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Descrpition
Everything you need to know about 2004 Donruss -- and part of the reason why, as of January 1, 2006, they will no longer be in the baseball card business -- is this: They forgot the D-Train.
Now, you would think that a trading card company that has it's office, just blocks away from a baseball stadium would include the previous year's National League Rookie of the Year in it's flagship card set. A no-brainer, right? But no. Dontrelle Willis is nowhere to be seen in '04 Donruss. Such an omission must beg the question: Does anybody at Donruss-Playoff know anything about baseball? To answer this question, we must take a closer look at Donruss-Playoff's previous eforts.
Donruss: The Playoff Years
Playoff gained their MLB and MLBPA licenses in early 2001 and released the much anticipated 2001 Donruss Baseball set, just in time for that season's opening day. The result was one of the worst baseball card sets ever produced.
The reason for this was that 2001 Donruss wasn't really a "Donruss" set. In their haste to "pop a big number in the Beckett" with their first ever original baseball product, Playoff produced a set that bore absolutely no resemblance to the great Donruss sets of the 80s and 90s. 2001 Donruss took about every dumb idea concocted by every two-bit marketing "genius" and rolled them all into one steaming pile of cardboard crap. Even three years later '01 Donruss is the single worst baseball card product ever -- and that's saying a lot.
Things began to look up later in '01 when it was announced that Doug Goddard and the rest of the Pinnacle Brands refugees responsible for 2001 Donruss (and other equally dreadful '01 Playoff baseball brands), quit/were fired from their positions in Donruss' product development team. Unfortunately, the 2002 Donruss set was too far along in the pipeline to completely salvage. The result: Another lousy "Donruss" set.
To be fair, '02 Donruss was a bit of an improvement over the '01 edition. Which is to say, if having two of your fingernails ripped out with a pair of pliers is an improvement over having all five ripped out. Much, but not all, of the extreme gimmickry of 2001 Donruss (the BGS chipptopper, the "pack-in-a-pack," the serial numbered "rookies") was removed. But the set still suffered from the inclusion of 50 short-printed (but not serial numbered) "rookies" and 20 SPed "Fan Club" cards.
As 2002 wore on, it appeared that Playoff was finally getting their act together. They released a number of decent products like Diamond Kings, Donruss Originals, and Donruss The Rookies. All of which led to 2003 Donruss, a set that, while it still wasn't what I would call a true "Donruss" set, was a drastic improvement over their previous efforts. At 400 cards, it was still a couple of hundred cards smaller than the Donruss sets of the 80s and 90s. But without any SPs, 2003 Donruss was, unlike the '01 and '02 versions, a set you could actually collect. A novel concept, I know. Like I said, it was an improvement, but far from perfect. The problem I had with 2003 Donruss was that they pushed up the release date up from March '03 to December of '02. By releasing a single series set that early, there was no way possible to include the scores of players who changed teams via trades or free agency. Granted, this isn't a problem that is unique to Donruss. But '03 Donruss would have been better, a lot better, if they had followed it up with a second series. 2004
Which leads us to 2004 Donruss. On the surface, it appears to be similar to the 2003 edition. All similarities end though, when you open the pack. You see, Playoff went back to short-printing base set this year, but you wouldn't know it by looking on the wrapper. Or by looking on the display box. Or on the press releases. Or at the dealer brochures. Or anywhere else. It isn't until after you open up your box that you'll discover that the 25 Diamond Kings, 45 Rated Rookies and 30 Team Checklists are, in fact, short-printed. Let's set aside the fact that, once again, they unnecessarily short-printed the base set. What irks me is that they SPed the base set, and never bothered to tell. This kind of "bait-and-switch" marketing is absolutely unconscionable. How "Pinnacle" of Playoff.
The rest of the 2004 "Don**" (I refuse to recognize this set as a legitimate "Donruss" set), follows the same kind of contrived scarcity and gimmickry that Playoff has been shoving down The Hobby's collective throat the last couple of releases. Case in point the 20 card "Power Alley" inserts: In addition to the regular PAs, or "Power Alley Red" as Playoff calls them, there are Power Alley Red Die-Cut, Blue, Blue Die-Cut, Purple, Purple Die-Cut, Yellow, Yellow Die-Cut, Green, Green Die-Cut and Black. Do we really have to have 11 different versions of what is, essentially, the same card? Seriously, do we? All of the rest of the non-parallel inserts have some sort of "parallel" element, which I guess is supposed to add some sort of "value." Whatever.
I'm not even going to waste any more time and effort reviewing this steaming pile. 2004 Don** sucks and is not worth your time, money and effort. This set proves that the current Playoff baseball product development team have absolutely no clue as to what they're doing, and that any previous baseball card collecting experience is not a prerequisite to employment with Playoff.
