2006 Ultra
Description
2006 Ultra is a 251-card set released in June, 2006. This was the first Ultra set released under the auspices of Upper Deck.
Cards numbered 1-180 feature veterans while cards 181-200 feature 2006 rookies and cards 201-250 were a Retro Lucky 13 subset. Those Retro Lucky subset cards were inserted at a stated rate of one in four hobby or retail packs. Card number 251 was an exchange for Kenji Johjima, and that card was announced to have a print run of 5000 cards.
Distribution
Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). 12 boxes per case
Fat Packs: 18 packs per box, 32 cards per pack.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds | Fat Pack Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 251 | - | 6:1 | 6:1 | 30:1 |
| short set | 200 | - | 6:1 | 6:1 | 30:1 |
| Retro Lucky 13 | 50 | - | 1:4 | 1:4 | N/A |
| Kenji Johjima Exchange card | 1 | 5000 | ? | ? | N/A |
| Gold Medallion short set | 200 | - | one-per-pack | pne-per-pack | N/A |
| Gold Medallion Retro Lucky 13 | 50 | - | 1:24 | 1:72 | N/A |
| Diamond Producers | 25 | - | + | + | N/A |
| Home Run Kings | 15 | - | + | + | N/A |
| Midsummer Classic Kings | 10 | - | + | + | N/A |
| RBI Kings | 20 | - | + | + | N/A |
| Strikeout Kings | 10 | - | + | + | N/A |
| Rising Stars | 10 | - | + | + | N/A |
| Ultra Stars | 40 | - | N/A | N/A | two-per-pack |
| Feel the Game | 30 | - | 1:36 | 1:72 | N/A |
| Ultra Fine Fabrics | 60 | - | 1:18 | 1:36 | N/A |
| Autographics | 35 | - | 1:576 | 1:1920 | N/A |
+ = Each eight-card Hobby and retail pack yields one insert.
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Vladimir Guerrero
- 2 Bartolo Colon
- 3 Francisco Rodriguez
- 4 Darin Erstad
- 5 Chone Figgins
- 6 Bengie Molina
- 7 Roger Clemens
- 8 Lance Berkman
- 9 Morgan Ensberg
- 10 Roy Oswalt
- 11 Andy Pettitte
- 12 Craig Biggio
- 13 Eric Chavez
- 14 Barry Zito
- 15 Huston Street
- 16 Bobby Crosby
- 17 Nick Swisher
- 18 Rich Harden
- 19 Vernon Wells
- 20 Roy Halladay
- 21 Alex Rios
- 22 Orlando Hudson
- 23 Shea Hillenbrand
- 24 Gustavo Chacin
- 25 Chipper Jones
- 26 Andruw Jones
- 27 Jeff Francoeur
- 28 John Smoltz
- 29 Tim Hudson
- 30 Marcus Giles
- 31 Carlos Lee
- 32 Ben Sheets
- 33 Rickie Weeks
- 34 Chris Capuano
- 35 Geoff Jenkins
- 36 Brady Clark
- 37 Albert Pujols
- 38 Jim Edmonds
- 39 Chris Carpenter
- 40 Mark Mulder
- 41 Yadier Molina
- 42 Scott Rolen
- 43 Derrek Lee
- 44 Mark Prior
- 45 Aramis Ramirez
- 46 Carlos Zambrano
- 47 Greg Maddux
- 48 Nomar Garciaparra
- 49 Jonny Gomes
- 50 Carl Crawford
- 51 Scott Kazmir
- 52 Jorge Cantu
- 53 Julio Lugo
- 54 Aubrey Huff
- 55 Luis Gonzalez
- 56 Brandon Webb
- 57 Troy Glaus
- 58 Shawn Green
- 59 Craig Counsell
- 60 Conor Jackson (RC)
- 61 Jeff Kent
- 62 Eric Gagne
- 63 J.D. Drew
- 64 Milton Bradley
- 65 Jeff Weaver
- 66 Cesar Izturis
- 67 Jason Schmidt
- 68 Moises Alou
