Revision as of 16:58, 14 February 2019

Description

1999 Ultra is a 250-card set released by Fleer in November, 1998. As was custom, it was Fleer's first release of the 1999 baseball card season. For the first time since the inaugural set in 1991, Ultra was released as a single series.

The last 35 cards in the base set are short-printed, and each Hobby pack contains an exclusive Gold Medallion parallel.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 pack per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2.69).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
short-set	215	-	?	?
Season Crowns	10	-	1:8	1:8
Prospects	25	-	1:4	1:4
Gold Medallion short set	215	-	one-per-pack	N/A
Gold Medallion Season Crowns	10	-	1:80	N/A
Gold Medallion Prospects	25	-	1:40	N/A
Platinum Medallion short set	215	99	?	N/A
Platinum Medallion Season Crowns	10	50	?	N/A
Platinum Medallion Prospects	25	65	?	N/A
Masterpiece	250	one-of-one	?	N/A
RBI Kings	30	-	N/A	one-per-pack
The Book On	20	-	1:6	1:6
World Premiere	15	-	1:18	1:18
Thunderclap	15	-	1:36	1:36
Damage Inc.	15	-	1:72	1:72
Diamond Producers	10	-	1:288	1:288

Checklist

Promos

A six-card Promo Sheet was issued to The Hobby Media and in Hobby dealer order forms. The sheet measures 7" X 7 1/2" with each card having "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" printed on both sides.

Kerry Wood / Mark McGwire / Nomar Garciaparra / Andruw Jones / Alex Rodriguez / Kenny Lofton

