Description

2003 Absolute Memorabilia is a 208-card set released in two series by Donruss-Playoff. The first 200 cards were issued as part of the Absolute Memorabilia product in July, 2003, with the last 50 cards in the series making up a Rookie subset. Rookie subset cards are serial-numbered to 1500 copies. Each 18-pack Hobby box came packaged with a "Absolute Bonus" glass plaque memorabilia piece.

The final eight cards (#201-#208) were randomly inserted into packs of 2003 DLP Rookie/Traded and are all serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Distribution

Two nine-pack mini-boxes plus one Absolute Bonus memorabilia piece per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $7.50). 16 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	208	-	?
short set	150	-	5:1
Rookies	50	1500	?
DLP Rookie/Traded Series	8	1000	?
Spectrum	208	100	?
Tools of the Trade	110	-	1:5
Tools of the Trade Spectrum	110	100	?
Total Bases	30	-	1:16
Playoff Portraits Promos	72	-	1:18
Team Tandems	10	-	1:48
Team Tandems Spectrum	10	100	?
Team Trios	10	-	1:88
Team Trios Spectrum	10	50	?
Tools of the Trade Materials	110	varies	?
Tools of the Trade Materials Spectrum	110	varies	?
Rookie Materials Jersey Number	15	varies	?
Rookie Materials Season	14	varies	?
Total Bases Materials 1B	30	varies	?
Total Bases Materials 2B	30	varies	?
Total Bases Materials 3B	26	varies	?
Total Bases Materials HR	30	varies	?
Team Tandem Materials	10	varies	?
Team Tandem Materials Spectrum	10	varies	?
Team Trios Materials	10	varies	?
Team Trios Materials Spectrum	10	varies	?
Player Collection Teal	100	75	?
Player Collection Gold	100	25	?
Signing Bonus	10	15	?
Signing Bonus Blue	10	10	?
Signing Bonus Gold	10	5	?
Absolutely Ink	40	-	1:552
Absolutely Ink Blue	40	varies	?
Absolutely Ink Gold	40	varies	?
Absolute Bonus	273	varies	one-per-box

Checklist

Base Set

1 Nomar Garciaparra
2 Barry Bonds
3 Greg Maddux
4 Roger Clemens
5 Derek Jeter
6 Alex Rodriguez
7 Chipper Jones
8 Sammy Sosa
9 Alfonso Soriano
10 Albert Pujols
11 Adam Dunn
12 Tom Glavine
13 Pedro Martinez
14 Jim Thome
15 Hideo Nomo
16 Roberto Alomar
17 Barry Zito
18 Troy Glaus
19 Kerry Wood
20 Magglio Ordonez
21 Todd Helton
22 Craig Biggio
23 Roy Oswalt
24 Torii Hunter
25 Miguel Tejada
26 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
27 Scott Rolen
28 Rafael Palmeiro
29 Victor Martinez
30 Hank Blalock
31 Jason Lane
32 Junior Spivey
33 Gary Sheffield
34 Corey Patterson
35 Corky Miller
36 Brian Tallet
37 Cliff Lee
38 Jason Jennings
39 Kirk Saarloos
40 Wade Miller
41 Angel Berroa
42 Mike Sweeney
43 Paul Lo Duca
44 A.J. Pierzynski
45 Drew Henson
46 Eric Chavez
47 Tim Hudson
48 Aramis Ramirez
49 Jack Wilson
50 Ryan Klesko
51 Antonio Perez
52 Dewon Brazelton
53 Mark Teixeira
54 Eric Hinske
55 Freddy Sanchez
56 Mike Rivera
57 Alfredo Amezaga
58 Cliff Floyd
59 Brandon Larson
60 Richard Hidalgo
61 Cesar Izturis
62 Richie Sexson
63 Michael Cuddyer
64 Javier Vazquez
65 Brandon Claussen
66 Carlos Rivera
67 Vernon Wells
68 Kenny Lofton
69 Aubrey Huff
70 Adam LaRoche
71 Jeff Baker
72 Jose Castillo
73 Joe Borchard
74 Walter Young
75 Jose Morban
76 Vinnie Chulk
77 Christian Parker
78 Mike Piazza
79 Ichiro
80 Kazuhisa Ishii
81 Rickey Henderson
82 Ken Griffey, Jr.
83 Jason Giambi
84 Randy Johnson
85 Curt Schilling
86 Manny Ramirez
87 Barry Larkin
88 Jeff Bagwell
89 Vladimir Guerrero
90 Mike Mussina
91 Juan Gonzalez
92 Andruw Jones
93 Frank Thomas
94 Sean Casey
95 Josh Beckett
96 Lance Berkman
97 Shawn Green
98 Bernie Williams
99 Pat Burrell
100 Edgar Martinez
101 Ivan Rodriguez
102 Jeremy Guthrie
103 Alexis Rios
104 Nic Jackson
105 Jason Anderson
106 Travis Chapman
107 Mac Suzuki
108 Toby Hall
109 Mark Prior
110 So Taguchi
111 Marlon Byrd
112 Garret Anderson
113 Luis Gonzalez
114 Jay Gibbons
115 Mark Buehrle
116 Wily Mo Pena
117 C.C. Sabathia
118 Ricardo Rodriguez
119 Robert Fick
120 Rodrigo Rosario
121 Alexis Gomez
122 Carlos Beltran
123 Joe Thurston
124 Ben Sheets
125 Jose Vidro
126 Nick Johnson
127 Mark Mulder
128 Bob Abreu
129 Brian Giles
130 Brian Lawrence
131 Jeff Kent
132 Chris Snelling
133 Kevin Mench
134 Carlos Delgado
135 Orlando Hudson
136 Juan Cruz
137 Jim Edmonds
138 Geronimo Gil
139 Joe Crede
140 Wilson Valdez
141 Runelvys Hernandez
142 Nick Neugebauer
143 Takahito Nomura
144 Andres Galarraga
145 Mark Grace
146 Brandon Duckworth
147 Oliver Perez
148 Xavier Nady
149 Rafael Soriano
150 Ben Kozlowski