- 69 Pedro Feliz
- 70 Randy Winn
- 71 Omar Vizquel
- 72 Noah Lowry
- 73 Travis Hafner
- 74 Victor Martinez
- 75 C.C. Sabathia
- 76 Grady Sizemore
- 77 Coco Crisp
- 78 Cliff Lee
- 79 Raul Ibanez
- 80 Ichiro Suzuki
- 81 Richie Sexson
- 82 Felix Hernandez
- 83 Adrian Beltre
- 84 Jamie Moyer
- 85 Miguel Cabrera
- 86 A.J. Burnett
- 87 Juan Pierre
- 88 Carlos Delgado
- 89 Dontrelle Willis
- 90 Juan Encarnacion
- 91 Carlos Beltran
- 92 Jose Reyes
- 93 David Wright
- 94 Tom Glavine
- 95 Mike Piazza
- 96 Pedro Martinez
- 97 Ryan Zimmerman (RC)
- 98 Nick Johnson
- 99 Jose Vidro
- 100 Jose Guillen
- 101 Livan Hernandez
- 102 John Patterson
- 103 Miguel Tejada
- 104 Melvin Mora
- 105 Brian Roberts
- 106 Erik Bedard
- 107 Javy Lopez
- 108 Rodrigo Lopez
- 109 Jake Peavy
- 110 Mike Cameron
- 111 Mark Loretta
- 112 Brian Giles
- 113 Trevor Hoffman
- 114 Ramon Hernandez
- 115 Bobby Abreu
- 116 Chase Utley
- 117 Pat Burrell
- 118 Jimmy Rollins
- 119 Ryan Howard
- 120 Billy Wagner
- 121 Jason Bay
- 122 Oliver Perez
- 123 Jack Wilson
- 124 Zach Duke
- 125 Rob MacKowiak
- 126 Freddy Sanchez
- 127 Mark Teixeira
- 128 Michael Young
- 129 Alfonso Soriano
- 130 Hank Blalock
- 131 Kenny Rogers
- 132 Kevin Mench
- 133 Manny Ramirez
- 134 Josh Beckett
- 135 David Ortiz
- 136 Johnny Damon
- 137 Edgar Renteria
- 138 Curt Schilling
- 139 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 140 Adam Dunn
- 141 Felipe Lopez
- 142 Wily Mo Pena
- 143 Aaron Harang
- 144 Sean Casey
- 145 Todd Helton
- 146 Garrett Atkins
- 147 Matt Holliday
- 148 Jeff Francis
- 149 Clint Barmes
- 150 Luis Gonzalez
- 151 Mike Sweeney
- 152 Zack Greinke
- 153 Angel Berroa
- 154 Emil Brown
- 155 David DeJesus
- 156 Ivan Rodriguez
- 157 Jeremy Bonderman
- 158 Brandon Inge
- 159 Craig Monroe
- 160 Chris Shelton
- 161 Dmitri Young
- 162 Johan Santana
- 163 Joe Mauer
- 164 Torii Hunter
- 165 Shannon Stewart
- 166 Scott Baker
- 167 Brad Radke
- 168 Jon Garland
- 169 Tadahito Iguchi
- 170 Paul Konerko
- 171 Scott Podsednik
- 172 Mark Buehrle
- 173 Joe Crede
- 174 Derek Jeter
- 175 Alex Rodriguez
- 176 Hideki Matsui
- 177 Randy Johnson
- 178 Gary Sheffield
- 179 Mariano Rivera
- 180 Jason Giambi
- 181 Joey Devine RC
- 182 Alejandro Freire RC
- 183 Craig Hansen RC
- 184 Robert Andino RC
- 185 Ryan Jorgensen RC
- 186 Chris DeMaria RC
- 187 Jonah Bayliss RC
- 188 Ryan Theriot RC
- 189 Steve Stemle RC
- 190 Brian Myrow RC
- 191 Chris Heintz RC
- 192 Ron Flores RC
- 193 Danny Sandoval RC
- 194 Craig Breslow RC
- 195 Jeremy Accardo RC
- 196 Jeff Harris RC
- 197 Tim Corcoran RC
- 198 Scott Feldman RC
- 199 Robinson Cano
- 200 Jason Bergmann RC
Retro Lucky 13
Retro Lucky 13 features 50 players who were all selected with a top 13 pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. These cards are all short-printed and seeded into Hobby and retail packs at the rate of 1:4.
