1995 Leaf Series 1 & 2 boxes (hobby)

Description

1995 Leaf was a 408-card set issued in two series of 204 cards. Full-bleed fronts contained a diamond-shaped player hologram in the upper left. The team name was presented in silver foil down the left side. Card backs contained two photos: the card number within a stamp or seal-like emblem in the upper right and 1994 + a career stats graph toward bottom left. Hideo Nomo was the only key rookie card in this set.

Distribution

1995 Leaf featured various distribution methods:

Series 1 & 2 hobby boxes featured either:

48 packs/box with 10 cards per pack

30 packs/box with 12 cards per pack

24 packs/box with 15 cards per pack

Series 1 & 2 retail boxes featured 36 packs/box with 15 cards per pack and a SRP of $2.89/pack

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	408	-	?	?
Gold Leaf Rookies (S1)	16	-	1:2	1:2
Cornerstones (S1)	6	-	1:18	1:18
Statistical Standouts (S1)	9	5000	1:70	N/A
Great Gloves (S2)	16	-	1:2	1:2
Frank Thomas (S2)	6	-	1:18	1:18
Heading for the Hall (S2)	8	5000	1:80	N/A
Slideshow	16	-	1:30	1:36
Gold Stars	14	10,000	1:110	1:110
.300 Club	18	-	N/A	1:12

Checklist

Promos

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Wade Boggs
3 Joe Carter
4 Greg Maddux
5 Raul Mondesi
6 Kirby Puckett
7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
8 Frank Thomas
9 Matt Williams

Base Set

Series One

1 Frank Thomas
2 Carlos Garcia
3 Todd Hundley
4 Damion Easley
5 Roberto Mejia
6 John Mabry
7 Aaron Sele
8 Kenny Lofton
9 John Doherty
10 Joe Carter
11 Mike Lansing
12 John Valentin
13 Ismael Valdes
14 Dave McCarty
15 Melvin Nieves
16 Bobby Jones
17 Trevor Hoffman
18 John Smoltz
19 Leo Gomez
20 Roger Pavlik
21 Dean Palmer
22 Rickey Henderson
23 Eddie Taubensee
24 Damon Buford
25 Mark Wohlers
26 Jim Edmonds
27 Wilson Alvarez
28 Matt Williams
29 Jeff Montgomery
30 Shawon Dunston
31 Tom Pagnozzi
32 Jose Lind
33 Royce Clayton
34 Cal Eldred
35 Chris Gomez
36 Henry Rodriguez
37 Dave Fleming
38 Jon Lieber
39 Scott Servais
40 Wade Boggs
41 John Olerud
42 Eddie Williams
43 Paul Sorrento
44 Ron Karkovice
45 Kevin Foster
46 Miguel Jimenez
47 Reggie Sanders
48 Rondell White
49 Scott Leius
50 Jose Valentin
51 William VanLandingham
52 Denny Hocking
53 Jeff Fassero
54 Chris Hoiles
55 Walt Weiss
56 Geronimo Berroa
57 Rich Rowland
58 David Weathers
59 Sterling Hitchcock
