Revision as of 19:38, 12 April 2018

Description

2005 National Pastime is a 79-card set released by Fleer in March, 2005. This was Fleer's penultimate product before filing for bankruptcy in May. Cards 1-50 make up the short-set while 51-80 are short-printed and serial-numbered to 699 copies. Card #64 does not exist.

Each 10-pack Hobby box promises at least two autographs, and buyback autograph or game-used card. Every 12-box Hobby case is expected to yield a game-used patch card serial-numbered to 50 copies.

There is a short-printed Justin Verlander RC in the set.

Distribution

Hobby: 10 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $14). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	79	-	?	?
short set	50	-	?	?
SPs	29	699	1:11	1:110
Red	79	150	*	*
White	60	varies	*	*
Blue	79	one-of-one	*	*
Grand Old Gamers	35	-	1:5	1:12
Historical Record	15	varies	1:6	1:13
Beltway Baseball	20	202	1:35	1:920
Grand Old Gamers Jersey	39	-	N/A	1:36
Grand Old Gamers Patch	29	-	**	N/A
Grand Old Gamers Dual Patch	13	varies	**	N/A
Grand Old Gamers Patch Masterpiece	29	one-of-one	**	N/A
Historical Record Jersey	11	-	N/A	1:96
Historical Record Patch	11	varies	**	N/A
Historical Record Dual Patch	8	varies	**	N/A
Historical Record Patch Masterpiece	11	one-of-one	**	N/A
First Name Bases Silver	9	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Gold	9	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Red	10	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases White	8	varies	***	N/A
First Name Bases Blue	13	one-of-one	***	N/A
Signature Swings Silver	34	-	***	?
Signature Swings Gold	34	varies	***	?
Signature Swings Red Bat	14	varies	****	?
Signature Swings White Jersey	19	varies	****	?
Signature Swings Patch Blue	19	varies	****	?
Signature Swings Logo Masterpiece	19	one-of-one	****	?
Buyback Game-Used	946	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback Game-Used Combos	56	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback Autographs	84	varies	*****	N/A
Buyback 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Autographs	80	one-of-one	*****	N/A

* Stated odds of finding a parallel: 1:11/Hobby packs
** Stated odds of finding a game-used card: 1:120/Hobby packs
*** Stated odds of finding an autograph: 1:5/Hobby packs
**** Stated odds of finding an autographed game-used card: 1:20/Hobby packs
***** Stated odds of finding a buyback: 1:10/Hobby packs

Checklist

Base Set

1 Khalil Greene
2 Pedro Martinez
3 Mark Teixeira
4 Jim Thome
5 Jack Wilson
6 Johan Santana
7 Jason Bay
8 Adam Dunn
9 Lyle Overbay
10 Jason Schmidt
11 Bobby Crosby
12 J.D. Drew
13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
14 Sammy Sosa
15 Hank Blalock
16 Victor Martinez
17 Randy Johnson
18 Vernon Wells
19 Todd Helton
20 Javy Lopez
21 Kaz Matsui
22 Ben Sheets
23 Brad Wilkerson
24 Miguel Cabrera
25 Mike Sweeney
26 Roger Clemens
27 Chipper Jones
28 Hideki Matsui
29 Manny Ramirez
30 Scott Rolen
31 Lance Berkman
32 Jim Edmonds
33 Derek Jeter
34 B.J. Upton
35 Carlos Delgado
36 Ichiro
37 Nomar Garciaparra
38 Albert Pujols
39 Ivan Rodriguez
40 Gary Sheffield
41 Alfonso Soriano
42 Carlos Beltran
43 Magglio Ordonez
44 Alex Rodriguez
45 Curt Schilling
46 Greg Maddux
47 Vladimir Guerrero
48 Mike Piazza
49 Miguel Tejada
50 Adrian Beltre

Rookies

Each Rookie subset card is serial-numbered to 699 copies.

NOTE: Card #64 does not exist.

