Revision as of 02:01, 14 January 2017

Description

Distribution

The cards were distributed primarily in hobby boxes that came 6 cards per pack and 18 packs per box. Cards were also distributed in retail packs with significantly worse insert odds. A hobby box sold on eBay in June 2009 for $142.

Hobby Box

Hobby Box
Hobby Pack

Hobby Pack

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	?
Spectrum Rookie Premiere Materials	50	25	?

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. Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies. 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

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 to the figures listed below with the first 25 copies part of the Boss Hoggs parallel (see below).

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

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 and swatches of these items were the basis for the Home Opener Souvenirs sets. Some players had two different cards in this set. Five different sets: Single (1 swatch), Double (2 swatches), Triple (3 swatches), Homerun (4 swatches- 3 base, 1 baseball), and Autographed (1 swatch) were inserted into packs. Each was serial numberd to 400, 200, 100, 25 and 25 copies respectively. 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.

Single

Single
Double

Double
Homerun

Homerun

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

Tools of the Trade

The first of the famous Tools of the Trade sets. The fifty card set features game used jerseys (/300), bats (/100), batting gloves (/50) and hats(/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.

5 - Scott Rolen

5 - Scott Rolen
25 - Greg Maddux

25 - Greg Maddux
27 - Vlad

27 - Vlad
44 Sean Casey

44 Sean Casey

TT1 Vladimir Guerrero JSY
TT2 Troy Glaus JSY
TT3 Tony Gwynn JSY
TT4 Todd Helton JSY
TT5 Scott Rolen JSY
TT6 Roger Clemens JSY
TT7 Pedro Martinez JSY
TT8 Richie Sexson JSY
TT9 Magglio Ordonez JSY
TT10 Ben Grieve JSY
TT11 Jeff Bagwell JSY
TT12 Edgar Martinez JSY
TT13 Greg Maddux JSY
TT14 Larry Walker JSY
TT15 Frank Thomas JSY
TT16 Edgardo Alfonzo JSY
TT17 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY
TT18 Jose Vidro JSY
TT19 Andruw Jones JSY
TT20 Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY
TT21 Barry Bonds BAT
TT22 Juan Gonzalez BAT
TT23 Andruw Jones BAT
TT24 Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT
TT25 Greg Maddux BAT
TT26 Manny Ramirez BAT
TT27 Roberto Alomar BAT
TT28 Shawn Green BAT
TT29 Edgardo Alfonzo BAT
TT30 Rafael Palmeiro BAT
TT31 Hideo Nomo BAT
TT32 Andres Galarraga BAT
TT33 Todd Helton BAT
TT34 Darin Erstad BAT
TT35 Ivan Rodriguez BAT
TT36 Sean Casey BAT
TT37 Vladimir Guerrero BAT
TT38 Dave Justice BAT
TT39 Troy Glaus BAT
TT40 Jeff Bagwell BAT
TT41 Barry Bonds GLV
TT42 Cal Ripken, Jr. GLV
TT43 Roberto Alomar GLV
TT44 Sean Casey GLV
TT45 Tony Gwynn GLV
TT46 Bernie Williams HAT
TT47 Barry Zito HAT
TT48 Greg Maddux HAT
TT49 Tom Glavine HAT
TT50 Troy Glaus HAT

Autographed Baseballs

In each hobby box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia, an autographed baseball was inserted 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 actual Serial number of the ball. Making these Certified Autograph Baseballs.

Player	PR
Hank Aaron	25
Hank Bauer	500
Johnny Bench	25
Yogi Berra	25
Wade Boggs	25
Barry Bonds	25
Clete Boyer	500
Lou Brock	25
Steve Carlton	25
Gary Carter	200
Sean Casey	25
Roger Clemens	25
Dave Concepcion	500
Andre Dawson	550
Bucky Dent	500
Larry Doby	300
Bobby Doerr	300
J.D. Drew	25
Jim Edmonds	25
Bob Feller	550
Rollie Fingers	575
Whitey Ford	25
George Foster	500
Steve Garvey	1000
Bob Gibson	25
Tom Glavine	25
Goose Gossage	500
Tony Gwynn	25
Todd Helton	25
Rickey Henderson	25
Frank Howard	500
Monte Irvin	500
Reggie Jackson	25
Fergie Jenkins	1000
Chipper Jones	25
Tommy John	1000
Charles Johnson	25
Randy Johnson	25
Brian Jordan	25
George Kell	300
Harmon Killebrew	200
Ralph Kiner	100
Dave Kingman	500
Don Larsen	200
Javy Lopez	25
Greg Maddux	25
Bill Madlock	524
Juan Marichal	485
Willie Mays	25
Bill Mazeroski	25
Willie McCovey	25
Minnie Minoso	1000
Dale Murphy	25
Stan Musial	25
Don Newcombe	500
Al Oliver	500
Magglio Ordonez	200
Jim Palmer	500
Joe Pepitone	500
Tony Perez	400
Gaylord Perry	1000
Johnny Podres	500
Boog Powell	500
Kirby Puckett	25
Manny Ramirez	25
Bobby Richardson	500
Phil Rizzuto	25
Robin Roberts	500
Frank Robinson	25
Henry Rodriguez	400
Nolan Ryan	25
Ryne Sandberg	25
Mike Schmidt	25
Red Schoendienst	500
Herb Score	500
Tom Seaver	25
Moose Skowron	500
Enos Slaughter	525
Ozzie Smith	25
Duke Snider	25
Warren Spahn	500
Willie Stargell	25
Frank Thomas	25
Luis Tiant	500
Earl Weaver	300
Hoyt Wilhelm	500
Billy Williams	325
Maury Wills	500
Don Zimmer	500

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 ===Ball Hoggs===
+Ball Hoggs is a set featuring a piece of a game-used baseball on each card.  Each card is serial-numbered to the figures listed below with the first 25 copies part of the Boss Hoggs parallel (see below).
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-SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs')
+SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs')
 </sql2wiki>
 ===Boss Hoggs===