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1998 Ultra Series 1 hobby box

Description

1998 Ultra is a 501-card set released over two series. This would be the first year Ultra had short-printed base set cards, and also the first year Fleer printed the cards on 20 pt. card stock.

The set contains the following short-printed subsets: Seasons Crowns (211-220), Prospects (221-245), Checklists (246-250 and 473-475), and Pizzazz (476-500). Card #501 was a late addition to the set.

Rookie Cards include Kevin Millwood and Magglio Ordonez. Though not confirmed by the manufacturer, it's believed that several cards within the Prospects subset are in shorter supply than others - most notably number 238 Ricky Ledee and number 243 Jorge Velandia.

Seeded one in every pack, was one of 50 Million Dollar Moment cards which pictured some of the greatest moments in baseball history and gave the collector a chance to win a million dollars. Also seeded at the rate of one-per-pack were Diamond Ink point cards. Diamond Ink point cards were seeded across all 1998 Fleer Baseball card products. If a hobbyist amassed 500 points for a particular player, he/she could redeem them for a autographed baseball of the player.

As a special last minute promotion, Fleer/SkyBox got Alex Rodriguez to autograph 750 of his 1998 Fleer Tradition Promo cards. Each card is serial-numbered by hand on the card front. The signed cards were randomly seeded into Ultra Series two hobby packs.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.59)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	501	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Matt Morris

