Description

2002 Leaf is a 201 card set that issued in late winter, 2002. Cards numbered from 151-200, which were inserted at a stated rate of one in six, featured 50 of the leading rookie prospects entering the 2002 season. Card #42, which Pinnacle Brands had previously retired in honor of Jackie Robinson, was originally intended to feature a short-print card honoring the sensational rookie season of Ichiro. However, Leaf decided to continue honoring Robinson and never went through with printing card #42. Cards #201 and #202 were added late in the production run, both of which were short-printed in relation to the other prospect cards 151-200.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 4 cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes to a case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	201	-	?	?
short set	149	-	?	?
Rookies	52	-	1:6	1:6
Press Proof Red	151	-	N/A	1:12
Press Proof Blue	149	-	N/A	1:24
Press Proof Platinum	151	25	?	?
Lineage	149	-	1:12	N/A
Lineage Century	149	100	?	N/A
Gold Rookies	10	-	1:24	1:24
League of Nations	10	-	1:60	1:60
Heading for the Hall	10	-	1:64	1:240
Future 500 Club	10	-	1:64	1:103
Burn and Turn	10	-	1:96	1:120
Clean Up Crew	12	-	1:192	1:240
Rookie Reprints	6	varies	?	?
Shirt Off My Back	60	-	1:29	N/A
Game Collection	46	-	N/A	1:62
Cornerstones	10	50	?	?
Retired Number Jerseys	5	varies	?	?
Autographs	2	varies	?	?
Clubhouse Signatures Bronze	33	-	?	?
Clubhouse Signatures Silver	37	varies	?	?
Clubhouse Signatures Gold	48	25	?	?
Heading for the Hall Autographs	10	50	?	N/A

Checklist

Promos

So Taguchi Promo

A promo card of So Taguchi (card #201) was distributed to attendees of the 2002 Hawaii Trade Conference. Each card is stamped with the conference's logo on the front and is serial-numbered to 50 copies on the back -- although only 25-35 copies were distributed at the show.

Base Set

NOTE: Card #42 does not exist.

