Revision as of 14:49, 10 July 2010

Description

The inaugural Flair Baseball set ("presented" by Fleer) was released exclusively to The Hobby in August of 1993. '93 Flair was Fleer's first fore into "super-premium" cards, and was designed to compete with Topps' Finest, and Upper Deck SP. According to Fleer, production of Flair was 15% of Fleer Ultra.

The 300-card base set is printed on 24-point thick cardstock -- by far the thickest cardstock ever used on a trading card -- with three additional points of glossy UV-coating slathered on both sides. The cards were printed on a six-color printing press (as opposed to a four-colors) and had two player photos on the front.

Each pack of 10 cards was wrapped in a clear, fin-sealed, plastic wrap that was then placed inside a shrink-wrapped "box" that resembled a pack of cigarettes. All of this was to reduce tampering.

There are no notable rookies in the set, and the only insert is a 10-card, prospect-themed, "Wave of the Future" insert that has key early cards of Mike Piazza, Jim Edmonds, and Manny Ramirez.

Distribution

24 packs per box, ten cards per pack.

Reviews

http://90sboxbreaks.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/1993-flair/

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	300	-	?
Wave of the Future	20	-	1:4

Checklist

Base Set

1 Steve Avery

2 Jeff Blauser

3 Ron Gant

4 Tom Glavine

5 David Justice

6 Mark Lemke

7 Greg Maddux

8 Fred McGriff

9 Terry Pendleton

10 Deion Sanders

11 John Smoltz

12 Mike Stanton

13 Steve Buechele

14 Mark Grace

15 Greg Hibbard

16 Derrick May

17 Chuck McElroy

18 Mike Morgan

19 Randy Myers

20 Ryne Sandberg

21 Dwight Smith

22 Sammy Sosa

23 Jose Vizcaino

24 Tim Belcher

25 Rob Dibble

26 Roberto Kelly

27 Barry Larkin

28 Kevin Mitchell

29 Hal Morris

30 Joe Oliver

31 Jose Rijo

32 Bip Roberts

33 Chris Sabo

34 Reggie Sanders

35 Dante Bichette

36 Willie Blair

37 Jerald Clark

38 Alex Cole

39 Andres Galarraga

40 Joe Girardi

41 Charlie Hayes

42 Chris Jones

43 David Nied

44 Eric Young

45 Alex Arias

46 Jack Armstrong

47 Bret Barberie

48 Chuck Carr

49 Jeff Conine

50 Orestes Destrade

51 Chris Hammond

52 Bryan Harvey

53 Benito Santiago

54 Gary Sheffield

55 Walt Weiss

56 Eric Anthony

57 Jeff Bagwell

58 Craig Biggio

59 Ken Caminiti

60 Andujar Cedeno

61 Doug Drabek

62 Steve Finley

63 Luis Gonzalez

64 Pete Harnisch

65 Doug Jones

66 Darryl Kile

67 Greg Swindell

68 Brett Butler

69 Jim Gott

70 Orel Hershiser

71 Eric Karros

72 Pedro Martinez

73 Ramon Martinez

74 Roger McDowell

75 Mike Piazza

76 Jody Reed

77 Tim Wallach

78 Moises Alou

79 Greg Colbrunn

80 Wil Cordero

81 Delino DeShields

82 Jeff Fassero

83 Marquis Grissom

84 Ken Hill

85 Mike Lansing RC

86 Dennis Martinez

87 Larry Walker

88 John Wetteland

89 Bobby Bonilla

90 Vince Coleman

91 Dwight Gooden

92 Todd Hundley

93 Howard Johnson

94 Eddie Murray

95 Joe Orsulak

96 Bret Saberhagen

97 Darren Daulton

98 Mariano Duncan

99 Len Dykstra

100 Jim Eisenreich

101 Tommy Greene

102 Dave Hollins

103 Pete Incaviglia

104 Danny Jackson

105 John Kruk

106 Terry Mulholland

107 Curt Schilling

108 Mitch Williams

109 Stan Belinda

110 Jay Bell

111 Steve Cooke

112 Carlos Garcia

113 Jeff King

114 Al Martin

115 Orlando Merced

116 Don Slaught

117 Andy Van Slyke

118 Tim Wakefield

119 Rene Arocha RC

120 Bernard Gilkey

121 Gregg Jefferies

122 Ray Lankford

123 Donovan Osborne

124 Tom Pagnozzi

125 Erik Pappas

126 Geronimo Pena

127 Lee Smith

128 Ozzie Smith

