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U1 Roberto Alomar
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U3 Scott McClain RC
 
U4 Roger McDowell
 
U5 Kent Mercker
 
U6 Jimmy Myers RC
 
U7 Randy Myers
 
U8 B.J. Surhoff
 
U9 Tony Tarasco
 
U10 David Wells
 
U11 Wil Cordero
 
U12 Tom Gordon
 
U13 Reggie Jefferson
 
U14 Jose Malave
 
U15 Kevin Mitchell
 
U16 Jamie Moyer
 
U17 Heathcliff Slocumb
 
U18 Mike Stanley
 
U19 George Arias
 
U20 Jorge Fabregas
 
U21 Don Slaught
 
U22 Randy Velarde
 
U23 Harold Baines
 
U24 Mike Cameron RC
 
U25 Darren Lewis
 
U26 Tony Phillips
 
U27 Bill Simas
 
U28 Chris Snopek
 
U29 Kevin Tapani
 
U30 Danny Tartabull
 
U31 Julio Franco
 
U32 Jack McDowell
 
U33 Kimera Bartee
 
U34 Mark Lewis
 
U35 Melvin Nieves
 
U36 Mark Parent
 
U37 Eddie Williams
 
U38 Tim Belcher
 
U39 Sal Fasano
 
U40 Chris Haney
 
U41 Mike Macfarlane
 
U42 Jose Offerman
 
U43 Joe Randa
 
U44 Bip Roberts
 
U45 Chuck Carr
 
U46 Bobby Hughes
 
U47 Graeme Lloyd
 
U48 Ben McDonald
 
U49 Kevin Wickander
 
U50 Rick Aguilera
 
U51 Mike Durant
 
U52 Chip Hale
 
U53 LaTroy Hawkins
 
U54 Dave Hollins
 
U55 Roberto Kelly
 
U56 Paul Molitor
 
U57 Dan Naulty
 
U58 Mariano Duncan
 
U59 Andy Fox
 
U60 Joe Girardi
 
U61 Dwight Gooden
 
U62 Jimmy Key
 
U63 Matt Luke
 
U64 Tino Martinez
 
U65 Jeff Nelson
 
U66 Tim Raines
 
U67 Ruben Rivera
 
U68 Kenny Rogers
 
U69 Gerald Williams
 
U70 Tony Batista RC
 
U71 Allen Battle
 
U72 Jim Corsi
 
U73 Steve Cox
 
U74 Pedro Munoz
 
U75 Phil Plantier
 
U76 Scott Spiezio
 
U77 Ernie Young
 
U78 Russ Davis
 
U79 Sterling Hitchcock
 
U80 Edwin Hurtado
 
U81 Raul Ibanez RC
 
U82 Mike Jackson
 
U83 Ricky Jordan
 
U84 Paul Sorrento
 
U85 Doug Strange
 
U86 Mark Brandenberg RC
 
U87 Damon Buford
 
U88 Kevin Elster
 
U89 Darryl Hamilton
 
U90 Ken Hill
 
U91 Ed Vosberg
 
U92 Craig Worthington
 
U93 Tilson Brito RC
 
U94 Giovanni Carrara RC
 
U95 Felipe Crespo
 
U96 Erik Hanson
 
U97 Marty Janzen RC
 
U98 Otis Nixon
 
U99 Charlie O'Brien
 
U100 Robert Perez
 
U101 Paul Quantrill
 
U102 Bill Risley
 
U103 Juan Samuel
 
U104 Jermaine Dye
 
U105 Wonderful Monds RC
 
U106 Dwight Smith
 
U107 Jerome Walton
 
U108 Terry Adams
 
U109 Leo Gomez
 
U110 Robin Jennings
 
U111 Doug Jones
 
U112 Brooks Kieschnick
 
U113 Dave Magadan
 
U114 Jason Maxwell RC
 
U115 Rodney Myers RC
 
U116 Eric Anthony
 
U117 Vince Coleman
 
U118 Eric Davis
 
U119 Steve Gibralter
 
U120 Curtis Goodwin
 
U121 Willie Greene
 
U122 Mike Kelly
 
U123 Marcus Moore
 
U124 Chad Mottola
 
U125 Chris Sabo
 
U126 Roger Salkeld
 
U127 Pedro Castellano
 
U128 Trenidad Hubbard
 
U129 Jayhawk Owens
 
U130 Jeff Reed
 
U131 Kevin Brown
 
U132 Al Leiter
 
U133 Matt Mantei RC
 
U134 David Weathers
 
U135 Devon White
 
U136 Bob Abreu
 
U137 Sean Berry
 
U138 Doug Brocail
 
U139 Richard Hidalgo
 
U140 Alvin Morman
 
U141 Mike Blowers
 