1 Tim Salmon
2 Troy Glaus
3 Curt Schilling
4 Luis Gonzalez
5 Mark Grace
6 Matt Williams
7 Randy Johnson
8 Tom Glavine
9 Brady Anderson
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Pedro Martinez
12 Corey Patterson
13 Paul Konerko
14 Jon Lieber
15 Carlos Lee
16 Magglio Ordonez
17 Adam Dunn
18 Ken Griffey, Jr.
19 C.C. Sabathia
20 Jim Thome
21 Juan Gonzalez
22 Kenny Lofton
23 Juan Encarnacion
24 Tony Clark
25 A.J. Burnett
26 Josh Beckett
27 Lance Berkman
28 Eric Karros
29 Shawn Green
30 Brad Radke
31 Joe Mays
32 Javier Vazquez
33 Alfonso Soriano
34 Jorge Posada
35 Eric Chavez
36 Mark Mulder
37 Miguel Tejada
38 Tim Hudson
39 Bobby Abreu
40 Pat Burrell
41 Ryan Klesko
43 John Olerud
44 Ellis Burks
45 Mike Cameron
46 Jim Edmonds
47 Ben Grieve
48 Carlos Pena
49 Alex Rodriguez
50 Raul Mondesi
51 Billy Koch
52 Manny Ramirez
53 Darin Erstad
54 Troy Percival
55 Andruw Jones
56 Chipper Jones
57 David Segui
58 Chris Stynes
59 Trot Nixon
60 Sammy Sosa
61 Kerry Wood
62 Frank Thomas
63 Barry Larkin
64 Bartolo Colon
65 Kazuhiro Sasaki
66 Roberto Alomar
67 Mike Hampton
68 Roger Cedeno
69 Cliff Floyd
70 Mike Lowell
71 Billy Wagner
72 Craig Biggio
73 Jeff Bagwell
74 Carlos Beltran
75 Mark Quinn
76 Mike Sweeney
77 Gary Sheffield
78 Kevin Brown
79 Paul LoDuca
80 Ben Sheets
81 Jeromy Burnitz
82 Richie Sexson
83 Corey Koskie
84 Eric Milton
85 Jose Vidro
86 Mike Piazza
87 Robin Ventura
88 Andy Pettitte
89 Mike Mussina
90 Orlando Hernandez
91 Roger Clemens
92 Barry Zito
93 Jermaine Dye
94 Jimmy Rollins
95 Jason Kendall
96 Rickey Henderson
97 Andres Galarraga
98 Bret Boone
99 Freddy Garcia
100 J.D. Drew
101 Jose Cruz, Jr.
102 Greg Maddux
103 Javy Lopez
104 Nomar Garciaparra
105 Fred McGriff
106 Keith Foulke
107 Ray Durham
108 Sean Casey
109 Todd Walker
110 Omar Vizquel
111 Travis Fryman
112 Larry Walker
113 Todd Helton
114 Bobby Higginson
115 Charles Johnson
116 Moises Alou
117 Richard Hidalgo
118 Roy Oswalt
119 Neifi Perez
120 Adrian Beltre
121 Chan Ho Park
122 Geoff Jenkins
123 Doug Mientkiewicz
124 Torii Hunter
125 Vladimir Guerrero
126 Matt Lawton
127 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
128 Bernie Williams
129 Derek Jeter
130 Mariano Rivera
131 Tino Martinez
132 Jason Giambi
133 Scott Rolen
134 Brian Giles
135 Phil Nevin
136 Trevor Hoffman
137 Barry Bonds
138 Jeff Kent
139 Shannon Stewart
140 Shawn Estes
141 Edgar Martinez
142 Ichiro
143 Albert Pujols
144 Bud Smith
145 Matt Morris
146 Frank Catalanotto
147 Gabe Kapler
148 Ivan Rodriguez
149 Rafael Palmeiro
150 Carlos Delgado

Rookies

151 Marlon Byrd
152 Alex Herrera
153 Brandon Backe RC
154 Jorge De La Rosa RC
155 Corky Miller
156 Dennis Tankersley
157 Kyle Kane RC*
158 Justin Duchscherer
159 Brian Mallette RC
160 Eric Hinske
161 Jason Lane
162 Hee Seop Choi
163 Juan Cruz
164 Rodrigo Rosario RC
165 Matt Guerrier
166 Anderson Machado RC
167 Geronimo Gil
168 Dewon Brazelton
169 Mark Prior
170 Bill Hall
171 Jorge Padilla RC
172 Josh Pearce
173 Allan Simpson RC
174 Doug Devore RC
175 Luis Garcia
176 Angel Berroa
177 Steve Bechler RC
178 Antonio Perez
179 Mark Teixeira
180 Mark Ellis
181 Michael Cuddyer
182 Michael Rivera
183 Raul Chavez RC
184 Juan Pena
185 Austin Kearns
186 Ryan Ludwick
187 Ed Rogers
188 Wilson Betemit
189 Nick Neugebauer
190 Tom Shearn RC
191 Eric Cyr
192 Victor Martinez
193 Brandon Berger
194 Erik Bedard
195 Franklyn German RC
196 Joe Thurston
197 John Buck
198 Jeff Deardorff
199 Ryan Jamison
200 Alfredo Amezaga
201 So Taguchi RC 500
202 Kazuhisa Ishii RC 250

Parallels

Lineage

A Hobby exclusive set, this 149 card set is a partial parallel of the base set. Only the first 150 cards from this set are featured and the set is split up into three sections: Cards numbered 1-50 feature the design of the 1999 Leaf Football set, while cards numbered from 51-100 feature 2000 Leaf Football and cards numbered from 101-150 feature 2001 Leaf Football.

All cards are also available as a Century parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Press Proof

The Press Proof parallels the first 149 cards in the base set, plus cards #201 & #202.

