1996 Leaf Preferred

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Description

1996 Leaf Preferred is a 150-card set released in July, 1996. Each card was printed on 20-point card stock for extra thickness and durability, and each six-card pack contained one insert card printed on solid steel.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.49).

Reviews

http://blog.stalegum.com/2008/09/box-break-and-review-1996-leaf.html

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 150 - ?
Press Proof 150 500 1:48
Steel 77 - one-per-pack
Gold Steel 77 - 1:24
Steel Power 8 5000 1:108
Staremaster 12 2500 1:144

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Rico Brogna
  • 3 Gregg Jefferies
  • 4 Reggie Sanders
  • 5 Manny Ramirez
  • 6 Shawn Green
  • 7 Tino Martinez
  • 8 Jeff Bagwell
  • 9 Marc Newfield
  • 10 Ray Lankford
  • 11 Jay Bell
  • 12 Greg Maddux
  • 13 Frank Thomas
  • 14 Travis Fryman
  • 15 Mark McGwire
  • 16 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 17 Sammy Sosa
  • 18 Matt Williams
  • 19 Roger Clemens
  • 20 Rondell White
  • 21 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 23 Ben McDonald
  • 24 Kenny Lofton
  • 25 Mike Piazza
  • 26 David Cone
  • 27 Gary Sheffield
  • 28 Tim Salmon
  • 29 Andres Galarraga
  • 30 Johnny Damon
  • 31 Ozzie Smith
  • 32 Carlos Baerga
  • 33 Raul Mondesi
  • 34 Moises Alou
  • 35 Alex Rodriguez
  • 36 Mike Mussina
  • 37 Jason Isringhausen
  • 38 Barry Larkin
  • 39 Bernie Williams
  • 40 Chipper Jones
  • 41 Joey Hamilton
  • 42 Charles Johnson
  • 43 Juan Gonzalez
  • 44 Greg Vaughn
  • 45 Robin Ventura
  • 46 Albert Belle
  • 47 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 48 Brian L. Hunter
  • 49 Mo Vaughn
  • 50 Paul O'Neill
  • 51 Mark Grace
  • 52 Randy Johnson
  • 53 Pedro Martinez
  • 54 Marty Cordova
  • 55 Garret Anderson
  • 56 Joe Carter
  • 57 Jim Thome
  • 58 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 59 Dante Bichette
  • 60 Darryl Hamilton
  • 61 Roberto Alomar
  • 62 Fred McGriff
  • 63 Kirby Puckett
  • 64 Hideo Nomo
  • 65 Alex Fernandez
  • 66 Ryan Klesko
  • 67 Wade Boggs
  • 68 Eddie Murray
  • 69 Eric Karros
  • 70 Jim Edmonds
  • 71 Edgar Martinez
  • 72 Andy Pettitte
  • 73 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 74 Tom Glavine
  • 75 Ken Caminiti
  • 76 Will Clark
  • 77 Craig Biggio
  • 78 Brady Anderson
  • 79 Tony Gwynn
  • 80 Larry Walker
  • 81 Brian Jordan
  • 82 Lenny Dykstra
  • 83 Butch Huskey
  • 84 Jack McDowell
  • 85 Cecil Fielder
  • 86 Jose Canseco
  • 87 Jason Giambi
  • 88 Rickey Henderson
  • 89 Kevin Seitzer
  • 90 Carlos Delgado
  • 91 Ryne Sandberg
  • 92 Dwight Gooden
  • 93 Michael Tucker
  • 94 Barry Bonds
  • 95 Eric Young
  • 96 Dean Palmer
  • 97 Henry Rodriguez
  • 98 John Mabry
  • 99 J.T. Snow
  • 100 Andre Dawson
  • 101 Ismael Valdes
  • 102 Charles Nagy
  • 103 Jay Buhner
  • 104 Derek Bell
  • 105 Paul Molitor
  • 106 Hal Morris
  • 107 Ray Durham
  • 108 Bernard Gilkey
  • 109 John Valentin
  • 110 Melvin Nieves
  • 111 John Smoltz
  • 112 Terrell Wade
  • 113 Chad Mottola
  • 114 Tony Clark
  • 115 John Wasdin
  • 116 Derek Jeter
  • 117 Rey Ordonez
  • 118 Jason Thompson RC
  • 119 Robin Jennings
  • 120 Rocky Coppinger RC
  • 121 Billy Wagner
  • 122 Steve Gibralter
  • 123 Jermaine Dye
  • 124 Jason Kendall
  • 125 Mike Grace RC
  • 126 Jason Schmidt
  • 127 Paul Wilson
  • 128 Alan Benes
  • 129 Justin Thompson
  • 130 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 131 George Arias
  • 132 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
  • 133 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 134 Eric Owens
  • 135 Chan Ho Park
  • 136 Mark Loretta
  • 137 Ruben Rivera
  • 138 Jeff Suppan
  • 139 Ugueth Urbina
  • 140 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 141 Chris Snopek
  • 142 Edgar Renteria
  • 143 Raul Casanova
  • 144 Jose Herrera
  • 145 Matt Lawton RC
  • 146 Ralph Milliard RC
  • 147 Frank Thomas CL
  • 148 Jeff Bagwell CL
  • 149 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
  • 150 Mike Piazza CL

