2001 Absolute Memorabilia
Description
2001 Absolute Memorabilia is a 200-card set. Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one Rookie Premiere Materials game-used card serial-numbered to 700 copies and one Home Opener Souvenirs game-used card. In addition, each Hobby box contains an Signing Bonus autographed baseball as a box topper.
Distribution
Hobby: 18 packs plus one Signing Bonus baseball per box, six cards per pack.
A hobby box sold on eBay in June 2009 for $142.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 200 | - | ? |
| short set | 150 | - | ? |
| Rookie Premiere Materials | 50 | 700 | 1:18 |
| Spectrum short set | 150 | 10 | SP |
| Spectrum Rookie Premiere Materials | 50 | 25 | SP |
| RPM Autographs | 41 | 25 | ? |
| Ball Hoggs | 46 | varies | BH |
| Boss Hoggs | 50 | 25 | BH |
| Home Opener Souvenirs | 50 | 400 | HOS |
| Home Opener Souvenirs Double | 50 | 200 | HOS |
| Home Opener Souvenirs Triple | 50 | 100 | HOS |
| Home Opener Souvenirs Home Run | 50 | 25 | HOS |
| Home Opener Souvenirs Autographs | 10 | 25 | HOS |
| Tools of the Trade | 50 | varies | 1:72 |
| Tools of the Trade Autographs | 10 | 25 | ? |
| Signing Bonus Baseballs | 89 | varies | one per box |
SP: Odds of finding a Spectrum parallel: 1:230/packs.
BH: Odds of finding a Ball Hoggs/Boss Hoggs: 1:126/packs.
HOS: One Home Opener Souvenir per Hobby box.
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Alex Rodriguez
- 2 Barry Bonds
- 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 4 Chipper Jones
- 5 Derek Jeter
- 6 Troy Glaus
- 7 Frank Thomas
- 8 Greg Maddux
- 9 Ivan Rodriguez
- 10 Jeff Bagwell
- 11 Ryan Dempster
- 12 Todd Helton
- 13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 14 Manny Ramirez
- 15 Mark McGwire
- 16 Mike Piazza
- 17 Nomar Garciaparra
- 18 Pedro Martinez
- 19 Randy Johnson
- 20 Rick Ankiel
- 21 Rickey Henderson
- 22 Roger Clemens
- 23 Sammy Sosa
- 24 Tony Gwynn
- 25 Vladimir Guerrero
- 26 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 27 Roberto Alomar
- 28 Barry Zito
- 29 Pat Burrell
- 30 Harold Baines
- 31 Carlos Delgado
- 32 J.D. Drew
- 33 Jim Edmonds
- 34 Darin Erstad
- 35 Jason Giambi
- 36 Tom Glavine
- 37 Juan Gonzalez
- 38 Mark Grace
- 39 Shawn Green
- 40 Tim Hudson
- 41 Andruw Jones
- 42 Dave Justice
- 43 Jeff Kent
- 44 Barry Larkin
- 45 Rafael Furcal
- 46 Mike Mussina
- 47 Hideo Nomo
- 48 Rafael Palmeiro
- 49 Adam Piatt
- 50 Scott Rolen
- 51 Gary Sheffield
- 52 Bernie Williams
- 53 Bob Abreu
- 54 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 55 Edgar Renteria
- 56 Phil Nevin
- 57 Craig Biggio
- 58 Andres Galarraga
- 59 Edgar Martinez
- 60 Fred McGriff
- 61 Magglio Ordonez
- 62 Jim Thome
- 63 Matt Williams
- 64 Kerry Wood
- 65 Moises Alou
- 66 Brady Anderson
- 67 Garret Anderson
- 68 Russell Branyan
- 69 Tony Batista
- 70 Vernon Wells
- 71 Carlos Beltran
- 72 Adrian Beltre
- 73 Kris Benson
- 74 Lance Berkman
- 75 Kevin Brown
- 76 Dee Brown
- 77 Jeromy Burnitz
