1996 Fleer Update

Description

1996 Fleer Update was a 250-card set released in December, 1996 that featured many players who were rookies, traded (depicted in new uniforms), or were not included in the 1996 Fleer base set. An Encore subset (U211-U245) and Checklists (U246-U250) were part of the Update base set

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	10:1	?
Tiffany	250	-	1:1	1:1
Smooth Leather	10	-	1:5	1:5
Soaring Stars	10	-	1:11	1:11
New Horizons	20	-	1:5	N/A
Headliners	20	-	N/A	1:20
Diamond Tribute	10	-	1:100	1:100

Checklist

Base Set

U1 Roberto Alomar

U2 Mike Devereaux

U3 Scott McClain RC

U4 Roger McDowell

U5 Kent Mercker

U6 Jimmy Myers RC

U7 Randy Myers

U8 B.J. Surhoff

U9 Tony Tarasco

U10 David Wells

U11 Wil Cordero

U12 Tom Gordon

U13 Reggie Jefferson

U14 Jose Malave

U15 Kevin Mitchell

U16 Jamie Moyer

U17 Heathcliff Slocumb

U18 Mike Stanley

U19 George Arias

U20 Jorge Fabregas

U21 Don Slaught

U22 Randy Velarde

U23 Harold Baines

U24 Mike Cameron RC

U25 Darren Lewis

U26 Tony Phillips

U27 Bill Simas

U28 Chris Snopek

U29 Kevin Tapani

U30 Danny Tartabull

U31 Julio Franco

U32 Jack McDowell

U33 Kimera Bartee

U34 Mark Lewis

U35 Melvin Nieves

U36 Mark Parent

U37 Eddie Williams

U38 Tim Belcher

U39 Sal Fasano

U40 Chris Haney

U41 Mike Macfarlane

U42 Jose Offerman

U43 Joe Randa

U44 Bip Roberts

U45 Chuck Carr

U46 Bobby Hughes

U47 Graeme Lloyd

U48 Ben McDonald

U49 Kevin Wickander

U50 Rick Aguilera

U51 Mike Durant

U52 Chip Hale

U53 LaTroy Hawkins

U54 Dave Hollins

U55 Roberto Kelly

U56 Paul Molitor

U57 Dan Naulty

U58 Mariano Duncan

U59 Andy Fox

U60 Joe Girardi

U61 Dwight Gooden

U62 Jimmy Key

U63 Matt Luke

U64 Tino Martinez

U65 Jeff Nelson

U66 Tim Raines

U67 Ruben Rivera

U68 Kenny Rogers

U69 Gerald Williams

U70 Tony Batista RC

U71 Allen Battle

U72 Jim Corsi

U73 Steve Cox

U74 Pedro Munoz

U75 Phil Plantier

U76 Scott Spiezio

U77 Ernie Young

U78 Russ Davis

U79 Sterling Hitchcock

U80 Edwin Hurtado

U81 Raul Ibanez RC

U82 Mike Jackson

U83 Ricky Jordan

U84 Paul Sorrento

U85 Doug Strange

U86 Mark Brandenberg RC

U87 Damon Buford

U88 Kevin Elster

U89 Darryl Hamilton

U90 Ken Hill

U91 Ed Vosberg

U92 Craig Worthington

U93 Tilson Brito RC

U94 Giovanni Carrara RC

U95 Felipe Crespo

U96 Erik Hanson

U97 Marty Janzen RC

U98 Otis Nixon

U99 Charlie O'Brien

U100 Robert Perez

U101 Paul Quantrill

U102 Bill Risley

U103 Juan Samuel

U104 Jermaine Dye

U105 Wonderful Monds RC

U106 Dwight Smith

U107 Jerome Walton

U108 Terry Adams

U109 Leo Gomez

U110 Robin Jennings

U111 Doug Jones

U112 Brooks Kieschnick

U113 Dave Magadan

U114 Jason Maxwell RC

U115 Rodney Myers RC

U116 Eric Anthony

U117 Vince Coleman

U118 Eric Davis

U119 Steve Gibralter

U120 Curtis Goodwin

U121 Willie Greene

U122 Mike Kelly

U123 Marcus Moore

U124 Chad Mottola

U125 Chris Sabo

U126 Roger Salkeld

U127 Pedro Castellano

U128 Trenidad Hubbard

U129 Jayhawk Owens

U130 Jeff Reed

U131 Kevin Brown

U132 Al Leiter

U133 Matt Mantei RC

U134 David Weathers

U135 Devon White

U136 Bob Abreu

U137 Sean Berry

U138 Doug Brocail

U139 Richard Hidalgo

U140 Alvin Morman

U141 Mike Blowers

U142 Roger Cedeno

U143 Greg Gagne

U144 Karim Garcia

U145 Wilton Guerrero RC

U146 Israel Alcantara RC

U147 Omar Daal

U148 Ryan McGuire

U149 Sherman Obando

U150 Jose Paniagua

U151 Henry Rodriguez

U152 Andy Stankiewicz

U153 Dave Veres

U154 Juan Acevedo

U155 Mark Clark

U156 Bernard Gilkey

U157 Pete Harnisch

U158 Lance Johnson

U159 Brent Mayne

U160 Rey Ordonez

U161 Kevin Roberson

U162 Paul Wilson

U163 David Doster RC

U164 Mike Grace RC

U165 Rich Hunter RC

U166 Pete Incaviglia

U167 Mike Lieberthal

U168 Terry Mulholland

U169 Ken Ryan

U170 Benito Santiago

U171 Kevin Sefcik RC

U172 Lee Tinsley

U173 Todd Zeile

U174 Francisco Cordova RC

U175 Danny Darwin

U176 Charlie Hayes

U177 Jason Kendall

U178 Mike Kingery

U179 Jon Lieber

U180 Zane Smith

U181 Luis Alicea

U182 Cory Bailey

U183 Andy Benes

U184 Pat Borders

U185 Mike Busby RC

U186 Royce Clayton

U187 Dennis Eckersley

U188 Gary Gaetti

U189 Ron Gant

U190 Aaron Holbert

U191 Willie McGee

