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

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

Donruss Preferred
1996 Leaf Preferred - 1997 - 1998