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.

Distribution

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

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

Reviews

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

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 Kazuo 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 Alex 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 LoDuca

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 Kazuhisa 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

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 David 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

1 Roger Clemens

2 Albert Pujols

3 Sammy Sosa

4 Manny Ramirez

5 Vladimir Guerrero

6 Ivan Rodriguez

7 Mike Piazza

8 Scott Rolen

9 Ichiro Suzuki

10 Randy Johnson

11 Mark Prior

12 Jim Thome

13 Greg Maddux

14 Pedro Martinez

15 Miguel Cabrera

Kings

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

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

=Home Run Kings

H1 Jim Thome

H2 David Ortiz

H3 Adam Dunn

H4 Albert Pujols

H5 Manny Ramirez

H6 Vladimir Guerrero

H7 Miguel Tejada

H8 Rafael Palmeiro

H9 Mark Teixeira

H10 Sammy Sosa

H11 Frank Thomas

H12 Pat Burrell

H13 Adrian Beltre

H14 Miguel Cabrera

H15 Gary Sheffield

K Kings

K1 Pedro Martinez

K2 Randy Johnson

K3 Mark Mulder

K4 Barry Zito

K5 Roger Clemens

K6 Mark Prior

K7 Ben Sheets

K8 Curt Schilling

K9 Billy Wagner

K10 Eric Gagne

K11 Josh Beckett

K12 Kerry Wood

K13 Jason Schmidt

K14 Roy Halladay

K15 Greg Maddux

RBI Kings

R1 Sean Casey

R2 Ivan Rodriguez

R3 Mike Piazza

R4 Todd Helton

R5 Scott Rolen

R6 Hideki Matsui

R7 Gary Sheffield

R8 Alfonso Soriano

R9 Bobby Abreu

R10 Lance Berkman

R11 Miguel Tejada

R12 Travis Hafner

R13 Hank Blalock

R14 Jeff Bagwell

R15 Chipper Jones

Autographs & Game-Used

Season Crowns Autographed

Season Crowns Game Used

3 Kings Triple Jersey Swatch

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

BCB Jeff Bagwell/Roger Clemens/Lance Berkman

BCR Josh Beckett/Miguel Cabrera/Ivan Rodriguez

JMM Randy Johnson/Greg Maddux/Pedro Martinez

MPW Greg Maddux/Mark Prior/Kerry Wood

PDC Albert Pujols/Adam Dunn/Miguel Cabrera

RJB Scott Rolen/Chipper Jones/Adrian Beltre

SMP Gary Sheffield/Hideki Matsui/Mike Piazza

SMR Curt Schilling/Pedro Martinez/Manny Ramirez

TBS Mark Teixeira/Hank Blalock/Alfonso Soriano

TBW Jim Thome/Pat Burrell/Billy Wagner

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)

AP Albert Pujols 5

GM Greg Maddux 31

IR Ivan Rodriguez 7

JT Jim Thome 25

MC Miguel Cabrera 24

MPI Mike Piazza 31

MPR Mark Prior 22

MR Manny Ramirez 24

PM Pedro Martinez 45

RC Roger Clemens 22

RJ Randy Johnson 51

SR Scott Rolen 27

SS Sammy Sosa 21

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)

AB Adrian Beltre 29

AD Adam Dunn 44

AP Albert Pujols 5

AS Alfonso Soriano 12

BA Bobby Abreu 53

BS Ben Sheets 15

BW Billy Wagner 13

BZ Barry Zito 75

CJ Chipper Jones 10

CS Curt Schilling 38

DO David Ortiz 34

EG Eric Gagne 38

FT Frank Thomas 45

GM Greg Maddux 31

GSH Gary Sheffield 11

GSR Gary Sheffield 11

HB Hank Blalock 9

HM Hideki Matsui 55

IR Ivan Rodriguez 7

JBA Jeff Bagwell 5

JBE Josh Beckett 21

JS Jason Schmidt 29

JT Jim Thome 25

KW Kerry Wood 34

LB Lance Berkman 17

MC Miguel Cabrera 24

MM Mark Mulder 20

MPI Mike Piazza 31

MPR Mark Prior 22

MR Manny Ramirez 24

MTH Miguel Tejada 10

MTR Miguel Tejada 10

MTX Mark Teixeira 23

PB Pat Burrell 5

PM Pedro Martinez 45

RC Roger Clemens 22

RH Roy Halladay 32

RJ Randy Johnson 51

RP Rafael Palmeiro 25

SC Sean Casey 21

SR Scott Rolen 27

SS Sammy Sosa 21

THA Travis Hafner 48

THE Todd Helton 17

VG Vladimir Guerrero 27