Description

2000 Ultra is a 300-card set issued late in 1999. Each 10-card pack yielded one Gold Medallion parallel card, and every third pack an insert. Cards 251 through 300 make up a Prospects subset and were inserted one every four packs.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.69). Eight, 12, or 30 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
short set	250	-	?	?
Prospects	50	-	1:4	1:4
Gold Medallion short set	250	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Gold Medallion Prospects	50	-	1:24	1:24
Platinum Medallion short set	250	50	?	N/A
Platinum Medallion Prospects	50	25	?	N/A
Masterpieces	300	one-of-one	?	?
Diamond Mine	15	-	1:6	1:6
World Premiere	10	-	1:12	1:12
Club 3000	3	-	1:24	1:24
Swing King	10	-	1:24	1:24
Crunch Time	15	-	1:72	1:72
Talented	10	99	?	N/A
Feel the Game	14	-	1:168	1:168
Club 3000 Memorabilia	15	-	?	?
Fresh Ink	62	varies	?	?

Checklist

Promos

Two separate Alex Rodriguez Promo cards were distributed to dealers and hobby media several weeks prior to the product's release. The first card features identical glossy card front stock as the basic Ultra 2000 product and has the words "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" running diagonally across the back of the card. The second, more scarce, card features a lenticular ribbed plastic card front (similar to a Sportflics card). Both promos share the same photo of Rodriguez as is used on A-Rod's 2000 Ultra base card.

P1 Alex Rodriguez
P2 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Shawn Green
3 Magglio Ordonez
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Joe McEwing
6 Jose Rosado
7 Sammy Sosa
8 Gary Sheffield
9 Mickey Morandini
10 Mo Vaughn
11 Todd Hollandsworth
12 Tom Gordon
13 Charles Johnson
14 Derek Bell
15 Kevin Young
16 Jay Buhner
17 J.T. Snow
18 Jay Bell
19 John Rocker
20 Ivan Rodriguez
21 Pokey Reese
22 Paul O'Neill
23 Ronnie Belliard
24 Ryan Rupe
25 Travis Fryman
26 Trot Nixon
27 Wally Joyner
28 Andy Pettitte
29 Dan Wilson
30 Orlando Hernandez
31 Dmitri Young
32 Edgar Renteria
33 Eric Karros
34 Fernando Seguignol
35 Jason Kendall
36 Jeff Shaw
37 Matt Lawton
38 Robin Ventura
39 Scott Williamson
40 Ben Grieve
41 Billy Wagner
42 Javy Lopez
43 Joe Randa
44 Neifi Perez
45 Dave Justice
46 Ray Durham
47 Dustin Hermanson
48 Andres Galarraga
49 Brad Fullmer
50 Nomar Garciaparra
51 David Cone
52 David Nilsson
53 David Wells
54 Miguel Tejada
55 Ismael Valdes
56 Jose Lima
57 Juan Encarnacion
58 Fred McGriff
59 Kenny Rogers
60 Vladimir Guerrero
61 Benito Santiago
62 Chris Singleton
63 Carlos Lee
64 Sean Casey
65 Tom Goodwin
66 Todd Hundley
67 Ellis Burks
68 Tim Hudson
69 Matt Stairs
70 Chipper Jones
71 Craig Biggio
72 Brian Rose
73 Carlos Delgado
74 Eddie Taubensee
75 John Smoltz
76 Ken Caminiti
77 Rafael Palmeiro
78 Sidney Ponson
79 Todd Helton
80 Juan Gonzalez
81 Bruce Aven
82 Desi Relaford
83 Johnny Damon
84 Albert Belle
85 Mark McGwire
86 Rico Brogna
87 Tom Glavine
88 Harold Baines
89 Chad Allen
90 Barry Bonds
91 Mark Grace
92 Paul Byrd
93 Roberto Alomar
94 Roberto Hernandez
95 Steve Finley
96 Bret Boone
97 Charles Nagy
98 Eric Chavez
99 Jamie Moyer
100 Ken Griffey, Jr.
101 J.D. Drew
102 Todd Stottlemyre
103 Tony Fernandez
104 Jeromy Burnitz
105 Jeremy Giambi
106 Livan Hernandez
107 Marlon Anderson
108 Troy Glaus
109 Troy O'Leary
110 Scott Rolen
111 Bernard Gilkey
112 Brady Anderson
113 Chuck Knoblauch
114 Jeff Weaver
115 B.J. Surhoff
116 Alex Gonzalez
117 Vinny Castilla
118 Tim Salmon
119 Brian Jordan
120 Corey Koskie
121 Dean Palmer
122 Gabe Kapler
123 Jim Edmonds
124 John Jaha
125 Mark Grudzielanek
126 Mike Bordick
127 Mike Lieberthal
128 Pete Harnisch
129 Russ Ortiz
130 Kevin Brown
131 Troy Percival
132 Alex Gonzalez
133 Bartolo Colon
134 John Valentin
135 Jose Hernandez
136 Marquis Grissom
137 Wade Boggs
138 Dante Bichette
139 Bob Higginson
140 Frank Thomas
141 Geoff Jenkins
142 Jason Giambi
143 Jeff Cirillo
144 Sandy Alomar
145 Luis Gonzalez
146 Preston Wilson
147 Carlos Beltran
148 Greg Vaughn
149 Carlos Febles
150 Jose Canseco
151 Kris Benson
152 Chuck Finley
153 Michael Barrett
154 Rey Ordonez
155 Adrian Beltre
156 Andruw Jones
157 Barry Larkin
158 Brian Giles
159 Carl Everett
160 Manny Ramirez
161 Darryl Kile
162 Edgar Martinez
163 Jeff Kent
164 Matt Williams
165 Mike Piazza
166 Pedro Martinez
167 Ray Lankford
168 Roger Cedeno
169 Ron Coomer
170 Cal Ripken, Jr.
171 Jose Offerman
172 Kenny Lofton
173 Kent Bottenfield
174 Kevin Millwood
175 Omar Daal
176 Orlando Cabrera
177 Pat Hentgen
178 Tino Martinez
179 Tony Clark
180 Roger Clemens
181 Brad Radke
182 Darin Erstad
183 Jose Jimenez
184 Jim Thome
185 John Wetteland
186 Justin Thompson
187 John Halama
188 Lee Stevens
189 Miguel Cairo
190 Mike Mussina
191 Raul Mondesi
192 Armando Rios
193 Trevor Hoffman
194 Tony Batista
195 Will Clark
196 Brad Ausmus
197 Chili Davis
198 Cliff Floyd
199 Curt Schilling
200 Derek Jeter
201 Henry Rodriguez
202 Jose Cruz
203 Omar Vizquel
204 Randy Johnson
205 Reggie Sanders
206 Al Leiter
207 Damion Easley
208 David Bell
209 Fernando Tatis
210 Kerry Wood
211 Kevin Appier
212 Mariano Rivera
213 Mike Caruso
214 Moises Alou
215 Randy Winn
216 Roy Halladay
217 Shannon Stewart
218 Todd Walker
219 Jim Parque
220 Travis Lee
221 Andy Ashby
222 Ed Sprague
223 Larry Walker
224 Rick Helling
225 Rusty Greer
226 Todd Zeile
227 Freddy Garcia
228 Hideo Nomo
229 Marty Cordova
230 Greg Maddux
231 Rondell White
232 Paul Konerko
233 Warren Morris
234 Bernie Williams
235 Bob Abreu
236 John Olerud
237 Doug Glanville
238 Eric Young
239 Robb Nen
240 Jeff Bagwell
241 Sterling Hitchcock
242 Todd Greene
243 Bill Mueller
244 Rickey Henderson
245 Chan Ho Park
246 Jason Schmidt
247 Jeff Zimmerman
248 Jermaine Dye
249 Randall Simon
250 Richie Sexson

