Description

2003 Fleer Tradition is a 500-card set released in January 2003. Each 40-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs or memorabilia cards. The design of the base cards is the same as the 1963 Fleer set. The first 100 cards are short-printed are seeded at the rate of one-per Hobby pack and two per retail box.

Cards 67-85 feature players who were active in 1963 but did not appear in the '63 Fleer set.

Distribution

Hobby: 40 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	485	-	?	?
short set	385	-	?	?
SPs	100	-	one-per-pack	1:12
Checklists	18	-	1:4	1:4
Milestones	25	-	1:5	1:4
Lumber Company	30	-	1:10	1:12
Standouts	15	-	1:40	1:72
1936 Black-White Goudey	25	1936	?	N/A
1936 Black-White Goudey Red	25	500	N/A	?
1936 Black-White Goudey Gold	25	36	?	N/A
Hardball Preview	10	-	1:400	1:480
Game Used	44	-	1:35	1:90
Game Used Gold	44	100	?	?
Lumber Company Game Used	24	-	1:108	1:195
Lumber Company Game Used Gold	24	varies	?	?
Milestones Game Used	14	-	1:143	1:270
Milestones Game Used Gold	14	100	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Troy Glaus / Garret Anderson / Jarrod Washburn / Ramon Ortiz TL SP
2 Luis Gonzalez / Randy Johnson TL SP
3 Andruw Jones / Chipper Jones / Tom Glavine / Kevin Millwood TL SP
4 Tony Batista / Rodrigo Lopez TL SP
5 Manny Ramirez / Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Lowe / Pedro Martinez TL SP
6 Sammy Sosa / Matt Clement / Kerry Wood TL SP
7 Magglio Ordonez / Mark Buehrle / Danny Wright TL SP
8 Adam Dunn / Aaron Boone / Jimmy Haynes TL SP
9 C.C. Sabathia / Jim Thome TL SP
10 Todd Helton / Jason Jenings TL SP
11 Randall Simon / Steve Sparks / Mark Redman TL SP
12 Derrek Lee / Mike Lowell / A.J. Burnett TL SP
13 Lance Berkman / Roy Oswalt TL SP
14 Carlos Beltran / Paul Byrd TL SP
15 Shawn Green / Hideo Nomo TL SP
16 Richie Sexson / Ben Sheets TL SP
17 Torii Hunter / Kyle Lohse / Johan Santana TL SP
18 Vladimir Guerrero / Toma Ohka / Javier Vazquez TL SP
19 Mike Piazza / Al Leiter TL SP
20 Jason Giambi / David Wells / Roger Clemens TL SP
21 Eric Chavez / Miguel Tejada / Barry Zito TL SP
22 Pat Burrell / Vincente Padilla / Randy Wolf TL SP
23 Brian Giles / Josh Fogg / Kip Wells TL SP
24 Ryan Klesko / Brian Lawrence TL SP
25 Barry Bonds / Russ Ortiz / Jason Schmidt TL SP
26 Mike Cameron / Bret Boone / Freddy Garcia TL SP
27 Albert Pujols / Matt Morris TL SP
28 Aubrey Huff / Randy Winn / Joe Kennedy / Tanyon Sturtze TL SP
29 Alex Rodirguez / Kenny Rogers / Chan Ho Park TL SP
30 Carlos Delgado / Roy Halladay TL SP
31 Greg Maddux SP
32 Nick Neugebauer SP
33 Larry Walker SP
34 Freddy Garcia SP
35 Rich Aurilia SP
36 Craig Wilson SP
37 Jeff Suppan SP
