1999 Fleer Brilliants
Description
1999 Fleer Brilliants is a 175-card set issued in June, 1999. The set features a 50-card "rookie" subset. Each card is printed on a 24-point styrene plastic stock and coated with "mirroring" mylar foil.
Distribution
Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Set | 175 | - | 5:1 |
| Veterans | 125 | - | 4:1 |
| Rookies | 50 | - | 1:2 |
| Blue Veteran | 125 | - | 1:3 |
| Blue Rookies | 50 | - | 1:6 |
| Gold | 175 | 99 | ? |
| 24-Karat Gold | 175 | 24 | ? |
| Illuminators | 15 | - | 1:10 |
| Shining Stars | 15 | - | 1:20 |
| Shining Stars Pulsar | 15 | - | 1:400 |
Checklist
Promo
A promo card of J.D. Drew was distributed to dealer accounts and Hobby media a few months prior to Brilliant's national release. This card can be easily identified by the "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" text running diagonally across the front and back.
- NNO J.D. Drew
Base Set
- 1 Mark McGwire
- 2 Derek Jeter
- 3 Nomar Garciaparra
- 4 Travis Lee
- 5 Jeff Bagwell
- 6 Andres Galarraga
- 7 Pedro Martinez
- 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 9 Vladimir Guerrero
- 10 Chipper Jones
- 11 Rusty Greer
- 12 Omar Vizquel
- 13 Quinton McCracken
- 14 Jaret Wright
- 15 Mike Mussina
- 16 Jason Giambi
- 17 Tony Clark
- 18 Troy O'Leary
- 19 Troy Percival
- 20 Kerry Wood
- 21 Vinny Castilla
- 22 Chris Carpenter
- 23 Richie Sexson
- 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 25 Barry Bonds
- 26 Carlos Delgado
- 27 Frank Thomas
- 28 Manny Ramirez
- 29 Shawn Green
- 30 Mike Piazza
- 31 Tino Martinez
- 32 Dante Bichette
- 33 Scott Rolen
- 34 Gabe Alvarez
- 35 Raul Mondesi
- 36 Damion Easley
- 37 Jeff Kent
- 38 Al Leiter
- 39 Alex Rodriguez
- 40 Jeff King
- 41 Mark Grace
- 42 Larry Walker
- 43 Moises Alou
- 44 Juan Gonzalez
- 45 Rolando Arrojo
- 46 Tom Glavine
- 47 Johnny Damon
- 48 Livan Hernandez
- 49 Craig Biggio
- 50 Dmitri Young
- 51 Chan Ho Park
- 52 Todd Walker
- 53 Derrek Lee
- 54 Todd Helton
- 55 Ray Lankford
- 56 Jim Thome
- 57 Matt Lawton
- 58 Matt Anderson
- 59 Jose Offerman
- 60 Eric Karros
- 61 Orlando Hernandez
- 62 Ben Grieve
- 63 Bob Abreu
- 64 Kevin Young
- 65 John Olerud
- 66 Sammy Sosa
- 67 Andy Ashby
- 68 Juan Encarnacion
- 69 Shane Reynolds
- 70 Bernie Williams
- 71 Mike Cameron
- 72 Troy Glaus
- 73 Gary Sheffield
- 74 Jeromy Burnitz
- 75 Mike Caruso
- 76 Chuck Knoblauch
- 77 Kenny Rogers
- 78 David Cone
- 79 Tony Gwynn
- 80 Jay Buhner
- 81 Paul O'Neill
- 82 Charles Nagy
- 83 Javy Lopez
- 84 Scott Erickson
- 85 Trevor Hoffman
- 86 Andruw Jones
- 87 Ray Durham
- 88 Jorge Posada
- 89 Edgar Martinez
- 90 Tim Salmon
- 91 Bob Higginson
- 92 Adrian Beltre
- 93 Jason Kendall
- 94 Henry Rodriguez
- 95 Greg Maddux
- 96 Dave Justice
- 97 Ivan Rodriguez
- 98 Curt Schilling
- 99 Matt Williams
- 100 Darin Erstad
- 101 Rafael Palmeiro
- 102 David Wells
- 103 Barry Larkin
- 104 Robin Ventura
- 105 Edgar Renteria
- 106 Andy Pettitte
- 107 Albert Belle
- 108 Steve Finley
- 109 Fernando Vina
- 110 Rondell White
- 111 Kevin Brown
- 112 Jose Canseco
- 113 Roger Clemens
- 114 Todd Hundley
- 115 Will Clark
- 116 Jim Edmonds
- 117 Randy Johnson
- 118 Denny Neagle
- 119 Brian Jordan
- 120 Dean Palmer
- 121 Roberto Alomar
- 122 Ken Caminiti
- 123 Brian Giles
- 124 Todd Stottlemyre
- 125 Mo Vaughn
Rookie Subset
- 126 J.D. Drew
- 127 Ryan Minor
- 128 Gabe Kapler
- 129 Jeremy Giambi
- 130 Eric Chavez
- 131 Ben Davis
- 132 Robert Fick
- 133 George Lombard
- 134 Calvin Pickering
- 135 Preston Wilson
- 136 Corey Koskie
- 137 Russell Branyan
- 138 Bruce Chen
- 139 Matt Clement
- 140 Pat Burrell RC
- 141 Freddy Garcia RC
- 142 Brian Simmons
- 143 Carlos Febles
- 144 Carlos Guillen
- 145 Fernando Seguignol
- 146 Carlos Beltran
- 147 Edgard Clemente
- 148 Mitch Meluskey
- 149 Ryan Bradley
- 150 Marlon Anderson
- 151 A.J. Burnett RC
- 152 Scott Hunter RC*
- 153 Mark Johnson
- 154 Angel Pena
- 155 Roy Halladay
- 156 Chad Allen RC
- 157 Trot Nixon
- 158 Ricky Ledee
- 159 Gary Bennett RC
- 160 Micah Bowie RC
- 161 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
- 162 Danny Klassen
- 163 Willis Otanez
- 164 Jin Ho Cho
- 165 Mike Lowell
- 166 Armando Rios
- 167 Warren Morris
- 168 Michael Barrett
- 169 Alex Gonzalez
- 170 Masao Kida RC
- 171 Peter Tucci
- 172 Luis Saturria RC
- 173 Kris Benson
- 174 Mario Encarnacion RC
- 175 Roosevelt Brown RC
Parallels
All 175 cards are available in the following parallels.
- Blue
- Gold (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- 24K Gold (serial-numbered to 24 copies)
Inserts
Illuminators
- 1I Kerry Wood
- 2I Ben Grieve
- 3I J.D. Drew
- 4I Juan Encarnacion
- 5I Travis Lee
- 6I Todd Helton
- 7I Troy Glaus
- 8I Ricky Ledee
- 9I Eric Chavez
- 10I Ben Davis
- 11I George Lombard
- 12I Jeremy Giambi
- 13I Richie Sexson
- 14I Corey Koskie
- 15I Russell Branyan
Shining Stars
Parallels include: Pulsars which are seeded 1 in every 400 packs.
- 1SS Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 2SS Mark McGwire
- 3SS Sammy Sosa
- 4SS Derek Jeter
- 5SS Nomar Garciaparra
- 6SS Alex Rodriguez
- 7SS Mike Piazza
- 8SS Juan Gonzalez
- 9SS Chipper Jones
- 10SS Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 11SS Frank Thomas
- 12SS Greg Maddux
- 13SS Roger Clemens
- 14SS Vladimir Guerrero
- 15SS Manny Ramirez