Description

The inaugural Fleer Genuine set was released in May 2001. The base set consists of 130 cards, the last 30 making up the rookie and prospect-laden and serial-numbered "Genuine Upside" subset.

Genuine was designed to compete with similar $5/pack products like SP Authentic, and the parallels between SPA and Genuine are striking -- not the least of which is the product's name. Each 24-pack Hobby box of Genuine should yield one card from each of three insert sets, two Genuine Upside cards, and three of "hits." Also randomly inserted into packs were 500 redemption cards good for an uncut sheet autographed by Derek Jeter.

Like most 2001 sets, the Genuine Upside subset is full of prospects who never panned out and marginal Major Leaguers. Although Genuine does include an Ichiro RC, Albert Pujols was not included.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP $4.99).

Reviews

http://oldschoolbreaks.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/2001-fleer-genuine-baseball-review/

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base (Short Set)	100	-	5:1	?
Genuine Upside	30	1500	?	?
At Large	15	-	1:23	?
High Interest	15	-	1:23	?
Pennant Aggression	10	-	1:23	?
Autographics	?	-	1:24	?
Autographics Silver	?	250	?	?
Autographics Gold	?	50	?	?
Genuine Coverage Plus	12	150	?	-
Final Cut	18	-	1:30	?
Material Issue	19	-	1:30	-
Names of the Game	35	50	?	?
Names of the Game Autographs	23	100	?	?
Tip of the Cap	12	150	?	-

Checklist

Base Set

1 Derek Jeter
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Frank Thomas
5 Travis Fryman
6 Gary Sheffield
7 Jason Giambi
8 Trevor Hoffman
9 Todd Helton
10 Ivan Rodriguez
11 Roberto Alomar
12 Barry Zito
13 Kevin Brown
14 Shawn Green
15 Kenny Lofton
16 Jeff Weaver
17 Geoff Jenkins
18 Carlos Delgado
19 Mark Grace
20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
21 Dave Justice
22 Brian Giles
23 Scott Williamson
24 Richie Sexson
25 John Olerud
26 Sammy Sosa
27 Bob Higginson
28 Matt Lawton
29 Vinny Castilla
30 Alex Gonzalez
31 Manny Ramirez
32 Brad Radke
33 Cal Ripken, Jr.
34 Richard Hidalgo
35 Al Leiter
36 Freddy Garcia
37 Juan Encarnacion
38 Corey Koskie
39 Greg Vaughn
40 Rafael Palmeiro
41 Vladimir Guerrero
42 Troy Glaus
43 Mike Hampton
44 Jose Vidro
45 Ryan Rupe
46 Troy O'Leary
47 Ben Petrick
48 Mike Lieberthal
49 Mike Sweeney
50 Scott Rolen
51 Albert Belle
52 Mark Quinn
53 Mike Piazza
54 Mark McGwire
55 Brady Anderson
56 Carlos Beltran
57 Michael Barrett
58 Jason Kendall
59 Jim Edmonds
60 Matt Williams
61 Pokey Reese
62 Bernie Williams
63 Barry Bonds
64 David Wells
65 Chipper Jones
66 Jim Parque
67 Derrek Lee
68 Darin Erstad
69 Edgar Martinez
70 Kerry Wood
71 Omar Vizquel
72 Jeromy Burnitz
73 Warren Morris
74 Rick Ankiel
75 Andruw Jones
76 Paul Konerko
77 Mike Lowell
78 Roger Clemens
79 Tim Hudson
80 Rafael Furcal
81 Craig Biggio
82 Edgardo Alfonzo
83 Pat Burrell
84 Adrian Beltre
85 Tony Gwynn
86 J.T. Snow
87 Randy Johnson
88 Sean Casey
89 Preston Wilson
90 Mike Mussina
91 Eric Chavez
92 Tim Salmon
93 Pedro Martinez
94 Darryl Kile
95 Greg Maddux
96 Magglio Ordonez
97 Jeff Bagwell
98 Timo Perez
99 Jeff Kent
100 Eric Owens