38 Joel Pineiro SP
39 Pedro Feliz SP
40 Bartolo Colon SP
41 Pete Walker SP
42 Mo Vaughn SP
43 Sidney Ponson SP
44 Jason Isringhausen SP
45 Hideki Irabu SP
46 Pedro Martinez SP
47 Tom Glavine SP
48 Matt Lawton SP
49 Kyle Loshe SP
50 Corey Patterson SP
51 Ichiro SP
52 Wade Miller SP
53 Ben Diggins SP
54 Jayson Werth SP
55 Masato Yoshii SP
56 Mark Buehrle SP
57 Drew Henson SP
58 Dave Williams SP
59 Juan Rivera SP
60 Scott Schoeneweis SP
61 Josh Beckett SP
62 Vinny Castilla SP
63 Barry Zito SP
64 Jose Valentin SP
65 Jon Lieber SP
66 Jorge Padilla SP
67 Luis Aparicio SP
68 Boog Powell SP
69 Dick Radatz SP
70 Frank Malzone SP
71 Lou Brock SP
72 Billy Williams SP
73 Early Wynn SP
74 Jim Bunning SP
75 Al Kaline SP
76 Eddie Mathews SP
77 Harmon Killebrew SP
78 Gil Hodges SP
79 Duke Snider SP
80 Yogi Berra SP
81 Whitey Ford SP
82 Willie Stargell SP
83 Willie McCovey SP
84 Gaylord Perry SP
85 Red Schoendienst SP
86 Luis Castillo SP
87 Derek Jeter SP
88 Orlando Hudson SP
89 Bobby Higginson SP
90 Brent Butler SP
91 Brad Wilkerson SP
92 Craig Biggio SP
93 Marlon Anderson SP
94 Ty Wigginton SP
95 Hideo Nomo SP
96 Barry Larkin SP
97 Roberto Alomar SP
98 Omar Vizquel SP
99 Andres Galarraga SP
100 Shawn Green SP
101 Rafael Furcal
102 Bill Selby
103 Brent Abernathy
104 Nomar Garciaparra
105 Michael Barrett
106 Travis Hafner
107 Carl Crawford
108 Jeff Cirillo
109 Mike Hampton
110 Kip Wells
111 Luis Alicea
112 Ellis Burks
113 Matt Anderson
114 Carlos Beltran
115 Paul Lo Duca
116 Lance Berkman
117 Moises Alou
118 Roger Cedeno
119 Brad Fullmer
120 Sean Burroughs
121 Eric Byrnes
122 Milton Bradley
123 Jason Giambi
124 Brook Fordyce
125 Kevin Appier
126 Steve Cox
127 Danny Bautista
128 Edgardo Alfonzo
129 Matt Clement
130 Robb Nen
131 Roy Halladay
132 Brian Jordan
133 A.J. Burnett
134 Aaron Cook
135 Paul Byrd
136 Ramon Ortiz
137 Adam Hyzdu
138 Rafael Soriano
139 Marty Cordova
140 Nelson Cruz
141 Jamie Moyer
142 Raul Mondesi
143 Josh Bard
144 Elmer Dessens
145 Rickey Henderson
146 Joe McEwing
147 Luis Rivas
148 Armando Benitez
149 Keith Foulke
150 Zach Day
151 Trey Lunsford
152 Bob Abreu
153 Juan Cruz
154 Ramon Hernandez
155 Brandon Duckworth
156 Matt Ginter
157 Rob MacKowiak
158 Josh Pearce
159 Marlon Byrd
160 Todd Walker
161 Chad Hermansen
162 Felix Escalona
163 Ruben Mateo
164 Mark Johnson
165 Juan Pierre
166 Gary Sheffield
167 Edgar Martinez
168 Randy Winn
169 Pokey Reese
170 Kevin Mench
171 Albert Pujols
172 J.T. Snow
173 Dean Palmer
174 Jay Payton
175 Abraham Nunez
176 Richie Sexson
177 Jose Vidro
178 Geoff Jenkins
179 Dan Wilson
180 John Olerud
181 Javy Lopez
182 Carl Everett
183 Vernon Wells
184 Juan Gonzalez
185 Jorge Posada
186 Mike Sweeney