Rookies

Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

151 Prentice Redman RC
152 Craig Brazell RC
153 Nook Logan RC
154 Greg Aquino RC
155 Matt Kata RC
156 Ian Ferguson RC*
157 Chien-Ming Wang RC
158 Beau Kemp RC*
159 Alejandro Machado RC
160 Michael Hessman RC
161 Francisco Rosario RC
162 Pedro Liriano
163 Rich Fischer RC*
164 Franklin Perez
165 Oscar Villarreal RC
166 Arnie Munoz RC
167 Tim Olson RC
168 Jose Contreras RC
169 Francisco Cruceta RC
170 Jeremy Bonderman RC
171 Jeremy Griffiths RC
172 John Webb
173 Phil Seibel RC
174 Aaron Looper RC
175 Brian Stokes RC
176 Guillermo Quiroz RC
177 Fernando Cabrera RC
178 Josh Hall RC
179 Diegomar Markwell RC*
180 Andrew Brown RC
181 Doug Waechter RC
182 Felix Sanchez RC
183 Gerardo Garcia
184 Matt Bruback RC*
185 Michel Hernandez RC
186 Rett Johnson RC*
187 Ryan Cameron RC*
188 Robby Hammock RC
189 Clint Barmes RC
190 Brandon Webb RC
191 Jon Leicester RC
192 Shane Bazzell RC*
193 Joe Valentine RC
194 Josh Stewart RC
195 Pete LaForest RC
196 Shane Victorino RC
197 Terrmel Sledge RC
198 Lew Ford RC
199 Todd Wellemeyer RC
200 Hideki Matsui RC

DLP Rookie/Traded Series

Each DLP Rookie/Traded series card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

201 Adam Loewen RC
202 Ramon Nivar RC
203 Dan Haren RC
204 Dontrelle Willis
205 Chad Gaudin RC
206 Rickie Weeks RC
207 Ryan Wagner RC
208 Delmon Young RC

Parallels

All 208 base cards are available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Atlantic City National

Collectors attending the 2003 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, NJ who opened packs of 2003 Absolute Memorabilia at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth would receive a specially produced parallel. These cards parallel the 200-card Absolute Memorabilia series base set but have a special "Atlantic City National" embossing on the front. Each card was serial-numbered to five copies with a one-of-one Atlantic City National Spectrum parallel also available.

Inserts

Tools of the Trade

Each Tools of the Trade is also available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

