2000 Skybox

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Description

2000 Skybox was released in May, 2000. The base set consists of 250 cards, with the final 50 cards making up a Prospects subset. As with the previous year's Skybox Premium, all 50 Prospects have a short-printed "horizontal" variation.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 250 - ? ?
Prospects (horizontal) 40 - 1:8 1:8
Premium Pairs (horizontal) 10 - 1:12 1:12
Star Ruby 250 - 1:12 1:12
Star Ruby Extreme 250 50 ? ?
E-Ticket 15 - 1:4 1:4
E-Ticket Star Ruby 15 100 ? ?
Speed Merchants 10 - 1:8 1:8
Speed Merchants Star Ruby 10 100 ? ?
Skylines 10 - 1:11 1:11
Skylines Star Ruby 10 50 ? ?
The Technique 15 - 1:11 1:11
The Technique Star Ruby 15 50 ? ?
Higher Level 10 - 1:24 1:24
Higher Level Star Ruby 10 50 ? ?
Preeminence 10 - 1:24 1:24
Preeminence Star Ruby 10 50 ? ?
Genuine Coverage 5 - 1:399 1:399
Genuine Coverage (Hobby Only) 5 - 1:144 N/A
Autographics ? - 1:72 1:72
Autographics Purple Foil ? 50 ? ?
Autographed Genuine Coverage 2 20 ? N/A

Checklist

Promos

Fleer issued a six-card promo set to attendees of the 2000 National Sports Collections Convention in Anaheim, CA. Each card has the 2000 NSCC logo on the front and the set is sequentially-numbered "X of 6" on the back.

  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 3 Derek Jeter
  • 4 Alex Rodriguez
  • 5 Mark McGwire
  • 6 Mike Piazza

