Description

2005 Leaf is a 300-card set released in January, 2005. The final 100 cards are short-printed and seed at the rate of one-per-pack. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield three game-used cards, while retail boxes will have two.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 12 boxes per case.

Blasters: Nine packs per box (MSRP $19.99)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
short set	200	-	7:1	7:1
Prospects	50	-	1:3	1:3
Passing Through Time	20	-	1:6	1:6
Team Checklists	30	-	1:4	1:4
Black	300	-	N/A	one-per-pack
Green	300	-	N/A	one-per-pack (Blasters only)
Orange	300	-	N/A	one-per-pack (Blister packs only)
Press Proofs Red	300	-	1:8	1:8
Press Proofs Blue	300	100	?	?
Press Proofs Gold	300	25	?	?
Gamers	15	-	1:13	1:13
Gamers Quantum	15	175	?	?
Gamers Quantum Die-Cut	15	50	?	?
Alternate Threads	25	-	1:18	1:18
Alternate Threads Holo	25	150	?	?
Alternate Threads Holo Die-Cut	25	50	?	?
Picture Perfect	20	-	1:20	1:20
Picture Perfect Die-Cut	20	100	?	?
Leaf Certified Materials Preview	15	-	1:21	1:21
Leaf Certified Materials Preview Mirror Red	15	200	?	?
Leaf Certified Materials Preview Mirror Blue	15	100	?	?
Leaf Certified Materials Preview Mirror Gold	15	25	?	?
Home/Road	30	-	1:22	1:22
Fans of the Game	3	-	1:24	1:24
Gold Rookies	10	-	1:24	1:24
Gold Rookies Mirror	10	25	?	?
Gold Stars	20	-	1:27	1:27
Gold Stars Mirror	20	25	?	?
Cy Young Winners	15	-	1:31	1:31
Cy Young Winners Gold	15	350	?	?
Cy Young Winners Gold Die-Cut	15	100	?	?
Cornerstones	20	-	1:37	1:37
4 Star Staffs	15	-	1:48	1:48
4 Star Staffs Die-Cut	15	250	?	?
Clean Up Crew	15	-	1:49	1:49
Clean Up Crew Die-Cut	15	250	?	?
Sportscasters	50	varies	1:4	1:4
Shirt Off My Back	36	-	1:48	1:48
Patch Off My Back	39	50	?	?
Patch Off My Back Autograph	20	varies	?	?
Game Collection	20	-	1:118	1:118
Game Collection Autograph	14	varies	?	?
Home/Road Jersey	23	-	?	?
Home/Road Jersey Prime	29	50	?	?
Cornerstones Bats	10	-	?	?
Cornerstones Jerseys	8	250	?	?
Cornerstones Jerseys Prime	8	varies	?	?
Autographs Red	52	varies	?	?
Autographs Blue	69	varies	?	?
Autographs Gold	70	10	?	?
Fans of the Game Autographs	3	-	?	?
Gold Rookies Autograph	10	-	?	?
Gold Rookies Autograph Mirror	9	25	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Bartolo Colon
2 Casey Kotchman
3 Chone Figgins
4 Darin Erstad
5 Francisco Rodriguez
6 Garret Anderson
7 Jarrod Washburn
8 Troy Glaus
9 Vladimir Guerrero
10 Brandon Webb
11 Casey Fossum
12 Luis Gonzalez
13 Randy Johnson
14 Richie Sexson
15 Andruw Jones
16 Chipper Jones
17 J.D. Drew
18 John Smoltz
19 Johnny Estrada
20 Marcus Giles
21 Rafael Furcal
22 Russ Ortiz
23 Javy Lopez
24 Jay Gibbons
25 Melvin Mora
26 Miguel Tejada
27 Rafael Palmeiro
28 Sidney Ponson
29 Bill Mueller
30 Curt Schilling
31 David Ortiz
32 Doug Mientkiewicz
33 Jason Varitek
