2003 Ultra

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Description[edit]

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. Each 24-pack Hobby contains two game-used memorabilia cards.

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[edit]

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

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Complete Set 250 - 9:1 9:1
Short Set 200 - 8:1 8:1
2002 Rookie Update 20 - 1:2 1:2
Prospects 10 - 1:2 1:2
All-Stars 20 - 1:4 1:4
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[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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  • 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

All-Stars[edit]

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  • 201 Jason Giambi
  • 202 Alfonso Soriano
  • 203 Shea Hillenbrand
  • 204 Alex Rodriguez
  • 205 Jorge Posada
  • 206 Ichiro
  • 207 Manny Ramirez
  • 208 Torii Hunter
  • 209 Todd Helton
  • 210 Jose Vidro
  • 211 Scott Rolen
  • 212 Jimmy Rollins
  • 213 Mike Piazza
  • 214 Barry Bonds
  • 215 Sammy Sosa
  • 216 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 217 Lance Berkman
  • 218 Derek Jeter
  • 219 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 220 Luis Gonzalez

2002 Ultra Rookies[edit]

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Each card is done in the style of the previous years Ultra set.

  • 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[edit]

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  • 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[edit]

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

NOTE: Each card is sequentially-numbered with a "U-" prefix.

  • U-251 Chien-Ming Wang RC
  • U-252 Rickie Weeks RC
  • U-253 Brandon Webb RC
  • U-254 Hideki Matsui RC
  • U-255 Michael Hessman RC
  • U-256 Ryan Wagner RC
  • U-257 Matt Kata RC
  • U-258 Edwin Jackson RC
  • U-259 Jose Contreras RC
  • U-260 Delmon Young RC
  • U-261 Bo Hart RC
  • U-262 Jeff Duncan RC
  • U-263 Robby Hammock RC
  • U-264 Jeremy Bonderman RC
  • U-265 Clint Barmes RC

Parallels[edit]

Gold Medallion[edit]

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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[edit]

Double Up[edit]

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  • 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[edit]

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  • 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[edit]

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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[edit]

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  • 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

Back 2 Back[edit]

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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

Autographs & Game-Used[edit]

Moonshots Memorabilia[edit]

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  • 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[edit]

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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[edit]

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  • 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[edit]

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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