2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars

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Description

2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars is a 300-card set released in August, 2001. The set is divided into three 100-card subsets: 100 veterans and two, 100-card short-printed "rookie" subsets -- "Tier 1" which were seeded at the rate of 1:4/packs, and "Tier 2" which were 1:24/packs. While 2001 did have a strong rookie class (Albert Pujols, Ichiro, Mark Prior, Mark Teixeira and Travis Hafner), unfortunately, as with most 2001 products that relied on "gimmicked rookies," most of those strong RCs were placed in Tier 2 -- meaning that the odds of finding an Albert Pujols rookie in a box of 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars were 1:100. The vast majority of Leaf Rookies & Stars's rookies either had their RCs issued in previous years, or had Major League careers of little consequence -- that is, if they even played in the Major's at all.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a game-used card.

Distribution

Hobby boxes of 2001 Leaf Rookies and Stars contained 24 packs of 5 cards each. Overall the boxes contained 1 GU/AU per box along with 6 short printed rookies from cards 101-200 and 1 short printed rookie from 201-300. That means your chances are 1:100 to pull an Albert Pujols rookie card from a box. These boxes still sell for $75-$100 on EBay and even higher elsewhere.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 300 - ? ?
short set 100 - ? ?
Tier 1 Rookies 100 - 1:4 1:4
Tier 2 Rookies 100 - 1:24 1:24
Longevity short set 100 50 ? ?
Longevity Rookies 200 25 ? ?
Dress for Success 25 - 1:96 1:96
Dress for Success Prime Cuts 25 50 ? ?
Slideshow 30 100 ? ?
Slideshow View Master 30 25 ? ?
Freshman Orientation 25 - 1:96 1:96
Freshman Orientation Class Officers 25 50 ? ?
Statistical Standouts 25 - 1:96 1:96
Statistical Standouts Super 25 50 ? ?
Players Collection 12 100 ? ?
Players Collection Quad 3 25 ? ?
Great American Treasures 20 varies 1:1120 1:1152
Triple Threads 10 100 ? ?
Autographs 76 - ? ?
Dress for Success Autographs 10 - ? ?
Slideshow Autographs 12 - ? ?
Freshman Orientation Autographs 21 100 ? ?
Statistical Standouts Autographs 10 - ? ?
Players Collection Autographs 3 - ? ?
Great American Treasures Autographs 4 - ? ?

Checklist

Promos

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Inserted into the January, 2002 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars promo card. Only the first 100 cards in the base set have promos, and each card has "SAMPLE" stamped in silver foil on the reverse side. About 10% of the cards have gold foil.

This would be the first in a series of Donruss-Playoff/Beckett promo sets that would be issued throughout 2002-03.

Base Set

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NOTE: A number of these cards had uncorrected errors, where the statistical header on the back of the card was swapped between pitchers and hitters. Did you know that Greg Maddux hit 200 doubles in 2000? Neither did I!

