bernie Williams
CD Carlos Delgado
CS Curt Schilling
EC Eric Chavez
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
JB Josh Beckett
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
MG Mark Grace
RA Roberto Alomar
RO Roy Oswalt
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Licensed Apparel Jersey

Each of the 15 Licensed Apparel Jersey cards are serial-numbered to 500 copies, with a Patch parallel available numbered to 300.

AD Adam Dunn
CB Carlos Beltran
CJ Chipper Jones
DE Darin Erstad
DJ Derek Jeter
JD J.D. Drew
JR Jimmy Rollins
KB Kevin Brown
MM Mike Mussina
MO Magglio Ordonez
MP Mike Piazza
PK Paul Konerko
SG Shawn Green
SS Shannon Stewart
TH Todd Helton

Diamond Ink

Fleer commissioned four players sign autographs for random insertion. Each autograph is signed on a "trapped cut," and is serial-numbered on the reverse side. Derek Jeter signed his cards in three different ink colors, all other players signed in black ink.

DJ1 Derek Jeter Black Ink 210
DJ2 Derek Jeter Blue Ink 101
MP Mark Prior 88
MS Mike Schmidt 194
TG Troy Glaus 351
DJ3 Derek Jeter Red Ink 50

2004 Quality Control Replacements

Each of these cards, all done in the style of their respective 2003 Fleer Patchworks insert sets, were pulled from production in 2003. They were eventually distributed by Fleer's Quality Control department as replacements for damaged jersey cards and/or expired exchange cards.

Game-Worn Patch 300

AB2 Bob Abreu 300
AK2 Austin Kearns 300
CD2 Carlos Delgado 300
DE2 Darin Erstad 300
HC2 Hee Seop Choi 300
JB2 Josh Beckett 300
RO2 Roy Oswalt 300
TA2 Tony Armas, Jr. 300

Game-Worn Patch 100

AR2 Alex Rodriguez 100
AB2 Adrian Beltre 100
AJ2 Andruw Jones 100
AK2 Austin Kearns 100
CB2 Carlos Beltran 100
KW2 Kerry Wood 100
RO2 Roy Oswalt 100
GM2 Greg Maddux 100
MM2 Mark Mulder 100

National Patchtime 300

AD2 Adam Dunn 300
MP2 Mike Piazza 300
RP2 Rafael Palmeiro 300
VG2 Vladimir Guerrero 300
BZ2 Barry Zito 300
NG2 Nomar Garciaparra 300
PB2 Pat Burrell 300
TH2 Tim Hudson 300
EH2 Eric Hinske 300
RJ2 Randy Johnson 300

National Patchtime 100

NG2 Nomar Garciaparra 100
MP2 Mike Piazza 100
JG2 Juan Gonzalez 100
KB2 Kris Benson 100
CB2 Craig Biggio 100