- 78 Timo Perez
- 79 Sean Casey
- 80 Luis Castillo
- 81 Eric Chavez
- 82 Jeff Cirillo
- 83 Bartolo Colon
- 84 David Cone
- 85 Freddy Garcia
- 86 Johnny Damon
- 87 Ray Durham
- 88 Jermaine Dye
- 89 Juan Encarnacion
- 90 Terrence Long
- 91 Carl Everett
- 92 Steve Finley
- 93 Cliff Floyd
- 94 Brad Fullmer
- 95 Brian Giles
- 96 Luis Gonzalez
- 97 Rusty Greer
- 98 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 99 Mike Hampton
- 100 Orlando Hernandez
- 101 Richard Hidalgo
- 102 Geoff Jenkins
- 103 Jacque Jones
- 104 Brian Jordan
- 105 Gabe Kapler
- 106 Eric Karros
- 107 Jason Kendall
- 108 Adam Kennedy
- 109 Deion Sanders
- 110 Ryan Klesko
- 111 Chuck Knoblauch
- 112 Paul Konerko
- 113 Carlos Lee
- 114 Kenny Lofton
- 115 Javy Lopez
- 116 Tino Martinez
- 117 Ruben Mateo
- 118 Kevin Millwood
- 119 Jimmy Rollins
- 120 Raul Mondesi
- 121 Trot Nixon
- 122 John Olerud
- 123 Paul O'Neill
- 124 Chan Ho Park
- 125 Andy Pettitte
- 126 Jorge Posada
- 127 Mark Quinn
- 128 Aramis Ramirez
- 129 Mariano Rivera
- 130 Tim Salmon
- 131 Curt Schilling
- 132 Richie Sexson
- 133 John Smoltz
- 134 J.T. Snow
- 135 Jay Payton
- 136 Shannon Stewart
- 137 B.J. Surhoff
- 138 Mike Sweeney
- 139 Fernando Tatis
- 140 Miguel Tejada
- 141 Jason Varitek
- 142 Greg Vaughn
- 143 Mo Vaughn
- 144 Robin Ventura
- 145 Jose Vidro
- 146 Omar Vizquel
- 147 Larry Walker
- 148 David Wells
- 149 Rondell White
- 150 Preston Wilson
Rookie Premiere Materials
Each Rookie Premiere Materials card is serial-numbered to 700 copies and have a piece of memorabilia embedded into the card. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
- 151 Bud Smith RC EXCH
- 152 Cory Aldridge RC
- 153 Wilmy Caceres RC*
- 154 Josh Beckett EXCH
- 155 Wilson Betemit RC
- 156 Jason Michaels RC
- 157 Albert Pujols RC
- 158 Andres Torres RC
- 159 Jack Wilson RC
- 160 Alex Escobar
- 161 Ben Sheets EXCH
- 162 Rafael Soriano RC
- 163 Nate Frese RC*
- 164 Carlos Garcia EXCH RC*
- 165 Brandon Larson RC
- 166 Alexis Gomez RC
- 167 Jason Hart
- 168 Nick Johnson
- 169 Donaldo Mendez RC EXCH
- 170 Christian Parker RC
- 171 Jackson Melian RC* EXCH
- 172 Jack Cust
- 173 Adrian Hernandez EXCH RC
- 174 Joe Crede
- 175 Jose Mieses RC*
- 176 Roy Oswalt
- 177 Eric Munson
- 178 Xavier Nady
- 179 Horacio Ramirez RC
- 180 Abraham Nunez
- 181 Jose Ortiz
- 182 Jeremy Owens RC*
- 183 Claudio Vargas RC
- 184 Marcus Giles
- 185 Aubrey Huff
- 186 C.C. Sabathia EXCH
- 187 Adam Dunn
- 188 Adam Pettyjohn EXCH RC
- 189 Elpidio Guzman RC*
- 190 Jay Gibbons RC
- 191 Wilkin Ruan RC
- 192 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
- 193 Alfonso Soriano EXCH
- 194 Corey Patterson
- 195 Ichiro Suzuki RC
- 196 Billy Sylvester RC* EXCH
- 197 Juan Uribe RC
- 198 Johnny Estrada RC
- 199 Carlos Valderrama RC
- 200 Matt White RC* EXCH
Parallels
Spectrum
All 200 cards are available in a Spectrum parallel. Spectrum cards #1-#150 are serial-numbered to ten, while the 50 RPMs (#151-#200) were numbered to 25.