U192 Miguel Mejia RC

U193 Jeff Parrett

U194 Todd Stottlemyre

U195 Sean Bergman

U196 Archi Cianfrocco

U197 Rickey Henderson

U198 Wally Joyner

U199 Craig Shipley

U200 Bob Tewksbury

U201 Tim Worrell

U202 Rich Aurilia RC

U203 Doug Creek

U204 Shawon Dunston

U205 Osvaldo Fernandez RC

U206 Mark Gardner

U207 Stan Javier

U208 Marcus Jensen

U209 Chris Singleton RC

U210 Allen Watson

Encore

• U211 Jeff Bagwell
• U212 Derek Bell
• U213 Albert Belle
• U214 Wade Boggs
• U215 Barry Bonds
• U216 Jose Canseco
• U217 Marty Cordova
• U218 Jim Edmonds
• U219 Cecil Fielder
• U220 Andres Galarraga
• U221 Juan Gonzalez
• U222 Mark Grace
• U223 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• U224 Tony Gwynn
• U225 Jason Isringhausen
• U226 Derek Jeter
• U227 Randy Johnson
• U228 Chipper Jones
• U229 Ryan Klesko
• U230 Barry Larkin
• U231 Kenny Lofton
• U232 Greg Maddux
• U233 Raul Mondesi
• U234 Hideo Nomo
• U235 Mike Piazza
• U236 Manny Ramirez
• U237 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• U238 Tim Salmon
• U239 Ryne Sandberg
• U240 Reggie Sanders
• U241 Gary Sheffield
• U242 Sammy Sosa
• U243 Frank Thomas
• U244 Mo Vaughn
• U245 Matt Williams

Checklists

U246 Barry Bonds CL

U247 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL

U248 Rey Ordonez CL

U249 Ryne Sandberg CL

U250 Frank Thomas CL

Parallels

Tiffany

Similar to the base set, every base card was also available in a "Tiffany" parallel. TIffany cards had a glossy finish (in contrast to the matte-finished base card) and a silver holographic foil nameplate.

Inserts

Smooth Leather

This 10-card set featured some of the best defensive players in the game. Cards featured a baseball and fence background with a gold foil-stamped nameplate and fielder's glove design.

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Will Clark
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Kenny Lofton
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Raul Mondesi
• 8 Rey Ordonez
• 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 10 Matt Williams

Soaring Stars

Similar to the previous year's insert set, this 10-card set featured the top stars in the game at the time on a multi-colored, 100% etched foil design. Unlike the previous year, all card backgrounds featured a "balls" design that was accentuated by the etched foil.

• 1 Jeff Bagwell
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Juan Gonzalez
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Chipper Jones
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Mike Piazza
• 8 Manny Ramirez
• 9 Frank Thomas
• 10 Matt Williams

New Horizons

This 20-card set highlighted new, young players in the game at the time on a multi-colored foil background designed to resemble a morning landscape vista.

• 1 Bob Abreu
• 2 George Arias
• 3 Tony Batista
• 4 Steve Cox
• 5 Jermaine Dye
• 6 Andy Fox
• 7 Mike Grace
• 8 Todd Greene
• 9 Wilton Guerrero
• 10 Richard Hidalgo
• 11 Raul Ibanez
• 12 Robin Jennings
• 13 Marcus Jensen
• 14 Jason Kendall
• 15 Jason Maxwell
• 16 Ryan McGuire
• 17 Miguel Mejia
• 18 Wonderful Monds
• 19 Rey Ordonez
• 20 Paul Wilson

Headliners

This 20-card set featured players were drew fans to the game and attention in the newspapers. Cards featured a word cloud-themed design using the insert title against a white background.

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Jeff Bagwell
• 3 Albert Belle
• 4 Barry Bonds
• 5 Cecil Fielder
• 6 Juan Gonzalez
• 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8 Tony Gwynn
• 9 Randy Johnson
• 10 Chipper Jones
• 11 Ryan Klesko
• 12 Kenny Lofton
• 13 Greg Maddux
• 14 Hideo Nomo
• 15 Mike Piazza
• 16 Manny Ramirez
• 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 18 Tim Salmon
• 19 Frank Thomas
• 20 Matt Williams

Diamond Tribute

This 10-card set paid homage to the top players in the game at the time on an eye-catching, diamond-patterned holographic foil background.

• 1 Wade Boggs
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Tony Gwynn
• 5 Rickey Henderson
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Eddie Murray
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Ozzie Smith
• 10 Frank Thomas