2004 Hot Prospects Draft

Description

2004 Hot Prospects Draft is a 120-card set released by Fleer in November, 2004.

In late 2004, the MLBPA granted Donruss-Playoff, Fleer, and Upper Deck a one-time exemption to their licensing agreement that allowed each to produce a set featuring prospects, draft picks, and other non-union players. These exempt products were designed to compete with Topps' long-established Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects brand. Hot Prospects Draft was Fleer's exempted product, while Donruss Elite Extra Edition and SP Prospects were Donruss-Playoff and Upper Deck's, respectively.

The last 60 cards in the base set are short-printed and serial-numbered. Cards 61-70 and 112 and 113 make up the "Hot Prospects" subset and are serial-numbered to 1000 copies. Cards 71-111 and 114-120 are the "Signature Selections" and are all serial-numbered to 299 copies.

Collectors should be advised that a number of cards including Yadier Molina's RC (#112) packed out as redemptions, which, for all intents and purposes, expired during Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy.

Distribution

Hobby: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $8.50). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	120	-	?	?
short set	60	-	?	?
Hot Prospects	12	1000	1:15	1:120
Signature Selections	48	299	1:9	1:990
Red Hot	70	150	P	P
Red Hot Signature Selections	48	25	P	P
White Hot	118	one-of-one	P	P
Rewind	30	-	1:5	1:5
Tandems	15	-	1:15	1:15
MLB Hot Materials	40	325	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials Red Hot	40	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
MLB Hot Materials White Hot	40	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey Red Hot	30	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Jersey White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch	30	varies	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch Red Hot	30	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Rewind Patch White Hot	30	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey	19	100	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey Red Hot	19	25	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Jersey White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch	19	50	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch Red Hot	19	10	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Patch White Hot	19	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch Red Hot	7	22	AU-GU	AU-GU
Double Team Autograph Patch White Hot	7	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph	18	33	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph Red Hot	18	3	AU-GU	AU-GU
Past Present Future Autograph White Hot	18	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink	3	15	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink Red Hot	3	5	AU-GU	AU-GU
Alumni Ink White Hot	3	one-of-one	AU-GU	AU-GU

P: Odds of finding a parallel: 1:15/Hobby packs
AU-GU: Odds of finding an autograph or game-used card: 1:12/Hobby packs, 1:24/retail packs

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Miguel Tejada
• 2 Jose Vidro
• 3 Hideki Matsui
• 4 Roger Clemens
• 5 Craig Wilson
• 6 Bobby Crosby
• 7 Pat Burrell
• 8 Mike Sweeney
• 9 Craig Biggio
• 10 Scott Rolen
• 11 Roy Halladay
• 12 Lyle Overbay
• 13 Rocco Baldelli
• 14 Mike Piazza
• 15 Rafael Palmeiro
• 16 Hank Blalock
• 17 Sammy Sosa
• 18 Dontrelle Willis
• 19 Alfonso Soriano
• 20 Gary Sheffield
• 21 Jim Thome
• 22 Ivan Rodriguez
• 23 Adam Dunn
• 24 Kerry Wood
• 25 Khalil Greene
• 26 Richie Sexson
• 27 Nomar Garciaparra
• 28 Andruw Jones
• 29 Tom Glavine
• 30 Carlos Beltran
• 31 Chipper Jones
• 32 Jeff Bagwell
• 33 Tim Hudson
• 34 Alex Rodriguez
• 35 Omar Vizquel
• 36 Albert Pujols
• 37 Frank Thomas
• 38 Ben Sheets
• 39 Jason Schmidt
• 40 Miguel Cabrera
• 41 Carlos Delgado
• 42 Ichiro
• 43 Curt Schilling
• 44 Todd Helton
• 45 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 46 Mark Prior
• 47 Vladimir Guerrero
• 48 Pedro Martinez
• 49 Manny Ramirez
• 50 Joe Mauer
• 51 Jorge Posada
• 52 Troy Glaus
• 53 Randy Johnson
• 54 Adrian Beltre
• 55 Eric Gagne
• 56 Josh Beckett
• 57 Jason Giambi
• 58 Barry Zito
• 59 Lance Berkman
• 60 Derek Jeter

Hot Prospects

Each Hot Prospect is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

NOTE: Although they are NOT autographed, cards #112 and #113 packed out as redemptions. It is believed that both cards were late additions to the product.

