2003 Ultra
Description
2003 Ultra consists of 265 cards released in two series. The first 250 cards were issued as part of the 2003 Ultra product in November, 2002. Cards numbered 1-200 feature veterans, 201-220 feature All-Stars, 221-240 feature rookies from 2002 in the the design of 2002 Ultra and 241-250 feature rookie prospects of 2003. Each 24-pack Hobby contains two game-used memorabilia cards.
The final fifteen cards can only be found in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats, which was released in December 2003. These 15 additional cards feature a top prospect and are serial-numbered to 1500.
Distribution
Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Set | 250 | - | 9:1 | 9:1 |
| Short Set | 200 | - | 8:1 | 8:1 |
| 2002 Rookie Update | 20 | - | 1:2 | 1:2 |
| Prospects | 10 | - | 1:2 | 1:2 |
| All-Stars | 20 | - | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| Gold Medallion Base | 200 | - | 1:1 | N/A |
| Gold Medallion All-Star | 20 | - | 1:24 | N/A |
| Gold Medallion Rookie | 30 | - | 1:24 | N/A |
| Double Up | 16 | - | 1:8 | 1:8 |
| Moonshots | 20 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 |
| Photo Effex | 20 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 |
| Photo Effex Gold | 20 | 25 | ? | ? |
| When It Was A Game | 40 | - | 1:20 | 1:12 |
| Back 2 Back | 17 | 1000 | ? | ? |
| Moonshots Memorabilia | 20 | - | * | ? |
| Back 2 Back Memorabilia | 17 | 500 | * | ? |
| Back 2 Back Memorabilia Gold | 17 | 50 | * | ? |
| Double Up Memorabilia | 16 | 100 | * | ? |
| When It Was A Game Used | 12 | varies | * | ? |
* Each 24-pack Hobby box yields two game-used cards
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Barry Bonds
- 2 Derek Jeter
- 3 Ichiro
- 4 Mike Lowell
- 5 Hideo Nomo
- 6 Javier Vazquez
- 7 Jeremy Giambi
- 8 Jamie Moyer
- 9 Rafael Palmeiro
- 10 Magglio Ordonez
- 11 Trot Nixon
- 12 Luis Castillo
- 13 Paul Byrd
- 14 Adam Kennedy
- 15 Trevor Hoffman
- 16 Matt Morris
- 17 Nomar Garciaparra
- 18 Matt Lawton
- 19 Carlos Beltran
- 20 Jason Giambi
- 21 Brian Giles
- 22 Jim Edmonds
- 23 Garret Anderson
- 24 Tony Batista
- 25 Aaron Boone
- 26 Mike Hampton
- 27 Billy Wagner
- 28 Kazuhisa Ishii
- 29 Al Leiter
- 30 Pat Burrell
- 31 Jeff Kent
- 32 Randy Johnson
- 33 Ray Durham
- 34 Josh Beckett
- 35 Cristian Guzman
- 36 Roger Clemens
- 37 Freddy Garcia
- 38 Roy Halladay
- 39 David Eckstein
- 40 Jerry Hairston
- 41 Barry Larkin
- 42 Larry Walker
- 43 Craig Biggio
- 44 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 45 Marlon Byrd
- 46 J.T. Snow
- 47 Juan Gonzalez
- 48 Ramon Ortiz
- 49 Jay Gibbons
- 50 Adam Dunn
- 51 Juan Pierre
- 52 Jeff Bagwell
- 53 Kevin Brown
- 54 Pedro Astacio
- 55 Mike Lieberthal
- 56 Johnny Damon
- 57 Tim Salmon
- 58 Mike Bordick
- 59 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 60 Jason Jennings
- 61 Lance Berkman
- 62 Jeromy Burnitz
- 63 Jimmy Rollins
- 64 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
- 65 Alex Rodriguez
- 66 Greg Maddux
- 67 Mark Prior
- 68 Mike Maroth
- 69 Geoff Jenkins
