Latest revision as of 18:20, 12 April 2023

Description

1992 Ultra is a 600-card set released in two equal series of 300 cards. After a disappointing 1991 debut, Fleer greatly improved the look and feel of Ultra, putting it on a par with Topps' Stadium Club. Each card has a full-bleed (except for a marbleized bottom border) computer-generated design with glossy UV coating and gold-foil stamping. Collectors were enamored with the new look Ultra and it was one of the most successful products of 1992.

Distribution

36 packs per box, 15 cards per pack.

Reviews

Ultra All-Stars Insert Set Review: http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2012/07/set-showcase-22-1992-ultra-all-stars.html

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	300	-	?
Award Winners	25	-	1:6.5
Tony Gwynn	10	-	1:13
Tony Gwynn Autograph	1	2000	?

Series Two

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	300	-	?
All-Stars	20	-	1:6
All-Rookies	10	-	1:12

Checklist

Promo

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A promo card featuring Tony Gwynn and Fleer CEO Paul Mullan was issued to promote the upcoming 1992 Ultra Baseball set.

Pre-Production Samples

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Pre-Production Sample cards for both Series One inserts (Tony Gwynn and Award Winners) are known to exist. These cards are marked on the reverse side.

Base Set

Series One

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1 Glenn Davis
2 Mike Devereaux
3 Dwight Evans
4 Leo Gomez
5 Chris Hoiles
6 Sam Horn
7 Chito Martinez
8 Randy Milligan
9 Mike Mussina
10 Billy Ripken
11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
12 Tom Brunansky
13 Ellis Burks
14 Jack Clark
15 Roger Clemens
16 Mike Greenwell
17 Joe Hesketh
18 Tony Pena
19 Carlos Quintana
20 Jeff Reardon
21 Jody Reed
22 Luis Rivera
23 Mo Vaughn
24 Gary DiSarcina
25 Chuck Finley
26 Gary Gaetti
27 Bryan Harvey
28 Lance Parrish
29 Luis Polonia
30 Dick Schofield
31 Luis Sojo
32 Wilson Alvarez
33 Carlton Fisk
34 Craig Grebeck
35 Ozzie Guillen
36 Greg Hibbard
37 Charlie Hough
38 Lance Johnson
39 Ron Karkovice
40 Jack McDowell
41 Donn Pall
42 Melido Perez
43 Tim Raines
44 Frank Thomas
45 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
46 Carlos Baerga
47 Albert Belle
48 Jerry Browne UER RevNeg on back
49 Felix Fermin
50 Reggie Jefferson UER
51 Mark Lewis
52 Carlos Martinez
53 Steve Olin
54 Jim Thome
55 Mark Whiten
56 Dave Bergman
57 Milt Cuyler
58 Rob Deer
59 Cecil Fielder
60 Travis Fryman
61 Scott Livingstone
62 Tony Phillips
63 Mickey Tettleton
64 Alan Trammell
65 Lou Whitaker
66 Kevin Appier
67 Mike Boddicker
68 George Brett
69 Jim Eisenreich
70 Mark Gubicza
71 David Howard
72 Joel Johnston
73 Mike Macfarlane
74 Brent Mayne
75 Brian McRae
76 Jeff Montgomery
77 Terry Shumpert
78 Don August
79 Dante Bichette
80 Ted Higuera
81 Paul Molitor
82 Jaime Navarro
83 Gary Sheffield
84 Bill Spiers
85 B.J. Surhoff
86 Greg Vaughn
87 Robin Yount
88 Rick Aguilera
89 Chili Davis
90 Scott Erickson
91 Brian Harper
92 Kent Hrbek
93 Chuck Knoblauch
94 Scott Leius
95 Shane Mack
96 Mike Pagliarulo
97 Kirby Puckett
98 Kevin Tapani
99 Jesse Barfield
100 Alvaro Espinoza
101 Mel Hall
102 Pat Kelly
103 Roberto Kelly
104 Kevin Maas
105 Don Mattingly
106 Hensley Meulens
107 Matt Nokes
108 Steve Sax
