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1991 Ultra was Fleer’s foray into the premium brand market to | 1991 Ultra was Fleer’s foray into the premium brand market to compete with Upper Deck and Leaf. The complete base set consists of 400 cards in one series. The set is arranged alphabetically first by team then by player. Subsets include Major League Prospects (373-390), Great Performances (391-396) and Checklists (397-400). Also there was a ten-card insert set called “Ultra Team”. Collector’s terminology refers to the set as “Ultra Gold”. | ||
The cards featured three full color photos on the back making it the first time a baseball card had 4 photos of one player on a card. | The cards featured three full color photos on the back making it the first time a baseball card had 4 photos of one player on a card. | ||
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Foil: 36 packs per box, 14 cards plus one team logo sticker per pack. | Foil: 36 packs per box, 14 cards plus one team logo sticker per pack. | ||
Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 92% (368 of 400); Duplicates: 128; Ultra Team Insert Completion: 80% (8 of 10) | |||
=Reviews= | =Reviews= | ||
1991 Ultra received a poor review in the December 1991 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly''. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled “Ultra Shaky”. Chuck Roethel had several negative remarks such as “a general yawn”, “may not seem as exciting as other premium sets” and “crying for help”. He also bemoaned the absence of rookie cards for Jeff Bagwell, Juan Gonzalez, Scott Erickson & Mike Timlin but still felt Fleer did a decent job with player selection. In contrast, Mr. Roethel gave a glowing review for the Team | 1991 Ultra received a poor review in the December 1991 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly''. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled “Ultra Shaky”. Chuck Roethel had several negative remarks such as “a general yawn”, “may not seem as exciting as other premium sets” and “crying for help”. He also bemoaned the absence of rookie cards for Jeff Bagwell, Juan Gonzalez, Scott Erickson & Mike Timlin but still felt Fleer did a decent job with player selection. In contrast, Mr. Roethel gave a glowing review for the Ultra Team subset describing it as “an almost perfect card” and stated, “This is how the entire set should have looked”. | ||
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==Base Set== | ==Base Set== | ||
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295 Lee Smith | |||
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===Major League Prospects=== | ===Major League Prospects=== | ||
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===Great Performances=== | ===Great Performances=== | ||
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'''NOTE:''' This subset was originally titled "Elite Performances." | |||
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===Checklists=== | ===Checklists=== | ||
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==Inserts== | ==Inserts== | ||
===Gold | ===Ultra Team (Ultra Gold)=== | ||
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===Team Logo Stickers=== | |||
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Each 1991 Ultra Baseball pack contained a team logo sticker. This was the final year in which all officially-licensed non-Topps baseball card products were required to contain something other than baseball cards (not to include gum) in each pack. Each logo sticker is a 2 1/2" square and there is one sticker for each of the 26 MLB teams. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 20 July 2020
Description
1991 Ultra was Fleer’s foray into the premium brand market to compete with Upper Deck and Leaf. The complete base set consists of 400 cards in one series. The set is arranged alphabetically first by team then by player. Subsets include Major League Prospects (373-390), Great Performances (391-396) and Checklists (397-400). Also there was a ten-card insert set called “Ultra Team”. Collector’s terminology refers to the set as “Ultra Gold”.
The cards featured three full color photos on the back making it the first time a baseball card had 4 photos of one player on a card.
Fleer claimed in their original press release that production of Ultra would be limited to 15 percent of the 1991 Fleer Baseball.
The set was originally titled "Fleer Elite" but was changed after Donruss introduced the Elite Series inserts earlier in the year.
Distribution
Foil: 36 packs per box, 14 cards plus one team logo sticker per pack.
Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 92% (368 of 400); Duplicates: 128; Ultra Team Insert Completion: 80% (8 of 10)
Reviews
1991 Ultra received a poor review in the December 1991 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled “Ultra Shaky”. Chuck Roethel had several negative remarks such as “a general yawn”, “may not seem as exciting as other premium sets” and “crying for help”. He also bemoaned the absence of rookie cards for Jeff Bagwell, Juan Gonzalez, Scott Erickson & Mike Timlin but still felt Fleer did a decent job with player selection. In contrast, Mr. Roethel gave a glowing review for the Ultra Team subset describing it as “an almost perfect card” and stated, “This is how the entire set should have looked”.
