Description

2004 Fleer InScribed is a 100-card set released in September, 2004 -- the last 25 cards being short-printed. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used memorabilia card, with an autograph coming every other box.

Distribution

Hobby: 12 packs per box, five cards per pack. Six boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	100	-	?	?
short set	75	-	4:1	?
Retired Players	10	1000	1:20	1:200
Rookies	15	750	1:12	1:100
Gold	100	199	*	?
Red	100	5	*	?
Names of the Game	30	299	**	**
Award Winners	15	150	**	**
Induction Ceremony	20	varies	**	**
Names of the Game Materials Copper	28	250	***	?
Names of the Game Materials Gold	28	150	***	?
Names of the Game Materials Silver	28	150	N/A	1:48
Names of the Game Materials Red	28	79	***	?
Names of the Game Materials Purple	28	33	***	?
Names of the Game Materials Blue	28	20	***	?
Award Winners Jersey Silver	14	175	***	?
Award Winners Jersey Copper	14	99	***	?
Award Winners Patch Purple	14	49	***	?
Award Winners Jersey Blue	14	15	***	?
Induction Ceremony Material Silver	17	varies	***	?
Induction Ceremony Masterpiece	17	one-of-one	***	?
Rookie Autographs	8	varies	****	?
Rookie Autographs Notation	11	75	****	?
Autographs Silver	21	varies	****	?
Autographs Red	21	25	****	?
Autographs Purple	21	varies	****	?
Names of the Game Autographs Silver	15	varies	****	?
Names of the Game Autographs Gold	18	varies	****	?
Award Winners Autographs	8	varies	****	?
Induction Ceremony Autographs Bronze	14	50	****	?
Induction Ceremony Autographs Silver	14	15	****	?
Induction Ceremony Autographs Gold	14	5	****	?

* Odds of finding a parallel: 1:12/ packs.
** Odds of finding an insert: 1:12/packs.
*** Odds of finding a game-used card: 1:6/packs.
**** Odds of finding an autograph: 1:12/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Vladimir Guerrero
2 Bartolo Colon
3 Troy Glaus
4 Richie Sexson
5 Randy Johnson
6 Luis Gonzalez
7 J.D. Drew
8 Chipper Jones
9 Andruw Jones
10 Melvin Mora
11 Miguel Tejada
12 Curt Schilling
13 Pedro Martinez
14 Nomar Garciaparra
15 Kerry Wood
16 Mark Prior
17 Sammy Sosa
18 Frank Thomas
19 Magglio Ordonez
20 Sean Casey
21 Ken Griffey, Jr.
22 Adam Dunn
23 Jody Gerut
24 Omar Vizquel
25 Todd Helton
26 Vinny Castilla
27 Alex Sanchez
28 Ivan Rodriguez
29 Dontrelle Willis
30 Josh Beckett
31 Miguel Cabrera
32 Roger Clemens
33 Andy Pettitte
34 Jeff Bagwell
35 Ken Harvey
36 Carlos Beltran
37 Shawn Green
38 Hideo Nomo
39 Scott Podsednik
40 Ben Sheets
41 Torii Hunter
42 Jacque Jones
43 Jose Vidro
44 Mike Piazza
45 Tom Glavine
46 Derek Jeter
47 Alex Rodriguez
48 Jason Giambi
49 Hideki Matsui
50 Eric Chavez
51 Barry Zito
52 Tim Hudson
53 Mark Mulder
54 Jim Thome
55 Pat Burrell
56 Chase Utley
57 Jason Kendall
58 Jack Wilson
59 Khalil Greene
60 Brian Giles
61 Jason Schmidt
62 Marquis Grissom
63 Ichiro
64 Bret Boone
65 Albert Pujols
66 Scott Rolen
67 Jim Edmonds
68 Tino Martinez
69 Rocco Baldelli
70 Alfonso Soriano
71 Michael Young
72 Hank Blalock
73 Roy Halladay
74 Carlos Delgado
75 Vernon Wells

Retired Players

Each Retired Player is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

76 Johnny Bench
77 Reggie Jackson
78 Al Kaline
79 Nolan Ryan
80 Tom Seaver
81 Robin Yount
82 Mike Schmidt
83 Jim Palmer
84 Harmon Killebrew
85 Joe Morgan

Rookies

Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 750 copies.