NOTE: These cards are NOT available in Fat Packs.
- 201 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 202 Frank Thomas
- 203 Chipper Jones
- 204 Tony Clark
- 205 Mike Lieberthal
- 206 Manny Ramirez
- 207 Phil Nevin
- 208 Derek Jeter
- 209 Preston Wilson
- 210 Billy Wagner
- 211 Alex Rodriguez
- 212 Trot Nixon
- 213 Jaret Wright
- 214 Nomar Garciaparra
- 215 Paul Konerko
- 216 Paul Wilson
- 217 Dustin Hermanson
- 218 Todd Walker
- 219 Matt Morris
- 220 Darin Erstad
- 221 Todd Helton
- 222 Geoff Jenkins
- 223 Eric Chavez
- 224 Kris Benson
- 225 Jon Garland
- 226 Troy Glaus
- 227 Vernon Wells
- 228 Michael Cuddyer
- 229 Justin Verlander
- 230 Pat Burrell
- 231 Mark Mulder
- 232 Corey Patterson
- 233 J.D. Drew
- 234 Austin Kearns
- 235 Felipe Lopez
- 236 Sean Burroughs
- 237 Ben Sheets
- 238 Brett Myers
- 239 Josh Beckett
- 240 Barry Zito
- 241 Adrian Gonzalez
- 242 Rocco Baldelli
- 243 Chris Burke
- 244 Joe Mauer
- 245 Mark Prior
- 246 Mark Teixiera
- 247 Khalil Greene
- 248 Zack Greinke
- 249 Prince Fielder
- 250 Rickie Weeks
Kenji Johjima Exchange Card
A late edition to the product, randomly inserted into packs was an exchange for Kenji Johjima. Lucky collectors who pulled the card had until May 25, 2008 to redeem it. Upper Deck also said that only 5000 Johjima exchange cards were printed; however, neither the exchange card nor the actual Johjima card are serial-numbered.
251 Kenji Johjima EXCH 5000
Parallels
All base cards (except the Johjima exchange cards) are available in a Gold Medallion parallels. Each eight-card Hobby and retail pack contains one Gold Medallion card. The 50 Retro Lucky 13 Gold cards are short-printed and seeded at the rate of 1:24 Hobby and 1:72 retail packs.
Inserts
NOTE: Each eight-card Hobby and retail pack contains an insert from one of the following sets below, except Ultra Star. The Ultra Star's were exclusive to 32-card Fat Packs.
RBI Kings
- RBI1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- RBI2 David Ortiz
- RBI3 Manny Ramirez
- RBI4 Mark Teixeira
- RBI5 Alex Rodriguez
- RBI6 Andruw Jones
- RBI7 Jeff Bagwell
- RBI8 Gary Sheffield
- RBI9 Richie Sexson
- RBI10 Jeff Kent
- RBI11 Albert Pujols
- RBI12 Todd Helton
- RBI13 Miguel Cabrera
- RBI14 Hideki Matsui
- RBI15 Carlos Delgado
- RBI16 Carlos Lee
- RBI17 Derrek Lee
- RBI18 Vladimir Guerrero
- RBI19 Luis Gonzalez
- RBI20 Mike Piazza
Home Run Kings
- HRK1 Albert Pujols
- HRK2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HRK3 Andruw Jones
- HRK4 Alex Rodriguez
- HRK5 David Ortiz
- HRK6 Manny Ramirez