  • 1 Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 Derek Jeter
  • 3 Aramis Ramirez
  • 4 Cliff Floyd
  • 5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 6 Craig Biggio
  • 7 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 9 Fred McGriff
  • 10 Chipper Jones
  • 11 Roberto Alomar
  • 12 Moises Alou
  • 13 Freddy Garcia
  • 14 Bob Abreu
  • 15 Shawn Green
  • 16 Jason Giambi
  • 17 Todd Helton
  • 18 Robert Fick
  • 19 Tony Gwynn
  • 20 Luis Gonzalez
  • 21 Sean Casey
  • 22 Roger Clemens UER
  • 23 Brian Giles
  • 24 Manny Ramirez
  • 25 Barry Bonds
  • 26 Richard Hidalgo
  • 27 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 28 Kevin Brown
  • 29 Mike Sweeney
  • 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 31 Mike Piazza
  • 32 Richie Sexson
  • 33 Matt Morris
  • 34 Jorge Posada
  • 35 Eric Chavez
  • 36 Mark Buehrle
  • 37 Jeff Bagwell
  • 38 Curt Schilling
  • 39 Bartolo Colon
  • 40 Mark Quinn
  • 41 Tony Clark
  • 42 Brad Radke
  • 43 Gary Sheffield
  • 44 Doug Mientkiewicz
  • 45 Pedro Martinez
  • 46 Carlos Lee
  • 47 Troy Glaus
  • 48 Preston Wilson
  • 49 Phil Nevin
  • 50 Chan Ho Park
  • 51 Randy Johnson
  • 52 Jermaine Dye
  • 53 Terrence Long
  • 54 Joe Mays
  • 55 Scott Rolen
  • 56 Miguel Tejada
  • 57 Jim Thome
  • 58 Jose Vidro
  • 59 Gabe Kapler
  • 60 Darin Erstad
  • 61 Jim Edmonds
  • 62 Jarrod Washburn
  • 63 Tom Glavine UER
  • 64 Adrian Beltre
  • 65 Sammy Sosa
  • 66 Juan Gonzalez
  • 67 Rafael Furcal
  • 68 Mike Mussina
  • 69 Mark McGwire
  • 70 Ryan Klesko
  • 71 Raul Mondesi
  • 72 Trot Nixon
  • 73 Barry Larkin
  • 74 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 75 Mark Mulder
  • 76 Carlos Delgado
  • 77 Mike Hampton
  • 78 Carl Everett
  • 79 Paul Konerko
  • 80 Larry Walker
  • 81 Kerry Wood
  • 82 Frank Thomas
  • 83 Andruw Jones
  • 84 Eric Milton
  • 85 Ben Grieve
  • 86 Carlos Beltran
  • 87 Tim Hudson
  • 88 Hideo Nomo
  • 89 Greg Maddux UER
  • 90 Edgar Martinez
  • 91 Lance Berkman
  • 92 Pat Burrell
  • 93 Jeff Kent
  • 94 Magglio Ordonez
  • 95 Cristian Guzman
  • 96 Jose Canseco
  • 97 J.D. Drew
  • 98 Bernie Williams
  • 99 Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • 100 Rickey Henderson

Short-Printed Rookies (Tier 1)

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  • 101 Wilson Guzman RC*
  • 102 Nick Neugebauer RC
  • 103 Lance Davis RC
  • 104 Felipe Lopez
  • 105 Toby Hall
  • 106 Jack Cust
  • 107 Jason Karnuth RC
  • 108 Bart Miadich RC
  • 109 Brian Roberts RC
  • 110 Brandon Larson RC
  • 111 Sean Douglass RC
  • 112 Joe Crede
  • 113 Tim Redding
  • 114 Adam Johnson
  • 115 Marcus Giles
  • 116 Jose Ortiz
  • 117 Jose Mieses RC*
  • 118 Nick Maness RC*
  • 119 Les Walrond RC
  • 120 Travis Phelps RC
  • 121 Troy Mattes RC
  • 122 Carlos Garcia RC*
  • 123 Bill Ortega RC
  • 124 Gene Altman RC*
  • 125 Nate Frese RC*
  • 126 Alfonso Soriano
  • 127 Jose Nunez RC
  • 128 Bob File RC
  • 129 Dan Wright
  • 130 Nick Johnson
  • 131 Brent Abernathy
  • 132 Steve Green RC
  • 133 Billy Sylvester RC*
  • 134 Scott MacRae RC
  • 135 Kris Keller RC
  • 136 Scott Stewart RC
  • 137 Henry Mateo RC
  • 138 Timo Perez
  • 139 Nate Teut RC
  • 140 Jason Michaels RC
  • 141 Junior Spivey RC
  • 142 Carlos Pena
  • 143 Wilmy Caceres RC*
  • 144 David Lundquist
  • 145 Jack Wilson RC
  • 146 Jeremy Fikac RC
  • 147 Alex Escobar
  • 148 Abraham Nunez
  • 149 Xavier Nady
  • 150 Michael Cuddyer
  • 151 Greg Miller RC*
  • 152 Eric Munson
  • 153 Aubrey Huff
  • 154 Tim Christman RC
  • 155 Erick Almonte RC
  • 156 Mike Penney RC*
  • 157 Delvin James RC
  • 158 Ben Sheets
  • 159 Jason Hart
  • 160 Jose Acevedo RC
  • 161 Will Ohman RC
  • 162 Erik Hiljus RC
  • 163 Juan Moreno RC
  • 164 Mike Koplove RC
  • 165 Pedro Santana RC
  • 166 Jimmy Rollins
  • 167 Matt White RC*
  • 168 Cesar Crespo RC
  • 169 Carlos Hernandez
  • 170 Chris George
  • 171 Brad Voyles RC
  • 172 Luis Pineda RC
  • 173 Carlos Zambrano
  • 174 Nate Cornejo
  • 175 Jason Smith RC
  • 176 Craig Monroe RC
  • 177 Cody Ransom RC
  • 178 John Grabow RC
  • 179 Pedro Feliz
  • 180 Jeremy Owens RC*
  • 181 Kurt Ainsworth
  • 182 Luis Lopez
  • 183 Stubby Clapp RC
  • 184 Ryan Freel RC
  • 185 Duaner Sanchez RC
  • 186 Jason Jennings
  • 187 Kyle Lohse RC
  • 188 Jerrod Riggan RC
  • 189 Joe Beimel RC
  • 190 Nick Punto RC
  • 191 Willie Harris RC
  • 192 Ryan Jensen RC
  • 193 Adam Pettyjohn RC
  • 194 Donaldo Mendez RC
  • 195 Bret Prinz RC
  • 196 Paul Phillips RC
  • 197 Brian Lawrence RC
  • 198 Cesar Izturis
  • 199 Blaine Neal RC
  • 200 Josh Fogg RC