TT-1 Sammy Sosa
TT-2 Nomar Garciaparra
TT-3 Andruw Jones
TT-4 Troy Glaus
TT-5 Greg Maddux
TT-6 Rickey Henderson
TT-7 Alex Rodriguez
TT-8 Manny Ramirez
TT-9 Lance Berkman
TT-10 Roger Clemens
TT-11 Ivan Rodriguez
TT-12 Kazuhisa Ishii
TT-13 Alfonso Soriano
TT-14 Austin Kearns
TT-15 Mike Piazza
TT-16 Curt Schilling
TT-17 Jeff Bagwell
TT-18 Todd Helton
TT-19 Randy Johnson
TT-20 Vladimir Guerrero
TT-21 Kerry Wood
TT-22 Rafael Palmeiro
TT-23 Roy Oswalt
TT-24 Chipper Jones
TT-25 Pat Burrell
TT-26 Jason Giambi
TT-27 Pedro Martinez
TT-28 Roberto Alomar
TT-29 Shawn Green
TT-30 Adam Dunn
TT-31 Juan Gonzalez
TT-32 Mark Prior
TT-33 Hideo Nomo
TT-34 Torii Hunter
TT-35 Mark Teixeira
TT-36 Craig Biggio
TT-37 Rafael Palmeiro
TT-38 Jeff Bagwell
TT-39 Albert Pujols
TT-40 Richie Sexson
TT-41 Alex Rodriguez
TT-42 Carlos Delgado
TT-43 Frank Thomas
TT-44 Sammy Sosa
TT-45 Marlon Byrd
TT-46 Mark Prior
TT-47 Adrian Beltre
TT-48 Tom Glavine
TT-49 So Taguchi
TT-50 Jeff Bagwell
TT-51 Mike Sweeney
TT-52 Luis Gonzalez
TT-53 Chipper Jones
TT-54 Jason Giambi
TT-55 Miguel Tejada
TT-56 Todd Helton
TT-57 Andruw Jones
TT-58 Mike Piazza
TT-59 Manny Ramirez
TT-60 Randy Johnson
TT-61 Carlos Beltran
TT-62 Victor Martinez
TT-63 Orlando Hudson
TT-64 Jeff Kent
TT-65 Greg Maddux
TT-66 Garret Anderson
TT-67 Joe Thurston
TT-68 Mark Teixeira
TT-69 Kazuhisa Ishii
TT-70 Austin Kearns
TT-71 Pat Burrell
TT-72 Joe Borchard
TT-73 Josh Phelps
TT-74 Travis Hafner
TT-75 So Taguchi
TT-76 Victor Martinez
TT-77 Paul Lo Duca
TT-78 Bernie Williams
TT-79 Josh Phelps
TT-80 Marlon Byrd
TT-81 Manny Ramirez
TT-82 Jason Giambi
TT-83 Jeff Bagwell
TT-84 Sammy Sosa
TT-85 Josh Phelps
TT-86 Tim Hudson
TT-87 Randy Johnson
TT-88 Troy Glaus
TT-89 Joe Thurston
TT-90 Miguel Tejada
TT-91 Adam Dunn
TT-92 Magglio Ordonez
TT-93 Mike Sweeney
TT-94 Andruw Jones
TT-95 Carlos Beltran
TT-96 Joe Borchard
TT-97 Austin Kearns
TT-98 Richie Sexson
TT-99 Mark Prior
TT-100 Mark Teixeira
TT-101 Ryan Klesko
TT-102 Jason Jennings
TT-103 Travis Hafner
TT-104 Mark Buehrle
TT-105 Eric Hinske
TT-106 Rafael Palmeiro
TT-107 Roy Oswalt
TT-108 Kerry Wood
TT-109 Brian Giles
TT-110 Ivan Rodriguez

Total Bases

1 Albert Pujols
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Jason Giambi
4 Miguel Tejada
5 Rafael Palmeiro
6 Sammy Sosa
7 Pat Burrell
8 Lance Berkman
9 Bernie Williams
10 Jim Thome
11 Carlos Beltran
12 Eric Chavez
13 Alex Rodriguez
14 Magglio Ordonez
15 Brian Giles
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Shawn Green
18 Vladimir Guerrero
19 Garret Anderson
20 Todd Helton
21 Barry Bonds
22 Jeff Kent
23 Torii Hunter
24 Ichiro
25 Derek Jeter
26 Chipper Jones
27 Jeff Bagwell
28 Mike Piazza
29 Rickey Henderson
30 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Playoff Portraits Promos

See 2003 Playoff Portraits.

Team Tandems

Each Team Tandem is also available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

1 Sammy Sosa / Mark Prior
2 Vladimir Guerrero / Jose Vidro
3 Bernie Williams / Alfonso Soriano
4 Mike Sweeney / Carlos Beltran
5 Magglio Ordonez / Paul Konerko
6 Adam Dunn / Austin Kearns
7 Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling
8 Hideo Nomo / Kazuhisa Ishii
9 Pat Burrell / Bob Abreu
10 Todd Helton / Larry Walker

Team Trios

Each Team Trios is also available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

1 Greg Maddux / Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
2 Sammy Sosa / Mark Prior / Kerry Wood
3 Pedro Pedro / Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez
4 Jason Giambi / Alfonso Soriano / Roger Clemens
5 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro / Mark Teixeira
6 Mike Piazza / Roberto Alomar / Tsuyoshi Shinjo
7 Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio / Lance Berkman
8 Troy Glaus / Neil Garret / Troy Percival
9 Miguel Tejada / Eric Chavez / Barry Zito
10 Luis Gonzalez / Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling

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