2003 Fleer Tradition Update

Description

2003 Fleer Tradition Update is a 398-card set released in October, 2003. Each Hobby box contained 32 packs of ten cards, and a 25-card mini box. The last 99 cards in the base set (U300-U398) were exclusive to the mini box. The last fourteen pack-inserted base cards (U286-U299) are short-printed.

Each Hobby box is expected to yield two memorabilia cards.

Distribution

Hobby: 32 packs plus one 25-card mini box per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2). 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	398	-	?	?
short set	285	-	?	?
SPs	14	-	1:4	1:4
Mini Box Exclusive	99	-	25:1	N/A
Glossy	883	100	?	1:24
Milestones	20	-	1:8	1:6
Diamond Debuts	25	-	1:10	1:8
Long Gone!	20	varies	?	1:72
Turn Back the Clock	10	-	1:160	1:288
Milestones Game Jersey	16	-	1:20	1:96
Milestones Game Jersey Gold	16	100	?	?
Throwback Threads	5	-	1:64	1:288
Throwback Threads Patch	5	100	?	?
Throwback Threads Dual	2	100	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

• U1 Aaron Boone
• U2 Carl Everett
• U3 Eduardo Perez
• U4 Jason Michaels
• U5 Karim Garcia
• U6 Rainer Olmedo
• U7 Scott Williamson
• U8 Adam Kennedy
• U9 Carl Pavano
• U10 Eli Marrero
• U11 Jason Simontacchi
• U12 Keith Foulke
• U13 Preston Wilson
• U14 Scott Hatteberg
• U15 Adam Dunn
• U16 Carlos Baerga
• U17 Elmer Dessens
• U18 Javier Vazquez
• U19 Kenny Rogers
• U20 Quinton McCracken
• U21 Shane Reynolds
• U22 Adam Eaton
• U23 Carlos Zambrano
• U24 Enrique Wilson
• U25 Jeff DaVanon
• U26 Kenny Lofton
• U27 Ramon Castro
• U28 Shannon Stewart
• U29 Al Martin
• U30 Carlos Guillen
• U31 Eric Karros
• U32 Tim Worrell
• U33 Kevin Millwood
• U34 Randall Simon
• U35 Shawn Chacon
• U36 Alex Rodriguez
• U37 Casey Blake
• U38 Eric Munson
• U39 Jeff Kent
• U40 Kris Benson
• U41 Randy Winn
• U42 Shea Hillenbrand
• U43 Alfonso Soriano
• U44 Chris George
• U45 Eric Bruntlett
• U46 Jeromy Burnitz
• U47 Kyle Farnsworth
• U48 Torii Hunter
• U49 Sidney Ponson
• U50 Andres Galarraga
• U51 Chris Singleton
• U52 Eric Gagne
• U53 Jesse Foppert
• U54 Lance Carter
• U55 Ray Durham
• U56 Tanyon Sturtze
• U57 Andy Ashby
• U58 Cliff Floyd
• U59 Eric Young
• U60 Jhonny Peralta
• U61 Livan Hernandez
• U62 Reggie Sanders
• U63 Tim Spooneybarger
• U64 Angel Berroa
• U65 Coco Crisp
• U66 Eric Hinske
• U67 Jim Edmonds
• U68 Luis Matos
• U69 Rickey Henderson
• U70 Todd Walker
• U71 Antonio Alfonseca
• U72 Corey Koskie
• U73 Erubiel Durazo
• U74 Jim Thome
• U75 Lyle Overbay
• U76 Robert Fick
• U77 Todd Hollandsworth
• U78 Aramis Ramirez
