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Description

1997 Ultra is a 553 card set released in two series. The first series was released in November 1996, consisted of 300 cards. The second series was issued in two separate waves. Series Two retail (containing cards 301-450) were issued in June, while the Hobby version (containing the 150 cards from retail AND an additional 103 cards) went live a month later.

Each pack had two insert cards: A gold medallion parallel and an insert from one of several other insert sets.

The most prominent Rookie Card is of David "Big Papi" Ortiz (who is billed as "David Arias-Ortiz"), who is one of the 103 cards added to the Hobby version of Series Two.

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Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Series One Hobby Odds	Series One Retail Odds	Series Two Hobby Odds	Series Two Retail Odds
Series One Base	300	-	?	?	N/A	N/A
Series Two Retail Base	150	-	N/A	N/A	?	?
Series Two Hobby Base	103	-	N/A	N/A	?	N/A
Gold Medallion	553	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Platinum Medallion	553	200	1:100	N/A	1:100	N/A
Checklists	20	-	1:4	1:4	1:4	1:4
Baseball Rules	10	-	N/A	1:36	N/A	N/A
Diamond Producers	12	-	1:288	1:288	N/A	N/A
Double Trouble	20	-	1:4	1:4	N/A	N/A
Fielder's Choice	18	-	1:144	1:144	N/A	N/A
Home Run Kings	12	-	1:36	N/A	N/A	N/A
Power Plus Series One	10	-	1:8	1:8	N/A	N/A
RBI Kings	10	-	1:18	1:18	N/A	N/A
Rookie Reflections	10	-	1:4	1:4	N/A	N/A
Season Crowns	10	-	1:8	1:8	N/A	N/A
Fame Game	18	-	N/A	N/A	1:8	N/A
Golden Prospects	10	-	N/A	N/A	1:4	N/A
Hitting Machines	15	-	N/A	N/A	1:36	N/A
Leather Shop	16	-	N/A	N/A	1:6	N/A
Power Plus Series Two	10	-	N/A	N/A	1:24	N/A
Starring Role	12	-	N/A	N/A	1:288	N/A
Thunderclap	10	-	N/A	N/A	1:18	N/A
Top 30	30	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack
Top 30 Gold Medallion	30	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	1:18
Emerald Autographstix	6	25	N/A	N/A	?	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Roberto Alomar