Red (Retail only. Cards #1-#150: 1:12/packs; Card #201, serial-numbered to 500 copies; Card #202, serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Blue (Retail only. Cards #1-#150: 1:24/packs)
Platinum (Cards #1-#150 & #201: serial-numbered to 25 copies; Card #202: serial-numbered to 10 copies.)

Chicago Collection

Chicago Collection is a parallel all 201 base cards plus two inserts -- Clean Up Crew and Rookie Reprints (see below) -- that was distributed to attendees of the 2002 National Sports Collector's Convention in Rosemont, Illnois. Each card is embossed with the NSCC logo and is serial-numbered to five copies.

Inserts

Gold Rookies

GL-1 Josh Beckett
GL-2 Marlon Byrd
GL-3 Dennis Tankersley
GL-4 Jason Lane
GL-5 Dewon Brazelton
GL-6 Mark Prior
GL-7 Bill Hall
GL-8 Angel Berroa
GL-9 Mark Teixeira
GL-10 John Buck

League of Nations

LN-1 Ichiro
LN-2 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
LN-3 Chan Ho Park
LN-4 Larry Walker
LN-5 Andruw Jones
LN-6 Hideo Nomo
LN-7 Byung-Hyun Kim
LN-8 Sun-Woo Kim
LN-9 Orlando Hernandez
LN-10 Luke Prokopec

Heading for the Hall

HH-1 Greg Maddux
HH-2 Ozzie Smith
HH-3 Andre Dawson
HH-4 Dennis Eckersley
HH-5 Roberto Alomar
HH-6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
HH-7 Roger Clemens
HH-8 Tony Gwynn
HH-9 Alex Rodriguez
HH-10 Jeff Bagwell

Future 500 Club

FF1 Sammy Sosa
FF2 Mike Piazza
FF3 Alex Rodriguez
FF4 Chipper Jones
FF5 Jeff Bagwell
FF6 Carlos Delgado
FF7 Shawn Green
FF8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FF9 Rafael Palmeiro
FF10 Vladimir Guerrero

Burn and Turn

BT-10 Miguel Tejada / Mark Ellis
BT-9 Craig Biggio / Julio Lugo
BT-7 Carlos Febles / Neifi Perez
BT-6 Barry Larkin / Todd Walker
BT-5 Jose Vidro / Orlando Cabrera
BT-4 Carlos Guillen / Bret Boone
BT-2 Alex Rodriguez / Mike Young
BT-1 Fernando Vina / Edgar Renteria
BT-3 Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
BT-8 Jeff Kent / Rich Aurilia

Clean Up Crew

CC 1 Barry Bonds
CC 2 Sammy Sosa
CC 3 Luis Gonzalez
CC 4 Richie Sexson
CC 5 Jim Thome
CC 6 Chipper Jones
CC 7 Alex Rodriguez
CC 8 Troy Glaus
CC 9 Rafael Palmeiro
CC 10 Lance Berkman
CC 11 Mike Piazza
CC 12 Jason Giambi
CC 13 Todd Helton
CC 14 Shawn Green
CC 15 Carlos Delgado

Rookie Reprints

Each card is serial-numbered to the cards original year of issue.

1 Roger Clemens 1985
2 Kirby Puckett 1985
3 Andres Galarraga 1986
4 Fred McGriff 1986
5 Sammy Sosa 1990
6 Frank Thomas 1990

Autographs & Game-Used

Cornerstones

CS-10 Bernie Williams / Roger Clemens 50
CS-1 Andruw Jones / Chipper Jones 50
CS-2 Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell 50
CS-3 Ivan Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro 50
CS-4 Curt Schilling / Randy Johnson 50
CS-5 Gary Sheffield / Shawn Green 50
CS-6 Larry Walker / Todd Helton 50
CS-7 Carlos Delgado / Shannon Stewart 50
CS-8 Omar Vizquel / Jim Thome 50
CS-9 Vladimir Guerrero / Jose Vidro 50