Parallels

Press Proof

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Each of the 150 base cards is available as a "Press Proof" parallel. Each Press Proof is limited, but NOT serial-numbered, to only 500 copies and stamped with gold foil (as opposed to silver) on the front, and has gold ink on the back.

Collectors should be advised that, other than the gold foil, there are no other markings on the card indicating that they are the Press Proofs (i.e. serial-numbering, or the words "PRESS PROOF").

Inserts

Steel

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Seeded at the rate of one-per-pack, this 77 "card" set features player photos printed on steel plates. The Steel cards all have rounded corners (for obvious reasons) and have a peel-away coating on the front.

A Gold parallel was also inserted into packs at the rate of around one per box.

We estimate 5375 Steel and 235 Gold Steel cards were produced.

  • 1 Frank Thomas
  • 2 Paul Molitor
  • 3 Kenny Lofton
  • 4 Travis Fryman
  • 5 Jeff Conine
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Gregg Jefferies
  • 8 Alex Rodriguez
  • 9 Wade Boggs
  • 10 Dave Justice
  • 11 Hideo Nomo
  • 12 Roberto Alomar
  • 13 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 14 Mark McGwire
  • 15 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 16 Will Clark
  • 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 18 Derek Bell
  • 19 Gary Sheffield
  • 20 Juan Gonzalez
  • 21 Garret Anderson
  • 22 Mo Vaughn
  • 23 Robin Ventura
  • 24 Carlos Baerga
  • 25 Tim Salmon
  • 26 Matt Williams
  • 27 Fred McGriff
  • 28 Rondell White
  • 29 Ray Lankford
  • 30 Lenny Dykstra
  • 31 J.T. Snow
  • 32 Sammy Sosa
  • 33 Chipper Jones
  • 34 Bobby Bonilla
  • 35 Paul Wilson
  • 36 Darren Daulton
  • 37 Larry Walker
  • 38 Raul Mondesi
  • 39 Jeff Bagwell
  • 40 Derek Jeter
  • 41 Kirby Puckett
  • 42 Jason Isringhausen
  • 43 Vinny Castilla
  • 44 Jim Edmonds
  • 45 Ron Gant
  • 46 Carlos Delgado
  • 47 Jose Canseco
  • 48 Tony Gwynn
  • 49 Mike Mussina
  • 50 Charles Johnson
  • 51 Mike Piazza
  • 52 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 53 Greg Maddux
  • 54 Mark Grace
  • 55 Ryan Klesko
  • 56 Dennis Eckersley
  • 57 Rickey Henderson
  • 58 Michael Tucker
  • 59 Joe Carter
  • 60 Randy Johnson
  • 61 Brian Jordan
  • 62 Shawn Green
  • 63 Roger Clemens
  • 64 Andres Galarraga
  • 65 Johnny Damon
  • 66 Ryne Sandberg
  • 67 Alan Benes
  • 68 Albert Belle
  • 69 Barry Larkin
  • 70 Marty Cordova
  • 71 Dante Bichette
  • 72 Craig Biggio
  • 73 Reggie Sanders
  • 74 Moises Alou
  • 75 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 76 Cecil Fielder
  • 77 Manny Ramirez

Steel Power

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Each card in this eight-card set is serial-numbered to 5000 copies and features a die-cut lightning bolt design element.

  • 1 Albert Belle
  • 2 Mo Vaughn
  • 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Jeff Bagwell
  • 8 Frank Thomas

Staremaster

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Each card in this 12-card set is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.

  • 1 Chipper Jones
  • 2 Alex Rodriguez
  • 3 Derek Jeter
  • 4 Tony Gwynn
  • 5 Frank Thomas
  • 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 8 Greg Maddux
  • 9 Albert Belle
  • 10 Barry Bonds
  • 11 Jeff Bagwell
  • 12 Mike Piazza