Prospects

251 Micah Bowie PROS
252 Joe Nathan PROS
253 Chris Woodward PROS
254 Lance Berkman PROS
255 Ruben Mateo PROS
256 Russell Branyan PROS
257 Randy Wolf PROS
258 A.J. Burnett PROS
259 Mark Quinn PROS
260 Buddy Carlyle PROS
261 Ben Davis PROS
262 Yamid Haad PROS
263 Mike Colangelo PROS
264 Rick Ankiel PROS
265 Jacque Jones PROS
266 Kelly Dransfeldt PROS
267 Matt Riley PROS
268 Adam Kennedy PROS
269 Octavio Dotel PROS
270 Francisco Cordero PROS
271 Wilton Veras PROS
272 Calvin Pickering PROS
273 Alex Sanchez PROS
274 Tony Armas PROS
275 Pat Burrell PROS
276 Chad Meyers PROS
277 Ben Petrick PROS
278 Ramon Hernandez PROS
279 Ed Yarnall PROS
280 Erubiel Durazo PROS
281 Vernon Wells PROS
282 Gary Matthews PROS
283 Kip Wells PROS
284 Peter Bergeron PROS
285 Travis Dawkins PROS
286 Jorge Toca PROS
287 Cole Liniak PROS
288 Chad Hermansen PROS
289 Eric Gagne PROS
290 Chad Hutchinson PROS
291 Eric Munson PROS
292 Wiki Gonzalez PROS
293 Alfonso Soriano PROS
294 Trent Durrington PROS
295 Ben Molina PROS
296 Aaron Myette PROS
297 Wily Mo Pena PROS
298 Kevin Barker PROS
299 Geoff Blum PROS
300 Josh Beckett PROS

Parallels

All 300 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold Medallion (one-per-pack; Prospects 1:24/packs)
Platinum Medallion (serial-numbered to 50 copies, Prospects serial-numbered to 25; Hobby only)
Masterpiece (one-of-one)