• U79 Cristian Guzman
• U80 Esteban Loaiza
• U81 Jody Gerut
• U82 Mark Grudzielanek
• U83 Roberto Alomar
• U84 Todd Hundley
• U85 Mike Hampton
• U86 Curt Schilling
• U87 Francisco Rodriguez
• U88 John Lackey
• U89 Mark Redman
• U90 Robin Ventura
• U91 Todd Zeile
• U92 B.J. Surhoff
• U93 Raul Mondesi
• U94 Frank Catalanotto
• U95 John Smoltz
• U96 Mark Ellis
• U97 Rocco Baldelli
• U98 Todd Pratt
• U99 Barry Bonds
• U100 Danny Graves
• U101 Fred McGriff
• U102 John Burkett
• U103 Marquis Grissom
• U104 Rocky Biddle
• U105 Tom Glavine
• U106 Bartolo Colon
• U107 Darren Bragg
• U108 Gabe Kapler
• U109 John Franco
• U110 Matt Mantei
• U111 Rod Beck
• U112 Tomo Ohka
• U113 Ben Petrick
• U114 Darren Dreifort
• U115 Garret Anderson
• U116 John Vander Wal
• U117 Melvin Mora
• U118 Rodrigo Lopez
• U119 Raul Ibanez
• U120 Benito Santiago
• U121 David Ortiz
• U122 Gary Bennett
• U123 Jon Garland
• U124 Michael Young
• U125 Rodrigo Rosario
• U126 Travis Lee
• U127 Bill Mueller
• U128 Derek Lowe
• U129 Gil Meche
• U130 Jose Guillen
• U131 Miguel Cabrera
• U132 Ron Calloway
• U133 Troy Percival
• U134 Billy Koch
• U135 Dmitri Young
• U136 Glendon Rusch
• U137 Jose Jimenez
• U138 Miguel Tejada
• U139 John Thomson
• U140 Troy O'Leary
• U141 Bobby Kielty
• U142 Dontrelle Willis
• U143 Greg Myers
• U144 Jose Vizcaino
• U145 Mike MacDougal
• U146 Ronnie Belliard
• U147 Tyler Houston
• U148 Brady Clark
• U149 Edgardo Alfonzo
• U150 Guillermo Mota
• U151 Jose Lima
• U152 Mike Williams
• U153 Roy Oswalt
• U154 Scott Podsednik
• U155 Brandon Lyon
• U156 Henry Mateo
• U157 Jose Macias
• U158 Mike Bordick
• U159 Royce Clayton
• U160 Vance Wilson
• U161 Brent Abernathy
• U162 Horacio Ramirez
• U163 Jose Reyes
• U164 Nick Punto
• U165 Ruben Sierra
• U166 Victor Zambrano
• U167 Brett Tomko
• U168 Ivan Rodriguez
• U169 Jose Mesa
• U170 Octavio Dotel
• U171 Russ Ortiz
• U172 Vladimir Guerrero
• U173 Brian Lawrence
• U174 Jae Weong Seo
• U175 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• U176 Pat Burrell
• U177 Russell Branyan
• U178 Warren Morris
• U179 Brian Boehringer
• U180 Jason Johnson
• U181 Josh Phelps
• U182 Paul Konerko
• U183 Ryan Franklin
• U184 Wes Helms
• U185 Brooks Kieschnick
• U186 Jason Davis
• U187 Juan Pierre
• U188 Paul Wilson
• U189 Sammy Sosa
• U190 Wil Cordero
• U191 Byung-Hyun Kim
• U192 Juan Encarnacion
• U193 Placido Polanco
• U194 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• U195 Julio Lugo
• U196 Junior Spivey
• U197 Woody Williams
• U198 Xavier Nady
• U199 Mark Loretta
• U200 Deivi Cruz