51 Scott Kazmir
52 Gavin Floyd
53 Zack Greinke
54 David Wright
55 David Aardsma
56 Ryan Raburn
57 Joey Gathright
58 J.D. Durbin
59 Sean Burnett
60 Jose Lopez
61 Nick Swisher
62 Bobby Jenks
63 Kelly A. Johnson
65 Ronny Cedeno
66 Edwin Encarnacion
67 Jeff Baker
68 Taylor Buchholz
69 Justin Verlander RC
70 Luis Hernandez RC

Retired

Each Retired subset card is serial-numbered to 699 copies.

71 Mike Schmidt
72 Al Kaline
73 Yogi Berra
74 Robin Yount
75 Nolan Ryan
76 Johnny Bench
77 Eddie Murray
78 Tom Seaver
79 Willie McCovey
80 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Parallels

All 79 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Blue (one-of-one)

White

Each White parallel is serial-numbered to the player's respective jersey uniform number.

NOTE: Cards #51-70 do not exist.

1 Khalil Greene 3
2 Pedro Martinez 45
3 Mark Teixeira 23
4 Jim Thome 25
5 Jack Wilson 2
6 Johan Santana 57
7 Jason Bay 38
8 Adam Dunn 44
9 Lyle Overbay 11
10 Jason Schmidt 29
11 Bobby Crosby 7
12 J.D. Drew 7
13 Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
14 Sammy Sosa 21
15 Hank Blalock 9
16 Victor Martinez 41
17 Randy Johnson 51
18 Vernon Wells 10
19 Todd Helton 17
20 Javy Lopez 18
21 Kaz Matsui 25
22 Ben Sheets 18
23 Brad Wilkerson 6
24 Miguel Cabrera 24
25 Mike Sweeney 29
26 Roger Clemens 22
27 Chipper Jones 10
28 Hideki Matsui 55
29 Manny Ramirez 24
30 Scott Rolen 27
31 Lance Berkman 17
32 Jim Edmonds 15
33 Derek Jeter 2
34 B.J. Upton 9
35 Carlos Delgado 25
36 Ichiro 51
37 Nomar Garciaparra 5
38 Albert Pujols 5
39 Ivan Rodriguez 7
40 Gary Sheffield 11
41 Alfonso Soriano 12
42 Carlos Beltran 15
43 Magglio Ordonez 30
44 Alex Rodriguez 13
45 Curt Schilling 38
46 Greg Maddux 31
47 Vladimir Guerrero 27
48 Mike Piazza 31
49 Miguel Tejada 10
50 Adrian Beltre 29
71 Mike Schmidt 20
72 Al Kaline 6
73 Yogi Berra 8
74 Robin Yount 19
75 Nolan Ryan 34
76 Johnny Bench 5
77 Eddie Murray 33
78 Tom Seaver 41
79 Willie McCovey 44
80 Cal Ripken, Jr. 8

Inserts

Grand Old Gamers

1 Pedro Martinez
2 Jim Thome
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Sammy Sosa
5 Hank Blalock
6 Randy Johnson
7 Roger Clemens
8 Chipper Jones
9 Hideki Matsui
10 Manny Ramirez
11 Derek Jeter
12 Ichiro
13 Nomar Garciaparra
14 Albert Pujols
15 Gary Sheffield
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Alex Rodriguez
18 Curt Schilling
19 Vladimir Guerrero
20 Mike Piazza
21 Greg Maddux
22 Frank Thomas
23 Adrian Beltre
24 Barry Larkin
25 Todd Helton
26 Kerry Wood
27 Kaz Matsui
28 Scott Rolen
29 Ivan Rodriguez
30 Miguel Tejada
31 Mark Teixeira
32 Rafael Palmeiro
33 Andruw Jones
34 Carlos Beltran
35 Jeff Bagwell

Historical Record

Each Historical Record card is serial-numbered to the year of the player's accomplishment. It is unclear if cards #14 and #15 exist.

