2003 Fleer Patchworks
Description
2003 Fleer Patchworks is a 115-card set, released in May, 2003. Patchworks replaced Premium in Fleer's release calendar. The set consists of 90 veterans (#1-#90) with the final 25 cards (#91-#115) making up the "Rookie Ranks" subset. Each Rookie Ranks card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.
Distribution
Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 12 boxes per case.
Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 115 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 90 | - | ? | ? |
| Rookie Ranks | 25 | 1500 | ? | ? |
| Star Ruby | 115 | 100 | ? | ? |
| National Pastime | 25 | - | 1:12 | 1:6 |
| Numbers Game | 15 | - | 1:24 | 1:12 |
| Past Present Future | 10 | - | 1:72 | 1:96 |
| National Pastime Trim | 11 | 200 | GU | ? |
| National Pastime Team Name | 15 | 100 | GU | ? |
| National Pastime Number | 16 | 75 | GU | ? |
| National Pastime Nameplate | 15 | 50 | GU | ? |
| National Pastime Commemorative | 11 | 25 | GU | ? |
| National Pastime MLB Logo | 15 | one-of-one | GU | ? |
| Numbers Game Jersey | 10 | - | 1:33 GU | 1:213 |
| Numbers Game Jersey Patch | 10 | 300 | GU | ? |
| Past Present Future Single | 17 | 200 | GU | ? |
| Past Present Future Dual | 6 | 100 | GU | ? |
| Game Worn Patch Level 1 Single | 17 | 250 | GU | ? |
| Game Worn Patch Level 2 Dual | 18 | 100 | GU | ? |
| Game Worn Patch Level 3 Multi | 18 | 50 | GU | ? |
| Licensed Apparel Jersey | 15 | 500 | GU | ? |
| Licensed Apparel Jersey Patch | 15 | 300 | GU | ? |
| Diamond Ink | 6 | varies | ? | ? |
GU: Overall odds of finding a game-used card: 1:8/Hobby packs
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Luis Castillo
- 2 Derek Jeter
- 3 Vladimir Guerrero
- 4 Bobby Higginson
- 5 Pat Burrell
- 6 Ivan Rodriguez
- 7 Craig Biggio
- 8 Troy Glaus
- 9 Barry Bonds
- 10 Hideo Nomo
- 11 Barry Larkin
- 12 Roberto Alomar
- 13 Rodrigo Lopez
- 14 Eric Chavez
- 15 Shawn Green
- 16 Joe Randa
- 17 Mark Grace
- 18 Jason Kendall
- 19 Hee Seop Choi
- 20 Luis Gonzalez
- 21 Sammy Sosa
- 22 Larry Walker
- 23 Phil Nevin
- 24 Manny Ramirez
- 25 Jim Thome
- 26 Randy Johnson
- 27 Jose Vidro
- 28 Austin Kearns
- 29 Mike Sweeney
- 30 Magglio Ordonez
- 31 Mike Piazza
- 32 Eric Hinske
- 33 Alex Rodriguez
- 34 Kerry Wood
- 35 Matt Morris
- 36 Lance Berkman
- 37 Michael Cuddyer
- 38 Curt Schilling
- 39 Sean Burroughs
- 40 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 41 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 42 Carlos Pena
- 43 Adam Dunn
- 44 Pedro Martinez
- 45 Miguel Tejada
- 46 Tom Glavine
- 47 Torii Hunter
- 48 Jason Giambi
- 49 Tony Batista
- 50 Ben Grieve
- 51 Ichiro
- 52 Bob Abreu
- 53 Todd Helton
- 54 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 55 Nomar Garciaparra
- 56 Francisco Rodriguez
- 57 Ellis Burks
- 58 Frank Thomas
- 59 Greg Maddux
- 60 Josh Beckett
- 61 Brad Wilkerson
- 62 Joe Borchard
- 63 Carlos Delgado
- 64 Alfonso Soriano
- 65 Chipper Jones
- 66 J.D. Drew
- 67 Mark Prior
- 68 Rafael Palmeiro
- 69 Jeff Kent
- 70 Adrian Beltre
- 71 Marlon Byrd
- 72 Orlando Hudson
- 73 Junior Spivey
- 74 Jeff Bagwell
- 75 Barry Zito
- 76 Roger Clemens
- 77 Aubrey Huff
- 78 Geoff Jenkins
- 79 Andruw Jones
- 80 Scott Rolen
- 81 Omar Vizquel
- 82 Darin Erstad
- 83 Bernie Williams
- 84 Freddy Garcia
- 85 Richie Sexson
- 86 Josh Phelps
- 87 Albert Pujols
- 88 Aramis Ramirez
- 89 Shea Hillenbrand
- 90 Cristian Guzman
Rookie Ranks
Each Rookie Ranks card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.
