Description

2004 Ultimate Collection is a 222-card set released by Upper Deck in January, 2005.

Each four-pack Hobby box will yield the following.

Three short-printed rookies
One parallel serial-numbered to 50 or less
One game-used memorabilia card serial-numbered to 99 copies or less
One game-used patch card serial-numbered to 75 copies or less
One autograph serial-numbered to 99 copies or less
One autographed game-used card numbered to 50 or less.

Distribution

Four packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $100). Hobby only. Four boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	222	-	?
short set	126	675	two-per-pack
Ultimate Rookies Tier 1	42	525	*
Ultimate Rookies Tier 2	26	299	*
Ultimate Rookies Tier 3	16	199	*
Autographed Ultimate Rookies	12	75	1:10***
short set Gold	126	50	**
Ultimate Rookies Tier 1 Gold	42	50	**
Ultimate Rookies Tier 2 Gold	26	25	**
Ultimate Rookies Tier 3 Gold	16	25	**
Autographed Ultimate Rookies Gold	12	15	1:10***
Platinum	209	10	**
Autographed Ultimate Rookies Platinum	12	one-of-one	1:10***
Rainbow	126	one-of-one	**

Checklist

Base Set

Each base card is serial-numbered to 675 copies.

1 Al Kaline
2 Billy Williams
3 Bob Feller
4 Bob Gibson
5 Bob Lemon
6 Bobby Doerr
7 Brooks Robinson
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Catfish Hunter
10 Eddie Mathews
11 Enos Slaughter
12 Ernie Banks
13 Fergie Jenkins
14 Gaylord Perry
15 Harmon Killebrew
16 Jim Bunning
17 Joe DiMaggio
18 Joe Morgan
19 Juan Marichal
20 Lou Brock
21 Luis Aparicio
22 Mickey Mantle
23 Mike Schmidt
24 Monte Irvin
25 Nolan Ryan
26 Pee Wee Reese
27 Phil Niekro
28 Phil Rizzuto
29 Ralph Kiner
30 Richie Ashburn
31 Robin Roberts
32 Robin Yount
33 Rod Carew
34 Rollie Fingers
35 Stan Musial
36 Ted Williams
37 Tom Seaver
38 Warren Spahn
39 Whitey Ford
40 Willie McCovey
41 Willie Stargell
42 Yogi Berra
43 Adrian Beltre
44 Albert Pujols
45 Alex Rodriguez
46 Alfonso Soriano
47 Andruw Jones
48 Andy Pettitte
49 Aubrey Huff
50 Barry Larkin
51 Ben Sheets
52 Bernie Williams
53 Bobby Abreu
54 Brad Penny
55 Bret Boone
56 Brian Giles
57 Carlos Beltran
58 Carlos Delgado
59 Carlos Guillen
60 Carlos Lee
61 Carlos Zambrano
62 Chipper Jones
63 Craig Biggio
64 Craig Wilson
65 Curt Schilling
66 David Ortiz
67 Derek Jeter
68 Eric Chavez
69 Eric Gagne
70 Frank Thomas
71 Garret Anderson
72 Gary Sheffield
73 Greg Maddux
74 Hank Blalock
75 Hideki Matsui
76 Ichiro Suzuki
77 Ivan Rodriguez
78 J.D. Drew
79 Jake Peavy
80 Jason Schmidt
81 Jeff Bagwell
82 Jeff Kent
83 Jim Thome
84 Joe Mauer
85 Johan Santana
86 Jose Reyes
87 Jose Vidro
88 Ken Griffey, Jr.
89 Kerry Wood
90 Larry Walker
91 Luis Gonzalez
92 Lyle Overbay
93 Magglio Ordonez
94 Manny Ramirez
95 Mark Mulder
96 Mark Prior
97 Mark Teixeira
98 Melvin Mora
99 Michael Young
100 Miguel Cabrera
101 Miguel Tejada
102 Mike Lowell
103 Mike Piazza
104 Mike Sweeney
105 Nomar Garciaparra
106 Oliver Perez
107 Pedro Martinez
108 Preston Wilson
109 Rafael Palmeiro
110 Randy Johnson
111 Roger Clemens
112 Roy Halladay
113 Roy Oswalt
114 Sammy Sosa
115 Scott Podsednik
116 Scott Rolen
117 Shawn Green
118 Tim Hudson
119 Todd Helton
120 Tom Glavine
121 Torii Hunter
122 Travis Hafner
123 Troy Glaus
124 Vernon Wells
125 Victor Martinez
126 Vladimir Guerrero

Ultimate Rookies

Tier 1

Each Tier 1 Ultimate Rookie is serial-numbered to 525 copies.

