2000 Skybox
Description
2000 Skybox was released in May, 2000. The base set consists of 250 cards, with the final 50 cards making up a Prospects subset. As with the previous year's Skybox Premium, all 50 Prospects have a short-printed "horizontal" variation.
Distribution
Hobby: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 250 | - | ? | ? |
| Prospects (horizontal) | 40 | - | 1:8 | 1:8 |
| Premium Pairs (horizontal) | 10 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 |
| Star Ruby | 250 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 |
| Star Ruby Extreme | 250 | 50 | ? | ? |
| E-Ticket | 15 | - | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| E-Ticket Star Ruby | 15 | 100 | ? | ? |
| Speed Merchants | 10 | - | 1:8 | 1:8 |
| Speed Merchants Star Ruby | 10 | 100 | ? | ? |
| Skylines | 10 | - | 1:11 | 1:11 |
| Skylines Star Ruby | 10 | 50 | ? | ? |
| The Technique | 15 | - | 1:11 | 1:11 |
| The Technique Star Ruby | 15 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Higher Level | 10 | - | 1:24 | 1:24 |
| Higher Level Star Ruby | 10 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Preeminence | 10 | - | 1:24 | 1:24 |
| Preeminence Star Ruby | 10 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Genuine Coverage | 5 | - | 1:399 | 1:399 |
| Genuine Coverage (Hobby Only) | 5 | - | 1:144 | N/A |
| Autographics | ? | - | 1:72 | 1:72 |
| Autographics Purple Foil | ? | 50 | ? | ? |
| Autographed Genuine Coverage | 2 | 20 | ? | N/A |
Checklist
Promos
Fleer issued a six-card promo set to attendees of the 2000 National Sports Collections Convention in Anaheim, CA. Each card has the 2000 NSCC logo on the front and the set is sequentially-numbered "X of 6" on the back.
- 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 3 Derek Jeter
- 4 Alex Rodriguez
- 5 Mark McGwire
- 6 Mike Piazza
Base Set
- 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 2 Ivan Rodriguez
- 3 Chipper Jones
- 4 Dean Palmer
- 5 Devon White
- 6 Ugueth Urbina
- 7 Doug Glanville
- 8 Damian Jackson
- 9 Jose Canseco
- 10 Billy Koch
- 11 Brady Anderson
- 12 Vladimir Guerrero
- 13 Dan Wilson
- 14 Kevin Brown
- 15 Eddie Taubensee
- 16 Jose Lima
- 17 Greg Maddux
- 18 Manny Ramirez
- 19 Brad Fullmer
- 20 Ron Gant
- 21 Edgar Martinez
- 22 Pokey Reese
- 23 Jason Varitek
- 24 Neifi Perez
- 25 Shane Reynolds
- 26 Robin Ventura
- 27 Scott Rolen
- 28 Trevor Hoffman
- 29 John Valentin
- 30 Shannon Stewart
- 31 Troy Glaus
- 32 Kerry Wood
- 33 Jim Thome
- 34 Rafael Roque
- 35 Tino Martinez
- 36 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 37 Orlando Hernandez
- 38 Kris Benson
- 39 Fred McGriff
- 40 Brian Jordan
- 41 Trot Nixon
- 42 Matt Clement
- 43 Ray Durham
- 44 Johnny Damon
- 45 Todd Hollandsworth
- 46 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 47 Tim Hudson
- 48 Tony Gwynn
- 49 Barry Bonds
- 50 Andruw Jones
- 51 Pedro Martinez
- 52 Mike Hampton
- 53 Miguel Tejada
- 54 Kevin Young
- 55 J.T. Snow
