Description

2003 Leaf is a 329-card set issued in two separate releases. The primary Leaf product - containing the first 320 cards and most of the inserts - was released in February, 2003. This set includes the following short-printed subsets: Passing the Torch (251 to 270) and a Rookies subset (271-320). Cards 321-329 were issued within packs of DLP Rookies and Traded in December, 2003.

Jose Contreras, the Cuban refugee signed to a large free-agent contract by the Yankees, had his very first card in this set. There is no card number 42 as both Bobby Higginson and Carlos Pena share card number 41.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	329	-	?
Red Press Proof	329	-	1:12
Blue Press Proof	329	50	?
Throwback Logo	329	25	?
Leaf 60	50	-	1:8
Leaf 60 Foil	50	60	?
Hard Hats	12	-	1:13
Slick Leather	15	-	1:21
2003 Leaf Certified Samples	15	-	1:23
2003 Leaf Certified Samples Mirror Red	15	150	?
2003 Leaf Certified Samples Mirror Blue	15	75	?
2003 Leaf Certified Samples Mirror Gold	15	25	?
Gold Leaf Rookies	10	-	1:24
Mirror Gold Leaf Rookies	10	25	?
Home/Away	20	-	1:34
Clean Up Crew	10	-	1:49
Shirt Off My Back	20	500	?
Number Off My Back	20	?
Maple & Ash	15	400	?
Home/Away Materials	20	250	?
Game Collection	20	150	?
Hard Hats Batting Helmets	12	100	?
Clean Up Crew Materials	10	25	?
Autographs	9	varies	?
Clubhouse Signatures Bronze	24	-	?
Clubhouse Signatures Silver	20	100	?
Clubhouse Signatures Gold	25	25	?

Checklist

Promos

Randomly inserted into each copy of the March, 2003 issue of 'Beckett Baseball Card Monthly' was one 2003 Leaf promo card. The promo set parallels the entire 320-card Leaf Series base set, but with the word "SAMPLE" stamped in either Gold or Silver foil on the back. Approximately one-tenth of the Sample cards were stamped in Gold foil.

