Description

2003 Flair Greats is a 133-card set released in December, 2002. The product is an extension of Fleer's popular "Greats of the Game" line and, as the name suggests, the design is identical to that of the 2002 Flair base set.

The final 38 cards in the base set are exclusive to specially-marked, regionally distributed, "Home Team" boxes. Each four-box Home Team case came with 3 regular Hobby boxes and one "Home Team" box. Randomly inserted into the Home Team box is a pack of four short-printed Home Team base cards plus one Home Team pack-exclusive game-used card. There are five Home Team subsets: Red Sox (cards #96-102), Dodgers (cards #103-110), Giants (cards #111-117), Yankees (cards #118-125), and Cardinals (cards #126-133).

Distribution

Hobby: 20 packs plus one Sweet Swatch card per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 12 boxes per case.

Home Team: 20 packs plus one Sweet Swatch card per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 3 boxes plus one Home Team box per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	133	-	?
short set	95	-	4:1
Home Team	38	-	4:1h
Ballpark Heroes	9	-	1:10
Classic Numbers	13	-	1:20
Greats of the Grain	9	50	?
Classic Numbers Game Used	11	-	1:24
Classic Numbers Game Used Patch	11	25	?
Classic Numbers Dual Game Used	8	250	?
Cut of History Game Used	27	-	1:10
Cut of History Game Used Gold	26	100	?
Cut of History Autographs	6	varies	?
Bat Rack Classics Trios	8	300	?
Bat Rack Classics Quads	5	150	?
Home Team Cuts Game Used	17	-	1:20h
Home Team Cuts Game Used Dual	5	varies	?h
Ozzie Smith Hall of Fame Postmark	1	2002	?
Ozzie Smith Hall of Fame Postmark Autograph	1	202	?
Sweet Swatch Classic Bat	12	varies	*
Sweet Swatch Classic Bat Image	4	varies	*
Sweet Swatch Classic Bat Image Autographs	4	40	*
Sweet Swatch Classic Jersey	17	varies	*
Sweet Swatch Classic Patch	16	varies	*
Sweet Swatch Classic Patch Masterpiece	16	one-of-one	*

h: Exclusive to Home Team packs.
*: One Sweet Swatch card per sealed Hobby box.

Checklist

Promo

An Al Kaline card was issued to promoted the set.

Base Set

1 Ozzie Smith
2 Red Schoendienst
3 Harmon Killebrew
4 Ralph Kiner
5 Johnny Bench
6 Al Kaline
7 Bobby Doerr
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Enos Slaughter
10 Phil Rizzuto
11 Luis Aparicio
12 Pee Wee Reese
13 Richie Ashburn
14 Ernie Banks
15 Earl Weaver
16 Whitey Ford
17 Brooks Robinson
18 Lou Boudreau
19 Robin Yount
20 Mike Schmidt
21 Bob Lemon
22 Stan Musial
23 Joe Morgan
24 Early Wynn
25 Willie Stargell
26 Yogi Berra
27 Juan Marichal
28 Rick Ferrell
29 Rod Carew
30 Jim Bunning
31 Fergie Jenkins
32 Steve Carlton
33 Larry Doby
34 Nolan Ryan
35 Phil Niekro
36 Billy Williams
37 Hal Newhouser
38 Bob Feller
39 Lou Brock
40 Monte Irvin
41 Eddie Mathews
42 Rollie Fingers
43 Gaylord Perry
44 Reggie Jackson
45 Bob Gibson
46 Robin Roberts
47 Tom Seaver
48 Willie McCovey
49 Hoyt Wilhelm
50 George Kell
51 Warren Spahn
52 Catfish Hunter
53 Dom DiMaggio
54 Joe Medwick
55 Johnny Pesky
56 Steve Garvey
57 Harry Heilmann
58 Dave Winfield
59 Andre Dawson
60 Jimmie Foxx
61 Buddy Bell
62 Gabby Hartnett
63 Babe Ruth
64 Dizzy Dean
65 Hank Greenberg
66 Don Drysdale
67 Gary Carter
68 Wade Boggs
69 Tony Perez
70 Mickey Cochrane
71 Bill Dickey
72 George Brett
73 Honus Wagner
74 George Sisler
75 Walter Johnson
76 Ron Santo
77 Roy Campanella
78 Roger Maris
79 Kirby Puckett
80 Alan Trammell
81 Don Mattingly
82 Ty Cobb
83 Lou Gehrig
84 Jackie Robinson
85 Billy Martin
86 Paul Molitor
87 Duke Snider
88 Thurman Munson
89 Luke Appling
90 Ernie Lombardi
91 Rube Waddell
92 Travis Jackson
93 Joe Sewell
94 King Kelly
95 Heinie Manush

Home Team

Red Sox

These cards are exclusive to Red Sox Home Team boxes.

96 Bobby Doerr
97 Johnny Pesky
98 Wade Boggs
99 Tony Conigliaro
100 Carlton Fisk
101 Rico Petrocelli
102 Jim Rice

Dodgers

These cards are exclusive to Dodgers Home Team boxes.

103 Al Lopez
104 Pee Wee Reese
105 Tommy Lasorda
106 Gil Hodges
107 Jackie Robinson
108 Duke Snider
109 Don Drysdale
110 Steve Garvey

Giants

These cards are exclusive to Giants Home Team boxes.

111 Hoyt Wilhelm
112 Juan Marichal
113 Monte Irvin
114 Willie McCovey
115 Travis Jackson
116 Bobby Bonds
117 Orlando Cepeda

Yankees

These cards are exclusive to Yankees Home Team boxes.

118 Whitey Ford
119 Phil Rizzuto
120 Reggie Jackson
121 Yogi Berra
122 Roger Maris
123 Don Mattingly
124 Babe Ruth
125 Dave Winfield

Cardinals

These cards are exclusive to Cardinals Home Team boxes.

126 Bob Gibson
127 Enos Slaughter
128 Joe Medwick
129 Lou Brock
130 Ozzie Smith
131 Stan Musial
132 Steve Carlton
133 Dizzy Dean

Inserts

Ballpark Heroes

1 Nolan Ryan
2 Babe Ruth
3 Honus Wagner
4 Ty Cobb
5 Ernie Banks
6 Mike Schmidt
7 Duke Snider
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Stan Musial

Classic Numbers

1 Jackie Robinson
2 Willie McCovey
3 Brooks Robinson
4 Reggie Jackson
5 Ozzie Smith
6 Johnny Bench
7 Yogi Berra
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 George Brett
10 Thurman Munson
11 Joe Morgan
12 Nolan Ryan
13 Steve Carlton

Greats of the Grain

Each Greats of the Grain features an image of the player burned into a (non-game used) piece of wood. All are serial-numbered to 50 copies.

1 George Brett
2 Ty Cobb
3 Lou Gehrig
4 Eddie Mathews
5 Don Mattingly
6 Stan Musial
7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
8 Babe Ruth
9 Mike Schmidt

Autographs & Game-Used

Bat Rack Classics

Trios

Quads

Classic Numbers Game Used

Dual

Cut of History

Game Used

Autographs

Greats of the Grain

Ozzie Smith Hall of Fame Postmark

Home Team Cuts

Home Team Cuts are exclusive to the Home Team boxes.

Dual

Sweet Swatch

One oversized Sweet Swatch card is packed inside each sealed Hobby box as a box topper.