Short-Printed Rookies (Tier 2)

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  • 201 Josh Towers RC
  • 202 Tim Spooneybarger RC
  • 203 Michael Rivera RC
  • 204 Juan Cruz RC
  • 205 Albert Pujols RC
  • 206 Josh Beckett
  • 207 Roy Oswalt
  • 208 Elpidio Guzman RC*
  • 209 Horacio Ramirez RC
  • 210 Corey Patterson
  • 211 Geronimo Gil RC
  • 212 Jay Gibbons RC
  • 213 Orlando Woodards RC*
  • 214 David Espinosa
  • 215 Angel Berroa RC
  • 216 Brandon Duckworth RC
  • 217 Brian Reith RC
  • 218 David Brous RC*
  • 219 Bud Smith RC
  • 220 Ramon Vazquez RC
  • 221 Mark Teixeira RC
  • 222 Justin Atchley RC
  • 223 Tony Cogan RC
  • 224 Grant Balfour RC
  • 225 Ricardo Rodriguez RC
  • 226 Brian Rogers RC*
  • 227 Adam Dunn
  • 228 Wilson Betemit RC
  • 229 Juan Diaz RC
  • 230 Jackson Melian RC*
  • 231 Claudio Vargas RC
  • 232 Wilkin Ruan RC
  • 233 Justin Duchscherer RC
  • 234 Kevin Olsen RC
  • 235 Tony Fiore RC
  • 236 Jeremy Affeldt RC
  • 237 Mike Maroth RC
  • 238 C.C. Sabathia
  • 239 Cory Aldridge RC
  • 240 Zach Day RC
  • 241 Brett Jodie RC
  • 242 Winston Abreu RC
  • 243 Travis Hafner RC
  • 244 Joe Kennedy RC
  • 245 Rick Bauer RC
  • 246 Mike Young
  • 247 Ken Vining RC
  • 248 Doug Nickle RC
  • 249 Pablo Ozuna
  • 250 Dustan Mohr RC
  • 251 Ichiro Suzuki RC
  • 252 Ryan Drese RC
  • 253 Morgan Ensberg RC
  • 254 George Perez RC*
  • 255 Roy Smith RC
  • 256 Juan Uribe RC
  • 257 Dewon Brazelton RC
  • 258 Endy Chavez RC
  • 259 Kris Foster RC
  • 260 Eric Knott RC
  • 261 Corky Miller RC
  • 262 Larry Bigbie
  • 263 Andres Torres RC
  • 264 Adrian Hernandez RC
  • 265 Johnny Estrada RC
  • 266 David Williams RC
  • 267 Steve Lomasney
  • 268 Victor Zambrano RC
  • 269 Keith Ginter
  • 270 Casey Fossum RC
  • 271 Josue Perez RC*
  • 272 Josh Phelps
  • 273 Mark Prior RC
  • 274 Brandon Berger RC
  • 275 Scott Podsednik RC
  • 276 Jorge Julio RC
  • 277 Esix Snead RC
  • 278 Brandon Knight RC
  • 279 Saul Rivera RC
  • 280 Benito Baez RC
  • 281 Rob MacKowiak RC
  • 282 Eric Hinske RC
  • 283 Juan Rivera
  • 284 Kevin Joseph RC
  • 285 Juan A. Pena RC*
  • 286 Brandon Lyon RC
  • 287 Adam Everett
  • 288 Eric Valent
  • 289 Ken Harvey
  • 290 Bert Snow RC*
  • 291 Wily Mo Pena
  • 292 Rafael Soriano RC
  • 293 Carlos Valderrama RC
  • 294 Christian Parker RC
  • 295 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
  • 296 Martin Vargas RC*
  • 297 Luke Hudson RC
  • 298 Dee Brown
  • 299 Alexis Gomez RC
  • 300 Angel Santos RC

