2005 Fleer Tradition

Description

2005 Fleer Tradition is a 350-card set released in February, 2005. The last 50 cards in the base set were short-printed.

Fleer Tradition was intended to be a 750-card set released over three series; however, due to Fleer's bankruptcy, only Series One was released.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack. 20 boxes per case. Reatail: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack. 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	350	-	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?
SPs	50	-	1:2	1:4
Gray Backs	350	-	1:2	1:2
Gray Backs Gold Letter	100	185	1:96	1:288
Diamond Tributes	25	-	1:6	1:8
Standouts	15	-	1:18	1:24
Cooperstown Tribute Gold	10	-	N/A	1:24
Cooperstown Tribute Bronze	10	varies	1:72	N/A
Club 3000/500/300	20	175	1:360	1:480
Diamond Tributes Game Used	20	-	1:30	1:625
Diamond Tributes Patch	16	50	?	?
Diamond Tributes Dual Patch	10	25	?	?
Standouts Jersey	11	-	1:65	1:950
Standouts Patch	8	50	?	?
Cooperstown Tribute Jersey	10	400	1:200	1:1250
Cooperstown Tribute Patch	8	10	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Statistical Leaders

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Trio Prospects

NOTE: While the last 50 cards in the base set are short-printed, it is believed that the 30 Trio Prospects are tougher to find than the Award Winners or 2004 Postseason cards.

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Award Winners

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2004 Postseason

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Series Two Prototypes

A number of cards sequentially-numbered as part of the never released Series Two have emerged -- more than likely, due to Fleer's bankruptcy. Listed below are known cards. Any assistance in compiling a checklist would be greatly appreciated.

• 367 Mark Buehrle
• 385 Darin Erstad
• 391 Nate Robertson
• 409 Paul Konerko
• 423 Mark Teixeira
• 431 Dmitri Young
• 441 Jarrod Washburn
• 483 Brandon Inge
• 501 Miguel Cabrera
• 545 Aaron Rowand
• 549 Scott Schoeneweis
• 556 Frank Thomas

Parallels

All 350 base cards are available in a "Gray Back" parallel.

Gray Back Gold Letter

Gray Back Gold Letter is a partial-parallel of cards #101-#200. Like the name suggests, the back of the card is printed on gray cardboard, while the player's name is printed in gold letters on the front.

Each card was limited, but not serial-numbered, to 185 copies.

Inserts

Diamond Tributes

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StandOuts

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Cooperstown Tribute

There are two different version of this set. Gold cards were exclusive to retail while Bronze was inserted into Hobby packs. The Bronze cards are all serial-numbered to the year the respective player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; while the Golds are not numbered at all.

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Club 3000/500/300

Each Club card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 175 copies.

NOTE: The set is sequentially-numbered "X of 40 CLUB"; however, only the first 20 cards were released. It is assumed that cards 21-40 would have been issued in Series Two.

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Game-Used

Diamond Tributes

Game Used

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Patch

Each Diamond Tributes Patch is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

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Dual Patch

Each Diamond Tributes Dual Patch is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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Standouts

Jersey

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Patch

Each Standouts Patch is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

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Cooperstown Tribute

Jersey

With some exceptions (noted below), each Cooperstown Tribute Jersey is serial-numbered to 400 copies.

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Patch

Each Cooperstown Tribute Patch is serial-numbered to ten.

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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