- HRK7 Derrek Lee
- HRK8 Mark Teixeira
- HRK9 Adam Dunn
- HRK10 Paul Konerko
- HRK11 Richie Sexson
- HRK12 Alfonso Soriano
- HRK13 Vladimir Guerrero
- HRK14 Gary Sheffield
- HRK15 Mike Piazza
Strikeout Kings
- SOK1 Roger Clemens
- SOK2 Johan Santana
- SOK3 Jake Peavy
- SOK4 Randy Johnson
- SOK5 Curt Schilling
- SOK6 Chris Carpenter
- SOK7 Pedro Martinez
- SOK8 Mark Prior
- SOK9 Carlos Zambrano
- SOK10 John Smoltz
Rising Stars
- URS1 Ryan Howard
- URS2 Huston Street
- URS3 Jeff Francoeur
- URS4 Felix Hernandez
- URS5 Chase Utley
- URS6 Robinson Cano
- URS7 Zach Duke
- URS8 Scott Kazmir
- URS9 Willy Taveras
- URS10 Tadahito Iguchi
Diamond Producers
- DP1 Derek Jeter
- DP2 Chipper Jones
- DP3 Jim Edmonds
- DP4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- DP5 David Ortiz
- DP6 Manny Ramirez
- DP7 Mark Teixeira
- DP8 Alex Rodriguez
- DP9 Jeff Kent
- DP10 Albert Pujols
- DP11 Todd Helton
- DP12 Miguel Cabrera
- DP13 Hideki Matsui
- DP14 Derrek Lee
- DP15 Vladimir Guerrero
- DP16 Miguel Tejada
- DP17 Jorge Cantu
- DP18 Travis Hafner
- DP19 Pat Burrell
- DP20 Bobby Abreu
- DP21 David Wright
- DP22 Jason Bay
- DP23 Adam Dunn
- DP24 Eric Chavez
- DP25 Paul Konerko
Midsummer Classic Kings
- MCK1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- MCK2 Mike Piazza
- MCK3 Derek Jeter
- MCK4 Roger Clemens
- MCK5 Randy Johnson
- MCK6 Miguel Tejada
- MCK7 Alfonso Soriano
- MCK8 Garret Anderson
- MCK9 Pedro Martinez
- MCK10 Ivan Rodriguez
Star
This set is exclusive to the 32-card Fat Packs.
- US-1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- US-2 Derek Jeter
- US-3 Albert Pujols
- US-4 Alex Rodriguez
- US-5 Vladimir Guerrero
- US-6 Roger Clemens
- US-7 Derrek Lee
- US-8 David Ortiz
- US-9 Miguel Cabrera
- US-10 Bobby Abreu
- US-11 Mark Teixeira
- US-12 Johan Santana
- US-13 Hideki Matsui
- US-14 Ichiro Suzuki
- US-15 Andruw Jones
- US-16 Eric Chavez
- US-17 Roy Oswalt
- US-18 Curt Schilling
- US-19 Randy Johnson
- US-20 Ivan Rodriguez
- US-21 Chipper Jones
- US-22 Mark Prior
- US-23 Jason Bay
- US-24 Pedro Martinez
- US-25 David Wright
- US-26 Carlos Beltran
- US-27 Jim Edmonds
- US-28 Chris Carpenter
- US-29 Roy Halladay
- US-30 Jake Peavy
- US-31 Paul Konerko
- US-32 Travis Hafner
- US-33 Barry Zito
- US-34 Miguel Tejada
- US-35 Josh Beckett
- US-36 Todd Helton
- US-37 Dontrelle Willis
- US-38 Manny Ramirez
- US-39 Mariano Rivera
- US-40 Jeff Kent
Autographs & Game-Used
Feel the Game
NOTE: All Feel the Game cards feature jersey swatches, except Randy Johnson's which has a pants swatch.