- 70 Tony Armas
- 71 Jermaine Dye
- 72 Albert Pujols
- 73 Shannon Stewart
- 74 Troy Glaus
- 75 Brook Fordyce
- 76 Juan Encarnacion
- 77 Todd Hollandsworth
- 78 Roy Oswalt
- 79 Paul Lo Duca
- 80 Mike Piazza
- 81 Bob Abreu
- 82 Sean Burroughs
- 83 Randy Winn
- 84 Curt Schilling
- 85 Chris Singleton
- 86 Sean Casey
- 87 Todd Zeile
- 88 Richard Hidalgo
- 89 Roberto Alomar
- 90 Tim Hudson
- 91 Ryan Klesko
- 92 Greg Vaughn
- 93 Tony Womack
- 94 Fred McGriff
- 95 Tom Glavine
- 96 Todd Walker
- 97 Travis Fryman
- 98 Shane Reynolds
- 99 Shawn Green
- 100 Mo Vaughn
- 101 Adam Piatt
- 102 Deivi Cruz
- 103 Steve Cox
- 104 Luis Gonzalez
- 105 Russell Branyan
- 106 Daryle Ward
- 107 Mariano Rivera
- 108 Phil Nevin
- 109 Ben Grieve
- 110 Moises Alou
- 111 Omar Vizquel
- 112 Joe Randa
- 113 Jorge Posada
- 114 Mark Kotsay
- 115 Ryan Rupe
- 116 Javy Lopez
- 117 Corey Patterson
- 118 Bobby Higginson
- 119 Jose Vidro
- 120 Barry Zito
- 121 Scott Rolen
- 122 Gary Sheffield
- 123 Kerry Wood
- 124 Brandon Inge
- 125 Jose Hernandez
- 126 Michael Barrett
- 127 Miguel Tejada
- 128 Edgar Renteria
- 129 Junior Spivey
- 130 Jose Valentin
- 131 Derrek Lee
- 132 A.J. Pierzynski
- 133 Mike Mussina
- 134 Bret Boone
- 135 Chan Ho Park
- 136 Steve Finley
- 137 Mark Buehrle
- 138 A.J. Burnett
- 139 Ben Sheets
- 140 David Ortiz
- 141 Nick Johnson
- 142 Randall Simon
- 143 Carlos Delgado
- 144 Darin Erstad
- 145 Shea Hillenbrand
- 146 Todd Helton
- 147 Preston Wilson
- 148 Eric Gagne
- 149 Vladimir Guerrero
- 150 Brandon Duckworth
- 151 Rich Aurilia
- 152 Ivan Rodriguez
- 153 Andruw Jones
- 154 Carlos Lee
- 155 Robert Fick
- 156 Jacque Jones
- 157 Bernie Williams
- 158 John Olerud
- 159 Eric Hinske
- 160 Matt Clement
- 161 Dmitri Young
- 162 Torii Hunter
- 163 Carlos Pena
- 164 Mike Cameron
- 165 Raul Mondesi
- 166 Pedro Martinez
- 167 Bob Wickman
- 168 Mike Sweeney
- 169 David Wells
- 170 Jason Kendall
- 171 Tino Martinez
- 172 Matt Williams
- 173 Frank Thomas
- 174 Cliff Floyd
- 175 Corey Koskie
- 176 Orlando Hernandez
- 177 Edgar Martinez
- 178 Richie Sexson
- 179 Manny Ramirez
- 180 Jim Thome
- 181 Andy Pettitte
- 182 Aramis Ramirez
- 183 J.D. Drew
- 184 Brian Jordan
- 185 Sammy Sosa
- 186 Jeff Weaver
- 187 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 188 Eric Milton
- 189 Eric Chavez
- 190 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 191 Jose Cruz
- 192 Derek Lowe
- 193 C.C. Sabathia
- 194 Adrian Beltre
- 195 Alfonso Soriano
- 196 Jack Wilson
- 197 Fernando Vina
- 198 Chipper Jones
- 199 Paul Konerko
- 200 Rusty Greer
All-Stars
- 201 Jason Giambi
- 202 Alfonso Soriano
- 203 Shea Hillenbrand
- 204 Alex Rodriguez
- 205 Jorge Posada
- 206 Ichiro
- 207 Manny Ramirez
- 208 Torii Hunter
- 209 Todd Helton
- 210 Jose Vidro
- 211 Scott Rolen
- 212 Jimmy Rollins
- 213 Mike Piazza
- 214 Barry Bonds
- 215 Sammy Sosa
- 216 Vladimir Guerrero
- 217 Lance Berkman
- 218 Derek Jeter
- 219 Nomar Garciaparra
- 220 Luis Gonzalez
2002 Ultra Rookies
Each card is done in the style of the previous years Ultra set.