Game Collection

AB-B Adrian Beltre BAT
AD-BG Adam Dunn BTG GLV 25
AG-B Andres Galarraga BAT
AJ-B Andruw Jones BAT 300
BG-B Brian Giles BAT
BH-B Bob Higginson BAT
BS-H Ben Sheets HAT 25
BW-S Bernie Williams SHOE 25
BZ-FG Barry Zito FLD GLV 25
CB-B Carlos Beltran BAT
CBI-B Craig Biggio BAT
CF-B Carlton Fisk BAT
CK-B Chuck Knoblauch BAT
CP-S Corey Patterson SHOE 25
EM-B Eddie Murray BAT 250
GJ-P Geoff Jenkins PANTS
IR-BG Ivan Rodriguez BTG GLV 25
JB-B Jeff Bagwell BAT 100
JD-H Johnny Damon HAT 25
JE-B Juan Encarnacion BAT
JG-B Juan Gonzalez BAT
KL-B Kenny Lofton BAT
KW-S Kerry Wood SHOE 25
LB-BG Lance Berkman BTG GLV 25
LW-B Larry Walker BAT 50
MB-BG Marlon Byrd BTG GLV 25
MG-B Mark Grace BAT 200
MM-FG Mike Mussina FLD GLV 25
MO-B Magglio Ordonez BAT 150
MP-B Mike Piazza BAT 100
PB-B Pat Burrell BAT 100
RA-B Roberto Alomar BAT
RD-B Ray Durham BAT
RG-B Rusty Greer BAT
RJ-FG Randy Johnson FLD GLV 25
RP-B Rafael Palmeiro BAT
RP-BG Rafael Palmeiro BTG GLV 25
RV-B Robin Ventura BAT
SC-B Sean Casey BAT
SR-B Scott Rolen BAT 250
SS-H Shannon Stewart HAT 25
TC-B Tony Clark BAT
TG-BG Tony Gwynn BTG GLV 25
TH-B Todd Helton BAT
TN-B Trot Nixon BAT
WB-B Wade Boggs BAT

Shirt Off My Back

SB-AB A.J. Burnett
SB-AK Al Kaline 100
SB-AP Andy Pettitte 50
SB-AR Alex Rodriguez 150
SB-BJA Bo Jackson 25
SB-BL Barry Larkin
SB-BR Brad Radke
SB-CB Carlos Beltran
SB-CD Carlos Delgado
SB-CF Cliff Floyd
SB-CHP Chan Ho Park 100
SB-CJ Chipper Jones 100
SB-CL Carlos Lee
SB-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 50
SB-CS Curt Schilling 150
SB-DE Darin Erstad 100
SB-DM Don Mattingly 100
SB-DW Dave Winfield 150
SB-EK Eric Karros
SB-EM Edgar Martinez 150
SB-FG Freddy Garcia 100
SB-GB George Brett 100
SB-GM Greg Maddux 100
SB-HN Hideo Nomo 100
SB-JB Jeff Bagwell 100
SB-JBU Jeromy Burnitz
SB-JL Javy Lopez
SB-JO John Olerud
SB-JS John Smoltz
SB-KB Kevin Brown 100
SB-KM Kevin Millwood
SB-KP Kirby Puckett 100
SB-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki 100
SB-LB Lance Berkman 300
SB-LG Luis Gonzalez
SB-LW Larry Walker 50
SB-MB Michael Barrett
SB-MBU Mark Buehrle
SB-MH Mike Hampton
SB-MO Magglio Ordonez
SB-MP Mike Piazza 150
SB-MR Manny Ramirez 100
SB-MS Mike Sweeney
SB-MT Miguel Tejada
SB-MW Matt Williams
SB-NG Nomar Garciaparra 25
SB-PM Pedro Martinez 100
SB-RA Roberto Alomar 250
SB-RD Ryan Dempster
SB-RJ Randy Johnson 100
SB-RP Rafael Palmeiro
SB-RS Richie Sexson
SB-SR Scott Rolen 250
SB-TG Tony Gwynn 100
SB-TG Tom Glavine
SB-TGL Troy Glaus 275
SB-TH Todd Helton
SB-TH Tim Hudson
SB-TP Troy Percival
SB-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 100

