1996 Circa

Description

1996 Circa (produced by Fleer/SkyBox) is a 200-card set released in August, 1996. Originally intended as a $5/pack "super premium" product along the lines of Fleer's Flair brand, low initial orders led Fleer/Skybox to downgrade it to the $1.99/pack price point. The cards feature color action player photos on one of 28 different background designs and colors indicating the player's major league team. The checklist is grouped alphabetically by team with American League teams preceding National League teams.

Fleer/Skybox put in extra effort to get Andruw Jones (#101) on the checklist, who was not on the initial checklist, due to his performance in the 1996 baseball Postseason. This required the company sending Jones' card to MLB for licensing approval after the initial deadline, changing the sequential numbering of the set, and dropping Steve Avery from the set all together, to align with the set's alphabetical ordering (Jermaine Dye was moved up to #98, Tom Glavine to #99, and Marquis Grissom to #100).

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	200	-	?
Rave	200	150	1:60
Boss	50	-	1:6
Access	30	-	1:12

Checklist

Promos

Three cards were issued as promos by Fleer: A Manny Ramirez base card, Cal Ripken, Jr. Boss and Matt Williams Access inserts. Each is marked "PROMOTION SAMPLE" on the back.

• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr. Boss
• 30 Matt Williams Access
• 37 Manny Ramirez

Base Set

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Brady Anderson
• 3 Rocky Coppinger RC
• 4 Eddie Murray
• 5 Mike Mussina
• 6 Randy Myers
• 7 Rafael Palmeiro
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Jose Canseco
• 10 Roger Clemens
• 11 Mike Greenwell
• 12 Tim Naehring
• 13 John Valentin
• 14 Mo Vaughn
• 15 Tim Wakefield
• 16 Jim Abbott
• 17 Garret Anderson
• 18 Jim Edmonds
• 19 Darin Erstad RC
• 20 Chuck Finley
• 21 Troy Percival
• 22 Tim Salmon
• 23 J.T. Snow
• 24 Wilson Alvarez
• 25 Harold Baines
• 26 Ray Durham
• 27 Alex Fernandez
• 28 Tony Phillips
• 29 Frank Thomas
• 30 Robin Ventura
• 31 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 32 Albert Belle
• 33 Kenny Lofton
• 34 Dennis Martinez
• 35 Jose Mesa
• 36 Charles Nagy
• 37 Manny Ramirez
• 38 Jim Thome
• 39 Travis Fryman
• 40 Bob Higginson
• 41 Melvin Nieves
• 42 Alan Trammell
• 43 Kevin Appier
• 44 Johnny Damon
• 45 Keith Lockhart
• 46 Jeff Montgomery
• 47 Joe Randa
• 48 Bip Roberts
• 49 Ricky Bones
• 50 Jeff Cirillo
• 51 Marc Newfield
• 52 Dave Nilsson
• 53 Kevin Seitzer
• 54 Ron Coomer
• 55 Marty Cordova
• 56 Roberto Kelly
• 57 Chuck Knoblauch
• 58 Paul Molitor
• 59 Kirby Puckett
• 60 Scott Stahoviak
• 61 Wade Boggs
• 62 David Cone
• 63 Cecil Fielder
• 64 Dwight Gooden
• 65 Derek Jeter
• 66 Tino Martinez
• 67 Paul O'Neill
• 68 Andy Pettitte
• 69 Ruben Rivera
• 70 Bernie Williams
• 71 Geronimo Berroa
• 72 Jason Giambi
• 73 Mark McGwire
• 74 Terry Steinbach
• 75 Todd Van Poppel
• 76 Jay Buhner
• 77 Norm Charlton
• 78 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 79 Randy Johnson
• 80 Edgar Martinez
• 81 Alex Rodriguez
• 82 Paul Sorrento
• 83 Dan Wilson
• 84 Will Clark
• 85 Kevin Elster
• 86 Juan Gonzalez
• 87 Rusty Greer
• 88 Ken Hill
• 89 Mark McLemore
• 90 Dean Palmer
• 91 Roger Pavlik
• 92 Ivan Rodriguez
• 93 Joe Carter
• 94 Carlos Delgado
• 95 Juan Guzman
• 96 John Olerud
• 97 Ed Sprague
• 98 Jermaine Dye
• 99 Tom Glavine
• 100 Marquis Grissom
• 101 Andruw Jones
• 102 Chipper Jones
• 103 Dave Justice
• 104 Ryan Klesko
• 105 Greg Maddux
• 106 Fred McGriff
• 107 John Smoltz
• 108 Brant Brown
• 109 Mark Grace
• 110 Brian McRae
• 111 Ryne Sandberg
• 112 Sammy Sosa
• 113 Steve Trachsel
• 114 Bret Boone
• 115 Eric Davis
• 116 Steve Gibralter
• 117 Barry Larkin
• 118 Reggie Sanders
• 119 John Smiley
• 120 Dante Bichette
• 121 Ellis Burks
• 122 Vinny Castilla
• 123 Andres Galarraga
• 124 Larry Walker
• 125 Eric Young
• 126 Kevin Brown
• 127 Greg Colbrunn
• 128 Jeff Conine
• 129 Charles Johnson
• 130 Al Leiter
• 131 Gary Sheffield
• 132 Devon White
• 133 Jeff Bagwell
• 134 Derek Bell
• 135 Craig Biggio
• 136 Doug Drabek
• 137 Brian L. Hunter
• 138 Darryl Kile
• 139 Shane Reynolds
• 140 Brett Butler
• 141 Eric Karros
• 142 Ramon Martinez
• 143 Raul Mondesi
• 144 Hideo Nomo
• 145 Chan Ho Park
• 146 Mike Piazza
• 147 Moises Alou
• 148 Yamil Benitez
• 149 Mark Grudzielanek
• 150 Pedro Martinez
• 151 Henry Rodriguez
• 152 David Segui
• 153 Rondell White
• 154 Carlos Baerga
• 155 John Franco
• 156 Bernard Gilkey
• 157 Todd Hundley
• 158 Jason Isringhausen
• 159 Lance Johnson
• 160 Alex Ochoa
• 161 Rey Ordonez
• 162 Paul Wilson
• 163 Ron Blazier
• 164 Ricky Bottalico
• 165 Jim Eisenreich
• 166 Pete Incaviglia
• 167 Mickey Morandini
• 168 Ricky Otero
• 169 Curt Schilling
• 170 Jay Bell
• 171 Charlie Hayes
• 172 Jason Kendall
• 173 Jeff King
• 174 Al Martin
• 175 Alan Benes
• 176 Royce Clayton
• 177 Brian Jordan
• 178 Ray Lankford
• 179 John Mabry
• 180 Willie McGee
• 181 Ozzie Smith
• 182 Todd Stottlemyre
• 183 Andy Ashby
• 184 Ken Caminiti
• 185 Steve Finley
• 186 Tony Gwynn
• 187 Rickey Henderson
• 188 Wally Joyner
• 189 Fernando Valenzuela
• 190 Greg Vaughn
• 191 Rod Beck
• 192 Barry Bonds
• 193 Shawon Dunston
• 194 Chris Singleton RC
• 195 Robby Thompson
• 196 Matt Williams
• 197 Barry Bonds CL
• 198 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
• 199 Cal Ripken, Jr. CL
• 200 Frank Thomas CL