• 61 Kaz Matsui RC
• 62 Jason Bartlett RC
• 63 John Gall RC
• 64 Chris Saenz RC
• 65 Merkin Valdez RC
• 66 Akinori Otsuka RC
• 67 Joey Gathright RC
• 68 Brad Halsey RC
• 69 David Aardsma RC
• 70 Scott Kazmir RC
• 112 Yadier Molina RC EXCH
• 113 Shingo Takatsu RC EXCH

Signature Selections

Each Signature Selection is autographed and serial-numbered to 299 copies.

• 71 Matt Bush AU RC
• 72 John Bowker AU RC
• 73 Mike Ferris AU RC*
• 74 Brian Bixler AU RC EXCH
• 75 Scott Elbert AU RC
• 76 Josh Fields AU RC
• 77 Bill Bray AU RC
• 78 Greg Golson AU RC
• 79 Neil Walker AU RC
• 80 Philip Hughes AU RC
• 81 Chris Nelson AU RC
• 82 Mark Rogers AU RC
• 83 Trevor Plouffe AU RC
• 84 Chris Garcia AU RC EXCH
• 85 Thomas Diamond AU RC
• 86 B.J. Szymanski AU RC
• 87 Richie Robnett AU RC*
• 88 Seth Smith AU RC
• 89 Kyle Waldrop AU RC
• 90 Curtis Thigpen AU RC
• 91 J.P. Howell AU RC EXCH
• 92 Blake DeWitt AU RC
• 93 Taylor Tankersley AU RC
• 94 Zach Jackson AU RC
• 95 Justin Orenduff AU RC*
• 96 Tyler Lumsden AU RC
• 97 Danny Putnam AU RC
• 98 Jon Poterson AU RC
• 99 Matt Fox AU RC
• 100 Gio Gonzalez AU RC
• 101 Huston Street AU RC
• 102 Jay Rainville AU RC*
• 103 Matt Durkin AU RC
• 104 Brett Smith AU RC
• 105 Justin Hoyman AU RC
• 106 Erick San Pedro AU RC*
• 107 Jeff Marquez AU RC
• 108 Hunter Pence AU RC
• 109 Dustin Pedroia AU RC
• 110 Kurt Suzuki AU RC
• 111 Billy Buckner AU RC
• 114 J.C. Holt AU RC EXCH
• 115 Homer Bailey AU RC
• 116 David Purcey AU RC
• 117 Jeremy Sowers AU RC
• 118 Chris Lambert AU RC EXCH
• 119 Eric Hurley AU RC
• 120 Grant Johnson AU RC

Parallels

The entire 118-card base set EXCEPT cards #112 and #113 are available in one of two parallels: Red Hot and White Hot.

Red Hot

All 118 base cards (except #112 and #113) are available in a Red Hot parallel.

• Cards #1-#70: serial-numbered to 150 copies
• Cards #71-#111 and #114-#120: autographed and serial-numbered to 25 copies.

White Hot

All 118 base cards (except #112 and #113) are available in a one-of-one White Hot parallel. Cards #71-#111 and #114-#120 are autographed.

Unnumbered

After Fleer's 2005 bankruptcy, a number of Red Hot and White Hot cards without serial numbers began to emerge. It is believed that, like a lot of post-bankruptcy issues, these were stolen from Fleer's offices.

Die-Cuts

Die-Cuts are an autographed 43-card partial parallel of the 48-card Signature Sensations subset. Die-Cuts were issued in January 2005, in unmarked one-card red foil packs to Hobby dealers as part of a promotion designed to boost sales of the otherwise flagging Hot Prospects Draft product. Although the Die-Cuts are not serial-numbered, Fleer announced the production figures for each card in March 2005 and those figures are listed below.

• 71 Matt Bush 59
• 72 John Bowker 26
• 73 Mike Ferris 28
• 75 Scott Elbert 51
• 76 Josh Fields 50
• 77 Bill Bray 29
• 78 Greg Golson 50
• 79 Neil Walker 15
• 80 Philip Hughes 47
• 81 Chris Nelson 62
• 82 Mark Rogers 59
• 83 Trevor Plouffe 58
• 85 Thomas Diamond 58
• 86 B.J. Szymanski 26
• 87 Richie Robnett 61
• 88 Seth Smith 25
• 89 Kyle Waldrop 62
• 90 Curtis Thigpen 29
• 92 Blake DeWitt 64
• 93 Taylor Tankersley 63
• 94 Zach Jackson 61
• 95 Justin Orenduff 26
• 96 Tyler Lumsden 59
• 97 Danny Putnam 61
• 98 Jon Poterson 58
• 99 Matt Fox 61
• 100 Gio Gonzalez 60
• 101 Huston Street 27
• 102 Jay Rainville 28
• 103 Matt Durkin 18
• 104 Brett Smith 30
• 105 Justin Hoyman 62
• 106 Erick San Pedro 33
• 107 Jeff Marquez 27
• 108 Hunter Pence 30
• 109 Dustin Pedroia 17
• 110 Kurt Suzuki 92
• 111 Billy Buckner 29
• 115 Homer Bailey 48
• 116 David Purcey 61
• 117 Jeremy Sowers 61
• 119 Eric Hurley 61
• 120 Grant Johnson 29

