2004 National Pastime
Description
2004 National Pastime is a 90-card set, released by Fleer, in July, 2004. The final 30 cards in the set (#61-90) make up a "rookie" subset, which each card serial-numbered to 699 copies. Despite this, there are no notable rookie cards in the set.
Each 10-pack Hobby box should be expected to yield two autographs and either a game-used memorabilia card or a third autograph.
Distribution
Hobby: 10 packs per box, five cards per pack. Six boxes per case.
Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). 20 boxes per case.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 90 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 60 | - | ? | ? |
| Rookies | 30 | 699 | 1:7 | 1:48 |
| Red | 90 | 150 | * | ? |
| White | 90 | 50 | * | ? |
| Blue | 90 | one-of-one | * | ? |
| 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Reprints | 81 | 406 | 1:3 | ? |
| 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Reprints Masterpiece | 81 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| History in the Making | 30 | - | 1:5 | 1:4 |
| American Game | 15 | - | 1:10 | 1:12 |
| National Treasures | 12 | 500 | 1:12 | ? |
| National Treasures Gold | 12 | varies | ? | N/A |
| 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Reprints Bat | 40 | 9 | ** | ? |
| American Game Jersey | 14 | - | ** | 1:96 |
| American Game Jersey Patch Masterpiece | 14 | one-of-one | ** | N/A |
| American Game Retired GU | 10 | varies | ** | ? |
| American Game Retired GU Dual | 5 | varies | ** | ? |
| American Game Retired GU Autograph | 8 | varies | ** | ? |
| American Flag Patch | 25 | 3 or less | 1:240 | N/A |
| History in the Making Jersey | 27 | - | ** | 1:36 |
| History in the Making Patch Masterpiece | 27 | one-of-one | ** | N/A |
| History in the Making Dual bat | 1 | 5 | ** | ? |
| Buyback Game Used | 97 | varies | ** | ? |
| Buyback Autographs | 107 | varies | *** | ? |
| National Treasures Autograph Red | 3 | 50 | *** | ? |
| National Treasures Autograph White | 3 | varies | *** | ? |
| National Treasures Autograph Blue | 3 | 6 | *** | ? |
| National Treasures Autograph Masterpiece | 3 | one-of-one | *** | ? |
| Signature Swings Gold | 34 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signature Swings Red | 32 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signature Swings White | 41 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signature Swings Blue Autographed Bat | 38 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signature Swings Masterpiece Autographed Bat | 38 | one-of-one | *** | ? |
| Signs of the Future Gold | 20 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signs of the Future Red | 20 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signs of the Future White | 20 | varies | *** | ? |
| Signs of the Future Blue | 20 | varies | *** | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Hideki Matsui
- 2 Khalil Greene
- 3 Pedro Martinez
- 4 Sammy Sosa
- 5 Mark Teixeira
- 6 Orlando Cabrera
- 7 Scott Podsednik
- 8 Miguel Tejada
- 9 Andruw Jones
- 10 Manny Ramirez
- 11 Jose Reyes
- 12 Bobby Abreu
- 13 Alex Rodriguez
- 14 Ivan Rodriguez
- 15 Jason Schmidt
- 16 Mike Piazza
- 17 Eric Chavez
- 18 Mark Prior
- 19 Adam Dunn
- 20 Richard Hidalgo
- 21 Todd Helton
- 22 Rocco Baldelli
- 23 Roy Oswalt
- 24 Angel Berroa
- 25 Jason Giambi
- 26 Jim Thome
- 27 Javy Lopez
- 28 Derek Jeter
- 29 Tom Glavine
- 30 Magglio Ordonez
- 31 Austin Kearns
- 32 Scott Rolen
- 33 Miguel Cabrera
- 34 Vernon Wells
- 35 Frank Thomas
- 36 Jeff Bagwell
- 37 Shannon Stewart
- 38 Richie Sexson
- 39 Hideo Nomo
- 40 Nomar Garciaparra
- 41 C.C. Sabathia
- 42 Albert Pujols
- 43 Barry Zito
- 44 Hank Blalock
- 45 Carlos Delgado
- 46 Greg Maddux
- 47 Randy Johnson
- 48 Josh Beckett
- 49 Kerry Wood
- 50 Roger Clemens
- 51 Garret Anderson
- 52 Ichiro Suzuki
- 53 Kip Wells
- 54 Vladimir Guerrero
- 55 Shawn Green
- 56 Chipper Jones
- 57 Aubrey Huff
- 58 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 59 Torii Hunter
- 60 Alfonso Soriano
Rookies
Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 699 copies.