U142 Roger Cedeno
 
U143 Greg Gagne
 
U144 Karim Garcia
 
U145 Wilton Guerrero RC
 
U146 Israel Alcantara RC
 
U147 Omar Daal
 
U148 Ryan McGuire
 
U149 Sherman Obando
 
U150 Jose Paniagua
 
U151 Henry Rodriguez
 
U152 Andy Stankiewicz
 
U153 Dave Veres
 
U154 Juan Acevedo
 
U155 Mark Clark
 
U156 Bernard Gilkey
 
U157 Pete Harnisch
 
U158 Lance Johnson
 
U159 Brent Mayne
 
U160 Rey Ordonez
 
U161 Kevin Roberson
 
U162 Paul Wilson
 
U163 David Doster RC
 
U164 Mike Grace RC
 
U165 Rich Hunter RC
 
U166 Pete Incaviglia
 
U167 Mike Lieberthal
 
U168 Terry Mulholland
 
U169 Ken Ryan
 
U170 Benito Santiago
 
U171 Kevin Sefcik RC
 
U172 Lee Tinsley
 
U173 Todd Zeile
 
U174 Francisco Cordova RC
 
U175 Danny Darwin
 
U176 Charlie Hayes
 
U177 Jason Kendall
 
U178 Mike Kingery
 
U179 Jon Lieber
 
U180 Zane Smith
 
U181 Luis Alicea
 
U182 Cory Bailey
 
U183 Andy Benes
 
U184 Pat Borders
 
U185 Mike Busby RC
 
U186 Royce Clayton
 
U187 Dennis Eckersley
 
U188 Gary Gaetti
 
U189 Ron Gant
 
U190 Aaron Holbert
 
U191 Willie McGee
 
U192 Miguel Mejia RC
 
U193 Jeff Parrett
 
U194 Todd Stottlemyre
 
U195 Sean Bergman
 
U196 Archi Cianfrocco
 
U197 Rickey Henderson
 
U198 Wally Joyner
 
U199 Craig Shipley
 
U200 Bob Tewksbury
 
U201 Tim Worrell
 
U202 Rich Aurilia RC
 
U203 Doug Creek
 
U204 Shawon Dunston
 
U205 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
 
U206 Mark Gardner
 
U207 Stan Javier
 
U208 Marcus Jensen
 
U209 Chris Singleton RC
 
U210 Allen Watson
 
===Encore===
===Encore===


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===Checklists===
===Checklists===


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U246 Barry Bonds CL
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U247 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
==Parallels==


U248 Rey Ordonez CL
U249 Ryne Sandberg CL
U250 Frank Thomas CL
==Parallels==
===Tiffany===
===Tiffany===


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This 20-card set highlighted new, young players in the game at the time on a multi-colored foil background designed to resemble a morning landscape vista.
This 20-card set highlighted young players in the game at the time on a multi-colored foil background designed to resemble a morning landscape vista.  This set was exclusive to Hobby packs.


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===Headliners===
===Headliners===


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This 20-card set featured players were drew fans to the game and attention in the newspapers. Cards featured a word cloud-themed design using the insert title against a white background.
This 20-card set featured players were drew fans to the game and attention in the newspapers. Cards featured a word cloud-themed design using the insert title against a white background.  This set was exclusive to retail packs.