1 Ichiro 2004
2 Greg Maddux 2004
3 Alex Rodriguez 1998
4 Mike Piazza 2004
5 Nolan Ryan 1991
6 Albert Pujols 2001
7 Mike Schmidt 1987
8 Randy Johnson 2004
9 Sammy Sosa 2003
10 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996
11 Roger Clemens 2004
12 Hideki Matsui 2003
13 Hideo Nomo 1994
14 Gene Autry
15 Walter O'Malley

Beltway Baseball

To celebrate the return of Major League Baseball to Washington D.C., this 20-card insert features figures from Washington's pre-Nationals baseball history. Each card is serial-numbered to 202 copies -- "202" being Washington D.C.'s area code.

1 Ed Delahanty
2 Benjamin Harrison
3 William Howard Taft
4 Clark Griffith
5 Bobby Burke
6 Roy Seivers
7 Tom Cheney
8 Woodrow Wilson
9 Franklin D. Roosevelt
10 John F. Kennedy
11 Frank Howard
12 Griffith Stadium
13 RFK Stadium
14 All-Star Game
15 Ted Williams
16 Harmon Killebrew
17 Jeff Burroughs
18 All-Star Game
19 Unveling the Nationals
20 New Logo

Autographs & Game-Used

Grand Old Gamers

Jersey

AB Adrian Beltre
AJ Andruw Jones
AP Albert Pujols
AS Alfonso Soriano
BL Barry Larkin
CB Carlos Beltran
CJ Chipper Jones
CS Curt Schilling
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux SP 75
GS Gary Sheffield
HB Hank Blalock
HM Hideki Matsui SP 50
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JB Jeff Bagwell
JT Jim Thome
KM Kaz Matsui
KW Kerry Wood
MP Mike Piazza
MR Manny Ramirez
MT Mark Teixeira
PM Pedro Martinez
RC Roger Clemens SP 50
RJ Randy Johnson
RP Rafael Palmeiro
SR Scott Rolen
SS Sammy Sosa
TH Todd Helton
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Patch

Each Patch is also available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

AB Adrian Beltre 5
AJ Andruw Jones 25
AP Albert Pujols 5
AS Alfonso Soriano 12
BL Barry Larkin 11
CB Carlos Beltran 15
CJ Chipper Jones 10
CS Curt Schilling 38
FT Frank Thomas 35
GM Greg Maddux 31
GS Gary Sheffield 11
HB Hank Blalock 9
HM Hideki Matsui 55
IR Ivan Rodriguez 7
JB Jeff Bagwell 5
JT Jim Thome 25
KM Kaz Matsui 25
KW Kerry Wood 34
MP Mike Piazza 31
MR Manny Ramirez 24
MT Mark Teixeira 23
PM Pedro Martinez 45
RC Roger Clemens 22
RJ Randy Johnson 51
RP Rafael Palmeiro 25
SR Scott Rolen 27
SS Sammy Sosa 21
TH Todd Helton 17
VG Vladimir Guerrero 27

Dual Patch

ABHB Adrian Beltre / Hank Blalock 8
APSR Albert Pujols / Scott Rolen 12
CBJB Carlos Beltran / Jeff Bagwell 5
CJAJ Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones 18
HBMT Hank Blalock / Mark Teixeira 33
IRMP Ivan Rodriguez / Mike Piazza 31
KMHM Kaz Matsui / Hideki Matsui 15
KMMP Kaz Matsui / Mike Piazza 11
KWGM Kerry Wood / Greg Maddux 14
KWRC Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens 22
MRCS Manny Ramirez / Curt Schilling 24
RJPM Randy Johnson / Pedro Martinez 32
SSRP Sammy Sosa / Rafael Palmeiro 21

Historical Record

Jersey

AP Albert Pujols
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. SP 40
GM Greg Maddux
HM Hideki Matsui
HN Hideo Nomo
MP Mike Piazza
MS Mike Schmidt SP 40
NR0 Nolan Ryan
RC Roger Clemens
RJ Randy Johnson
SS Sammy Sosa

Patch

Each Patch is also available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

