Description

2004 Fleer Platinum is a 200-card set, and was released in February, 2004. Like previous Platinum efforts, the base set evokes a classic Fleer Baseball set -- in this case, 1984 Fleer. The set does feature 22 short-prints; however, Fleer decided NOT to short-print any of the 18 multi-player Prospects.

Like the 2003 Fleer Platinum set, Hobby boxes contained a mix of pack types. Each Hobby box contained 18, seven-card wax packs and four, 20-card jumbo packs. Rack packs were issued separately in their own Hobby-exclusive boxes. Each rack box had four, 30-card packs.

A typical Hobby box should yield two "hits:" one jersey card in the wax packs, and a "Nameplates" patch card from the jumbos. Each rack pack has an "Inscribed" autograph.

Cards 136-143 were issued at a stated rate of 1:3 Hobby wax and 1:12 retail wax packs. Cards numbered 144-151 were seeded at the rate of one-per-jumbo pack, while 152 through 157 were issued exclusively in rack packs at a rate of one per. According to Fleer the stated print run of the six rack-exclusive cards was 1000 cards each.

Distribution

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Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Wax Odds	Retail Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds	Rack Odds
Base	200	-	7:1	7:1	20:1	30:1
short set	178	-	?	?	?	?
Wax Exclusive SPs	8	-	1:3	1:12	N/A	N/A
Jumbo Exclusive SPs	8	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-jumbo	N/A
Rack Exclusive SPs	6	1000	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-rack
Platinum Finish	200	100	1:15	?	N/A	N/A
Big Signs	15	-	1:9	1:8	1:2	N/A
Classic Combinations	10	-	1:108	1:270	N/A	N/A
MLB Scouting Report	15	400	1:45	1:190	1:96	N/A
Platinum Portraits	10	-	1:18	1:24	1:4	N/A
Big Signs Autographed	4	100	?	?	?	N/A
Clubhouse Memorabilia	?	-	1:24	1:96	N/A	N/A
Clubhouse Memorabilia Dual	?	50	?	?	N/A	N/A
Inscribed	?	varies	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-rack
MLB Scouting Report Game Jersey	?	250	?	?	?	N/A
Player Nameplates	?	varies	N/A	N/A	1:4*	N/A
Team Nameplates	?	varies	N/A	N/A	1:4*	N/A
Platinum Portraits Game Jersey	?	-	1:48	1:120	N/A	N/A
Platinum Portraits Patch	?	100	?	?	N/A	N/A

Overall odds of finding any Nameplate card: 1:4 Jumbo packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Luis Castillo

