2005 Ultra

Description

2005 Ultra is a 220-card set, and was released in November, 2004. The first 200 cards of the set featured veterans while cards 201 through 220, which were issued at a stated rate of one in four hobby and one in five retail, feature leading prospects.

The stated odds of finding any game used card were 1:12 Hobby packs, and 1:48 retail. All autographs are Hobby only.

Distribution

Hobby: Eight cards per pack, 24 packs per box (MSRP: $3) Retail: Eight cards per pack, 24 packs per box (MSRP: $3)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	220	-	?	?
short set	200	-	?	?
Prospects	20	-	1:4	1:5
Gold Medallion	220	-	one-per-pack	1:3
Platinum Medallion	220	50	?	N/A
Follow the Leader	15	-	1:6	1:8
Kings	45	-	1:12	1:24
Gold Kings	45	50	?	N/A
Season Crowns Copper Autographed	5	varies	*	N/A
Season Crowns Gold Autographed	14	varies	*	N/A
Season Crowns Platinum Autographed	34	varies	*	N/A
Season Crowns Masterpiece Autographed	34	one-of-one	*	N/A
Season Crowns Copper Game Used	50	399	**	N/A
Season Crowns Gold Game Used	50	99	**	N/A
Season Crowns Platinum Game Used	50	25	**	N/A
3 Kings Jersey Triple Swatch	10	33	?	?
Follow the Leader Copper Jersey	14	-	?	N/A
Follow the Leader Red Jersey	14	-	?	1:48
Follow the Leader Gold Jersey	14	250	?	?
Follow the Leader Platinum Jersey	14	99	?	N/A
Follow the Leader UltraSwatch	14	varies	?	?
Kings Gold Jersey	45	150	?	?
Kings Platinum Jersey	45	25	?	N/A
Kings UltraSwatch	45	varies	?	?

• Stated Odds of finding a Season Crowns Autograph (any color): 1:192/packs
  • Stated Odds of finding a Season Crowns Game Used (any color): 1:24/packs

