Description

2001 Fleer Ripken Commemorative is a 60-card boxed set paying tribute to the career of the recently-retired Cal Ripken, Jr. There were two such sets: A Glossy set (limited to 2632 sets) and a standard set limited to 50,000 sets. The Glossy set included six exclusive game-used cards and one jumbo card.

Distribution

50,000 "standard" factory sets

2632 "Glossy" factory sets -- with bonus cards.

Reviews

Checklist

Base Set

The set is broken down in the following subsets: Career Highlights (1-12); The Streak (13-24); Final Season (25-35); Last Game (36-40) and Fleer Reprints (41-60).

1 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1982 AL Rookie of the Year"
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3000th Hit"
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. "400th Home Run"
4 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1991 All-Star Game MVP"
5 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1983 & 1991 AL MVP"
6 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1991 & 1992 Gold Gloves"
7 Cal Ripken, Jr. "19-Time AL All-Star"
8 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A Career Night"
9 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Career Homeruns by a Shortstop"
10 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Eight Silver Sluggers"
11 Cal Ripken, Jr. "15 Straight All-Star Starts"
12 Cal Ripken, Jr. "All-Century Team"
13 Cal Ripken, Jr. "The First Game 5/30/82"
14 Cal Ripken, Sr. / Cal Ripken, Jr. "Father and Son"
15 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1000th Career Hit"
16 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Nearly Perfect"
17 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Error-Free Streak"
18 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2000th Career Hit"
19 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2000th Straight Game"
20 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Tying Lou Gehirg - 2130"
21 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A New Iron Man - 2131"
22 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A World Record"
23 Cal Ripken, Jr. "The Streak's Finale"
24 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Cal Sits Out"
25 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Homer in 2001 All-Star Game"
26 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Career Achievement Award"
27 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2001 All-Star Game MVP"
28 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Cal's Last Hurrah"
29 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Back-to-Back Game-Winning Homers"
30 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Final Visit to Oakland"
31 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Canadian Farewell"
32 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Bye, Bye Boston"
33 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Derek Jeter "Yankees Bid Cal Adieu"
34 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Commemorative Patch"
35 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3000th Career Game"
36 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Last Game at Third Base"
37 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Last At-Bat"
38 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3001st Game Played"
39 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Curtain Cal"
40 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Number 8 Retired"
41 Cal Ripken, Jr. 82F
42 Cal Ripken, Jr. 83F
43 Cal Ripken, Jr. 84F
44 Cal Ripken, Jr. 85F
45 Cal Ripken, Jr. 86F
46 Cal Ripken, Jr. 87F
47 Cal Ripken, Jr. 88F
48 Cal Ripken, Jr. 89F
49 Cal Ripken, Jr. 90F
50 Cal Ripken, Jr. 91F
51 Cal Ripken, Jr. 92F
52 Cal Ripken, Jr. 93U
53 Cal Ripken, Jr. 94F
54 Cal Ripken, Jr. 95F
55 Cal Ripken, Jr. 96F
56 Cal Ripken, Jr. 97F
57 Cal Ripken, Jr. 98FTrad
58 Cal Ripken, Jr. 99FTrad
59 Cal Ripken, Jr. 00FTrad
60 Cal Ripken, Jr. 01FTrad

Parallels

Glossy

As mentioned, Fleer made two versions of this set: "standard" and "Glossy." 50,000 standard sets were produced with each set sealed with a serial-numbered sticker. Only 2632 Glossy sets were produced with each Glossy set also containing a number of bonus cards (see below).

Inserts

Call to Greatness

An oversized card measuring 3 1/2" x 5" was inserted into every Glossy set. Each is limited to 2632 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Each Glossy set contained either one of two autographs or one of five game-used cards.

The five game-used cards are: Base, Bat, Jersey, Jersey Patch, and On-Deck Circle. The Base card is game-dated to Ripken's final game, October 6th, 2001. The On-Deck Circle card is game-dated to July 26th, 2001. The Jersey Patch card features the same design and photograph as the Jersey card, and is not otherwise marked as being a "patch" card. These cards are NOT serial-numbered, and Fleer never released the production figures for each card; however, it is believed that the On-Deck Circle card is the scarcest.

Of the two autographs available, one features the same design of the game-used cards, and the other is an autographed reprint of Ripken's 1982 Fleer rookie card. The reprint card is hand-numbered to 82 copies.