187 Cesar Izturis
188 Jason Schmidt
189 Chris Richard
190 Jason Phillips
191 Fred McGriff
192 Shea Hillenbrand
193 Ivan Rodriguez
194 Mike Lowell
195 Neifi Perez
196 Kenny Lofton
197 A.J. Pierzynski
198 Larry Bigbie
199 Juan Uribe
200 Jeff Bagwell
201 Timo Perez
202 Jeremy Giambi
203 Deivi Cruz
204 Marquis Grissom
205 Chipper Jones
206 Alex Gonzalez
207 Steve Finley
208 Ben Davis
209 Mike Bordick
210 Casey Fossum
211 Aramis Ramirez
212 Aaron Boone
213 Orlando Cabrera
214 Hee Seop Choi
215 Jeromy Burnitz
216 Todd Hollandsworth
217 Rey Sanchez
218 Jose Cruz, Jr.
219 Roosevelt Brown
220 Odalis Perez
221 Carlos Delgado
222 Orlando Hernandez
223 Adam Everett
224 Adrian Beltre
225 Ken Griffey, Jr.
226 Brad Penny
227 Carlos Lee
228 J.C. Romero
229 Ramon Martinez
230 Matt Morris
231 Ben Howard
232 Damon Minor
233 Jason Marquis
234 Paul Wilson
235 Ryan Dempster
236 Jeffrey Hammonds
237 Jaret Wright
238 Carlos Pena
239 Toby Hall
240 Rick Helling
241 Alex Escobar
242 Trevor Hoffman
243 Bernie Williams
244 Jorge Julio
245 Byung-Hyun Kim
246 Mike Redmond
247 Tony Armas
248 Aaron Rowand
249 Rusty Greer
250 Aaron Harang
251 Jeremy Fikac
252 Jay Gibbons
253 Brandon Puffer
254 Dewayne Wise
255 Chan Ho Park
256 David Bell
257 Kenny Rogers
258 Mark Quinn
259 Greg LaRocca
260 Reggie Taylor
261 Brett Tomko
262 Jack Wilson
263 Billy Wagner
264 Greg Norton
265 Tim Salmon
266 Joe Randa
267 Geronimo Gil
268 Johnny Damon
269 Robin Ventura
270 Frank Thomas
271 Terrence Long
272 Mark Redman
273 Mark Kotsay
274 Ben Sheets
275 Reggie Sanders
276 Mark Grace
277 Eddie Guardado
278 Julio Mateo
279 Bengie Molina
280 Bill Hall
281 Eric Chavez
282 Joe Kennedy
283 John Valentin
284 Ray Durham
285 Trot Nixon
286 Rondell White
287 Alex Gonzalez
288 Tomas Perez
289 Jared Sandberg
290 Jacque Jones
291 Cliff Floyd
292 Ryan Klesko
293 Morgan Ensberg
294 Jerry Hairston
295 Doug Mientkiewicz
296 Darin Erstad
297 Jeff Conine
298 Johnny Estrada
299 Mark Mulder
300 Jeff Kent
301 Roger Clemens
302 Endy Chavez
303 Joe Crede
304 J.D. Drew
305 David Dellucci
306 Eli Marrero
307 Josh Fogg
308 Mike Crudale
309 Bret Boone
310 Mariano Rivera
311 Mike Piazza
312 Jason Jennings
313 Jason Varitek
314 Vicente Padilla
315 Kevin Millwood
316 Nick Johnson
317 Shane Reynolds
318 Joe Thurston
319 Mike Lamb
320 Aaron Sele
321 Fernando Tatis
322 Randy Wolf
323 David Justice
324 Andy Pettitte
325 Freddy Sanchez
326 Scott Spiezio
327 Randy Johnson
328 Karim Garcia
329 Eric Milton
330 Jermaine Dye
331 Kevin Brown
332 Adam Pettyjohn
333 Jason Lane
334 Mark Prior
335 Mike Lieberthal
336 Matt White
337 John Patterson
338 Marcus Giles
339 Kazuhisa Ishii
340 Willie Harris
341 Travis Phelps
