Description

2005 Classic Clippings is a 125-card set released by Fleer in March 2005. The set consists of a 75-card short set, a 30 card (#76-#105) Legends subset, and a 25-card (#106-#125) Rookies subset. Each Legends card is serial-numbered to 999 copies, while the Rookies are short-printed, but not serial-numbered.

Each 18-pack Hobby box should yield 2 game-used cards, an autograph, and three SPed Rookie subset cards.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $7). 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	125	-	?	?
short set	75	-	5:1	5:1
Legends	30	999	?	?
Rookies	20	-	1:6	1:12
First Edition	125	150	?	?
Final Edition	125	one-of-one	?	?
Press Clippings	12	-	?	?
Press Clippings Gold	12	4	?	?
Official Box Score	10	varies	?	?
Official Box Score Gold	10	varies	?	?
MLB Game Worn Jersey Collection	18	-	?	?
Jersey Rack Dual Blue	19	75	?	?
Jersey Rack Dual Silver	17	25	?	?
Jersey Rack Dual Purple	17	one-of-one	?	?
Jersey Rack Triple Blue	19	-	?	?
Jersey Rack Triple Silver	10	25	?	?
Jersey Rack Triple Purple	10	one-of-one	?	?
Bat Rack Quad Blue	13	-	?	?
Bat Rack Quad Silver	13	10	?	?
Bat Rack Quad Purple	13	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Single Autograph Blue	11	varies	?	?
Cut of History Single Autograph Silver	13	25	?	?
Cut of History Single Autograph Purple	13	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Single Jersey Blue	20	-	?	?
Cut of History Single Patch Silver	17	25	?	?
Cut of History Single Patch Purple	17	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Dual Autograph Blue	3	49	?	?
Cut of History Dual Autograph Silver	3	22	?	?
Cut of History Dual Autograph Purple	3	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Dual Jersey Blue	8	-	?	?
Cut of History Dual Jersey Silver	6	15	?	?
Cut of History Dual Jersey Purple	6	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Triple Autograph Blue	4	15	?	?
Cut of History Triple Autograph Silver	4	5	?	?
Cut of History Triple Autograph Purple	4	one-of-one	?	?
Cut of History Triple Jersey Blue	7	-	?	?
Cut of History Triple Patch Silver	5	25	?	?
Cut of History Triple Jersey Purple	5	one-of-one	?	?
Diamond Signings Single Blue	20	-	?	?
Diamond Signings Single Silver	23	25	?	?
Diamond Signings Single Purple	23	one-of-one	?	?
Diamond Signings Dual Blue	3	49	?	?
Diamond Signings Dual Silver	6	22	?	?
Diamond Signings Dual Purple	6	one-of-one	?	?
Diamond Signings Triple Blue	6	varies	?	?
Diamond Signings Triple Silver	6	5	?	?
Diamond Signings Triple Purple	6	one-of-one	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Frank Thomas
2 Vladimir Guerrero
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Derek Jeter
5 Rafael Palmeiro
6 Adrian Beltre
7 Khalil Greene
8 Richie Sexson
9 Roger Clemens
10 Mike Piazza
11 Chipper Jones
12 Juan Pierre
13 Todd Helton
14 Ben Sheets
15 John Smoltz
16 Steve Finley
17 Jim Thome
18 Vernon Wells
19 Melvin Mora
20 Dontrelle Willis
21 Eric Gagne
22 Craig Wilson
23 Curt Schilling
24 Justin Morneau
25 Jason Schmidt
26 Kerry Wood
27 Ivan Rodriguez
28 Rocco Baldelli
29 Mark Prior
30 Josh Beckett
31 Scott Rolen
32 Nomar Garciaparra
33 Carl Crawford
34 Paul Konerko
35 Miguel Cabrera
36 Hank Blalock
37 Sammy Sosa
38 Jim Edmonds
39 David Ortiz
40 Lance Berkman
41 Ichiro Suzuki
42 Adam Dunn
43 Carlos Guillen
44 Alfonso Soriano
45 Victor Martinez
46 Torii Hunter
47 Kaz Matsui
48 Andruw Jones
49 Matt Holliday
50 Eric Chavez
51 Randy Johnson
52 Lew Ford
53 Hideki Matsui
54 Manny Ramirez
55 Mark Teixeira
56 Jose Vidro
57 Mike Sweeney
58 Jack Wilson
59 Greg Maddux
60 Tony Batista
61 Albert Pujols
62 Miguel Tejada
63 Carlos Beltran
64 Bobby Abreu
65 Carlos Delgado
66 Travis Hafner
67 Scott Podsednik
68 Gary Sheffield
69 Johan Santana
70 Barry Zito
71 Pedro Martinez
72 Brian Giles
73 Garret Anderson
74 Jeff Bagwell
75 Alex Rodriguez
76 Johnny Bench 999
77 Yogi Berra 999
78 Lou Brock 999
79 Rod Carew 999
80 Orlando Cepeda 999
81 Carlton Fisk 999
82 Bob Gibson 999
83 Reggie Jackson 999
84 Al Kaline 999
85 Harmon Killebrew 999
86 Ralph Kiner 999
87 Willie McCovey 999
88 Eddie Murray 999
89 Phil Rizzuto 999
90 Brooks Robinson 999
91 Nolan Ryan 999
92 Mike Schmidt 999
93 Tom Seaver 999
94 Willie Stargell 999
95 Rollie Fingers 999
96 Dennis Eckersley 999
97 Enos Slaughter 999
98 Jim Palmer 999
99 Warren Spahn 999
100 Joe Morgan 999
101 Richie Ashburn 999
102 Robin Yount 999
103 Bob Feller 999
104 Pee Wee Reese 999
105 Eddie Mathews 999
106 David Wright SP
107 David Aardsma SP
108 B.J. Upton SP
109 Scott Kazmir SP
110 Gavin Floyd SP
111 Jeff Francis SP
112 Dioner Navarro SP
113 Zack Greinke SP
114 Nick Swisher SP
115 Josh Kroeger SP
116 Ryan Raburn SP
117 Victor Diaz SP
118 Casey Kotchman SP
119 Joey Gathright SP
120 Jon Knott SP
121 J.D. Durbin SP
122 Andres Blanco SP
123 Charlton Jimerson SP
124 Russ Adams SP
125 Justin Verlander SP RC

Parallels

All 125 base cards are available in the following parallels.

First Edition (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Final Edition (one-of-one)

Inserts

Press Clippings

Each Press Clippings card is also available in a Gold parallel which is serial-numbered to only four copies.

1 Ichiro Suzuki
2 Manny Ramirez
3 Albert Pujols
4 David Ortiz
5 Greg Maddux
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Vladimir Guerrero
8 Randy Johnson
9 Johan Santana
10 Roger Clemens
11 Bobby Crosby
12 Jason Bay

Official Box Score

Each Official Box Score card is serial-numbered to the figures listed below. In addition, each card is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to the last two digits of the base card (i.e. Nolan Ryan's Gold card is serial-numbered to 91 copies.)

1 Nolan Ryan 1991
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1995
3 Joe Carter 1993
4 Bucky Dent 1978
5 Kirk Gibson 1988
6 Reggie Jackson 1977
7 Carlton Fisk 1975
8 Bobby Thomson 1951
9 Bill Mazeroski 1960
10 Don Larsen 1956

Autographs & Game-Used