1997 Leaf
Description
1997 Leaf is a 400-card set issued in two separate 200-card series. The set contains the following subsets: Legacy (188-197/348-367), Checklists (198-200/398-400) and Gamers (368-397). Rookie Cards in this set include Jose Cruz Jr., Brian Giles and Hideki Irabu.
In a tie in with the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut, Donruss/Leaf also issued some collectible items. They made 42 all-leather jackets (issued to match Robinson's uniform number). There were also 311 leather jackets produced (to match Robinson's career batting average). 1,500 lithographs were also produced of which Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow) signed 500 of them.
Distribution
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds | Jumbo Odds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Base | 400 | - | ? | ? | ? |
Fractal Matrix | 400 | varies | ? | ? | ? |
Fractal Matrix Die-Cut | 400 | varies | ? | ? | ? |
Knot-Hole Gang (S1) | 12 | 5000 | ? | ? | ? |
Get-A-Grip (S1) | 16 | 3500 | ? | N/A | N/A |
Dress For Success (S1) | 18 | 3500 | N/A | ? | N/A |
Banner Season (S1) | 15 | 2500 | N/A | N/A | ? |
Statistical Standouts (S1) | 15 | 1000 | ? | ? | ? |
Warning Track (S2) | 18 | 3500 | ? | ? | N/A |
Gold Leaf Stars (S2) | 36 | 2500 | ? | ? | N/A |
Leagues of the Nation (S2) | 15 | 2500 | ? | ? | N/A |
Jackie Robinson 1948 Reprint (S2) | 1 | 1948 | ? | ? | N/A |
Frank Thomas Collection (S2) | 6 | 100 | ? | ? | N/A |
Checklist
Base Set
- 2 Brian McRae
- 3 Jeff D'Amico
- 4 George Arias
- 5 Billy Wagner
- 6 Ray Lankford
- 7 Will Clark
- 8 Edgar Renteria
- 9 Alex Ochoa
- 10 Roberto Hernandez
- 11 Joe Carter
- 12 Gregg Jefferies
- 13 Mark Grace
- 14 Roberto Alomar
- 15 Joe Randa
- 16 Alex Rodriguez
- 17 Tony Gwynn
- 18 Steve Gibralter
- 19 Scott Stahoviak
- 20 Matt Williams
- 21 Quinton McCracken
- 22 Ugueth Urbina
- 23 Jermaine Allensworth
- 24 Paul Molitor
- 25 Carlos Delgado
- 26 Bob Abreu
- 27 John Jaha
- 28 Rusty Greer
- 29 Kimera Bartee
- 30 Ruben Rivera
- 31 Jason Kendall
- 32 Lance Johnson
- 33 Robin Ventura
- 34 Kevin Appier
- 35 John Mabry
- 36 Ricky Otero
- 37 Mike Lansing
- 38 Mark McGwire
- 39 Tim Naehring
- 40 Tom Glavine
- 41 Rey Ordonez
- 42 Tony Clark
- 43 Rafael Palmeiro
- 44 Pedro Martinez
- 45 Keith Lockhart
- 46 Dan Wilson
- 47 John Wetteland
- 48 Chan Ho Park
- 49 Gary Sheffield
- 50 Shawn Estes
- 51 Royce Clayton
- 52 Jaime Navarro
- 53 Raul Casanova
- 54 Jeff Bagwell
- 55 Barry Larkin
- 56 Charles Nagy
- 57 Ken Caminiti
- 58 Todd Hollandsworth
- 59 Pat Hentgen
- 60 Jose Valentin
- 61 Frank Rodriguez
- 62 Mickey Tettleton
- 63 Marty Cordova
- 64 Cecil Fielder
- 65 Barry Bonds
- 66 Scott Servais
- 67 Ernie Young
- 68 Wilson Alvarez
- 69 Mike Grace
- 70 Shane Reynolds
- 71 Henry Rodriguez
- 72 Eric Karros
- 73 Mark Langston
- 74 Scott Karl
- 75 Trevor Hoffman
- 76 Orel Hershiser
- 77 John Smoltz
- 78 Raul Mondesi
- 79 Jeff Brantley
- 80 Donne Wall
- 81 Joey Cora
- 82 Mel Rojas
- 83 Chad Mottola
- 84 Omar Vizquel
- 85 Greg Maddux
- 86 Jamey Wright
- 87 Chuck Finley
- 88 Brady Anderson
- 89 Alex Gonzalez
- 90 Andy Benes
- 91 Reggie Jefferson
- 92 Paul O'Neill
- 93 Javy Lopez
- 94 Mark Grudzielanek
- 95 Marc Newfield
- 96 Kevin Ritz
- 97 Fred McGriff