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===Diamond Tribute===
===Diamond Tribute===


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[[Category:1996]]

Latest revision as of 15:53, 27 November 2019

Description

1996 Fleer Update was a 250-card set released in December, 1996 that featured many players who were rookies, traded (depicted in new uniforms), or were not included in the 1996 Fleer base set. An Encore subset (U211-U245) and Checklists (U246-U250) were part of the Update base set

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 250 - 10:1 ?
Tiffany 250 - 1:1 1:1
Smooth Leather 10 - 1:5 1:5
Soaring Stars 10 - 1:11 1:11
New Horizons 20 - 1:5 N/A
Headliners 20 - N/A 1:20
Diamond Tribute 10 - 1:100 1:100

Checklist

Base Set

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  • U1 Roberto Alomar
  • U2 Mike Devereaux
  • U3 Scott McClain RC
  • U4 Roger McDowell
  • U5 Kent Mercker
  • U6 Jimmy Myers RC
  • U7 Randy Myers
  • U8 B.J. Surhoff
  • U9 Tony Tarasco
  • U10 David Wells
  • U11 Wil Cordero
  • U12 Tom Gordon
  • U13 Reggie Jefferson
  • U14 Jose Malave
  • U15 Kevin Mitchell
  • U16 Jamie Moyer
  • U17 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • U18 Mike Stanley
  • U19 George Arias
  • U20 Jorge Fabregas
  • U21 Don Slaught
  • U22 Randy Velarde
  • U23 Harold Baines
  • U24 Mike Cameron RC
  • U25 Darren Lewis
  • U26 Tony Phillips
  • U27 Bill Simas
  • U28 Chris Snopek
  • U29 Kevin Tapani
  • U30 Danny Tartabull
  • U31 Julio Franco
  • U32 Jack McDowell
  • U33 Kimera Bartee
  • U34 Mark Lewis
  • U35 Melvin Nieves
  • U36 Mark Parent
  • U37 Eddie Williams
  • U38 Tim Belcher
  • U39 Sal Fasano
  • U40 Chris Haney
  • U41 Mike Macfarlane
  • U42 Jose Offerman
  • U43 Joe Randa
  • U44 Bip Roberts
  • U45 Chuck Carr
  • U46 Bobby Hughes
  • U47 Graeme Lloyd
  • U48 Ben McDonald
  • U49 Kevin Wickander
  • U50 Rick Aguilera
  • U51 Mike Durant
  • U52 Chip Hale
  • U53 LaTroy Hawkins
  • U54 Dave Hollins
  • U55 Roberto Kelly
  • U56 Paul Molitor
  • U57 Dan Naulty
  • U58 Mariano Duncan
  • U59 Andy Fox RC
  • U60 Joe Girardi
  • U61 Dwight Gooden
  • U62 Jimmy Key
  • U63 Matt Luke
  • U64 Tino Martinez
  • U65 Jeff Nelson
  • U66 Tim Raines
  • U67 Ruben Rivera
  • U68 Kenny Rogers
  • U69 Gerald Williams
  • U70 Tony Batista RC
  • U71 Allen Battle
  • U72 Jim Corsi
  • U73 Steve Cox
  • U74 Pedro Munoz
  • U75 Phil Plantier
  • U76 Scott Spiezio
  • U77 Ernie Young
  • U78 Russ Davis
  • U79 Sterling Hitchcock
  • U80 Edwin Hurtado
  • U81 Raul Ibanez RC
  • U82 Mike Jackson
  • U83 Ricky Jordan
  • U84 Paul Sorrento
  • U85 Doug Strange
  • U86 Mark Brandenberg RC
  • U87 Damon Buford
  • U88 Kevin Elster
  • U89 Darryl Hamilton
  • U90 Ken Hill