Base Set

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  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 3 Chipper Jones
  • 4 Dean Palmer
  • 5 Devon White
  • 6 Ugueth Urbina
  • 7 Doug Glanville
  • 8 Damian Jackson
  • 9 Jose Canseco
  • 10 Billy Koch
  • 11 Brady Anderson
  • 12 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 13 Dan Wilson
  • 14 Kevin Brown
  • 15 Eddie Taubensee
  • 16 Jose Lima
  • 17 Greg Maddux
  • 18 Manny Ramirez
  • 19 Brad Fullmer
  • 20 Ron Gant
  • 21 Edgar Martinez
  • 22 Pokey Reese
  • 23 Jason Varitek
  • 24 Neifi Perez
  • 25 Shane Reynolds
  • 26 Robin Ventura
  • 27 Scott Rolen
  • 28 Trevor Hoffman
  • 29 John Valentin
  • 30 Shannon Stewart
  • 31 Troy Glaus
  • 32 Kerry Wood
  • 33 Jim Thome
  • 34 Rafael Roque
  • 35 Tino Martinez
  • 36 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 37 Orlando Hernandez
  • 38 Kris Benson
  • 39 Fred McGriff
  • 40 Brian Jordan
  • 41 Trot Nixon
  • 42 Matt Clement
  • 43 Ray Durham
  • 44 Johnny Damon
  • 45 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 46 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 47 Tim Hudson
  • 48 Tony Gwynn
  • 49 Barry Bonds
  • 50 Andruw Jones
  • 51 Pedro Martinez
  • 52 Mike Hampton
  • 53 Miguel Tejada
  • 54 Kevin Young
  • 55 J.T. Snow
  • 56 Carlos Delgado
  • 57 Bobby Howry
  • 58 Andres Galarraga
  • 59 Paul Konerko
  • 60 Mike Cameron
  • 61 Jeremy Giambi
  • 62 Todd Hundley
  • 63 Al Leiter
  • 64 Matt Stairs
  • 65 Edgar Renteria
  • 66 Jeff Kent
  • 67 John Wetteland
  • 68 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 69 Jeff Weaver
  • 70 Matt Williams
  • 71 Kyle Farnsworth
  • 72 Brad Radke
  • 73 Eric Chavez
  • 74 J.D. Drew
  • 75 Steve Finley
  • 76 Pete Harnisch
  • 77 Chad Kreuter
  • 78 Todd Pratt
  • 79 John Jaha
  • 80 Armando Rios
  • 81 Luis Gonzalez
  • 82 Ryan Minor
  • 83 Juan Gonzalez
  • 84 Rickey Henderson
  • 85 Jason Giambi
  • 86 Shawn Estes
  • 87 Chad Curtis
  • 88 Jeff Cirillo
  • 89 Juan Encarnacion
  • 90 Tony Womack
  • 91 Mike Mussina
  • 92 Jeff Bagwell
  • 93 Rey Ordonez
  • 94 Joe McEwing
  • 95 Robb Nen
  • 96 Will Clark
  • 97 Chris Singleton
  • 98 Jason Kendall
  • 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 100 Rusty Greer
  • 101 Charles Johnson
  • 102 Carlos Lee
  • 103 Brad Ausmus
  • 104 Preston Wilson
  • 105 Ronnie Belliard
  • 106 Mike Lieberthal
  • 107 Alex Rodriguez
  • 108 Jay Bell
  • 109 Frank Thomas
  • 110 Adrian Beltre
  • 111 Ron Coomer
  • 112 Ben Grieve
  • 113 Darryl Kile
  • 114 Erubiel Durazo
  • 115 Magglio Ordonez
  • 116 Gary Sheffield
  • 117 Joe Mays
  • 118 Fernando Tatis
  • 119 David Wells
  • 120 Tim Salmon
  • 121 Troy O'Leary
  • 122 Roberto Alomar
  • 123 Damion Easley
  • 124 Brant Brown
  • 125 Carlos Beltran
  • 126 Eric Karros
  • 127 Geoff Jenkins
  • 128 Roger Clemens
  • 129 Warren Morris
  • 130 Eric Owens
  • 131 Jose Cruz. Jr.
  • 132 Mo Vaughn
  • 133 Eric Young
  • 134 Kenny Lofton
  • 135 Marquis Grissom
  • 136 A.J. Burnett
  • 137 Bernie Williams
  • 138 Javy Lopez
  • 139 Jose Offerman
  • 140 Sean Casey
  • 141 Alex Gonzalez
  • 142 Carlos Febles
  • 143 Mike Piazza
  • 144 Curt Schilling
  • 145 Ben Davis
  • 146 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 147 Scott Williamson
  • 148 Darin Erstad
  • 149 Joe Girardi
  • 150 Gerald Williams
  • 151 Richie Sexson
  • 152 Corey Koskie
  • 153 Paul O'Neill
  • 154 Chad Hermansen
  • 155 Randy Johnson
  • 156 Henry Rodriguez
  • 157 Bartolo Colon
  • 158 Tony Clark
  • 159 Mike Lowell
  • 160 Moises Alou
  • 161 Todd Walker
  • 162 Mariano Rivera
  • 163 Mark McGwire
  • 164 Roberto Hernandez
  • 165 Larry Walker
  • 166 Albert Belle
  • 167 Barry Larkin
  • 168 Rolando Arrojo
  • 169 Mark Kotsay
  • 170 Ken Caminiti
  • 171 Dermal Brown
  • 172 Michael Barrett
  • 173 Jay Buhner
  • 174 Ruben Mateo
  • 175 Jim Edmonds
  • 176 Sammy Sosa
  • 177 Omar Vizquel
  • 178 Todd Helton
  • 179 Kevin Barker
  • 180 Derek Jeter
  • 181 Brian Giles
  • 182 Greg Vaughn
  • 183 Roy Halladay
  • 184 Tom Glavine
  • 185 Craig Biggio
  • 186 Jose Vidro
  • 187 Andy Ashby
  • 188 Freddy Garcia
  • 189 Garret Anderson
  • 190 Mark Grace
  • 191 Travis Fryman
  • 192 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 193 Jacque Jones
  • 194 David Cone
  • 195 Ryan Rupe
  • 196 John Smoltz
  • 197 Daryle Ward
  • 198 Rondell White
  • 199 Bob Abreu
  • 200 Justin Thompson

Prospects (vertical)