Heading for the Hall Autographed

HH-1 Greg Maddux 50
HH-2 Ozzie Smith 50
HH-3 Andre Dawson 50
HH-4 Dennis Eckersley 50
HH-5 Roberto Alomar 50
HH-6 Cal Ripken, Jr. 50
HH-7 Roger Clemens 50
HH-8 Tony Gwynn 50
HH-9 Alex Rodriguez 50
HH-10 Jeff Bagwell 50

Autographs

201 So Taguchi 50
202 Kazuhisa Ishii EXCH 25

Clubhouse Signatures

Bronze

Adam Dunn 200
Alan Trammell 75
Alfonso Soriano 75
Andre Dawson 100
Aramis Ramirez 250
Austin Kearns 300
Barry Zito 100
Billy Williams 150
Bob Feller 250
Bud Smith 200
Don Mattingly 25
Edgar Martinez 50
J.D. Drew 25
Jason Lane 250
Jermaine Dye 125
Joe Crede 200
Joe Mays 200
Johnny Estrada 250
Mark Ellis 300
Mark Mulder 50
Marlon Byrd 200
Ozzie Smith 25
Paul LoDuca 300
Phil Rizzuto 25
Robert Fick 300
Ron Santo 300
Roy Oswalt 300
Ryne Sandberg 25
Steve Garvey 200
Terrence Long 250
Tim Redding 300
Wilson Betemit 150
Xavier Nady 200

Silver

Adam Dunn 75
Andre Dawson 100
Aramis Ramirez 100
Austin Kearns 100
Barry Zito 100
Billy Williams 100
Bob Feller 100
Bud Smith 100
Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
Edgar Martinez 100
Eric Chavez 100
Jason Lane 100
Jermaine Dye 100
Joe Crede 50
Joe Mays 50
Johnny Estrada 100
Javier Vazquez 100
Mark Ellis 100
Mark Mulder 100
Marlon Byrd 100
Miguel Tejada 100
Mike Schmidt 75
Paul LoDuca 100
Phil Rizzuto 25
Rich Aurilia 100
Robert Fick 100
Roger Clemens 25
Ron Santo 100
Roy Oswalt 100
Sean Casey 50
Steve Garvey 100
Terrence Long 100
Tim Redding 100
Todd Helton 25
Vladimir Guerrero 25
Wilson Betemit 100
Xavier Nady 100

Gold

Adam Dunn 25
Alan Trammell 25
Alfonso Soriano 25
Andre Dawson 25
Aramis Ramirez 25
Austin Kearns 25
Barry Zito 25
Billy Williams 25
Bob Feller 25
Bud Smith 25
Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
Chan Ho Park 25
Don Mattingly 25
Edgar Martinez 25
Eric Chavez 25
J.D. Drew 25
Jason Lane 25
Javier Vazquez 25
Jermaine Dye 25
Joe Crede 25
Joe Mays 25
Johnny Estrada 25
Josh Beckett 25
Kirby Puckett 25
Luis Gonzalez 25
Mark Ellis 25
Mark Mulder 25
Marlon Byrd 25
Miguel Tejada 25
Mike Schmidt 25
Orel Hershiser 25
Ozzie Smith 25
Paul LoDuca 25
Phil Rizzuto 25
Rich Aurilia 25
Robert Fick 25
Roger Clemens 25
Ron Santo 25
Roy Oswalt 25
Ryne Sandberg 25
Sean Casey 25
Steve Garvey 25
Terrence Long 25
Tim Redding 25
Todd Helton 25
Vladimir Guerrero 25
Wilson Betemit 25
Xavier Nady 25