All-Stars

• U201 Jorge Posada
• U202 Carlos Delgado
• U203 Alfonso Soriano
• U204 Alex Rodriguez
• U205 Troy Glaus
• U206 Garret Anderson
• U207 Hideki Matsui
• U208 Ichiro
• U209 Esteban Loaiza
• U210 Manny Ramirez
• U211 Roger Clemens
• U212 Roy Halladay
• U213 Jason Giambi
• U214 Edgar Martinez
• U215 Bret Boone
• U216 Hank Blalock
• U217 Nomar Garciaparra
• U218 Vernon Wells
• U219 Melvin Mora
• U220 Magglio Ordonez
• U221 Mike Sweeney
• U222 Barry Zito
• U223 Carl Everett
• U224 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• U225 Jamie Moyer
• U226 Mark Mulder
• U227 Eddie Guardado
• U228 Ramon Hernandez
• U229 Keith Foulke
• U230 Javy Lopez
• U231 Todd Helton
• U232 Marcus Giles
• U233 Edgar Renteria
• U234 Scott Rolen
• U235 Barry Bonds
• U236 Albert Pujols
• U237 Gary Sheffield
• U238 Jim Edmonds
• U239 Jason Schmidt
• U240 Mark Prior
• U241 Dontrelle Willis
• U242 Kerry Wood
• U243 Kevin Brown
• U244 Woody Williams
• U245 Paul Lo Duca
• U246 Richie Sexson
• U247 Jose Vidro
• U248 Luis Castillo
• U249 Aaron Boone
• U250 Mike Lowell
• U251 Rafael Furcal
• U252 Andruw Jones
• U253 Preston Wilson
• U254 John Smoltz
• U255 Eric Gagne
• U256 Randy Wolf
• U257 Billy Wagner
• U258 Luis Gonzalez
• U259 Russ Ortiz

Interleague Play

• U260 Jim Thome / Pedro Martinez
• U261 Alfonso Soriano / Jeff Bagwell
• U262 Dontrelle Willis / Rocco Baldelli
• U263 Carlos Delgado / Vladimir Guerrero
• U264 Sammy Sosa / Magglio Ordonez
• U265 Jason Giambi / Adam Dunn
• U266 Mike Sweeney / Albert Pujols
• U267 Barry Bonds / Torii Hunter
• U268 Ichiro / Andruw Jones
• U269 Chipper Jones / Hank Blalock
• U270 Mark Prior / Vernon Wells
• U271 Nomar Garciaparra / Scott Rolen
• U272 Alex Rodriguez / Lance Berkman
• U273 Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood
• U274 Derek Jeter / Jose Reyes
• U275 Greg Maddux / Barry Zito

Tale of the Tape

• U276 Carlos Delgado
• U277 J.D. Drew
• U278 Barry Bonds
• U279 Albert Pujols
• U280 Jim Thome
• U281 Sammy Sosa
• U282 Alfonso Soriano
• U283 Hideki Matsui RC
• U284 Mike Piazza
• U285 Vladimir Guerrero

Rookie 03

• U286 Rich Harden
• U287 Chin-Hui Tsao
• U288 Edwin Jackson RC
• U289 Chien-Ming Wang RC
• U290 Josh Willingham RC
• U291 Matt Kata RC
• U292 Jose Contreras RC
• U293 Chris Bootcheck
• U294 Javier A. Lopez RC
• U295 Delmon Young RC
• U296 Pedro Liriano
• U297 Noah Lowry
• U298 Khalil Greene
• U299 Rob Bowen

Box-Exclusive Rookies

Each sealed Hobby box contained, in addition to the 32 packs, a 25-card "Rookie Update Box." The 99 cards listed below are exclusive to this box.