- 98 Dwight Gooden
- 99 Hideo Nomo
- 100 Steve Finley
- 101 Juan Gonzalez
- 102 Jay Buhner
- 103 Paul Wilson
- 104 Alan Benes
- 105 Manny Ramirez
- 106 Kevin Elster
- 107 Frank Thomas
- 108 Orlando Miller
- 109 Ramon Martinez
- 110 Kenny Lofton
- 111 Bernie Williams
- 112 Robby Thompson
- 113 Bernard Gilkey
- 114 Ray Durham
- 115 Jeff Cirillo
- 116 Brian Jordan
- 117 Rich Becker
- 118 Al Leiter
- 119 Mark Johnson
- 120 Ellis Burks
- 121 Sammy Sosa
- 122 Willie Greene
- 123 Michael Tucker
- 124 Eddie Murray
- 125 Joey Hamilton
- 126 Antonio Osuna
- 127 Bob Higginson
- 128 Tomas Perez
- 129 Tim Salmon
- 130 Mark Wohlers
- 131 Charles Johnson
- 132 Randy Johnson
- 133 Brooks Kieschnick
- 134 Al Martin
- 135 Dante Bichette
- 136 Andy Pettitte
- 137 Jason Giambi
- 138 James Baldwin
- 139 Ben McDonald
- 140 Shawn Green
- 141 Geronimo Berroa
- 142 Jose Offerman
- 143 Curtis Pride
- 144 Terrell Wade
- 145 Ismael Valdes
- 146 Mike Mussina
- 147 Mariano Rivera
- 148 Ken Hill
- 149 Darin Erstad
- 150 Jay Bell
- 151 Mo Vaughn
- 152 Ozzie Smith
- 153 Jose Mesa
- 154 Osvaldo Fernandez
- 155 Vinny Castilla
- 156 Jason Isringhausen
- 157 B.J. Surhoff
- 158 Robert Perez
- 159 Ron Coomer
- 160 Darren Oliver
- 161 Mike Mohler
- 162 Russ Davis
- 163 Bret Boone
- 164 Ricky Bottalico
- 165 Derek Jeter
- 166 Orlando Merced
- 167 John Valentin
- 168 Andruw Jones
- 169 Angel Echevarria
- 170 Todd Walker
- 171 Desi Relaford
- 172 Trey Beamon
- 173 Brian Giles
- 174 Scott Rolen
- 175 Shannon Stewart
- 176 Dmitri Young
- 177 Justin Thompson
- 178 Trot Nixon
- 179 Josh Booty
- 180 Robin Jennings
- 181 Marvin Benard
- 182 Luis Castillo
- 183 Wendell Magee, Jr.
- 184 Vladimir Guerrero
- 185 Nomar Garciaparra
- 186 Ryan Hancock
- 187 Mike Cameron
- 188 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 189 Chipper Jones
- 190 Albert Belle
- 191 Mike Piazza
- 192 Chuck Knoblauch
- 193 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 194 Ivan Rodriguez
- 195 Jose Canseco
- 196 Ryne Sandberg
- 197 Jim Thome
- 199 Checklist - Andruw Jones
- 200 Checklist - Derek Jeter
- 201 Chipper Jones
- 202 Albert Belle
- 203 Mike Piazza
- 204 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 205 Ryne Sandberg
- 206 Jose Canseco
- 207 Chili Davis
- 208 Roger Clemens
- 209 Deion Sanders
- 210 Darryl Hamilton
- 211 Jermaine Dye
- 212 Matt Williams
- 213 Kevin Elster
- 214 John Wetteland
- 215 Garret Anderson
- 216 Kevin Brown
- 217 Matt Lawton
- 218 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 219 Moises Alou
- 220 Chuck Knoblauch
- 221 Ivan Rodriguez
- 222 Travis Fryman
- 223 Jim Thome
- 224 Eddie Murray
- 225 Eric Young
- 226 Ron Gant
- 227 Tony Phillips
- 228 Reggie Sanders
- 229 Johnny Damon
- 230 Bill Pulsipher
- 231 Jim Edmonds
- 232 Melvin Nieves
- 233 Ryan Klesko
- 234 David Cone
- 235 Derek Bell
- 236 Julio Franco
- 237 Juan Guzman
- 238 Larry Walker
- 239 Delino DeShields
- 240 Troy Percival
- 241 Andres Galarraga
- 242 Rondell White
- 243 John Burkett
- 244 J.T. Snow
- 245 Alex Fernandez
- 246 Edgar Martinez
- 247 Craig Biggio
- 248 Todd Hundley
- 249 Jimmy Key
- 250 Cliff Floyd
- 251 Jeff Conine
- 252 Curt Schilling
- 253 Jeff King
- 254 Tino Martinez
- 255 Carlos Baerga
- 256 Jeff Fassero
- 257 Dean Palmer