- 61 Chris Shelton RC
- 62 Graham Koonce RC
- 63 Kaz Matsui RC
- 64 Alfredo Simon RC
- 65 Mike Gosling RC
- 66 Mike Rouse RC
- 67 Mariano Gomez RC*
- 68 Justin Leone RC
- 69 Jose Capellan RC
- 70 Don Kelly RC
- 71 Merkin Valdez RC
- 72 Greg Dobbs RC
- 73 Shingo Takatsu RC
- 74 Chris Aguila RC
- 75 Jerome Gamble RC*
- 76 Onil Joseph RC*
- 77 Ramon Ramirez RC
- 78 Angel Chavez RC
- 79 Hector Gimenez RC
- 80 Ivan Ochoa RC
- 81 Aarom Baldiris RC*
- 82 Akinori Otsuka RC
- 83 Ruddy Yan
- 84 Jerry Gil RC
- 85 Shawn Hill RC
- 86 John Gall RC
- 87 Jason Bartlett RC
- 88 Jorge Sequea RC*
- 89 Luis A. Gonzalez RC
- 90 Sean Henn RC
Parallels
Each of the 90 base cards are available in the following parallels and are exclusive to Hobby packs.
- Red (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- White (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Blue (one-of-one)
Inserts
History in the Making
- 1 Pedro Martinez
- 2 Alex Rodriguez
- 3 Sammy Sosa
- 4 Mike Piazza
- 5 Jason Giambi
- 6 Jim Thome
- 7 Derek Jeter
- 8 Hideo Nomo
- 9 Nomar Garciaparra
- 10 Albert Pujols
- 11 Greg Maddux
- 12 Randy Johnson
- 13 Roger Clemens
- 14 Ichiro Suzuki
- 15 Vladimir Guerrero
- 16 Chipper Jones
- 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 18 Manny Ramirez
- 19 Ivan Rodriguez
- 20 Mark Prior
- 21 Austin Kearns
- 22 Alfonso Soriano
- 23 Barry Zito
- 24 Josh Beckett
- 25 Angel Berroa
- 26 Jose Reyes
- 27 Adam Dunn
- 28 Todd Helton
- 29 Hank Blalock
- 30 Kaz Matsui
American Game
- 1 Greg Maddux
- 2 Randy Johnson
- 3 Roger Clemens
- 4 Mark Prior
- 5 Mike Piazza
- 6 Alex Rodriguez
- 7 Adam Dunn
- 8 Jim Thome
- 9 Derek Jeter
- 10 Scott Rolen
- 11 Nomar Garciaparra
- 12 Kerry Wood
- 13 Chipper Jones
- 14 Frank Thomas
- 15 Jeff Bagwell
National Treasures
Each National Treasures card is serial-numbered to 500 copies with a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to the production figures listed below, also available.
- 2 Kenesaw Landis
- 5 Leo Durocher
- 9 Peter Gammons
- 10 Ernie Harwell
- 11 Billy Martin
- 12 John McGraw
- 13 Red Barber
- 15 Casey Stengel
- 16 Sparky Anderson
- 17 Harry Caray
- 18 Ban Johnson
- 20 Ralph Kiner
1959 Fleer Ted Williams Reprints
This set is a reprint of the 80-card 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set. Each card is serial-numbered to 406 copies with a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel also available.
In addition, Fleer randomly inserted an exchange card good for an entire 1959 set.