Base Set

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1 Greg Maddux
2 Greg Vaughn
3 John Wetteland
4 Tino Martinez
5 Todd Walker
6 Troy O'Leary
7 Barry Larkin
8 Mike Lansing
9 Delino DeShields
10 Brett Tomko
11 Carlos Perez
12 Mark Langston
13 Jamie Moyer
14 Jose Guillen
15 Bartolo Colon
16 Brady Anderson
17 Walt Weiss
18 Shane Reynolds
19 David Segui
20 Vladimir Guerrero
21 Freddy A. Garcia
22 Carl Everett
23 Jose Cruz, Jr.
24 David Ortiz
25 Andruw Jones
26 Darren Lewis
27 Ray Lankford
28 Wally Joyner
29 Charles Johnson
30 Derek Jeter
31 Sean Casey
32 Bobby Bonilla
33 Todd Zeile
34 Todd Helton
35 David Wells
36 Darin Erstad
37 Ivan Rodriguez
38 Antonio Osuna
39 Mickey Morandini
40 Rusty Greer
41 Rod Beck
42 Larry Sutton
43 Edgar Renteria
44 Otis Nixon
45 Eli Marrero
46 Reggie Jefferson
47 Trevor Hoffman
48 Andres Galarraga
49 Scott Brosius
50 Vinny Castilla
51 Bret Boone
52 Masato Yoshii
53 Matt Williams
54 Robin Ventura
55 Jay Powell
56 Dean Palmer
57 Eric Milton
58 Willie McGee
59 Tony Gwynn
60 Tom Gordon
61 Dante Bichette
62 Jaret Wright
63 Devon White
64 Frank Thomas
65 Mike Piazza
66 Jose Offerman
67 Pat Meares
68 Brian Meadows
69 Nomar Garciaparra
70 Mark McGwire
71 Tony Graffanino
72 Ken Griffey, Jr.
73 Ken Caminiti
74 Todd Jones
75 A.J. Hinch
76 Marquis Grissom
77 Jay Buhner
78 Albert Belle
79 Brian Anderson
80 Quinton McCracken
81 Omar Vizquel
82 Todd Stottlemyre
83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
84 Magglio Ordonez
85 John Olerud
86 Hal Morris
87 Derrek Lee
88 Doug Glanville
89 Marty Cordova
90 Kevin Brown
91 Kevin Young
92 Rico Brogna
93 Wilson Alvarez
94 Bob Wickman
95 Jim Thome
96 Mike Mussina
97 Al Leiter
98 Travis Lee
99 Jeff King
100 Kerry Wood
101 Cliff Floyd
102 Jose Valentin
103 Manny Ramirez
104 Butch Huskey
105 Scott Erickson
106 Ray Durham
107 Johnny Damon
108 Craig Counsell
109 Rolando Arrojo
110 Bob Abreu
111 Tony Womack
112 Mike Stanley
113 Kenny Lofton
114 Eric Davis
115 Jeff Conine
116 Carlos Baerga
117 Rondell White
118 Billy Wagner
119 Ed Sprague
120 Jason Schmidt
121 Edgar Martinez
122 Travis Fryman
123 Armando Benitez
124 Matt Stairs
125 Roberto Hernandez
126 Jay Bell
127 Justin Thompson
128 John Jaha
129 Mike Caruso
130 Miguel Tejada
131 Geoff Jenkins
132 Wade Boggs
133 Andy Benes
134 Aaron Sele
135 Bret Saberhagen
136 Mariano Rivera
137 Neifi Perez
138 Paul Konerko
139 Barry Bonds
140 Garret Anderson
141 Bernie Williams
142 Gary Sheffield
143 Rafael Palmeiro
144 Orel Hershiser
145 Craig Biggio
146 Dmitri Young
147 Damion Easley
148 Henry Rodriguez
149 Brad Radke
150 Pedro Martinez
151 Mike Lieberthal
152 Jim Leyritz
153 Chuck Knoblauch
154 Darryl Kile
155 Brian Jordan
156 Chipper Jones
157 Pete Harnisch
158 Moises Alou
159 Ismael Valdes
160 Stan Javier
161 Mark Grace
162 Jason Giambi
163 Chuck Finley
164 Juan Encarnacion
165 Chan Ho Park
166 Randy Johnson
167 J.T. Snow
168 Tim Salmon
169 Brian L. Hunter
170 Rickey Henderson
171 Cal Eldred
172 Curt Schilling
173 Alex Rodriguez
174 Dustin Hermanson
175 Mike Hampton
176 Shawn Green
177 Roberto Alomar
178 Sandy Alomar
179 Larry Walker
180 Mo Vaughn
181 Raul Mondesi
182 Hideki Irabu
183 Jim Edmonds
184 Shawn Estes
185 Tony Clark
186 Dan Wilson
187 Michael Tucker
188 Jeff Shaw
189 Mark Grudzielanek
190 Roger Clemens
191 Juan Gonzalez
192 Sammy Sosa
193 Troy Percival
194 Robb Nen
195 Bill Mueller
196 Ben Grieve
197 Luis Gonzalez
198 Will Clark
199 Jeff Cirillo
200 Scott Rolen
201 Reggie Sanders
202 Fred McGriff
203 Denny Neagle
204 Brad Fullmer
205 Royce Clayton
206 Jose Canseco
207 Jeff Bagwell
208 Hideo Nomo
209 Karim Garcia
210 Kenny Rogers
211 Kerry Wood CL
212 Alex Rodriguez CL
213 Cal Ripken CL
214 Frank Thomas CL
215 Ken Griffey CL

Season Crowns

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216 Alex Rodriguez
217 Greg Maddux
218 Juan Gonzalez
219 Ken Griffey, Jr.
220 Kerry Wood
221 Mark McGwire
222 Mike Piazza
223 Rickey Henderson
224 Sammy Sosa
225 Travis Lee

Prospects

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226 Gabe Alvarez PROS
227 Matt Anderson PROS
228 Adrian Beltre PROS
229 Orlando Cabrera PROS
230 Orlando Hernandez PROS
231 Aramis Ramirez PROS
232 Troy Glaus PROS
233 Gabe Kapler PROS
234 Jeremy Giambi PROS
235 Derrick Gibson PROS
236 Carlton Loewer PROS
237 Mike Frank PROS
238 Carlos Guillen PROS
239 Alex Gonzalez PROS
240 Enrique Wilson PROS
241 J.D. Drew PROS
242 Bruce Chen PROS
243 Ryan Minor PROS
244 Preston Wilson PROS
245 Josh Booty PROS
246 Luis Ordaz PROS
247 George Lombard PROS
248 Matt Clement PROS
249 Eric Chavez PROS
250 Corey Koskie PROS

Parallels

NOTE: All parallels are exclusive to Hobby packs.