Parallels

Longevity

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All 300 base cards are available in a Longevity parallel. Cards 1-100 are serial-numbered to 50 while cards 101-300 have only 25 serial-numbered sets.

Chicago Collection

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Autographs & Game-Used

Freshman Orientation

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These cards showcase young players who are getting oriented into the major leagues. The cards featured game-used memorabilia from the players including bat chips as well as pant, jersey, and cap swatches. The cards were inserted at a rate of 1:96 packs. The Dunn, Pujols and Gibbons cards were short printed.

Additionally a Class Officers set also paralleled the main set and were printed to 50 serial-numbered copies per card. The Officers set featured prime pieces of jersey. You can see the words "Class Officers" just to the left of the players name in the bottom right of the front of the card.

  • FO-1 Adam Dunn BAT SP
  • FO-2 Josh Towers PANTS
  • FO-3 Vernon Wells JSY
  • FO-4 Corey Patterson PANTS
  • FO-5 Albert Pujols BAT SP
  • FO-6 Ben Sheets JSY
  • FO-7 Pedro Feliz BAT
  • FO-8 Keith Ginter BAT
  • FO-9 Luis Rivas BAT
  • FO-10 Andres Torres BAT
  • FO-11 Carlos Valderrama JSY
  • FO-12 Brandon Inge JSY
  • FO-13 Jay Gibbons HAT SP
  • FO-14 Cesar Izturis BAT
  • FO-15 Marcus Giles JSY
  • FO-16 Tsuyoshi Shinjo JSY
  • FO-17 Eric Valent BAT
  • FO-18 David Espinosa BAT
  • FO-19 Aubrey Huff JSY
  • FO-20 Wilmy Caceres JSY
  • FO-21 Bud Smith JSY
  • FO-22 Ricardo Rodriguez PANTS
  • FO-23 Wes Helms JSY
  • FO-24 Jason Hart BAT
  • FO-25 Dee Brown JSY

Autographed

21 out of 25 of the Freshmen Orientation cards were also autographed by the player. These sticker autographed cards are NOT serial-numbered; however, Donruss-Playoff announced that no player signed more than 100 cards, and cards #FO-1 through #FO-6 were short-printed. The short printed autos are very rare, the Pujols sells for over $1000.

  • FO-1 Adam Dunn BAT SP
  • FO-2 Josh Towers PANTS SP
  • FO-4 Corey Patterson PANTS SP
  • FO-5 Albert Pujols BAT SP
  • FO-6 Ben Sheets JSY SP
  • FO-7 Pedro Feliz BAT
  • FO-8 Keith Ginter BAT
  • FO-9 Luis Rivas BAT
  • FO-10 Andres Torres BAT
  • FO-11 Carlos Valderrama JSY
  • FO-13 Jay Gibbons HAT
  • FO-14 Cesar Izturis BAT
  • FO-15 Marcus Giles JSY
  • FO-17 Eric Valent BAT
  • FO-18 David Espinosa BAT
  • FO-19 Aubrey Huff JSY
  • FO-20 Wilmy Caceres JSY
  • FO-21 Bud Smith JSY
  • FO-22 Ricardo Rodriguez PANTS
  • FO-24 Jason Hart BAT
  • FO-25 Dee Brown JSY

Players Collection

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Cal Ripken, Jr., Tony Gwynn, and Barry Bonds were the featured players in this set, with five game used cards per player. Each player had a bat, shoe, pant and jersey card each serial numbered to 100 copies. Also a quad card featuring all four game used pieces that was serial numbered to 25 copies per card.