Checklist
Base Set
Diamond Kings
1 Derek Jeter
2 Greg Maddux
3 Albert Pujols
4 Ichiro
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Roger Clemens
7 Andruw Jones
8 Barry Bonds
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Randy Johnson
11 Scott Rolen
12 Lance Berkman
13 Barry Zito
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Carlos Delgado
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Todd Helton
18 Mike Mussina
19 Austin Kearns
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Chipper Jones
22 Mark Prior
23 Jim Thome
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Pedro Martinez
Rated Rookies
26 Sergio Mitre
27 Adam Loewen
28 Alfredo Gonzalez
29 Miguel Ojeda
30 Rosman Garcia
31 Arnie Munoz
32 Andrew Brown
33 Josh Hall
34 Josh Stewart
35 Clint Barmes
36 Brandon Webb
37 Chien-Ming Wang
38 Edgar Gonzalez
39 Alejandro Machado
40 Jeremy Griffiths
41 Craig Brazell
42 Daniel Cabrera
43 Fernando Cabrera
44 Terrmel Sledge
45 Rob Hammock
46 Francisco Rosario
47 Francisco Cruceta
48 Rett Johnson
49 Guillermo Quiroz
50 Hong-Chih Kuo
51 Ian Ferguson
52 Tim Olson
53 Todd Wellemeyer
54 Rich Fischer
55 Phil Seibel
56 Joe Valentine
57 Matt Kata
58 Michael Hessman
59 Michel Hernandez
60 Doug Waechter
61 Prentice Redman
62 Nook Logan
63 Oscar Villarreal
64 Pete LaForest
65 Matt Bruback
66 Dan Haren
67 Greg Aquino
68 Lew Ford
69 Jeff Duncan
70 Ryan Wagner
Short Set
71 Bengie Molina
72 Brad Fullmer
73 Darin Erstad
74 David Eckstein
75 Garret Anderson
76 Jarrod Washburn
77 Kevin Appier
78 Scott Spiezio
79 Tim Salmon
80 Troy Glaus
81 Troy Percival
82 Jason Johnson
83 Jay Gibbons
84 Melvin Mora
85 Sidney Ponson
86 Tony Batista
87 Bill Mueller
88 Byung-Hyun Kim
89 David Ortiz
90 Derek Lowe
91 Johnny Damon
92 Casey Fossum
93 Manny Ramirez
94 Nomar Garciaparra
95 Pedro Martinez
96 Todd Walker
97 Trot Nixon
98 Bartolo Colon
99 Carlos Lee
100 D'Angelo Jimenez
101 Esteban Loaiza
102 Frank Thomas
103 Joe Crede
104 Jose Valentin
105 Magglio Ordonez
106 Mark Buehrle
107 Paul Konerko
108 Brandon Phillips
109 C.C. Sabathia
110 Ellis Burks
111 Jeremy Guthrie
112 Josh Bard
113 Matt Lawton
114 Milton Bradley
115 Omar Vizquel
116 Travis Hafner
117 Bobby Higginson
118 Carlos Pena
119 Dmitri Young
120 Eric Munson
121 Jeremy Bonderman
122 Nate Cornejo
123 Omar Infante
124 Ramon Santiago
125 Angel Berroa
126 Carlos Beltran
127 Desi Relaford
128 Jeremy Affeldt
129 Joe Randa
130 Ken Harvey
131 Mike MacDougal
132 Michael Tucker
133 Mike Sweeney
134 Raul Ibanez
135 Runelvys Hernandez
136 A.J. Pierzynski
137 Brad Radke
138 Corey Koskie
139 Cristian Guzman
140 Doug Mientkiewicz
141 Dustan Mohr
142 Jacque Jones
143 Kenny Rogers
144 Bobby Kielty
145 Kyle Lohse
146 Luis Rivas
147 Torii Hunter
148 Alfonso Soriano
149 Andy Pettitte
150 Bernie Williams
151 David Wells
152 Derek Jeter
153 Hideki Matsui
154 Jason Giambi
155 Jorge Posada
156 Jose Contreras
157 Mike Mussina
158 Nick Johnson
159 Robin Ventura
160 Roger Clemens
161 Barry Zito
162 Chris Singleton
163 Eric Byrnes
164 Eric Chavez
165 Erubiel Durazo
166 Keith Foulke
167 Mark Ellis
168 Miguel Tejada
169 Mark Mulder
170 Ramon Hernandez
171 Ted Lilly
172 Terrence Long
173 Tim Hudson
174 Bret Boone
175 Carlos Guillen
176 Dan Wilson
177 Edgar Martinez
178 Freddy Garcia
179 Gil Meche
180 Ichiro
181 Jamie Moyer
182 Joel Pineiro
183 John Olerud
184 Mike Cameron
185 Randy Winn
186 Ryan Franklin
187 Kazuhiro Sasaki
188 Aubrey Huff
189 Carl Crawford
190 Joe Kennedy
191 Marlon Anderson
192 Rey Ordonez
193 Rocco Baldelli
194 Toby Hall
195 Travis Lee
196 Alex Rodriguez
197 Carl Everett
198 Chan Ho Park
199 Einar Diaz
200 Hank Blalock
201 Ismael Valdes
202 Juan Gonzalez
203 Mark Teixeira
204 Mike Young
205 Rafael Palmeiro
206 Carlos Delgado
207 Kelvim Escobar
208 Eric Hinske
209 Frank Catalanotto
210 Josh Phelps
211 Orlando Hudson
212 Roy Halladay
