2005 Leaf Limited

Another Non Rookie that I will post, and this one even deserves a separate post from the other non-rookies posted in the last entry. I do not have any of the standard version of the card, but I am interested in obtaining any other versions of this card that exist.

2005 Leaf Limited

Card #41

I currently have 3:

Spotlight Silver - 28/50

Spotlight Gold - 16/25

Spotlight Platinum - 1/1

Some Later Cards

As I have said in my introductions, After posting my current collection, this site will be mostly about everything. Although I mostly collect only Oliver's rookie cards - every now and then something catches my eye and I purchase it. I am sure I have a ton of his cards throughout my collection - but again I will only be posting about the ones I like.

Here are a bunch of other cards that I consider postable:

2006 Topps Update

Card #UH67

Someone threw this card into one of my eBay purchases, and I like it for 2 reasons. First - it is the first card showing Ollie in a Mets uniform. Second - it has one of the best quotes about Oliver on the back, and it comes from one of the Mets most hated players:

"He's the closest thing to Randy Johnson you'll see," Chipper Jones once said of Perez.

it also says:

"If he's close to the pitcher of 2004, when he logged the third most strikeouts in Pirates history, they'll have made the deal of the century"

I think he came pretty close to 2004 in 2007, and I deel he will be more in 2008!

2003 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia

Card #147

I have the spectrum version of this card. It is serial numbered 036/100.

2003 Donruss

Card #36

I have 1 of these cards as well. Gotta love the Rated Rookie Subsets!

2003 Upper Deck

Card #23

I have 2 of these cards - one from the First Pitch version, and one standard.

2003 Upper Deck SP Authentic

Card #OP

This card is from the SP Chirography Young Stars Auto Subset. Serial numbered 17/50

Minor League Cards

I am not a huge fan of collecting Minor League cards. They always seemed so low quality and so easy to forge. I have a few of Olivers - mostly cards that were thrown in to trades or eBay purchases. I am lumping them toether for this post:

2001 Fort Wayne Wizards - (1)

2001 Multi-Ad Sports - (7)

2002 Fleer Tradition

This is the last of the 2002 rookies I own. I will be posting some of the other cards of his I have - but I mainly only collect the 2002 rookies. If anyone has anything else good - I always want to see it, and possibly buy it - but I really only collect the rookies.

This card is real plain. It reminds me of the set that Fleer put out in the early 60's. 1961 if I remember correctly. Anyway it is just plain, no serial numbers - but apparently it was pretty hard to find this card and set.

2002 Fleer Tradition Update

Card #U58

Standard Version - (2)

2002 Upper Deck Ball Park Idols

As I mentioned in an earlier post - this is by far the worst issue of 2002. WAY WAY WAY TOOOOOOO Much border. It is serial numbered - but that is about it.

2002 Upper Deck Ballpark Idols

Card #241

Standard Version - (3) each serial numbered to 1750. I currently have #'s 0519, 0587, and 1657

2002 Donruss Originals

Another throwback set. They take the stars and rookies of today, and use their old designs to make new cards. People must be way out of ideas! This phenomenon has been going on toooooooooooooooooooooo long now. In 2002 Donruss decided to remake their 1982 and 1984 sets (the original 1984 Donruss sets is one of the rarest of the 80's)

Oliver had 2 cards in this set.

2002 Donruss Originals

Cards #9 and 122

Card # 9 - 1982 Version - (2) 1 of which is BGS graded 9.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5)

Card #122 - 1984 Version - (2)

2002 Upper Deck Ovation

Not too much to say about this card. Another upper deck issue, another ugly card! At least it isnt as bad as the ballpark idols card I will post about later! The cards are serial numbered so they got that going for them ... which is nice! The back says almost nothing except that he had 94K's in 90 innings in 2002. This set must have been released after the season was complete.

2002 Upper Deck Ovation

Card #171

Standard Version: (4) Each serial numbered XXXX/2002. I currently have #'s 0652, 0752, 0957, 1586

2002 Donruss Diamond Kings

Ahhh remember the good old days? You know they days when you could buy a pack of Donruss for $0.45 each and each pack contained 15 player cards? Compare that today when you get 5 cards for $2.99! Think back to those 1980's packs. The diamond kings were a great set, and normalled occupied the first 26 spots in the set - followed by the Rated Rookies. To be a diamond king you had to be the best player on your team, and not voted a diamond king in any of the previous 5 years. When the subset had been around long enough - they wrote on the back the years the player had been chosen. The cards were great artist renditions of the players. Sometimes the artwork was great - sometimes it wasn't. That all added to the fun.

Well those days are gone. Donruss took the great idea and ruined it. In the early 2000's they put out a set of all Diamond kings. Doesn't that remove some of the honor? They included rookies like Oliver Perez - who had never played a game in the majors!

2002 Donruss Diamond Kings

Card number 153

Standard Version: (7)

Bronze Version: (1)

Silver Version: (3) serial numbered to 250. I currently have #'s 101, 150, and 170

Gold Version: (1) serial numbered 042/100

2002 Upper Deck Sweet Spot

My last post was talking about all the crap cards that were produced and the redundancy of sets in the market. Well this is a set that I kind of like and I cant explain why. The foil hologram on the front and the design of the card just gives it a great feel.

2002 Upper Deck Sweet Spot

Card #116

Standard Version: (5) serial numbered to 1300. I currently have #'s 0059 (his jersey number at the time), 0466, 0668, 0730, 1261

2002 Upper Deck Diamond Connection

Is it just me or is it right around this time that companies started putting out WAY too many sets. I love the variety - don't get me wrong - but some of these sets are just redundant. They don't even look nice or have great photography. They are really just the byproduct of the license to print money that Upper Deck and Topps have! This is another pointless issue - but it had another serial numbers Ollie card - so I have some. The Oliver Perez card was part of the same release as the SPx Auto card. It came in the rookies and updates boxes.


2002 Upper Deck Diamon Connection
Card# 153


Standard Version: (8) Serial numbered XXXX/1500. I currently have #'s 0035, 0091, 0327, 0446, 0563, 1064, 1308, 1320