342 Randall Simon
343 Manny Ramirez
344 Kerry Wood
345 Shannon Stewart
346 Mike Mussina
347 Joe Borchard
348 Ty Walker
349 Preston Wilson
350 Damian Moss
351 Eric Karros
352 Bobby Kielty
353 Jason LaRue
354 Phil Nevin
355 Tony Graffanino
356 Antonio Alfonseca
357 Eddie Taubensee
358 Luis Ugueto
359 Greg Vaughn
360 Corey Thurman
361 Omar Infante
362 Alex Cintron
363 Esteban Loaiza
364 Tino Martinez
365 David Eckstein
366 Dave Pember RC
367 Damian Rolls
368 Richard Hidalgo
369 Brad Radke
370 Alex Sanchez
371 Ben Grieve
372 Brandon Inge
373 Adam Piatt
374 Charles Johnson
375 Rafael Palmeiro
376 Joe Mays
377 Derrek Lee
378 Fernando Vina
379 Andruw Jones
380 Troy Glaus
381 Bobby Hill
382 C.C. Sabathia
383 Jose Hernandez
384 Al Leiter
385 Jarrod Washburn
386 Cody Ransom
387 Matt Stairs
388 Edgar Renteria
389 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
390 Matt Williams
391 Bubba Trammell
392 Jason Kendall
393 Scott Rolen
394 Chuck Knoblauch
395 Jimmy Rollins
396 Gary Bennett
397 David Wells
398 Ronnie Belliard
399 Austin Kearns
400 Tim Hudson
401 Andy Van Hekken
402 Ray Lankford
403 Todd Helton
404 Jeff Weaver
405 Gabe Kapler
406 Luis Gonzalez
407 Sean Casey
408 Kazuhiro Sasaki
409 Mark Teixeira
410 Brian Giles
411 Robert Fick
412 Wilkin Ruan
413 Jose Rijo
414 Ben Broussard
415 Aubrey Huff
416 Magglio Ordonez
417 Barry Bonds NL MVP
418 Miguel Tejada AL MVP
419 Randy Johnson NL CY
420 Barry Zito AL CY
421 Jason Jennings NL ROY
422 Eric Hinske AL ROY
423 Benito Santiago NLCS MVP
424 Adam Kennedy ALCS MVP
425 Troy Glaus WS MVP
426 Brandon Phillips
427 Jake Peavy
428 Jason Romano
429 Jeriome Robertson
430 Aaron Guiel
431 Hank Blalock
432 Brad Lidge
433 Francisco Rodriguez
434 Jaime Cerda
435 Jung Bong
436 Reed Johnson
437 Rene Reyes
438 Chris Snelling
439 Miguel Olivo
440 Brian Banks
441 Eric Junge
442 Kirk Saarloos
443 Jamey Carroll
444 Josh Hancock
445 Michael Restovich
446 Willie Bloomquist
447 John Lackey
448 Marcus Thames
449 Victor Martinez
450 Brett Myers
451 Wes Obermueller
452 Hansel Izquierdo
453 Brian Tallet
454 Craig Monroe
455 Doug Devore
456 John Buck
457 Tony Alvarez
458 Wily Mo Pena
459 John Stephens
460 Tony Torcato
461 Adam Kennedy BS
462 Alex Rodriguez BS
463 Derek Lowe BS
464 Garret Anderson BS
465 Pat Burrell BS
466 Eric Gagne BS
467 Tomo Ohka BS
468 Josh Phelps BS
469 Sammy Sosa BS
470 Jim Thome BS
471 Vladimir Guerrero BS
472 Jason Simontacchi BS
473 Adam Dunn BS
474 Jim Edmonds BS
475 Barry Bonds BS
476 Paul Konerko BS
477 Alfonso Soriano BS
478 Curt Schilling BS
479 John Smoltz BS
480 Torii Hunter BS
481 Rodrigo Lopez BS
482 Miguel Tejada BS
483 Eric Hinske BS
484 Roy Oswalt BS
485 Junior Spivey BS