Base Set

Leaf Series

1 Brad Fullmer
2 Darin Erstad
3 David Eckstein
4 Garret Anderson
5 Jarrod Washburn
6 Kevin Appier
7 Tim Salmon
8 Troy Glaus
9 Troy Percival
10 Buddy Groom
11 Jay Gibbons
12 Jeff Conine
13 Marty Cordova
14 Melvin Mora
15 Rodrigo Lopez
16 Tony Batista
17 Jorge Julio
18 Cliff Floyd
19 Derek Lowe
20 Jason Varitek
21 Johnny Damon
22 Manny Ramirez
23 Nomar Garciaparra
24 Pedro Martinez
25 Rickey Henderson
26 Shea Hillenbrand
27 Trot Nixon
28 Carlos Lee
29 Frank Thomas
30 Jose Valentin
31 Magglio Ordonez
32 Mark Buehrle
33 Paul Konerko
34 C.C. Sabathia
35 Danys Baez
36 Ellis Burks
37 Jim Thome
38 Omar Vizquel
39 Ricky Gutierrez
40 Travis Fryman
41a Bobby Higginson
41b Carlos Pena
43 Juan Acevedo
44 Mark Redman
45 Randall Simon
46 Robert Fick
47 Steve Sparks
48 Carlos Beltran
49 Joe Randa
50 Michael Tucker
51 Mike Sweeney
52 Paul Byrd
53 Raul Ibanez
54 Runelvys Hernandez
55 A.J. Pierzynski
56 Brad Radke
57 Corey Koskie
58 Cristian Guzman
59 David Ortiz
60 Doug Mientkiewicz
61 Dustan Mohr
62 Eddie Guardado
63 Jacque Jones
64 Torii Hunter
65 Alfonso Soriano
66 Andy Pettitte
67 Bernie Williams
68 David Wells
69 Derek Jeter
70 Jason Giambi
71 Jeff Weaver
72 Jorge Posada
73 Mike Mussina
74 Nick Johnson
75 Raul Mondesi
76 Robin Ventura
77 Roger Clemens
78 Barry Zito
79 Billy Koch
80 David Justice
81 Eric Chavez
82 Jermaine Dye
83 Mark Mulder
84 Miguel Tejada
85 Ray Durham
86 Scott Hatteberg
87 Ted Lilly
88 Tim Hudson
89 Bret Boone
90 Carlos Guillen
91 Chris Snelling
92 Dan Wilson
93 Edgar Martinez
94 Freddy Garcia
95 Ichiro
96 Jamie Moyer
97 Joel Pineiro
98 John Olerud
99 Mark McLemore
100 Mike Cameron
101 Kazuhiro Sasaki
102 Aubrey Huff
103 Ben Grieve
104 Joe Kennedy
105 Paul Wilson
106 Randy Winn
107 Steve Cox
108 Alex Rodriguez
109 Chan Ho Park
110 Hank Blalock
111 Herbert Perry
112 Ivan Rodriguez
113 Juan Gonzalez
114 Kenny Rogers
115 Kevin Mench
116 Rafael Palmeiro
117 Carlos Delgado
118 Eric Hinske
119 Jose Cruz
120 Josh Phelps
121 Roy Halladay
122 Shannon Stewart
123 Vernon Wells
124 Curt Schilling
125 Junior Spivey
126 Luis Gonzalez
127 Mark Grace
128 Randy Johnson
129 Steve Finley
130 Tony Womack
131 Andruw Jones
132 Chipper Jones
133 Gary Sheffield
134 Greg Maddux
135 John Smoltz
136 Kevin Millwood
137 Rafael Furcal
138 Tom Glavine
139 Alex Gonzalez
140 Corey Patterson
141 Fred McGriff
142 Jon Lieber
143 Kerry Wood
144 Mark Prior
145 Matt Clement
146 Moises Alou
147 Sammy Sosa
148 Aaron Boone
149 Adam Dunn
150 Austin Kearns
151 Barry Larkin
152 Danny Graves
153 Elmer Dessens
154 Ken Griffey, Jr.
155 Sean Casey
156 Todd Walker
157 Gabe Kapler
158 Jason Jennings
159 Jay Payton
160 Larry Walker
161 Mike Hampton
162 Todd Helton
163 Todd Zeile
164 A.J. Burnett
165 Derrek Lee
166 Josh Beckett
167 Juan Encarnacion
168 Luis Castillo
169 Mike Lowell
170 Preston Wilson
171 Billy Wagner
172 Craig Biggio
173 Daryle Ward
174 Jeff Bagwell
175 Lance Berkman
176 Octavio Dotel
177 Richard Hidalgo
178 Roy Oswalt
179 Adrian Beltre
180 Eric Gagne
181 Eric Karros
182 Hideo Nomo
183 Kazuhisa Ishii
184 Kevin Brown
185 Mark Grudzielanek
186 Odalis Perez
187 Paul Lo Duca
188 Shawn Green
189 Alex Sanchez
190 Ben Sheets
191 Jeffrey Hammonds
192 Jose Hernandez
193 Takahito Nomura
194 Richie Sexson
195 Andres Galarraga
196 Bartolo Colon
197 Brad Wilkerson
198 Javier Vazquez
199 Jose Vidro
200 Michael Barrett
201 Tomo Ohka
202 Vladimir Guerrero
203 Al Leiter
204 Armando Benitez
205 Edgardo Alfonzo
206 Mike Piazza
207 Mo Vaughn
208 Pedro Astacio
209 Roberto Alomar
210 Roger Cedeno
211 Timo Perez
212 Bob Abreu
213 Jimmy Rollins
214 Mike Lieberthal
215 Pat Burrell
216 Randy Wolf
217 Travis Lee
218 Vicente Padilla
219 Aramis Ramirez
220 Brian Giles
221 Craig Wilson
222 Jason Kendall
223 Josh Fogg
224 Kevin Young
225 Kip Wells
226 Mike Williams
227 Brett Tomko
228 Brian Lawrence
229 Mark Kotsay
230 Oliver Perez
231 Phil Nevin
232 Ryan Klesko
233 Sean Burroughs
234 Trevor Hoffman
235 Barry Bonds
236 Benito Santiago
237 Jeff Kent
238 Kirk Rueter
239 Livan Hernandez
240 Kenny Lofton
241 Rich Aurilia
242 Russ Ortiz
243 Albert Pujols
244 Edgar Renteria
245 J.D. Drew
246 Jason Isringhausen
247 Jim Edmonds
248 Matt Morris
249 Tino Martinez
250 Scott Rolen
251 Curt Schilling PTT
252 Ivan Rodriguez PTT
253 Mike Piazza PTT
254 Sammy Sosa PTT
255 Matt Williams PTT
256 Frank Thomas PTT
257 Barry Bonds PTT
258 Roger Clemens PTT
259 Rickey Henderson PTT
260 Ken Griffey, Jr. PTT
261 Greg Maddux PTT
262 Randy Johnson PTT
263 Jeff Bagwell PTT
264 Roberto Alomar PTT
265 Tom Glavine PTT
266 Juan Gonzalez PTT
267 Mark Grace PTT
268 Mike Mussina PTT
269 Ryan Klesko PTT
270 Fred McGriff PTT
271 Joe Borchard
272 Chris Snelling
273 Brian Tallet
274 Cliff Lee
275 Freddy Sanchez
276 Chone Figgins
277 Kevin Cash
278 Josh Bard
279 Jeriome Robertson
280 Jeremy Hill
281 Shane Nance
282 Jeff Baker
283 Trey Hodges
284 Eric Eckenstahler
285 Jim Rushford
286 Carlos Rivera
287 Josh Bonifay
288 Garrett Atkins
289 Nic Jackson
290 Corwin Malone
291 Jimmy Gobble
292 Josh Wilson
293 Clint Barmes RC
294 Jon Adkins
295 Tim Kalita
296 Nelson Castro
297 Colin Young
298 Adrian Burnside
299 Luis Martinez
300 Terrmel Sledge RC
301 Todd Donovan
302 Jeremy Ward
303 Wilson Valdez
304 Jose Contreras RC
305 Marshall McDougall
306 Mitch Wylie
307 Ron Calloway
308 Jose Valverde
309 Jason Davis
310 Scotty Layfield
311 Matt Thornton
312 Adam Walker
313 Gustavo Chacin
314 Ron Chiavacci
315 Wilbert Nieves
316 Cliff Bartosh
317 Mike Gonzalez
318 Jeremy Guthrie
319 Eric Junge
320 Ben Kozlowski