109 Harold Baines
110 Jose Canseco
111 Ron Darling
112 Mike Gallego
113 Dave Henderson
114 Rickey Henderson
115 Mark McGwire
116 Terry Steinbach
117 Dave Stewart
118 Todd Van Poppel
119 Bob Welch
120 Greg Briley
121 Jay Buhner
122 Rich DeLucia
123 Ken Griffey, Jr.
124 Erik Hanson
125 Randy Johnson
126 Edgar Martinez
127 Tino Martinez
128 Pete O'Brien
129 Harold Reynolds
130 Dave Valle
131 Julio Franco
132 Juan Gonzalez
133 Jeff Huson
134 Mike Jeffcoat
135 Terry Mathews
136 Rafael Palmeiro
137 Dean Palmer
138 Geno Petralli
139 Ivan Rodriguez
140 Jeff Russell
141 Nolan Ryan
142 Ruben Sierra
143 Roberto Alomar
144 Pat Borders
145 Joe Carter
146 Kelly Gruber
147 Jimmy Key
148 Manny Lee
149 Rance Mulliniks
150 Greg Myers
151 John Olerud
152 Dave Stieb
153 Todd Stottlemyre
154 Duane Ward
155 Devon White
156 Eddie Zosky
157 Steve Avery
158 Rafael Belliard
159 Jeff Blauser
160 Sid Bream
161 Ron Gant
162 Tom Glavine
163 Brian Hunter
164 Dave Justice
165 Mark Lemke
166 Greg Olson
167 Terry Pendleton
168 Lonnie Smith
169 John Smoltz
170 Mike Stanton
171 Jeff Treadway
172 Paul Assenmacher
173 George Bell
174 Shawon Dunston
175 Mark Grace
176 Danny Jackson
177 Les Lancaster
178 Greg Maddux
179 Luis Salazar
180 Rey Sanchez RC
181 Ryne Sandberg
182 Jose Vizcaino
183 Chico Walker
184 Jerome Walton
185 Glenn Braggs
186 Tom Browning
187 Rob Dibble
188 Bill Doran
189 Chris Hammond
190 Billy Hatcher
191 Barry Larkin
192 Hal Morris
193 Joe Oliver
194 Paul O'Neill
195 Jeff Reed
196 Jose Rijo
197 Chris Sabo
198 Jeff Bagwell
199 Craig Biggio
200 Ken Caminiti
201 Andujar Cedeno
202 Steve Finley
203 Luis Gonzalez
204 Pete Harnisch
205 Xavier Hernandez
206 Darryl Kile
207 Al Osuna
208 Curt Schilling
209 Brett Butler
210 Kal Daniels
211 Lenny Harris
212 Stan Javier
213 Ramon Martinez
214 Roger McDowell
215 Jose Offerman
216 Juan Samuel
217 Mike Scioscia
218 Mike Sharperson
219 Darryl Strawberry
220 Delino DeShields
221 Tom Foley
222 Steve Frey
223 Dennis Martinez
224 Spike Owen
225 Gilberto Reyes
226 Tim Wallach
227 Daryl Boston
228 Tim Burke
229 Vince Coleman
230 David Cone
231 Kevin Elster
232 Dwight Gooden
233 Todd Hundley
234 Jeff Innis
235 Howard Johnson
236 Dave Magadan
237 Mackey Sasser
238 Anthony Young
239 Wes Chamberlain
240 Darren Daulton
241 Lenny Dykstra
242 Tommy Greene
243 Charlie Hayes
244 Dave Hollins
245 Ricky Jordan
246 John Kruk
247 Mickey Morandini
248 Terry Mulholland
249 Dale Murphy
250 Jay Bell
251 Barry Bonds
252 Steve Buechele
253 Doug Drabek
254 Mike LaValliere
255 Jose Lind
256 Lloyd McClendon
257 Orlando Merced
258 Don Slaught
259 John Smiley
260 Zane Smith
261 Randy Tomlin
262 Andy Van Slyke
263 Pedro Guerrero
264 Felix Jose
265 Ray Lankford
266 Omar Olivares
267 Jose Oquendo
268 Tom Pagnozzi
269 Bryn Smith
270 Lee Smith UER
271 Ozzie Smith
272 Milt Thompson
273 Todd Zeile
274 Andy Benes
275 Jerald Clark
276 Tony Fernandez
277 Tony Gwynn
278 Greg W. Harris
279 Thomas Howard
280 Bruce Hurst
281 Mike Maddux
282 Fred McGriff
283 Benito Santiago
284 Kevin Bass
285 Jeff Brantley
286 John Burkett
287 Will Clark
288 Royce Clayton
289 Steve Decker
290 Kelly Downs
291 Mike Felder
292 Darren Lewis
293 Kirt Manwaring
294 Willie McGee
295 Robby Thompson
296 Matt Williams
297 Trevor Wilson
298 Sandy Alomar, Jr. CL
299 Rey Sanchez CL
300 Nolan Ryan CL