  • U91 Ed Vosberg
  • U92 Craig Worthington
  • U93 Tilson Brito RC
  • U94 Giovanni Carrara RC
  • U95 Felipe Crespo
  • U96 Erik Hanson
  • U97 Marty Janzen RC
  • U98 Otis Nixon
  • U99 Charlie O'Brien
  • U100 Robert Perez
  • U101 Paul Quantrill
  • U102 Bill Risley
  • U103 Juan Samuel
  • U104 Jermaine Dye
  • U105 Wonderful Monds RC
  • U106 Dwight Smith
  • U107 Jerome Walton
  • U108 Terry Adams
  • U109 Leo Gomez
  • U110 Robin Jennings
  • U111 Doug Jones
  • U112 Brooks Kieschnick
  • U113 Dave Magadan
  • U114 Jason Maxwell RC
  • U115 Rodney Myers RC
  • U116 Eric Anthony
  • U117 Vince Coleman
  • U118 Eric Davis
  • U119 Steve Gibralter
  • U120 Curtis Goodwin
  • U121 Willie Greene
  • U122 Mike Kelly
  • U123 Marcus Moore
  • U124 Chad Mottola
  • U125 Chris Sabo
  • U126 Roger Salkeld
  • U127 Pedro Castellano
  • U128 Trenidad Hubbard
  • U129 Jayhawk Owens
  • U130 Jeff Reed
  • U131 Kevin Brown
  • U132 Al Leiter
  • U133 Matt Mantei RC
  • U134 David Weathers
  • U135 Devon White
  • U136 Bob Abreu
  • U137 Sean Berry
  • U138 Doug Brocail
  • U139 Richard Hidalgo
  • U140 Alvin Morman
  • U141 Mike Blowers
  • U142 Roger Cedeno
  • U143 Greg Gagne
  • U144 Karim Garcia
  • U145 Wilton Guerrero RC
  • U146 Israel Alcantara RC
  • U147 Omar Daal
  • U148 Ryan McGuire
  • U149 Sherman Obando
  • U150 Jose Paniagua
  • U151 Henry Rodriguez
  • U152 Andy Stankiewicz
  • U153 Dave Veres
  • U154 Juan Acevedo
  • U155 Mark Clark
  • U156 Bernard Gilkey
  • U157 Pete Harnisch
  • U158 Lance Johnson
  • U159 Brent Mayne
  • U160 Rey Ordonez
  • U161 Kevin Roberson
  • U162 Paul Wilson
  • U163 David Doster RC
  • U164 Mike Grace RC
  • U165 Rich Hunter RC
  • U166 Pete Incaviglia
  • U167 Mike Lieberthal
  • U168 Terry Mulholland
  • U169 Ken Ryan
  • U170 Benito Santiago
  • U171 Kevin Sefcik RC
  • U172 Lee Tinsley
  • U173 Todd Zeile
  • U174 Francisco Cordova RC
  • U175 Danny Darwin
  • U176 Charlie Hayes
  • U177 Jason Kendall
  • U178 Mike Kingery
  • U179 Jon Lieber
  • U180 Zane Smith
  • U181 Luis Alicea
  • U182 Cory Bailey
  • U183 Andy Benes
  • U184 Pat Borders
  • U185 Mike Busby RC
  • U186 Royce Clayton
  • U187 Dennis Eckersley
  • U188 Gary Gaetti
  • U189 Ron Gant
  • U190 Aaron Holbert
  • U191 Willie McGee
  • U192 Miguel Mejia RC
  • U193 Jeff Parrett
  • U194 Todd Stottlemyre
  • U195 Sean Bergman
  • U196 Archi Cianfrocco
  • U197 Rickey Henderson
  • U198 Wally Joyner
  • U199 Craig Shipley
  • U200 Bob Tewksbury
  • U201 Tim Worrell
  • U202 Rich Aurilia RC
  • U203 Doug Creek
  • U204 Shawon Dunston
  • U205 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
  • U206 Mark Gardner
  • U207 Stan Javier
  • U208 Marcus Jensen
  • U209 Chris Singleton RC
  • U210 Allen Watson