213 Shannon Stewart
214 Vernon Wells
215 Carlos Baerga
216 Curt Schilling
217 Junior Spivey
218 Luis Gonzalez
219 Lyle Overbay
220 Mark Grace
221 Matt Williams
222 Randy Johnson
223 Shea Hillenbrand
224 Steve Finley
225 Andruw Jones
226 Chipper Jones
227 Gary Sheffield
228 Greg Maddux
229 Javy Lopez
230 John Smoltz
231 Marcus Giles
232 Mike Hampton
233 Rafael Furcal
234 Robert Fick
235 Russ Ortiz
236 Alex Gonzalez
237 Carlos Zambrano
238 Corey Patterson
239 Hee Seop Choi
240 Kerry Wood
241 Mark Bellhorn
242 Mark Prior
243 Moises Alou
244 Sammy Sosa
245 Aaron Boone
246 Adam Dunn
247 Austin Kearns
248 Barry Larkin
249 Felipe Lopez
250 Jose Guillen
251 Ken Griffey, Jr.
252 Jason LaRue
253 Scott Williamson
254 Sean Casey
255 Shawn Chacon
256 Chris Stynes
257 Jason Jennings
258 Jay Payton
259 Jose Hernandez
260 Larry Walker
261 Preston Wilson
262 Ronnie Belliard
263 Todd Helton
264 A.J. Burnett
265 Alex Gonzalez
266 Brad Penny
267 Derrek Lee
268 Ivan Rodriguez
269 Josh Beckett
270 Juan Encarnacion
271 Juan Pierre
272 Luis Castillo
273 Mike Lowell
274 Todd Hollandsworth
275 Billy Wagner
276 Brad Ausmus
277 Craig Biggio
278 Jeff Bagwell
279 Jeff Kent
280 Lance Berkman
281 Richard Hidalgo
282 Roy Oswalt
283 Wade Miller
284 Adrian Beltre
285 Brian Jordan
286 Cesar Izturis
287 Dave Roberts
288 Eric Gagne
289 Fred McGriff
290 Hideo Nomo
291 Kazuhisa Ishii
292 Kevin Brown
293 Paul Lo Duca
294 Shawn Green
295 Ben Sheets
296 Geoff Jenkins
297 Rey Sanchez
298 Richie Sexson
299 Wes Helms
300 Brad Wilkerson
301 Claudio Vargas
302 Endy Chavez
303 Fernando Tatis
304 Javier Vazquez
305 Jose Vidro
306 Michael Barrett
307 Orlando Cabrera
308 Tony Armas, Jr.
309 Vladimir Guerrero
310 Zach Day
311 Al Leiter
312 Cliff Floyd
313 Jae Weong Seo
314 Jeromy Burnitz
315 Mike Piazza
316 Mo Vaughn
317 Roberto Alomar
318 Roger Cedeno
319 Tom Glavine
320 Jose Reyes
321 Bobby Abreu
322 Brett Myers
323 David Bell
324 Jim Thome
325 Jimmy Rollins
326 Kevin Millwood
327 Marlon Byrd
328 Mike Lieberthal
329 Pat Burrell
330 Randy Wolf
331 Aramis Ramirez
332 Brian Giles
333 Jason Kendall
334 Kenny Lofton
335 Kip Wells
336 Kris Benson
337 Randall Simon
338 Reggie Sanders
339 Albert Pujols
340 Edgar Renteria
341 Fernando Vina
342 J.D. Drew
343 Jim Edmonds
344 Matt Morris
345 Mike Matheny
346 Scott Rolen
347 Tino Martinez
348 Woody Williams
349 Brian Lawrence
350 Mark Kotsay
351 Mark Loretta
352 Ramon Vazquez
353 Rondell White
354 Ryan Klesko
355 Sean Burroughs
356 Trevor Hoffman
357 Xavier Nady
358 Andres Galarraga
359 Barry Bonds
360 Benito Santiago
361 Deivi Cruz
362 Edgardo Alfonzo
363 J.T. Snow
364 Jason Schmidt
365 Kirk Rueter
366 Kurt Ainsworth
367 Marquis Grissom
368 Ray Durham
369 Rich Aurilia
370 Tim Worrell
Team Checklist
371 Troy Glaus
372 Melvin Mora
373 Nomar Garciaparra
374 Magglio Ordonez
375 Omar Vizquel
376 Dmitri Young
377 Mike Sweeney
378 Torii Hunter
379 Derek Jeter
380 Barry Zito
381 Ichiro
382 Rocco Baldelli
383 Alex Rodriguez
384 Carlos Delgado
385 Randy Johnson
386 Greg Maddux
387 Sammy Sosa
388 Ken Griffey, Jr.
389 Todd Helton
390 Ivan Rodriguez
391 Jeff Bagwell
392 Hideo Nomo
393 Richie Sexson
394 Vladimir Guerrero
395 Mike Piazza
396 Jim Thome
397 Jason Kendall
398 Albert Pujols
399 Ryan Klesko
400 Barry Bonds
Parallels
Gold Diamond Kings
A twenty-five partial parallel of the Diamond King subset. Each card is numbered to 2000 copies, with a Studio Series parallel numbered to 250, and a Black version numbered to 100.
Career Stat Lines
Each card in this parallel is serial numbered to a specific career statistic. Although there is no stated insertion ratio, a typical 24-pack hobby should yield four Stat Line parallels.
Each CSL (and coresponding SSL) is exclusive to hobby packs. In most (but not all) instances, there are more copies of a player's Career Stat Line (CSL) than his Season Stat Line (SSL).