NOTE: Many players signed some of their cards (see below) for random insertion.

86 Kaz Matsui RC
87 Luis Gonzalez RC
88 Yadier Molina RC
89 Jon Knott RC
90 Kevin Youkilis
91 Chris Saenz RC
92 Andres Blanco RC
93 David Aardsma RC
94 Merkin Valdez RC
95 Jason Bartlett RC
96 John Gall RC
97 Zack Greinke
98 Scott Hairston
99 Matt Holliday
100 Casey Kotchman

Parallels

All 100 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to five copies)

Inserts

Names of the Game

Each Names of the Game is serial-numbered to 299 copies.

1 Nomar Garciaparra
2 Randy Johnson
3 Hideki Matsui
4 Frank Thomas
5 Ivan Rodriguez
6 Roger Clemens
7 Chipper Jones
8 Dontrelle Willis
9 Luis Gonzalez
10 Alex Rodriguez
11 Eric Gagne
12 Juan Gonzalez
13 Hideo Nomo
14 Sean Casey
15 Greg Maddux
16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
17 Carl Yastrzemski
18 Tony Perez
19 Joe Morgan
20 Carlton Fisk
21 Willie McCovey
22 Al Kaline
23 Dennis Eckersley
24 Ted Williams
25 Willie Stargell
26 Rollie Fingers
27 Yogi Berra
28 Reggie Jackson
29 Harmon Killebrew
30 Nolan Ryan

Award Winners

Each Award Winner is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Eric Gagne
3 Miguel Tejada
4 Roy Halladay
5 Randy Johnson
6 Barry Zito
7 Chipper Jones
8 Ivan Rodriguez
9 Pedro Martinez
10 Barry Larkin
11 Dontrelle Willis
12 Angel Berroa
13 Kerry Wood
14 Albert Pujols
15 Hideo Nomo

Induction Ceremony

Each Induction Ceremony is serial-numbered to the year he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame minus 1900.

1 Carlton Fisk 100
2 Tony Perez 100
3 Nolan Ryan 99
4 Robin Yount 99
5 Orlando Cepeda 99
6 Bill Mazeroski 101
7 Larry Doby 98
8 Phil Niekro 97
9 Jim Bunning 96
10 Sparky Anderson 100
11 Phil Rizzuto 94
12 Rollie Fingers 92
13 Hal Newhouser 92
14 Rod Carew 91
15 Reggie Jackson 93
16 Tom Seaver 92
17 Bob Gibson 81
18 Jim Palmer 90
19 Joe Morgan 90
20 Al Kaline 80

Autographs & Game-Used

Names of the Game Materials

Each Names of the Game Materials Card is available in the following.

Copper (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Silver (limited, but not serial-numbered, to 150 copies; retail packs only)
Red (serial-numbered to 79 copies)
Purple (serial-numbered to 33 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 20 copies)

AK Al Kaline PANTS
CF Carlton Fisk JSY
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY
CY Carl Yastrzemski JSY
DE Dennis Eckersley JSY
DW Dontrelle Willis JSY
EG Eric Gagne JSY
FT Frank Thomas JSY
GM Greg Maddux JSY
HK Harmon Killebrew BAT
HM Hideki Matsui JSY
HN Hideo Nomo JSY
IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
JG Juan Gonzalez JSY
JM Joe Morgan BAT
LG Luis Gonzalez JSY
NR Nolan Ryan JSY
RC Roger Clemens JSY
RF Rollie Fingers JSY
RJA Reggie Jackson PANTS
RJO Randy Johnson JSY
SC Sean Casey JSY
TP Tony Perez BAT
TW Ted Williams BAT
WM Willie McCovey PANTS
WS Willie Stargell JSY
YB Yogi Berra BAT

Award Winners Jersey

Each Award Winners Jersey Card is available in the following.