Series Two

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301 Brady Anderson
302 Todd Frohwirth
303 Ben McDonald
304 Mark McLemore
305 Jose Mesa
306 Bob Milacki
307 Gregg Olson
308 David Segui
309 Rick Sutcliffe
310 Jeff Tackett
311 Wade Boggs
312 Scott Cooper
313 John Flaherty RC
314 Wayne Housie
315 Peter Hoy
316 John Marzano
317 Tim Naehring
318 Phil Plantier
319 Frank Viola
320 Matt Young
321 Jim Abbott
322 Hubie Brooks
323 Chad Curtis RC
324 Alvin Davis
325 Junior Felix
326 Von Hayes
327 Mark Langston
328 Scott Lewis
329 Don Robinson
330 Bobby Rose
331 Lee Stevens
332 George Bell
333 Esteban Beltre
334 Joey Cora
335 Alex Fernandez
336 Roberto Hernandez
337 Mike Huff
338 Kirk McCaskill
339 Dan Pasqua
340 Scott Radinsky
341 Steve Sax
342 Bobby Thigpen
343 Robin Ventura
344 Jack Armstrong
345 Alex Cole
346 Dennis Cook
347 Glenallen Hill
348 Thomas Howard
349 Brook Jacoby
350 Kenny Lofton
351 Charles Nagy
352 Rod Nichols
353 Junior Ortiz
354 Dave Otto
355 Tony Perezchica
356 Scott Scudder
357 Paul Sorrento
358 Skeeter Barnes
359 Mark Carreon
360 John Doherty RC
361 Dan Gladden
362 Bill Gullickson
363 Shawn Hare RC
364 Mike Henneman
365 Chad Kreuter
366 Mark Leiter
367 Mike Munoz
368 Kevin Ritz
369 Mark Davis
370 Tom Gordon
371 Chris Gwynn
372 Gregg Jefferies
373 Wally Joyner
374 Kevin McReynolds
375 Keith Miller
376 Rico Rossy
377 Curt Wilkerson
378 Ricky Bones
379 Chris Bosio
380 Cal Eldred
381 Scott Fletcher
382 Jim Gantner
383 Darryl Hamilton
384 Doug Henry RC
385 Pat Listach RC
386 Tim McIntosh
387 Edwin Nunez
388 Dan Plesac
389 Kevin Seitzer
390 Franklin Stubbs
391 William Suero
392 Bill Wegman
393 Willie Banks
394 Jarvis Brown
395 Greg Gagne
396 Mark Guthrie
397 Bill Krueger
398 Pat Mahomes, Sr. RC
399 Pedro Munoz
400 John Smiley
401 Gary Wayne
402 Lenny Webster
403 Carl Willis
404 Greg Cadaret
405 Steve Farr
406 Mike Gallego
407 Charlie Hayes
408 Steve Howe
409 Dion James
410 Jeff Johnson
411 Tim Leary
412 Jim Leyritz
413 Melido Perez
414 Scott Sanderson
415 Andy Stankiewicz
416 Mike Stanley
417 Danny Tartabull
418 Lance Blankenship
419 Mike Bordick
420 Scott Brosius RC
421 Dennis Eckersley
422 Scott Hemond
423 Carney Lansford
424 Henry Mercedes
425 Mike Moore
426 Gene Nelson
427 Randy Ready
428 Bruce Walton
429 Willie Wilson
430 Rich Amaral
431 Dave Cochrane
432 Henry Cotto
433 Calvin Jones
434 Kevin Mitchell
435 Clay Parker
436 Omar Vizquel
437 Floyd Bannister
438 Kevin Brown
439 John Cangelosi
440 Brian Downing
441 Monty Fariss
442 Jose Guzman
443 Donald Harris
444 Kevin Reimer
445 Kenny Rogers
446 Wayne Rosenthal
447 Dickie Thon
448 Derek Bell
449 Juan Guzman
450 Tom Henke