AP Albert Pujols 5
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
GM Greg Maddux 31
HM Hideki Matsui 55
HN Hideo Nomo 10
MP Mike Piazza 31
MS Mike Schmidt 20
NR Nolan Ryan 34
RC Roger Clemens 22
RJ Randy Johnson 51
SS Sammy Sosa 21

Dual Patch

APSS Albert Pujols / Sammy Sosa 19
CRMS Cal Ripken / Mike Schmidt 8
HMHN Hideki Matsui / Hideo Nomo 10
MPRC Mike Piazza / Roger Clemens 13
NRRC Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens 15
RJRC Randy Johnson / Roger Clemens 21
SSGM Sammy Sosa / Greg Maddux 25
CRNR Cal Ripken, Jr. / Nolan Ryan 14

First Name Bases Autograph

Silver

AB Adrian Beltre 19
AP Albert Pujols 2
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
HN Hideo Nomo 10
JL Javy Lopez 158
JV Justin Verlander 401
MCAM Mike Cameron 375
MT Mark Teixeira 225
SH Shea Hillenbrand 316

Gold

AB Adrian Beltre 96
AP Albert Pujols 73
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 73
HN Hideo Nomo 73
JL Javy Lopez 73
JV Justin Verlander 149
MCAM Mike Cameron 126
MT Mark Teixeira 147
SH Shea Hillenbrand 99

Red

AB Adrian Beltre 22
AP Albert Pujols 15
BL Barry Larkin 27
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
HN Hideo Nomo 22
JL Javy Lopez 25
JV Justin Verlander 99
MCAM Mike Cameron 90
MT Mark Teixeira 95
SH Shea Hillenbrand 41

White

AB Adrian Beltre 48
BL Barry Larkin 32
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 16
HN Hideo Nomo 1
JL Javy Lopez 43
MT Mark Teixeira 38
SH Shea Hillenbrand 18
MCAM Mike Cameron 30

Blue

Each First Name Bases Autograph Blue is a one-of-one.

JDD J.D. Drew
JL Javy Lopez
JV Justin Verlander
MCAM Mike Cameron
MT Mark Teixeira
SH Shea Hillenbrand
AB Adrian Beltre
AD Adam Dunn
AP Albert Pujols
BL Barry Larkin
CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
HN Hideo Nomo
JD Johnny Damon

Signature Swings

Silver

AE Adam Everett
AH Aubrey Huff
BAY Jason Bay
BJU B.J. Upton
BR Brooks Robinson SP 77
CC Carl Crawford
CF Chone Figgins
CK Casey Kotchman
CU Chase Utley
DM Dallas McPherson
DO David Ortiz SP 2
DW David Wright
JB Johnny Bench SP 10
JE Johnny Estrada EXCH
JG Joey Gathright
JK Josh Kroeger
JM Joe Mauer
JMO Justin Morneau
JP Josh Phelps
KG Khalil Greene
KUB Jason Kubel
LB Lance Berkman SP 33
LF Lew Ford
MP Mike Piazza SP 5
MS Mike Schmidt SP 7
MY Michael Young
NS Nick Swisher
RJ Reggie Jackson SP 10
RR Ryan Raburn EXCH
SS Shannon Stewart
TH Travis Hafner
VAL Val Majewski
VM Victor Martinez EXCH
WMP Wily Mo Pena

Gold

AE Adam Everett 199
AH Aubrey Huff 188
BAY Jason Bay 199
BJU B.J. Upton 199
BR Brooks Robinson 84
CC Carl Crawford 199
CF Chone Figgins 188
CK Casey Kotchman 199
CU Chase Utley 199
DM Dallas McPherson 199
DN Dioner Navarro 175
DO David Ortiz 71
DW David Wright 199
JB Johnny Bench 76
JG Joey Gathright 199
JK Josh Kroeger 199
JM Joe Mauer 194
JMO Justin Morneau 199
JON Jon Knott 74
JP Josh Phelps 199
KG Khalil Greene 199
KUB Jason Kubel 199
LB Lance Berkman 149
LF Lew Ford 190
LO Lyle Overbay 50
MS Mike Schmidt 90
MY Michael Young 100
NS Nick Swisher 199
RJ Reggie Jackson 53
RR Ryan Raburn 155
SS Shannon Stewart 179
TH Travis Hafner 199
VAL Val Majewski 199
WMP Wily Mo Pena 199