3 Roger Clemens

4 Matt Williams

5 Roberto Hernandez

6 Rondell White

7 Tim Salmon

8 Brad Radke

9 Brett Butler

10 Carl Everett

11 Chili Davis

12 Chuck Finley

13 Darryl Kile

14 Deivi Cruz

15 Gary Gaetti

16 Matt Stairs

17 Pat Meares

18 Will Cunnane

19 Steve Woodard

20 Andy Ashby

21 Bobby Higginson

22 Brian Jordan

23 Craig Biggio

24 Jim Edmonds

25 Ryan McGuire

26 Scott Hatteberg

27 Willie Greene

28 Albert Belle

29 Ellis Burks

30 Hideo Nomo

31 Jeff Bagwell

32 Kevin Brown

33 Nomar Garciaparra

34 Pedro Martinez

35 Raul Mondesi

36 Ricky Bottalico

37 Shawn Estes

38 Otis Nixon

39 Terry Steinbach

40 Tom Glavine

41 Todd Dunwoody

42 Deion Sanders

43 Gary Sheffield

44 Mike Lansing

45 Mike Lieberthal

46 Paul Sorrento

47 Paul O'Neill

48 Tom Goodwin

49 Andruw Jones

50 Barry Bonds

51 Bernie Williams

52 Jeremi Gonzalez

53 Mike Piazza

54 Russ Davis

55 Vinny Castilla

56 Rod Beck

57 Andres Galarraga

58 Ben McDonald

59 Billy Wagner

60 Charles Johnson

61 Fred McGriff

62 Dean Palmer

63 Frank Thomas

64 Ismael Valdes

65 Mark Bellhorn

66 Jeff King

67 John Wetteland

68 Mark Grace

69 Mark Kotsay

70 Scott Rolen

71 Todd Hundley

72 Todd Worrell

73 Wilson Alvarez

74 Bobby Jones

75 Jose Canseco

76 Kevin Appier

77 Neifi Perez

78 Paul Molitor

79 Quilvio Veras

80 Randy Johnson

81 Glendon Rusch

82 Curt Schilling

83 Alex Rodriguez

84 Rey Ordonez

85 Jeff Juden

86 Mike Cameron

87 Ryan Klesko

88 Trevor Hoffman

89 Chuck Knoblauch

90 Larry Walker

91 Mark McLemore

92 B.J. Surhoff

93 Darren Daulton

94 Ray Durham

95 Sammy Sosa

96 Eric Young

97 Gerald Williams

98 Javy Lopez

99 John Smiley

100 Juan Gonzalez

101 Shawn Green

102 Charles Nagy

103 David Justice

104 Joey Hamilton

105 Pat Hentgen

106 Raul Casanova

107 Tony Phillips

108 Tony Gwynn

109 Will Clark

110 Jason Giambi

111 Jay Bell

112 Johnny Damon

113 Alan Benes

114 Jeff Suppan

115 Kevin Polcovich

116 Shigetoshi Hasegawa

117 Steve Finley

118 Tony Clark

119 David Cone

120 Jose Guillen

121 Kevin Millwood RC

122 Greg Maddux

123 Dave Nilsson

124 Hideki Irabu

125 Jason Kendall

126 Jim Thome

127 Delino DeShields

128 Edgar Renteria

129 Edgardo Alfonzo

130 J.T. Snow

131 Jeff Abbott

132 Jeffrey Hammonds

133 Todd Greene

134 Vladimir Guerrero

135 Jay Buhner

136 Jeff Cirillo

137 Jeromy Burnitz

138 Mickey Morandini

139 Tino Martinez

140 Jeff Shaw

141 Rafael Palmeiro

142 Bobby Bonilla

143 Cal Ripken

144 Chad Fox RC

145 Dante Bichette

146 Dennis Eckersley

147 Mariano Rivera

148 Mo Vaughn

149 Reggie Sanders

150 Derek Jeter

151 Rusty Greer

152 Brady Anderson

153 Brett Tomko

154 Jaime Navarro

155 Kevin Orie

156 Roberto Alomar

157 Edgar Martinez

158 John Olerud

159 John Smoltz

160 Ryne Sandberg

161 Billy Taylor

162 Chris Holt

163 Damion Easley

164 Darin Erstad

165 Joe Carter

166 Kelvim Escobar

167 Ken Caminiti

168 Pokey Reese

169 Ray Lankford

170 Livan Hernandez

171 Steve Kline

172 Tom Gordon

173 Travis Fryman

174 Al Martin

175 Andy Pettitte

176 Jeff Kent

177 Jimmy Key

178 Mark Grudzielanek

179 Tony Saunders

180 Barry Larkin

181 Bubba Trammell

182 Carlos Delgado

183 Carlos Baerga

184 Derek Bell

185 Henry Rodriguez

186 Jason Dickson

187 Ron Gant

188 Tony Womack

189 Justin Thompson

190 Fernando Tatis

191 Mark Wohlers

192 Takashi Kashiwada

193 Garret Anderson

194 Jose Cruz Jr.

195 Ricardo Rincon

196 Tim Naehring