Parallels

All 485 base cards are available in a Glossy parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies. All Glossy cards were randomly inserted in 2003 Fleer Tradition Update packs.

Inserts

Checklists

The 18 randomly inserted checklists have a piece of a puzzle on the back. The puzzle pieces form either a 3X3 Derek Jeter or Barry Bonds photo.

1 Derek Jeter
2 Derek Jeter
3 Derek Jeter
4 Derek Jeter
5 Derek Jeter
6 Derek Jeter
7 Derek Jeter
8 Derek Jeter
9 Derek Jeter
10 Barry Bonds
11 Barry Bonds
12 Barry Bonds
13 Barry Bonds
14 Barry Bonds
15 Barry Bonds
16 Barry Bonds
17 Barry Bonds
18 Barry Bonds

Milestones

1 MS Eddie Mathews
2 MS Rickey Henderson
3 MS Harmon Killebrew
4 MS Al Kaline
5 MS Willie McCovey
6 MS Tom Seaver
7 MS Reggie Jackson
8 MS Mike Schmidt
9 MS Nolan Ryan
10 MS Mike Piazza
11 MS Randy Johnson
12 MS Bernie Williams
13 MS Rafael Palmeiro
14 MS Juan Gonzalez
15 MS Ken Griffey, Jr.
16 MS Derek Jeter
17 MS Roger Clemens
18 MS Roberto Alomar
19 MS Manny Ramirez
20 MS Luis Gonzalez
21 MS Barry Bonds
22 MS Nomar Garciaparra
23 MS Fred McGriff
24 MS Greg Maddux
25 MS Barry Bonds

Lumber Company

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

Standouts

Barry Bonds
Pat Burrell
Roger Clemens
Adam Dunn
Nomar Garciaparra
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero
Derek Jeter
Greg Maddux
Mike Piazza
Alex Rodriguez
Alfonso Soriano
Sammy Sosa
Ichiro
Miguel Tejada

1936 Black-White Goudey

This 25-card set is based on the design of the 1936 Goudey set. Each card measures 2" X 3", was serial-numbered to 1936 copies, and exclusive to Hobby packs. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 500 copies, retail only)
Gold (serial-numbered to 36 copies, Hobby only)

1 B/W G Jim Thome
2 B/W G Derek Jeter
3 B/W G Alex Rodriguez
4 B/W G Mark Prior
5 B/W G Nomar Garciaparra
6 B/W G Curt Schilling
7 B/W G Pat Burrell
8 B/W G Frank Thomas
9 B/W G Roger Clemens
10 B/W G Chipper Jones
11 B/W G Barry Larkin
12 B/W G Hideo Nomo
13 B/W G Pedro Martinez
14 B/W G Jeff Bagwell
15 B/W G Greg Maddux
16 B/W G Vladimir Guerrero
17 B/W G Ichiro
18 B/W G Mike Piazza
19 B/W G Drew Henson
20 B/W G Albert Pujols
21 B/W G Sammy Sosa
22 B/W G Jason Giambi
23 B/W G Randy Johnson
24 B/W G Ken Griffey, Jr.
25 B/W G Barry Bonds

Hardball Preview

This ten "card" set was meant to promote the upcoming 2003 Fleer Hardball product. Each card is a 2 1/2" disc.

1 HBP Miguel Tejada
2 HBP Derek Jeter
3 HBP Mike Piazza
4 HBP Barry Bonds
5 HBP Mark Prior
6 HBP Ichiro
7 HBP Alex Rodriguez
8 HBP Nomar Garciaparra
9 HBP Alfonso Soriano
10 HBP Ken Griffey, Jr.

