2001 Fleer Ripken Commemorative

Description

2001 Fleer Ripken Commemorative is a 60-card boxed set paying tribute to the career of the recently-retired Cal Ripken, Jr. There were two such sets: A Glossy set (limited to 2632 sets) and a standard set limited to 50,000 sets. The Glossy set included six exclusive game-used cards and one jumbo card.

Distribution

50,000 "standard" factory sets

2632 "Glossy" factory sets -- with bonus cards.

Checklist

Base Set

The set is broken down in the following subsets: Career Highlights (1-12); The Streak (13-24); Final Season (25-35); Last Game (36-40) and Fleer Reprints (41-60).

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1982 AL Rookie of the Year"
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3000th Hit"
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr. "400th Home Run"
• 4 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1991 All-Star Game MVP"
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1983 & 1991 AL MVP"
• 6 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1991 & 1992 Gold Gloves"
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr. "19-Time AL All-Star"
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A Career Night"
• 9 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Career Homeruns by a Shortstop"
• 10 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Eight Silver Sluggers"
• 11 Cal Ripken, Jr. "15 Straight All-Star Starts"
• 12 Cal Ripken, Jr. "All-Century Team"
• 13 Cal Ripken, Jr. "The First Game 5/30/82"
• 14 Cal Ripken, Sr. / Cal Ripken, Jr. "Father and Son"
• 15 Cal Ripken, Jr. "1000th Career Hit"
• 16 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Nearly Perfect"
• 17 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Error-Free Streak"
• 18 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2000th Career Hit"
• 19 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2000th Straight Game"
• 20 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Tying Lou Gehirg - 2130"
• 21 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A New Iron Man - 2131"
• 22 Cal Ripken, Jr. "A World Record"
• 23 Cal Ripken, Jr. "The Streak's Finale"
• 24 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Cal Sits Out"
• 25 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Homer in 2001 All-Star Game"
• 26 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Career Achievement Award"
• 27 Cal Ripken, Jr. "2001 All-Star Game MVP"
• 28 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Cal's Last Hurrah"
• 29 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Back-to-Back Game-Winning Homers"
• 30 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Final Visit to Oakland"
• 31 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Canadian Farewell"
• 32 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Bye, Bye Boston"
• 33 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Derek Jeter "Yankees Bid Cal Adieu"
• 34 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Commemorative Patch"
• 35 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3000th Career Game"
• 36 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Last Game at Third Base"
• 37 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Last At-Bat"
• 38 Cal Ripken, Jr. "3001st Game Played"
• 39 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Curtain Cal"
• 40 Cal Ripken, Jr. "Number 8 Retired"
• 41 Cal Ripken, Jr. 82F
• 42 Cal Ripken, Jr. 83F
• 43 Cal Ripken, Jr. 84F
• 44 Cal Ripken, Jr. 85F
• 45 Cal Ripken, Jr. 86F
• 46 Cal Ripken, Jr. 87F
• 47 Cal Ripken, Jr. 88F
• 48 Cal Ripken, Jr. 89F
• 49 Cal Ripken, Jr. 90F
• 50 Cal Ripken, Jr. 91F
• 51 Cal Ripken, Jr. 92F
• 52 Cal Ripken, Jr. 93U
• 53 Cal Ripken, Jr. 94F
• 54 Cal Ripken, Jr. 95F
• 55 Cal Ripken, Jr. 96F
• 56 Cal Ripken, Jr. 97F
• 57 Cal Ripken, Jr. 98FTrad
• 58 Cal Ripken, Jr. 99FTrad
• 59 Cal Ripken, Jr. 00FTrad
• 60 Cal Ripken, Jr. 01FTrad

Parallels

Glossy

As mentioned, Fleer made two versions of this set: "standard" and "Glossy." 50,000 standard sets were produced with each set sealed with a serial-numbered sticker. Only 2632 Glossy sets were produced with each Glossy set also containing a number of bonus cards (see below).

Inserts

Call to Greatness

An oversized card measuring 3 1/2" x 5" was inserted into every Glossy set. Each is limited to 2632 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Each Glossy set contained either one of two autographs or one of five game-used cards.

The five game-used cards are: Base, Bat, Jersey, Jersey Patch, and On-Deck Circle. The Base card is game-dated to Ripken's final game, October 6th, 2001. The On-Deck Circle card is game-dated to July 26th, 2001. The Jersey Patch card features the same design and photograph as the Jersey card, and is not otherwise marked as being a "patch" card. These cards are NOT serial-numbered, and Fleer never released the production figures for each card; however, it is believed that the On-Deck Circle card is the scarcest.

Of the two autographs available, one features the same design of the game-used cards, and the other is an autographed reprint of Ripken's 1982 Fleer rookie card. The reprint card is hand-numbered to 82 copies.