1991 Ultra
Description
1991 Ultra was Fleer’s foray into the premium brand market to complete with Upper Deck and Leaf. The complete base set consists of 400 cards. 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.
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 Gold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 400 | - | ? |
| Gold Team | 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 David 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
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
35 Mike Marshall
36 Tim Naehring
37 Tony Pena
38 Phil Plantier
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
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
86 Robin Ventura
87 Todd Benzinger
88 Glenn Braggs
89 Tom Browning UER
90 Norm Charlton
91 Eric Davis
92 Rob Dibble
93 Bill Doran
94 Mariano Duncan UER
95 Billy Hatcher
96 Barry Larkin
97 Randy Myers
98 Hal Morris
99 Joe Oliver
100 Paul O'Neill
101 Jeff Reed ERR
102 Jose Rijo
103 Chris Sabo ERR
104 Beau Allred UER
105 Sandy Alomar Jr.
106 Carlos Baerga UER
107 Albert Belle
108 Jerry Browne
109 Tom Candiotti
110 Alex Cole
111 John Farrell ERR
112 Felix Fermin
113 Brook Jacoby
114 Chris James UER
115 Doug Jones
116 Steve Olin ERR
117 Greg Swindell
118 Turner Ward
119 Mitch Webster UER
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
146 Jim Eisenreich
147 Tom Gordon
148 Mark Gubicza
149 Bo Jackson
150 Brent Mayne
151 Mike Macfarlane
152 Brian McRae
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
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
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
259 Pat Combs
260 Darren Daulton
261 Jose DeJesus
262 Len 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
297 Milt Thompson
298 Craig Wilson
299 Todd Zeile
300 Shawn Abner
301 Andy Benes
302 Paul Faries
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
320 Scott Garrelts
321 Terry Kennedy
322 Mark Leonard
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
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 UER
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
374 Steve Carter
375 Scott Chiamparino
376 Steve Chitren
377 Darrin Fletcher
378 Rich Garces
379 Reggie Jefferson
380 Eric Karros RC
381 Pat Kelly
382 Chuck Knoblauch
383 Denny Neagle
384 Dan Opperman
385 John Ramos
386 Henry Rodriguez
387 Mo Vaughn
388 Gerald Williams RC
389 Mike York
390 Eddie Zosky
Great Performances
391 Barry Bonds
392 Cecil Fielder
393 Rickey Henderson
394 David Justice
395 Nolan Ryan
396 Bobby Thigpen
Checklists
397 Gregg Jefferies
398 Von Hayes
399 Terry Kennedy
400 Nolan Ryan
Errors
89 Tom Browning UER (Front photo is of Norm Charlton)
94 Mariano Duncan UER (Right back photo is Billy Hatcher)
104 Beau Allred UER (Card number is 101)
106 Carlos Baerga UER (Card number is 103)
114 Chris James UER (Card number is 111)
119 Mitch Webster UER (Card number is 116)
234 Andy Hawkins UER (Back center photo is not him)
Inserts
Gold Team
1 Barry Bonds
2 Will Clark
3 Doug Drabek
4 Ken Griffey
5 Rickey Henderson
6 Bo Jackson
7 Ray Martin
8 Kirby Puckett
9 Chris Sabo
10 Ryne Sandberg