60 Raul Mondesi
61 Rusty Greer
62 Dave Justice
63 Cecil Fielder
64 Brian Jordan
65 Mike Lieberthal
66 Rick Aguilera
67 Chuck Finley
68 Andy Ashby
69 Alex Fernandez
70 Ed Sprague
71 Steve Buechele
72 Willie Greene
73 Dave Nilsson
74 Bret Saberhagen
75 Jimmy Key
76 Darren Lewis
77 Steve Cooke
78 Kirk Gibson
79
80 Paul O'Neill
81 Mike Bordick
82 Wes Chamberlain
83 Rico Brogna
84 Kevin Appier
85 Juan Guzman
86 Kevin Seitzer
87 Mickey Morandini
88 Pedro Martinez
89 Matt Mieske
90 Tino Martinez
91 Paul Shuey
92 Bip Roberts
93 Chili Davis
94 Deion Sanders
95 Darrell Whitmore
96 Joe Orsulak
97 Bret Boone
98 Kent Mercker
99 Scott Livingstone
100 Brady Anderson
101 James Mouton
102 Jose Rijo
103 Bobby Munoz
104 Ramon Martinez
105 Bernie Williams
106 Troy Neel
107 Ivan Rodriguez
108 Salomon Torres
109 Johnny Ruffin
110 Darryl Kile
111 Bobby Ayala
112 Ron Darling
113 Jose Lima
114 Joey Hamilton
115 Greg Maddux
116 Greg Colbrunn
117 Ozzie Guillen
118 Brian Anderson
119 Jeff Bagwell
120 Pat Listach
121 Sandy Alomar
122 Jose Vizcaino
123 Rick Helling
124 Allen Watson
125 Pedro Munoz
126 Craig Biggio
127 Kevin Stocker
128 Wil Cordero
129 Rafael Palmeiro
130 Gar Finnvold
131 Darren Hall
132 Heathcliff Slocumb
133 Darrin Fletcher
134 Cal Ripken, Jr.
135 Dante Bichette
136 Don Slaught
137 Pedro Astacio
138 Ryan Thompson
139 Greg Gohr
140 Javy Lopez
141 Lenny Dykstra
142 Pat Rapp
143 Mark Kiefer
144 Greg Gagne
145 Eduardo Perez
146 Felix Fermin
147 Jeff Frye
148 Terry Steinbach
149 Jim Eisenreich
150 Brad Ausmus
151 Randy Myers
152 Rick White
153 Mark Portugal
154 Delino DeShields
155 Scott Cooper
156 Pat Hentgen
157 Mark Gubicza
158 Carlos Baerga
159 Joe Girardi
160 Rey Sanchez
161 Todd Jones
162 Luis Polonia
163 Steve Trachsel
164 Roberto Hernandez
165 John Patterson
166 Rene Arocha
167 Will Clark
168 Jim Leyritz
169 Todd Van Poppel
170 Robb Nen
171 Midre Cummings
172 Jay Buhner
173 Kevin Tapani
174 Mark Lemke
175 Marcus Moore
176 Wayne Kirby
177 Rich Amaral
178 Lou Whitaker
179 Jay Bell
180 Rick Wilkins
181 Paul Molitor
182 Gary Sheffield
183 Kirby Puckett
184 Cliff Floyd
185 Darren Oliver
186 Tim Naehring
187 John Hudek
188 Eric Young
189 Roger Salkeld
190 Kirt Manwaring
191 Kurt Abbott
192 David Nied
193 Todd Zeile
194 Wally Joyner
195 Dennis Martinez
196 Billy Ashley
197 Ben McDonald
198 Bob Hamelin
199 Chris Turner
200 Lance Johnson

