Description

2001 Fleer Futures is a 230-card set released in two series. The first 220 cards were issued as part of the Futures product in late March, 2001. Cards 181-220 make up a "Bright Futures Prospects" subset. Unlike many similar rookie/prospect-themed subsets of the era, the Bright Futures are NOT short-printed.

Please note that a three-card group of regular cards were inserted as a boxtopper on top of Futures Boxes so collectors could see what the cards looked like.

An additional ten cards (221-230) featuring a selection of top prospects was distributed in late December, 2001 within 2001 Fleer Platinum packs. Each of these cards is serial-numbered to 2499 copies.

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	230	-	?
Futures Series	220	-	?
Platinum RC Series	10	2499	?
Black Gold	220	499	?
Characteristics	15	-	1:9
Hot Commodities	10	-	1:14
Bats to the Future	25	-	1:28
Bats to the Future Bats	25	-	1:114
Bats to the Future Autographed Bats	25	50	?
Bases Loaded	15	-	1:134
September Call-Ups Memorabilia	15	200	?

Overall odds for autographed and relic cards is 1:55 packs

Checklist

Base Set

Futures Series

1 Darin Erstad
2 Manny Ramirez
3 Darryl Kile
4 Troy O'Leary
5 Mark Quinn
6 Brian Giles
7 Randy Johnson
8 Todd Walker
9 Mike Piazza
10 Fred McGriff
11 Sammy Sosa
12 Chan Ho Park
13 John Rocker
14 Luis Castillo
15 Eric Chavez
16 Carlos Delgado
17 Sean Casey
18 Corey Koskie
19 John Olerud
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Craig Biggio
22 Pat Burrell
23 Ben Molina
24 Jim Thome
25 Rey Ordonez
26 Fernando Tatis
27 Eric Young
28 Eric Karros
29 Adam Eaton
30 Brian Jordan
31 Jorge Posada
32 Gabe Kapler
33 Keith Foulke
34 Ron Coomer
35 Chipper Jones
36 Miguel Tejada
37 David Wells
38 Carlos Lee
39 Barry Bonds
40 Derrek Lee
41 Tim Hudson
42 Billy Koch
43 Dmitri Young
44 Vladimir Guerrero
45 Rickey Henderson
46 Jeff Bagwell
47 Robert Person
48 Brady Anderson
49 Lance Berkman
50 Mike Lieberthal
51 Adam Kennedy
52 Russell Branyan
53 Robin Ventura
54 Mark McGwire
55 Tony Gwynn
56 Matt Williams
57 Jeff Cirillo
58 Roger Clemens
59 Ivan Rodriguez
60 Brad Radke
61 Kazuhiro Sasaki
62 Cal Ripken, Jr.
63 Ken Caminiti
64 Bob Abreu
65 Troy Glaus
66 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
67 Jose Vidro
68 Pedro Martinez
69 Kevin Young
70 Jay Bell
71 Larry Walker
72 Derek Jeter
73 Miguel Cairo
74 Magglio Ordonez
75 Jeromy Burnitz
76 J.T. Snow
77 Andres Galarraga
78 Ryan Dempster
79 Ken Griffey, Jr.
80 Aaron Sele
81 Tom Glavine
82 Hideo Nomo
83 Orlando Hernandez
84 Tony Batista
85 Aaron Boone
86 Jacque Jones
87 Delino DeShields
88 Garret Anderson
89 Fernando Seguignol
90 Jim Edmonds
91 Frank Thomas
92 Adrian Beltre
93 Ellis Burks
94 Andruw Jones
95 Tony Clark
96 Danny Graves
97 Alex Rodriguez
98 Mike Mussina
99 Scott Elarton
100 Jason Giambi
101 Jay Payton
102 Gerald Williams
103 Kerry Wood
104 Shawn Green
105 Greg Maddux
106 Juan Encarnacion
107 Bernie Williams
108 Mike Lamb
109 Charles Johnson
110 Richie Sexson
111 Jeff Kent
112 Albert Belle
113 Cliff Floyd
114 Ben Grieve
115 Tim Salmon
116 Carl Pavano
117 Rick Ankiel
118 Dante Bichette
119 Johnny Damon
120 Brian Anderson
121 Roberto Alomar
122 Mike Hampton
123 Greg Vaughn
124 Carl Everett
125 Moises Alou
126 Jason Kendall
127 Omar Vizquel
128 Mark Grace
129 Kevin Brown
130 Phil Nevin
131 Kevin Millwood
132 Bob Higginson
133 Ruben Mateo
134 Luis Gonzalez
135 Dean Palmer
136 Mariano Rivera
137 Rick Helling
138 Paul Konerko
139 Marquis Grissom
140 Robb Nen
141 Javy Lopez
142 Preston Wilson
143 Terrence Long
144 Shannon Stewart
145 Barry Larkin
146 Cristian Guzman
147 Jay Buhner
148 Jermaine Dye
149 Kris Benson
150 Curt Schilling
151 Todd Helton
152 Paul O'Neill
153 Rafael Palmeiro
154 Ray Durham
155 Geoff Jenkins
156 Livan Hernandez
157 Rafael Furcal
158 Juan Gonzalez
159 Tino Martinez
160 Raul Mondesi
161 Matt Lawton
162 Edgar Martinez
163 Richard Hidalgo
164 Scott Rolen
165 Chuck Finley
166 Edgardo Alfonzo
167 J.D. Drew
168 Trot Nixon
169 Carlos Beltran
170 Ryan Klesko
171 Mo Vaughn
172 Kenny Lofton
173 Al Leiter
174 Rondell White
175 Mike Sweeney
176 Trevor Hoffman
177 Steve Finley
178 Jeffrey Hammonds
179 Dave Justice
180 Gary Sheffield
181 Eric Munson BF
182 Luis Matos BF
183 Alex Cabrera BF
184 Randy Keisler BF
185 Nate Rolison BF
186 Jason Hart BF
187 Timo Perez BF
188 Adam Bernero BF
189 Barry Zito BF
190 Ryan Kohlmeier BF
191 Joey Nation BF
192 Oswaldo Mairena BF
193 Aubrey Huff BF
194 Mark Buehrle BF
195 Jace Brewer BF
196 Julio Zuleta BF
197 Xavier Nady BF
198 Vernon Wells BF
199 Joe Crede BF
200 Scott Downs BF
201 Ben Petrick BF
202 A.J. Burnett BF
203 Esix Snead BF RC
204 Dernell Stenson BF
205 Jose Ortiz BF
206 Paxton Crawford BF
207 Jason Tyner BF
208 Jimmy Rollins BF
209 Juan Pierre BF
210 Keith Ginter BF
211 Adam Dunn BF
212 Larry Barnes BF
213 Adam Piatt BF
214 Rodney Lindsey BF
215 Eric Byrnes BF
216 Julio Lugo BF
217 Corey Patterson BF
218 Reggie Taylor BF
219 Kenny Kelly BF
220 Tike Redman BF

