Revision as of 21:38, 16 May 2012

Description

2003 Ultra consists of 265 cards released in two series. The first 250 cards were issued as part of the 2003 Ultra product in November, 2002. Cards numbered 1-200 feature veterans, 201-220 feature All-Stars, 221-240 feature rookies from 2002 in the the design of 2002 Ultra and 241-250 feature rookie prospects of 2003.

The final fifteen cards can only be found in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats, which was released in December 2003. These 15 additional cards feature a top prospect and are serial-numbered to 1500.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Complete Set	265	-	?	?
Short Set	200	-	?	?
All-Stars	20	-	1:4	1:4
2002 Rookie Update	20	-	1:2	1:2
Prospects	10	-	1:2	1:2
Gold Medallion Base	200	-	1:1	N/A
Gold Medallion All-Star	20	-	1:24	N/A
Gold Medallion Rookie	30	-	1:24	N/A
Double Up	16	-	1:8	1:8
Moonshots	20	-	1:12	1:12
Photo Effex	20	-	1:12	1:12
Photo Effex Gold	20	25	?	?
When It Was A Game	40	-	1:20	1:12
Back 2 Back	17	1000	?	?
Moonshots Memorabilia	20	-	*	?
Back 2 Back Memorabilia	17	500	*	?
Back 2 Back Memorabilia Gold	17	50	*	?
Double Up Memorabilia	16	100	*	?
When It Was A Game Used	12	varies	*	?