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  • 201 Norm Hutchins PROS
  • 202 Ramon Ortiz PROS
  • 203 Dan Wheeler PROS
  • 204 Matt Riley PROS
  • 205 Steve Lomasney PROS
  • 206 Chad Meyers PROS
  • 207 Gary Glover PROS RC
  • 208 Joe Crede PROS
  • 209 Kip Wells PROS
  • 210 Travis Dawkins PROS
  • 211 Denny Stark PROS RC
  • 212 Ben Petrick PROS
  • 213 Eric Munson PROS
  • 214 Josh Beckett PROS
  • 215 Pablo Ozuna PROS
  • 216 Brad Penny PROS
  • 217 Julio Ramirez PROS
  • 218 Danny Peoples PROS
  • 219 Wilfredo Rodriguez PROS RC
  • 220 Julio Lugo PROS
  • 221 Mark Quinn PROS
  • 222 Eric Gagne PROS
  • 223 Chad Green PROS
  • 224 Tony Armas, Jr. PROS
  • 225 Milton Bradley PROS
  • 226 Rob Bell PROS
  • 227 Alfonso Soriano PROS
  • 228 Wily Mo Pena PROS
  • 229 Nick Johnson PROS
  • 230 Ed Yarnall PROS
  • 231 Ryan Bradley PROS
  • 232 Adam Piatt PROS
  • 233 Chad Harville PROS
  • 234 Alex Sanchez PROS
  • 235 Michael Coleman PROS
  • 236 Pat Burrell PROS
  • 237 Wascar Serrano PROS RC
  • 238 Rick Ankiel PROS
  • 239 Mike Lamb PROS RC
  • 240 Vernon Wells PROS

Premium Pairs (vertical)

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  • 241 Jason Wood / Geofrey Tomlinson DUAL PROS
  • 242 Josh Phelps / Shea Hillenbrand DUAL PROS RC
  • 243 Aaron Myette / Doug Davis DUAL PROS
  • 244 Brett Laxton / Rob Ramsay DUAL PROS RC
  • 245 B.J. Ryan / Carlos Lee DUAL PROS
  • 246 Chris Haas / Wilton Veras DUAL PROS
  • 247 Jimmy Anderson / Kyle Peterson DUAL PROS
  • 248 Jason Dewey / Giuseppe Chiaramonte DUAL PROS
  • 249 Guillermo Mota / Orber Moreno DUAL PROS
  • 250 Julio Zuleta / Steve Cox DUAL PROS RC

Parallels

Horizontal Prospects/Premium Pairs

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The 50 cards in the Prospect (cards #201-#240) and Premium Pairs (cards #241-#250) subsets are also available in a "Horizontal" parallel. Whereas all 250 base cards are all in a vertical format, these cards are all horizontal and are stamped in blue foil.

Star Ruby

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All 250 base cards are available in the following Star Ruby parallels.

  • Star Ruby
  • Star Ruby Extreme (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

NOTES

  • Star Rubies do not exist for the 50 Horizontal Prospects.
  • Each Star Ruby is sequentially-numbered with an "SR" suffix, while Star Ruby Extreme's have an "SRE" suffix.

Hobby Bullpen

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2000 Skybox Hobby Bullpen is a 15-card partial-parallel that was given away by Fleer-Skybox representatives as part of a promotional "Fleer Traveling Road Show."

All cards have a red "Fleer Hobby Bullpen" logo on the front.

  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 3 Chipper Jones
  • 12 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 17 Greg Maddux
  • 18 Manny Ramirez
  • 48 Tony Gwynn
  • 49 Barry Bonds
  • 51 Pedro Martinez
  • 68 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 98 Jason Kendall
  • 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 163 Mark McGwire
  • 176 Sammy Sosa
  • 180 Derek Jeter

Inserts

NOTE: Each insert is also available in a Star Rubies parallel which is serial-numbered to either 100 (E-Ticket and Speed Merchants) or 50 (Skylines, the Technique, Higher Leve, and Preeminence) copies.

E-Ticket

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This fifteen-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game at the time in an insert set that gave collectors an "electronic (E-) ticket" (i.e., the card itself) to view more photos of that player on the Fleer/Skybox website at the time.