Inserts

Rewind

• 1 Joe Mauer
• 2 Derek Jeter
• 3 Chipper Jones
• 4 Greg Maddux
• 5 Alex Rodriguez
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra
• 7 Curt Schilling
• 8 Kerry Wood
• 9 Troy Glaus
• 10 Pat Burrell
• 11 Mark Mulder
• 12 Josh Beckett
• 13 Barry Zito
• 14 Mark Prior
• 15 Rickie Weeks
• 16 Khalil Greene
• 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 18 Gary Sheffield
• 19 Todd Helton
• 20 Barry Larkin
• 21 Kevin Brown
• 22 Frank Thomas
• 23 Manny Ramirez
• 24 Roger Clemens
• 25 Lance Berkman
• 26 Randy Johnson
• 27 Jason Giambi
• 28 Ben Sheets
• 29 Scott Rolen
• 30 Tom Glavine

Tandems

• 1 Mark Prior / Greg Maddux
• 2 Jim Thome / Pat Burrell
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Adam Dunn
• 4 Mike Piazza / Tom Glavine
• 5 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter
• 6 Roger Clemens / Andy Pettitte
• 7 Jason Giambi / Hideki Matsui
• 8 Alfonso Soriano / Hank Blalock
• 9 Manny Ramirez / David Ortiz
• 10 Miguel Cabrera / Dontrelle Willis
• 11 Hideki Matsui / Ichiro
• 12 Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen
• 13 Pedro Martinez / Curt Schilling
• 14 Sammy Sosa / Nomar Garciaparra
• 15 Kaz Matsui / Derek Jeter

Autographs & Game-Used

MLB Hot Materials

Each MLB Hot Materials is serial-numbered to 325 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• White Hot (one-of-one)

• AD Adam Dunn
• AJ Andruw Jones
• APE Andy Pettitte
• APU Albert Pujols
• AS Alfonso Soriano
• CD Carlos Delgado
• CJ Chipper Jones
• CS Curt Schilling
• DW Dontrelle Willis
• EG Eric Gagne
• FT Frank Thomas
• HB Hank Blalock
• HM Hideki Matsui
• HN Hideo Nomo
• IR Ivan Rodriguez
• JB Jeff Bagwell
• JD J.D. Drew
• JE Jim Edmonds
• JM Joe Mauer
• JP Jorge Posada
• JS Jason Schmidt
• JT Jim Thome
• KM Kaz Matsui
• KW Kerry Wood
• LB Lance Berkman
• LO Lyle Overbay
• MC Miguel Cabrera
• MM Mike Mussina
• MPI Mike Piazza
• MPR Mark Prior
• MR Manny Ramirez
• MTJ Miguel Tejada
• MTX Mark Teixeira
• RC Roger Clemens
• RJ Randy Johnson
• SS Sammy Sosa
• THE Todd Helton
• THN Torii Hunter
• THU Tim Hudson
• VG Vladimir Guerrero

Rewind Jersey

Each Rewind Jersey is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to ten)
• White Hot (one-of-one)

• BL Barry Larkin 104
• BS Ben Sheets 110
• BZ Barry Zito 109
• CJ Chipper Jones 101
• CK Casey Kotchman 113
• CS Curt Schilling 139
• EC Eric Chavez 110
• FT Frank Thomas 107
• GM Greg Maddux 131
• GS Gary Sheffield 106
• JB Josh Beckett 102
• JG Jason Giambi 158
• JM Joe Mauer 101
• KB Kevin Brown 104
• KG Khalil Greene 113
• KW Kerry Wood 104
• LB Lance Berkman 116
• MM Mark Mulder 102
• MP Mark Prior 102
• MR Manny Ramirez 113
• PB Pat Burrell 101
• RB Rocco Baldelli 119
• RC Roger Clemens 119
• RJ Randy Johnson 136
• RW Rickie Weeks 102
• SR Scott Rolen 146
• TG Troy Glaus 103
• TH Todd Helton 108
• ZG Zack Greinke 106
• TG Tom Glavine 147