• U300 Bo Hart RC
• U301 Beau Kemp RC*
• U302 Gerald Laird
• U303 Miguel Ojeda RC
• U304 Todd Wellemeyer RC
• U305 Ryan Wagner RC
• U306 Jeff Duncan RC
• U307 Wilfredo Ledezma RC
• U308 Wes Obermueller
• U309 Bernie Castro RC
• U310 Tim Olson RC
• U311 Colin Porter RC
• U312 Francisco Cruceta RC
• U313 Guillermo Quiroz RC
• U314 Brian Stokes RC
• U315 Robby Hammock RC
• U316 Lew Ford RC
• U317 Todd Linden
• U318 Mike Gallo RC
• U319 Francisco Rosario RC
• U320 Rosman Garcia RC
• U321 Felix Sanchez RC
• U322 Chad Gaudin RC
• U323 Phil Seibel RC
• U324 Jason Gilfillan RC
• U325 Terrmel Sledge RC
• U326 Alfredo Gonzalez RC*
• U327 Josh Stewart RC
• U328 Jeremy Griffiths RC
• U329 Cory Stewart RC*
• U330 Josh Hall RC
• U331 Arnie Munoz RC
• U332 Garrett Atkins
• U333 Neal Cotts
• U334 Dan Haren RC
• U335 Shane Victorino RC
• U336 David Sanders RC
• U337 Oscar Villarreal RC
• U338 Michael Hessman RC
• U339 Andrew Brown RC
• U340 Kevin Hooper
• U341 Prentice Redman RC
• U342 Brandon Webb RC
• U343 Jimmy Gobble
• U344 Pete LaForest RC
• U345 Chris Waters RC
• U346 Hideki Matsui
• U347 Chris Capuano RC
• U348 Jon Leicester RC
• U349 Mike Nicolas RC*
• U350 Nook Logan RC
• U351 Craig Brazell RC
• U352 Aaron Looper RC
• U353 D.J. Carrasco RC
• U354 Clint Barmes RC
• U355 Doug Waechter RC
• U356 Julio Manon RC
• U357 Jeremy Bonderman RC
• U358 Diegomar Markwell RC*
• U359 Dave Matranga RC
• U360 Luis Ayala RC
• U361 Jason Stanford
• U362 Roger Deago RC
• U363 Geoff Geary RC
• U364 Edgar Gonzalez RC
• U365 Michel Hernandez RC
• U366 Aquilino Lopez RC
• U367 David Manning
• U368 Carlos Mendez RC
• U369 Matt Miller RC
• U370 Micheal Nakamura RC
• U371 Mike Neu RC
• U372 Ramon Nivar RC
• U373 Kevin Ohme RC
• U374 Alex Prieto RC
• U375 Stephen Randolph RC
• U376 Brian Sweeney RC
• U377 Matt Diaz RC
• U378 Mike Gonzalez
• U379 Daniel Cabrera RC
• U380 Fernando Cabrera RC
• U381 David DeJesus RC
• U382 Mike Ryan RC
• U383 Rick Roberts RC*
• U384 Seung Song
• U385 Rickie Weeks RC
• U386 Humberto Quintero RC
• U387 Alexis Rios
• U388 Aaron Miles RC
• U389 Tom Gregorio RC
• U390 Anthony Ferrari RC
• U391 Kevin Correia RC
• U392 Rafael Betancourt RC
• U393 Rett Johnson RC*
• U394 Richard Fischer RC*
• U395 Greg Aquino RC
• U396 Daniel Garcia RC
• U397 Sergio Mitre RC
• U398 Edwin Almonte

Parallels

Randomly inserted into packs are Glossy parallels, each serial-numbered to 100, for the entire 398-card base set (including the 99 "Box Exclusive" rookies). Also randomly inserted into Update packs are Glossies for the entire 485-card 2003 Fleer Tradition set.

Inserts

Milestones

• 1 MS Roger Clemens
• 2 MS Rafael Palmeiro
• 3 MS Jeff Bagwell
• 4 MS Barry Bonds
• 5 MS Sammy Sosa
• 6 MS Albert Pujols
• 7 MS Ichiro
• 8 MS Alfonso Soriano
• 9 MS Alex Rodriguez
• 10 MS Randy Johnson
• 11 MS Manny Ramirez
• 12 MS Chipper Jones
• 13 MS Todd Helton
• 14 MS Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 15 MS Jim Thome
• 16 MS Frank Thomas
• 17 MS Pedro Martinez
• 18 MS Hideo Nomo
• 19 MS Jason Schmidt
• 20 MS Carlos Delgado

