1996 Fleer Update

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

• 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
• 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
• U86 Mark Brandenberg RC

Encore

• 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

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

Parallels

Tiffany

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fleer/Fleer Tradition
Pre-License Era: 1959 Fleer Ted Williams - 1960 - 1961 - 1963
Triopoly Era: 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
Junk Wax Era: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991
Marvel Entertainment Era: 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997
Fleer Tradition Era: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Upper Deck Era: 2006 - 2007
Update Sets: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 Final Edition - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003
Other Fleer/Fleer Tradition Brands: 2002 Fleer - 2006 Fleer Tradition