- 221 Kazuhisa Ishii
- 222 Satoru Komiyama
- 223 So Taguchi
- 224 Jorge Padilla
- 225 Ben Howard
- 226 Jason Simontacchi
- 227 Barry Wesson
- 228 Howie Clark
- 229 Aaron Guiel
- 230 Oliver Perez
- 231 David Ross
- 232 Julius Matos
- 233 Chris Snelling
- 234 Rodrigo Lopez
- 235 Will Nieves
- 236 Joe Borchard
- 237 Aaron Cook
- 238 Anderson Machado
- 239 Corey Thurman
- 240 Tyler Yates
Prospects
- 241 Coco Crisp
- 242 Andy Van Hekken
- 243 Jim Rushford
- 244 Jeriome Robertson
- 245 Shane Nance
- 246 Kevin Cash
- 247 Kirk Saarloos
- 248 Josh Bard
- 249 Dave Pember
- 250 Freddy Sanchez
Rookies & Greats Prospects
Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies and randomly seeded in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats.
NOTE: Each card is sequentially-numbered with a "U-" prefix.
- U-251 Chien-Ming Wang RC
- U-252 Rickie Weeks RC
- U-253 Brandon Webb RC
- U-254 Hideki Matsui RC
- U-255 Michael Hessman RC
- U-256 Ryan Wagner RC
- U-257 Matt Kata RC
- U-258 Edwin Jackson RC
- U-259 Jose Contreras RC
- U-260 Delmon Young RC
- U-261 Bo Hart RC
- U-262 Jeff Duncan RC
- U-263 Robby Hammock RC
- U-264 Jeremy Bonderman RC
- U-265 Clint Barmes RC
Parallels
Gold Medallion
Each of the 250 Ultra Series base cards are available in a Hobby-exclusive, die-cut Gold Medallion parallel. Each Hobby pack contains one Gold Medallion card with cards from the All-Stars, 2002 Rookie Update and Prospect subsets short-printed.
Inserts
Double Up
- 1 Derek Jeter / Mike Piazza
- 2 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro
- 3 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
- 4 Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez
- 5 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter
- 6 Barry Bonds / Jason Giambi
- 7 Ichiro / Hideo Nomo
- 8 Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling
- 9 Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra
- 10 Roger Clemens / Kevin Brown
- 11 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez
- 12 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo
- 13 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
- 14 Ichiro / Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 15 Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa
- 16 Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar
Moonshots
- 1 MS Mike Piazza
- 2 MS Alex Rodriguez
- 3 MS Manny Ramirez
- 4 MS Ivan Rodriguez
- 5 MS Luis Gonzalez
- 6 MS Shawn Green
- 7 MS Barry Bonds
- 8 MS Jason Giambi
- 9 MS Nomar Garciaparra
- 10 MS Edgar Martinez
- 11 MS Mo Vaughn
- 12 MS Chipper Jones
- 13 MS Todd Helton
- 14 MS Raul Mondesi
- 15 MS Preston Wilson
- 16 MS Rafael Palmeiro
- 17 MS Jim Edmonds
- 18 MS Bernie Williams
- 19 MS Vladimir Guerrero
- 20 MS Alfonso Soriano
Photo Effex
Each card is also available in a Photo Effex Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
- 1 PE Derek Jeter
- 2 PE Barry Bonds
- 3 PE Sammy Sosa
- 4 PE Troy Glaus
- 5 PE Albert Pujols
- 6 PE Alex Rodriguez
- 7 PE Ichiro
- 8 PE Greg Maddux
- 9 PE Nomar Garciaparra
- 10 PE Jeff Bagwell
- 11 PE Chipper Jones
- 12 PE Mike Piazza
- 13 PE Randy Johnson
- 14 PE Vladimir Guerrero
- 15 PE Alfonso Soriano
- 16 PE Lance Berkman
- 17 PE Todd Helton
- 18 PE Mike Lowell
- 19 PE Carlos Delgado
- 20 PE Jason Giambi
When it was a Game
- 1 WG Derek Jeter
- 2 WG Barry Bonds
- 3 WG Luis Aparicio
- 4 WG Richie Ashburn
- 5 WG Ernie Banks
- 6 WG Enos Slaughter
- 7 WG Yogi Berra
- 8 WG Lou Boudreau
- 9 WG Lou Brock
- 10 WG Jim Bunning
- 11 WG Rod Carew
- 12 WG Orlando Cepeda
- 13 WG Larry Doby
- 14 WG Bobby Doerr
- 15 WG Bob Feller
- 16 WG Brooks Robinson
- 17 WG Rollie Fingers
- 18 WG Whitey Ford
- 19 WG Bob Gibson
- 20 WG Catfish Hunter
- 21 WG Nolan Ryan
- 22 WG Reggie Jackson
- 23 WG Fergie Jenkins
- 24 WG Al Kaline
- 25 WG Mike Schmidt
- 26 WG Harmon Killebrew
- 27 WG Ralph Kiner
- 28 WG Willie Stargell
- 29 WG Billy Williams
- 30 WG Tom Seaver
- 31 WG Juan Marichal
- 32 WG Eddie Mathews
- 33 WG Willie McCovey
- 34 WG Joe Morgan
- 35 WG Stan Musial
- 36 WG Robin Roberts
- 37 WG Robin Yount
- 38 WH Jim Palmer
- 39 WH Phil Rizzuto
- 40 WH Pee Wee Reese
Back 2 Back
Each Back 2 Back insert is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.