Diamond Debuts

• 1 DD Dontrelle Willis
• 2 DD Bo Hart
• 3 DD Jose Reyes
• 4 DD Chin-Hui Tsao
• 5 DD Brandon Webb
• 6 DD Rich Harden
• 7 DD Jesse Foppert
• 8 DD Rocco Baldelli
• 9 DD Hideki Matsui
• 10 DD Ron Calloway
• 11 DD Jeremy Bonderman
• 12 DD Mark Teixeira
• 13 DD Ryan Wagner
• 14 DD Jose Contreras
• 15 DD Miguel Cabrera
• 16 DD Lew Ford
• 17 DD Jeff Duncan
• 18 DD Matt Kata
• 19 DD Jeremy Griffiths
• 20 DD Todd Wellemeyer
• 21 DD Robby Hammock
• 22 DD Dave Matranga
• 23 DD Laynce Nix
• 24 DD Jhonny Peralta
• 25 DD Oscar Villarreal

Long Gone!

Each Long Gone! insert is serial-numbered to the distance (in feet) of the longest home run that player hit in 2002.

• 1 LG Barry Bonds 475
• 2 LG Jason Giambi 440
• 3 LG Albert Pujols 452
• 4 LG Chipper Jones 420
• 5 LG Manny Ramirez 430
• 6 LG Sammy Sosa 536
• 7 LG Alfonso Soriano 440
• 8 LG Alex Rodriguez 430
• 9 LG Jim Thome 445
• 10 LG Vladimir Guerrero 502
• 11 LG Austin Kearns 430
• 12 LG Jeff Bagwell 420
• 13 LG Andruw Jones 430
• 14 LG Carlos Delgado 451
• 15 LG Nomar Garciaparra 440
• 16 LG Adam Dunn 464
• 17 LG Mike Piazza 450
• 18 LG Derek Jeter 410
• 19 LG Ken Griffey, Jr. 430
• 20 LG Hank Blalock 424

Turn Back the Clock

• 1 TBC Yogi Berra
• 2 TBC Mike Schmidt
• 3 TBC Tom Seaver
• 4 TBC Reggie Jackson
• 5 TBC Pee Wee Reese
• 6 TBC Phil Rizzuto
• 7 TBC Jim Palmer
• 8 TBC Robin Yount
• 9 TBC Nolan Ryan
• 10 TBC Al Kaline

Game-Used

Milestones Game Jersey

Each Milestones Game Jersey is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies. As with the Milestones Gold cards in 2003 Fleer Tradition, other than the serial-numbered on the back, there is no discernible difference between the base and Gold parallels.

• MS-AR Alex Rodriguez
• MS-AR Alfonso Soriano
• MS-CD Carlos Delgado
• MS-CJ Chipper Jones
• MS-FT Frank Thomas
• MS-HN Hideo Nomo
• MS-JB Jeff Bagwell
• MS-JS Jason Schmidt
• MS-JT Jim Thome
• MS-MR Manny Ramirez
• MS-PM Pedro Martinez
• MS-RC Roger Clemens
• MS-RJ Randy Johnson
• MS-RP Rafael Palmeiro
• MS-SS Sammy Sosa
• MS-TH Todd Helton

Throwback Threads

Each Throwback Threads is also available in a Patch parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• TT-AL Al Leiter
• TT-KM Kevin Millwood
• TT-MP Mike Piazza
• TT-TG Tory Glaus
• TT-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Dual

Each Throwback Threads Dual is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• MPAL Mike Piazza / Al Leiter
• VGTG Vladimir Guerrero / Troy Glaus

Fleer/Fleer Tradition
Pre-License Era: 1959 Fleer Ted Williams - 1960 - 1961 - 1963
Triopoly Era: 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
Junk Wax Era: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991
Marvel Entertainment Era: 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997
Fleer Tradition Era: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Upper Deck Era: 2006 - 2007
Update Sets: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 Final Edition - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003
Other Fleer/Fleer Tradition Brands: 2002 Fleer - 2006 Fleer Tradition