Description

2005 National Pastime is a 79-card set released by Fleer in March, 2005. This was Fleer's penultimate product before filing for bankruptcy in May. Cards 1-50 make up the short-set while 51-80 are short-printed and serial-numbered to 699 copies. Card #64 does not exist.

Each 10-pack Hobby box promises at least two autographs, and buyback autograph or game-used card. Every 12-box Hobby case is expected to yield a game-used patch card serial-numbered to 50 copies.

There is a short-printed Justin Verlander RC in the set.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	79	-	?	?
short set	50	-	?	?
SPs	29	699	1:11	1:110
Red	79	150	*	*
White	60	varies	*	*
Blue	79	one-of-one	*	*
Grand Old Gamers	35	-	1:5	1:12
Historical Record	13	varies	1:6	1:13
Beltway Baseball	20	202	1:35	1:920
Grand Old Gamers Jersey	39	-	N/A	1:36
Grand Old Gamers Patch	29	-	**	N/A
Grand Old Gamers Dual Patch	13	varies	**	N/A
Grand Old Gamers Patch Masterpiece	29	one-of-one	**	N/A
Historical Record Jersey	11	-	N/A	1:96
Historical Record Patch	11	varies	**	N/A
Historical Record Dual Patch	8	varies	**	N/A
Historical Record Patch Masterpiece	11	one-of-one	**	N/A
First Name Bases Silver	9	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Gold	9	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Red	10	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases White	8	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Blue	13	one-of-one	***	N/A
Signature Swings Silver	34	-	***	?
Signature Swings Gold	34	varies	***	?
Signature Swings Red Bat	14	varies	****	?
Signature Swings White Jersey	19	varies	****	?
Signature Swings Patch Blue	19	varies	****	?
Signature Swings Logo Masterpiece	19	one-of-one	****	?
Buyback Game-Used	946	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback Game-Used Combos	56	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback Autographs	84	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Autographs	80	one-of-one	*****	N/A

* Stated odds of finding a parallel: 1:11/Hobby packs ** Stated odds of finding a game-used card: 1:120/Hobby packs *** Stated odds of finding an autograph: 1:5/Hobby packs **** Stated odds of finding an autographed game-used card: ***** Stated odds of finding a buyback: 1:10/Hobby packs

Checklist

Base Set

1 Khalil Greene
2 Pedro Martinez
3 Mark Teixeira
4 Jim Thome
5 Jack Wilson
6 Johan Santana
7 Jason Bay
8 Adam Dunn
9 Lyle Overbay
10 Jason Schmidt
11 Bobby Crosby
12 J.D. Drew
13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
14 Sammy Sosa
15 Hank Blalock
16 Victor Martinez
17 Randy Johnson
18 Vernon Wells
19 Todd Helton
20 Javy Lopez
21 Kaz Matsui
22 Ben Sheets
23 Brad Wilkerson
24 Miguel Cabrera
25 Mike Sweeney
26 Roger Clemens
27 Chipper Jones
28 Hideki Matsui
29 Manny Ramirez
30 Scott Rolen
31 Lance Berkman
32 Jim Edmonds
33 Derek Jeter
34 B.J. Upton
35 Carlos Delgado
36 Ichiro
37 Nomar Garciaparra
38 Albert Pujols
39 Ivan Rodriguez
40 Gary Sheffield
41 Alfonso Soriano
42 Carlos Beltran
43 Magglio Ordonez
44 Alex Rodriguez
45 Curt Schilling
46 Greg Maddux
47 Vladimir Guerrero
48 Mike Piazza
49 Miguel Tejada
50 Adrian Beltre
51 Scott Kazmir 699
52 Gavin Floyd 699
53 Zack Greinke 699
54 David Wright 699
55 David Aardsma 699
56 Ryan Raburn 699
57 Joey Gathright 699
58 J.D. Durbin 699
59 Sean Burnett 699
60 Jose Lopez 699
61 Nick Swisher 699
62 Bobby Jenks 699
63 Kelly A. Johnson 699
65 Ronny Cedeno 699
66 Edwin Encarnacion 699
67 Jeff Baker 699
68 Taylor Buchholz 699
69 Justin Verlander RC 699
70 Luis Hernandez RC 699
71 Mike Schmidt 699
72 Al Kaline 699
73 Yogi Berra 699
74 Robin Yount 699
75 Nolan Ryan 699
76 Johnny Bench 699
77 Eddie Murray 699
78 Tom Seaver 699
79 Willie McCovey 699
80 Cal Ripken, Jr. 699

Parallels

All 79 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Blue (one-of-one)

White

Each White parallel is serial-numbered to the player's respective jersey uniform number.

NOTE: Cards #51-70 do not exist.