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
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| Base | 400 | - | ? |
| Ultra Team (Ultra Gold) | 10 | - | 1:4.5 |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Steve Avery
- 2 Jeff Blauser
- 3 Francisco Cabrera
- 4 Ron Gant
- 5 Tom Glavine
- 6 Tommy Gregg
- 7 Dave Justice
- 8 Oddibe McDowell
- 9 Greg Olson
- 10 Terry Pendleton
- 11 Lonnie Smith
- 12 John Smoltz
- 13 Jeff Treadway
- 14 Glenn Davis
- 15 Mike Devereaux
- 16 Leo Gomez
- 17 Chris Hoiles
- 18 Dave Johnson
- 19 Ben McDonald
- 20 Randy Milligan
- 21 Gregg Olson
- 22 Joe Orsulak
- 23 Bill Ripken
- 24 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 25 David Segui
- 26 Craig Worthington
- 27 Wade Boggs
- 28 Tom Bolton
- 29 Tom Brunansky
- 30 Ellis Burks
- 31 Roger Clemens
- 32 Mike Greenwell
- 33 Greg A. Harris
- 34 Daryl Irvine RC
- 35 Mike Marshall UER (1990 stat line reads "990")
- 36 Tim Naehring
- 37 Tony Pena
- 38 Phil Plantier RC
- 39 Carlos Quintana
- 40 Jeff Reardon
- 41 Jody Reed
- 42 Luis Rivera
- 43 Jim Abbott
- 44 Chuck Finley
- 45 Bryan Harvey
- 46 Donnie Hill
- 47 Jack Howell
- 48 Wally Joyner
- 49 Mark Langston
- 50 Kirk McCaskill
- 51 Lance Parrish
- 52 Dick Schofield
- 53 Lee Stevens
- 54 Dave Winfield
- 55 George Bell
- 56 Damon Berryhill
- 57 Mike Bielecki
- 58 Andre Dawson
- 59 Shawon Dunston
- 60 Joe Girardi UER (Photo of Doug Dascenzo)
- 61 Mark Grace
- 62 Mike Harkey
- 63 Les Lancaster
- 64 Greg Maddux
- 65 Derrick May
- 66 Ryne Sandberg
- 67 Luis Salazar
- 68 Dwight Smith
- 69 Hector Villanueva
- 70 Jerome Walton
- 71 Mitch Williams
- 72 Carlton Fisk
- 73 Scott Fletcher
- 74 Ozzie Guillen
- 75 Greg Hibbard
- 76 Lance Johnson
- 77 Steve Lyons
- 78 Jack McDowell
- 79 Dan Pasqua
- 80 Melido Perez
- 81 Tim Raines
- 82 Sammy Sosa
- 83 Cory Snyder
- 84 Bobby Thigpen
- 85 Frank Thomas UER (Listed as an outfielder)
- 86 Robin Ventura
- 87 Todd Benzinger
- 88 Glenn Braggs
- 89 Tom Browning UER (Photo on front is Norm Charlton)
- 90 Norm Charlton
- 91 Eric Davis
- 92 Rob Dibble
- 93 Bill Doran
- 94 Mariano Duncan UER (Photo on back is Billy Hatcher)
- 95 Billy Hatcher
- 96 Barry Larkin
- 97 Randy Myers
- 98 Hal Morris
- 99 Joe Oliver
- 100 Paul O'Neill
- 101 Jeff Reed
- 102 Jose Rijo
- 103 Chris Sabo
- 104 Beau Allred UER (Card #101)
- 105 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
- 106 Carlos Baerga UER (Card #103)
- 107 Albert Belle
- 108 Jerry Browne
- 109 Tom Candiotti
- 110 Alex Cole
- 111 John Farrell UER (Card #114)
- 112 Felix Fermin
- 113 Brook Jacoby
- 114 Chris James UER (Card #111)
- 115 Doug Jones
- 116 Steve Olin
- 117 Greg Swindell
- 118 Turner Ward RC
- 119 Mitch Webster UER (Card #116)
- 120 Dave Bergman
- 121 Cecil Fielder
- 122 Travis Fryman
- 123 Mike Henneman
- 124 Lloyd Moseby
- 125 Dan Petry
- 126 Tony Phillips
- 127 Mark Salas
- 128 Frank Tanana
- 129 Alan Trammell
- 130 Lou Whitaker
- 131 Eric Anthony
- 132 Craig Biggio
- 133 Ken Caminiti
- 134 Casey Candaele
- 135 Andujar Cedeno
- 136 Mark Davidson
- 137 Jim Deshaies
- 138 Mark Portugal