2 Brady Anderson

3 Rocky Coppinger

4 Jeffrey Hammonds

5 Chris Hoiles

6 Eddie Murray

7 Mike Mussina

8 Jimmy Myers

9 Randy Myers

10 Arthur Rhodes

11 Cal Ripken

12 Jose Canseco

13 Roger Clemens

14 Tom Gordon

15 Jose Malave

16 Tim Naehring

17 Troy O'Leary

18 Bill Selby

19 Heathcliff Slocumb

20 Mike Stanley

21 Mo Vaughn

22 Garret Anderson

23 George Arias

24 Chili Davis

25 Jim Edmonds

26 Darin Erstad

27 Chuck Finley

28 Todd Greene

29 Troy Percival

30 Tim Salmon

31 Jeff Schmidt

32 Randy Velarde

33 Shad Williams

34 Wilson Alvarez

35 Harold Baines

36 James Baldwin

37 Mike Cameron

38 Ray Durham

39 Ozzie Guillen

40 Roberto Hernandez

41 Darren Lewis

42 Jose Munoz

43 Tony Phillips

44 Frank Thomas

45 Sandy Alomar Jr.

46 Albert Belle

47 Mark Carreon

48 Julio Franco

49 Orel Hershiser

50 Kenny Lofton

51 Jack McDowell

52 Jose Mesa

53 Charles Nagy

54 Manny Ramirez

55 Julian Tavarez

56 Omar Vizquel

57 Raul Casanova

58 Tony Clark

59 Travis Fryman

60 Bob Higginson

61 Melvin Nieves

62 Curtis Pride

63 Justin Thompson

64 Alan Trammell

65 Kevin Appier

66 Johnny Damon

67 Keith Lockhart

68 Jeff Montgomery

69 Jose Offerman

70 Bip Roberts

71 Jose Rosado

72 Chris Stynes

73 Mike Sweeney

74 Jeff Cirillo

75 Jeff D'Amico

76 John Jaha

77 Scott Karl

78 Mike Matheny

79 Ben McDonald

80 Matt Mieske

81 Marc Newfield

82 Dave Nilsson

83 Jose Valentin

84 Fernando Vina

85 Rick Aguilera

86 Marty Cordova

87 Chuck Knoblauch

88 Matt Lawton

89 Pat Meares

90 Paul Molitor

91 Greg Myers

92 Dan Naulty

93 Kirby Puckett

94 Frank Rodriguez

95 Wade Boggs

96 Cecil Fielder

97 Joe Girardi

98 Dwight Gooden

99 Derek Jeter

100 Tino Martinez

101 Ramiro Mendoza

102 Andy Pettitte

103 Mariano Rivera

104 Ruben Rivera

105 Kenny Rogers

106 Darryl Strawberry

107 Bernie Williams

108 Tony Batista

109 Geronimo Berroa

110 Bobby Chouinard

111 Brent Gates

112 Jason Giambi

113 Damon Mashore

114 Mark McGwire

115 Scott Spiezio

116 John Wasdin

117 Steve Wojciechowski

118 Ernie Young

119 Norm Charlton

120 Joey Cora

121 Ken Griffey Jr.

122 Sterling Hitchcock

123 Raul Ibanez

124 Randy Johnson

125 Edgar Martinez

126 Alex Rodriguez

127 Matt Wagner

128 Bob Wells

129 Dan Wilson

130 Will Clark

131 Kevin Elster

132 Juan Gonzalez

133 Rusty Greer

134 Darryl Hamilton

135 Mike Henneman

136 Ken Hill

137 Mark McLemore

138 Dean Palmer

139 Roger Pavlik

140 Ivan Rodriguez

141 Joe Carter

142 Carlos Delgado

143 Alex Gonzalez

144 Juan Guzman

145 Pat Hentgen

146 Marty Janzen

147 Otis Nixon

148 Charlie O'Brien

149 John Olerud

150 Robert Perez

151 Jermaine Dye

152 Tom Glavine

153 Andruw Jones

154 Chipper Jones

155 Ryan Klesko

156 Javier Lopez

157 Greg Maddux

158 Fred McGriff

159 Wonderful Monds

160 John Smoltz

161 Terrell Wade

162 Mark Wohlers

163 Brant Brown

164 Mark Grace

165 Tyler Houston

166 Robin Jennings

167 Jason Maxwell

168 Ryne Sandberg

169 Sammy Sosa

170 Amaury Telemaco

171 Steve Trachsel

172 Pedro Valdes

173 Tim Belk

174 Bret Boone

175 Jeff Brantley

176 Eric Davis

177 Barry Larkin

178 Chad Mottola

179 Mark Portugal

180 Reggie Sanders

181 John Smiley

182 Eddie Taubensee

183 Dante Bichette

184 Ellis Burks

185 Andres Galarraga

186 Curt Leskanic

187 Quinton McCracken

188 Jeff Reed

189 Kevin Ritz

190 Walt Weiss

191 Jamey Wright

192 Eric Young

193 Kevin Brown

194 Luis Castillo

195 Jeff Conine

196 Andre Dawson