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Andy Pettitte
• 2 Jose Cruz
• 3 Cliff Floyd
• 4 Paul Konerko
• 5 Joe Mauer
• 6 Scott Spiezio
• 7 Ben Sheets
• 8 Kerry Wood
• 9 Carl Pavano
• 10 Matt Morris
• 11 Kaz Matsui
• 12 Ivan Rodriguez
• 13 Victor Martinez
• 14 Justin Morneau
• 15 Adam Everett
• 16 Carl Crawford
• 17 David Ortiz
• 18 Jason Giambi
• 19 Derrek Lee
• 20 Magglio Ordonez
• 21 Bobby Abreu
• 22 Milton Bradley
• 23 Jeff Bagwell
• 24 Jim Edmonds
• 25 Garret Anderson
• 26 Jacque Jones
• 27 Ted Lilly
• 28 Greg Maddux
• 29 Jermaine Dye
• 30 Bill Mueller
• 31 Roy Oswalt
• 32 Tony Womack
• 33 Andruw Jones
• 34 Tom Glavine
• 35 Mariano Rivera
• 36 Sean Casey
• 37 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 38 Brad Penny
• 39 Johan Santana
• 40 Mark Teixeira
• 41 Manny Ramirez
• 42 Gary Sheffield
• 43 Matt Lawton
• 44 Troy Percival
• 45 Rocco Baldelli
• 46 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 47 Corey Patterson
• 48 Austin Kearns
• 49 Edgar Martinez
• 50 Brad Radke
• 51 Barry Larkin
• 52 Chone Figgins
• 53 Alexis Rios
• 54 Alex Rodriguez
• 55 Vinny Castilla
• 56 Javier Vazquez
• 57 Javy Lopez
• 58 Mike Cameron
• 59 Brian Giles
• 60 Dontrelle Willis
• 61 Rafael Furcal
• 62 Trot Nixon
• 63 Mark Mulder
• 64 Josh Beckett
• 65 J.D. Drew
• 66 Brandon Webb
• 67 Wade Miller
• 68 Lyle Overbay
• 69 Pedro Martinez
• 70 Rich Harden
• 71 Al Leiter
• 72 Adam Eaton
• 73 Mike Sweeney
• 74 Steve Finley
• 75 Kris Benson
• 76 Jim Thome
• 77 Juan Pierre
• 78 Bartolo Colon
• 79 Carlos Delgado
• 80 Jack Wilson
• 81 Ken Harvey
• 82 Nomar Garciaparra
• 83 Paul Lo Duca
• 84 Cesar Izturis
• 85 Adrian Beltre
• 86 Brian Roberts
• 87 David Eckstein
• 88 Jimmy Rollins
• 89 Roger Clemens
• 90 Randy Johnson
• 91 Orlando Hudson
• 92 Tim Hudson
• 93 Dmitri Young
• 94 Chipper Jones
• 95 John Smoltz
• 96 Billy Wagner
• 97 Hideo Nomo
• 98 Sammy Sosa
• 99 Darin Erstad
• 100 Todd Helton
• 101 Aubrey Huff
• 102 Alfonso Soriano
• 103 Jose Vidro
• 104 Carlos Lee
• 105 Corey Koskie
• 106 Bret Boone
• 107 Torii Hunter
• 108 Aramis Ramirez
• 109 Chase Utley
• 110 Reggie Sanders
• 111 Livan Hernandez
• 112 Jeromy Burnitz
• 113 Carlos Zambrano
• 114 Hank Blalock
• 115 Sidney Ponson
• 116 Zack Greinke
• 117 Trevor Hoffman
• 118 Jeff Kent
• 119 Richie Sexson
• 120 Melvin Mora
• 121 Eric Chavez
• 122 Miguel Cabrera
• 123 Ryan Freel
• 124 Russ Ortiz
• 125 Craig Wilson
• 126 Craig Biggio
• 127 Curt Schilling
• 128 Kaz Ishii
• 129 Marquis Grissom
• 130 Bernie Williams
• 131 Travis Hafner
• 132 Hee Seop Choi
• 133 Scott Rolen
• 134 Tony Batista
• 135 Frank Thomas
• 136 Jason Varitek
• 137 Ichiro Suzuki
• 138 Junior Spivey
• 139 Adam Dunn
• 140 Jorge Posada
• 141 Edgar Renteria
• 142 Hideki Matsui
• 143 Carlos Guillen
• 144 Jody Gerut
• 145 Wily Mo Pena
• 146 Derek Jeter
• 147 C.C. Sabathia
• 148 Geoff Jenkins
• 149 Albert Pujols
• 150 Eric Munson
• 151 Moises Alou
• 152 Jerry Hairston
• 153 Ray Durham
• 154 Mike Piazza
• 155 Omar Vizquel
• 156 A.J. Pierzynski
• 157 Michael Young
• 158 Jason Bay
• 159 Mark Loretta
• 160 Shawn Green
• 161 Luis Gonzalez
• 162 Johnny Damon
• 163 Eric Milton
• 164 Mike Lowell
• 165 Jose Guillen
• 166 Eric Hinske
• 167 Jason Kendall
• 168 Carlos Beltran
• 169 Johnny Estrada
• 170 Scott Hatteberg
• 171 Laynce Nix
• 172 Eric Gagne
• 173 Richard Hidalgo
• 174 Bobby Crosby
• 175 Woody Williams
• 176 Justin Leone
• 177 Orlando Cabrera
• 178 Mark Prior
• 179 Jorge Julio
• 180 Jamie Moyer
• 181 Jose Reyes
• 182 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 183 Mike Lieberthal
• 184 Kenny Rogers
• 185 Mike Mussina
• 186 Preston Wilson
• 187 Khalil Greene
• 188 Angel Berroa
• 189 Miguel Tejada
• 190 Freddy Garcia
• 191 Pat Burrell
• 192 Luis Castillo
• 193 Vladimir Guerrero
• 194 Roy Halladay
• 195 Barry Zito
• 196 Lance Berkman
• 197 Rafael Palmeiro
• 198 Nate Robertson
• 199 Jason Schmidt
• 200 Scott Podsednik

All-Rookie

Despite the name, none of the cards in the "All-Rookie" subset are true rookie cards. Each card has a bronze background.