Each 24-pack Hobby box yields two game-used cards

Checklist

Base Set

1 Barry Bonds
2 Derek Jeter
3 Ichiro
4 Mike Lowell
5 Hideo Nomo
6 Javier Vazquez
7 Jeremy Giambi
8 Jamie Moyer
9 Rafael Palmeiro
10 Magglio Ordonez
11 Trot Nixon
12 Luis Castillo
13 Paul Byrd
14 Adam Kennedy
15 Trevor Hoffman
16 Matt Morris
17 Nomar Garciaparra
18 Matt Lawton
19 Carlos Beltran
20 Jason Giambi
21 Brian Giles
22 Jim Edmonds
23 Garret Anderson
24 Tony Batista
25 Aaron Boone
26 Mike Hampton
27 Billy Wagner
28 Kazuhisa Ishii
29 Al Leiter
30 Pat Burrell
31 Jeff Kent
32 Randy Johnson
33 Ray Durham
34 Josh Beckett
35 Cristian Guzman
36 Roger Clemens
37 Freddy Garcia
38 Roy Halladay
39 David Eckstein
40 Jerry Hairston
41 Barry Larkin
42 Larry Walker
43 Craig Biggio
44 Edgardo Alfonzo
45 Marlon Byrd
46 J.T. Snow
47 Juan Gonzalez
48 Ramon Ortiz
49 Jay Gibbons
50 Adam Dunn
51 Juan Pierre
52 Jeff Bagwell
53 Kevin Brown
54 Pedro Astacio
55 Mike Lieberthal
56 Johnny Damon
57 Tim Salmon
58 Mike Bordick
59 Ken Griffey, Jr.
60 Jason Jennings
61 Lance Berkman
62 Jeromy Burnitz
63 Jimmy Rollins
64 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
65 Alex Rodriguez
66 Greg Maddux
67 Mark Prior
68 Mike Maroth
69 Geoff Jenkins
70 Tony Armas
71 Jermaine Dye
72 Albert Pujols
73 Shannon Stewart
74 Troy Glaus
75 Brook Fordyce
76 Juan Encarnacion
77 Todd Hollandsworth
78 Roy Oswalt
79 Paul Lo Duca
80 Mike Piazza
81 Bob Abreu
82 Sean Burroughs
83 Randy Winn
84 Curt Schilling
85 Chris Singleton
86 Sean Casey
87 Todd Zeile
88 Richard Hidalgo
89 Roberto Alomar
90 Tim Hudson
91 Ryan Klesko
92 Greg Vaughn
93 Tony Womack
94 Fred McGriff
95 Tom Glavine
96 Todd Walker
97 Travis Fryman
98 Shane Reynolds
99 Shawn Green
100 Mo Vaughn
101 Adam Piatt
102 Deivi Cruz
103 Steve Cox
104 Luis Gonzalez
105 Russell Branyan
106 Daryle Ward
107 Mariano Rivera
108 Phil Nevin
109 Ben Grieve
110 Moises Alou
111 Omar Vizquel
112 Joe Randa
113 Jorge Posada
114 Mark Kotsay
115 Ryan Rupe
116 Javy Lopez
117 Corey Patterson
118 Bobby Higginson
119 Jose Vidro
120 Barry Zito
121 Scott Rolen
122 Gary Sheffield
123 Kerry Wood
124 Brandon Inge
125 Jose Hernandez
126 Michael Barrett
127 Miguel Tejada
128 Edgar Renteria
129 Junior Spivey
130 Jose Valentin
131 Derrek Lee
132 A.J. Pierzynski
133 Mike Mussina
134 Bret Boone
135 Chan Ho Park
136 Steve Finley
137 Mark Buehrle
138 A.J. Burnett
139 Ben Sheets
140 David Ortiz
141 Nick Johnson
142 Randall Simon
143 Carlos Delgado
144 Darin Erstad
145 Shea Hillenbrand
146 Todd Helton
147 Preston Wilson
148 Eric Gagne
149 Vladimir Guerrero
150 Brandon Duckworth
151 Rich Aurilia
152 Ivan Rodriguez
153 Andruw Jones
154 Carlos Lee
155 Robert Fick
156 Jacque Jones
157 Bernie Williams
158 John Olerud
159 Eric Hinske
160 Matt Clement
161 Dmitri Young
162 Torii Hunter
163 Carlos Pena
164 Mike Cameron
165 Raul Mondesi
166 Pedro Martinez
167 Bob Wickman
168 Mike Sweeney
169 David Wells
170 Jason Kendall
171 Tino Martinez
172 Matt Williams
173 Frank Thomas
174 Cliff Floyd
175 Corey Koskie
176 Orlando Hernandez
177 Edgar Martinez
178 Richie Sexson
179 Manny Ramirez
180 Jim Thome
181 Andy Pettitte
182 Aramis Ramirez
183 J.D. Drew
184 Brian Jordan
185 Sammy Sosa
186 Jeff Weaver
187 Jeffrey Hammonds
188 Eric Milton
189 Eric Chavez
190 Kazuhiro Sasaki
191 Jose Cruz
192 Derek Lowe
193 C.C. Sabathia
194 Adrian Beltre
195 Alfonso Soriano
196 Jack Wilson
197 Fernando Vina
198 Chipper Jones
199 Paul Konerko
200 Rusty Greer
U-251 Chien-Ming Wang
U-252 Rickie Weeks
U-253 Brandon Webb
U-254 Hideki Matsui
U-255 Michael Hessman
U-256 Ryan Wagner
U-257 Matt Kata
U-258 Edwin Jackson
U-259 Jose Contreras
U-260 Delmon Young
U-261 Bo Hart
U-262 Jeff Duncan
U-263 Robby Hammock
U-264 Jeremy Bonderman
U-265 Clint Barmes

2002 Ultra Rookies

221 Kazuhisa Ishii
222 Satoru Komiyama
223 So Taguchi
224 Jorge Padilla
225 Ben Howard
226 Jason Simontacchi
227 Barry Wesson
228 Howie Clark
229 Aaron Guiel
230 Oliver Perez
231 David Ross
232 Julius Matos
233 Chris Snelling
234 Rodrigo Lopez
235 Will Nieves
236 Joe Borchard
237 Aaron Cook
238 Anderson Machado
239 Corey Thurman
240 Tyler Yates

Prospects

241 Coco Crisp
242 Andy Van Hekken
243 Jim Rushford
244 Jeriome Robertson
245 Shane Nance
246 Kevin Cash
247 Kirk Saarloos
248 Josh Bard
249 Dave Pember
250 Freddy Sanchez

Rookies & Greats Prospects

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies and randomly seeded in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats.

Parallels

Gold Medallion

Each of the 250 Ultra Series base cards are available in a Hobby-exclusive, die-cut Gold Medallion parallel. Each Hobby pack contains one Gold Medallion card with cards from the All-Stars, 2002 Rookie Update and Prospect subsets short-printed.