Autographs & Game-Used

Game Used

This 44-card set is a de facto partial-parallel. Each card is also available in a Gold version, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

2 Adrian Beltre JSY
7 Andruw Jones BAT 150
10 Barry Bonds JSY 50
11 Barry Larkin JSY 200
22 Barry Zito JSY
31 Craig Biggio BAT
42 Chipper Jones JSY
46 Darin Erstad JSY
63 Derek Jeter JSY 150
97 Eric Karros JSY
104 Frank Thomas JSY
128 Greg Maddux JSY
180 Hideo Nomo JSY 200
184 Ivan Rodriguez JSY
185 Jeromy Burnitz JSY 200
192 Jeff Bagwell JSY 200
193 J.D. Drew JSY
194 Juan Gonzalez BAT 200
200 Jason Jennings PANTS
205 Jason Kendall PANTS
215 John Olerud JSY
224 Jorge Posada BAT
269 Jimmy Rollins JSY
270 Kazuhisa Ishii JSY
276 Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY 200
296 Kerry Wood JSY 200
301 Luis Aparicio JSY 150
304 Mark Grace JSY
311 Mike Lowell BAT
327 Mike Mussina JSY
334 Mike Piazza JSY 150
339 Mark Prior JSY 200
343 Manny Ramirez JSY 150
344 Miguel Tejada BAT 150
346 Mo Vaughn JSY 60
351 Nomar Garciaparra JSY 200
375 Pedro Martinez JSY 200
379 Roger Clemens JSY 150
392 Randy Johnson JSY 150
395 Rafael Palmeiro JSY
402 Robin Ventura JSY
403 Shea Hillenbrand BAT
406 Willie Stargell PANTS 150
67 Edgar Alfonzo JSY 200

Milestones Game Used

Each card is also available in a Gold version, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

MS-BB1 Barry Bonds 5X NL MVP JSY 200
MS-BB2 Barry Bonds 600 HRs BAT 100
MS-BW Bernie Williams JSY 20
MS-DJ Derek Jeter JSY 150
MS-FM Fred McGriff BAT
MS-GM Greg Maddux JSY
MS-JG Juan Gonzalez BAT 250
MS-MP Mike Piazza JSY 100
MS-MR Manny Ramirez JSY 150
MS-NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY 200
MS-RA Roberto Alomar BAT 200
MS-RC Roger Clemens JSY 150
MS-RJ Randy Johnson JSY
MS-RP Rafael Palmeiro JSY

Lumber Company Game Used

AJ Andruw Jones
AK Austin Kearns 75
AS Alfonso Soriano 200
BB Barry Bonds 150
BG Brian Giles 200
BW Bernie Williams
CD Carlos Delgado 200
CJ Chipper Jones
DJ Derek Jeter 96
EC Eric Chavez 125
JB Jeff Bagwell 200
JK Jeff Kent 200
JT Jim Thome 200
LB Lance Berkman 200
MO Magglio Ordonez
MP Mike Piazza 200
MR Manny Ramirez
MT Miguel Tejada
NG Nomar Garciaparra 200
PB Pat Burrell 75
RA Alex Rodriguez
SG Shawn Green 200
SR Scott Rolen 80
TH Todd Helton

Gold

Each Lumber Company Game Used card is also available in a Gold version, which is serial-numbered to the number of home runs the player hit in 2002.

AJ Andruw Jones 35
AK Austin Kearns 13
AR Alex Rodriguez 57
AS Alfonso Soriano 39
BB Barry Bonds 46
BG Brian Giles 38
BW Bernie Williams 19
CD Carlos Delgado 33
CJ Chipper Jones 26
DJ Derek Jeter 18
EC Eric Chavez 34
JB Jeff Bagwell 31
JK Jeff Kent 37
JT Jim Thome 52
LB Lance Berkman 42
MO Magglio Ordonez 38
MP Mike Piazza 33
MR Manny Ramirez 33
MT Miguel Tejada 34
NG Nomar Garciaparra 24
PB Pat Burrell 37
SG Shawn Green 42
SR Scott Rolen 31
TH Todd Helton 30