  • PC-1 Tony Gwynn BAT 100
  • PC-2 Tony Gwynn JSY 100
  • PC-3 Tony Gwynn PANTS 100
  • PC-4 Tony Gwynn SHOE 100
  • PC-5 Tony Gwynn QUAD 25
  • PC-6 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY (home) 100
  • PC-7 Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT 100
  • PC-8 Cal Ripken, Jr. GLV 100
  • PC-9 Cal Ripken, Jr. SHOE 100
  • PC-10 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY (away) 25
  • PC-11 Barry Bonds JSY 100
  • PC-12 Barry Bonds SHOE 100
  • PC-13 Barry Bonds PANTS 100
  • PC-14 Barry Bonds BAT 100
  • PC-15 Barry Bonds QUAD 25

Autographs

Each Players Collection Autograph is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

  • PC-1 Tony Gwynn BAT
  • PC-6 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY
  • PC-7 Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT

Slideshow

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These cards feature game-used jersey pieces of some of the games top players. The cards were randomly inserted into packs at 1:96 packs for the base level Slideshow cards. Each is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

The View Master Slideshow parallels are one of the more innovative sets in 2001, the first jumbo swatch cards ever produced. The jersey piece could be pulled out of the card revealing a much larger swatch than just what was framed in the card. This set paralleled all 30 cards in the Slideshow insert set with each card serial-numbered to 25 copies.

  • SS-1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • SS-2 Chipper Jones
  • SS-3 Jeff Bagwell
  • SS-4 Larry Walker
  • SS-5 Greg Maddux
  • SS-6 Ivan Rodriguez
  • SS-7 Andruw Jones
  • SS-8 Lance Berkman
  • SS-9 Luis Gonzalez
  • SS-10 Tony Gwynn
  • SS-11 Troy Glaus
  • SS-12 Todd Helton
  • SS-13 Roberto Alomar
  • SS-14 Barry Bonds
  • SS-15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • SS-16 Sean Casey
  • SS-17 Curt Schilling
  • SS-18 Frank Thomas
  • SS-19 Pedro Martinez
  • SS-20 Juan Gonzalez
  • SS-21 Randy Johnson
  • SS-22 Kerry Wood
  • SS-23 Mike Sweeney
  • SS-24 Magglio Ordonez
  • SS-25 Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • SS-26 Manny Ramirez
  • SS-27 Roger Clemens
  • SS-28 Albert Pujols
  • SS-29 Hideo Nomo
  • SS-30 Miguel Tejada

Autographs

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Some of the Slideshow cards also had autographed stickers placed on the cards. These cards are serial-numbered to 100 copies and generally sell for $100 for the low end players and $500-$700 (or more!) for the Pujols. Only 12 of the 30 cards have an autographed version and are noted in the checklist below.

  • SS-2 Chipper Jones
  • SS-5 Greg Maddux
  • SS-7 Andruw Jones
  • SS-8 Lance Berkman
  • SS-9 Luis Gonzalez
  • SS-11 Troy Glaus
  • SS-15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • SS-16 Sean Casey
  • SS-17 Curt Schilling
  • SS-22 Kerry Wood
  • SS-28 Albert Pujols
  • SS-30 Miguel Tejada

Statistical Standouts

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Each Statistical Standouts is also available in a Super parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

  • SS-1 Ichiro Suzuki
  • SS-2 Barry Bonds SP
  • SS-3 Ivan Rodriguez
  • SS-4 Jeff Bagwell
  • SS-5 Vladimir Guerrero SP
  • SS-6 Mike Sweeney
  • SS-7 Miguel Tejada
  • SS-8 Mike Piazza SP
  • SS-9 Darin Erstad
  • SS-10 Alex Rodriguez
  • SS-11 Jason Giambi
  • SS-12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • SS-13 Albert Pujols
  • SS-14 Carlos Delgado
  • SS-15 Rafael Palmeiro
  • SS-16 Lance Berkman
  • SS-17 Luis Gonzalez SP
  • SS-18 Sammy Sosa SP
  • SS-19 Andruw Jones SP
  • SS-20 Derek Jeter
  • SS-21 Edgar Martinez
  • SS-22 Troy Glaus
  • SS-23 Magglio Ordonez
  • SS-24 Mark McGwire
  • SS-25 Manny Ramirez

Great American Treasures

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some of the most controversial memorabilia cards made, Donruss-Playoff carved-up specific game used memorabilia. Collectors were a little shocked, it was one thing to cut up a Greg Maddux Jersey or a Frank Thomas bat, but another thing altogether to cut up a ball from the game Roger Maris hit his 61st home run (not THE 61st home run ball, but a ball from that game). These cards are highly sought after by player collectors and game-used collectors as the cards are game-dated feature memorabilia from important moments in each of the players' careers.