Inserts

Back 2 Back

Each Back 2 Back insert is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

1 B2B Derek Jeter
2 B2B Barry Bonds
3 B2B Mike Piazza
4 B2B Alex Rodriguez
5 B2B Todd Helton
6 B2B Edgar Martinez
7 B2B Chipper Jones
8 B2B Shawn Green
9 B2B Chan Ho Park
10 B2B Preston Wilson
11 B2B Manny Ramirez
12 B2B Aramis Ramirez
13 B2B Pedro Martinez
14 B2B Ivan Rodriguez
15 B2B Ichiro
16 B2B Sammy Sosa
17 B2B Jason Giambi

Double Up

1 Derek Jeter / Mike Piazza
2 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro
3 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
4 Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez
5 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter
6 Barry Bonds / Jason Giambi
7 Ichiro / Hideo Nomo
8 Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling
9 Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra
10 Roger Clemens / Kevin Brown
11 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez
12 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo
13 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
14 Ichiro / Ken Griffey, Jr.
15 Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa
16 Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar

Moonshots

1 MS Mike Piazza
2 MS Alex Rodriguez
3 MS Manny Ramirez
4 MS Ivan Rodriguez
5 MS Luis Gonzalez
6 MS Shawn Green
7 MS Barry Bonds
8 MS Jason Giambi
9 MS Nomar Garciaparra
10 MS Edgar Martinez
11 MS Mo Vaughn
12 MS Chipper Jones
13 MS Todd Helton
14 MS Raul Mondesi
15 MS Preston Wilson
16 MS Rafael Palmeiro
17 MS Jim Edmonds
18 MS Bernie Williams
19 MS Vladimir Guerrero
20 MS Alfonso Soriano

Photo Effex

Each card is also available in a Photo Effex Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

1 PE Derek Jeter
2 PE Barry Bonds
3 PE Sammy Sosa
4 PE Troy Glaus
5 PE Albert Pujols
6 PE Alex Rodriguez
7 PE Ichiro
8 PE Greg Maddux
9 PE Nomar Garciaparra
10 PE Jeff Bagwell
11 PE Chipper Jones
12 PE Mike Piazza
13 PE Randy Johnson
14 PE Vladimir Guerrero
15 PE Alfonso Soriano
16 PE Lance Berkman
17 PE Todd Helton
18 PE Mike Lowell
19 PE Carlos Delgado
20 PE Jason Giambi

When it was a Game

1 WG Derek Jeter
2 WG Barry Bonds
3 WG Luis Aparicio
4 WG Richie Ashburn
5 WG Ernie Banks
6 WG Enos Slaughter
7 WG Yogi Berra
8 WG Lou Boudreau
9 WG Lou Brock
10 WG Jim Bunning
11 WG Rod Carew
12 WG Orlando Cepeda
13 WG Larry Doby
14 WG Bobby Doerr
15 WG Bob Feller
16 WG Brooks Robinson
17 WG Rollie Fingers
18 WG Whitey Ford
19 WG Bob Gibson
20 WG Catfish Hunter
21 WG Nolan Ryan
22 WG Reggie Jackson
23 WG Fergie Jenkins
24 WG Al Kaline
25 WG Mike Schmidt
26 WG Harmon Killebrew
27 WG Ralph Kiner
28 WG Willie Stargell
29 WG Billy Williams
30 WG Tom Seaver
31 WG Juan Marichal
32 WG Eddie Mathews
33 WG Willie McCovey
34 WG Joe Morgan
35 WG Stan Musial
36 WG Robin Roberts
37 WG Robin Yount
38 WH Jim Palmer
39 WH Phil Rizzuto
40 WH Pee Wee Reese

Autographs & Game-Used

Moonshots Memorabilia

AR Alex Rodriguez JSY
AS Alfonso Soriano PANTS
BB Barry Bonds JSY
BW Bernie Williams JSY
CG Vladimir Guerrero BASE
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
EM Edgar Martinez JSY
IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
JE Jim Edmonds JSY
JG Jason Giambi BASE
LG Luis Gonzalez JSY
MP Mike Piazza JSY
MR Manny Ramirez JSY
MV Mo Vaughn JSY
NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
PW Preston Wilson JSY
RM Raul Mondesi JSY
RP Rafael Palmeiro JSY
SG Shawn Green JSY
TH Todd Helton JSY

Back 2 Back Memorabilia

Each Back 2 Back Memorabilia card is serial-numbered to 500 copies with a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 50 copies, also available.

