2000 Skybox

Description

2000 Skybox was released in May, 2000. The base set consists of 250 cards, with the final 50 cards making up a Prospects subset. As with the previous year's Skybox Premium, all 50 Prospects have a short-printed "horizontal" variation.

Distribution

Ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Horizontal Prospects (single player)	40	-	1:8	1:8
Horizontal Prospects (dual player)	10	-	1:12	1:12
Star Ruby	250	-	1:12	1:12
Star Ruby Extreme	250	50	?	?
Speed Merchants	10	-	1:8	1:8
Speed Merchants Star Ruby	10	50	?	?
Skylines	10	-	1:11	1:11
Skylines Star Ruby	10	50	?	?
Technique	15	-	1:11	1:11
Higher Level	10	-	1:24	1:24
Higher Level Star Ruby	10	50	?	?
Preeminence	10	-	1:24	1:24
Preeminence Star Ruby	10	50	?	?
Autographics	?	-	1:72	1:72
Autographics Purple Foil	?	50	?	?
Genuine Coverage	5	-	1:399	1:399
Genuine Coverage (Hobby Only)	5	-	1:144	N/A
Autographed Genuine Coverage	2	20	?	N/A

Checklist

Promos

Fleer issued a six-card promo set to attendees of the 2000 National Sports Collections Convention in Anaheim, CA. Each card has the 2000 NSCC logo on the front and the set is sequentially-numbered "X of 6" on the back.

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 3 Derek Jeter
• 4 Alex Rodriguez
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Mike Piazza

Base Set

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Ivan Rodriguez
• 3 Chipper Jones
• 4 Dean Palmer
• 5 Devon White
• 6 Ugueth Urbina
• 7 Doug Glanville
• 8 Damian Jackson
• 9 Jose Canseco
• 10 Billy Koch
• 11 Brady Anderson
• 12 Vladimir Guerrero
• 13 Dan Wilson
• 14 Kevin Brown
• 15 Eddie Taubensee
• 16 Jose Lima
• 17 Greg Maddux
• 18 Manny Ramirez
• 19 Brad Fullmer
• 20 Ron Gant
• 21 Edgar Martinez
• 22 Pokey Reese
• 23 Jason Varitek
• 24 Neifi Perez
• 25 Shane Reynolds
• 26 Robin Ventura
• 27 Scott Rolen
• 28 Trevor Hoffman
• 29 John Valentin
• 30 Shannon Stewart
• 31 Troy Glaus
• 32 Kerry Wood
• 33 Jim Thome
• 34 Rafael Roque
• 35 Tino Martinez
• 36 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 37 Orlando Hernandez
• 38 Kris Benson
• 39 Fred McGriff
• 40 Brian Jordan
• 41 Trot Nixon
• 42 Matt Clement
• 43 Ray Durham
• 44 Johnny Damon
• 45 Todd Hollandsworth
• 46 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 47 Tim Hudson
• 48 Tony Gwynn
• 49 Barry Bonds
• 50 Andruw Jones
• 51 Pedro Martinez
• 52 Mike Hampton
• 53 Miguel Tejada
• 54 Kevin Young
• 55 J.T. Snow
• 56 Carlos Delgado
• 57 Bobby Howry
• 58 Andres Galarraga
• 59 Paul Konerko
• 60 Mike Cameron
• 61 Jeremy Giambi
• 62 Todd Hundley
• 63 Al Leiter
• 64 Matt Stairs
• 65 Edgar Renteria
• 66 Jeff Kent
• 67 John Wetteland
• 68 Nomar Garciaparra
• 69 Jeff Weaver
• 70 Matt Williams
• 71 Kyle Farnsworth
• 72 Brad Radke
• 73 Eric Chavez
• 74 J.D. Drew
• 75 Steve Finley
• 76 Pete Harnisch
• 77 Chad Kreuter
• 78 Todd Pratt
• 79 John Jaha
• 80 Armando Rios
• 81 Luis Gonzalez
• 82 Ryan Minor
• 83 Juan Gonzalez
• 84 Rickey Henderson
• 85 Jason Giambi
• 86 Shawn Estes
• 87 Chad Curtis
• 88 Jeff Cirillo
• 89 Juan Encarnacion
• 90 Tony Womack
• 91 Mike Mussina
• 92 Jeff Bagwell
• 93 Rey Ordonez
• 94 Joe McEwing
• 95 Robb Nen
• 96 Will Clark
• 97 Chris Singleton
• 98 Jason Kendall
• 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 100 Rusty Greer
• 101 Charles Johnson
• 102 Carlos Lee
• 103 Brad Ausmus
• 104 Preston Wilson
• 105 Ronnie Belliard
• 106 Mike Lieberthal
• 107 Alex Rodriguez
• 108 Jay Bell
• 109 Frank Thomas
• 110 Adrian Beltre
• 111 Ron Coomer
• 112 Ben Grieve
• 113 Darryl Kile
• 114 Erubiel Durazo
• 115 Magglio Ordonez
• 116 Gary Sheffield
• 117 Joe Mays
• 118 Fernando Tatis
• 119 David Wells
• 120 Tim Salmon
• 121 Troy O'Leary
• 122 Roberto Alomar
• 123 Damion Easley
• 124 Brant Brown
• 125 Carlos Beltran
• 126 Eric Karros
• 127 Geoff Jenkins
• 128 Roger Clemens
• 129 Warren Morris
• 130 Eric Owens
• 131 Jose Cruz. Jr.
• 132 Mo Vaughn
• 133 Eric Young
• 134 Kenny Lofton
• 135 Marquis Grissom
• 136 A.J. Burnett
• 137 Bernie Williams
• 138 Javy Lopez
• 139 Jose Offerman
• 140 Sean Casey
• 141 Alex Gonzalez
• 142 Carlos Febles
• 143 Mike Piazza
• 144 Curt Schilling
• 145 Ben Davis
• 146 Rafael Palmeiro
• 147 Scott Williamson
• 148 Darin Erstad
• 149 Joe Girardi
• 150 Gerald Williams
• 151 Richie Sexson
• 152 Corey Koskie
• 153 Paul O'Neill
• 154 Chad Hermansen
• 155 Randy Johnson
• 156 Henry Rodriguez
• 157 Bartolo Colon
• 158 Tony Clark
• 159 Mike Lowell
• 160 Moises Alou
• 161 Todd Walker
• 162 Mariano Rivera
• 163 Mark McGwire
• 164 Roberto Hernandez
• 165 Larry Walker
• 166 Albert Belle
• 167 Barry Larkin
• 168 Rolando Arrojo
• 169 Mark Kotsay
• 170 Ken Caminiti
• 171 Dermal Brown
• 172 Michael Barrett
• 173 Jay Buhner
• 174 Ruben Mateo
• 175 Jim Edmonds
• 176 Sammy Sosa
• 177 Omar Vizquel
• 178 Todd Helton
• 179 Kevin Barker
• 180 Derek Jeter
• 181 Brian Giles
• 182 Greg Vaughn
• 183 Roy Halladay
• 184 Tom Glavine
• 185 Craig Biggio
• 186 Jose Vidro
• 187 Andy Ashby
• 188 Freddy Garcia
• 189 Garret Anderson
• 190 Mark Grace
• 191 Travis Fryman
• 192 Jeromy Burnitz
• 193 Jacque Jones
• 194 David Cone
• 195 Ryan Rupe
• 196 John Smoltz
• 197 Daryle Ward
• 198 Rondell White
• 199 Bob Abreu
• 200 Justin Thompson