- 1 B2B Derek Jeter
- 2 B2B Barry Bonds
- 3 B2B Mike Piazza
- 4 B2B Alex Rodriguez
- 5 B2B Todd Helton
- 6 B2B Edgar Martinez
- 7 B2B Chipper Jones
- 8 B2B Shawn Green
- 9 B2B Chan Ho Park
- 10 B2B Preston Wilson
- 11 B2B Manny Ramirez
- 12 B2B Aramis Ramirez
- 13 B2B Pedro Martinez
- 14 B2B Ivan Rodriguez
- 15 B2B Ichiro
- 16 B2B Sammy Sosa
- 17 B2B Jason Giambi
Autographs & Game-Used
Moonshots Memorabilia
- AR Alex Rodriguez JSY
- AS Alfonso Soriano PANTS
- BB Barry Bonds JSY
- BW Bernie Williams JSY
- CG Vladimir Guerrero BASE
- CJ Chipper Jones JSY
- EM Edgar Martinez JSY
- IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
- JE Jim Edmonds JSY
- JG Jason Giambi BASE
- LG Luis Gonzalez JSY
- MP Mike Piazza JSY
- MR Manny Ramirez JSY
- MV Mo Vaughn JSY
- NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
- PW Preston Wilson JSY
- RM Raul Mondesi JSY
- RP Rafael Palmeiro JSY
- SG Shawn Green JSY
- TH Todd Helton JSY
Back 2 Back Memorabilia
Each Back 2 Back Memorabilia card is serial-numbered to 500 copies with a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 50 copies, also available.
- AR Aramis Ramirez PANTS
- AR1 Alex Rodriguez JSY
- BB Barry Bonds BAT
- CJ Chipper Jones JSY
- CP Chan Ho Park BAT
- DJ Derek Jeter JSY
- EM Edgar Martinez JSY
- IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
- IS Ichiro BASE
- JG Jason Giambi BASE
- MP Mike Piazza JSY
- MR Manny Ramirez JSY
- PM Pedro Martinez JSY
- PW Preston Wilson JSY
- SG Shawn Green JSY
- SS Sammy Sosa BASE
- TH Todd Helton JSY
Double Up Memorabilia
- 1 Derek Jeter / Mike Piazza JSY / JSY
- 2 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro JSY / JSY
- 3 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones BAT / JSY
- 4 Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez JSY / JSY
- 5 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter JSY / JSY
- 6 Barry Bonds / Jason Giambi BAT / BASE
- 7 Ichiro / Hideo Nomo BASE / JSY
- 8 Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling JSY / JSY
- 9 Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra JSY / JSY
- 10 Roger Clemens / Kevin Brown JSY / JSY
- 11 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez JSY / JSY
- 12 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo JSY / JSY
- 13 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez JSY / JSY
- 14 Ichiro / Ken Griffey, Jr. BASE / BASE
- 15 Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa BAT / BASE
- 16 Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar PANTS / JSY
When It Was A Game Used
Each When it was a Game Used card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.
- 1 Yogi Berra PANTS 100
- 2 Barry Bonds BAT 200
- 3 Larry Doby BAT 150
- 4 Catfish Hunter JSY 200
- 5 Reggie Jackson BAT 300
- 6 Derek Jeter JSY 200
- 7 Juan Marichal JSY 300
- 8 Eddie Mathews BAT 300
- 9 Willie McCovey JSY 150
- 10 Joe Morgan PANTS 200
- 11 Jim Palmer PANTS 300
- 12 Tom Seaver PANTS 100
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