- 139 Rafael Ramirez
- 140 Mike Scott
- 141 Eric Yelding
- 142 Gerald Young
- 143 Kevin Appier
- 144 George Brett
- 145 Jeff Conine RC
- 146 Jim Eisenreich
- 147 Tom Gordon
- 148 Mark Gubicza
- 149 Bo Jackson
- 150 Brent Mayne
- 151 Mike Macfarlane
- 152 Brian McRae RC
- 153 Jeff Montgomery
- 154 Bret Saberhagen
- 155 Kevin Seitzer
- 156 Terry Shumpert
- 157 Kurt Stillwell
- 158 Danny Tartabull
- 159 Tim Belcher
- 160 Kal Daniels
- 161 Alfredo Griffin
- 162 Lenny Harris
- 163 Jay Howell
- 164 Ramon Martinez
- 165 Mike Morgan
- 166 Eddie Murray
- 167 Jose Offerman
- 168 Juan Samuel
- 169 Mike Scioscia
- 170 Mike Sharperson
- 171 Darryl Strawberry
- 172 Greg Brock
- 173 Chuck Crim
- 174 Jim Gantner
- 175 Ted Higuera
- 176 Mark Knudson
- 177 Tim McIntosh
- 178 Paul Molitor
- 179 Dan Plesac
- 180 Gary Sheffield
- 181 Bill Spiers
- 182 B.J. Surhoff
- 183 Greg Vaughn
- 184 Robin Yount
- 185 Rick Aguilera
- 186 Greg Gagne
- 187 Dan Gladden
- 188 Brian Harper
- 189 Kent Hrbek
- 190 Gene Larkin
- 191 Shane Mack
- 192 Pedro Munoz RC
- 193 Al Newman
- 194 Junior Ortiz
- 195 Kirby Puckett
- 196 Kevin Tapani
- 197 Dennis Boyd
- 198 Tim Burke
- 199 Ivan Calderon
- 200 Delino DeShields
- 201 Mike Fitzgerald
- 202 Steve Frey
- 203 Andres Galarraga
- 204 Marquis Grissom
- 205 Dave Martinez
- 206 Dennis Martinez
- 207 Junior Noboa
- 208 Spike Owen
- 209 Scott Ruskin
- 210 Tim Wallach
- 211 Daryl Boston
- 212 Vince Coleman
- 213 David Cone
- 214 Ron Darling
- 215 Kevin Elster
- 216 Sid Fernandez
- 217 John Franco
- 218 Dwight Gooden
- 219 Tom Herr
- 220 Todd Hundley
- 221 Gregg Jefferies
- 222 Howard Johnson
- 223 Dave Magadan
- 224 Kevin McReynolds
- 225 Keith Miller
- 226 Mackey Sasser
- 227 Frank Viola
- 228 Jesse Barfield
- 229 Greg Cadaret
- 230 Alvaro Espinoza
- 231 Bob Geren
- 232 Lee Guetterman
- 233 Mel Hall
- 234 Andy Hawkins UER (Photo on back is not him)
- 235 Roberto Kelly
- 236 Tim Leary
- 237 Jim Leyritz
- 238 Kevin Maas
- 239 Don Mattingly
- 240 Hensley Meulens
- 241 Eric Plunk
- 242 Steve Sax
- 243 Todd Burns
- 244 Jose Canseco
- 245 Dennis Eckersley
- 246 Mike Gallego
- 247 Dave Henderson
- 248 Rickey Henderson
- 249 Rick Honeycutt
- 250 Carney Lansford
- 251 Mark McGwire
- 252 Mike Moore
- 253 Terry Steinbach
- 254 Dave Stewart
- 255 Walt Weiss
- 256 Bob Welch
- 257 Curt Young
- 258 Wes Chamberlain RC
- 259 Pat Combs
- 260 Darren Daulton
- 261 Jose DeJesus
- 262 Lenny Dykstra
- 263 Charlie Hayes
- 264 Von Hayes
- 265 Ken Howell
- 266 John Kruk
- 267 Roger McDowell
- 268 Mickey Morandini
- 269 Terry Mulholland
- 270 Dale Murphy
- 271 Randy Ready
- 272 Dickie Thon
- 273 Stan Belinda
- 274 Jay Bell
- 275 Barry Bonds
- 276 Bobby Bonilla
- 277 Doug Drabek
- 278 Carlos Garcia RC
- 279 Neal Heaton
- 280 Jeff King
- 281 Bill Landrum
- 282 Mike LaValliere
- 283 Jose Lind
- 284 Orlando Merced RC
- 285 Gary Redus
- 286 Don Slaught
- 287 Andy Van Slyke
- 288 Jose DeLeon
- 289 Pedro Guerrero
- 290 Ray Lankford
- 291 Joe Magrane
- 292 Jose Oquendo
- 293 Tom Pagnozzi
- 294 Bryn Smith
- 295 Lee Smith
- 296 Ozzie Smith UER (Typo in birthdate: "12-26,54")
