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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.

Distribution

Reviews

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	18	-	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, Jr.
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
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 Javy 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 Curtis 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, Jr.
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
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 Dave 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
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
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 Ortiz
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
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
539 Aaron Sele
540 Brian Banks
541 Derrek Lee
542 John Wasdin
543 Justin Towle
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.
552 Todd Dunwoody
553 Hideki Irabu

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

A1 Dante Bichette
A2 Barry Bonds
A3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
A4 Greg Maddux
A5 Mark McGwire
A6 Mike Piazza
A7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
A8 John Smoltz
A9 Sammy Sosa
A10 Frank Thomas

Series Two

B1 Andruw Jones
B2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
B3 Frank Thomas
B4 Alex Rodriguez
B5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
B6 Mike Piazza
B7 Greg Maddux
B8 Chipper Jones
B9 Derek Jeter
B10 Juan Gonzalez

Double Trouble

1 Cal Ripken, Jr. / 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

A1 Jeff Bagwell
A2 Barry Bonds
A3 Juan Gonzalez
A4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
A5 Chipper Jones
A6 Mark McGwire
A7 Mike Piazza
A8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
A9 Alex Rodriguez
A10 Sammy Sosa
A11 Frank Thomas
A12 Matt Williams

Fielders Choice

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, Jr.
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!

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, Jr.
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, Jr.
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

B1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
B2 Frank Thomas
B3 Alex Rodriguez
B4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
B5 Mike Piazza
B6 Chipper Jones
B7 Albert Belle
B8 Juan Gonzalez
B9 Jeff Bagwell
B10 Mark McGwire
B11 Mo Vaughn
B12 Barry Bonds

Hitting Machines

1 Andruw Jones
2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Frank Thomas
4 Alex Rodriguez
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
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, Jr.
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, Jr.
3 Frank Thomas
4 Alex Rodriguez
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
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.

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 ===Rookie Reflections===