- 91 Adam LaRoche RR
- 92 David Pember RR RC
- 93 Terrmel Sledge RR RC
- 94 Hideki Matsui RR RC
- 95 Nook Logan RR RC
- 96 Jose Contreras RR RC
- 97 Pete LaForest RR RC
- 98 Rich Fischer RR RC*
- 99 Francisco Rosario RR RC
- 100 Josh Willingham RR RC
- 101 Alejandro Machado RR RC
- 102 Lew Ford RR RC
- 103 Joe Valentine RR RC
- 104 Guillermo Quiroz RR RC
- 105 Chien-Ming Wang RR RC
- 106 Jhonny Peralta RR
- 107 Shane Victorino RR RC
- 108 Prentice Redman RR RC
- 109 Matt Bruback RR RC*
- 110 Lance Niekro RR
- 111 Travis Hughes RR
- 112 Nic Jackson RR
- 113 Hector Luna RR RC
- 114 Cliff Lee RR
- 115 Tim Olson RR RC
Parallels
Each of the 115 base cards is available as a Star Ruby parallel. Each Star Ruby is serial-numbered to 100 copies.
Inserts
National Pastime
- 1 Barry Bonds
- 2 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 3 Mike Piazza
- 4 Barry Zito
- 5 Sammy Sosa
- 6 Pedro Martinez
- 7 Craig Biggio
- 8 Rafael Palmeiro
- 9 Greg Maddux
- 10 Manny Ramirez
- 11 Adam Dunn
- 12 Omar Vizquel
- 13 Hideo Nomo
- 14 Alex Rodriguez
- 15 Pat Burrell
- 16 Nomar Garciaparra
- 17 Randy Johnson
- 18 Juan Gonzalez
- 19 Chipper Jones
- 20 Frank Thomas
- 21 Vladimir Guerrero
- 22 Troy Glaus
- 23 Albert Pujols
- 24 Ichiro
- 25 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Numbers Game
- 1 Ichiro
- 2 Derek Jeter
- 3 Alex Rodriguez
- 4 Miguel Tejada
- 5 Nomar Garciaparra
- 6 Jason Giambi
- 7 J.D. Drew
- 8 Barry Bonds
- 9 Alfonso Soriano
- 10 Jeff Bagwell
- 11 Barry Larkin
- 12 Roberto Alomar
- 13 Larry Walker
- 14 Roger Clemens
- 15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Past Present Future
- 1 Eddie Mathews / Rafael Palmeiro / Alex Rodriguez
- 2 Phil Rizzuto / Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
- 3 Reggie Jackson / Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa
- 4 Billy Williams / Sammy Sosa / Hee Seop Choi
- 5 Joe Morgan / Roberto Alomar / Alfonso Soriano
- 6 Yogi Berra / Mike Piazza / Josh Phelps
- 7 Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood
- 8 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen / Eric Hinske
- 9 Barry Bonds / Alex Rodriguez / Alfonso Soriano
- 10 Yogi Berra / Derek Jeter / Hideki Matsui
Autographs & Game-Used
National Patchtime
National Patchtime are a series of game-used parallels and partial-parallels of the National Pastime insert set.
Trim
Each National Patchtime Trim card features a piece of jersey trim and is serial-numbered to 200 copies.