Bat Red

BAY Jason Bay 99
BJU B.J. Upton 99
BR Brooks Robinson 64
CC Carl Crawford 99
CK Casey Kotchman 99
DW David Wright 99
JB Johnny Bench 42
LB Lance Berkman 99
LF Lew Ford 76
MP Mike Piazza 30
MS Mike Schmidt 30
RJ Reggie Jackson 30
SS Shannon Stewart 99
WB Wade Boggs 45

Jersey White

BAY Jason Bay 22
BJU B.J. Upton 29
BR Brooks Robinson 17
CC Carl Crawford 29
DO David Ortiz 3
DW David Wright 29
JB Johnny Bench 3
JM Joe Mauer 29
JMO Justin Morneau 19
JP Josh Phelps 27
KG Khalil Greene 29
LB Lance Berkman 29
MP Mike Piazza 3
MS Mike Schmidt 3
MY Michael Young 29
RJ Reggie Jackson 3
SS Shannon Stewart 6
TH Travis Hafner 7
WB Wade Boggs 5

Patch Blue

BAY Jason Bay 38
BJU B.J. Upton 9
BR Brooks Robinson 8
CC Carl Crawford 13
DO David Ortiz 34
DW David Wright 5
JB Johnny Bench 8
JM Joe Mauer 7
JMO Justin Morneau 27
JP Josh Phelps 45
KG Khalil Greene 3
LB Lance Berkman 17
MP Mike Piazza 5
MS Mike Schmidt 5
MY Michael Young 10
RJ Reggie Jackson 5
SS Shannon Stewart 23
TH Travis Hafner 48
WB Wade Boggs 10

Logo Masterpiece

Each Signature Swings Logo Masterpiece is a one-of-one.

AE Adam Everett
AH Aubrey Huff
BAY Jason Bay
BJU B.J. Upton
CC Carl Crawford
CF Chone Figgins
DO David Ortiz
DW David Wright
HB Hank Blalock
JM Justin Morneau
JP Josh Phelps
KG Khalil Greene
LB Lance Berkman
LF Lew Ford
MP Mike Piazza
MY Michael Young
SS Shannon Stewart
TH Travis Hafner

Buybacks

Each Hobby box is expected to yield an autograph, game-used, or game-used combo card from a previously-released Fleer/Skybox product that had been repurchased (allegedly) and seeded into National Pastime packs. There are over 1000 different cards and listing them all would be pointless.

Each Buyback is hand-numbered and supposed to have had a National Pastime logo embossed on the card; however not all Buybacks were embossed. In addition, some cards were serial-numbered twice: once by machine and again by hand. The machine numbered cards were serial-numbered at the time of the product's original release. The hand-numbering took place for National Pastime.

Buyback 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Autographs

Fleer purchased an entire autographed 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set and randomly inserted all 80 cards into National Pastime packs. Each card was inserted into a penny sleeve along with a corresponding Certificate of Authenticity. In addition, Fleer randomly inserted an additional twenty-five unsigned 1959 Fleer Ted Williams cards.

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 ===Buyback 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Autographs===
-Fleer purchased an entire autographed [[1959 Fleer Ted Williams]] set, and randomly inserted all 80 cards into National Pastime packs.  In addition, Fleer randomly inserted an additional twenty-five unsigned 1959 Fleer Ted Williams cards.
+Fleer purchased an entire autographed [[1959 Fleer Ted Williams]] set and randomly inserted all 80 cards into National Pastime packs.  Each card was inserted into a penny sleeve along with a corresponding Certificate of Authenticity.  In addition, Fleer randomly inserted an additional twenty-five unsigned 1959 Fleer Ted Williams cards.
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