Description

2003 Fleer Platinum is a 250 card set that was released in February, 2003. In a departure for the brand, rather than issue separate wax, jumbo, and rack packs, each box contained 14, ten-card wax packs; four, 25-card jumbo packs, and one 45-card rack pack. In another departure, rather than recycle the design of a previous Fleer baseball set, 2003 Platinum used an original design -- although one heavily influenced by Fleer's boxed sets of the mid-80s.

The last 30 cards make up a short-printed Prospects subset, all done in the style of the 1988 Fleer baseball set. Cards 221 through 235 are available in all pack types, 236-240 only in wax, 241-245 in jumbos, and 246 to 250 are exclusive to rack packs.

Each Hobby box should yield two game-used cards; one from the wax packs and the other from either the jumbos or rack pack.

Distribution

Hobby: 14, ten-card wax packs (MSRP $3); four, 25-card jumbo packs (MSRP $5); and one, 45-card rack pack (MSRP $10) per box

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Checklist

Base Set

1 Barry Bonds

2 Sean Casey

3 Todd Walker

4 Tony Batista

5 Todd Zeile

6 Ruben Sierra

7 Jose Cruz Jr.

8 Ben Grieve

9 Rob Mackowiak

10 Gary Sheffield

11 Armando Benitez

12 Tim Hudson

13 Eric Milton

14 Andy Pettitte

15 Jeff Bagwell

16 Jeff Kent

17 Joe Randa

18 Benito Santiago

19 Russell Branyan

20 Cliff Floyd

21 Chris Richard

22 Randy Winn

23 Freddy Garcia

24 Derek Lowe

25 Ben Sheets

26 Fred McGriff

27 Bret Boone

28 Jose Hernandez

29 Phil Nevin

30 Mike Piazza

31 Bobby Abreu

32 Darin Erstad

33 Andruw Jones

34 Brad Wilkerson

35 Brian Lawrence

36 Vladimir Nunez

37 Kazuhiro Sasaki

38 Carlos Delgado

39 Steve Cox

40 Adrian Beltre

41 Josh Bard

42 Randall Simon

43 Johnny Damon

44 Ken Griffey Jr.

45 Sammy Sosa

46 Kevin Brown

47 Kazuhisa Ishii

48 Matt Morris

49 Mark Prior

50 Kip Wells

51 Hee Seop Choi

52 Craig Biggio

53 Derek Jeter

54 Albert Pujols

55 Joe Borchard

56 Robert Fick

57 Jacque Jones

58 Juan Pierre

59 Bernie Williams

60 Elmer Dessens

61 Al Leiter

62 Curt Schilling

63 Carlos Pena

64 Tino Martinez

65 Fernando Vina

66 Aaron Boone

67 Michael Barrett

68 Frank Thomas

69 J.D. Drew

70 Vladimir Guerrero

71 Shannon Stewart

72 Mark Buehrle

73 Jamie Moyer

74 Brad Radke

75 Mike Williams

76 Ryan Klesko

77 Roberto Alomar

78 Edgardo Alfonzo

79 Matt Williams

80 Edgar Martinez

81 Shawn Green

82 Kenny Lofton

83 Josh Beckett

84 Trevor Hoffman

85 Kevin Millwood

86 Odalis Perez

87 Jarrod Washburn

88 Jason Giambi

89 Eric Young

90 Barry Larkin

91 Aramis Ramirez

92 Ivan Rodriguez

93 Steve Finley

94 Brian Jordan

95 Manny Ramirez

96 Preston Wilson

97 Rodrigo Lopez

98 Ramon Ortiz

99 Jim Thome

100 Luis Castillo

101 Alex Rodriguez

102 Jared Sandberg

103 Ellis Burks

104 Pat Burrell

105 Brian Giles

106 Mark Kotsay

107 Dave Roberts

108 Roy Halladay

109 Chan Ho Park

110 Erubiel Durazo

111 Bobby Hill

112 Cristian Guzman

113 Troy Glaus

114 Lance Berkman

115 Juan Encarnacion

116 Chipper Jones

117 Corey Patterson

118 Vernon Wells

119 Matt Clement

120 Billy Koch

121 Hideo Nomo

122 Derrek Lee

123 Todd Helton

124 Sean Burroughs

125 Jason Kendall

126 Dmitri Young

127 Adam Dunn

128 Bobby Higginson

129 Raul Mondesi

130 Bubba Trammell

131 A.J. Burnett

132 Randy Johnson

133 Mark Mulder

134 Mariano Rivera

135 Kerry Wood

136 Mo Vaughn

137 Jimmy Rollins

138 Jose Valentin

139 Brad Fullmer

140 Mike Cameron

141 Luis Gonzalez

142 Kevin Appier

143 Mike Hampton

144 Pedro Martinez

145 Javier Vazquez

