1997 Studio

Description

1997 Studio is a 165-card set, issued in August, 1997. Each pack, which resembles an express mail envelope, contained five standard-sized cards and one 8x10 Studio Portrait. It is believed that the following base cards: 112, 133, 137, 147 and 161 were short printed.

Distribution

18 packs per box, five cards plus one 8 X 10 Studio Portrait per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	165	-	?
Silver Press Proofs	165	1500	?
Gold Press Proofs	165	500	?
8 X 10 Portraits	24	-	1:1
Hard Hats	24	5000	?
Master Strokes	24	2000	?
Master Strokes 8 X 10	24	5000	?
Autographs	3	varies	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Frank Thomas
• 2 Gary Sheffield
• 3 Jason Isringhausen
• 4 Ron Gant
• 5 Andy Pettitte
• 6 Todd Hollandsworth
• 7 Troy Percival
• 8 Mark McGwire
• 9 Barry Larkin
• 10 Ken Caminiti
• 11 Paul Molitor
• 12 Travis Fryman
• 13 Kevin Brown
• 14 Robin Ventura
• 15 Andres Galarraga
• 16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 17 Roger Clemens
• 18 Alan Benes
• 19 Dave Justice
• 20 Damon Buford
• 21 Mike Piazza
• 22 Ray Durham
• 23 Billy Wagner
• 24 Dean Palmer
• 25 David Cone
• 26 Ruben Sierra
• 27 Henry Rodriguez
• 28 Ray Lankford
• 29 Jamey Wright
• 30 Brady Anderson
• 31 Tino Martinez
• 32 Manny Ramirez
• 33 Jeff Conine
• 34 Dante Bichette
• 35 Jose Canseco
• 36 Mo Vaughn
• 37 Sammy Sosa
• 38 Mark Grudzielanek
• 39 Mike Mussina
• 40 Bill Pulsipher
• 41 Ryne Sandberg
• 42 Rickey Henderson
• 43 Alex Rodriguez
• 44 Eddie Murray
• 45 Ernie Young
• 46 Joey Hamilton
• 47 Wade Boggs
• 48 Rusty Greer
• 49 Carlos Delgado
• 50 Ellis Burks
• 51 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 52 Alex Fernandez
• 53 Wally Joyner
• 54 James Baldwin
• 55 Juan Gonzalez
• 56 John Smoltz
• 57 Omar Vizquel
• 58 Shane Reynolds
• 59 Barry Bonds
• 60 Jason Kendall
• 61 Marty Cordova
• 62 Charles Johnson
• 63 John Jaha
• 64 Chan Ho Park
• 65 Jermaine Allensworth
• 66 Mark Grace
• 67 Tim Salmon
• 68 Edgar Martinez
• 69 Marquis Grissom
• 70 Craig Biggio
• 71 Bob Higginson
• 72 Kevin Seitzer
• 73 Hideo Nomo
• 74 Dennis Eckersley
• 75 Bobby Bonilla
• 76 Dwight Gooden
• 77 Jeff Cirillo
• 78 Brian McRae
• 79 Chipper Jones
• 80 Jeff Fassero
• 81 Fred McGriff
• 82 Garret Anderson
• 83 Eric Karros
• 84 Derek Bell
• 85 Kenny Lofton
• 86 John Mabry
• 87 Pat Hentgen
• 88 Greg Maddux
• 89 Jason Giambi
• 90 Al Martin
• 91 Derek Jeter
• 92 Rey Ordonez
• 93 Will Clark
• 94 Kevin Appier
• 95 Roberto Alomar
• 96 Joe Carter
• 97 Bernie Williams
• 98 Albert Belle
• 99 Greg Vaughn
• 100 Tony Clark
• 101 Matt Williams
• 102 Jeff Bagwell
• 103 Reggie Sanders
• 104 Mariano Rivera
• 105 Larry Walker
• 106 Shawn Green
• 107 Alex Ochoa
• 108 Ivan Rodriguez
• 109 Eric Young
• 110 Javy Lopez
• 111 Brian Hunter
• 112 Raul Mondesi
• 113 Randy Johnson
• 114 Tony Phillips
• 115 Carlos Garcia
• 116 Moises Alou
• 117 Paul O'Neill
• 118 Jim Thome
• 119 Jermaine Dye
• 120 Wilson Alvarez
• 121 Rondell White
• 122 Michael Tucker
• 123 Mike Lansing
• 124 Tony Gwynn
• 125 Ryan Klesko
• 126 Jim Edmonds
• 127 Chuck Knoblauch
• 128 Rafael Palmeiro
• 129 Jay Buhner
• 130 Tom Glavine
• 131 Julio Franco
• 132 Cecil Fielder
• 133 Paul Wilson
• 134 Deion Sanders
• 135 Alex Gonzalez
• 136 Charles Nagy
• 137 Andy Ashby
• 138 Edgar Renteria
• 139 Pedro Martinez
• 140 Brian Jordan
• 141 Todd Hundley
• 142 Marc Newfield
• 143 Darryl Strawberry
• 144 Dan Wilson
• 145 Brian Giles RC
• 146 F.P. Santangelo
• 147 Shannon Stewart
• 148 Scott Spiezio
• 149 Andruw Jones
• 150 Karim Garcia
• 151 Vladimir Guerrero
• 152 George Arias
• 153 Brooks Kieschnick
• 154 Todd Walker
• 155 Scott Rolen
• 156 Todd Greene
• 157 Dmitri Young
• 158 Ruben Rivera
• 159 Bartolo Colon
• 160 Nomar Garciaparra
• 161 Bob Abreu
• 162 Darin Erstad
• 163 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
• 164 Frank Thomas CL
• 165 Alex Rodriguez CL