DLP Rookie/Traded Series

321 Hideki Matsui RC
322 Ramon Nivar RC
323 Adam Loewen RC
324 Brandon Webb RC
325 Chien-Ming Wang RC
326 Delmon Young RC
327 Ryan Wagner RC
328 Dan Haren RC
329 Rickie Weeks RC

Parallels

Each of the 329 base cards is available in the following parallels.

Red Press Proof

Blue Press Proof (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Throwback Logo (serial-numbered to 25)

The "Throwback Logos" were a "stealth" parallel. Each card has the mid-80s era "Green Leaf" logo on the front of the card.

Card Show Parallels

As part of a series of promotions, Donruss-Playoff gave away special parallels to collectors who attended one of three 2003 mega cardshows. A collector who opened three packs of any 2003 D-P baseball product at their booth would receive a special parallel card from one of a multitude of sets serial-numbered to only five copies.

Shows (and sets) were produced for the following cardshows:

March, 2003 Chicago Sun-Times

August, 2003 National Sports Collector's Convention in Atlantic City

October, 2003 Orange County

Each card is embossed with the logo of the respective cardshow it was distributed at.

NOTE: Cards for the entire 320-card Leaf Series base set were distributed at all three shows; however, Chicago and Atlantic City versions for the nine cards distributed in DLP Rookie/Traded packs (cards #321-329) do not exist.

Inserts

Leaf 60

This set is done in the style of the 1960 Leaf set. The cards are also available in a foil parallel which is serial-numbered to 60 copies.

1 Troy Glaus
2 Curt Schilling
3 Randy Johnson
4 Andruw Jones
5 Chipper Jones
6 Greg Maddux
7 Tom Glavine
8 Manny Ramirez
9 Nomar Garciaparra
10 Pedro Martinez
11 Rickey Henderson
12 Sammy Sosa
13 Frank Thomas
14 Magglio Ordonez
15 Mark Buehrle
16 Adam Dunn
17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
18 Jim Thome
19 Omar Vizquel
20 Larry Walker
21 Todd Helton
22 Lance Berkman
23 Roy Oswalt
24 Mike Sweeney
25 Hideo Nomo
26 Kazuhisa Ishii
27 Shawn Green
28 Torii Hunter
29 Vladimir Guerrero
30 Mike Piazza
31 Alfonso Soriano
32 Bernie Williams
33 Derek Jeter
34 Jason Giambi
35 Roger Clemens
36 Barry Zito
37 Miguel Tejada
38 Pat Burrell
39 Ryan Klesko
40 Barry Bonds
41 Jeff Kent
42 Ichiro
43 John Olerud
44 Albert Pujols
45 Jim Edmonds
46 Scott Rolen
47 Alex Rodriguez
48 Ivan Rodriguez
49 Rafael Palmeiro
50 Roy Halladay