Inserts

Diamond Mine

1 DM Greg Maddux
2 DM Mark McGwire
3 DM Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 DM Cal Ripken, Jr.
5 DM Nomar Garciaparra
6 DM Mike Piazza
7 DM Alex Rodriguez
8 DM Frank Thomas
9 DM Juan Gonzalez
10 DM Derek Jeter
11 DM Tony Gwynn
12 DM Chipper Jones
13 DM Sammy Sosa
14 DM Roger Clemens
15 DM Vladimir Guerrero

World Premiere

1 Ruben Mateo
2 Lance Berkman
3 Octavio Dotel
4 Ben Davis
5 Warren Morris
6 Carlos Beltran
7 Rick Ankiel
8 Adam Kennedy
9 Tim Hudson
10 Jorge Toca

Swing Kings

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Frank Thomas
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
6 Chipper Jones
7 Mark McGwire
8 Sammy Sosa
9 Derek Jeter
10 Alex Rodriguez

Crunch Time

1 CT Nomar Garciaparra
2 CT Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 CT Mark McGwire
4 CT Alex Rodriguez
5 CT Derek Jeter
6 CT Sammy Sosa
7 CT Mike Piazza
8 CT Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 CT Frank Thomas
10 CT Juan Gonzalez
11 CT J.D. Drew
12 CT Greg Maddux
13 CT Tony Gwynn
14 CT Vladimir Guerrero
15 CT Ben Grieve

Ultra Talented

Each Ultra Talented is serial-numbered to 99 copies and exclusive to Hobby packs.

1 Sammy Sosa 99
2 Derek Jeter 99
3 Alex Rodriguez 99
4 Mike Piazza 99
5 Ken Griffey, Jr. 99
6 Nomar Garciaparra 99
7 Mark McGwire 99
8 Cal Ripken, Jr. 99
9 Frank Thomas 99
10 J.D. Drew 99

Club 3000

See 2000 Fleer Club 3000.

Autographs & Game-Used

Club 3000 Memorabilia

see 2000 Fleer Club 3000

Feel the Game

Alex Rodriguez JSY
Chipper Jones JSY
Roberto Alomar BTG GLV SP
Greg Maddux JSY
Pedro Martinez JSY
Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY
Robin Ventura JSY
J.D. Drew JSY
Randy Johnson JSY
Scott Rolen JSY
Kevin Millwood JSY
Frank Thomas BTG GLV SP
Tony Gwynn BTG GLV SP
Curt Schilling JSY
Edgar Martinez BTG GLV

Fresh Ink

Each Fresh Ink features an autograph signed on a silver sticker affixed to the card. 2000 Ultra Fresh Ink was one of The Hobby's first examples of a sticker autograph. As was the firm's standard operating practice at the time, both the card and sticker are both embossed with a Fleer seal. The back of each card is hand-numbered.

Wade Boggs / Tony Gwynn / Nolan Ryan 100
Bob Abreu 200
Chad Allen 975
Marlon Anderson 975
Rick Ankiel 500
Glen Barker 975
Michael Barrett 975
Carlos Beltran 975
Adrian Beltre 900
Peter Bergeron 1000
Wade Boggs 250
Barry Bonds 250
Pat Burrell 600
Roger Cedeno 500
Eric Chavez 800
Bruce Chen 600
Johnny Damon 750
Ben Davis 1000
Carlos Delgado 275
Einar Diaz 975
Octavio Dotel 950
J.D. Drew 600
Scott Elarton 1000
Freddy Garcia 500
Jeremy Giambi 975
Troy Glaus 500
Shawn Green 350
Tony Gwynn 250
Richard Hidalgo 500
Bob Higginson 975
Tim Hudson 975
Norm Hutchins 1000
Derek Jeter 95
Randy Johnson 240
Gabe Kapler 725
Jason Kendall 375
Paul Konerko 500
Matt Lawton 1000
Carlos Lee 900
Jose Macias 1000
Greg Maddux 225
Kevin Millwood 500
Warren Morris 1000
Eric Munson 900
Heath Murray 925
Joe Nathan 1000
Magglio Ordonez 335
Angel Pena 1000
Cal Ripken, Jr. 350
Alex Rodriguez 350
Scott Rolen 250
Ryan Rupe 1000
Curt Schilling 375
Randall Simon 1000
Alfonso Soriano 975
Shannon Stewart 275
Miguel Tejada 1000
Frank Thomas 150
Jeff Weaver 1000
Randy Wolf 1000
Ed Yarnall 1000
Kevin Young 1000

Fresh Ink Gold

Fresh Ink Gold is a parallel that was actually distributed in 2001 Fleer Platinum Rack Packs, but are cataloged here for easier reference. According to representatives at Fleer, twenty-five different 2000 Ultra Fresh Ink cards were featured in this set -- but Fleer never issued a complete checklist. All of the cards are hand-numbered "1 of 1" and feature a gold (rather than silver) foil signed sticker on front. Our checklist is incomplete at this time due to lack of information.

Lance Berkman 1
Roger Cedeno 1
Troy Glaus 1
Richard Hidalgo 1
Derek Jeter 1
Jose Macias 1
Alfonso Soriano 1
Miguel Tejada 1
Cal Ripken, Jr. 1
J.D. Drew 1