  • GT-1 Barry Bonds JSY 517 HR 50
  • GT-2 Magglio Ordonez BAT HR 200
  • GT-3 Derek Jeter BALL 1st game 25
  • GT-4 Nolan Ryan BALL 7th no-hitter 25
  • GT-5 Sammy Sosa BALL June '98 HR 25
  • GT-6 Tom Glavine JSY 96WS 100
  • GT-7 Ivan Rodriguez BAT 99 ALMVP 200
  • GT-8 Pedro Martinez BALL 300K 25
  • GT-9 Mark McGwire BALL 60th HR 25
  • GT-10 Ted Williams BALL 517th HR 25
  • GT-11 Ryne Sandberg BAT '91ASG 200
  • GT-12 Barry Bonds BALL 500th HR 25
  • GT-13 Hideo Nomo BALL no-hitter 25
  • GT-14 Roger Maris BALL 61st HR 25
  • GT-15 Ty Cobb BALL '09WS 25
  • GT-16 Harmon Killebrew BAT 570th HR 50
  • GT-17 Magglio Ordonez HAT '00ASG 100
  • GT-18 Wade Boggs BAT '96WS 200
  • GT-19 Hank Aaron HAT 755th HR 25
  • GT-20 David Cone BALL perfect game 25

Autographs

  • GT-6 Tom Glavine JSY 96WS
  • GT-11 Ryne Sandberg BAT '91ASG
  • GT-16 Harmon Killebrew BAT 570th HR
  • GT-18 Wade Boggs BAT '96WS

Dress for Success

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This insert set featured a game used jersey swatch and bat chip from some of the games biggest stars in 2001. The base set was inserted 1:96 (overall game used/autograph rate of 1 per box). None of these cards will have prime jersey pieces unless they are part of the Prime Cuts parallel set.

A parallel set featuring prime jersey swatches along with the bat chips were also inserted into packs. These cards were serial numbered to 50 sets. They also feature the words "Prime Cuts" on the front of the card.

Additionally some of the Dress for Success cards were also autographed (sticker) by the player featured on the card. Note- if an autographed version of the card exists, it is noted in the checklist below.

  • DFS-1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • DFS-2 Mike Piazza
  • DFS-3 Barry Bonds
  • DFS-4 Frank Thomas
  • DFS-5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • DFS-6 Richie Sexson
  • DFS-7 Brian Giles
  • DFS-8 Todd Helton
  • DFS-9 Ivan Rodriguez
  • DFS-10 Andruw Jones
  • DFS-11 Juan Gonzalez
  • DFS-12 Vladimir Guerrero
  • DFS-13 Greg Maddux
  • DFS-14 Tony Gwynn
  • DFS-15 Randy Johnson
  • DFS-16 Jeff Bagwell
  • DFS-17 Kerry Wood SP
  • DFS-18 Roberto Alomar
  • DFS-19 Chipper Jones
  • DFS-20 Pedro Martinez
  • DFS-21 Shawn Green
  • DFS-22 Magglio Ordonez
  • DFS-23 Darin Erstad SP
  • DFS-24 Rafael Palmeiro SP
  • DFS-25 Edgar Martinez

Autographs

  • DFS-6 Richie Sexson
  • DFS-7 Brian Giles
  • DFS-8 Todd Helton
  • DFS-12 Vladimir Guerrero
  • DFS-13 Greg Maddux
  • DFS-16 Jeff Bagwell
  • DFS-17 Kerry Wood
  • DFS-19 Chipper Jones
  • DFS-21 Shawn Green
  • DFS-25 Edgar Martinez

Triple Threads

The most highly sought after inserts in the 2001 Rookies and Stars set (after the Pujols autographs) are the Triple Thread inserts. These cards feature three game used jersey pieces from three different players who played together on the same team, either at the same time or at different points in the history of the franchise. Each card is serial numbered to 100 copies.