Genuine Upside

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

101 Ichiro Suzuki
102 Elpidio Guzman
103 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
104 Travis Hafner
105 Larry Barnes
106 Jaisen Randolph
107 Paul Phillips
108 Erick Almonte
109 Nick Punto
110 Jack Wilson
111 Jeremy Owens
112 Esix Snead
113 Jay Gibbons
114 Adrian Hernandez
115 Matt White
116 Ryan Freel
117 Martin Vargas
118 Winston Abreu
119 Junior Spivey
120 Paxton Crawford
121 Randy Keisler
122 Juan Diaz
123 Aaron Rowand
124 Toby Hall
125 Brian Cole
126 Aubrey Huff
127 Corey Patterson
128 Sun Woo Kim
129 Jace Brewer
130 Cesar Izturis

Inserts

All of the regular inserts in this product fall at a rate of 1:23 packs.

At Large

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At Large #1AL Derek Jeter

ALG1 Derek Jeter
ALG2 Nomar Garciaparra
ALG3 Mark McGwire
ALG4 Pedro Martinez
ALG5 Tony Gwynn
ALG6 Roger Clemens
ALG7 Ivan Rodriguez
ALG8 Sammy Sosa
ALG9 Magglio Ordonez
ALG10 Jason Giambi
ALG11 Carlos Delgado
ALG12 Chipper Jones
ALG13 Mike Piazza
ALG14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
ALG15 Ken Griffey, Jr.

High Interest

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High Interest #5HI Sammy Sosa

HI1 Derek Jeter
HI2 Nomar Garciaparra
HI3 Greg Maddux
HI4 Todd Helton
HI5 Sammy Sosa
HI6 Jeff Bagwell
HI7 Jason Giambi
HI8 Frank Thomas
HI9 Andruw Jones
HI10 Jim Edmonds
HI11 Bernie Williams
HI12 Randy Johnson
HI13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
HI14 Pedro Martinez
HI15 Mark McGwire

Pennant Aggression

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Pennant Aggression #10PA Pedro Martinez

PA1 Derek Jeter
PA2 Alex Rodriguez
PA3 Nomar Garciaparra
PA4 Mark McGwire
PA5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
PA6 Mike Piazza
PA7 Sammy Sosa
PA8 Barry Bonds
PA9 Chipper Jones
PA10 Pedro Martinez

Autographs & Game-Used

Final Cut

NOTE: Some Final Cut cards were issued with patch swatches, as opposed to regular jersey fabric. Do NOT assume they are fake. Despite the fact that card is labeled as a regular jersey card, some Final Cut cards (like Edgar Martinez's) with patch material were produced.

These cards are also not sequentially-numbered.

Wade Boggs
Barry Bonds SP 330
George Brett
Sean Casey
J.D. Drew SP 75
Bob Gibson SP 200
Troy Glaus
Tony Gwynn
Andruw Jones SP 135
Chipper Jones
Greg Maddux
Edgar Martinez SP UER (incorrectly labelled as a BTG GLV) 130
Pokey Reese
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Ivan Rodriguez SP 120
Scott Rolen
Tim Salmon
Miguel Tejada SP 170
Frank Thomas
Robin Ventura
Larry Walker
Matt Williams
Robin Yount

Final Cut Redemption Replacements

These six cards (all New York Yankees) were produced by Fleer in 2001, but were withdrawn prior to packout for licensing purposes. Some of the Guidry, Larsen, Randolph and Righetti cards did make their way into packs as Fleer attempted to pull all of the copies they could find from production prior to shipping.

After Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy and liquidation, these six unreleased Final Cut cards were issued as replacements for unexpired redemption cards.

Ron Guidry *
Reggie Jackson *
Don Larsen *
Willie Randolph *
Dave Righetti *
Thurman Munson *

Coverage Plus

Each Coverage Plus card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Barry Bonds 150
Darin Erstad 150
Troy Glaus 150
Tony Gwynn 150
Derek Jeter 150
Randy Johnson 150
Andruw Jones 150
Chipper Jones 150
Cal Ripken, Jr. 150
Frank Thomas 150

Material Issue

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Material Issue #11MI Greg Maddux

NOTE: Some Material Issue cards were issued with patch swatches, as opposed to regular jersey fabric. Do NOT assume they are fake. Despite the fact that card is labeled as a regular jersey card, some Material Issue cards with patch material were produced.

The Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling cards were short-printed. Although they are not serial-numbered, Fleer did reveal the production figures for these two cards.

The Mike Mussina card was withdrawn prior to packout for licensing purposes. The Mussina card was eventually released as a "buyback" in the 2005 Fleer National Pastime product. The Mussina found in '05 National Pastime packs was hand-numbered to 27 copies.

Material Issue Redemption Replacements

As in the case with the Yankee Final Cut cards, a few unreleased Material Issue cards also surfaced as redemption replacements when Fleer went bankrupt. They include:

Rod Carew SP (2006 post-bankruptcy)
Tommy John SP (2006 post-bankruptcy)
Elston Howard SP (2006 post-bankruptcy)
Billy Martin SP (2006 post-bankruptcy)

Names of the Game

Yogi Berra BAT 50
Orlando Cepeda BAT 50
Rocky Colavito BAT 50
Andre Dawson JSY 50
Bucky Dent BAT 50
Rollie Fingers JSY 50
Carlton Fisk BAT 50
Whitey Ford JSY 50
Jimmie Foxx BAT 50
Hank Greenberg BAT 50
Jim Hunter JSY 50
Reggie Jackson JSY 50
Randy Johnson JSY 50
Chipper Jones BAT 50
Harmon Killebrew BAT 50
Tony Lazzeri BAT 50
Don Mattingly BAT 50
Willie McCovey BAT 50
Johnny Mize BAT 50
Pee Wee Reese JSY 50
Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT 50
Phil Rizzuto BAT 50
Ivan Rodriguez BAT 50
Preacher Roe JSY 50
Babe Ruth BAT 50
Nolan Ryan JSY 50
Tom Seaver JSY 50
Bill Skowron BAT 50
Enos Slaughter BAT 50
Duke Snider BAT 50
Willie Stargell BAT 50
Bill Terry BAT 50
Ted Williams BAT 50
Hack Wilson BAT 50
Willie Mays JSY (no serial-number) 50

Names of the Game Autographs

NOTE: Black and blue autograph variations are known to exist. A few un-signed copies are on the market also. These were not issued in Fleer Genuine packs, but appeared in FairField/Target re-packs. The Phil Rizzuto autogaph surfaced after Fleer's bankruptcy. None of Rizzuto's cards were hand numbered.

In addition, unsigned copies of Willie Mays were auctioned in the Robert Edward auctions as part of the Sy Berger Collection.

Yogi Berra BAT 100
Orlando Cepeda BAT 100
Rocky Colavito BAT 100
Andre Dawson JSY 100
Bucky Dent BAT 100
Rollie Fingers JSY 100
Carlton Fisk BAT 100
Whitey Ford JSY 100
Reggie Jackson JSY 100
Randy Johnson JSY 100
Chipper Jones BAT 100
Harmon Killebrew BAT 100
Don Mattingly BAT 100
Willie McCovey BAT 100
Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT 100
Ivan Rodriguez BAT 100
Preacher Roe JSY 100
Nolan Ryan JSY 100
Tom Seaver JSY 100
Bill Skowron BAT 100
Enos Slaughter BAT 100
Duke Snider BAT 100
Willie Mays JSY (no auto, no serial-number)
Phil Rizzuto BAT (no serial-number)

Tip of the Cap

Each Tip of the Cap is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Troy Glaus's card was not issued in packs and did not surface until after Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy.

Roberto Alomar 150
Barry Bonds 150
Eric Chavez 150
Troy Glaus (pulled) 150
Shawn Green 150
Vladimir Guerrero 150
Randy Johnson 150
Andruw Jones 150
Javy Lopez 150
Pedro Martinez 150
Rafael Palmeiro 150
Ivan Rodriguez 150
Miguel Tejada 150