Description

2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats is a 75-card set released in December, 2003. The last 15 cards of the base set are the "Greats." For the "Rookies," serial-numbered base set extensions of six different 2003 Fleer baseball brands were randomly inserted at the rate of one every fourth pack.

Each 20-pack Hobby box should yield three autographs/game-used with each case yielding a "Hot Box" with eight such cards.

Distribution

20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $6). Six boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	75	-	?
Blue	75	250	1:10
Ultra Update	15	1500	RC
Fleer Authentix Update	15	1250	RC
Fleer Genuine Update	15	1000	RC
Fleer Showcase Update	10	750	RC
Flair Update	15	500	RC
Hot Prospects Update	8	250	RC
The Naturals	25	-	1:5
The Naturals Uncommon	25	75	?
Dynamic Debuts	10	-	1:10
Looming Large	15	500	?
Looming Large Uncommon	15	150	?
Looming Large Rare	15	15	?
The Naturals Game Used	19	varies	AU-GU
The Naturals Autograph	10	50	AU-GU
The Naturals Game Used Autograph	9	30	AU-GU
The Naturals Game Patch	17	25	AU-GU
The Naturals Game Patch Autograph	9	5	AU-GU
Dynamic Debuts Autograph	5	100	AU-GU
Through the Years Game Used Dual	20	360	AU-GU
Through the Years Game Used Dual Patch	15	25	AU-GU
Boyhood Idols Game Used	14	615	AU-GU
Boyhood Idols Game Used Autograph	8	50	AU-GU

RC: Odds of finding a serial-numbered extended set base card: 1:4/packs.
AU-GU: Odds of finding either an autograph, game-used, or autographed game-used card: 1:7/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Troy Glaus
2 Gary Sheffield
3 Sammy Sosa
4 Mark Prior
5 Dontrelle Willis
6 Shawn Green
7 Vladimir Guerrero
8 Jose Reyes
9 Miguel Tejada
10 Bret Boone
11 Rocco Baldelli
12 Rafael Palmeiro
13 Ichiro
14 Carlos Delgado
15 Garret Anderson
16 Richie Sexson
17 Roger Clemens
18 Barry Zito
19 Jim Thome
20 Alex Rodriguez
21 Randy Johnson
22 Chipper Jones
23 Kerry Wood
24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
25 Ivan Rodriguez
26 Jeff Kent
27 Todd Helton
28 Jeff Bagwell
29 Hideo Nomo
30 Torii Hunter
31 Brian Giles
32 Albert Pujols
33 Vernon Wells
34 Nomar Garciaparra
35 Magglio Ordonez
36 C.C. Sabathia
37 Preston Wilson
38 Mike Sweeney
39 Jose Vidro
40 Jason Giambi
41 Derek Jeter
42 Mike Piazza
43 Rich Harden
44 Jason Kendall
45 Barry Bonds
46 Barry Larkin
47 Dmitri Young
48 Craig Biggio
49 Angel Berroa
50 Alfonso Soriano
51 Kevin Millwood
52 Edgar Martinez
53 Jim Edmonds
54 Curt Schilling
55 Jay Gibbons
56 Pedro Martinez
57 Greg Maddux
58 Manny Ramirez
59 Frank Thomas
60 Adam Dunn

Greats

NOTE: The Greats subset is NOT short-printed. On the original product solicitation, these cards were to have been serial-numbered to the year the player made their Major League debut.

61 Babe Ruth
62 Bob Gibson
63 Willie Stargell
64 Mike Schmidt
65 Nolan Ryan
66 Tom Seaver
67 Brooks Robinson
68 Willie McCovey
69 Harmon Killebrew
70 Al Kaline
71 Reggie Jackson
72 Eddie Mathews
73 Ralph Kiner
74 Cal Ripken, Jr.
75 Phil Rizzuto

Parallels

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Each base card is available in a "Blue" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

Inserts

Rookie Updates

Randomly inserted into packs were Rookie Update cards from six different 2003 Fleer baseball products, including...

Please refer to each individual set for the checklist.

The Naturals

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Each Natural is also available in an "Uncommon" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 75 copies.

TN1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
TN2 Mike Schmidt
TN3 Derek Jeter
TN4 Joe Carter
TN5 Nomar Garciaparra
TN6 Frank Howard
TN7 Al Kaline
TN8 Albert Pujols
TN9 Nolan Ryan
TN10 Duke Snider
TN11 Alex Rodriguez
TN12 Brooks Robinson
TN13 Roger Clemens
TN14 Sammy Sosa
TN15 Jim Palmer
TN16 Alfonso Soriano
TN17 Don Mattingly
TN18 Harmon Killebrew
TN19 Bob Feller
TN20 Reggie Jackson
TN21 Ichiro
TN22 Barry Bonds
TN23 Hideki Matsui
TN24 Willie Stargell
TN25 Pee Wee Reese

Dynamic Debuts

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1 Rickie Weeks
2 Brandon Webb
3 Jose Reyes
4 Bo Hart
5 Dontrelle Willis
6 Rich Harden
7 Ryan Wagner
8 Rocco Baldelli
9 Mark Teixeira
10 Hideki Matsui

Looming Large

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Each Looming Large is serial-numbered to 500 copies and available in the following parallels.

Uncommon (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Rare (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

NOTE: This insert was NOT on the original product solicitation.

LL-BH Bo Hart
LL-BW Brandon Webb
LL-CB Clint Barmes
LL-CW Chien-Ming Wang
LL-DY Delmon Young
LL-EJ Edwin Jackson
LL-HM Hideki Matsui
LL-JB Jeremy Bonderman
LL-JC Jose Contreras
LL-JD Jeff Duncan
LL-MH Michael Hessman
LL-MK Matt Kata
LL-RH Robby Hammock
LL-RW Rickie Weeks
LL-RW2 Ryan Wagner

Autographs & Game-Used

The Naturals

Game Used

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AK Al Kaline BAT 250
AP Albert Pujols JSY 250
AR Alex Rodriguez JSY 250
AS Alfonso Soriano JSY 250
BR Brooks Robinson JSY 400
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 250
DJ Derek Jeter JSY 250
DM Don Mattingly JSY 250
DS Duke Snider JSY 250
FH Frank Howard BAT 400
HK Harmon Killebrew PANTS 400
JC Joe Carter BAT 250
JP Jim Palmer JSY 250
MS Mike Schmidt JSY 250
NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY 250
NR Nolan Ryan JSY 400
RC Roger Clemens JSY 400
RJ Reggie Jackson JSY 400
SS Sammy Sosa JSY 250

Uncommon

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NOTE: Although not on the original checklist, it appears that some The Naturals Game Used Uncommon parallels have emerged. Only two cards are known to exist: Duke Snider and Joe Carter. Both are serial-numbered to 25 copies. These cards may have been backdoored after Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy. Any information on these cards would be greatly appreciated.