Parallels

Each base card is available in a Rave parallel, which is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Inserts

Boss

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Jose Canseco
• 4 Mo Vaughn
• 5 Tim Salmon
• 6 Frank Thomas
• 7 Robin Ventura
• 8 Albert Belle
• 9 Kenny Lofton
• 10 Manny Ramirez
• 11 Dave Nilsson
• 12 Chuck Knoblauch
• 13 Paul Molitor
• 14 Kirby Puckett
• 15 Wade Boggs
• 16 Dwight Gooden
• 17 Paul O'Neill
• 18 Mark McGwire
• 19 Jay Buhner
• 20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 21 Randy Johnson
• 22 Will Clark
• 23 Juan Gonzalez
• 24 Joe Carter
• 25 Tom Glavine
• 26 Ryan Klesko
• 27 Greg Maddux
• 28 John Smoltz
• 29 Ryne Sandberg
• 30 Sammy Sosa
• 31 Barry Larkin
• 32 Reggie Sanders
• 33 Dante Bichette
• 34 Andres Galarraga
• 35 Charles Johnson
• 36 Gary Sheffield
• 37 Jeff Bagwell
• 38 Hideo Nomo
• 39 Mike Piazza
• 40 Moises Alou
• 41 Henry Rodriguez
• 42 Rey Ordonez
• 43 Ricky Otero
• 44 Jay Bell
• 45 Royce Clayton
• 46 Ozzie Smith
• 47 Tony Gwynn
• 48 Rickey Henderson
• 49 Barry Bonds
• 50 Matt Williams

Access

Each Access card unfolds to measure 7 1/2" X 3 1/2".

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Mo Vaughn
• 3 Tim Salmon
• 4 Frank Thomas
• 5 Albert Belle
• 6 Kenny Lofton
• 7 Manny Ramirez
• 8 Paul Molitor
• 9 Kirby Puckett
• 10 Paul O'Neill
• 11 Mark McGwire
• 12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 13 Randy Johnson
• 14 Greg Maddux
• 15 John Smoltz
• 16 Sammy Sosa
• 17 Barry Larkin
• 18 Gary Sheffield
• 19 Jeff Bagwell
• 20 Hideo Nomo
• 21 Mike Piazza
• 22 Moises Alou
• 23 Henry Rodriguez
• 24 Rey Ordonez
• 25 Jay Bell
• 26 Ozzie Smith
• 27 Tony Gwynn
• 28 Rickey Henderson
• 29 Barry Bonds
• 30 Matt Williams