- 258 Robb Nen
- 259 Sandy Alomar
- 260 Carlos Perez
- 261 Rickey Henderson
- 262 Bobby Bonilla
- 263 Darren Daulton
- 264 Jim Leyritz
- 265 Dennis Martinez
- 266 Butch Huskey
- 267 Joe Vitiello
- 268 Steve Trachsel
- 269 Glenallen Hill
- 270 Terry Steinbach
- 271 Mark McLemore
- 272 Devon White
- 273 Jeff Kent
- 274 Tim Raines
- 275 Carlos Garcia
- 276 Hal Morris
- 277 Gary Gaetti
- 278 John Olerud
- 279 Wally Joyner
- 280 Brian Hunter
- 281 Steve Karsay
- 282 Denny Neagle
- 283 Jose Herrera
- 284 Todd Stottlemyre
- 285 Bip Roberts
- 286 Kevin Seitzer
- 287 Benji Gil
- 288 Dennis Eckersley
- 289 Brad Ausmus
- 290 Otis Nixon
- 291 Darryl Strawberry
- 292 Marquis Grissom
- 293 Darryl Kile
- 294 Quilvio Veras
- 295 Tom Goodwin
- 296 Benito Santiago
- 297 Mike Bordick
- 298 Roberto Kelly
- 299 Dave Justice
- 300 Carl Everett
- 301 Mark Whiten
- 302 Aaron Sele
- 303 Darren Dreifort
- 304 Bobby Jones
- 305 Fernando Vina
- 306 Ed Sprague
- 307 Andy Ashby
- 308 Tony Fernandez
- 309 Roger Pavlik
- 310 Mark Clark
- 311 Mariano Duncan
- 312 Tyler Houston
- 313 Eric Davis
- 314 Greg Vaughn
- 315 David Segui
- 316 Dave Nilsson
- 317 F.P. Santangelo
- 318 Wilton Guerrero
- 319 Jose Guillen
- 320 Kevin Orie
- 321 Derrek Lee
- 322 Bubba Trammell
- 323 Pokey Reese
- 324 Hideki Irabu
- 325 Scott Spiezio
- 326 Bartolo Colon
- 327 Damon Mashore
- 328 Ryan McGuire
- 329 Chris Carpenter
- 330 Jose Cruz
- 331 Todd Greene
- 332 Brian Moehler
- 333 Mike Sweeney
- 334 Neifi Perez
- 335 Matt Morris
- 336 Marvin Benard
- 337 Karim Garcia
- 338 Jason Dickson
- 339 Brant Brown
- 340 Jeff Suppan
- 341 Deivi Cruz
- 342 Antone Williamson
- 343 Curtis Goodwin
- 344 Brooks Kieschnick
- 345 Tony Womack
- 346 Rudy Pemberton
- 347 Todd Dunwoody
- 348 Frank Thomas
- 349 Andruw Jones
- 350 Alex Rodriguez
- 351 Greg Maddux
- 352 Jeff Bagwell
- 353 Juan Gonzalez
- 354 Barry Bonds
- 355 Mark McGwire
- 356 Tony Gwynn
- 357 Gary Sheffield
- 358 Derek Jeter
- 359 Manny Ramirez
- 360 Hideo Nomo
- 361 Sammy Sosa
- 362 Paul Molitor
- 363 Kenny Lofton
- 364 Eddie Murray
- 365 Barry Larkin
- 366 Roger Clemens
- 367 John Smoltz
- 368 Alex Rodriguez
- 369 Frank Thomas
- 370 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 371 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 372 Greg Maddux
- 373 Mike Piazza
- 374 Chipper Jones
- 375 Albert Belle
- 376 Chuck Knoblauch
- 377 Brady Anderson
- 378 Dave Justice
- 379 Randy Johnson
- 380 Wade Boggs
- 381 Kevin Brown
- 382 Tom Glavine
- 383 Raul Mondesi
- 384 Ivan Rodriguez
- 385 Larry Walker
- 386 Bernie Williams
- 387 Rusty Greer
- 388 Rafael Palmeiro
- 389 Matt Williams
- 390 Eric Young
- 391 Fred McGriff
- 392 Ken Caminiti
- 393 Roberto Alomar
- 394 Brian Jordan
- 395 Mark Grace
- 396 Jim Edmonds
- 397 Deion Sanders
- 398 Vladimir Guerrero CL
- 399 Darin Erstad CL
- 400 Nomar Garciaparra CL
- 1 Wade Boggs
- 198 Andy Pettitte CL
Parallels
Fractal Matrix
Inserts
Knot-Hole Gang
- 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 3 Frank Thomas
- 4 Tony Gwynn
- 5 Mike Piazza
- 6 Jeff Bagwell
- 7 Rusty Greer
- 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 9 Chipper Jones
- 10 Ryan Klesko
- 11 Barry Larkin
- 12 Paul Molitor
- 1 Chuck Knoblauch
Get-A-Grip