RPM Autographs
RPM Autographs is a 41-card autographed partial-parallel of the Rookie Premiere Materials subset. The first 25 serial-numbered copies of each card were autographs. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
- 151 Bud Smith EXCH
- 152 Cory Aldridge
- 154 Josh Beckett EXCH
- 155 Wilson Betemit
- 157 Albert Pujols
- 158 Andres Torres
- 159 Jack Wilson
- 160 Alex Escobar
- 161 Ben Sheets EXCH
- 162 Rafael Soriano
- 163 Nate Frese
- 164 Carlos Garcia
- 165 Brandon Larson
- 167 Jason Hart
- 168 Nick Johnson
- 169 Donaldo Mendez EXCH
- 170 Christian Parker
- 171 Jackson Melian EXCH
- 173 Adrian Hernandez EXCH
- 174 Joe Crede
- 175 Jose Mieses
- 176 Roy Oswalt
- 178 Xavier Nady
- 179 Horacio Ramirez
- 180 Abraham Nunez
- 181 Jose Ortiz
- 182 Jeremy Owens
- 183 Claudio Vargas
- 184 Marcus Giles
- 186 C.C. Sabathia EXCH
- 187 Adam Dunn EXCH
- 188 Adam Pettyjohn EXCH
- 190 Jay Gibbons
- 191 Wilkin Ruan
- 193 Alfonso Soriano EXCH
- 194 Corey Patterson EXCH
- 196 Billy Sylvester EXCH
- 197 Juan Uribe
- 198 Johnny Estrada EXCH
- 199 Carlos Valderrama
- 200 Matt White EXCH
2002 Chicago Collection
Collectors who purchased a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia and opened it at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth at the March 2002 Chicago Sun-Times card show would receive a special "Chicago Collection" parallel. Each card is foil-stamped and serial-numbered to five copies. Only cards #1-#150 were produced for this set.
Autographs & Game-Used
Ball Hoggs
Ball Hoggs is a set featuring a piece of a game-used baseball on each card. Each card is serial-numbered with the first 25 copies part of the Boss Hoggs parallel (see below). The production figures listed below are for the unsigned Ball Hoggs. Some cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
- BH1 Vladimir Guerrero 75
- BH2 Troy Glaus 75
- BH3 Tony Gwynn 75
- BH4 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH 175
- BH5 Todd Helton 75
- BH6 Jacque Jones 125
- BH7 Shawn Green 100
- BH8 Ichiro Suzuki 50
- BH9 Scott Rolen 100
- BH10 Roger Clemens 75
- BH11 Ken Griffey, Jr. 50
- BH14 Sammy Sosa 75
- BH15 J.D. Drew 50
- BH16 Barry Bonds 75
- BH17 Pat Burrell 75
- BH18 Mark McGwire 75
- BH19 Mike Piazza 50
- BH20 Magglio Ordonez EXCH 125
- BH21 Miguel Tejada 75
- BH22 Albert Pujols 75
- BH23 Derek Jeter 50
- BH24 Johnny Damon 125
- BH25 Mike Sweeney 75
- BH26 Ben Grieve 125
- BH27 Jeff Kent 75
- BH28 Andres Galarraga 75
- BH29 Richie Sexson 50
- BH30 Juan Encarnacion 125
- BH31 Ruben Mateo 75
- BH33 Manny Ramirez 75
- BH35 Ivan Rodriguez 75
- BH36 Darin Erstad EXCH 125
- BH37 Carlos Delgado 100
- BH38 Jeff Bagwell EXCH 125
- BH39 Jermaine Dye 75
- BH40 Jose Ortiz 50
- BH41 Gary Sheffield 75
- BH42 Eric Chavez 125
- BH43 Mark Grace 75
- BH44 Rafael Palmeiro 125
- BH45 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 75
- BH46 Terrence Long 75
- BH47 Carlos Delgado 50
- BH48 Frank Thomas 75
- BH49 Chipper Jones EXCH 50
- BH50 Jason Giambi 75
Boss Hoggs
The first 25 serial-numbered copies of the Ball Hoggs is set are labelled the "Boss Hoggs" set. Each card has a holographic foil stamp. A number of cards are autographed. Some cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
- BH1 Vladimir Guerrero AU
- BH2 Troy Glaus AU
- BH3 Tony Gwynn AU
- BH4 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH
- BH5 Todd Helton AU
- BH6 Jacque Jones
- BH7 Shawn Green
- BH8 Ichiro Suzuki
- BH9 Scott Rolen
- BH10 Roger Clemens AU
- BH11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- BH12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- BH13 Sammy Sosa
- BH14 Sammy Sosa
- BH15 J.D. Drew
- BH16 Barry Bonds
- BH17 Pat Burrell
- BH18 Mark McGwire
- BH19 Mike Piazza
- BH20 Magglio Ordonez EXCH
- BH21 Miguel Tejada
- BH22 Albert Pujols AU
- BH23 Derek Jeter
- BH24 Johnny Damon
- BH25 Mike Sweeney
- BH26 Ben Grieve
- BH27 Jeff Kent
- BH28 Andres Galarraga
- BH29 Richie Sexson
- BH30 Juan Encarnacion
- BH31 Ruben Mateo
- BH32 Alex Rodriguez EXCH AU
- BH33 Manny Ramirez
- BH34 Juan Gonzalez AU
- BH35 Ivan Rodriguez
- BH36 Darin Erstad EXCH
- BH37 Carlos Delgado
- BH38 Jeff Bagwell EXCH
- BH39 Jermaine Dye
- BH40 Jose Ortiz
- BH41 Gary Sheffield AU
- BH42 Eric Chavez
- BH43 Mark Grace
- BH44 Rafael Palmeiro
- BH45 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
- BH46 Terrence Long
- BH47 Carlos Delgado
- BH48 Frank Thomas
- BH49 Chipper Jones EXCH
- BH50 Jason Giambi
Home Opener Souvenirs
The bases and baseballs from the Opening Day of the 2001 season were purchased by Donruss-Playoff and swatches of these items were the basis for the Home Opener Souvenirs sets. Some players had two different cards in this set.