Platinum RC Series

NOTE: Each card is serial-numbered to 2499 copies.

221 Drew Henson RC
222 Johnny Estrada RC
223 Elpidio Guzman RC*
224 Albert Pujols RC
225 Wilson Betemit RC
226 Mark Teixeira RC
227 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
228 Matt White RC*
229 Adrian Hernandez RC
230 Ichiro Suzuki RC

Parallels

Each Futures Series card is available in a "Black Gold" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 499 copies.

Inserts

Characteristics

1C Derek Jeter
2C Mark McGwire
3C Nomar Garciaparra
4C Sammy Sosa
5C Pedro Martinez
6C Chipper Jones
7C Cal Ripken, Jr.
8C Todd Helton
9C Jim Edmonds
10C Ken Griffey, Jr.
11C Alex Rodriguez
12C Mike Piazza
13C Vladimir Guerrero
14C Frank Thomas
15C Carlos Delgado

Hot Commodities

1HC Mark McGwire
2HC Ken Griffey, Jr.
3HC Derek Jeter
4HC Cal Ripken, Jr.
5HC Chipper Jones
6HC Barry Bonds
7HC Mike Piazza
8HC Sammy Sosa
9HC Alex Rodriguez
10HC Frank Thomas

Bats to the Future

1 BF Mike Schmidt
2 BF Carlton Fisk
3 BF Paul Molitor
4 BF Vladimir Guerrero
5 BF Dave Parker
6 BF Chipper Jones
7 BF Carlos Delgado
8 BF Tony Gwynn
9 BF Reggie Jackson
10 BF Eddie Murray
11 BF Robin Yount
12 BF Alan Trammell
13 BF Frank Thomas
14 BF Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 BF Don Mattingly
16 BF Jim Rice
17 BF Juan Gonzalez
18 BF Todd Helton
19 BF George Brett
20 BF Barry Bonds
21 BF Kirk Gibson
22 BF Matt Williams
23 BF Dave Winfield
24 BF Ryne Sandberg
25 BF Ivan Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Bats to the Future Bats & Autographed Bats

Each Bats to the Future insert is also available in a Game Bat and Autographed Game Bat version. The autographed version is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

The checklist is identical to that of the Bats to the Future insert (see above), and for brevity's sake are not reprinting it here. Please note that each card is NOT sequentially-numbered.

Bases Loaded

Each Bases Loaded card features a piece of a game-used base.

BL1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
BL2 Mark McGwire
BL3 Carlos Delgado
BL4 Chipper Jones
BL5 Nomar Garciaparra
BL6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
BL7 Sammy Sosa
BL8 Jeff Bagwell
BL9 Vladimir Guerrero
BL10 Tony Gwynn
BL11 Frank Thomas
BL12 Mike Piazza
BL13 Jason Giambi
BL14 Troy Glaus
BL15 Pat Burrell

September Call-Ups Memorabilia

This 15-card set is a partial-parallel of the Bright Future cards found in the 2001 Fleer Futures base set. This set features cards of young prospects with a swatch of game-used memorabilia. Each card is serial-numbered to 200 copies.

184 Randy Keisler HAT or SHOE
185 Nate Rolison BAT
187 Timo Perez BAT
191 Joey Nation GLOVE
192 Oswaldo Mairena GLOVE
195 Jace Brewer BAT
197 Xavier Nady GLOVE
199 Joe Crede BAT
205 Jose Ortiz BAT
208 Jimmy Rollins GLOVE
210 Keith Ginter BAT
214 Rodney Lindsey BAT
217 Corey Patterson BAT
218 Reggie Taylor BAT
219 Kenny Kelly BAT