- 297 Milt Thompson
- 298 Craig Wilson RC
- 299 Todd Zeile
- 300 Shawn Abner
- 301 Andy Benes
- 302 Paul Faries RC
- 303 Tony Gwynn
- 304 Greg W. Harris
- 305 Thomas Howard
- 306 Bruce Hurst
- 307 Craig Lefferts
- 308 Fred McGriff
- 309 Dennis Rasmussen
- 310 Bip Roberts
- 311 Benito Santiago
- 312 Garry Templeton
- 313 Ed Whitson
- 314 Dave Anderson
- 315 Kevin Bass
- 316 Jeff Brantley
- 317 John Burkett
- 318 Will Clark
- 319 Steve Decker RC
- 320 Scott Garrelts
- 321 Terry Kennedy
- 322 Mark Leonard RC
- 323 Darren Lewis
- 324 Greg Litton
- 325 Willie McGee
- 326 Kevin Mitchell
- 327 Don Robinson
- 328 Andres Santana
- 329 Robby Thompson
- 330 Jose Uribe
- 331 Matt Williams
- 332 Scott Bradley
- 333 Henry Cotto
- 334 Alvin Davis
- 335 Ken Griffey, Sr.
- 336 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 337 Erik Hanson
- 338 Brian Holman
- 339 Randy Johnson
- 340 Edgar Martinez UER (Listed as a shortstop)
- 341 Tino Martinez
- 342 Pete O'Brien
- 343 Harold Reynolds
- 344 Dave Valle
- 345 Omar Vizquel
- 346 Brad Arnsberg
- 347 Kevin Brown
- 348 Julio Franco
- 349 Jeff Huson
- 350 Rafael Palmeiro
- 351 Geno Petralli
- 352 Gary Pettis
- 353 Kenny Rogers
- 354 Jeff Russell
- 355 Nolan Ryan
- 356 Ruben Sierra
- 357 Bobby Witt
- 358 Roberto Alomar
- 359 Pat Borders
- 360 Joe Carter RevNeg (on back)
- 361 Kelly Gruber
- 362 Tom Henke
- 363 Glenallen Hill
- 364 Jimmy Key
- 365 Manny Lee
- 366 Rance Mulliniks
- 367 John Olerud
- 368 Dave Stieb
- 369 Duane Ward
- 370 David Wells
- 371 Mark Whiten
- 372 Mookie Wilson
Major League Prospects
- 373 Willie Banks MLP
- 374 Steve Carter MLP
- 375 Scott Chiamparino MLP
- 376 Steve Chitren MLP RC
- 377 Darrin Fletcher MLP
- 378 Rich Garces MLP RC
- 379 Reggie Jefferson MLP
- 380 Eric Karros MLP RC
- 381 Pat Kelly MLP RC
- 382 Chuck Knoblauch MLP
- 383 Denny Neagle MLP RC
- 384 Dan Opperman MLP RC*
- 385 John Ramos MLP RC
- 386 Henry Rodriguez MLP RC
- 387 Mo Vaughn MLP
- 388 Gerald Williams MLP RC
- 389 Mike York MLP RC
- 390 Eddie Zosky MLP
Great Performances
NOTE: This subset was originally titled "Elite Performances."
- 391 Barry Bonds
- 392 Cecil Fielder
- 393 Rickey Henderson
- 394 Dave Justice
- 395 Nolan Ryan
- 396 Bobby Thigpen
Checklists
- 397 Gregg Jefferies
- 398 Von Hayes
- 399 Terry Kennedy
- 400 Nolan Ryan
Inserts
Ultra Team (Ultra Gold)
- 1 Barry Bonds
- 2 Will Clark
- 3 Doug Drabek
- 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 5 Rickey Henderson
- 6 Bo Jackson
- 7 Ramon Martinez
- 8 Kirby Puckett UER (Puckett did not win consecutive BA titles)
- 9 Chris Sabo
- 10 Ryne Sandberg UER (Dave Johnson and Rogers Hornsby did not hit 40 HR in 1990)
Team Logo Stickers
Each 1991 Ultra Baseball pack contained a team logo sticker. This was the final year in which all officially-licensed non-Topps baseball card products were required to contain something other than baseball cards (not to include gum) in each pack. Each logo sticker is a 2 1/2" square and there is one sticker for each of the 26 MLB teams.
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