34 Johnny Damon
35 Manny Ramirez
36 Pedro Martinez
37 Trot Nixon
38 Aramis Ramirez
39 Corey Patterson
40 Derrek Lee
41 Greg Maddux
42 Kerry Wood
43 Mark Prior
44 Moises Alou
45 Nomar Garciaparra
46 Sammy Sosa
47 Carlos Lee
48 Kip Wells
49 Magglio Ordonez
50 Mark Buehrle
51 Paul Konerko
52 Roberto Alomar
53 Adam Dunn
54 Austin Kearns
55 Barry Larkin
56 Danny Graves
57 Ken Griffey, Jr.
58 Sean Casey
59 C.C. Sabathia
60 Cliff Lee
61 Jody Gerut
62 Omar Vizquel
63 Travis Hafner
64 Victor Martinez
65 Charles Johnson
66 Jason Jennings
67 Jeromy Burnitz
68 Preston Wilson
69 Todd Helton
70 Bobby Higginson
71 Dmitri Young
72 Eric Munson
73 Ivan Rodriguez
74 Jeremy Bonderman
75 Rondell White
76 A.J. Burnett
77 Carl Pavano
78 Dontrelle Willis
79 Hee Seop Choi
80 Josh Beckett
81 Juan Pierre
82 Miguel Cabrera
83 Mike Lowell
84 Paul Lo Duca
85 Andy Pettitte
86 Carlos Beltran
87 Craig Biggio
88 Jeff Bagwell
89 Jeff Kent
90 Lance Berkman
91 Roger Clemens
92 Roy Oswalt
93 Andres Blanco
94 Jeremy Affeldt
95 Juan Gonzalez
96 Ken Harvey
97 Mike Sweeney
98 Zack Greinke
99 Adrian Beltre
100 Brad Penny
101 Eric Gagne
102 Kazuhisa Ishii
103 Milton Bradley
104 Shawn Green
105 Steve Finley
106 Ben Sheets
107 Bill Hall
108 Danny Kolb
109 Geoff Jenkins
110 Junior Spivey
111 Lyle Overbay
112 Scott Podsednik
113 A.J. Pierzynski
114 Brad Radke
115 Corey Koskie
116 Jacque Jones
117 Joe Mauer
118 Joe Nathan
119 Shannon Stewart
120 Torii Hunter
121 Brad Wilkerson
122 Jeff Fassero
123 Jose Vidro
124 Livan Hernandez
125 Nick Johnson
126 Al Leiter
127 Jose Reyes
128 Kazuo Matsui
129 Mike Cameron
130 Mike Piazza
131 Richard Hidalgo
132 Tom Glavine
133 Alex Rodriguez
134 Bernie Williams
135 Derek Jeter
136 Gary Sheffield
137 Jason Giambi
138 Javier Vazquez
139 Jorge Posada
140 Kevin Brown
141 Mariano Rivera
142 Mike Mussina
143 Barry Zito
144 Bobby Crosby
145 Eric Chavez
146 Erubiel Durazo
147 Jermaine Dye
148 Mark Mulder
149 Tim Hudson
150 Bobby Abreu
151 Eric Milton
152 Jim Thome
153 Kevin Millwood
154 Mike Lieberthal
155 Pat Burrell
156 Randy Wolf
157 Craig Wilson
158 Jack Wilson
159 Jason Bay
160 Jason Kendall
161 Kris Benson
162 Brian Giles
163 Jake Peavy
164 Jay Payton
165 Khalil Greene
166 Mark Loretta
167 Ryan Klesko
168 Sean Burroughs
169 David Aardsma
170 Edgardo Alfonzo
171 Jason Schmidt
172 Merkin Valdez
173 Ray Durham
174 Bret Boone
175 Dan Wilson
176 Ichiro Suzuki
177 Jamie Moyer
178 Rich Aurilia
179 Albert Pujols
180 Edgar Renteria
181 Jason Isringhausen
182 Jeff Suppan
183 Jim Edmonds
184 Scott Rolen
185 Woody Williams
186 Aubrey Huff
187 Carl Crawford
188 Dewon Brazelton
189 Jose Cruz
190 Rocco Baldelli
191 Alfonso Soriano
192 Hank Blalock
193 Kenny Rogers
194 Laynce Nix
195 Mark Teixeira
196 Michael Young
197 Alexis Rios
198 Carlos Delgado
199 Roy Halladay
200 Vernon Wells