129 Bob Tewksbury

130 Mark Whiten

131 Derek Bell

132 Andy Benes

133 Tony Gwynn

134 Gene Harris

135 Trevor Hoffman

136 Phil Plantier

137 Rod Beck

138 Barry Bonds

139 John Burkett

140 Will Clark

141 Royce Clayton

142 Mike Jackson

143 Darren Lewis

144 Kirt Manwaring

145 Willie McGee

146 Bill Swift

147 Robby Thompson

148 Matt Williams

149 Brady Anderson

150 Mike Devereaux

151 Chris Hoiles

152 Ben McDonald

153 Mark McLemore

154 Mike Mussina

155 Gregg Olson

156 Harold Reynolds

157 Cal Ripken

158 Rick Sutcliffe

159 Fernando Valenzuela

160 Roger Clemens

161 Scott Cooper

162 Andre Dawson

163 Scott Fletcher

164 Mike Greenwell

165 Greg A. Harris

166 Billy Hatcher

167 Jeff Russell

168 Mo Vaughn

169 Frank Viola

170 Chad Curtis

171 Chili Davis

172 Gary DiSarcina

173 Damion Easley

174 Chuck Finley

175 Mark Langston

176 Luis Polonia

177 Tim Salmon

178 Scott Sanderson

179 J.T. Snow RC

180 Wilson Alvarez

181 Ellis Burks

182 Joey Cora

183 Alex Fernandez

184 Ozzie Guillen

185 Roberto Hernandez

186 Bo Jackson

187 Lance Johnson

188 Jack McDowell

189 Frank Thomas

190 Robin Ventura

191 Carlos Baerga

192 Albert Belle

193 Wayne Kirby

194 Derek Lilliquist

195 Kenny Lofton

196 Carlos Martinez

197 Jose Mesa

198 Eric Plunk

199 Paul Sorrento

200 John Doherty

201 Cecil Fielder

202 Travis Fryman

203 Kirk Gibson

204 Mike Henneman

205 Chad Kreuter

206 Scott Livingstone

207 Tony Phillips

208 Mickey Tettleton

209 Alan Trammell

210 David Wells

211 Lou Whitaker

212 Kevin Appier

213 George Brett

214 David Cone

215 Tom Gordon

216 Phil Hiatt

217 Felix Jose

218 Wally Joyner

219 Jose Lind

220 Mike Macfarlane

221 Brian McRae

222 Jeff Montgomery

223 Cal Eldred

224 Darryl Hamilton

225 John Jaha

226 Pat Listach

227 Graeme Lloyd RC

228 Kevin Reimer

229 Bill Spiers

230 B.J. Surhoff

231 Greg Vaughn

232 Robin Yount

233 Rick Aguilera

234 Jim Deshaies

235 Brian Harper

236 Kent Hrbek

237 Chuck Knoblauch

238 Shane Mack

239 David McCarty

240 Pedro Munoz

241 Mike Pagliarulo

242 Kirby Puckett

243 Dave Winfield

244 Jim Abbott

245 Wade Boggs

246 Pat Kelly

247 Jimmy Key

248 Jim Leyritz

249 Don Mattingly

250 Matt Nokes

251 Paul O'Neill

252 Mike Stanley

253 Danny Tartabull

254 Bob Wickman

255 Bernie Williams

256 Mike Bordick

257 Dennis Eckersley

258 Brent Gates

259 Rich Gossage

260 Rickey Henderson

261 Mark McGwire

262 Ruben Sierra

263 Terry Steinbach

264 Bob Welch

265 Bobby Witt

266 Rich Amaral

267 Chris Bosio

268 Jay Buhner

269 Norm Charlton

270 Ken Griffey Jr.

271 Erik Hanson

272 Randy Johnson

273 Edgar Martinez

274 Tino Martinez

275 Dave Valle

276 Omar Vizquel

277 Kevin Brown

278 Jose Canseco

279 Julio Franco

280 Juan Gonzalez

281 Tom Henke

282 David Hulse RC

283 Rafael Palmeiro

284 Dean Palmer

285 Ivan Rodriguez

286 Nolan Ryan

287 Roberto Alomar

288 Pat Borders

289 Joe Carter

290 Juan Guzman

291 Pat Hentgen

292 Paul Molitor

293 John Olerud

294 Ed Sprague

295 Dave Stewart

296 Duane Ward

297 Devon White

298 Checklist 1-100

299 Checklist 101-200

300 Checklist 201-300

Inserts

Wave of the Future

1 Jason Bere

2 Jeromy Burnitz

3 Russ Davis

4 Jim Edmonds

5 Cliff Floyd

6 Jeffery Hammonds

7 Trevor Hoffman

8 Domingo Jean

9 David McCarty

10 Bobby Munoz

11 Brad Pennington

12 Mike Piazza

13 Manny Ramirez

14 John Roper

15 Tim Salmon

16 Aaron Sele

17 Allen Watson

18 Rondell White

19 Darrell Whitmore UER (Back has Nigel Wilson)

20 Nigel Wilson UER (Back has Darrell Whitmore)