146 Doug Mientkiewicz

147 Adam Kennedy

148 Rafael Furcal

149 Eric Chavez

150 Mike Lieberthal

151 Moises Alou

152 Jermaine Dye

153 Torii Hunter

154 Trot Nixon

155 Larry Walker

156 Jorge Julio

157 Mike Mussina

158 Kirk Rueter

159 Rafael Palmeiro

160 Pokey Reese

161 Miguel Tejada

162 Robin Ventura

163 Raul Ibanez

164 Roger Cedeno

165 Juan Gonzalez

166 Carlos Lee

167 Tim Salmon

168 Orlando Hernandez

169 Wade Miller

170 Troy Percival

171 Billy Wagner

172 Jeff Conine

173 Junior Spivey

174 Edgar Renteria

175 Scott Rolen

176 Jason Varitek

177 Ben Broussard

178 Jeremy Giambi

179 Gabe Kapler

180 Armando Rios

181 Ichiro

182 Tom Glavine

183 Greg Maddux

184 Roy Oswalt

185 John Smoltz

186 Eric Karros

187 Alfonso Soriano

188 Nomar Garciaparra

189 Joe Crede

190 Javy Lopez

191 Carlos Beltran

192 Jim Edmonds

193 Geoff Jenkins

194 Magglio Ordonez

195 Daryle Ward

196 Roger Clemens

197 Byung-Hyun Kim

198 Robb Nen

199 C.C. Sabathia

200 Barry Zito

Unsung Heroes

201 Mark Grace

202 Paul Konerko

203 Mike Sweeney

204 John Olerud

205 Jose Vidro

206 Ray Durham

207 Omar Vizquel

208 Shea Hillenbrand

209 Mike Lowell

210 Aubrey Huff

211 Eric Hinske

212 Paul Lo Duca

213 Jay Gibbons

214 Austin Kearns

215 Richie Sexson

216 Garret Anderson

217 Eric Gagne

218 Jason Jennings

219 Damian Moss

220 David Eckstein

Prospects

221 Mark Teixeira

222 Bill Hall

223 Bobby Jenks

224 Adam Morrissey

225 Rodrigo Rosario

226 Brett Myers

227 Tony Alvarez

228 Willie Bloomquist

229 Ben Howard

230 Nic Jackson

231 Carl Crawford

232 Omar Infante

233 Francisco Rodriguez

234 Andy Van Hekken

235 Kirk Saarloos

Wax Exclusive Prospects

236 Dusty Wathan RC

237 Jamey Carroll

238 Jason Phillips

239 Jose Castillo

240 Arnaldo Munoz RC

Jumbo Exclusive Prospects

241 Orlando Hudson

242 Drew Henson

243 Jason Lane

244 Vinny Chulk

245 Prentice Redman RC

Rack Exclusive Prospects

246 Marlon Byrd

247 Chin-Feng Chen

248 Craig Brazell RC

249 John Webb

250 Adam LaRoche

Parallels

All base cards are available as a Platinum Finish parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts

Guts and Glory

GG1 Jason Giambi

GG2 Alfonso Soriano

GG3 Scott Rolen

GG4 Ivan Rodriguez

GG5 Barry Bonds

GG6 Jim Edmonds

GG7 Darin Erstad

GG8 Brian Giles

GG9 Luis Gonzalez

GG10 Adam Dunn

GG11 Torii Hunter

GG12 Andruw Jones

GG13 Sammy Sosa

GG14 Ichiro

GG15 Miguel Tejada

GG16 Roger Clemens

GG17 Curt Schilling

GG18 Nomar Garciaparra

GG19 Derek Jeter

GG20 Alex Rodriguez

Heart of the Order

HO1 Ja. Giambi/D. Jeter/A. Soriano

HO2 T. Helton/P. Wilson/L. Walker

HO3 R. Palmeiro/A. Rodriguez/I. Rodriguez

HO4 A. Dunn/K. Griffey/A. Kearns

HO5 J. Bagwell/C. Biggio/L. Berkman

HO6 E. Chavez/M. Tejada/J. Dye

HO7 T. Glaus/G. Anderson/D. Erstad

HO8 M. Piazza/M. Vaughn/R. Alomar

HO9 T. Hunter/Jones/C. Koskie

HO10 B. Bonds/J. Kent/R. Aurilia

HO11 P. Burrell/B. Abreu/J. Rollins

HO12 S. Green/A. Beltre/P. Lo Duca

HO13 V. Guerrero/B. Wilkerson/J. Vidro

HO14 C. Jones/A. Jones/G. Sheffield

HO15 Ichiro/B. Boone/E. Martinez

HO16 A. Pujols/S. Rolen/J.D. Drew

HO17 S. Sosa/F. McGriff/M. Alou

HO18 N. Garciaparra/S. Hillenbrand/M. Ramirez

HO19 F. Thomas/M. Ordonez/P. Konerko

HO20 J. Kendall/B. Giles/A. Ramirez

MLB Scouting Report

MSR1 Jason Giambi

MSR2 Paul Konerko

MSR3 Jim Thome

MSR4 Alfonso Soriano

MSR5 Troy Glaus

MSR6 Eric Hinske

MSR7 Paul Lo Duca

MSR8 Mike Piazza

MSR9 Marlon Byrd

MSR10 Garret Anderson

MSR11 Barry Bonds

MSR12 Pat Burrell

MSR13 Joe Crede

MSR14 J.D. Drew

MSR15 Ken Griffey Jr.