197 Charles Johnson

198 Al Leiter

199 Ralph Milliard

200 Robb Nen

201 Edgar Renteria

202 Gary Sheffield

203 Bob Abreu

204 Jeff Bagwell

205 Derek Bell

206 Sean Berry

207 Richard Hidalgo

208 Todd Jones

209 Darryl Kile

210 Orlando Miller

211 Shane Reynolds

212 Billy Wagner

213 Donne Wall

214 Roger Cedeno

215 Greg Gagne

216 Karim Garcia

217 Wilton Guerrero

218 Todd Hollandsworth

219 Ramon Martinez

220 Raul Mondesi

221 Hideo Nomo

222 Chan Ho Park

223 Mike Piazza

224 Ismael Valdes

225 Moises Alou

226 Derek Aucoin

227 Yamil Benitez

228 Jeff Fassero

229 Darrin Fletcher

230 Mark Grudzielanek

231 Barry Manuel

232 Pedro Martinez

233 Henry Rodriguez

234 Ugueth Urbina

235 Rondell White

236 Carlos Baerga

237 John Franco

238 Bernard Gilkey

239 Todd Hundley

240 Butch Huskey

241 Jason Isringhausen

242 Lance Johnson

243 Bobby Jones

244 Alex Ochoa

245 Rey Ordonez

246 Paul Wilson

247 Ron Blazier

248 David Doster

249 Jim Eisenreich

250 Mike Grace

251 Mike Lieberthal

252 Wendell Magee

253 Mickey Morandini

254 Ricky Otero

255 Scott Rolen

256 Curt Schilling

257 Todd Zeile

258 Jermaine Allensworth

259 Trey Beamon

260 Carlos Garcia

261 Mark Johnson

262 Jason Kendall

263 Jeff King

264 Al Martin

265 Denny Neagle

266 Matt Ruebel

267 Marc Wilkins

268 Alan Benes

269 Dennis Eckersley

270 Ron Gant

271 Aaron Holbert

272 Brian Jordan

273 Ray Lankford

274 John Mabry

275 T.J. Mathews

276 Ozzie Smith

277 Todd Stottlemyre

278 Mark Sweeney

279 Andy Ashby

280 Steve Finley

281 John Flaherty

282 Chris Gomez

283 Tony Gwynn

284 Joey Hamilton

285 Rickey Henderson

286 Trevor Hoffman

287 Jason Thompson

288 Fernando Valenzuela

289 Greg Vaughn

290 Barry Bonds

291 Jay Canizaro

292 Jacob Cruz

293 Shawon Dunston

294 Shawn Estes

295 Mark Gardner

296 Marcus Jensen

297 Bill Mueller

298 Chris Singleton

299 Allen Watson

300 Matt Williams

Series Two

301 Rod Beck

302 Jay Bell

303 Shawon Dunston

304 Reggie Jefferson

305 Darren Oliver

306 Benito Santiago

307 Gerald Williams

308 Damon Buford

309 Jeromy Burnitz

310 Sterling Hitchcock

311 Dave Hollins

312 Mel Rojas

313 Robin Ventura

314 David Wells

315 Cal Eldred

316 Gary Gaetti

317 John Hudek

318 Brian Johnson

319 Denny Neagle

320 Larry Walker

321 Russ Davis

322 Delino DeShields

323 Charlie Hayes

324 Jermaine Dye

325 John Ericks

326 Jeff Fassero

327 Nomar Garciaparra

328 Willie Greene

329 Greg McMichael

330 Damion Easley

331 Ricky Bones

332 John Burkett

333 Royce Clayton

334 Greg Colbrunn

335 Tony Eusebio

336 Gregg Jefferies

337 Wally Joyner

338 Jim Leyritz

339 Paul O'Neill

340 Bruce Ruffin

341 Michael Tucker

342 Andy Benes

343 Craig Biggio

344 Rex Hudler

345 Brad Radke

346 Deion Sanders

347 Moises Alou

348 Brad Ausmus

349 Armando Benitez

350 Mark Gubicza

351 Terry Steinbach

352 Mark Whiten

353 Ricky Bottalico

354 Brian Giles RC

355 Eric Karros

356 Jimmy Key

357 Carlos Perez

358 Alex Fernandez

359 J.T. Snow

360 Bobby Bonilla

361 Scott Brosius

362 Greg Swindell

363 Jose Vizcaino

364 Matt Williams

365 Darren Daulton

366 Shane Andrews

367 Jim Eisenreich

368 Ariel Prieto

369 Bob Tewksbury

370 Mike Bordick

371 Rheal Cormier

372 Cliff Floyd

373 David Justice

374 John Wetteland

375 Mike Blowers

376 Jose Canseco

377 Roger Clemens

378 Kevin Mitchell

379 Todd Zeile

380 Jim Thome

381 Turk Wendell

382 Rico Brogna

383 Eric Davis