1 Derek Jeter
2 Greg Maddux
3 Albert Pujols
4 Ichiro
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Roger Clemens
7 Andruw Jones
8 Barry Bonds
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Randy Johnson
11 Scott Rolen
12 Lance Berkman
13 Barry Zito
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Carlos Delgado
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Todd Helton
18 Mike Mussina
19 Austin Kearns
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Chipper Jones
22 Mark Prior
23 Jim Thome
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Pedro Martinez
26 Sergio Mitre
27 Adam Loewen
28 Alfredo Gonzalez
29 Miguel Ojeda
30 Rosman Garcia
31 Arnie Munoz
32 Andrew Brown
33 Josh Hall
34 Josh Stewart
35 Clint Barmes
36 Brandon Webb
37 Chien-Ming Wang
38 Edgar Gonzalez
39 Alejandro Machado
40 Jeremy Griffiths
41 Craig Brazell
42 Daniel Cabrera
43 Fernando Cabrera
44 Terrmel Sledge
45 Rob Hammock
46 Francisco Rosario
47 Francisco Cruceta
48 Rett Johnson
49 Guillermo Quiroz
50 Hong-Chih Kuo
51 Ian Ferguson
52 Tim Olson
53 Todd Wellemeyer
54 Rich Fischer
55 Phil Seibel
56 Joe Valentine
57 Matt Kata
58 Michael Hessman
59 Michel Hernandez
60 Doug Waechter
61 Prentice Redman
62 Nook Logan
63 Oscar Villarreal
64 Pete LaForest
65 Matt Bruback
66 Dan Haren
67 Greg Aquino
68 Lew Ford
69 Jeff Duncan
70 Ryan Wagner
71 Bengie Molina
72 Brad Fullmer
73 Darin Erstad
74 David Eckstein
75 Garret Anderson
76 Jarrod Washburn
77 Kevin Appier
78 Scott Spiezio
79 Tim Salmon
80 Troy Glaus
81 Troy Percival
82 Jason Johnson
83 Jay Gibbons
84 Melvin Mora
85 Sidney Ponson
86 Tony Batista
87 Bill Mueller
88 Byung-Hyun Kim
89 David Ortiz
90 Derek Lowe
91 Johnny Damon
92 Casey Fossum
93 Manny Ramirez
94 Nomar Garciaparra
95 Pedro Martinez
96 Todd Walker
97 Trot Nixon
98 Bartolo Colon
99 Carlos Lee
100 D'Angelo Jimenez
101 Esteban Loaiza
102 Frank Thomas
103 Joe Crede
104 Jose Valentin
105 Magglio Ordonez
106 Mark Buehrle
107 Paul Konerko
108 Brandon Phillips
109 C.C Sabathia
110 Ellis Burks
111 Jeremy Guthrie
112 Josh Bard
113 Matt Lawton
114 Milton Bradley
115 Omar Vizquel
116 Travis Hafner
117 Bobby Higginson
118 Carlos Pena
119 Dmitri Young
120 Eric Munson
121 Jeremy Bonderman
122 Nate Cornejo
123 Omar Infante
124 Ramon Santiago
125 Angel Berroa
126 Carlos Beltran
127 Desi Relaford
128 Jeremy Affeldt
129 Joe Randa
130 Ken Harvey
131 Mike MacDougal
132 Michael Tucker
133 Mike Sweeney
134 Raul Ibanez
135 Runelvys Hernandez
136 A.J. Pierzynski
137 Brad Radke
138 Corey Koskie
139 Cristian Guzman
140 Doug Mientkiewicz
141 Dustan Mohr
142 Jacque Jones
143 Kenny Rogers
144 Bobby Kielty
145 Kyle Lohse
146 Luis Rivas
147 Torii Hunter
148 Alfonso Soriano
149 Andy Pettitte
150 Bernie Williams
151 David Wells
152 Derek Jeter
153 Hideki Matsui
154 Jason Giambi
155 Jorge Posada
156 Jose Contreras
157 Mike Mussina
158 Nick Johnson
159 Robin Ventura
160 Roger Clemens
161 Barry Zito
162 Chris Singleton
163 Eric Byrnes
164 Eric Chavez
165 Erubiel Durazo
166 Keith Foulke
167 Mark Ellis
168 Miguel Tejada
169 Mark Mulder
170 Ramon Hernandez
171 Ted Lilly
172 Terrence Long
173 Tim Hudson
174 Bret Boone
175 Carlos Guillen
176 Dan Wilson
177 Edgar Martinez
178 Freddy Garcia
179 Gil Meche
180 Ichiro
181 Jamie Moyer
182 Joel Pineiro
183 John Olerud
184 Mike Cameron
185 Randy Winn
186 Ryan Franklin
187 Kazuhiro Sasaki
188 Aubrey Huff
189 Carl Crawford
190 Joe Kennedy
191 Marlon Anderson
192 Rey Ordonez
193 Rocco Baldelli
194 Toby Hall 262
195 Travis Lee
196 Alex Rodriguez
197 Carl Everett
198 Chan Ho Park
199 Einar Diaz
200 Hank Blalock