AR Aramis Ramirez PANTS
AR1 Alex Rodriguez JSY
BB Barry Bonds BAT
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
CP Chan Ho Park BAT
DJ Derek Jeter JSY
EM Edgar Martinez JSY
IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
IS Ichiro BASE
JG Jason Giambi BASE
MP Mike Piazza JSY
MR Manny Ramirez JSY
PM Pedro Martinez JSY
PW Preston Wilson JSY
SG Shawn Green JSY
SS Sammy Sosa BASE
TH Todd Helton JSY

Double Up Memorabilia

1 Derek Jeter / Mike Piazza JSY / JSY
2 Alex Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro JSY / JSY
3 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones BAT / JSY
4 Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez JSY / JSY
5 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter JSY / JSY
6 Barry Bonds / Jason Giambi BAT / BASE
7 Ichiro / Hideo Nomo BASE / JSY
8 Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling JSY / JSY
9 Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra JSY / JSY
10 Roger Clemens / Kevin Brown JSY / JSY
11 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez JSY / JSY
12 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo JSY / JSY
13 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez JSY / JSY
14 Ichiro / Ken Griffey, Jr. BASE / BASE
15 Barry Bonds / Sammy Sosa BAT / BASE
16 Alfonso Soriano / Roberto Alomar PANTS / JSY

When It Was A Game Used

Each When it was a Game Used card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

1 Yogi Berra PANTS 100
2 Barry Bonds BAT 200
3 Larry Doby BAT 150
4 Catfish Hunter JSY 200
5 Reggie Jackson BAT 300
6 Derek Jeter JSY 200
7 Juan Marichal JSY 300
8 Eddie Mathews BAT 300
9 Willie McCovey JSY 150
10 Joe Morgan PANTS 200
11 Jim Palmer PANTS 300
12 Tom Seaver PANTS 100

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 |Short Set||200||-||?||?
 |-
-|2002 Rookie Update||20||-||1:2||?
+|All-Stars||20||-||1:4||1:4
 |-
-|Prospects||10||-||1:2||?
+|2002 Rookie Update||20||-||1:2||1:2
 |-
-|Gold Medallion Base||200||-||1:1||?
+|Prospects||10||-||1:2||1:2
 |-
-|Gold Medallion All-Star||20||-||1:24||?
+|Gold Medallion Base||200||-||1:1||N/A
 |-
-|Gold Medallion Rookie||30||-||1:24||?
+|Gold Medallion All-Star||20||-||1:24||N/A
 |-
-|All-Stars||20||-||1:4||?
+|Gold Medallion Rookie||30||-||1:24||N/A
 |-
-|Double Up||16||-||1:8||?
+|Double Up||16||-||1:8||1:8
 |-
-|Moonshots||20||-||1:12||?
+|Moonshots||20||-||1:12||1:12
 |-
-|Photo Effex||20||-||1:12||?
+|Photo Effex||20||-||1:12||1:12
 |-
 |Photo Effex Gold||20||25||?||?
 |-
-|When It Was A Game||40||-||1:20||?
+|When It Was A Game||40||-||1:20||1:12
 |-
 |Back 2 Back||17||1000||?||?
 |-
-|Moonshots Memorabilia||20||-||2 relics per box||?
+|Moonshots Memorabilia||20||-||*||?
 |-
-|Back 2 Back Memorabilia||17||500||2 relics per box||?
+|Back 2 Back Memorabilia||17||500||*||?
 |-
-|Back 2 Back Memorabilia Gold||17||50||2 relics per box||?
+|Back 2 Back Memorabilia Gold||17||50||*||?
 |-
-|Double Up Memorabilia||16||100||2 relics per box||?
+|Double Up Memorabilia||16||100||*||?
 |-
-|When It Was A Game Used||12||varies||2 relics per box||?
+|When It Was A Game Used||12||varies||*||?
 |}
+* Each 24-pack Hobby box yields two game-used cards
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