  • 1 ET Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 ET Derek Jeter
  • 3 ET Nomar Garciaparra
  • 4 ET Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 5 ET Sean Casey
  • 6 ET Mark McGwire
  • 7 ET Sammy Sosa
  • 8 ET Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 9 ET Tony Gwynn
  • 10 ET Pedro Martinez
  • 11 ET Chipper Jones
  • 12 ET Vladimir Guerrero
  • 13 ET Roger Clemens
  • 14 ET Mike Piazza
  • 15 ET Randy Johnson

Higher Level

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This ten-card set highlighted the elite players in the game at the time on a multi-colored, holographic fire-themed background with gold foil accents on the insert and player nameplate.

  • 1 HL Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 HL Derek Jeter
  • 3 HL Nomar Garciaparra
  • 4 HL Chipper Jones
  • 5 HL Mike Piazza
  • 6 HL Ivan Rodriguez
  • 7 HL Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 HL Sammy Sosa
  • 9 HL Alex Rodriguez
  • 10 HL Mark McGwire

Preeminence

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This ten-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game at the time on a multi-colored holographic foil background with gold foil accents on the insert and player nameplate.

  • 1P Pedro Martinez
  • 2P Derek Jeter
  • 3P Nomar Garciaparra
  • 4P Alex Rodriguez
  • 5P Mark McGwire
  • 6P Sammy Sosa
  • 7P Sean Casey
  • 8P Mike Piazza
  • 9P Chipper Jones
  • 10P Ivan Rodriguez

Skylines

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This ten-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game and the respective city they played for that featured the city's downtown backdrop as foil-finished background.

  • SL1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • SL2 Mark McGwire
  • SL3 Alex Rodriguez
  • SL4 Sammy Sosa
  • SL5 Derek Jeter
  • SL6 Mike Piazza
  • SL7 Nomar Garciaparra
  • SL8 Chipper Jones
  • SL9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • SL10 Manny Ramirez

Speed Merchants

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This ten-card set highlighted players with the fastest bat speed on an white background accented with that player's team colors.

  • 1 SM Derek Jeter
  • 2 SM Sammy Sosa
  • 3 SM Nomar Garciaparra
  • 4 SM Alex Rodriguez
  • 5 SM Randy Johnson
  • 6 SM Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 7 SM Pedro Martinez
  • 8 SM Pat Burrell
  • 9 SM Barry Bonds
  • 10 SM Mark McGwire

The Technique

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This fifteen-card set highlighted some of the unique characteristics of the game's top players on an all-foil card front.

  • 1 T Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 T Tony Gwynn
  • 3 T Sean Casey
  • 4 T Mark McGwire
  • 5 T Sammy Sosa
  • 6 T Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 7 T Mike Piazza
  • 8 T Nomar Garciaparra
  • 9 T Derek Jeter
  • 10 T Vladimir Guerrero
  • 11 T Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 12 T Chipper Jones
  • 13 T Frank Thomas
  • 14 T Manny Ramirez
  • 15 T Jeff Bagwell

Autographs & Game-Used

Genuine Coverage

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Genuine Coverage is a 10-card game jersey set. The set was split into two five-card groups for Hobby and retail distribution. The five "common" cards - tagged with an "HR" in the checklist below - were distributed in both Hobby and retail packs at a rate of 1:399. The five "Hobby-only" cards - tagged with an "H" in the checklist below - were seeded Hobby packs at a rate of 1:144.

NOTE: The design is similar to other "Genuine Coverage" cards in other 2000 Skybox-branded sets. Also, the cards are not sequentially-numbered.

  • Jose Canseco H
  • J.D. Drew H
  • Troy Glaus HR
  • Manny Ramirez H
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. HR
  • Alex Rodriguez HR
  • Ivan Rodriguez H
  • Frank Thomas H
  • Robin Ventura HR
  • Matt Williams HR

Autographed Genuine Coverage

Cal Ripken, Jr. and Alex Rodriguez autographed 20 copies of their Genuine Coverage cards for random insertion in Hobby packs.

  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Alex Rodriguez

Autographics

See 2000 Skybox Autographics.