201 Ismael Valdes
202 Juan Gonzalez
203 Mark Teixeira
204 Mike Young
205 Rafael Palmeiro
206 Carlos Delgado
207 Kelvim Escobar
208 Eric Hinske
209 Frank Catalanotto
210 Josh Phelps
211 Orlando Hudson 196
212 Roy Halladay
213 Shannon Stewart
214 Vernon Wells
215 Carlos Baerga
216 Curt Schilling
217 Junior Spivey
218 Luis Gonzalez
219 Lyle Overbay
220 Mark Grace
221 Matt Williams
222 Randy Johnson
223 Shea Hillenbrand
224 Steve Finley
225 Andruw Jones
226 Chipper Jones
227 Gary Sheffield
228 Greg Maddux
229 Javy Lopez
230 John Smoltz
231 Marcus Giles
232 Mike Hampton
233 Rafael Furcal
234 Robert Fick
235 Russ Ortiz
236 Alex Gonzalez
237 Carlos Zambrano
238 Corey Patterson
239 Hee Seop Choi
240 Kerry Wood
241 Mark Bellhorn
242 Mark Prior
243 Moises Alou
244 Sammy Sosa
245 Aaron Boone
246 Adam Dunn
247 Austin Kearns
248 Barry Larkin
249 Felipe Lopez
250 Jose Guillen
251 Ken Griffey, Jr.
252 Jason LaRue
253 Scott Williamson
254 Sean Casey
255 Shawn Chacon
256 Chris Stynes
257 Jason Jennings
258 Jay Payton
259 Jose Hernandez
260 Larry Walker
261 Preston Wilson
262 Ronnie Belliard
263 Todd Helton
264 A.J. Burnett
265 Alex Gonzalez
266 Brad Penny
267 Derrek Lee
268 Ivan Rodriguez
269 Josh Beckett
270 Juan Encarnacion
271 Juan Pierre
272 Luis Castillo
273 Mike Lowell
274 Todd Hollandsworth
275 Billy Wagner
276 Brad Ausmus
277 Craig Biggio
278 Jeff Bagwell
279 Jeff Kent
280 Lance Berkman
281 Richard Hidalgo
282 Roy Oswalt
283 Wade Miller
284 Adrian Beltre
285 Brian Jordan
286 Cesar Izturis 278
287 Dave Roberts
288 Eric Gagne
289 Fred McGriff
290 Hideo Nomo
291 Kazuhisa Ishii
292 Kevin Brown
293 Paul Lo Duca
294 Shawn Green
295 Ben Sheets
296 Geoff Jenkins
297 Rey Sanchez
298 Richie Sexson
299 Wes Helms
300 Brad Wilkerson
301 Claudio Vargas
302 Endy Chavez
303 Fernando Tatis
304 Javier Vazquez
305 Jose Vidro
306 Michael Barrett
307 Orlando Cabrera
308 Tony Armas, Jr.
309 Vladimir Guerrero
310 Zach Day
311 Al Leiter
312 Cliff Floyd
313 Jae Weong Seo
314 Jeromy Burnitz
315 Mike Piazza
316 Mo Vaughn
317 Roberto Alomar
318 Roger Cedeno
319 Tom Glavine
320 Jose Reyes
321 Bobby Abreu
322 Brett Myers
323 David Bell
324 Jim Thome
325 Jimmy Rollins
326 Kevin Millwood
327 Marlon Byrd
328 Mike Lieberthal
329 Pat Burrell
330 Randy Wolf
331 Aramis Ramirez
332 Brian Giles
333 Jason Kendall
334 Kenny Lofton
335 Kip Wells
336 Kris Benson
337 Randall Simon
338 Reggie Sanders
339 Albert Pujols
340 Edgar Renteria
341 Fernando Vina
342 J.D. Drew
343 Jim Edmonds
344 Matt Morris
345 Mike Matheny
346 Scott Rolen
347 Tino Martinez
348 Woody Williams
349 Brian Lawrence
350 Mark Kotsay
351 Mark Loretta
352 Ramon Vazquez
353 Rondell White
354 Ryan Klesko
355 Sean Burroughs
356 Trevor Hoffman
357 Xavier Nady
358 Andres Galarraga
359 Barry Bonds
360 Benito Santiago
361 Deivi Cruz
362 Edgardo Alfonzo
363 J.T. Snow
364 Jason Schmidt
365 Kirk Rueter
366 Kurt Ainsworth
367 Marquis Grissom
368 Ray Durham
369 Rich Aurilia
370 Tim Worrell
371 Troy Glaus
372 Melvin Mora
373 Nomar Garciaparra
374 Magglio Ordonez
375 Omar Vizquel
376 Dmitri Young
377 Mike Sweeney
378 Torii Hunter
379 Derek Jeter
380 Barry Zito
381 Ichiro
382 Rocco Baldelli
383 Alex Rodriguez
384 Carlos Delgado
385 Randy Johnson
386 Greg Maddux
387 Sammy Sosa
388 Ken Griffey, Jr.
389 Todd Helton
390 Ivan Rodriguez
391 Jeff Bagwell
392 Hideo Nomo
393 Richie Sexson
394 Vladimir Guerrero
395 Mike Piazza
396 Jim Thome
397 Jason Kendall
398 Albert Pujols
399 Ryan Klesko
400 Barry Bonds
Season Stat Lines (400 cards)
Each card in this parallel is serial numbered to a specific season statistic.