Prospects

201 Josh Kroeger PROS
202 Angel Guzman
203 Brad Halsey
204 Bucky Jacobsen
205 Carlos Hines
206 Carlos Vasquez
207 Billy Traber
208 Bubba Crosby
209 Chris Oxspring
210 Chris Shelton
211 Colby Miller SP
212 Dave Crouthers
213 Dennis Sarfate
214 Don Kelly
215 Edwardo Sierra
216 Edwin Moreno
217 Fernando Nieve
218 Freddy Guzman
219 Greg Dobbs PROS
220 Hector Gimenez PROS
221 Andy Green
222 Jason Bartlett PROS
223 Jerry Gil
224 Jesse Crain PROS
225 Joey Gathright
226 John Gall
227 Jorge Sequea
228 Jorge Vasquez
229 Josh Labandeira
230 Justin Leone
231 Lance Cormier
232 Lincoln Holdzkom PROS
233 Miguel Olivo
234 Mike Rouse
235 Onil Joseph
236 Phil Stockman
237 Ramon Ramirez
238 Robb Quinlan PROS
239 Roberto Novoa
240 Ronald Belisario
241 Ronny Cedeno
242 Ruddy Yan
243 Ryan Meaux
244 Ryan Wing
245 Scott Proctor PROS
246 Sean Henn
247 Tim Bausher
248 Tim Bittner
249 William Bergolla
250 Yadier Molina

Passing Through Time

251 Bernie Williams
252 Craig Biggio PTT
253 Chipper Jones
254 Greg Maddux
255 Sammy Sosa
256 Mike Mussina
257 Tim Salmon
258 Barry Larkin
259 Randy Johnson
260 Jeff Bagwell
261 Roberto Alomar
262 Tom Glavine
263 Roger Clemens
264 Alex Rodriguez
265 Ivan Rodriguez
266 Pedro Martinez
267 Ken Griffey, Jr.
268 Jim Thome
269 Frank Thomas
270 Mike Piazza

Team Checklists

271 Team Card - Garret Anderson
272 Team Card - Luis Gonzalez
273 Team Card - John Smoltz
274 Rafael Palmeiro TC
275 Curt Schilling TC
276 Team Card - Mark Prior
277 Magglio Ordonez TC
278 Adam Dunn TC
279 Travis Hafner TC
280 Team Card - Jeromy Burnitz
281 Team Card - Carlos Guillen
282 Team Card - Dontrelle Willis
283 Team Card - Carlos Beltran
284 Team Card - Zack Greinke
285 Team Card - Adrian Beltre
286 Team Card - Ben Sheets
287 Team Card - Johan Santana
288 Team Card - Livan Hernandez
289 Team Card - Kazuo Matsui
290 Team Card - Derek Jeter
291 Team Card - Tim Hudson
292 Team Card - Eric Milton
293 Team Card - Jason Kendall
294 Team Card - Jake Peavy
295 Team Card - Ray Durham
296 Team Card - Ichiro Suzuki
297 Team Card - Scott Rolen
298 Team Card - Carl Crawford
299 Team Card - Hank Blalock
300 Team Card - Roy Halladay

Parallels

All 300 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Black (one per retail loose pack)
Green (one per Blaster pack)
Orange (one per retail Blister packs)
Press Proofs Red
Press Proofs Blue (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Press Proofs Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Inserts

Gamers

Each Gamers is also available in the following parallels.

Quantum (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
Quantum Die-Cut (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

G1 Albert Pujols
G2 Alex Rodriguez
G3 Alfonso Soriano
G4 Chipper Jones
G5 Derek Jeter
G6 Greg Maddux
G7 Ichiro Suzuki
G8 Jim Thome
G9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
G10 Lance Berkman
G11 Miguel Tejada
G12 Mike Piazza
G13 Roger Clemens
G14 Scott Rolen
G15 Vladimir Guerrero

Alternate Threads

Each Alternate Threads is also available in the following parallels.