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- CJ Chipper Jones
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- HN Hideo Nomo
- MP Mike Piazza
- MR Manny Ramirez
- NG Nomar Garciaparra
- PM Pedro Martinez
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Team Name
Each National Patchtime Team Name card features a piece of the jersey's team name and is serial-numbered to 100 copies.
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- BZ Barry Zito
- CJ Chipper Jones
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- HN Hideo Nomo
- MP Mike Piazza
- NG Nomar Garciaparra
- OV Omar Vizquel
- PB Pat Burrell
- RJ Randy Johnson
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SS Sammy Sosa
- TG Troy Glaus
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Number
Each National Patchtime Number card features a piece of the player's jersey number and is serial-numbered to 75 copies.
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- BZ Barry Zito
- CB Craig Biggio
- CJ Chipper Jones
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- HN Hideo Nomo
- MP Mike Piazza
- MR Manny Ramirez
- NG Nomar Garciaparra
- PB Pat Burrell
- PM Pedro Martinez
- RJ Randy Johnson
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SS Sammy Sosa
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Nameplate
Each National Patchtime Nameplate card features a piece of the player's nameplate and is serial-numbered to 50 copies.
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- BZ Barry Zito
- CB Craig Biggio
- CJ Chipper Jones
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- HN Hideo Nomo
- MP Mike Piazza
- NG Nomar Garciaparra
- PB Pat Burrell
- RJ Randy Johnson
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SS Sammy Sosa
- TG Troy Glaus
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Commemorative
Each National Patchtime Commemorative card features a piece of a commemorative sleeve patch and is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- BZ Barry Zito
- CB Craig Biggio
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- MP Mike Piazza
- PM Pedro Martinez
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SS Sammy Sosa
- TG Troy Glaus
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Game-Worn Patch
The Game-Worn Patch insert is broken into three tiers. Level 1 cards have a solid color patch and are serial-numbered to 250 copies. Level 2 have two-color patches and are serial-numbered to 100 copies. Level 3 have multi-colored patches and are serial-numbered to 50.
NOTE: Card #CS does not exist in Level 1.
- AB Adrian Beltre
- AJ Andruw Jones
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- BA Bob Abreu
- BW Bernie Williams
- CD Carlos Delgado
- CS Curt Schilling
- EC Eric Chavez
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- JB Josh Beckett
- KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
- KW Kerry Wood
- LB Lance Berkman
- MG Mark Grace
- RA Roberto Alomar
- RO Roy Oswalt
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
MLB Logo
Each National Patchtime MLB Logo card features the MLB "logoman" patch from the back of the player's uniform. Each card is a one-of-one.
- AD Adam Dunn
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- CB Craig Biggio
- CJ Chipper Jones
- FT Frank Thomas
- GM Greg Maddux
- HN Hideo Nomo
- MP Mike Piazza
- MR Manny Ramirez
- NG Nomar Garciaparra
- PB Pat Burrell
- RJ Randy Johnson
- RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SS Sammy Sosa
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
Numbers Game Jersey
Each Numbers Game Jersey is also available as a Patch card. Numbers Game Patches are serial-numbered to 300 copies
- AR Alex Rodriguez
- AS Alfonso Soriano
- BL Barry Larkin
- DJ Derek Jeter
- JB Jeff Bagwell
- JG Jason Giambi
- LW Larry Walker
- MT Miguel Tejada
- RA Roberto Alomar
- RC Roger Clemens
Patch Present Future Single
This 17-card set partially-parallels the Past Present Future insert. Three players are on the card with one of the players having a game-worn jersey patch swatch embedded on the card. For purposes of the checklist, the swatch comes from the player listed FIRST. These cards were issued to a stated print run of 200 serial-numbered sets.