2 Preston Wilson

3 Johan Santana

4 Fred McGriff

5 Albert Pujols

6 Reggie Sanders

7 Ivan Rodriguez

8 Roy Halladay

9 Brian Giles

10 Bernie Williams

11 Barry Larkin

12 Marlon Anderson

13 Ramon Ortiz

14 Luis Matos

15 Esteban Loaiza

16 Orlando Cabrera

17 Jamie Moyer

18 Tino Martinez

19 Josh Beckett

20 Derek Jeter

21 Derek Lowe

22 Jack Wilson

23 Bret Boone

24 Matt Morris

25 Javier Vazquez

26 Joe Crede

27 Jose Vidro

28 Mike Piazza

29 Curt Schilling

30 Alex Rodriguez

31 John Olerud

32 Dontrelle Willis

33 Larry Walker

34 Joe Randa

35 Paul Lo Duca

36 Marlon Byrd

37 Bo Hart

38 Rafael Palmeiro

39 Garret Anderson

40 Tom Glavine

41 Ichiro

42 Derrek Lee

43 Lance Berkman

44 Nomar Garciaparra

45 Mike Sweeney

46 A.J. Burnett

47 Sean Casey

48 Eric Gagne

49 Joel Pineiro

50 Russ Ortiz

51 Placido Polanco

52 Sammy Sosa

53 Mark Teixeira

54 Randy Wolf

55 Vladimir Guerrero

56 Tim Hudson

57 Lew Ford

58 Carlos Delgado

59 Darin Erstad

60 Mike Lieberthal

61 Craig Biggio

62 Ryan Klesko

63 C.C. Sabathia

64 Carlos Lee

65 Al Leiter

66 Brandon Webb

67 Jacque Jones

68 Kerry Wood

69 Omar Vizquel

70 Jeremy Bonderman

71 Kevin Brown

72 Richie Sexson

73 Zach Day

74 Mike Mussina

75 Sidney Ponson

76 Andruw Jones

77 Woody Williams

78 Kazuhiro Sasaki

79 Matt Clement

80 Shea Hillenbrand

81 Bartolo Colon

82 Ken Griffey Jr.

83 Todd Helton

84 Dmitri Young

85 Richard Hidalgo

86 Carlos Beltran

87 Brad Wilkerson

88 Andy Pettitte

89 Miguel Tejada

90 Edgar Martinez

91 Vernon Wells

92 Magglio Ordonez

93 Tony Batista

94 Jose Reyes

95 Matt Stairs

96 Manny Ramirez

97 Carlos Pena

98 A.J. Pierzynski

99 Jim Thome

100 Aubrey Huff

101 Roberto Alomar

102 Luis Gonzalez

103 Chipper Jones

104 Jay Gibbons

105 Adam Dunn

106 Jay Payton

107 Scott Podsednik

108 Roy Oswalt

109 Milton Bradley

110 Shawn Green

111 Ryan Wagner

112 Eric Chavez

113 Pat Burrell

114 Frank Thomas

115 Jason Kendall

116 Jake Peavy

117 Mike Cameron

118 Jim Edmonds

119 Hank Blalock

120 Troy Glaus

121 Jeff Kent

122 Jason Schmidt

123 Corey Patterson

124 Austin Kearns

125 Edwin Jackson

126 Alfonso Soriano

127 Bobby Abreu

128 Scott Rolen

129 Jeff Bagwell

130 Shannon Stewart

131 Rich Aurilia

132 Ty Wigginton

133 Randy Johnson

134 Rocco Baldelli

135 Hideo Nomo

Wax Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to seven-card wax packs and were inserted at the rate of 1:3 Hobby packs, and 1:12 retail packs.

136 Greg Maddux

137 Johnny Damon

138 Mark Prior

139 Corey Koskie

140 Miguel Cabrera

141 Hideki Matsui

142 Jose Cruz Jr.

143 Barry Zito

Jumbo Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to 20-card jumbo packs and were inserted at the rate of one-per-pack.

144 Javy Lopez

145 Jason Varitek

146 Moises Alou

147 Torii Hunter

148 Juan Encarnacion

149 Jorge Posada

150 Marquis Grissom

151 Rich Harden

Rack Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to 30-card rack packs and were inserted at the rate of one-per-pack. Shortly after the release of '04 Platinum, Fleer announced that each Rack Exclusive SP was limited to only 1000 copies; although none of the cards are serial-numbered.

152 Gary Sheffield

153 Pedro Martinez

154 Brad Radke

155 Mike Lowell

156 Jason Giambi

157 Mark Mulder

Unsung Heroes

None of the Unsung Heroes cards are short-printed.

158 Ben Weber

159 Mark DeRosa

160 Melvin Mora

161 Bill Mueller

162 Jon Garland

163 Jody Gerut

164 Javier Lopez

165 Craig Monroe

166 Juan Pierre

167 Morgan Ensberg

168 Angel Berroa

169 Geoff Jenkins

170 Matt LeCroy

171 Livan Hernandez

172 Jason Phillips

173 Mariano Rivera

174 Erubiel Durazo

175 Jason Michaels

176 Kip Wells

177 Ray Durham

178 Randy Winn

179 Edgar Renteria

180 Carl Crawford

181 Laynce Nix

182 Greg Myers

Prospects

None of the Prospects are short-printed

183 Del. Young/C. Gaudin

184 H. Quintero/B. Castro

185 C. Brazell/D. Garcia

186 R. Wing RC/F. Cruceta

187 W. Bergolla RC/J. Hall

188 C. Barmes/G. Atkins

189 C. Bootcheck/R. Fischer

190 E. Gonzalez/M. Kata

191 A. Brown/K. Hill

192 J. Gall RC/D. Haren

193 C. Bentz RC/L. Ayala

194 H. Gimenez RC/E. Bruntlett

195 B. Bonser/R. Bowen

196 C. Snelling/R. Johnson

197 R. Weeks/A. Morrissey

198 N. Lowry/T. Linden

199 C. Waters/B. Evert

200 J. De Paula/C. Wang

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in a "Platinum Finish" parallel. All Platinum Finish cards are exclusive to wax packs and are serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts

Big Signs

1 Albert Pujols

2 Derek Jeter

3 Mike Piazza

4 Jason Giambi

5 Ichiro

6 Nomar Garciaparra

7 Mark Prior

8 Randy Johnson

9 Greg Maddux

10 Sammy Sosa

11 Ken Griffey Jr.

12 Dontrelle Willis

13 Alex Rodriguez

14 Chipper Jones

15 Hank Blalock

Classic Combinations

1 I. Rodriguez/M. Piazza

2 A. Rodriguez/S. Sosa

3 D. Willis/A. Berroa

4 N. Garciaparra/D. Jeter

5 Ichiro/H. Nomo

6 J. Beckett/K. Wood

7 A. Pujols/C. Delgado

8 A. Soriano/J. Morgan

9 J. Giambi/R. Jackson

10 N. Ryan/T. Seaver

MLB Scouting Report

NOTE: Each card is serial-numbered to 400 copies.