197 Moises Alou

198 Eric Karros

199 John Jaha

200 Marty Cordova

201 Ken Hill

202 Chipper Jones

203 Kenny Lofton

204 Mike Mussina

205 Manny Ramirez

206 Todd Hollandsworth

207 Cecil Fielder

208 Mark McGwire

209 Jim Leyritz

210 Ivan Rodriguez

Season Crowns

211 Jeff Bagwell

212 Barry Bonds

213 Roger Clemens

214 Nomar Garciaparra

215 Ken Griffey Jr.

216 Tony Gwynn

217 Randy Johnson

218 Mark McGwire

219 Scott Rolen

220 Frank Thomas

Prospects

221 Matt Perisho

222 Wes Helms

223 Dave Dellucci RC

224 Todd Helton

225 Brian Rose

226 Aaron Boone

227 Keith Foulke

228 Homer Bush

229 Shannon Stewart

230 Richard Hidalgo

231 Russ Johnson

232 Henry Blanco RC

233 Paul Konerko

234 Antone Williamson

235 Shane Bowers RC

236 Jose Vidro

237 Derek Wallace

238 Ricky Ledee SP

239 Ben Grieve

240 Lou Collier

241 Derrek Lee

242 Ruben Rivera

243 Jorge Velandia SP

244 Andrew Vessel

245 Chris Carpenter

Series One Checklists

246 Ken Griffey Jr.

247 Alex Rodriguez

248 Diamond Ink

249 Frank Thomas

250 Cal Ripken

Series Two

251 Carlos Perez

252 Larry Sutton

253 Gary Sheffield

254 Wally Joyner

255 Todd Stottlemyre

256 Nerio Rodriguez

257 Charles Johnson

258 Pedro Astacio

259 Cal Eldred

260 Chili Davis

261 Freddy Garcia

262 Bobby Witt

263 Michael Coleman

264 Mike Caruso

265 Mike Lansing

266 Dennis Reyes

267 F.P. Santangelo

268 Darryl Hamilton

269 Mike Fetters

270 Charlie Hayes

271 Royce Clayton

272 Doug Drabek

273 James Baldwin

274 Brian Hunter

275 Chan Ho Park

276 John Franco

277 David Wells

278 Eli Marrero

279 Kerry Wood

280 Donnie Sadler

281 Scott Winchester RC

282 Hal Morris

283 Brad Fullmer

284 Bernard Gilkey

285 Ramiro Mendoza

286 Kevin Brown

287 David Segui

288 Willie McGee

289 Darren Oliver

290 Antonio Alfonseca

291 Eric Davis

292 Mickey Morandini

293 Frank Catalanotto RC

294 Derrek Lee

295 Todd Zeile

296 Chuck Knoblauch

297 Wilson Delgado

298 Bobby Bonilla

299 Orel Hershiser

300 Ozzie Guillen

301 Aaron Sele

302 Joe Carter

303 Darryl Kile

304 Shane Reynolds

305 Todd Dunn

306 Bob Abreu

307 Doug Strange

308 Jose Canseco

309 Lance Johnson

310 Harold Baines

311 Todd Pratt

312 Greg Colbrunn

313 Masato Yoshii RC

314 Felix Heredia

315 Dennis Martinez

316 Geronimo Berroa

317 Darren Lewis

318 Bill Ripken

319 Enrique Wilson

320 Alex Ochoa

321 Doug Glanville

322 Mike Stanley

323 Gerald Williams

324 Pedro Martinez

325 Jaret Wright

326 Terry Pendleton

327 LaTroy Hawkins

328 Emil Brown

329 Walt Weiss

330 Omar Vizquel

331 Carl Everett

332 Fernando Vina

333 Mike Blowers

334 Dwight Gooden

335 Mark Lewis

336 Jim Leyritz

337 Kenny Lofton

338 John Halama RC

339 Jose Valentin

340 Desi Relaford

341 Dante Powell

342 Ed Sprague

343 Reggie Jefferson

344 Mike Hampton

345 Marquis Grissom

346 Heathcliff Slocumb

347 Francisco Cordova

348 Ken Cloude

349 Benito Santiago

350 Denny Neagle

351 Sean Casey

352 Robb Nen

353 Orlando Merced

354 Adrian Brown

355 Gregg Jefferies

356 Otis Nixon

357 Michael Tucker

358 Eric Milton

359 Travis Fryman

360 Gary DiSarcina

361 Mario Valdez

362 Craig Counsell

363 Jose Offerman

364 Tony Fernandez

365 Jason McDonald

366 Sterling Hitchcock

367 Donovan Osborne

368 Troy Percival

369 Henry Rodriguez

370 Dmitri Young

371 Jay Powell

372 Jeff Conine

373 Orlando Cabrera

374 Butch Huskey

375 Mike Lowell RC

376 Kevin Young

377 Jamie Moyer

378 Jeff D'Amico