Parallels

Press Proofs

Each of the 165 base cards is available in the following "Press Proof" parallels.

• Silver Press Proof (limited to 1500 copies)
• Gold Press Proof (limited to 500 copies)

NOTE: None of the Press Proofs are serial-numbered.

8 X 10 Portraits

Each pack contained one 8 X 10 "Portrait." The 24-card set is, essentially, an over-sized partial parallel.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Alex Rodriguez
• 4 Andruw Jones
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Mike Piazza
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Albert Belle
• 10 Derek Jeter
• 11 Juan Gonzalez
• 12 Todd Walker
• 13 Mark McGwire
• 14 Barry Bonds
• 15 Jeff Bagwell
• 16 Manny Ramirez
• 17 Kenny Lofton
• 18 Mo Vaughn
• 19 Hideo Nomo
• 20 Tony Gwynn
• 21 Vladimir Guerrero
• 22 Gary Sheffield
• 23 Ryne Sandberg
• 24 Scott Rolen

Inserts

Hard Hats

This 24-card set features acetate cards die-cut to resemble a batting helmet. Only 5000 serial-numbered copies were produced. The entire 24-card set was also issued as promo cards. The promos are all serial-numbered "XXXX/5000."

• 1 Ivan Rodriguez
• 2 Albert Belle
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Chuck Knoblauch
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 7 Todd Walker
• 8 Alex Rodriguez
• 9 Jim Thome
• 10 Mike Piazza
• 11 Barry Larkin
• 12 Chipper Jones
• 13 Derek Jeter
• 14 Matt Williams
• 15 Jason Giambi
• 16 Tim Salmon
• 17 Brady Anderson
• 18 Rondell White
• 19 Bernie Williams
• 20 Juan Gonzalez
• 21 Karim Garcia
• 22 Scott Rolen
• 23 Darin Erstad
• 24 Brian Jordan

Master Strokes

This 24-card set features cards printed on a canvas-like substance. Each card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies. In addition an 8 X 10 parallel of the set was also produced. Each 8 X 10 is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

• 1 Derek Jeter
• 2 Jeff Bagwell
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Barry Bonds
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Andy Pettitte
• 7 Mo Vaughn
• 8 Alex Rodriguez
• 9 Andruw Jones
• 10 Kenny Lofton
• 11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 12 Greg Maddux
• 13 Manny Ramirez
• 14 Mike Piazza
• 15 Vladimir Guerrero
• 16 Albert Belle
• 17 Chipper Jones
• 18 Hideo Nomo
• 19 Sammy Sosa
• 20 Tony Gwynn
• 21 Gary Sheffield
• 22 Mark McGwire
• 23 Juan Gonzalez
• 24 Paul Molitor

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Donruss had three players autograph a limited number of their 8 X 10 Portraits for random insertion. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below, and each card has a special silver foil "Autographed Signature" stamp on the front. In addition, the first 100 copies of each card were signed in blue ink, the remainder in black.

• 12 Todd Walker 1250
• 21 Vladimir Guerrero 500
• 24 Scott Rolen 1000