Silver (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
Copper (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Patch Purple (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to fifteen)

AB Angel Berroa
AP Albert Pujols
BL Barry Larkin
BZ Barry Zito
CJ Chipper Jones
DW Dontrelle Willis
EG Eric Gagne
HN Hideo Nomo
IR Ivan Rodriguez
KW Kerry Wood
MT Miguel Tejada
PM Pedro Martinez
RH Roy Halladay
RJ Randy Johnson

Induction Ceremony Material Silver

Each Induction Ceremony Material Silver is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below, and also available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

AK Al Kaline PANTS 80
BM Bill Mazeroski BAT 101
CF Carlton Fisk PATCH 100
JM Joe Morgan BAT 90
JP Jim Palmer PATCH 90
LD Larry Doby BAT 98
NR Nolan Ryan PATCH 99
OC Orlando Cepeda BAT 99
PN Phil Niekro PATCH 97
PR Phil Rizzuto BAT 94
RC Rod Carew PATCH 91
RF Rollie Fingers PATCH 92
RJ Reggie Jackson PANTS 93
RY Robin Yount PATCH 99
SA Sparky Anderson PATCH 100
TP Tony Perez BAT 100
TS Tom Seaver PATCH 92

Rookie Autographs

The following players in the Rookie subset autographed a number of their cards for random insertion. Each card is serial-numbered to 750 copies, but the production figures for each autograph (supplied by Fleer) are noted below.

NOTE: Cards #DM and #SH were not included in the base set and are only available autographed. Each is also serial-numbered to 750 copies, but the number inserted into packs are listed below.

87 Luis A. Gonzalez 240
90 Kevin Youkilis 34
91 Chris Saenz 350
94 Merkin Valdez 175
96 John Gall 350
100 Casey Kotchman 300
DM Dallas McPherson 646
SH Sean Henn 526

Notation

Each player signed the first 75 serial-numbered copies of their Rookies with both their autograph and a notation. Most signed the date of their Major League Debut.

NOTE: #96 signed two different notations that added up to 75 copies.

87 Luis A. Gonzalez 4/6/04 75
89 Jon Knott 5/30/04 75
90 Kevin Youkilis 5/15/04 75
91 Chris Saenz 4/24/04 75
92 Andres Blanco 4/17/04 75
94 Merkin Valdez "Go Giants" 75
95 Jason Bartlett "Go Twins" 75
96 John Gall "Go Cards" 50
96 John Gall "Gall-Star" 25
98 Scott Hairston 5/17/04 75
100 Casey Kotchman 5/9/04 75

Autographs

Silver

AB Angel Berroa 11
AP Albert Pujols 5
BG Brian Giles 134
BL Barry Larkin 140
BR Brad Radke 168
CB Carlos Beltran 296
DW Dontrelle Willis 290
EC Eric Chavez 322
EG Eric Gagne 57
JB Jeremy Bonderman 287
JL Javy Lopez 257
LG Luis Gonzalez 55
LO Lyle Overbay 240
RB Rocco Baldelli 34
RHL Roy Halladay 139
RHR Rich Harden 235
RJ Randy Johnson 20
SP Scott Podsednik 280
TH Trevor Hoffman 174
TN Trot Nixon 318
WM Wade Miller 195

Red

Each Red Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies. However, Fleer did not insert all 25 copies of some players. More confusingly, for those players with less than 25 cards, the serial-numbering on the cards that were inserted were random.

AB Angel Berroa
AP Albert Pujols UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs)
BG Brian Giles
BL Barry Larkin
BR Brad Radke
CB Carlos Beltran
DW Dontrelle Willis
EC Eric Chavez
EG Eric Gagne
JB Jeremy Bonderman
JL Javy Lopez
LG Luis Gonzalez
LO Lyle Overbay
RB Rocco Baldelli
RHL Roy Halladay
RHR Rich Harden
RJ Randy Johnson UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 15 inserted into packs)
SP Scott Podsednik
TH Trevor Hoffman
TN Trot Nixon
WM Wade Miller

Purple

Each Purple Autograph is serial-numbered to the player's uniform number. Only 40 copies of Randy Johnson's card were inserted into packs.