Holo (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Holo Die-Cut (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

AT6 Hank Blalock
AT7 Ichiro Suzuki
AT8 Jeff Bagwell
AT9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
AT10 Ken Harvey
AT11 Magglio Ordonez
AT12 Mark Mulder
AT13 Mark Teixeira
AT14 Michael Young
AT15 Miguel Tejada
AT16 Mike Piazza
AT17 Pedro Martinez
AT18 Randy Johnson
AT19 Roger Clemens
AT20 Sammy Sosa
AT21 Tim Hudson
AT22 Todd Helton
AT23 Torii Hunter
AT24 Travis Hafner
AT25 Vernon Wells
AT2 C.C. Sabathia
AT5 Greg Maddux
AT3 Curt Schilling
AT4 Dontrelle Willis
AT1 Adam Dunn

Picture Perfect

Each Picture Perfect is also available in a Die-Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

PP1 Albert Pujols
PP2 Alex Rodriguez
PP3 Alfonso Soriano
PP4 Derek Jeter
PP5 Greg Maddux
PP6 Hideki Matsui
PP7 Ichiro
PP8 Ivan Rodriguez
PP9 Jim Thome
PP10 Mark Mulder
PP11 Mark Prior
PP12 Miguel Tejada
PP13 Mike Mussina
PP14 Mike Piazza
PP15 Nomar Garciaparra
PP16 Randy Johnson
PP17 Roger Clemens
PP18 Sammy Sosa
PP19 Scott Rolen
PP20 Vladimir Guerrero

Leaf Certified Materials Preview

This set serves as a preview of 2005 Leaf Certified Materials. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Mirror Red (serial-numbered to 200 copies)
Mirror Blue (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Mirror Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

LC-1 Albert Pujols
LC-2 Alex Rodriguez
LC-3 Alfonso Soriano
LC-4 Curt Schilling
LC-5 Derek Jeter
LC-6 Greg Maddux
LC-7 Ichiro
LC-8 Jim Thome
LC-9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
LC-10 Manny Ramirez
LC-11 Mark Prior
LC-12 Randy Johnson
LC-13 Roger Clemens
LC-14 Sammy Sosa
LC-15 Vladimir Guerrero

Home/Road

H-1 Albert Pujols
R-1 Albert Pujols
H-2 Alfonso Soriano
R-2 Alfonso Soriano
H-3 Carlos Beltran
R-3 Carlos Beltran
H-4 Chipper Jones
R-4 Chipper Jones
H-5 Frank Thomas
R-5 Frank Thomas
H-6 Hank Blalock
R-6 Hank Blalock
H-7 Ivan Rodriguez
R-7 Ivan Rodriguez
H-8 Manny Ramirez
R-8 Manny Ramirez
H-9 Mark Prior
R-9 Mark Prior
H-10 Miguel Cabrera
R-10 Miguel Cabrera
H-11 Miguel Tejada
R-11 Miguel Tejada
H-12 Mike Piazza
R-12 Mike Piazza
H-13 Roger Clemens
R-13 Roger Clemens
H-14 Todd Helton
R-14 Todd Helton
H-15 Vladimir Guerrero
R-15 Vladimir Guerrero

Fans of the Game

FG-1 Sean Astin
FG-2 Tony Danza
FG-3 Taye Diggs

Gold Rookies

Each Gold Rookie is also available in a Mirror parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

GLR1 Dennis Sarfate
GLR2 Don Kelly
GLR3 Eddy Rodriguez
GLR4 Edwin Moreno
GLR5 Greg Dobbs
GLR6 Josh Labandeira
GLR7 Kevin Cave
GLR8 Mariano Gomez
GLR9 Ronald Belisario
GLR10 Ruddy Yan

Gold Stars

Each Gold Star is also available in a Mirror parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

GS1 Albert Pujols
GS2 Ichiro
GS3 Derek Jeter
GS4 Alex Rodriguez
GS5 Scott Rolen
GS6 Randy Johnson
GS7 Roger Clemens
GS8 Greg Maddux
GS9 Alfonso Soriano
GS10 Mark Mulder
GS11 Sammy Sosa
GS12 Mike Piazza
GS13 Rafael Palmeiro
GS14 Ivan Rodriguez
GS15 Miguel Cabrera
GS16 Stan Musial
GS17 Nolan Ryan
GS18 Don Mattingly
GS19 George Brett
GS20 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Cy Young Winners