Prospects (vertical)

• 201 Norm Hutchins PROS
• 202 Ramon Ortiz PROS
• 203 Dan Wheeler PROS
• 204 Matt Riley PROS
• 205 Steve Lomasney PROS
• 206 Chad Meyers PROS
• 207 Gary Glover PROS RC
• 208 Joe Crede PROS
• 209 Kip Wells PROS
• 210 Travis Dawkins PROS
• 211 Denny Stark PROS RC
• 212 Ben Petrick PROS
• 213 Eric Munson PROS
• 214 Josh Beckett PROS
• 215 Pablo Ozuna PROS
• 216 Brad Penny PROS
• 217 Julio Ramirez PROS
• 218 Danny Peoples PROS
• 219 Wilfredo Rodriguez PROS RC
• 220 Julio Lugo PROS
• 221 Mark Quinn PROS
• 222 Eric Gagne PROS
• 223 Chad Green PROS
• 224 Tony Armas, Jr. PROS
• 225 Milton Bradley PROS
• 226 Rob Bell PROS
• 227 Alfonso Soriano PROS
• 228 Wily Mo Pena PROS
• 229 Nick Johnson PROS
• 230 Ed Yarnall PROS
• 231 Ryan Bradley PROS
• 232 Adam Piatt PROS
• 233 Chad Harville PROS
• 234 Alex Sanchez PROS
• 235 Michael Coleman PROS
• 236 Pat Burrell PROS
• 237 Wascar Serrano PROS RC
• 238 Rick Ankiel PROS
• 239 Mike Lamb PROS RC
• 240 Vernon Wells PROS

Premium Pairs (vertical)