1 Derek Jeter
2 Greg Maddux
3 Albert Pujols
4 Ichiro
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Roger Clemens
7 Andruw Jones
8 Barry Bonds
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Randy Johnson
11 Scott Rolen
12 Lance Berkman
13 Barry Zito
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Carlos Delgado
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Todd Helton
18 Mike Mussina
19 Austin Kearns
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Chipper Jones
22 Mark Prior
23 Jim Thome
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Pedro Martinez
26 Sergio Mitre
27 Adam Loewen
28 Alfredo Gonzalez
29 Miguel Ojeda
30 Rosman Garcia
31 Arnie Munoz
32 Andrew Brown
33 Josh Hall
34 Josh Stewart
35 Clint Barmes
36 Brandon Webb
37 Chien-Ming Wang
38 Edgar Gonzalez
39 Alejandro Machado
40 Jeremy Griffiths
41 Craig Brazell
42 Daniel Cabrera
43 Fernando Cabrera
44 Terrmel Sledge
45 Rob Hammock
46 Francisco Rosario
47 Francisco Cruceta
48 Rett Johnson
49 Guillermo Quiroz
50 Hong-Chih Kuo
51 Ian Ferguson
52 Tim Olson
53 Todd Wellemeyer
54 Rich Fischer
55 Phil Seibel
56 Joe Valentine
57 Matt Kata
58 Michael Hessman
59 Michel Hernandez
60 Doug Waechter
61 Prentice Redman
62 Nook Logan
63 Oscar Villarreal
64 Pete LaForest
65 Matt Bruback
66 Dan Haren
67 Greg Aquino
68 Lew Ford
69 Jeff Duncan
70 Ryan Wagner
71 Bengie Molina
72 Brad Fullmer
73 Darin Erstad
74 David Eckstein
75 Garret Anderson
76 Jarrod Washburn
77 Kevin Appier
78 Scott Spiezio
79 Tim Salmon
80 Troy Glaus
81 Troy Percival
82 Jason Johnson
83 Jay Gibbons
84 Melvin Mora
85 Sidney Ponson
86 Tony Batista
87 Bill Mueller
88 Byung-Hyun Kim
89 David Ortiz
90 Derek Lowe
91 Johnny Damon
92 Casey Fossum
93 Manny Ramirez
94 Nomar Garciaparra
95 Pedro Martinez
96 Todd Walker
97 Trot Nixon
98 Bartolo Colon
99 Carlos Lee
100 D'Angelo Jimenez
101 Esteban Loaiza
102 Frank Thomas
103 Joe Crede
104 Jose Valentin
105 Magglio Ordonez
106 Mark Buehrle
107 Paul Konerko
108 Brandon Phillips
109 C.C Sabathia
110 Ellis Burks
111 Jeremy Guthrie
112 Josh Bard
113 Matt Lawton
114 Milton Bradley
115 Omar Vizquel
116 Travis Hafner
117 Bobby Higginson
118 Carlos Pena
119 Dmitri Young
120 Eric Munson
121 Jeremy Bonderman
122 Nate Cornejo
123 Omar Infante
124 Ramon Santiago
125 Angel Berroa
126 Carlos Beltran
127 Desi Relaford
128 Jeremy Affeldt
129 Joe Randa
130 Ken Harvey
131 Mike MacDougal
132 Michael Tucker
133 Mike Sweeney
134 Raul Ibanez
135 Runelvys Hernandez
136 A.J. Pierzynski
137 Brad Radke
138 Corey Koskie
139 Cristian Guzman
140 Doug Mientkiewicz
141 Dustan Mohr
142 Jacque Jones
143 Kenny Rogers
144 Bobby Kielty
145 Kyle Lohse
146 Luis Rivas
147 Torii Hunter
148 Alfonso Soriano
149 Andy Pettitte
150 Bernie Williams
151 David Wells
152 Derek Jeter
153 Hideki Matsui
154 Jason Giambi
155 Jorge Posada
156 Jose Contreras
157 Mike Mussina
158 Nick Johnson
159 Robin Ventura
160 Roger Clemens
161 Barry Zito
162 Chris Singleton
163 Eric Byrnes
164 Eric Chavez
165 Erubiel Durazo
166 Keith Foulke
167 Mark Ellis
168 Miguel Tejada
169 Mark Mulder
170 Ramon Hernandez
171 Ted Lilly
172 Terrence Long
173 Tim Hudson
174 Bret Boone
175 Carlos Guillen
176 Dan Wilson
177 Edgar Martinez
178 Freddy Garcia
179 Gil Meche
180 Ichiro
181 Jamie Moyer
182 Joel Pineiro
183 John Olerud
184 Mike Cameron
185 Randy Winn
186 Ryan Franklin
187 Kazuhiro Sasaki
188 Aubrey Huff
189 Carl Crawford
190 Joe Kennedy
191 Marlon Anderson
192 Rey Ordonez
193 Rocco Baldelli
194 Toby Hall
195 Travis Lee
196 Alex Rodriguez
197 Carl Everett
198 Chan Ho Park
199 Einar Diaz
200 Hank Blalock
201 Ismael Valdes
202 Juan Gonzalez
203 Mark Teixeira
204 Mike Young
205 Rafael Palmeiro
206 Carlos Delgado
207 Kelvim Escobar
208 Eric Hinske
209 Frank Catalanotto
210 Josh Phelps
211 Orlando Hudson
212 Roy Halladay
213 Shannon Stewart
214 Vernon Wells
215 Carlos Baerga
216 Curt Schilling
217 Junior Spivey
218 Luis Gonzalez
219 Lyle Overbay
220 Mark Grace
221 Matt Williams
222 Randy Johnson
223 Shea Hillenbrand
224 Steve Finley
225 Andruw Jones
226 Chipper Jones
227 Gary Sheffield
228 Greg Maddux
229 Javy Lopez
230 John Smoltz
231 Marcus Giles
232 Mike Hampton
233 Rafael Furcal
234 Robert Fick
235 Russ Ortiz
236 Alex Gonzalez
237 Carlos Zambrano