384 Mike Lansing

385 Devon White

386 Marquis Grissom

387 Todd Worrell

388 Jeff Kent

389 Mickey Tettleton

390 Steve Avery

391 David Cone

392 Scott Cooper

393 Lee Stevens

394 Kevin Elster

395 Tom Goodwin

396 Shawn Green

397 Pete Harnisch

398 Eddie Murray

399 Joe Randa

400 Scott Sanders

401 John Valentin

402 Todd Jones

403 Terry Adams

404 Brian Hunter

405 Pat Listach

406 Kenny Lofton

407 Hal Morris

408 Ed Sprague

409 Rich Becker

410 Edgardo Alfonzo

411 Albert Belle

412 Jeff King

413 Kirt Manwaring

414 Jason Schmidt

415 Allen Watson

416 Lee Tinsley

417 Brett Butler

418 Carlos Garcia

419 Mark Lemke

420 Jaime Navarro

421 David Segui

422 Ruben Sierra

423 B.J. Surhoff

424 Julian Tavarez

425 Billy Taylor

426 Ken Caminiti

427 Chuck Carr

428 Benji Gil

429 Terry Mulholland

430 Mike Stanton

431 Wil Cordero

432 Chili Davis

433 Mariano Duncan

434 Orlando Merced

435 Kent Mercker

436 John Olerud

437 Quilvio Veras

438 Mike Fetters

439 Glenallen Hill

440 Bill Swift

441 Tim Wakefield

442 Pedro Astacio

443 Vinny Castilla

444 Doug Drabek

445 Alan Embree

446 Lee Smith

447 Darryl Hamilton

448 Brian McRae

449 Mike Timlin

450 Bob Wickman

Series Two Hobby Only

NOTE: These cards are NOT available in Series Two retail packs.

451 Jason Dickson

452 Chad Curtis

453 Mark Leiter

454 Damon Berryhill

455 Kevin Orie

456 Dave Burba

457 Chris Holt

458 Ricky Ledee RC

459 Mike Devereaux

460 Pokey Reese

461 Tim Raines

462 Ryan Jones

463 Shane Mack

464 Darren Dreifort

465 Mark Parent

466 Mark Portugal

467 Dante Powell

468 Craig Grebeck

469 Ron Villone

470 Dmitri Young

471 Shannon Stewart

472 Rick Helling

473 Bill Haselman

474 Albie Lopez

475 Glendon Rusch

476 Derrick May

477 Chad Ogea

478 Kirk Rueter

479 Chris Hammond

480 Russ Johnson

481 James Mouton

482 Mike Macfarlane

483 Scott Ruffcorn

484 Jeff Frye

485 Richie Sexson

486 Emil Brown

487 Desi Wilson

488 Brent Gates

489 Tony Graffanino

490 Dan Miceli

491 Orlando Cabrera

492 Tony Womack

493 Jerome Walton

494 Mark Thompson

495 Jose Guillen

496 Willie Blair

497 T.J. Staton

498 Scott Kamieniecki

499 Vince Coleman

500 Jeff Abbott

501 Chris Widger

502 Kevin Tapani

503 Carlos Castillo

504 Luis Gonzalez

505 Tim Belcher

506 Armando Reynoso

507 Jamie Moyer

508 Randall Simon RC

509 Vladimir Guerrero

510 Wady Almonte

511 Dustin Hermanson

512 Deivi Cruz

513 Luis Alicea

514 Felix Heredia

515 Don Slaught

516 Shigetoshi Hasegawa

517 Matt Walbeck

518 David Arias (Ortiz) RC

519 Brady Raggio

520 Rudy Pemberton

521 Wayne Kirby

522 Calvin Maduro

523 Mark Lewis

524 Mike Jackson

525 Sid Fernandez

526 Mike Bielecki

527 Bubba Trammell RC

528 Brent Brede

529 Matt Morris

530 Joe Borowski

531 Orlando Miller

532 Jim Bullinger

533 Robert Person

534 Doug Glanville

535 Terry Pendleton

536 Jorge Posada

537 Marc Sagmoen

538 Fernando Tatis RC

539 Aaron Sele

540 Brian Banks

541 Derrek Lee

542 John Wasdin

543 Justin Towle RC

544 Pat Cline

545 Dave Magadan

546 Jeff Blauser

547 Phil Nevin

548 Todd Walker

549 Eli Marrero

550 Bartolo Colon

551 Jose Cruz Jr. RC

552 Todd Dunwoody

553 Hideki Irabu RC

Parallels

All cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold Medallion

Platinum Medallion (limited to 200 copies)

In order to give their parallels "an identity," Gold and Platinum Medallion cards feature different photos than the corresponding regular cards.