Gold Medallion

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All 250 base cards are available in a one-per-pack Gold Medallion parallel. Like in the base set, the 10-card Season Crowns and 25-card Prospects subsets were short-printed.

Platinum Medallion

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All 250 base cards are available in a serial-numbered Platinum Medallion parallel. The production of each Platinum Medallion are as such.

short set (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Season Crowns (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Prospects (serial-numbered to 65 copies)

Masterpiece

All 250 base cards are available in a one-of-one Masterpiece parallel.

Inserts

RBI Kings

One RBI King was inserted into each retail pack.

1 RK Rafael Palmeiro
2 RK Mo Vaughn
3 RK Ivan Rodriguez
4 RK Barry Bonds
5 RK Albert Belle
6 RK Jeff Bagwell
7 RK Mark McGwire
8 RK Darin Erstad
9 RK Manny Ramirez
10 RK Chipper Jones
11 RK Jim Thome
12 RK Scott Rolen
13 RK Tony Gwynn
14 RK Juan Gonzalez
15 RK Mike Piazza
16 RK Sammy Sosa
17 RK Andruw Jones
18 RK Derek Jeter
19 RK Nomar Garciaparra
20 RK Alex Rodriguez
21 RK Frank Thomas
22 RK Cal Ripken, Jr.
23 RK Ken Griffey, Jr.
24 RK Travis Lee
25 RK Paul O'Neill
26 RK Greg Vaughn
27 RK Andres Galarraga
28 RK Tino Martinez
29 RK Jose Canseco
30 RK Ben Grieve

The Book On

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1 BO Kerry Wood
2 BO Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 BO Frank Thomas
4 BO Albert Belle
5 BO Juan Gonzalez
6 BO Jeff Bagwell
7 BO Mark McGwire
8 BO Barry Bonds
9 BO Andruw Jones
10 BO Mo Vaughn
11 BO Scott Rolen
12 BO Travis Lee
13 BO Tony Gwynn
14 BO Greg Maddux
15 BO Mike Piazza
16 BO Chipper Jones
17 BO Nomar Garciaparra
18 BO Cal Ripken, Jr.
19 BO Derek Jeter
20 BO Alex Rodriguez

World Premiere

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1 Gabe Alvarez
2 Kerry Wood
3 Orlando Hernandez
4 Mike Caruso
5 Matt Anderson
6 Randall Simon
7 Adrian Beltre
8 Scott Elarton
9 Karim Garcia
10 Mike Frank
11 Richard Hidalgo
12 Paul Konerko
13 Travis Lee
14 J.D. Drew
15 Miguel Tejada

Thunderclap

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1 TC Alex Rodriguez
2 TC Andruw Jones
3 TC Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 TC Chipper Jones
5 TC Darin Erstad
6 TC Derek Jeter
7 TC Frank Thomas
8 TC Jeff Bagwell
9 TC Juan Gonzalez
10 TC Ken Griffey, Jr.
11 TC Mark McGwire
12 TC Mike Piazza
13 TC Travis Lee
14 TC Nomar Garciaparra
15 TC Scott Rolen

Damage Inc.

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1 DI Alex Rodriguez
2 DI Greg Maddux
3 DI Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 DI Chipper Jones
5 DI Derek Jeter
6 DI Frank Thomas
7 DI Juan Gonzalez
8 DI Ken Griffey, Jr.
9 DI Kerry Wood
10 DI Mark McGwire
11 DI Mike Piazza
12 DI Nomar Garciaparra
13 DI Scott Rolen
14 DI Tony Gwynn
15 DI Travis Lee

Diamond Producers

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1 DP Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 DP Frank Thomas
3 DP Alex Rodriguez
4 DP Cal Ripken, Jr.
5 DP Mike Piazza
6 DP Mark McGwire
7 DP Greg Maddux
8 DP Kerry Wood
9 DP Chipper Jones
10 DP Derek Jeter

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+SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Ultra') AND (num > 225);
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