238 Corey Patterson
239 Hee Seop Choi
240 Kerry Wood
241 Mark Bellhorn
242 Mark Prior
243 Moises Alou
244 Sammy Sosa
245 Aaron Boone
246 Adam Dunn
247 Austin Kearns
248 Barry Larkin
249 Felipe Lopez
250 Jose Guillen
251 Ken Griffey, Jr.
252 Jason LaRue
253 Scott Williamson
254 Sean Casey
255 Shawn Chacon
256 Chris Stynes
257 Jason Jennings
258 Jay Payton
259 Jose Hernandez
260 Larry Walker
261 Preston Wilson
262 Ronnie Belliard
263 Todd Helton
264 A.J. Burnett
265 Alex Gonzalez
266 Brad Penny
267 Derrek Lee
268 Ivan Rodriguez
269 Josh Beckett
270 Juan Encarnacion
271 Juan Pierre
272 Luis Castillo
273 Mike Lowell
274 Todd Hollandsworth
275 Billy Wagner
276 Brad Ausmus
277 Craig Biggio
278 Jeff Bagwell
279 Jeff Kent
280 Lance Berkman
281 Richard Hidalgo
282 Roy Oswalt
283 Wade Miller
284 Adrian Beltre
285 Brian Jordan
286 Cesar Izturis
287 Dave Roberts
288 Eric Gagne
289 Fred McGriff
290 Hideo Nomo
291 Kazuhisa Ishii
292 Kevin Brown
293 Paul Lo Duca
294 Shawn Green
295 Ben Sheets
296 Geoff Jenkins
297 Rey Sanchez
298 Richie Sexson
299 Wes Helms
300 Brad Wilkerson
301 Claudio Vargas
302 Endy Chavez
303 Fernando Tatis
304 Javier Vazquez
305 Jose Vidro
306 Michael Barrett
307 Orlando Cabrera
308 Tony Armas, Jr.
309 Vladimir Guerrero
310 Zach Day
311 Al Leiter
312 Cliff Floyd
313 Jae Weong Seo
314 Jeromy Burnitz
315 Mike Piazza
316 Mo Vaughn
317 Roberto Alomar
318 Roger Cedeno
319 Tom Glavine
320 Jose Reyes
321 Bobby Abreu
322 Brett Myers
323 David Bell
324 Jim Thome
325 Jimmy Rollins
326 Kevin Millwood
327 Marlon Byrd
328 Mike Lieberthal
329 Pat Burrell
330 Randy Wolf
331 Aramis Ramirez
332 Brian Giles
333 Jason Kendall
334 Kenny Lofton
335 Kip Wells
336 Kris Benson
337 Randall Simon
338 Reggie Sanders
339 Albert Pujols
340 Edgar Renteria
341 Fernando Vina
342 J.D. Drew
343 Jim Edmonds
344 Matt Morris
345 Mike Matheny
346 Scott Rolen
347 Tino Martinez
348 Woody Williams
349 Brian Lawrence
350 Mark Kotsay
351 Mark Loretta
352 Ramon Vazquez
353 Rondell White 115
354 Ryan Klesko
355 Sean Burroughs
356 Trevor Hoffman
357 Xavier Nady
358 Andres Galarraga
359 Barry Bonds
360 Benito Santiago
361 Deivi Cruz
362 Edgardo Alfonzo
363 J.T. Snow
364 Jason Schmidt
365 Kirk Rueter
366 Kurt Ainsworth
367 Marquis Grissom
368 Ray Durham
369 Rich Aurilia
370 Tim Worrell
371 Troy Glaus
372 Melvin Mora
373 Nomar Garciaparra
374 Magglio Ordonez
375 Omar Vizquel
376 Dmitri Young
377 Mike Sweeney
378 Torii Hunter
379 Derek Jeter
380 Barry Zito
381 Ichiro
382 Rocco Baldelli
383 Alex Rodriguez
384 Carlos Delgado
385 Randy Johnson
386 Greg Maddux
387 Sammy Sosa
388 Ken Griffey, Jr.
389 Todd Helton
390 Ivan Rodriguez
391 Jeff Bagwell
392 Hideo Nomo
393 Richie Sexson
394 Vladimir Guerrero
395 Mike Piazza
396 Jim Thome
397 Jason Kendall
398 Albert Pujols
399 Ryan Klesko
400 Barry Bonds
Press Proofs
The Press Proof parallels come in four different versions: Red, Blue, Gold, and Black. The Reds, Blues, and Golds were exclusive to retail packs.
The stated odds of finding a Red Press Proof was 1:12/retail packs. Although the insertion ratio for the Blue and Gold Press Proofs is not stated, it is believed that every 24-pack retail box contained either a Blue or a Gold Press Proof. The Blue Press Prooves are numbered to 100 copies and the Golds to 25.
The Blacks are the only flavor of Press Proof available in both retail and hobby packs. Each is numbered to 10 copies.
Inserts
All-Stars
Typical all-star team insert set. The ten American League and ten National League cards are sequentially numbered into two different sets. Regardless, all twenty cards are numbered to 1000 copies with a Black version limited to 250.
American League All-Stars
1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Roger Clemens
3 Ichiro Suzuki
4 Barry Zito
5 Garret Anderson
6 Derek Jeter
7 Manny Ramirez
8 Pedro Martinez
9 Alfonso Soriano
10 Carlos Delgado
National League All-Stars
1 Barry Bonds
2 Andruw Jones
3 Scott Rolen
4 Austin Kearns
5 Mark Prior
6 Vladimir Guerrero
7 Jeff Bagwell
8 Mike Piazza
9 Albert Pujols
10 Randy Johnson
Craftsmen
The guys with the best "tools" in the game. Each is numbered to 2000 copies, with a Black version numbered to 275 and a Master Craftsmen version numbered to 150.