- 56 Carlos Delgado
- 57 Bobby Howry
- 58 Andres Galarraga
- 59 Paul Konerko
- 60 Mike Cameron
- 61 Jeremy Giambi
- 62 Todd Hundley
- 63 Al Leiter
- 64 Matt Stairs
- 65 Edgar Renteria
- 66 Jeff Kent
- 67 John Wetteland
- 68 Nomar Garciaparra
- 69 Jeff Weaver
- 70 Matt Williams
- 71 Kyle Farnsworth
- 72 Brad Radke
- 73 Eric Chavez
- 74 J.D. Drew
- 75 Steve Finley
- 76 Pete Harnisch
- 77 Chad Kreuter
- 78 Todd Pratt
- 79 John Jaha
- 80 Armando Rios
- 81 Luis Gonzalez
- 82 Ryan Minor
- 83 Juan Gonzalez
- 84 Rickey Henderson
- 85 Jason Giambi
- 86 Shawn Estes
- 87 Chad Curtis
- 88 Jeff Cirillo
- 89 Juan Encarnacion
- 90 Tony Womack
- 91 Mike Mussina
- 92 Jeff Bagwell
- 93 Rey Ordonez
- 94 Joe McEwing
- 95 Robb Nen
- 96 Will Clark
- 97 Chris Singleton
- 98 Jason Kendall
- 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 100 Rusty Greer
- 101 Charles Johnson
- 102 Carlos Lee
- 103 Brad Ausmus
- 104 Preston Wilson
- 105 Ronnie Belliard
- 106 Mike Lieberthal
- 107 Alex Rodriguez
- 108 Jay Bell
- 109 Frank Thomas
- 110 Adrian Beltre
- 111 Ron Coomer
- 112 Ben Grieve
- 113 Darryl Kile
- 114 Erubiel Durazo
- 115 Magglio Ordonez
- 116 Gary Sheffield
- 117 Joe Mays
- 118 Fernando Tatis
- 119 David Wells
- 120 Tim Salmon
- 121 Troy O'Leary
- 122 Roberto Alomar
- 123 Damion Easley
- 124 Brant Brown
- 125 Carlos Beltran
- 126 Eric Karros
- 127 Geoff Jenkins
- 128 Roger Clemens
- 129 Warren Morris
- 130 Eric Owens
- 131 Jose Cruz. Jr.
- 132 Mo Vaughn
- 133 Eric Young
- 134 Kenny Lofton
- 135 Marquis Grissom
- 136 A.J. Burnett
- 137 Bernie Williams
- 138 Javy Lopez
- 139 Jose Offerman
- 140 Sean Casey
- 141 Alex Gonzalez
- 142 Carlos Febles
- 143 Mike Piazza
- 144 Curt Schilling
- 145 Ben Davis
- 146 Rafael Palmeiro
- 147 Scott Williamson
- 148 Darin Erstad
- 149 Joe Girardi
- 150 Gerald Williams
- 151 Richie Sexson
- 152 Corey Koskie
- 153 Paul O'Neill
- 154 Chad Hermansen
- 155 Randy Johnson
- 156 Henry Rodriguez
- 157 Bartolo Colon
- 158 Tony Clark
- 159 Mike Lowell
- 160 Moises Alou
- 161 Todd Walker
- 162 Mariano Rivera
- 163 Mark McGwire
- 164 Roberto Hernandez
- 165 Larry Walker
- 166 Albert Belle
- 167 Barry Larkin
- 168 Rolando Arrojo
- 169 Mark Kotsay
- 170 Ken Caminiti
- 171 Dermal Brown
- 172 Michael Barrett
- 173 Jay Buhner
- 174 Ruben Mateo
- 175 Jim Edmonds
- 176 Sammy Sosa
- 177 Omar Vizquel
- 178 Todd Helton
- 179 Kevin Barker
- 180 Derek Jeter
- 181 Brian Giles
- 182 Greg Vaughn
- 183 Roy Halladay
- 184 Tom Glavine
- 185 Craig Biggio
- 186 Jose Vidro
- 187 Andy Ashby
- 188 Freddy Garcia
- 189 Garret Anderson
- 190 Mark Grace
- 191 Travis Fryman
- 192 Jeromy Burnitz
- 193 Jacque Jones
- 194 David Cone
- 195 Ryan Rupe
- 196 John Smoltz
- 197 Daryle Ward
- 198 Rondell White
- 199 Bob Abreu
- 200 Justin Thompson
Prospects (vertical)
- 201 Norm Hutchins PROS
- 202 Ramon Ortiz PROS
- 203 Dan Wheeler PROS
- 204 Matt Riley PROS
- 205 Steve Lomasney PROS
- 206 Chad Meyers PROS
- 207 Gary Glover PROS RC
- 208 Joe Crede PROS