TT3 is a triple of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra and is highly sought after by collectors on the secondary market.

  • TT-10 Luis Gonzalez / Curt Schilling / Randy Johnson 100
  • TT-9 Rod Carew / Harmon Killebrew / Kirby Puckett 100
  • TT-8 Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio 100
  • TT-7 Nolan Ryan / Ivan Rodriguez / Juan Gonzalez 100
  • TT-6 Greg Maddux / Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones 100
  • TT-5 Warren Spahn / Hank Aaron / Eddie Mathews 100
  • TT-4 Andre Dawson / Ryne Sandberg / Ernie Banks 100
  • TT-3 Yogi Berra / Lou Gehrig / Babe Ruth 100
  • TT-2 Frank Robinson / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Brooks Robinson 100
  • TT-1 Pedro Martinez / Manny Ramirez / Nomar Garciaparra 100

Autographs

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A partial parallel set of 2001 Leaf Rookies and Stars. These cards feature sticker autographs of the player on the card. The cards are not serial numbered but have stated print runs between 50 - 250 copies per card. Most of the 76 players featured in the set had forgettable careers. The Pujols is far and away the most valuable card in the set. But the Travis Hafner, Mark Teixeira, Mark Prior and even to a lesser extent the Roy Oswalt cards also are sought after by collectors on the secondary market.

  • 107 Jason Karnuth 250
  • 110 Brandon Larson 100
  • 117 Jose Mieses 250
  • 118 Nick Maness 250
  • 119 Les Walrond 250
  • 122 Carlos Garcia 250
  • 123 Bill Ortega 250
  • 124 Gene Altman 250
  • 125 Nate Frese 250
  • 130 Nick Johnson 100
  • 133 Billy Sylvester 250
  • 135 Kris Keller 250
  • 139 Nate Teut 250
  • 140 Jason Michaels 250
  • 143 Wilmy Caceres 250
  • 145 Jack Wilson 100
  • 151 Greg Miller 250
  • 155 Erick Almonte 250
  • 156 Mike Penney 250
  • 157 Delvin James 250
  • 161 Will Ohman 250
  • 167 Matt White 250
  • 180 Jeremy Owens 250
  • 184 Ryan Freel 250
  • 185 Duaner Sanchez 250
  • 193 Adam Pettyjohn 100
  • 194 Donaldo Mendez 100
  • 196 Paul Phillips 250
  • 197 Brian Lawrence 100
  • 199 Blaine Neal 250
  • 201 Josh Towers 100
  • 203 Michael Rivera 250
  • 204 Juan Cruz 100
  • 205 Albert Pujols 50
  • 207 Roy Oswalt 50
  • 208 Elpidio Guzman 100
  • 209 Horacio Ramirez 250
  • 210 Corey Patterson 50
  • 211 Geronimo Gil 250
  • 212 Jay Gibbons 100
  • 213 Orlando Woodards 250
  • 215 Angel Berroa 100
  • 216 Brandon Duckworth 100
  • 218 David Brous 250
  • 219 Bud Smith 50
  • 221 Mark Teixeira 100
  • 223 Tony Cogan 250
  • 225 Ricardo Rodriguez 250
  • 226 Brian Rogers 250
  • 227 Adam Dunn 50
  • 228 Wilson Betemit 100
  • 231 Claudio Vargas 250
  • 232 Wilkin Ruan 250
  • 234 Kevin Olsen 250
  • 236 Jeremy Affeldt 250
  • 237 Mike Maroth 250
  • 238 C.C. Sabathia 50
  • 239 Cory Aldridge 250
  • 240 Zach Day 250
  • 243 Travis Hafner 250
  • 244 Joe Kennedy 100
  • 254 George Perez 250
  • 256 Juan Uribe 250
  • 257 Dewon Brazelton 100
  • 261 Corky Miller 100
  • 263 Andres Torres 100
  • 265 Johnny Estrada 100
  • 266 David Williams 250
  • 270 Casey Fossum 250
  • 273 Mark Prior 100
  • 274 Brandon Berger 250
  • 277 Esix Snead 250
  • 282 Eric Hinske 250
  • 292 Rafael Soriano 250
  • 293 Carlos Valderrama 250
  • 299 Alexis Gomez 250