1999 Ultimate Victory

Description

The 1999 Ultimate Victory set was produced by Upper Deck and released exclusively to The Hobby in late 1999. Ultimate Victory was UD's first attempt at a Topps Chrome-like parallel brand.

The base set is 180 cards, all based on the design of that year's Victory Baseball set. The first 120 cards make up the short-set, and there are two 30-card, short-printed subsets: Rookie 99 and McGwire Magic. The stated odds of finding a Rookie 99 or McGwire Magic are 1:4/packs.

Among the key rookie cards: Josh Beckett, Freddy Garcia, Tim Hudson, Alfonso Soriano, Pat Burrell, and Rick Ankiel.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-	5:1
short-set	120	-	?
Rookie 99	30	-	1:4
McGwire Magic	30	-	1:4
Victory	180	-	1:12
Ultimate	180	100	?
Ultimate Victory	180	one-of-one	?
Bleacher Reachers	11	-	1:23
Frozen Ropes	10	-	1:23
STATure	15	-	1:6
Tribute 1999	4	-	1:11
Ultimate Competitors	12	-	1:23
Ultimate Hit Men	8	-	1:23
Fame-Used Memorabilia	5	99 or 350	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Troy Glaus
• 2 Tim Salmon
• 3 Mo Vaughn
• 4 Garret Anderson
• 5 Darin Erstad
• 6 Randy Johnson
• 7 Matt Williams
• 8 Travis Lee
• 9 Jay Bell
• 10 Steve Finley
• 11 Luis Gonzalez
• 12 Greg Maddux
• 13 Chipper Jones
• 14 Javy Lopez
• 15 Tom Glavine
• 16 John Smoltz
• 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 18 Charles Johnson
• 19 Albert Belle
• 20 Mike Mussina
• 21 Pedro Martinez
• 22 Nomar Garciaparra
• 23 Jose Offerman
• 24 Sammy Sosa
• 25 Mark Grace
• 26 Kerry Wood
• 27 Frank Thomas
• 28 Ray Durham
• 29 Paul Konerko
• 30 Pete Harnisch
• 31 Greg Vaughn
• 32 Sean Casey
• 33 Manny Ramirez
• 34 Jim Thome
• 35 Sandy Alomar Jr.
• 36 Roberto Alomar
• 37 Travis Fryman
• 38 Kenny Lofton
• 39 Omar Vizquel
• 40 Larry Walker
• 41 Todd Helton
• 42 Vinny Castilla
• 43 Tony Clark
• 44 Juan Encarnacion
• 45 Dean Palmer
• 46 Damion Easley
• 47 Mark Kotsay
• 48 Cliff Floyd
• 49 Jeff Bagwell
• 50 Ken Caminiti
• 51 Craig Biggio
• 52 Moises Alou
• 53 Johnny Damon
• 54 Larry Sutton
• 55 Kevin Brown
• 56 Adrian Beltre
• 57 Raul Mondesi
• 58 Gary Sheffield
• 59 Jeromy Burnitz
• 60 Sean Berry
• 61 Jeff Cirillo
• 62 Brad Radke
• 63 Todd Walker
• 64 Matt Lawton
• 65 Vladimir Guerrero
• 66 Rondell White
• 67 Dustin Hermanson
• 68 Mike Piazza
• 69 Rickey Henderson
• 70 Robin Ventura
• 71 John Olerud
• 72 Derek Jeter
• 73 Roger Clemens
• 74 Orlando Hernandez
• 75 Paul O'Neill
• 76 Bernie Williams
• 77 Chuck Knoblauch
• 78 Tino Martinez
• 79 Jason Giambi
• 80 Ben Grieve
• 81 Matt Stairs
• 82 Scott Rolen
• 83 Ron Gant
• 84 Bobby Abreu
• 85 Curt Schilling
• 86 Brian Giles
• 87 Jason Kendall
• 88 Kevin Young
• 89 Mark McGwire
• 90 Fernando Tatis
• 91 Ray Lankford
• 92 Eric Davis
• 93 Tony Gwynn
• 94 Reggie Sanders
• 95 Wally Joyner
• 96 Trevor Hoffman
• 97 Robb Nen
• 98 Barry Bonds
• 99 Jeff Kent
• 100 J.T. Snow
• 101 Ellis Burks
• 102 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 103 Alex Rodriguez
• 104 Jay Buhner
• 105 Edgar Martinez
• 106 David Bell
• 107 Bobby Smith
• 108 Wade Boggs
• 109 Fred McGriff
• 110 Rolando Arrojo
• 111 Jose Canseco
• 112 Ivan Rodriguez
• 113 Juan Gonzalez
• 114 Rafael Palmeiro
• 115 Rusty Greer
• 116 Todd Zeile
• 117 Jose Cruz Jr.
• 118 Carlos Delgado
• 119 Shawn Green
• 120 David Wells