1 Khalil Greene 3
2 Pedro Martinez 45
3 Mark Teixeira 23
4 Jim Thome 25
5 Jack Wilson 2
6 Johan Santana 57
7 Jason Bay 38
8 Adam Dunn 44
9 Lyle Overbay 11
10 Jason Schmidt 29
11 Bobby Crosby 7
12 J.D. Drew 7
13 Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
14 Sammy Sosa 21
15 Hank Blalock 9
16 Victor Martinez 41
17 Randy Johnson 51
18 Vernon Wells 10
19 Todd Helton 17
20 Javy Lopez 18
21 Kaz Matsui 25
22 Ben Sheets 18
23 Brad Wilkerson 6
24 Miguel Cabrera 24
25 Mike Sweeney 29
26 Roger Clemens 22
27 Chipper Jones 10
28 Hideki Matsui 55
29 Manny Ramirez 24
30 Scott Rolen 27
31 Lance Berkman 17
32 Jim Edmonds 15
33 Derek Jeter 2
34 B.J. Upton 9
35 Carlos Delgado 25
36 Ichiro 51
37 Nomar Garciaparra 5
38 Albert Pujols 5
39 Ivan Rodriguez 7
40 Gary Sheffield 11
41 Alfonso Soriano 12
42 Carlos Beltran 15
43 Magglio Ordonez 30
44 Alex Rodriguez 13
45 Curt Schilling 38
46 Greg Maddux 31
47 Vladimir Guerrero 27
48 Mike Piazza 31
49 Miguel Tejada 10
50 Adrian Beltre 29
71 Mike Schmidt 20
72 Al Kaline 6
73 Yogi Berra 8
74 Robin Yount 19
75 Nolan Ryan 34
76 Johnny Bench 5
77 Eddie Murray 33
78 Tom Seaver 41
79 Willie McCovey 44
80 Cal Ripken, Jr. 8

Inserts

Grand Old Gamers

1 Pedro Martinez
2 Jim Thome
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Sammy Sosa
5 Hank Blalock
6 Randy Johnson
7 Roger Clemens
8 Chipper Jones
9 Hideki Matsui
10 Manny Ramirez
11 Derek Jeter
12 Ichiro
13 Nomar Garciaparra
14 Albert Pujols
15 Gary Sheffield
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Alex Rodriguez
18 Curt Schilling
19 Vladimir Guerrero
20 Mike Piazza
21 Greg Maddux
22 Frank Thomas
23 Adrian Beltre
24 Barry Larkin
25 Todd Helton
26 Kerry Wood
27 Kaz Matsui
28 Scott Rolen
29 Ivan Rodriguez
30 Miguel Tejada
31 Mark Teixeira
32 Rafael Palmeiro
33 Andruw Jones
34 Carlos Beltran
35 Jeff Bagwell

Historical Record

Each Historical Record card is serial-numbered to the year of the player's accomplishment.

1 Ichiro 2004
2 Greg Maddux 2004
3 Alex Rodriguez 1998
4 Mike Piazza 2004
5 Nolan Ryan 1991
6 Albert Pujols 2001
7 Mike Schmidt 1987
8 Randy Johnson 2004
9 Sammy Sosa 2003
10 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996
11 Roger Clemens 2004
12 Hideki Matsui 2003
13 Hideo Nomo 1994
14 Gene Autry
15 Walter O'Malley

Beltway Baseball

To celebrate the return of Major League Baseball to Washington D.C., this 20-card insert features figures from Washington's pre-Nationals baseball history. Each card is serial-numbered to 202 copies.

1 Ed Delahanty 202
2 Benjamin Harrison 202
3 William Howard Taft 202
4 Clark Griffith 202
5 Bobby Burke 202
6 Roy Seivers 202
7 Tom Cheney 202
8 Woodrow Wilson 202
9 Franklin D. Roosevelt 202
10 John F. Kennedy 202
11 Frank Howard 202
12 Griffith Stadium 202
13 RFK Stadium 202
14 All-Star Game 202
15 Ted Williams 202
16 Harmon Killebrew 202
17 Jeff Burroughs 202
18 All-Star Game 202
20 New Logo 202
19 Unveling the Nationals 202

Autographs & Game-Used

Grand Old Gamers

Jersey

Patch

Dual Patch

Patch Masterpiece

Each Grand Old Gamers Patch Masterpiece is a one-of-one.

Historical Record

Jersey

Patch

Dual Patch

Patch Masterpiece

Each Historical Record Patch Masterpiece is a one-of-one.

First Name Bases

Silver

Gold

Red

White

Blue

Signature Swings

Silver

Gold

Red Bat

White Jersey

Blue Patch

Logo Masterpiece

Each Signature Swings Logo Masterpiece is a one-of-one.

Buybacks

There are simply too many Buyback Autographs, Game-Used, and Game-Used Combo cards (over 1000) to list here. Each buyback is serial-numbered and supposed to have had a National Pastime logo embossed on the card. However not all Buybacks were embossed.

Buyback 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Autographs

Fleer purchased an entire autographed 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set, and randomly inserted all 80 cards into National Pastime packs. In addition, Fleer randomly inserted an additional twenty-five unsigned 1959 Fleer Ted Williams cards.