- FG-AB Adrian Beltre
- FG-AJ Andruw Jones
- FG-AP Albert Pujols
- FG-AS Alfonso Soriano
- FG-BA Bobby Abreu
- FG-BG Brian Giles
- FG-CB Carlos Beltran
- FG-CD Carlos Delgado
- FG-CJ Chipper Jones
- FG-DJ Derek Jeter
- FG-DW David Wright
- FG-EC Eric Chavez
- FG-FH Felix Hernandez
- FG-FT Frank Thomas SP
- FG-GM Greg Maddux
- FG-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- FG-JB Josh Beckett
- FG-JR Jose Reyes SP
- FG-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FG-MC Matt Clement SP
- FG-MO Magglio Ordonez
- FG-MP Mike Piazza
- FG-MR Manny Ramirez
- FG-MT Miguel Tejada
- FG-PW Preston Wilson
- FG-RJ Randy Johnson SP
- FG-RS Richie Sexson
- FG-SG Shawn Green
- FG-TG Troy Glaus
- FG-VG Vladimir Guerrero
Fine Fabrics
NOTE: All Fine Fabrics cards feature jersey swatches, except Randy Johnson's which has a pants swatch.
- FM-AB Adrian Beltre
- FM-AD Adam Dunn
- FM-AJ Andruw Jones
- FM-AP Albert Pujols
- FM-AS Alfonso Soriano
- FM-BA Bobby Abreu
- FM-BC Bobby Crosby
- FM-BG Brian Giles
- FM-BR Brian Roberts
- FM-BW Bernie Williams
- FM-BZ Barry Zito
- FM-CB Carlos Beltran
- FM-CD Carlos Delgado
- FM-CJ Chipper Jones
- FM-CP Corey Patterson
- FM-CU Chase Utley
- FM-DJ Derek Jeter
- FM-DL Derrek Lee
- FM-DO David Ortiz
- FM-DW David Wright
- FM-EC Eric Chavez
- FM-FH Felix Hernandez
- FM-FT Frank Thomas
- FM-GM Greg Maddux
- FM-HB Hank Blalock
- FM-HS Huston Street
- FM-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- FM-JB Josh Beckett
- FM-JD J.D. Drew
- FM-JG Jason Giambi
- FM-JK Jeff Kent
- FM-JP Jorge Posada
- FM-JR Jose Reyes
- FM-JS John Smoltz
- FM-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FM-KH Khalil Greene SP
- FM-KW Kerry Wood
- FM-MC Matt Clement
- FM-MO Magglio Ordonez
- FM-MP Mike Piazza
- FM-MR Manny Ramirez
- FM-MT Miguel Tejada
- FM-PW Preston Wilson
- FM-RC Roger Clemens SP
- FM-RH Ramon Hernandez
- FM-RJ Randy Johnson SP
- FM-RK Ryan Klesko
- FM-RS Richie Sexson
- FM-RY Ryan Howard
- FM-SB Sean Burroughs
- FM-SF Steve Finley
- FM-SG Shawn Green
- FM-SR Scott Rolen
- FM-SS Sammy Sosa
- FM-TG Troy Glaus
- FM-TH Travis Hafner
- FM-TX Mark Teixeira
- FM-VG Vladimir Guerrero
- FM-VW Vernon Wells
- FM-WI Dontrelle Willis
Autographics
- UL-AF Alejandro Freire
- UL-AS Alfonso Soriano SP
- UL-BR Brian Roberts
- UL-CA Chris Carpenter
- UL-CC Carl Crawford
- UL-CK Casey Kotchman
- UL-DL Derrek Lee
- UL-DS Danny Sandoval
- UL-DW Dontrelle Willis
- UL-FH Felix Hernandez
- UL-JB Jason Bay
- UL-JG Jonny Gomes
- UL-JH Jeff Harris
- UL-JM Joe Mauer
- UL-JO Joe Blanton
- UL-JR Jose Reyes
- UL-JV Justin Verlander
- UL-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- UL-KW Kerry Wood SP
- UL-MC Matt Cain
- UL-MG Marcus Giles
- UL-MY Michael Young
- UL-NS Nick Swisher
- UL-PF Prince Fielder
- UL-PM Pedro Martinez
- UL-RC Roger Clemens SP
- UL-RO Roy Oswalt
- UL-RZ Ryan Zimmerman
- UL-SR Scott Rolen
- UL-SS Steve Stemle
- UL-TH Travis Hafner
- UL-TI Tadahito Iguchi
- UL-VG Vladimir Guerrero SP
- UL-VM Victor Martinez
- UL-YM Yadier Molina