1 Bob Hamelin
2 David Cone
3 Frank Thomas
4 Paul O'Neill

Series Two

201 Willie Banks
202 Juan Gonzalez
203 Scott Sanders
204 Scott Brosius
205 Curt Schilling
206 Alex Gonzalez
207 Travis Fryman
208 Tim Raines
209 Steve Avery
210 Hal Morris
211 Ken Griffey, Jr.
212 Ozzie Smith
213 Chuck Carr
214 Ryan Klesko
215 Robin Ventura
216 Luis Gonzalez
217 Ken Ryan
218 Mike Piazza
219 Matt Walbeck
220 Jeff Kent
221 Orlando Miller
222 Kenny Rogers
223 J.T. Snow
224 Alan Trammell
225 John Franco
226 Gerald Williams
227 Andy Benes
228 Dan Wilson
229 Dave Hollins
230 Vinny Castilla
231 Devon White
232 Fred McGriff
233 Quilvio Veras
234 Tom Candiotti
235 Jason Bere
236 Mark Langston
237 Mel Rojas
238 Chuck Knoblauch
239 Bernard Gilkey
240 Mark McGwire
241 Kirk Rueter
242 Pat Kelly
243 Ruben Sierra
244 Randy Johnson
245 Shane Reynolds
246 Danny Tartabull
247 Darryl Hamilton
248 Danny Bautista
249 Tom Gordon
250 Tom Glavine
251 Orlando Merced
252 Eric Karros
253 Benji Gil
254 Sean Bergman
255 Roger Clemens
256 Roberto Alomar
257 Benito Santiago
258 Robby Thompson
259 Marvin Freeman
260 Jose Offerman
261 Greg Vaughn
262 David Segui
263 Geronimo Pena
264 Tim Salmon
265 Eddie Murray
266 Mariano Duncan
267 Hideo Nomo RC
268 Derek Bell
269 Mo Vaughn
270 Jeff King
271 Edgar Martinez
272 Sammy Sosa
273 Scott Ruffcorn
274 Darren Daulton
275 John Jaha
276 Andres Galarraga
277 Mark Grace
278 Mike Moore
279 Barry Bonds
280 Manny Ramirez
281 Ellis Burks
282 Greg Swindell
283 Barry Larkin
284 Albert Belle
285 Shawn Green
286 John Roper
287 Scott Erickson
288 Moises Alou
289 Mike Blowers
290 Brent Gates
291 Sean Berry
292 Mike Stanley
293 Jeff Conine
294 Tim Wallach
295 Bobby Bonilla
296 Bruce Ruffin
297 Chad Curtis
298 Mike Greenwell
299 Tony Gwynn
300 Russ Davis
301 Danny Jackson
302 Pete Harnisch
303 Don Mattingly
304 Rheal Cormier
305 Larry Walker
306 Hector Carrasco
307 Jason Jacome
308 Phil Plantier
309 Harold Baines
310 Mitch Williams
311 Charles Nagy
312 Ken Caminiti
313 Alex Rodriguez
314 Chris Sabo
315 Gary Gaetti
316 Andre Dawson
317 Mark Clark
318 Vince Coleman
319 Brad Clontz
320 Steve Finley
321 Doug Drabek
322 Mark McLemore
323 Stan Javier
324 Ron Gant
325 Charlie Hayes
326 Carlos Delgado
327 Ricky Bottalico
328 Rod Beck
329 Mark Acre
330 Chris Bosio
331 Tony Phillips
332 Garret Anderson
333 Pat Meares
334 Todd Worrell
335 Marquis Grissom
336 Brent Mayne
337 Lee Tinsley
338 Terry Pendleton
339 David Cone
340 Tony Fernandez
341 Jim Bullinger
342 Armando Benitez
343 John Smiley
344 Dan Miceli
345 Charles Johnson
346 Lee Smith
347 Brian McRae
348 Jim Thome
349 Jose Oliva
350 Terry Mulholland
351 Tom Henke
352 Dennis Eckersley
353 Sid Fernandez
354 Paul Wagner
355 John Dettmer
356 John Wetteland
357 John Burkett
358 Marty Cordova
359 Norm Charlton
360 Mike Devereaux
361 Alex Cole
362 Brett Butler
363 Mickey Tettleton
364 Al Martin
365 Tony Tarasco
366 Pat Mahomes
367 Gary DiSarcina
368 Bill Swift
369 Chipper Jones
370 Orel Hershiser
371 Kevin Gross
372 Dave Winfield
373 Andujar Cedeno
374 Jim Abbott
375 Glenallen Hill
376 Otis Nixon
377 Roberto Kelly
378 Chris Hammond
379 Mike Macfarlane
380 J.R. Phillips
381 Luis Alicea
382 Bret Barberie
383 Tom Goodwin
384 Mark Whiten
385 Jeffrey Hammonds
386 Omar Vizquel
387 Mike Mussina
388 Ricky Bones
389 Steve Ontiveros
390 Jeff Blauser
391 Jose Canseco
392 Bob Tewksbury
393 Jacob Brumfield
394 Doug Jones
395 Ken Hill
396 Pat Borders
397 Carl Everett
398 Gregg Jefferies
399 Jack McDowell
400 Denny Neagle

5 Raul Mondesi
6 Greg Maddux
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Jeff Bagwell

Inserts

Gold Leaf Rookies

This 16-card set was randomly inserted into every-other Series One pack and features 16 of the top 1995 rookies.

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Garret Anderson
3 Shawn Green
4 Armando Benitez
5 Darren Dreifort
6 Orlando Miller
7 Jose Oliva
8 Ricky Bottalico
9 Charles Johnson
10 Brian L. Hunter
11 Ray McDavid
12 Chan Ho Park
13 Mike Kelly
14 Cory Bailey
15 Alex Gonzalez
16 Andrew Lorraine

Cornerstones

This Series One set features the starting first and third baseman for six selected teams.