Patch

Each Rewind Patch is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to five)
• White Hot (one-of-one)

• BL Barry Larkin 14
• BS Ben Sheets 10
• BZ Barry Zito 19
• CJ Chipper Jones 11
• CK Casey Kotchman 23
• CS Curt Schilling 49
• EC Eric Chavez 20
• FT Frank Thomas 17
• GM Greg Maddux 41
• GS Gary Sheffield 16
• JB Josh Beckett 12
• JG Jason Giambi 68
• JM Joe Mauer 11
• KB Kevin Brown 14
• KG Khalil Greene 23
• KW Kerry Wood 14
• LB Lance Berkman 26
• MM Mark Mulder 12
• MP Mark Prior 12
• MR Manny Ramirez 23
• PB Pat Burrell 11
• RB Rocco Baldelli 29
• RC Roger Clemens 29
• RJ Randy Johnson 46
• RW Rickie Weeks 12
• SR Scott Rolen 56
• TG Troy Glaus 13
• TH Todd Helton 18
• ZG Zack Greinke 16
• TG Tom Glavine 57

Double Team Jersey

Each Double Team Jersey is serial-numbered to 100 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• White Hot (one-of-one)
• Patch (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Patch Red Hot (serial-numbered to ten)
• Patch White Hot (one-of-one)

• AS Alfonso Soriano
• CB Carlos Beltran
• EM Eddie Murray
• GM Greg Maddux
• HN Hideo Nomo
• IR Ivan Rodriguez
• JG Jason Giambi
• MP Mike Piazza
• MR Manny Ramirez
• MT Miguel Tejada
• NR Nolan Ryan
• PM Pedro Martinez
• RCA Rod Carew
• RCL Roger Clemens
• RH Rickey Henderson
• RJ Reggie Jackson
• SR Scott Rolen
• TG Tom Glavine
• VG Vladimir Guerrero

Autograph Patch Red Hot

Each Double Team Autograph Patch Red Hot serial-numbered to 22 copies and also available in a one-of-one White Hot parallel.

• HN Hideo Nomo
• IR Ivan Rodriguez
• MP Mike Piazza
• MR Manny Ramirez
• RJ Reggie Jackson
• SR Scott Rolen
• VG Vladimir Guerrero

Past Present Future Autograph

Each Past Present Future Autograph is serial-numbered to 33 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to three)
• White Hot (one-of-one)

• PPF-BDB Johnny Bench / Adam Dunn / Homer Bailey
• PPF-BMH Yogi Berra / Mike Mussina / Philip Hughes
• PPF-BRP Bill Buckner / Manny Ramirez / Dustin Pedroia
• PPF-CRP Joe Carter / Alexis Rios / David Purcey EXCH
• PPF-CTG Steve Carlton / Jim Thome / Greg Golson
• PPF-FMF Carlton Fisk / Ryan Meaux / Josh Fields
• PPF-GGB Tony Gwynn / Khalil Greene / Matt Bush EXCH
• PPF-GNE Kirk Gibson / Hideo Nomo / Scott Elbert
• PPF-JCR Reggie Jackson / Eric Chavez / Richie Robnett EXCH
• PPF-KBF Al Kaline / Jeremy Bonderman / Jeff Frazier EXCH
• PPF-KFP Harmon Killebrew / Lew Ford / Trevor Plouffe EXCH
• PPF-KWW Ralph Kiner / Jack Wilson / Neil Walker
• PPF-MPL Stan Musial / Albert Pujols / Chris Lambert EXCH
• PPF-RYD Nolan Ryan / Michael Young / Thomas Diamond
• PPF-SCT Gary Sheffield / Miguel Cabrera / Taylor Tankersley
• PPF-SPJ Ryne Sandberg / Mark Prior / Grant Johnson EXCH
• PPF-WPD Mookie Wilson / Mike Piazza / Matt Durkin
• PPF-YWR Robin Yount / Rickie Weeks / Mark Rogers EXCH

Alumni Ink

Each Alumni Ink is serial-numbered to 15 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Red Hot (serial-numbered to five)
• White Hot (one-of-one)

• HS Joey Howell / Huston Street EXCH
• PJ Mark Prior / Randy Johnson
• TG Mark Teixeira / Nomar Garciaparra

Hot Prospects
2002 - 2003 - 2004 Draft