AB Angel Berroa 4
AP Albert Pujols 5
BG Brian Giles 24
BL Barry Larkin 11
BR Brad Radke 22
CB Carlos Beltran 15
DW Dontrelle Willis 35
EC Eric Chavez 3
EG Eric Gagne 38
JB Jeremy Bonderman 38
JL Javy Lopez 18
LG Luis Gonzalez 20
LO Lyle Overbay 11
RB Rocco Baldelli 5
RHL Roy Halladay 32
RHR Rich Harden 40
RJ Randy Johnson UER (serial-numbered to 51, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
SP Scott Podsednik 20
TH Trevor Hoffman 51
TN Trot Nixon 7
WM Wade Miller 32

Names of the Game Autographs

Silver

Each Names of the Game Autographs Silver is serial-numbered to 99 copies, but less than 99 copies were inserted into packs on most cards. Redemption cards were inserted for some cards with no stated expiration date. They essentially expired when Fleer filed for bankruptcy in 2005.

AK Al Kaline UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 90 inserted into packs) 90
CF Carlton Fisk UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 50 inserted into packs) 50
CJ Chipper Jones UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 20 inserted into packs) 20
CY Carl Yastrzemski UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 30 inserted into packs) 30
DE Dennis Eckersley UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 90 inserted into packs) 90
DW Dontrelle Willis 99
IR Ivan Rodriguez UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
JM Joe Morgan EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
LG Luis Gonzalez UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 75 inserted into packs) 75
NR Nolan Ryan UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
RF Rollie Fingers UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 90 inserted into packs) 90
RJ Reggie Jackson UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
SC Sean Casey 99
TP Tony Perez UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 40 inserted into packs) 40

Gold

Each Names of the Game Autographs Silver is serial-numbered to 25 copies, but less than 25 copies were inserted into packs on most cards. The Ted Williams card is a cut autograph -- for obvious reasons.

AK Al Kaline 25
CF Carlton Fisk 25
CJ Chipper Jones UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
CY Carl Yastrzemski EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
DE Dennis Eckersley 25
DW Dontrelle Willis 25
HN Hideo Nomo EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 15 inserted into packs) 15
IR Ivan Rodriguez EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
JM Joe Morgan EXCH 25
LG Luis Gonzalez EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
NR Nolan Ryan EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 15 inserted into packs) 15
RC Roger Clemens EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 22 inserted into packs) 22
RF Rollie Fingers 25
RJ Reggie Jackson EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 25, only 15 inserted into packs) 15
SC Sean Casey 25
TP Tony Perez 25
TW Ted Williams 1

Award Winners Autographs

AB Angel Berroa 103
BL Barry Larkin UER (serial-numbered to 95, only 50 inserted into packs) 50
BZ Barry Zito UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 33 inserted into packs) 35
CJ Chipper Jones UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
DW Dontrelle Willis 103
HN Hideo Nomo EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 95, only one inserted into packs) 1
IR Ivan Rodriguez UER (serial-numbered to 99, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
RH Roy Halladay 102

Induction Ceremony Autographs

Bronze

AK Al Kaline 50
BG Bob Gibson 50
CF Carlton Fisk 50
JB Jim Bunning 50
JM Joe Morgan 50
JP Jim Palmer 50
NR Nolan Ryan UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
OC Orlando Cepeda UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
PN Phil Niekro UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 35 inserted into packs) 35
RF Rollie Fingers 50
RJ Reggie Jackson UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 30 inserted into packs) 30
RY Robin Yount UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 40 inserted into packs) 40
TP Tony Perez 50
TS Tom Seaver UER (serial-numbered to 50, only 30 inserted into packs) 30

Silver

AK Al Kaline 15
BG Bob Gibson 15
CF Carlton Fisk UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
JB Jim Bunning 15
JM Joe Morgan EXCH 15
JP Jim Palmer EXCH 15
NR Nolan Ryan UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
OC Orlando Cepeda UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
PN Phil Niekro UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 12 inserted into packs) 12
RF Rollie Fingers 15
RJ Reggie Jackson UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
RY Robin Yount EXCH UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
TP Tony Perez UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10
TS Tom Seaver UER (serial-numbered to 15, only 10 inserted into packs) 10

Gold

Each Induction Ceremony Autographs Gold is serial-numbered to five copies.

AK Al Kaline
BG Bob Gibson
CF Carlton Fisk
JB Jim Bunning
JM Joe Morgan
JP Jim Palmer
NR Nolan Ryan
OC Orlando Cepeda
PN Phil Niekro
RF Rollie Fingers
RJ Reggie Jackson
RY Robin Yount
TP Tony Perez
TS Tom Seaver