There are five different sets.
- Single (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 400 copies)
- Double (2 swatches; serial-numbered to 200 copies)
- Triple (3 swatches; serial-numbered to 100 copies)
- Homerun (4 swatches- 3 base, 1 baseball; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Autographed (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Just the Homerun (4 swatch) cards had multi-colored surface swatches. Only ten of the fifty cards were paralleled with an autograph. The Troy Glaus autograph card was packed out as a redemption card that expired in 2003.
- OD1 Barry Bonds
- OD2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- OD3 Pedro Martinez
- OD4 Troy Glaus
- OD5 Frank Thomas
- OD6 Alex Rodriguez
- OD7 Ivan Rodriguez
- OD8 Jeff Bagwell
- OD9 Mark McGwire
- OD10 Todd Helton
- OD11 Gary Sheffield
- OD12 Manny Ramirez
- OD13 Mike Piazza
- OD14 Sammy Sosa
- OD15 Preston Wilson
- OD16 Tony Gwynn
- OD17 Vladimir Guerrero
- OD18 Carlos Delgado
- OD19 Roberto Alomar
- OD20 Todd Helton
- OD21 Albert Pujols
- OD22 Jason Giambi
- OD23 Sammy Sosa
- OD24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- OD25 Darin Erstad
- OD26 Mark McGwire
- OD27 Carlos Delgado
- OD28 Juan Gonzalez
- OD29 Mike Sweeney
- OD30 Alex Rodriguez
- OD31 Roger Clemens
- OD32 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
- OD33 Ben Grieve
- OD34 Jeff Kent
- OD35 Vladimir Guerrero
- OD36 Shawn Green
- OD37 Rafael Palmeiro
- OD38 Tony Gwynn
- OD39 Scott Rolen
- OD40 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- OD41 Albert Pujols
- OD42 Barry Bonds
- OD43 Mark Grace
- OD44 Bernie Williams
- OD45 Frank Thomas
- OD46 Jermaine Dye
- OD47 Mike Piazza
- OD48 Chipper Jones
- OD49 Richie Sexson
- OD50 Magglio Ordonez
Autographs
The first 25 serial-numbered copies of ten Home Opener Souvenirs Single are available in an autographed parallel. Three cards packed out as redemptions which expired July 1st, 2003.
- OD2 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH
- OD4 Troy Glaus EXCH
- OD6 Alex Rodriguez EXCH
- OD16 Tony Gwynn
- OD17 Vladimir Guerrero
- OD19 Roberto Alomar
- OD21 Albert Pujols
- OD28 Juan Gonzalez
- OD31 Roger Clemens
- OD37 Rafael Palmeiro
Tools of the Trade
The first of the famous Tools of the Trade sets. The fifty card set features game used jerseys (serial-numbered to 300 copies), bats (numbered to 100), batting gloves (numbered to 50) and hats(numbered to 100) of many of baseball's current superstars. Fifteen of the fifty were packed out as redemption cards that expired in 2003. Ten of the cards were also paralleled with an autographed version that was serial numbered to 25 copies.