451 Candy Maldonado
452 Jack Morris
453 David Wells
454 Dave Winfield
455 Juan Berenguer
456 Damon Berryhill
457 Mike Bielecki
458 Marvin Freeman
459 Charlie Leibrandt
460 Kent Mercker
461 Otis Nixon
462 Alejandro Pena
463 Ben Rivera
464 Deion Sanders
465 Mark Wohlers
466 Shawn Boskie
467 Frank Castillo
468 Andre Dawson
469 Joe Girardi
470 Chuck McElroy
471 Mike Morgan
472 Ken Patterson
473 Bob Scanlan
474 Gary Scott
475 Dave Smith
476 Sammy Sosa
477 Hector Villanueva
478 Scott Bankhead
479 Tim Belcher
480 Freddie Benavides
481 Jacob Brumfield
482 Norm Charlton
483 Dwayne Henry
484 Dave Martinez
485 Bip Roberts
486 Reggie Sanders
487 Greg Swindell
488 Ryan Bowen
489 Casey Candaele
490 Juan Guerrero UER
491 Pete Incaviglia
492 Jeff Juden
493 Rob Murphy
494 Mark Portugal
495 Rafael Ramirez
496 Scott Servais
497 Eddie Taubensee RC
498 Brian Williams RC
499 Todd Benzinger
500 John Candelaria
501 Tom Candiotti
502 Tim Crews
503 Eric Davis
504 Jim Gott
505 Dave Hansen
506 Carlos Hernandez
507 Orel Hershiser
508 Eric Karros
509 Bob Ojeda
510 Steve Wilson
511 Moises Alou
512 Bret Barberie
513 Ivan Calderon
514 Gary Carter
515 Archi Cianfrocco RC
516 Jeff Fassero
517 Darrin Fletcher
518 Marquis Grissom
519 Chris Haney
520 Ken Hill
521 Chris Nabholz
522 Bill Sampen
523 John Vander Wal
524 Dave Wainhouse
525 Larry Walker
526 John Wetteland
527 Bobby Bonilla
528 Sid Fernandez
529 John Franco
530 Dave Gallagher
531 Paul Gibson
532 Eddie Murray
533 Junior Noboa
534 Charlie O'Brien
535 Bill Pecota
536 Willie Randolph
537 Bret Saberhagen
538 Dick Schofield
539 Pete Schourek
540 Ruben Amaro
541 Andy Ashby
542 Kim Batiste
543 Cliff Brantley
544 Mariano Duncan
545 Jeff Grotewold
546 Barry Jones
547 Julio Peguero
548 Curt Schilling
549 Mitch Williams
550 Stan Belinda
551 Scott Bullett RC
552 Cecil Espy
553 Jeff King
554 Roger Mason
555 Paul Miller
556 Denny Neagle
557 Vicente Palacios
558 Bob Patterson
559 Tom Prince
560 Gary Redus
561 Gary Varsho
562 Juan Agosto
563 Cris Carpenter
564 Mark Clark RC
565 Jose DeLeon
566 Rich Gedman
567 Bernard Gilkey
568 Rex Hudler
569 Tim Jones
570 Donovan Osborne
571 Mike Perez
572 Gerald Perry
573 Bob Tewksbury
574 Todd Worrell
575 Dave Eiland
576 Jeremy Hernandez RC
577 Craig Lefferts
578 Jose Melendez
579 Randy Myers
580 Gary Pettis
581 Rich Rodriguez
582 Gary Sheffield
583 Craig Shipley
584 Kurt Stillwell
585 Tim Teufel
586 Rod Beck RC
587 Dave Burba
588 Craig Colbert
589 Bryan Hickerson RC
590 Mike Jackson
591 Mark Leonard
592 Jim McNamara
593 John Patterson RC
594 Dave Righetti
595 Cory Snyder
596 Bill Swift
597 Ted Wood
598 Scott Sanderson CL
599 Junior Ortiz CL
600 Mike Morgan CL