• 201 Casey Kotchman
• 202 Scott Kazmir
• 203 Bucky Jacobsen
• 204 Jeff Keppinger
• 205 Dave Bush
• 206 Gavin Floyd
• 207 David Wright
• 208 B.J. Upton
• 209 David Aardsma
• 210 Jason Bartlett
• 211 Dioner Navarro
• 212 Jason Kubel
• 213 Ryan Howard
• 214 Charles Thomas
• 215 Freddy Guzman
• 216 Brad Halsey
• 217 Joey Gathright
• 218 Jeff Francis
• 219 Terry Tiffee
• 220 Nick Swisher

Parallels

Each of the 220 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Gold Medallion
• Platinum Medallion (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Inserts

Follow the Leader

A die-cut parallel, exclusive to specially-marked retail packs, is also available.

• 1 FL Roger Clemens
• 2 FL Albert Pujols
• 3 FL Sammy Sosa
• 4 FL Manny Ramirez
• 5 FL Vladimir Guerrero
• 6 FL Ivan Rodriguez
• 7 FL Mike Piazza
• 8 FL Scott Rolen
• 9 FL Ichiro Suzuki
• 10 FL Randy Johnson
• 11 FL Mark Prior
• 12 FL Jim Thome
• 13 FL Greg Maddux
• 14 FL Pedro Martinez
• 15 FL Miguel Cabrera

Kings

The Kings insert is divided into three, 15-card, subsets. It is believed that the "Strikeout Kings" cards are tougher to find than the "Home Run Kings" and "RBI Kings."

Each card is also available as a Hobby-exclusive "Ultra Kings Gold" parallel, serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Home Run Kings

Strikeout Kings

RBI Kings

Autographs & Game-Used

Season Crowns

Season Crowns is a autographed/game used partial-parallel of the base set. All Season Crowns cards are Hobby only.

Copper Autographed

NOTE: The announced production figure for all five Copper cards was intended to be 199 copies; however, only Jack Wilson signed that many. Announced production figures are listed below.

Gold Autographs

NOTE: The announced production figure for all Gold cards was intended to be 99 copies; however, Announced production figures are listed below.

Platinum Autographs

NOTE: The announced production figure for all Platinum cards was intended to be 50 copies; however, not all players signed that many cards. Announced production figures are listed below.

Masterpiece Autographs

NOTE: Each is a one-of-one.

Game Used

Each Season Crowns Game Used card is available in the following versions.

• Copper (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Platinum Patch (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

3 Kings Triple Jersey Swatch

Each card has three different jersey swatches and serial-numbered to 33 copies.

Follow the Leader Jersey

Each Follow the Leader Jersey card is available in the following versions.

• Copper (Hobby Only)
• Red (Retail Only)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
• Platinum Patch (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• UltraSwatch (serial-numbered to the player's uniform number, listed below)

• FLJ-AP Albert Pujols 5
• FLJ-GM Greg Maddux 31
• FLJ-IR Ivan Rodriguez 7
• FLJ-JT Jim Thome 25
• FLJ-MC Miguel Cabrera 24
• FLJ-MPI Mike Piazza 31
• FLJ-MPR Mark Prior 22
• FLJ-MR Manny Ramirez 24
• FLJ-PM Pedro Martinez 45
• FLJ-RC Roger Clemens 22
• FLJ-RJ Randy Johnson 51
• FLJ-SR Scott Rolen 27
• FLJ-SS Sammy Sosa 21
• FLJ-VG Vladimir Guerrero 27

Kings Jerseys

Each Kings Jersey card is available in the following versions.

• Gold (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Platinum Patch (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• UltraSwatch (serial-numbered to the player's uniform number, listed below)