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

Classic Numbers Game Used

Each Classic Numbers Game Used is also available in a Patch parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

1 Johnny Bench JSY
2 Yogi Berra PANTS 75
3 George Brett JSY
4 Steve Carlton JSY
5 Willie McCovey JSY 125
6 Joe Morgan PANTS 200
7 Thurman Munson PANTS
8 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY
9 Nolan Ryan JSY
10 Ryne Sandberg JSY
11 Ozzie Smith JSY

Dual

Each Classic Numbers Dual Game Used is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

Cut of History

Game Used

Each Cut of History Game Used card is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

1 Luis Aparicio JSY
2 Frank Baker BAT SP
3 Buddy Bell BAT
4 Wade Boggs JSY 250
5 Steve Carlton PANTS
6 Gary Carter JSY
7 Dennis Eckersley JSY
8 Hank Greenberg BAT 100
9 Catfish Hunter JSY 200
10 Reggie Jackson BAT
11 Fergie Jenkins PANTS
12 Roger Maris JSY 250
13 Billy Martin PANTS
14 Willie McCovey PANTS
15 Joe Medwick BAT
16 Eddie Murray JSY
17 Graig Nettles BAT
18 Phil Niekro PANTS
19 Paul O'Neill JSY
20 Jim Palmer PANTS
21 Kirby Puckett BAT
22 Cal Ripken, Jr. PANTS
23 Tom Seaver PANTS
24 Alan Trammell JSY
24 Alan Trammell BAT
25 Hoyt Wilhelm JSY
26 Early Wynn JSY

Autographs

1 Johnny Bench 161
2 Steve Carlton 506
3 Dom DiMaggio 402
4 Tony Kubek 161
5 Cal Ripken, Jr. 155
6 Alan Trammell 211

Bat Rack Classics

Trios

Each Bat Rack Classics Trios is serial-numbered to 300 copies.

1 Tommie Agee / Jerry Grote / Bud Harrelson 300
2 Johnny Bench / Joe Morgan / Tony Pereez 300
3 Hank Greenberg / Harry Heilmann / George Kell 300
4 Reggie Jackson / Don Mattingly / Dave Winfield 300
5 Eddie Mathews / Paul Molitor / Robin Yount 300
6 Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Brooks Robinson 300
7 Dave Parker / Willie Stargell 300
8 Ryne Sandberg / Ron Santo / Billy Williams 300

Quads

Each Bat Rack Classics Quads is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

1 Don Mattingly / Brooks Robinson / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Joe Morgan 150
2 Willie McCovey / Eddie Murray / Eddie Mathews / Reggie Jackson 150
3 Hank Greenberg / Don Mattingly / Tony Perez / Willie Stargell 150
4 Ryne Sandberg / Ron Santo / Billy Williams / Andre Dawson 150
5 Paul Molitor / Dave Winfield / Robin Yount / Cal Ripken, Jr. 150

Home Team Cuts Game Used

Home Team Cuts Game Used is exclusive to each team's respective Home Team packs.

1 Wade Boggs JSY 250
2 Bobby Bonds BAT
3 Carlton Fisk JSY
4 Steve Garvey JSY
5 Reggie Jackson BAT
6 Tommy Lasorda JSY 150
7 Juan Marichal PANTS
8 Roger Maris JSY 150
9 Billy Martin PANTS
10 Willie McCovey PANTS 200
11 Joe Medwick BAT 250
12 Pee Wee Reese PANTS 75
13 Jim Rice BAT
14 Red Schoendienst PANTS 200
15 Ozzie Smith BAT
16 Duke Snider PANTS
17 Dave Winfield BAT

Dual

1 Bobby Bonds / Willie McCovey BAT / PANTS 100
2 Carlton Fisk / Jim Rice JSY / BAT 100
3 Billy Martin / Reggie Jackson PANTS / BAT 175
4 Pee Wee Reese / Duke Snider PANTS / PANTS 100
5 Red Schoendienst / Joe Medwick PANTS / BAT 125

Ozzie Smith Hall of Fame Postmark

This unique Ozzie Smith card features an authentic postmark from the Cooperstown, NY post office, and was cancelled July 28, 2002 -- the day Smith was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The card is serial-numbered to 2002 copies, with an autographed version serial-numbered to 202 also available.

Sweet Swatch Classic

One oversized Sweet Swatch Classic card was inserted into each Hobby box as a box topper.

Bat

1 Johnny Bench 175
2 George Brett 320
3 Jose Canseco 175
4 Orlando Cepeda 165
5 Andre Dawson 310
6 Reggie Jackson 155
7 Eddie Mathews 185
8 Don Mattingly 340
9 Willie McCovey 155
10 Kirby Puckett 165
11 Pee Wee Reese 165
12 Cal Ripken, Jr. 305

Image

Sweet Swatch Classic Bat Image features an image of the player burned into the bat piece and is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below. An autographed parallel is also available, each serial-numbered to 40 copies, is also available.

1 Johnny Bench 36
2 Tony Kubek 35
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. 42
4 Alan Trammell 44

Jersey

1 Johnny Bench 410
2 George Brett 384
3 Jose Canseco 1329
4 Jerry Coleman 528
5 Andre Dawson 335
6 Carlton Fisk 1200
7 Gil Hodges 545
8 Juan Marichal 385
9 Don Mattingly 880
10 Paul Molitor 592
11 Jim Palmer 335
12 Kirby Puckett 445
13 Cal Ripken, Jr. 557
14 Nolan Ryan 590
15 Ryne Sandberg 374
17 Robin Yount 340
19 Tom Seaver 385

Patch

Each Sweet Swatch Classic Patch is also available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

1 Johnny Bench 59
2 George Brett 53
3 Jose Canseco 177
4 Jerry Coleman 37
5 Andre Dawson 58
6 Carlton Fisk 51
7 Juan Marichal 48
8 Don Mattingly 106
9 Paul Molitor 96
10 Jim Palmer 63
11 Kirby Puckett 72
12 Cal Ripken, Jr. 69
13 Nolan Ryan 60
14 Ryne Sandberg 40
15 Tom Seaver 66
16 Robin Yount 66