- AR1 Alex Rodriguez / Eddie Mathes / Rafael Palmeiro
- AR2 Alex Rodriguez / Barry Bonds / Alfonso Soriano
- AS1 Alfonso Soriano / Phil Rizzuto / Derek Jeter
- AS2 Alfonso Soriano / Joe Morgan / Roberto Alomar
- AS3 Alfonso Soriano / Barry Bonds / Alex Rodriguez
- BB Barry Bonds / Reggie Jackson / Sammy Sosa
- DJ1 Derek Jeter / Phil Rizzuto / Alfonso Soriano
- DJ2 Derek Jeter / Yogi Berra / Hideki Matsui
- EH Eric Hinske / Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen
- KW Kerry Wood / Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens
- MP Mike Piazza / Yogi Berra / Josh Phelps
- RA Roberto Alomar / Joe Morgan / Alfonso Soriano
- RC Roger Clemens / Nolan Ryan / Kerry Wood
- RP Rafael Palmeiro / Eddie Mathews / Alex Rodriguez
- SR Scott Rolen / Mike Schmidt / Eric Hinske
- SS1 Sammy Sosa / Reggie Jackson / Barry Bonds
- SS2 Sammy Sosa / Billy Williams / Hee Seop Choi
Dual
These six cards partially-parallel the Past Present Future insert. Three players are on the card with the two active players having a game-worn jersey patch embedded on the card. For purposes of the checklist, the swatches come from the players listed FIRST and SECOND. Only 100 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced.
- ARAS Alex Rodriguez / Alfonso Soriano
- DJAS Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
- RAAS Roberto Alomar / Alfonso Soriano
- RCKW Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood
- RPAR Rafael Palmeiro / Alex Rodriguez
- SREH Scott Rolen / Eric Hinske
Licensed Apparel Jersey
Each of the 15 Licensed Apparel Jersey cards are serial-numbered to 500 copies, with a Patch parallel available numbered to 300.
- AD Adam Dunn
- CB Carlos Beltran
- CJ Chipper Jones
- DE Darin Erstad
- DJ Derek Jeter
- JD J.D. Drew
- JR Jimmy Rollins
- KB Kevin Brown
- MM Mike Mussina
- MO Magglio Ordonez
- MP Mike Piazza
- PK Paul Konerko
- SG Shawn Green
- SS Shannon Stewart
- TH Todd Helton
Diamond Ink
Fleer commissioned four players sign autographs for random insertion. Each autograph is signed on a "trapped cut," and is serial-numbered on the reverse side. Derek Jeter signed his cards in three different ink colors, all other players signed in black ink.
- DJ1 Derek Jeter Black Ink 210
- DJ2 Derek Jeter Blue Ink 101
- MP Mark Prior 88
- MS Mike Schmidt 194
- TG Troy Glaus 351
- DJ3 Derek Jeter Red Ink 50
2004 Quality Control Replacements
Each of these cards, all done in the style of their respective 2003 Fleer Patchworks insert sets, were pulled from production in 2003. They were eventually distributed by Fleer's Quality Control department as replacements for damaged jersey cards and/or expired exchange cards.
Game-Worn Patch
- AB2 Bob Abreu 300
- AK2 Austin Kearns 300
- CD2 Carlos Delgado 300
- DE2 Darin Erstad 300
- HC2 Hee Seop Choi 300
- JB2 Josh Beckett 300
- RO2 Roy Oswalt 300
- TA2 Tony Armas, Jr. 300
- AB2 Adrian Beltre 100
- AJ2 Andruw Jones 100
- AK2 Austin Kearns 100
- AR2 Alex Rodriguez 100
- CB2 Carlos Beltran 100
- GM2 Greg Maddux 100
- KW2 Kerry Wood 100
- MM2 Mark Mulder 100
- RO2 Roy Oswalt 100
National Patchtime
- AD2 Adam Dunn 300
- BZ2 Barry Zito 300
- EH2 Eric Hinske 300
- MP2 Mike Piazza 300
- NG2 Nomar Garciaparra 300
- PB2 Pat Burrell 300
- RJ2 Randy Johnson 300
- RP2 Rafael Palmeiro 300
- TH2 Tim Hudson 300
- VG2 Vladimir Guerrero 300
- CB2 Craig Biggio 100
- JG2 Juan Gonzalez 100
- KB2 Kris Benson 100
- MP2 Mike Piazza 100
- NG2 Nomar Garciaparra 100