1 Josh Beckett

2 Todd Helton

3 Rocco Baldelli

4 Pedro Martinez

5 Jeff Bagwell

6 Mark Prior

7 Ichiro

8 Barry Zito

9 Manny Ramirez

10 Miguel Cabrera

11 Richie Sexson

12 Hideki Matsui

13 Magglio Ordonez

14 Brandon Webb

15 Kerry Wood

Platinum Portraits

1 Jason Giambi

2 Nomar Garciaparra

3 Vladimir Guerrero

4 Mark Prior

5 Jim Thome

6 Derek Jeter

7 Sammy Sosa

8 Alex Rodriguez

9 Greg Maddux

10 Albert Pujols

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Big Signs

Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies. The Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones cards packed out as exchange cards. Although no expiration date was listed, the cards for all intents and purposes expired when Fleer filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

AP Albert Pujols EXCH

CJ Chipper Jones EXCH

DW Dontrelle Willis

HB Hank Blalock

Clubhouse Memorabilia

Each card is also available in a "Dual" parallel, featuring two memorabilia swatches and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

AK Austin Kearns

AP Albert Pujols SP

AR Alex Rodriguez

AS Alfonso Soriano SP

CJ Chipper Jones SP

DJ Derek Jeter

DW Dontrelle Willis

GM Greg Maddux

HB Hank Blalock

HN Hideo Nomo

JB Josh Beckett

JG Jason Giambi

JT Jim Thome

MPI Mike Piazza

MPR Mark Prior SP

MT Miguel Tejada

NG Nomar Garciaparra

RB Rocco Baldeli

RS Richie Sexson

SS Sammy Sosa

THE Todd Helton

THU Torii Hunter

VG Vladimir Guerrero

Inscribed

Each card is autographed, serial-numbered and exclusive to rack packs. Five Inscribed cards packed out as exchange cards. Although no expiration date was listed, the cards for all intents and purposes expired when Fleer filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

1CS Randy Johnson 100 EXCH

2AS Adam LaRoche 200 EXCH

AB Angel Berroa 210

AP Albert Pujols 100

BL Barry Larkin 75

BWA Billy Wagner 300

BWE Brandon Webb 150

CBE Chad Bentz 310

CBO Chris Bootcheck 210

CSN Chris Snelling 310

DH Dan Haren 200

DM Dallas McPherson 160

DW Dontrelle Willis 25

DY Delmon Young 210

EG Eric Gagne 130

EJ Edwin Jackson 200

JR1 Jose Reyes 20

JR2 Jose Reyes 150 EXCH

JV Javier Vazquez 160

KG Khalil Greene 310

KH Koyie Hill 300

LN Laynce Nix 200

MB Marlon Byrd 255

MC Miguel Cabrera 200 EXCH

MK Matt Kata 315

RB Rocco Baldelli 100

RHA Rich Harden 200

RHO Ryan Howard 160

RWA Ryan Wagner 300 EXCH

RWE Rickie Weeks 200

SP Scott Podsednik 180

SR Scott Rolen 55

VW Vernon Wells 200

MLB Scouting Report Game Jersey

Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

BW Brandon Webb

JB Josh Beckett

JBAG Jeff Bagwell

KW Kerry Wood

MP Mark Prior

MR Manny Ramirez

PM Pedro Martinez

RB Rocco Baldelli

TH Todd Helton

Player Nameplates

AK Austin Kearns 310

AP Albert Pujols 190

AR Alex Rodriguez 225

BZ Barry Zito 170

CJ Chipper Jones 150

CS Curt Schilling 260

GS Gary Sheffield 115

HB Hank Blalock 200

HN Hideo Nomo 85

HSC Hee Seop Choi 70

JB Josh Beckett 255

JP Juan Pierre 50

JR Jose Reyes 310

KB Kevin Brown 80

KW Kerry Wood 290

LC Luis Castillo 75

MB Marlon Byrd 75

MC Miguel Cabrera 75

MR Manny Ramirez 210

MT Mark Teixeira 250

NG Nomar Garciaparra 320

RJ Randy Johnson 200

RS Richie Sexson 165

SS Sammy Sosa 260

TG Tom Glavine 25

Team Nameplates

AK Austin Kearns 515

AP Albert Pujols 470

AR Alex Rodriguez 510

BZ Barry Zito 515

CJ Chipper Jones 420

CS Curt Schilling 250

GS Gary Sheffield 500

HB Hank Blalock 515

HN Hideo Nomo 390

HSC Hee Seop Choi 220

JB Josh Beckett 390

JP Juan Pierre 110

JR Jose Reyes 510

KB Kevin Brown 220

KW Kerry Wood 510

LC Luis Castillo 225

MB Marlon Byrd 470

MC Miguel Cabrera 105

MR Manny Ramirez 480

MT Mark Teixeira 505

NG Nomar Garciaparra 250

RJ Randy Johnson 290

RS Richie Sexson 420

SS Sammy Sosa 490

Platinum Portraits Game Jersey

Each card is also available in a Patch version, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

AP Albert Pujols