Inserts

Checklists

Series One

1 Dante Bichette

2 Barry Bonds

3 Ken Griffey Jr.

4 Greg Maddux

5 Mark McGwire

6 Mike Piazza

7 Cal Ripken

8 John Smoltz

9 Sammy Sosa

10 Frank Thomas

Series Two

1 Andruw Jones

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Frank Thomas

4 Alex Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 Mike Piazza

7 Greg Maddux

8 Chipper Jones

9 Derek Jeter

10 Juan Gonzalez

Double Trouble

1 Cal Ripken/Roberto Alomar

2 Jose Canseco/Mo Vaughn

3 Jim Edmonds/Tim Salmon

4 Frank Thomas/Harold Baines

5 Kenny Lofton/Albert Belle

6 Marty Cordova/Chuck Knoblauch

7 Derek Jeter/Andy Pettitte

8 Mark McGwire/Jason Giambi

9 Ken Griffey Jr./Alex Rodriguez

10 Juan Gonzalez/Will Clark

11 Greg Maddux/Chipper Jones

12 Sammy Sosa/Mark Grace

13 Dante Bichette/Andres Galarraga

14 Jeff Bagwell/Derrek Bell

15 Mike Piazza/Hideo Nomo

16 Henry Rodriguez/Moises Alou

17 Rey Ordonez/Alex Ochoa

18 Ray Lankford/Ron Gant

19 Tony Gwynn/Rickey Henderson

20 Barry Bonds/Matt Williams

Rookie Reflections

1 James Baldwin

2 Jermaine Dye

3 Darin Erstad

4 Todd Hollandsworth

5 Derek Jeter

6 Jason Kendall

7 Alex Ochoa

8 Rey Ordonez

9 Edgar Renteria

10 Scott Rolen

Season Crowns

1 Albert Belle

2 Dante Bichette

3 Barry Bonds

4 Kenny Lofton

5 Edgar Martinez

6 Mark McGwire

7 Andy Pettitte

8 Mike Piazza

9 Alex Rodriguez

10 John Smoltz

11 Sammy Sosa

12 Frank Thomas

RBI Kings

1 Jeff Bagwell

2 Albert Belle

3 Dante Bichette

4 Barry Bonds

5 Jay Buhner

6 Juan Gonzalez

7 Ken Griffey Jr.

8 Sammy Sosa

9 Frank Thomas

10 Mo Vaughn

Power Plus Series One

1 Jeff Bagwell

2 Barry Bonds

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Ken Griffey Jr.

5 Chipper Jones

6 Mark McGwire

7 Mike Piazza

8 Cal Ripken

9 Alex Rodriguez

10 Sammy Sosa

11 Frank Thomas

12 Matt Williams

Fielders Choice

1 Roberto Alomar

2 Jeff Bagwell

3 Wade Boggs

4 Barry Bonds

5 Mark Grace

6 Ken Griffey Jr.

7 Marquis Grissom

8 Charles Johnson

9 Chuck Knoblauch

10 Barry Larkin

11 Kenny Lofton

12 Greg Maddux

13 Raul Mondesi

14 Rey Ordonez

15 Cal Ripken

16 Alex Rodriguez

17 Ivan Rodriguez

18 Matt Williams

Diamond Producers

1 Jeff Bagwell

2 Barry Bonds

3 Ken Griffey Jr.

4 Chipper Jones

5 Kenny Lofton

6 Greg Maddux

7 Mark McGwire

8 Mike Piazza

9 Cal Ripken

10 Alex Rodriguez

11 Frank Thomas

12 Matt Williams

Home Run Kings

1 Albert Belle

2 Barry Bonds

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Ken Griffey Jr.