- 209 Kip Wells PROS
- 210 Travis Dawkins PROS
- 211 Denny Stark PROS RC
- 212 Ben Petrick PROS
- 213 Eric Munson PROS
- 214 Josh Beckett PROS
- 215 Pablo Ozuna PROS
- 216 Brad Penny PROS
- 217 Julio Ramirez PROS
- 218 Danny Peoples PROS
- 219 Wilfredo Rodriguez PROS RC
- 220 Julio Lugo PROS
- 221 Mark Quinn PROS
- 222 Eric Gagne PROS
- 223 Chad Green PROS
- 224 Tony Armas, Jr. PROS
- 225 Milton Bradley PROS
- 226 Rob Bell PROS
- 227 Alfonso Soriano PROS
- 228 Wily Mo Pena PROS
- 229 Nick Johnson PROS
- 230 Ed Yarnall PROS
- 231 Ryan Bradley PROS
- 232 Adam Piatt PROS
- 233 Chad Harville PROS
- 234 Alex Sanchez PROS
- 235 Michael Coleman PROS
- 236 Pat Burrell PROS
- 237 Wascar Serrano PROS RC
- 238 Rick Ankiel PROS
- 239 Mike Lamb PROS RC
- 240 Vernon Wells PROS
Premium Pairs (vertical)
- 241 Jason Wood / Geofrey Tomlinson DUAL PROS
- 242 Josh Phelps / Shea Hillenbrand DUAL PROS RC
- 243 Aaron Myette / Doug Davis DUAL PROS
- 244 Brett Laxton / Rob Ramsay DUAL PROS RC
- 245 B.J. Ryan / Carlos Lee DUAL PROS
- 246 Chris Haas / Wilton Veras DUAL PROS
- 247 Jimmy Anderson / Kyle Peterson DUAL PROS
- 248 Jason Dewey / Giuseppe Chiaramonte DUAL PROS
- 249 Guillermo Mota / Orber Moreno DUAL PROS
- 250 Julio Zuleta / Steve Cox DUAL PROS RC
Parallels
Horizontal Prospects/Premium Pairs
The 50 cards in the Prospect (cards #201-#240) and Premium Pairs (cards #241-#250) subsets are also available in a "Horizontal" parallel. Whereas all 250 base cards are all in a vertical format, these cards are all horizontal and are stamped in blue foil.
Star Ruby
All 250 base cards are available in the following Star Ruby parallels.
- Star Ruby
- Star Ruby Extreme (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
NOTES
- Star Rubies do not exist for the 50 Horizontal Prospects.
- Each Star Ruby is sequentially-numbered with an "SR" suffix, while Star Ruby Extreme's have an "SRE" suffix.
Hobby Bullpen
2000 Skybox Hobby Bullpen is a 15-card partial-parallel that was given away by Fleer-Skybox representatives as part of a promotional "Fleer Traveling Road Show."
All cards have a red "Fleer Hobby Bullpen" logo on the front.
- 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 2 Ivan Rodriguez
- 3 Chipper Jones
- 12 Vladimir Guerrero
- 17 Greg Maddux
- 18 Manny Ramirez
- 48 Tony Gwynn
- 49 Barry Bonds
- 51 Pedro Martinez
- 68 Nomar Garciaparra
- 98 Jason Kendall
- 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 163 Mark McGwire
- 176 Sammy Sosa
- 180 Derek Jeter
Inserts
NOTE: Each insert is also available in a Star Rubies parallel which is serial-numbered to either 100 (E-Ticket and Speed Merchants) or 50 (Skylines, the Technique, Higher Leve, and Preeminence) copies.
E-Ticket
This fifteen-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game at the time in an insert set that gave collectors an "electronic (E-) ticket" (i.e., the card itself) to view more photos of that player on the Fleer/Skybox website at the time.