127 Aarom Baldiris RC*
128 Alfredo Simon RC
129 Andres Blanco RC
130 Jeff Bajenaru
131 Bart Fortunato
132 Brandon Medders RC
133 Brian Dallimore RC
134 Carlos Hines RC*
135 Carlos Vasquez RC*
136 Casey Daigle RC
137 Chad Bentz RC
138 Chris Aguila RC
139 Chris Saenz RC
140 Chris Shelton RC
141 Colby Miller RC*
142 Dave Crouthers RC*
143 David Aardsma RC
144 Dennis Sarfate
145 Don Kelly RC
146 Eddy Rodriguez RC
147 Eduardo Villacis RC
148 Edwardo Sierra RC*
149 Edwin Moreno RC
150 Kyle Denney
151 Evan Rust
152 Fernando Nieve RC
153 Frank Francisco RC
154 Frank Gracesqui
155 Freddy Guzman RC
156 Greg Dobbs RC
157 Hector Gimenez RC
158 Jason Alfaro
159 Jake Woods RC
160 Andy Green
161 Jason Bartlett RC
162 Jason Frasor RC
163 Jeff Bennett RC
164 Jerome Gamble RC*
165 Jerry Gil RC
166 Joe Hietpas
167 Jorge Sequea RC*
168 Jorge Vasquez RC

Tier 2

Each Tier 2 Ultimate Rookie is serial-numbered to 299 copies.

169 Josh Labandeira RC
170 Justin Germano RC
171 Justin Hampson
172 Chris Young
173 Justin Knoedler RC
174 Justin Lehr
175 Justin Leone RC
176 Kazuhito Tadano RC
177 Kevin Cave RC*
178 Linc Holdzkom
179 Mike Rose
180 Luis Gonzalez
181 Mariano Gomez RC*
182 Rene Rivera
183 Mike Wuertz RC
184 Mike Gosling RC
185 Mike Johnston RC
186 Mike Rouse RC
187 Nick Regilio RC
188 Onil Joseph RC*
189 Orl Rodriguez
190 Phil Stockman RC
191 Renyel Pinto RC
192 Roberto Novoa RC
193 Roman Colon RC
194 Ronald Belisario RC

Tier 3

Each Tier 3 Ultimate Rookie is serial-numbered to 199 copies.

195 Ronny Cedeno RC
196 Ryan Meaux RC*
197 Ryan Wing RC*
198 Scott Dohmann RC
199 Joey Gathright RC
200 Shawn Camp
201 Shawn Hill RC
202 Steve Andrade
203 Tim Bausher RC*
204 Tim Bittner RC*
205 Brad Halsey
206 William Bergolla RC
207 Kameron Loe
208 Jesse Crain RC
209 Scott Kazmir

222 Kaz Matsui RC

Autographed

Each Autographed Ultimate Rookie is serial-numbered to 75 copies. Card #217 packed out as a redemption card which expired December 28, 2007.

210 Akinori Otsuka RC
211 Chris Oxspring RC
212 Ian Snell RC
213 John Gall RC
214 Jose Capellan RC
215 Yadier Molina RC
216 Merkin Valdez RC
217 Ramon Ramirez RC
218 Rusty Tucker RC*
219 Scott Proctor RC
220 Sean Henn RC
221 Shingo Takatsu RC

Parallels

Gold

All 222 base cards are available in the following Gold parallels.

Short set (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Ultimate Rookies Tier 1 (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Ultimate Rookies Tier 2 (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Ultimate Rookies Tier 3 (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Autographed Ultimate Rookies (serial-numbered to ten)

Platinum

The first 209 unautographed base cards are available in Platinum parallel which is serial-numbered to ten. Platinum parallels for the 12 Autographed Ultimate Rookies (cards #209-#221) are all ones-of-one.

Card #222 does not exist as a Platinum.

Rainbow

Each of the first 126 base cards (all cards EXCEPT the Ultimate Rookies) are available in a one-of-one Rainbow parallel.

Autographs & Game-Used