Description

1997 Sports Illustrated is a 180-card set released by Fleer in the summer of '97. The set features photographs taken from the archives of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-
Extra Edition	180	500	?
Great Shots	25	-	one-per-pack
Cooperstown Collection	12	-	1:12
Autographed Mini-Covers	6	250	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Bob Abreu FF
2 Jaime Bluma FF
3 Emil Brown FF RC
4 Jose Cruz, Jr. FF RC
5 Jason Dickson FF
6 Nomar Garciaparra FF
7 Todd Greene FF
8 Vladimir Guerrero FF
9 Wilton Guerrero FF
10 Jose Guillen FF
11 Hideki Irabu FF RC
12 Russ Johnson FF
13 Andruw Jones FF
14 Damon Mashore FF
15 Jason McDonald FF
16 Ryan McGuire FF
17 Matt Morris FF
18 Kevin Orie FF
19 Dante Powell FF
20 Pokey Reese FF
21 Joe Roa FF RC
22 Scott Rolen FF
23 Glendon Rusch FF
24 Scott Spiezio FF
25 Bubba Trammell FF RC
26 Todd Walker FF
27 Jamey Wright FF
28 Ken Griffey, Jr. SH
29 Tino Martinez SH
30 Roger Clemens SH
31 Hideki Irabu SH
32 Kevin Brown SH
33 Cal Ripken / Chipper Jones SH
34 Sandy Alomar, Jr. SH
35 Ken Caminiti SH
36 Randy Johnson SH
37 Andy Ashby IB
38 Jay Buhner IB
39 Joe Carter IB
40 Darren Daulton IB
41 Jeff Fassero IB
42 Andres Galarraga IB
43 Rusty Greer IB
44 Marquis Grissom IB
45 Joey Hamilton IB
46 Jimmy Key IB
47 Ryan Klesko IB
48 Eddie Murray IB
49 Charles Nagy IB
50 Dave Nilsson IB
51 Ricardo Rincon IB RC
52 Billy Wagner IB
53 Dan Wilson IB
54 Dmitri Young IB
55 Roberto Alomar SV
56 Sandy Alomar, Jr. SV
57 Scott Brosius SV
58 Tony Clark SV
59 Carlos Delgado SV
60 Jermaine Dye SV
61 Darin Erstad SV
62 Derek Jeter SV
63 Jason Kendall SV
64 Hideo Nomo SV
65 Rey Ordonez SV
66 Andy Pettitte SV
67 Manny Ramirez SV
68 Edgar Renteria SV
69 Shane Reynolds SV
70 Alex Rodriguez SV
71 Ivan Rodriguez SV
72 Jose Rosado SV
73 John Smoltz
74 Tom Glavine
75 Greg Maddux
76 Chipper Jones
77 Kenny Lofton
78 Fred McGriff
79 Kevin Brown
80 Alex Fernandez
81 Al Leiter
82 Bobby Bonilla
83 Gary Sheffield
84 Moises Alou
85 Henry Rodriguez
86 Mark Grudzielanek
87 Pedro Martinez
88 Todd Hundley
89 Bernard Gilkey
90 Bobby Jones
91 Curt Schilling
92 Ricky Bottalico
93 Mike Lieberthal
94 Sammy Sosa
95 Ryne Sandberg
96 Mark Grace
97 Deion Sanders
98 Reggie Sanders
99 Barry Larkin
100 Craig Biggio
101 Jeff Bagwell
102 Derek Bell
103 Brian Jordan
104 Ray Lankford
105 Ron Gant
106 Al Martin
107 Kevin Elster
108 Jermaine Allensworth
109 Vinny Castilla
110 Dante Bichette
111 Larry Walker
112 Mike Piazza
113 Eric Karros
114 Todd Hollandsworth
115 Raul Mondesi
116 Hideo Nomo
117 Ramon Martinez
118 Ken Caminiti
119 Tony Gwynn
120 Steve Finley
121 Barry Bonds
122 J.T. Snow
123 Rod Beck
124 Cal Ripken, Jr.
125 Mike Mussina
126 Brady Anderson
127 Bernie Williams
128 Derek Jeter
129 Tino Martinez
130 Andy Pettitte
131 David Cone
132 Mariano Rivera
133 Roger Clemens
134 Pat Hentgen
135 Juan Guzman
136 Bob Higginson
137 Tony Clark
138 Travis Fryman
139 Mo Vaughn
140 Tim Naehring
141 John Valentin
142 Matt Williams
143 Dave Justice
144 Jim Thome
145 Chuck Knoblauch
146 Paul Molitor
147 Marty Cordova
148 Frank Thomas
149 Albert Belle
150 Robin Ventura
151 John Jaha
152 Jeff Cirillo
153 Jose Valentin
154 Jay Bell
155 Jeff King
156 Kevin Appier
157 Ken Griffey, Jr.
158 Alex Rodriguez
159 Randy Johnson
160 Juan Gonzalez
161 Will Clark
162 Dean Palmer
163 Tim Salmon
164 Jim Edmonds
165 Jim Leyritz
166 Jose Canseco
167 Jason Giambi
168 Mark McGwire
169 Barry Bonds CC
170 Alex Rodriguez CC
171 Roger Clemens CC
172 Ken Griffey, Jr. CC
173 Greg Maddux CC
174 Mike Piazza CC
175 Will Clark / Mark McGwire CC
176 Hideo Nomo CC
177 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC
178 Ken Griffey, Jr. CC
179 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter CC
180 John Wetteland CC

Parallels

All 180 base cards are available in an "Extra Edition" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 500 copies each.

Inserts

Great Shots

Each pack of Sports Illustrated contained a 5" X 7" Great Shots mini poster. Obviously, these "cards" are impossible to find without crease marks.

13 Vinny Castilla / Andres Galarraga
1 Chipper Jones
2 Ryan Klesko
3 Kenny Lofton
4 Greg Maddux
5 John Smoltz
6 Roberto Alomar
7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
8 Mo Vaughn
9 Albert Belle
10 Frank Thomas
11 Ryne Sandberg
12 Deion Sanders
14 Eric Karros
15 Mike Piazza
16 Derek Jeter
17 Mark McGwire
18 Darren Daulton
19 Andy Ashby
20 Barry Bonds
21 Jay Buhner
22 Randy Johnson
23 Alex Rodriguez
24 Juan Gonzalez
25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Cooperstown Collection

This 12-card set features reprints of classic Sports Illustrated covers.

1 Hank Aaron
2 Yogi Berra
3 Lou Brock
4 Rod Carew
5 Juan Marichal
6 Al Kaline
7 Joe Morgan
8 Brooks Robinson
9 Willie Stargell
10 Kirby Puckett
11 Willie Mays
12 Frank Robinson

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Mini-Covers

This six-card set features an on-card autograph on a reprint of a classic Sports Illustrated cover. Only 250 serial-numbered copies of each autograph were printed.

1 Alex Rodriguez EXCH
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH
3 Kirby Puckett EXCH
4 Willie Mays EXCH
5 Frank Robinson EXCH
6 Hank Aaron EXCH