- 16 Mariano Rivera / Ken Caminiti
- 15 Cal Ripken / Bill Pulsipher
- 14 Derek Jeter / Al Leiter
- 13 Mo Vaughn / Andy Benes
- 12 Ivan Rodriguez / Paul Wilson
- 11 Roger Clemens / Brian Jordan
- 10 Andruw Jones / Troy Percival
- 9 Hideo Nomo / Albert Belle
- 8 Barry Bonds / Mike Mussina
- 7 Juan Gonzalez / Kevin Brown
- 6 Jeff Bagwell / Pat Hentgen
- 5 Alex Rodriguez / Tom Glavine
- 4 Chipper Jones / Randy Johnson
- 3 Mike Piazza / Andy Pettitte
- 2 Frank Thomas / John Smoltz
- 1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Greg Maddux
Dress For Success
- 1 Greg Maddux
- 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 3 Albert Belle
- 4 Frank Thomas
- 5 Dante Bichette
- 6 Gary Sheffield
- 7 Jeff Bagwell
- 8 Mike Piazza
- 9 Mark McGwire
- 10 Ken Caminiti
- 11 Alex Rodriguez
- 12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 13 Juan Gonzalez
- 14 Brian Jordan
- 15 Mo Vaughn
- 16 Ivan Rodriguez
- 17 Andruw Jones
- 18 Chipper Jones
Banner Season
- 1 Jeff Bagwell
- 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 3 Juan Gonzalez
- 4 Frank Thomas
- 5 Alex Rodriguez
- 6 Kenny Lofton
- 7 Chuck Knoblauch
- 8 Mo Vaughn
- 9 Chipper Jones
- 10 Ken Caminiti
- 11 Craig Biggio
- 12 John Smoltz
- 13 Pat Hentgen
- 14 Derek Jeter
- 15 Todd Hollandsworth
Warning Track
- 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 2 Albert Belle
- 3 Barry Bonds
- 4 Andruw Jones
- 5 Kenny Lofton
- 6 Tony Gwynn
- 7 Manny Ramirez
- 8 Rusty Greer
- 9 Bernie Williams
- 10 Gary Sheffield
- 11 Juan Gonzalez
- 12 Raul Mondesi
- 13 Brady Anderson
- 14 Rondell White
- 15 Sammy Sosa
- 16 Deion Sanders
- 17 Dave Justice
- 18 Jim Edmonds
Gold Leaf Stars
- 1 Frank Thomas
- 2 Alex Rodriguez
- 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 4 Andruw Jones
- 5 Chipper Jones
- 6 Jeff Bagwell
- 7 Derek Jeter
- 8 Deion Sanders
- 9 Ivan Rodriguez
- 10 Juan Gonzalez
- 11 Greg Maddux
- 12 Andy Pettitte
- 13 Roger Clemens
- 14 Hideo Nomo
- 15 Tony Gwynn
- 16 Barry Bonds
- 17 Kenny Lofton
- 18 Paul Molitor
- 19 Jim Thome
- 20 Albert Belle
- 21 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 22 Mark McGwire
- 23 Barry Larkin
- 24 Mike Piazza
- 25 Darin Erstad
- 26 Chuck Knoblauch
- 27 Vladimir Guerrero
- 28 Tony Clark
- 29 Scott Rolen
- 30 Nomar Garciaparra
- 31 Eric Young
- 32 Ryne Sandberg
- 33 Roberto Alomar
- 34 Eddie Murray
- 35 Rafael Palmeiro
- 36 Jose Guillen
Leagues of the Nation
- 15 Vladimir Guerrero / Tony Clark
- 14 Darin Erstad / Wilton Guerrero
- 12 Alex Rodriguez / Tony Gwynn
- 11 Mo Vaughn / Gary Sheffield
- 10 Jeff Bagwell / Matt Williams
- 9 Albert Belle / Deion Sanders
- 8 Paul Molitor / Barry Larkin
- 4 Derek Jeter / Kenny Lofton
- 3 Mark McGwire / Ken Caminiti
- 1 Juan Gonzalez / Barry Bonds
- 2 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Chipper Jones
- 5 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
- 6 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Larry Walker
- 7 Sammy Sosa / Frank Thomas
- 13 Scott Rolen / Tino Martinez
Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf Reprint
Autographs & Game-Used
Frank Thomas Collection
- 1 Frank Thomas HAT
- 2 Frank Thomas HOME JSY
- 3 Frank Thomas BTG GLV
- 4 Frank Thomas BAT
- 5 Frank Thomas WRISTBAND
- 6 Frank Thomas AWAY JSY