• 241 Jason Wood / Geofrey Tomlinson DUAL PROS
• 242 Josh Phelps / Shea Hillenbrand DUAL PROS RC
• 243 Aaron Myette / Doug Davis DUAL PROS
• 244 Brett Laxton / Rob Ramsay DUAL PROS RC
• 245 B.J. Ryan / Carlos Lee DUAL PROS
• 246 Chris Haas / Wilton Veras DUAL PROS
• 247 Jimmy Anderson / Kyle Peterson DUAL PROS
• 248 Jason Dewey / Giuseppe Chiaramonte DUAL PROS
• 249 Guillermo Mota / Orber Moreno DUAL PROS
• 250 Julio Zuleta / Steve Cox DUAL PROS RC

Parallels

Horizontal Prospects/Premium Pairs

The 50 cards in the Prospect (cards #201-#240) and Premium Pairs (cards #241-#250) subsets are also available in a "Horizontal" parallel. Whereas all 250 base cards are all in a vertical format, these cards are all horizontal and are stamped in blue foil.

Star Ruby

All 250 base cards are available in the following Star Ruby parallels.

• Star Ruby
• Star Ruby Extreme (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

NOTES

• Star Rubies do not exist for the 50 Horizontal Prospects.
• Each Star Ruby is sequentially-numbered with an "SR" suffix, while Star Ruby Extreme's have an "SRE" suffix.

Hobby Bullpen

2000 Skybox Hobby Bullpen is a 15-card partial-parallel that was given away by Fleer-Skybox representatives as part of a promotional "Fleer Traveling Road Show."

All cards have a red "Fleer Hobby Bullpen" logo on the front.

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Ivan Rodriguez
• 3 Chipper Jones
• 12 Vladimir Guerrero
• 17 Greg Maddux
• 18 Manny Ramirez
• 48 Tony Gwynn
• 49 Barry Bonds
• 51 Pedro Martinez
• 68 Nomar Garciaparra
• 98 Jason Kendall
• 99 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 163 Mark McGwire
• 176 Sammy Sosa
• 180 Derek Jeter

Inserts

NOTE: All inserts are available in a Star Ruby parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Speed Merchants

• 1 SM Derek Jeter
• 2 SM Sammy Sosa
• 3 SM Nomar Garciaparra
• 4 SM Alex Rodriguez
• 5 SM Randy Johnson
• 6 SM Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 7 SM Pedro Martinez
• 8 SM Pat Burrell
• 9 SM Barry Bonds
• 10 SM Mark McGwire

Skylines

• SL1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• SL2 Mark McGwire
• SL3 Alex Rodriguez
• SL4 Sammy Sosa
• SL5 Derek Jeter
• SL6 Mike Piazza
• SL7 Nomar Garciaparra
• SL8 Chipper Jones
• SL9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• SL10 Manny Ramirez

Technique

• 1 T Alex Rodriguez
• 2 T Tony Gwynn
• 3 T Sean Casey
• 4 T Mark McGwire
• 5 T Sammy Sosa
• 6 T Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 7 T Mike Piazza
• 8 T Nomar Garciaparra
• 9 T Derek Jeter
• 10 T Vladimir Guerrero
• 11 T Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 12 T Chipper Jones
• 13 T Frank Thomas
• 14 T Manny Ramirez
• 15 T Jeff Bagwell

Higher Level

• 1 HL Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 HL Derek Jeter
• 3 HL Nomar Garciaparra
• 4 HL Chipper Jones
• 5 HL Mike Piazza
• 6 HL Ivan Rodriguez
• 7 HL Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8 HL Sammy Sosa
• 9 HL Alex Rodriguez
• 10 HL Mark McGwire

Preeminence

• 1P Pedro Martinez
• 2P Derek Jeter
• 3P Nomar Garciaparra
• 4P Alex Rodriguez
• 5P Mark McGwire
• 6P Sammy Sosa
• 7P Sean Casey
• 8P Mike Piazza
• 9P Chipper Jones
• 10P Ivan Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Genuine Coverage

Genuine Coverage is a 10-card game jersey set. The set was split into two five-card groups for Hobby and retail distribution. The five "common" cards - tagged with an "HR" in the checklist below - were distributed in both Hobby and retail packs at a rate of 1:399. The five "Hobby-only" cards - tagged with an "H" in the checklist below - were seeded Hobby packs at a rate of 1:144.

NOTE: The design is similar to other "Genuine Coverage" cards in other 2000 Skybox-branded sets. Also, the cards are not sequentially-numbered.

• Jose Canseco H
• J.D. Drew H
• Troy Glaus HR
• Manny Ramirez H
• Cal Ripken, Jr. HR
• Alex Rodriguez HR
• Ivan Rodriguez H
• Frank Thomas H
• Robin Ventura HR
• Matt Williams HR

Autographed Genuine Coverage

Cal Ripken, Jr. and Alex Rodriguez autographed 20 copies of their Genuine Coverage cards for random insertion in Hobby packs.

• Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Alex Rodriguez

Autographics

See 2000 Skybox Autographics.