MSR16 Vladimir Guerrero

MSR17 Torii Hunter

MSR18 Chipper Jones

MSR19 Austin Kearns

MSR20 Albert Pujols

MSR21 Manny Ramirez

MSR22 Gary Sheffield

MSR23 Sammy Sosa

MSR24 Ichiro Suzuki

MSR25 Bernie Williams

MSR26 Randy Johnson

MSR27 Greg Maddux

MSR28 Hideo Nomo

MSR29 Nomar Garciaparra

MSR30 Derek Jeter

MSR31 Alex Rodriguez

MSR32 Miguel Tejada

Platinum Portraits

PP1 Josh Beckett

PP2 Roberto Alomar

PP3 Alfonso Soriano

PP4 Mike Piazza

PP5 Ivan Rodriguez

PP6 Edgar Martinez

PP7 Barry Bonds

PP8 Adam Dunn

PP9 Juan Gonzalez

PP10 Chipper Jones

PP11 Albert Pujols

PP12 Magglio Ordonez

PP13 Shea Hillenbrand

PP14 Larry Walker

PP15 Pedro Martinez

PP16 Kerry Wood

PP17 Barry Zito

PP18 Nomar Garciaparra

PP19 Derek Jeter

PP20 Alex Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Barry Bonds Chasing History

CH Ba. Bonds Jsy/Bo. Bonds Bat/R. Maris Pants/W. McCovey Jsy/B. Ruth Bat 25

BB Ba. Bonds Jsy/Bo. Bonds Bat 250

BR Ba. Bonds Jsy/B. Ruth Bat 250

RM Ba. Bonds Jsy/R. Maris Pants 250

WM Ba. Bonds Jsy/W. McCovey Jsy 250

Heart of the Order Game Used

AB Adrian Beltre Jsy

AK Austin Kearns Pants

AS Alfonso Soriano Bat

BB Bret Boone Jsy

BG Brian Giles Bat

CJ Chipper Jones Jsy

DE Darin Erstad Jsy

FT Frank Thomas Jsy

JD J.D. Drew Jsy

JK Jeff Kent Jsy

JR Jimmy Rollins Jsy

JV Jose Vidro Jsy

LB Lance Berkman Bat

MP Mike Piazza Jsy

MR Manny Ramirez Jsy

RP Rafael Palmeiro Jsy

SS Sammy Sosa Jsy

TH Todd Helton Jsy

MLB Scouting Report Game Used

AK Austin Kearns Pants

AS Alfonso Soriano Bat

BB Barry Bonds Jsy

CJ Chipper Jones Jsy

DJ Derek Jeter Jsy

GM Greg Maddux Jsy

HN Hideo Nomo Jsy

JD J.D. Drew Jsy

JT Jim Thome Jsy

MP Mike Piazza Jsy

MR Manny Ramirez Jsy

RJ Randy Johnson Jsy

SS Sammy Sosa Jsy

Nameplates

AD Adam Dunn 117

AJ Andruw Jones 170

AR Alex Rodriguez 248

BB Barry Bonds 251

BL Barry Larkin 97

BZ Barry Zito 248

CB Craig Biggio 152

CC Chin-Feng Chen 110

CJ Chipper Jones 251

CK Corey Koskie 130

EH Eric Hinske 173

EM Edgar Martinez 176

FT Frank Thomas 58

FT Frank Thomas 93

GM Greg Maddux 248

HN Hideo Nomo 150

IR Ivan Rodriguez 189

JB Jeff Bagwell 121

JD Johnny Damon 35

JO John Olerud 180

JR Jimmy Rollins 74

JT Jim Thome 158

KI Kazuhisa Ishii 35

KS Kazuhiro Sasaki 82

KW Kerry Wood 49

LB Lance Berkman 176

LW Larry Walker 161

MP Mike Piazza 200

MP2 Mark Prior 123

MR Manny Ramirez 94

MS Mike Sweeney 175

MT Miguel Tejada 225

NG Nomar Garciaparra 258

PB Pat Burrell 176

PM Pedro Martinez 244

PN Phil Nevin 134

RC Roger Clemens 141

RJ Randy Johnson 142

RO Roy Oswalt 155

RP Rafael Palmeiro 245

RS Richie Sexson 160

VG Vladimir Guerrero 102

===Platinum Portraits Game Jersey

PP/AD Adam Dunn

PP/BB Barry Bonds

PP/BZ Barry Zito

PP/CJ Chipper Jones

PP/DJ Derek Jeter SP 150

PP/IR Ivan Rodriguez

PP/JB Josh Beckett

PP/KW Kerry Wood

PP/MP Mike Piazza

PP/NG Nomar Garciaparra

PP/PM Pedro Martinez