- TT1 Vladimir Guerrero JSY 300
- TT2 Troy Glaus JSY 300
- TT3 Tony Gwynn JSY 300
- TT4 Todd Helton JSY 300
- TT5 Scott Rolen JSY 300
- TT6 Roger Clemens JSY 300
- TT7 Pedro Martinez JSY 300
- TT8 Richie Sexson JSY 300
- TT9 Magglio Ordonez JSY 300
- TT10 Ben Grieve JSY 300
- TT11 Jeff Bagwell JSY 300
- TT12 Edgar Martinez JSY 300
- TT13 Greg Maddux JSY 300
- TT14 Larry Walker JSY 300
- TT15 Frank Thomas JSY 300
- TT16 Edgardo Alfonzo JSY 300
- TT17 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 300
- TT18 Jose Vidro JSY 300
- TT19 Andruw Jones JSY 300
- TT20 Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY 300
- TT21 Barry Bonds BAT 100
- TT22 Juan Gonzalez BAT 100
- TT23 Andruw Jones BAT 100
- TT24 Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT 100
- TT25 Greg Maddux BAT 100
- TT26 Manny Ramirez BAT 100
- TT27 Roberto Alomar BAT 100
- TT28 Shawn Green BAT 100
- TT29 Edgardo Alfonzo BAT 100
- TT30 Rafael Palmeiro BAT 100
- TT31 Hideo Nomo BAT 100
- TT32 Andres Galarraga BAT 100
- TT33 Todd Helton BAT 100
- TT34 Darin Erstad BAT 100
- TT35 Ivan Rodriguez BAT 100
- TT36 Sean Casey BAT 100
- TT37 Vladimir Guerrero BAT 100
- TT38 Dave Justice BAT 100
- TT39 Troy Glaus BAT 100
- TT40 Jeff Bagwell BAT 100
- TT41 Barry Bonds GLV 50
- TT42 Cal Ripken, Jr. GLV 50
- TT43 Roberto Alomar GLV 50
- TT44 Sean Casey GLV 50
- TT45 Tony Gwynn GLV 50
- TT46 Bernie Williams HAT 100
- TT47 Barry Zito HAT 100
- TT48 Greg Maddux HAT 100
- TT49 Tom Glavine HAT 100
- TT50 Troy Glaus HAT 100
Autographs
Each Tools of the Trade autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
- TT1 Vladimir Guerrero
- TT3 Tony Gwynn
- TT5 Scott Rolen
- TT6 Roger Clemens
- TT17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- TT22 Juan Gonzalez
- TT32 Andres Galarraga
- TT33 Todd Helton
- TT35 Ivan Rodriguez
- TT39 Troy Glaus EXCH
Autographed Baseballs
Signing Bonus Baseballs
Each hobby box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia contained an autographed baseball as a box topper. Most of the balls were signed by either Hall of Fame players or current stars/superstars.
Each baseball features a light brown 2001 Playoff Absolute large logo on the panel above the autograph, with the name of the player in print, and the ball's serial-number.
- Al Oliver 500
- Andre Dawson 550
- Barry Bonds 25
- Bill Madlock 524
- Bill Mazeroski 25
- Billy Williams 325
- Bob Feller 550
- Bob Gibson 25
- Bobby Doerr 300
- Bobby Richardson 500
- Boog Powell 500
- Brian Jordan 25
- Bucky Dent 500
- Charles Johnson 25
- Chipper Jones 25
- Clete Boyer 500
- Dale Murphy 25
- Dave Concepcion 500
- Dave Kingman 500
- Don Larsen 200
- Don Newcombe 500
- Don Zimmer 500
- Duke Snider 25
- Earl Weaver 300
- Enos Slaughter 525
- Fergie Jenkins 1000
- Frank Howard 500
- Frank Robinson 25
- Frank Thomas 25
- Gary Carter 200
- Gaylord Perry 1000
- George Foster 500
- George Kell 300
- Goose Gossage 500
- Greg Maddux 25
- Hank Aaron 25
- Hank Bauer 500
- Harmon Killebrew 200
- Henry Rodriguez 400
- Herb Score 500
- Hoyt Wilhelm 500
- J.D. Drew 25
- Javy Lopez 25
- Jim Edmonds 25
- Jim Palmer 500
- Joe Pepitone 500
- Johnny Bench 25
- Johnny Podres 500
- Juan Marichal 485
- Kirby Puckett 25
- Larry Doby 300
- Lou Brock 25
- Luis Tiant 500
- Magglio Ordonez 200
- Manny Ramirez 25
- Maury Wills 500
- Mike Schmidt 25
- Minnie Minoso 1000
- Monte Irvin 500
- Moose Skowron 500
- Nolan Ryan 25
- Ozzie Smith 25
- Phil Rizzuto 25
- Ralph Kiner 100
- Randy Johnson 25
- Red Schoendienst 500
- Reggie Jackson 25
- Rickey Henderson 25
- Robin Roberts 500
- Roger Clemens 25
- Rollie Fingers 575
- Ryne Sandberg 25
- Sean Casey 25
- Stan Musial 25
- Steve Carlton 25
- Steve Garvey 1000
- Todd Helton 25
- Tom Glavine 25
- Tom Seaver 25
- Tommy John 1000
- Tony Gwynn 25
- Tony Perez 400
- Wade Boggs 25
- Warren Spahn 500
- Whitey Ford 25
- Willie Mays 25
- Willie McCovey 25
- Willie Stargell 25
- Yogi Berra 25
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