5 Todd Hundley

6 Ryan Klesko

7 Mark McGwire

8 Mike Piazza

9 Sammy Sosa

10 Frank Thomas

11 Mo Vaughn

12 Matt Williams

Baseball Rules!

1 Barry Bonds

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Derek Jeter

4 Chipper Jones

5 Greg Maddux

6 Mark McGwire

7 Troy Percival

8 Mike Piazza

9 Cal Ripken

10 Frank Thomas

Golden Prospects

1 Andruw Jones

2 Vladimir Guerrero

3 Todd Walker

4 Karim Garcia

5 Kevin Orie

6 Brian Giles

7 Jason Dickson

8 Jose Guillen

9 Ruben Rivera

10 Derrek Lee

Leather Shop

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Alex Rodriguez

3 Cal Ripken

4 Derek Jeter

5 Juan Gonzalez

6 Tony Gwynn

7 Jeff Bagwell

8 Roberto Alomar

9 Ryne Sandberg

10 Ken Caminiti

11 Kenny Lofton

12 John Smoltz

Fame Game

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Frank Thomas

3 Alex Rodriguez

4 Cal Ripken

5 Mike Piazza

6 Greg Maddux

7 Derek Jeter

8 Jeff Bagwell

9 Juan Gonzalez

10 Albert Belle

11 Tony Gwynn

12 Mark McGwire

13 Andy Pettitte

14 Kenny Lofton

15 Roberto Alomar

16 Ryne Sandberg

17 Barry Bonds

18 Eddie Murray

Thunderclap

1 Barry Bonds

2 Mo Vaughn

3 Mark McGwire

4 Jeff Bagwell

5 Juan Gonzalez

6 Alex Rodriguez

7 Chipper Jones

8 Ken Griffey Jr.

9 Mike Piazza

10 Frank Thomas

Power Plus Series Two

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Frank Thomas

3 Alex Rodriguez

4 Cal Ripken

5 Mike Piazza

6 Chipper Jones

7 Albert Belle

8 Juan Gonzalez

9 Jeff Bagwell

10 Mark McGwire

11 Mo Vaughn

12 Barry Bonds

Hitting Machines

1 Andruw Jones

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Frank Thomas

4 Alex Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 Mike Piazza

7 Derek Jeter

8 Albert Belle

9 Tony Gwynn

10 Jeff Bagwell

11 Mark McGwire

12 Kenny Lofton

13 Manny Ramirez

14 Roberto Alomar

15 Ryne Sandberg

16 Eddie Murray

17 Sammy Sosa

18 Ken Caminiti

Starring Role

1 Andruw Jones

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Frank Thomas

4 Alex Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 Mike Piazza

7 Greg Maddux

8 Chipper Jones

9 Derek Jeter

10 Juan Gonzalez

11 Albert Belle

12 Tony Gwynn

Top 30

All cards are also available in a Gold Medallion parallel.

1 Andruw Jones

2 Ken Griffey

3 Frank Thomas

4 Alex Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 Mike Piazza

7 Greg Maddux

8 Chipper Jones

9 Derek Jeter

10 Juan Gonzalez

11 Albert Belle

12 Tony Gwynn

13 Jeff Bagwell

14 Mark McGwire

15 Andy Pettitte

16 Mo Vaughn

17 Kenny Lofton

18 Manny Ramirez

19 Roberto Alomar

20 Ryne Sandberg

21 Hideo Nomo

22 Barry Bonds

23 Eddie Murray

24 Ken Caminiti

25 John Smoltz

26 Pat Hentgen

27 Todd Hollandsworth

28 Matt Williams

29 Bernie Williams

30 Brady Anderson

Autographs & Game-Used

Emerald Autographstix

This six-card hobby exclusive Series two insert set consists of individually numbered Redemption cards for autographed bats from the players checklisted below. Only 25 copies of each card was produced. The deadline to exchange cards was July 1st, 1998. The bat a collector received for these cards was not easily identifiable as a special bat.

1 Alex Ochoa

2 Todd Walker

3 Scott Rolen

4 Darin Erstad

5 Alex Rodriguez

6 Todd Hollandsworth