Each Cy Young Winners is also available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 350 copies)
Gold Die-Cut (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

CYW1 Warren Spahn
CYW2 Whitey Ford
CYW3 Bob Gibson
CYW4 Tom Seaver
CYW5 Steve Carlton
CYW6 Jim Palmer
CYW7 Rollie Fingers
CYW8 Dwight Gooden
CYW9 Roger Clemens
CYW10 Orel Hershiser
CYW11 Greg Maddux
CYW12 Dennis Eckersley
CYW13 Randy Johnson
CYW14 Pedro Martinez
CYW15 Eric Gagne

Cornerstones

C1 Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen
C2 Hideki Matsui / Jorge Posada
C3 Sammy Sosa / Nomar Garciaparra
C4 Manny Ramirez / David Ortiz
C5 Miguel Cabrera / Mike Lowell
C6 Hank Blalock / Mark Teixeira
C7 Chipper Jones / J.D. Drew
C8 Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell
C9 Mike Piazza / Kaz Matsui
C10 Shawn Green / Adrian Beltre
C11 Jim Thome / Bobby Abreu
C12 Mike Schmidt / Steve Carlton
C13 Cal Ripken / Eddie Murray
C14 Carl Yastrzemski / Dwight Evans
C15 Johnny Bench / Joe Morgan
C16 Dale Murphy / Phil Niekro
C18 Jose Canseco / Rickey Henderson
C19 Paul Molitor / Robin Yount
C20 George Brett / Bo Jackson
C17 Alan Trammell / Kirk Gibson

4 Star Staffs

Each 4 Star Staffs is also available in a Die-Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

FSS1 Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux / John Smoltz / Kevin Millwood
FSS2 Josh Beckett / A.J. Burnett / Dontrelle Willis / Carl Pavano
FSS3 Andy Pettitte / David Wells / Roger Clemens / Mike Mussina
FSS4 Kerry Wood / Greg Maddux / Mark Prior / Carlos Zambrano
FSS5 Roger Clemens / Andy Pettitte / Mike Mussina / Mariano Rivera
FSS6 Pedro Martinez / Curt Schilling / Derek Lowe / Tim Wakefield
FSS7 Mark Mulder / Barry Zito / Tim Hudson / Rich Harden
FSS8 Rany Johnson / Curt Schilling / Brandon Webb / Byung-Yung Kim
FSS9 Nolan Ryan / Kevin Brown / Jamie Moyer / Kenny Rogers
FSS10 Kelvin Escobar / Roger Clemens / Woody Williams / Roy Halladay
FSS11 Roger Clemens / Andy Pettitte / Roy Oswalt / Wade Miller
FSS12 Barry Zito / Mark Mulder / Tim Hudson / Billy Koch
FSS13 Hideo Nomo / Kevin Brown / Kaz Ishii / Eric Gagne
FSS14 Tom Glavine / John Smoltz / Greg Madduz / Jason Schmidt
FSS15 Hideo Nomo / Pedro Martinez / Derek Lowe / Tim Wakefield

Clean Up Crew

Each Clean Up Crew is also available in a Die-Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

CUC1 Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds / Scott Rolen
CUC2 Melvin Mora / Miguel Tejada / Rafael Palmeiro
CUC3 Alfonso Soriano / Michael Young / Hank Blalock
CUC4 Gary Sheffield / Alex Rodriguez / Hideki Matsui
CUC5 Moises Alou / Sammy Sosa / Nomar Garciaparra
CUC6 Paul Lo Duca / Mike Lowell / Miguel Cabrera
CUC7 Carlos Beltran / Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell
CUC8 Paul Konerko / Magglio Ordonez / Frank Thomas
CUC9 Sean Casey / Ken Griffey
CUC10 Vladimir Guerrero / Garret Anderson / Troy Glaus
CUC11 Joe Morgan / Johnny Bench / Tony Perez
CUC12 Keith Hernandez / Darryl Strawberry / Gary Carter
CUC13 Jim Rice / Carl Yastrzemski / Dwight Evans
CUC14 Ryne Sandberg / Andre Dawson / Mark Grace
CUC15 Cal Ripken / Eddie Murray / Rafael Palmeiro

Sportscasters

Autographs & Game-Used