1 Frank Thomas / Robin Ventura
2 Cecil Fielder / Travis Fryman
3 Don Mattingly / Wade Boggs
4 Jeff Bagwell / Ken Caminiti
5 Will Clark / Dean Palmer
6 J.R. Phillips / Matt Williams

Statistical Standouts

This nine-card set was exclusive to Series One Hobby packs. Revolutionary for its time, the cards are designed to look and feel like a baseball complete with a leather-like surface and embossed "stitches." Each card is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

One of nine different Staistical Standouts Promo cards was inserted into 1995 Leaf dealer order forms and Hobby media press releases. The cards parallel the standard Statistical Standouts inserts except for the clipped upper right corner and lack of serial numbering on back.

1 Joe Carter
2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Don Mattingly
4 Fred McGriff
5 Paul Molitor
6 Kirby Puckett
7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
8 Frank Thomas
9 Matt Williams

Great Gloves

This 16-card set was randomly inserted into every-other Series Two pack and features some of the best fielders.

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Roberto Alomar
3 Barry Bonds
4 Wade Boggs
5 Andres Galarraga
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Marquis Grissom
8 Kenny Lofton
9 Barry Larkin
10 Don Mattingly
11 Greg Maddux
12 Kirby Puckett
13 Ozzie Smith
14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 Matt Williams
16 Ivan Rodriguez

Frank Thomas

This six-card, Series Two, set pays tribute to Leaf's corporate spokeman. There is one card for each of Thomas' six seasons.

1 Frank Thomas 1990
2 Frank Thomas 1991
3 Frank Thomas 1992
4 Frank Thomas 1993
5 Frank Thomas 1994
6 Frank Thomas 1995

Heading for the Hall

This eight-card set was exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs. Each card is die-cut to resemble a Hall of Fame plaque, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Jeff Bagwell
4 Barry Bonds
5 Kirby Puckett
6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Paul Molitor

Slideshow

This 16-card set was issued eight per series and are printing on clear acetate. The eight cards in the first series are numbered 1A-8A and repeated with different photos of the same players in the second series as 1B-8B.

1A Raul Mondesi
1B Raul Mondesi
2A Frank Thomas
2B Frank Thomas
3A Fred McGriff
3B Fred McGriff
4A Cal Ripken, Jr.
4B Cal Ripken, Jr.
5A Jeff Bagwell
5B Jeff Bagwell
6A Will Clark
6B Will Clark
7A Matt Williams
7B Matt Williams
8A Ken Griffey, Jr.
8B Ken Griffey, Jr.

Gold Leaf Stars

This 14-card set (Cards #1-8 in the first series, 9-14 in the second series) showcases some of the game's superstars. Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies. The cards feature fronts that have a player photo superimposed metallic, refractive background and a die-cut "star" punched out of the lower-left corner.

1 Jeff Bagwell
2 Albert Belle
3 Tony Gwynn
4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
5 Barry Bonds
6 Don Mattingly
7 Raul Mondesi
8 Joe Carter
9 Greg Maddux
10 Frank Thomas
11 Mike Piazza
12 Jose Canseco
13 Kirby Puckett
14 Matt Williams

.300 Club

This set depicts all 18 players who had a career average of .300 or better entering the 1995 campaign, and is exclusive to retail packs. Cards 1-9 were in Series One, 10-18 in Series Two.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Paul Molitor
3 Mike Piazza
4 Moises Alou
5 Mike Greenwell
6 Will Clark
7 Hal Morris
8 Edgar Martinez
9 Carlos Baerga
10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
11 Wade Boggs
12 Jeff Bagwell
13 Tony Gwynn
14 John Kruk
15 Don Mattingly
16 Mark Grace
17 Kirby Puckett
18 Kenny Lofton

Opening Day

This eight-card set was available through a wrapper mail-in offer. A collector could get the set for eight 1995 Leaf, Studio or Donruss wrappers and $2 for shipping and handling. All photos were taken on opening day 1995 and includes shots of Larry Walker as a Colorado Rockie and Jose Canseco in his Boston Red Sox debut.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Jeff Bagwell
3 Barry Bonds
4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
5 Mike Piazza
6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
7 Jose Canseco
8 Larry Walker

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball

Inserted into every copy of Akklaim's "Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball" video game was a "Special Edition" Frank Thomas baseball card. The design of the card is identical to that of the 1995 Leaf base set, only with the Big Hurt Baseball logo on the front. The card is sequentially-numbered as "SPECIAL EDITION" on the back.

Neither the card, nor the game, were licensed by MLB Properties, and as such, all Chicago White Sox logos have been airbrushed.

SE Frank Thomas