Encore

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  • U211 Jeff Bagwell
  • U212 Derek Bell
  • U213 Albert Belle
  • U214 Wade Boggs
  • U215 Barry Bonds
  • U216 Jose Canseco
  • U217 Marty Cordova
  • U218 Jim Edmonds
  • U219 Cecil Fielder
  • U220 Andres Galarraga
  • U221 Juan Gonzalez
  • U222 Mark Grace
  • U223 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • U224 Tony Gwynn
  • U225 Jason Isringhausen
  • U226 Derek Jeter
  • U227 Randy Johnson
  • U228 Chipper Jones
  • U229 Ryan Klesko
  • U230 Barry Larkin
  • U231 Kenny Lofton
  • U232 Greg Maddux
  • U233 Raul Mondesi
  • U234 Hideo Nomo
  • U235 Mike Piazza
  • U236 Manny Ramirez
  • U237 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • U238 Tim Salmon
  • U239 Ryne Sandberg
  • U240 Reggie Sanders
  • U241 Gary Sheffield
  • U242 Sammy Sosa
  • U243 Frank Thomas
  • U244 Mo Vaughn
  • U245 Matt Williams

Checklists

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  • U246 Barry Bonds
  • U247 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • U248 Rey Ordonez
  • U249 Ryne Sandberg
  • U250 Frank Thomas

Parallels

Tiffany

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Similar to the base set, every base card was also available in a "Tiffany" parallel. TIffany cards had a glossy finish (in contrast to the matte-finished base card) and a silver holographic foil nameplate.

Inserts

Smooth Leather

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This 10-card set featured some of the best defensive players in the game. Cards featured a baseball and fence background with a gold foil-stamped nameplate and fielder's glove design.

  • 1 Roberto Alomar
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Will Clark
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Kenny Lofton
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Raul Mondesi
  • 8 Rey Ordonez
  • 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Matt Williams

Soaring Stars

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Similar to the previous year's insert set, this 10-card set featured the top stars in the game at the time on a multi-colored, 100% etched foil design. Unlike the previous year, all card backgrounds featured a "balls" design that was accentuated by the etched foil.

  • 1 Jeff Bagwell
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Chipper Jones
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Mike Piazza
  • 8 Manny Ramirez
  • 9 Frank Thomas
  • 10 Matt Williams

New Horizons

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This 20-card set highlighted young players in the game at the time on a multi-colored foil background designed to resemble a morning landscape vista. This set was exclusive to Hobby packs.

  • 1 Bob Abreu
  • 2 George Arias
  • 3 Tony Batista
  • 4 Steve Cox
  • 5 Jermaine Dye
  • 6 Andy Fox
  • 7 Mike Grace
  • 8 Todd Greene
  • 9 Wilton Guerrero
  • 10 Richard Hidalgo
  • 11 Raul Ibanez
  • 12 Robin Jennings
  • 13 Marcus Jensen
  • 14 Jason Kendall
  • 15 Jason Maxwell
  • 16 Ryan McGuire
  • 17 Miguel Mejia
  • 18 Wonderful Monds
  • 19 Rey Ordonez
  • 20 Paul Wilson

Headliners

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This 20-card set featured players were drew fans to the game and attention in the newspapers. Cards featured a word cloud-themed design using the insert title against a white background. This set was exclusive to retail packs.

  • 1 Roberto Alomar
  • 2 Jeff Bagwell
  • 3 Albert Belle
  • 4 Barry Bonds
  • 5 Cecil Fielder
  • 6 Juan Gonzalez
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 Tony Gwynn
  • 9 Randy Johnson
  • 10 Chipper Jones
  • 11 Ryan Klesko
  • 12 Kenny Lofton
  • 13 Greg Maddux
  • 14 Hideo Nomo
  • 15 Mike Piazza
  • 16 Manny Ramirez
  • 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 18 Tim Salmon
  • 19 Frank Thomas
  • 20 Matt Williams

Diamond Tribute

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This 10-card set paid homage to the top players in the game at the time on an eye-catching, diamond-patterned holographic foil background.

  • 1 Wade Boggs
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 4 Tony Gwynn
  • 5 Rickey Henderson
  • 6 Greg Maddux
  • 7 Eddie Murray
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 9 Ozzie Smith
  • 10 Frank Thomas