Inserts

Tony Gwynn

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Tony Gwynn served as a spokesperson for Ultra and was the subject of this twelve-card vanity set, similar to Upper Deck's Baseball Heroes. The first ten cards of this set were randomly inserted in 1992 Ultra Series One packs and these cards are sequentially-numbered on the back as "NO. X of 10." An additional two-cards were available through a mail-in offer. Collectors could receive the final two cards (sequentially-numbered as "Special Card #1" and "Special Card #2) for ten 1992 Ultra baseball wrappers plus $1.00 for shipping and handling. This offer was good through October 31st and, according to Fleer, over 100,000 two-card sets were produced.

1 Tony Gwynn
2 Tony Gwynn
3 Tony Gwynn
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Tony Gwynn
6 Tony Gwynn
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Tony Gwynn
9 Tony Gwynn
10 Tony Gwynn
S1 Tony Gwynn
S2 Tony Gwynn

Casa de Amparo

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This card was produced by Fleer for Casa de Amparo (Spanish for House of Refuge) which provided care for over 600 children each year in the San Diego area. Tony Gwynn served as a spokesperson for the house. The front features a color picture of Tony Gwynn hold Casa's Poster Child for 1992. The back displays information about Casa de Amparo. It's unclear how this card was distributed.

Award Winners

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This 25-card set was inserted into Series One packs and features 1991's Gold Glove winners, Cy Young Award winners, both Rookies of the Year, both league MVP's, and the World Series MVP.

NOTE: Early copies of card #21 featured a "reverse negative" image of Cal Ripken, Jr. on the back. Although corrected early in the production run, this error card was selling for over $50 within weeks after the product's release -- a laughable sum today.

1 Jack Morris
2 Chuck Knoblauch
3 Jeff Bagwell
4 Terry Pendleton
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
6 Roger Clemens
7 Tom Glavine
8 Tom Pagnozzi
9 Ozzie Smith
10 Andy Van Slyke
11 Barry Bonds
12 Tony Gwynn
13 Matt Williams
14 Will Clark
15 Robin Ventura
16 Mark Langston
17 Tony Pena
18 Devon White
19 Don Mattingly
20 Roberto Alomar
21 Cal Ripken, Jr. RevNeg
21 Cal Ripken, Jr. COR
22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
23 Kirby Puckett
24 Greg Maddux
25 Ryne Sandberg

All-Stars

This 20-card set was inserted into Series Two packs and features the best player at each position, in Fleer's opinion, in both leagues.

1 Mark McGwire
2 Roberto Alomar
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Wade Boggs
5 Mickey Tettleton
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Roberto Kelly
8 Kirby Puckett
9 Frank Thomas
10 Jack McDowell
11 Will Clark
12 Ryne Sandberg
13 Barry Larkin
14 Gary Sheffield
15 Tom Pagnozzi
16 Barry Bonds
17 Deion Sanders
18 Darryl Strawberry
19 David Cone
20 Tom Glavine

All-Rookies

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This ten-card Series Two set features the best 1992 rookie player, in Fleer's opinion, at each position.

1 Eric Karros
2 Andy Stankiewicz
3 Gary DiSarcina
4 Archi Cianfrocco
5 Jim McNamara
6 Chad Curtis
7 Kenny Lofton
8 Reggie Sanders
9 Pat Mahomes, Sr.
10 Donovan Osborne

Autographs

Tony Gwynn

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Tony Gwynn autographed an estimated 2000 cards from his vanity insert for insertion into Series One packs. Autographs for all ten cards in the series exist, but since the cards were not serial-numbered, it is unknown exactly how many of each individual card Gwynn signed -- it is assumed that Gwynn signed equal amounts of all ten cards.

Unlike the Roger Clemens cards that were inserted into 1992 Fleer packs, each autograph is embossed with a Fleer insignia.

AU Tony Gwynn 2000

Ultra
1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007
Other Ultra sets: 1991 Ultra Update - 1993 Ultra Performers