- 1 ET Alex Rodriguez
- 2 ET Derek Jeter
- 3 ET Nomar Garciaparra
- 4 ET Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 5 ET Sean Casey
- 6 ET Mark McGwire
- 7 ET Sammy Sosa
- 8 ET Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 9 ET Tony Gwynn
- 10 ET Pedro Martinez
- 11 ET Chipper Jones
- 12 ET Vladimir Guerrero
- 13 ET Roger Clemens
- 14 ET Mike Piazza
- 15 ET Randy Johnson
Speed Merchants
This ten-card set highlighted players with the fastest bat speed on an white background accented with that player's team colors.
- 1 SM Derek Jeter
- 2 SM Sammy Sosa
- 3 SM Nomar Garciaparra
- 4 SM Alex Rodriguez
- 5 SM Randy Johnson
- 6 SM Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 7 SM Pedro Martinez
- 8 SM Pat Burrell
- 9 SM Barry Bonds
- 10 SM Mark McGwire
Skylines
This ten-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game and the respective city they played for that featured the city's downtown backdrop as foil-finished background.
- SL1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- SL2 Mark McGwire
- SL3 Alex Rodriguez
- SL4 Sammy Sosa
- SL5 Derek Jeter
- SL6 Mike Piazza
- SL7 Nomar Garciaparra
- SL8 Chipper Jones
- SL9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- SL10 Manny Ramirez
The Technique
This fifteen-card set highlighted some of the unique characteristics of the game's top players on an all-foil card front.
- 1 T Alex Rodriguez
- 2 T Tony Gwynn
- 3 T Sean Casey
- 4 T Mark McGwire
- 5 T Sammy Sosa
- 6 T Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 7 T Mike Piazza
- 8 T Nomar Garciaparra
- 9 T Derek Jeter
- 10 T Vladimir Guerrero
- 11 T Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 12 T Chipper Jones
- 13 T Frank Thomas
- 14 T Manny Ramirez
- 15 T Jeff Bagwell
Higher Level
This ten-card set highlighted the elite players in the game at the time on a multi-colored, holographic fire-themed background with gold foil accents on the insert and player nameplate.
- 1 HL Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 2 HL Derek Jeter
- 3 HL Nomar Garciaparra
- 4 HL Chipper Jones
- 5 HL Mike Piazza
- 6 HL Ivan Rodriguez
- 7 HL Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 8 HL Sammy Sosa
- 9 HL Alex Rodriguez
- 10 HL Mark McGwire
Preeminence
This ten-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game at the time on a multi-colored holographic foil background with gold foil accents on the insert and player nameplate.
- 1P Pedro Martinez
- 2P Derek Jeter
- 3P Nomar Garciaparra
- 4P Alex Rodriguez
- 5P Mark McGwire
- 6P Sammy Sosa
- 7P Sean Casey
- 8P Mike Piazza
- 9P Chipper Jones
- 10P Ivan Rodriguez
Autographs & Game-Used
Genuine Coverage
Genuine Coverage is a 10-card game jersey set. The set was split into two five-card groups for Hobby and retail distribution. The five "common" cards - tagged with an "HR" in the checklist below - were distributed in both Hobby and retail packs at a rate of 1:399. The five "Hobby-only" cards - tagged with an "H" in the checklist below - were seeded Hobby packs at a rate of 1:144.
NOTE: The design is similar to other "Genuine Coverage" cards in other 2000 Skybox-branded sets. Also, the cards are not sequentially-numbered.
- Jose Canseco H
- J.D. Drew H
- Troy Glaus HR
- Manny Ramirez H
- Cal Ripken, Jr. HR
- Alex Rodriguez HR
- Ivan Rodriguez H
- Frank Thomas H
- Robin Ventura HR
- Matt Williams HR
Autographed Genuine Coverage
Cal Ripken, Jr. and Alex Rodriguez autographed 20 copies of their Genuine Coverage cards for random insertion in Hobby packs.
- Cal Ripken, Jr.
- Alex Rodriguez
Autographics
| Fleer/Skybox Premium |
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