Rookie 99

• 121 Eric Munson
• 122 Lance Berkman
• 123 Ed Yarnall
• 124 Jacque Jones
• 125 Kyle Farnsworth RC
• 126 Ryan Rupe RC
• 127 Jeff Weaver
• 128 Gabe Kapler
• 129 Alex Gonzalez
• 130 Randy Wolf
• 131 Ben Davis
• 132 Carlos Beltran
• 133 Jim Morris
• 134 Jeff Zimmerman
• 135 Bruce Aven
• 136 Alfonso Soriano RC
• 137 Tim Hudson RC
• 138 Josh Beckett RC
• 139 Michael Barrett
• 140 Eric Chavez
• 141 Pat Burrell RC
• 142 Kris Benson
• 143 J.D. Drew
• 144 Matt Clement
• 145 Rick Ankiel RC
• 146 Vernon Wells
• 147 Ruben Mateo UER (394)
• 148 Roy Halladay
• 149 Joe McEwing RC
• 150 Freddy Garcia RC

McGwire Magic

• 151 Mark McGwire
• 152 Mark McGwire
• 153 Mark McGwire
• 154 Mark McGwire
• 155 Mark McGwire
• 156 Mark McGwire
• 157 Mark McGwire
• 158 Mark McGwire
• 159 Mark McGwire
• 160 Mark McGwire
• 161 Mark McGwire
• 162 Mark McGwire
• 163 Mark McGwire
• 164 Mark McGwire
• 165 Mark McGwire
• 166 Mark McGwire
• 167 Mark McGwire
• 168 Mark McGwire
• 169 Mark McGwire
• 170 Mark McGwire
• 171 Mark McGwire
• 172 Mark McGwire
• 173 Mark McGwire
• 174 Mark McGwire
• 175 Mark McGwire
• 176 Mark McGwire
• 177 Mark McGwire
• 178 Mark McGwire
• 179 Mark McGwire
• 180 Mark McGwire

Parallels

Each base card is available in the following parallels.

• Victory Collection
• Ultimate Collection (serial-numbered to 100)
• Ultimate Victory Collection (one-of-one).

NOTE: Ultimate Victory Collection cards without the "1/1" foil stamping on the front are known to exist.

Inserts

Bleacher Reachers

• BR1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• BR2 Mark McGwire
• BR3 Sammy Sosa
• BR4 Barry Bonds
• BR5 Nomar Garciaparra
• BR6 Juan Gonzalez
• BR7 Jose Canseco
• BR8 Manny Ramirez
• BR9 Mike Piazza
• BR10 Jeff Bagwell
• BR11 Alex Rodriguez

Frozen Ropes

• F5 Tony Gwynn
• F6 Nomar Garciaparra
• F7 Alex Rodriguez
• F8 Mike Piazza
• F9 Mo Vaughn
• F10 Craig Biggio
• F1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• F2 Mark McGwire
• F3 Sammy Sosa
• F4 Derek Jeter
• F5 Tony Gwynn
• F6 Nomar Garciaparra
• F7 Alex Rodriguez
• F8 Mike Piazza
• F9 Mo Vaughn
• F10 Craig Biggio

STAT[ure]

• S1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• S2 Mark McGwire
• S3 Sammy Sosa
• S4 Nomar Garciaparra
• S5 Roger Clemens
• S6 Greg Maddux
• S7 Alex Rodriguez
• S8 Derek Jeter
• S9 Juan Gonzalez
• S10 Manny Ramirez
• S11 Mike Piazza
• S12 Tony Gwynn
• S13 Chipper Jones
• S14 Pedro Martinez
• S15 Frank Thomas
• S1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• S2 Mark McGwire
• S3 Sammy Sosa
• S4 Nomar Garciaparra
• S5 Roger Clemens
• S6 Greg Maddux
• S7 Alex Rodriguez
• S8 Derek Jeter
• S9 Juan Gonzalez
• S10 Manny Ramirez
• S11 Mike Piazza
• S12 Tony Gwynn
• S13 Chipper Jones
• S14 Pedro Martinez
• S15 Frank Thomas

Tribute 1999

• T1 Nolan Ryan
• T2 Robin Yount
• T3 George Brett
• T4 Orlando Cepeda

Ultimate Competitors

• U1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• U2 Roger Clemens
• U3 Scott Rolen
• U4 Greg Maddux
• U5 Mark McGwire
• U6 Derek Jeter
• U7 Randy Johnson
• U8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• U9 Craig Biggio
• U10 Kevin Brown
• U11 Chipper Jones
• U12 Vladimir Guerrero

Ultimate Hit Men

• H1 Tony Gwynn
• H2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• H3 Wade Boggs
• H4 Larry Walker
• H5 Alex Rodriguez
• H6 Derek Jeter
• H7 Ivan Rodriguez
• H8 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Game-Used

Fame-Used Memorabilia

Fame-Used Memorabilia features game-used bat cards of the four players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. Each card is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 350 copies. The quad-bat card is hand-numbered to 99 copies.

• GB George Brett 350
• NR Nolan Ryan 350
• OC Orlando Cepeda 350
• RY Robin Yount 350
• HOF Nolan Ryan/George Brett/Robin Yount/Orlando Cepeda 99