379 Scott Erickson

380 Magglio Ordonez RC

381 Melvin Nieves

382 Ramon Martinez

383 A.J. Hinch

384 Jeff Brantley

385 Kevin Elster

386 Allen Watson

387 Moises Alou

388 Jeff Blauser

389 Pete Harnisch

390 Shane Andrews

391 Rico Brogna

392 Stan Javier

393 David Howard

394 Darryl Strawberry

395 Kent Mercker

396 Juan Encarnacion

397 Sandy Alomar Jr.

398 Al Leiter

399 Tony Graffanino

400 Terry Adams

401 Bruce Aven

402 Derrick Gibson

403 Jose Cabrera RC

404 Rich Becker

405 David Ortiz

406 Brian McRae

407 Bobby Estalella

408 Bill Mueller

409 Dennis Eckersley

410 Sandy Martinez

411 Jose Vizcaino

412 Jermaine Allensworth

413 Miguel Tejada

414 Turner Ward

415 Glenallen Hill

416 Lee Stevens

417 Cecil Fielder

418 Ruben Sierra

419 Jon Nunnally

420 Rod Myers

421 Dustin Hermanson

422 James Mouton

423 Dan Wilson

424 Roberto Kelly

425 Antonio Osuna

426 Jacob Cruz

427 Brent Mayne

428 Matt Karchner

429 Damian Jackson

430 Roger Cedeno

431 Rickey Henderson

432 Joe Randa

433 Greg Vaughn

434 Andres Galarraga

435 Rod Beck

436 Curtis Goodwin

437 Brad Ausmus

438 Bob Hamelin

439 Todd Walker

440 Scott Brosius

441 Len Dykstra

442 Abraham Nunez

443 Brian Johnson

444 Randy Myers

445 Bret Boone

446 Oscar Henriquez

447 Mike Sweeney

448 Kenny Rogers

449 Mark Langston

450 Luis Gonzalez

451 John Burkett

452 Bip Roberts

453 Travis Lee

454 Felix Rodriguez

455 Andy Benes

456 Willie Blair

457 Brian Anderson

458 Jay Bell

459 Matt Williams

460 Devon White

461 Karim Garcia

462 Jorge Fabregas

463 Wilson Alvarez

464 Roberto Hernandez

465 Tony Saunders

466 Rolando Arrojo RC

467 Wade Boggs

468 Fred McGriff

469 Paul Sorrento

470 Kevin Stocker

471 Bubba Trammell

472 Quinton McCracken

Series Two Checklists

473 Ken Griffey Jr.

474 Cal Ripken

475 Frank Thomas

Pizzazz

476 Ken Griffey Jr.

477 Cal Ripken

478 Frank Thomas

479 Alex Rodriguez

480 Nomar Garciaparra

481 Derek Jeter

482 Andruw Jones

483 Chipper Jones

484 Greg Maddux

485 Mike Piazza

486 Juan Gonzalez

487 Jose Cruz Jr.

488 Jaret Wright

489 Hideo Nomo

490 Scott Rolen

491 Tony Gwynn

492 Roger Clemens

493 Darin Erstad

494 Mark McGwire

495 Jeff Bagwell

496 Mo Vaughn

497 Albert Belle

498 Kenny Lofton

499 Ben Grieve

500 Barry Bonds

501 Mike Piazza

Parallels

All 501 base cards (except where noted) are available in the following parallels.

Gold Medallion

Platinum Medallion (Series One: serial-numbered to 100 copies (only 90 inserted into packs); Series Two: serial-numbered to 98 copies (only 88 inserted into packs))

Masterpiece (one-of-one)

NOTE: Platinum Medallion cards for the three Series Two Checklist cards (#473-475) were NOT produced. In addition, Fleer randomly inserted ten exchange cards in each series that were good for an entire series set of Platinum Medallions.

Inserts

Artistic Talents

Back to the Future

Big Shots

Diamond Immortals

Diamond Producers

Double Trouble

Fall Classics

Kid Gloves

Millennium Men

Notables

Power Plus

Prime Leather

Rocket to Stardom

Ticket Studs

Top 30

Win Now

Autographs & Game-Used

Alex Rodriguez Autographed 1998 Fleer Tradition Promo

As a special last minute promotion, Fleer/SkyBox got Alex Rodriguez to autograph 750 copies of his 1998 Fleer Tradition Promo card. Each card is serial-numbered by hand on the card front. The signed cards were randomly seeded into Ultra Series two hobby packs.

S100 Alex Rodriguez /750