Hard Hats

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Bernie Williams
3 Ivan Rodriguez
4 Jeff Bagwell
5 Rafael Furcal
6 Rafael Palmeiro
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Vladimir Guerrero
9 Adrian Beltre
10 Shawn Green
11 Andruw Jones
12 George Brett

Slick Leather

1 Omar Vizquel
2 Roberto Alomar
3 Ivan Rodriguez
4 Greg Maddux
5 Scott Rolen
6 Todd Helton
7 Andruw Jones
8 Jim Edmonds
9 Barry Bonds
10 Eric Chavez
11 Ichiro
12 Mike Mussina
13 John Olerud
14 Torii Hunter
15 Larry Walker

2003 Leaf Certified Samples

This 15-card set is was issued to promote the 2003 Leaf Certified set, and features the same design of the base set. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Mirror Red (serial-numbered to 150 copies)

Mirror Blue (serial-numbered to 75 copies)

Mirror Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

LC-1 Derek Jeter
LC-2 Greg Maddux
LC-3 Mike Piazza
LC-4 Barry Bonds
LC-5 Lance Berkman
LC-6 Alex Rodriguez
LC-7 Alfonso Soriano
LC-8 Ichiro
LC-9 Sammy Sosa
LC-10 Vladimir Guerrero
LC-11 Albert Pujols
LC-12 Pedro Martinez
LC-13 Randy Johnson
LC-14 Nomar Garciaparra
LC-15 Barry Zito

Gold Leaf Rookies

This set is also available in a "Mirror Gold" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

1 Joe Borchard
2 Chone Figgins
3 Alexis Gomez
4 Chris Snelling
5 Cliff Lee
6 Victor Martinez
7 Hee Seop Choi
8 Michael Restovich
9 Anderson Machado
10 Drew Henson

Home/Away

1A Andruw Jones
1H Andruw Jones
2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
2H Cal Ripken, Jr.
3A Edgar Martinez
3H Edgar Martinez
4A Jim Thome
4H Jim Thome
5A Larry Walker
5H Larry Walker
6A Nomar Garciaparra
6H Nomar Garciaparra
7A Mark Prior
7H Mark Prior
8A Mike Piazza
8H Mike Piazza
9A Vladimir Guerrero
9H Vladimir Guerrero
10A Chipper Jones
10H Chipper Jones

Clean Up Crew

1 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro / Ivan Rodriguez
2 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez / Cliff Floyd
3 Jason Giambi / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada
4 Rich Aurillia / Jeff Kent / Barry Bonds
5 Larry Walker / Todd Helton / Jay Payton
6 Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell / Daryle Ward
7 Scott Rolen / Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds
8 Gary Sheffield / Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
9 Miguel Tejada / Eric Chavez / Jermaine Dye
10 Sammy Sosa / Moises Alou / Fred McGriff

Autographs & Game-Used

Shirt Off My Back

Each Shirt Off My Back is serial-numbered to 500 copies, with a "Number Off My Back" parallel version (featuring a swatch of a game-used jersey number patch) numbered to 50..

1 Carlos Delgado
2 Don Mattingly
3 Todd Helton
4 Vernon Wells
5 Bernie Williams
6 Luis Gonzalez
7 Kerry Wood
8 Eric Chavez
9 Shawn Green
10 Roy Oswalt
11 Nomar Garciaparra
12 Robin Yount
13 Troy Glaus
14 C.C. Sabathia
15 Alex Rodriguez
16 Mark Mulder
17 Will Clark
18 Alfonso Soriano
19 Andy Pettitte
20 Curt Schilling

Maple & Ash

Each Maple & Ash card is serial-numbered to 400 copies.

1 Jorge Posada
2 Mike Piazza
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Jeff Bagwell
5 Joe Borchard
6 Miguel Tejada
7 Adam Dunn
8 Jim Thome
9 Lance Berkman
10 Torii Hunter
11 Carlos Delgado
12 Reggie Jackson
13 Juan Gonzalez
14 Vladimir Guerrero
15 Richie Sexson

Home/Away Materials

This set is a game-used parallel of the Home/Away insert and is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

1A Andruw Jones
1H Andruw Jones
2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
2H Cal Ripken, Jr.
3A Edgar Martinez
3H Edgar Martinez
4A Jim Thome
4H Jim Thome
5A Larry Walker
5H Larry Walker
6A Nomar Garciaparra
6H Nomar Garciaparra
7A Mark Prior
7H Mark Prior
8A Mike Piazza
8H Mike Piazza
9A Vladimir Guerrero
9H Vladimir Guerrero
10A Chipper Jones
10H Chipper Jones

Game Collection

Each Game Collection is serial-numbered to 150 copies and features a swatch from a piece of non-traditional game-used equipment.

1 Miguel Tejada HAT
2 Shannon Stewart HAT
3 Mike Schmidt JKT
4 Nolan Ryan JKT
5 Rafael Palmeiro FLD GLV
6 Andruw Jones SHOE
7 Bernie Williams SHOE
8 Ivan Rodriguez SHOE
9 Lance Berkman SHOE
10 Magglio Ordonez SHOE
11 Roy Oswalt FLD GLV
12 Andy Pettitte SHOE
13 Vladimir Guerrero FLD GLV
14 Jason Jennings FLD GLV
15 Mike Sweeney SHOE
16 Joe Borchard SHOE
17 Mark Prior SHOE
18 Gary Carter JKT
19 Austin Kearns FLD GLV
20 Ryan Klesko FLD GLV

Hard Hats Batting Helmets

This set is a game-used parallel of the Hard Hats insert and is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Bernie Williams
3 Ivan Rodriguez
4 Jeff Bagwell
5 Rafael Furcal
6 Rafael Palmeiro
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Vladimir Guerrero
9 Adrian Beltre
10 Shawn Green
11 Andruw Jones
12 George Brett

Clean Up Crew Materials

This set is a game-used parallel featuring a jersey swatch from all three players of the Clean Up Crew insert and is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

1 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro / Ivan Rodriguez
2 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez / Cliff Floyd
3 Jason Giambi / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada
4 Rich Aurilia / Jeff Kent / Barry Bonds
5 Larry Walker / Todd Helton / Jay Payton
6 Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell / Daryle Ward
7 Scott Rolen / Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds
8 Gary Sheffield / Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
9 Miguel Tejada / Eric Chavez / Jermaine Dye
10 Sammy Sosa / Moises Alou / Fred McGriff

Autographs

These cards are autographed variations of the player's respective base card. The Contreras was inserted into Leaf Series packs, while the remainder were in DLP Rookie/Traded packs. Each is serial-numbered to the production figures below.

304 Jose Contreras
322 Ramon Nivar
323 Adam Loewen
324 Brandon Webb
325 Chien-Ming Wang
326 Delmon Young
327 Ryan Wagner
328 Dan Haren
329 Rickie Weeks

Clubhouse Signatures

Clubhouse Signatures Bronze

1 Edwin Almonte
2 Franklin Nunez
3 Josh Bard
4 J.C. Romero
5 Omar Infante
6 Adam Dunn
7 Andre Dawson
8 Brian Tallet
9 Bobby Doerr
10 Chris Snelling
11 Corey Patterson
12 Dwight Gooden
13 Eric Hinske
14 Jeff Baker
15 Jack Morris
16 Joe Crede
17 Torii Hunter
18 Kevin Mench
20 Alfonso Soriano
21 Angel Berroa
22 Brian Lawrence
23 Drew Henson
24 Jhonny Peralta
25 Magglio Ordonez

Clubhouse Signatures Silver

Each Clubhouse Signature Silver is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

1 Edwin Almonte
2 Franklin Nunez
3 Josh Bard
4 J.C. Romero
5 Omar Infante
7 Andre Dawson
8 Brian Tallet
9 Bobby Doerr
10 Chris Snelling
12 Dwight Gooden
13 Eric Hinske
14 Jeff Baker
15 Jack Morris
17 Torii Hunter
18 Kevin Mench
21 Angel Berroa
22 Brian Lawrence
23 Drew Henson
24 Jhonny Peralta
25 Magglio Ordonez

Clubhouse Signatures Gold

Each Clubhouse Signature Gold is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

1 Edwin Almonte
2 Franklin Nunez
3 Josh Bard
4 J.C. Romero
5 Omar Infante
6 Adam Dunn
7 Andre Dawson
8 Brian Tallet
9 Bobby Doerr
10 Chris Snelling
11 Corey Patterson
12 Dwight Gooden
13 Eric Hinske
14 Jeff Baker
15 Jack Morris
16 Joe Crede
17 Torii Hunter
18 Kevin Mench
19 Vladimir Guerrero
20 Alfonso Soriano
21 Angel Berroa
22 Brian Lawrence
23 Drew Henson
24 Jhonny Peralta
25 Magglio Ordonez