1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Mark Prior
3 Ichiro
4 Barry Bonds
5 Ken Griffey Jr.
6 Alfonso Soriano
7 Mike Piazza
8 Chipper Jones
9 Derek Jeter
10 Randy Johnson
11 Sammy Sosa
12 Roger Clemens
13 Nomar Garciaparra
14 Greg Maddux
15 Albert Pujols
Elite Series
Another year, another batch of Elite Series inserts. The major change is that Donruss cut the production from 2500 the previous three years, to only 1500 copies. In addition there is also a Black parallel numbered to 150 and an Elite Dominator version limited to 25 copies.
1 Albert Pujols
2 Barry Zito
3 Gary Sheffield
4 Mike Mussina
5 Lance Berkman
6 Alfonso Soriano
7 Randy Johnson
8 Nomar Garciaparra
9 Austin Kearns
10 Manny Ramirez
11 Mark Prior
12 Alex Rodriguez
13 Derek Jeter
14 Barry Bonds
15 Roger Clemens
Inside View
Each of these cards is numbered to 1250 copies. This is the only non-parallel insert, that does not have a parallel version.
1 Derek Jeter
2 Greg Maddux
3 Albert Pujols
4 Ichiro
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Roger Clemens
7 Andruw Jones
8 Barry Bonds
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Randy Johnson
11 Scott Rolen
12 Lance Berkman
13 Barry Zito
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Carlos Delgado
16 Alfonso Soriano
17 Todd Helton
18 Mike Mussina
19 Austin Kearns
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Chipper Jones
22 Mark Prior
23 Jim Thome
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Pedro Martinez
Longball Leaders
The ten top home run hitters from the previous season. Each is numbered to 1500 copies, with a black version numbered to 250 and a die-cut parallel, numbered to 50.
1 Barry Bonds
2 Alfonso Soriano
3 Adam Dunn
4 Alex Rodriguez
5 Jim Thome
6 Garret Anderson
7 Juan Gonzalez
8 Jeff Bagwell
9 Gary Sheffield
10 Sammy Sosa
Mound Marvels
Fifteen of the best pitchers in the game. Each is numbered to 750 copies, with a Black parallel limited to 175.
1 Mark Prior
2 Curt Schilling
3 Mike Mussina
4 Kevin Brown
5 Pedro Martinez
6 Mark Mulder
7 Kerry Wood
8 Greg Maddux
9 Kevin Millwood
10 Barry Zito
11 Roger Clemens
12 Randy Johnson
13 Hideo Nomo
14 Tim Hudson
15 Tom Glavine
Power Alley
Here's where it gets a little ridiculous. There are 11 different versions of each Power Alley card, in five different color variations: Red, Blue, Purple, Yellow and Green. The production figures for each are: 2500, 1000, 250, 100 and 25, respectively. In addition there is die-cut parallel version numbered to (respectively): 250, 100, 25, 10, and 5. Finally, there is a one-of-one Black die-cut.
1 Albert Pujols
2 Mike Piazza
3 Carlos Delgado
4 Barry Bonds
5 Jim Edmonds
6 Nomar Garciaparra
7 Alfonso Soriano
8 Alex Rodriguez
9 Lance Berkman
10 Scott Rolen
11 Manny Ramirez
12 Rafael Palmeiro
13 Sammy Sosa
14 Adam Dunn
15 Andruw Jones
16 Jim Thome
17 Jason Giambi
18 Jeff Bagwell
19 Juan Gonzalez
20 Austin Kearns
Production Line
There are four different Production Line sets, each with their own unique design, and their own statistical set: Batting Average, On-Base, Slugging and OPS. Each card is numbered to the player's 2003 stat, multiplied by 1000. There are Die-Cut parallels numbered to 100 copies, and Black parallels that vary depending on the set.
OPS
Black version numbered to 125.
1 Albert Pujols 1106
2 Barry Bonds 1278
3 Gary Sheffield 1023
4 Todd Helton 1088
5 Scott Rolen 910
6 Manny Ramirez 1014
7 Alex Rodriguez 995
8 Jim Thome 958
9 Jason Giambi 939
10 Frank Thomas 952
Batting Average
Black version numbered to 35.
1 Gary Sheffield 330
2 Ichiro 312
3 Todd Helton 358
4 Manny Ramirez 325
5 Garret Anderson 315
6 Barry Bonds 341
7 Albert Pujols 359
8 Derek Jeter 324
9 Nomar Garciaparra 301
10 Hank Blalock 300
OBP
Black version numbered to 40.
1 Todd Helton 458
2 Albert Pujols 439
3 Larry Walker 422
4 Barry Bonds 529
5 Chipper Jones 402
6 Manny Ramirez 427
7 Gary Shefield 419
8 Lance Berkman 412
9 Alex Rodriguez 396
10 Jason Giambi 412
Slugging
Black Version numbered to 75.
1 Alex Rodriguez 600
2 Frank Thomas 562
3 Garret Anderson 541
4 Albert Pujols 667
5 Sammy Sosa 553
6 Gary Sheffield 604
7 Manny Ramirez 587
8 Jim Edmonds 617
9 Barry Bonds 749
10 Todd Helton 630
Autographs and Game Used
The odds of finding any autographed or game used card is 1:24 packs.
Bat Kings
Bat cards featuring reproduction of classic Diamond King art. Cards 1-4 are numbered to 250 with a Studio Series version numbered to 50, while cards 5-8 are numbered to 100 with the Studio Series limited to 25.
1 Alex Rodriguez - 2003 Art
2 Albert Pujols - 2003 Art
3 Chipper Jones - 2003 Art
4 Lance Berkman - 2003 Art
5 Cal Ripken, Jr. - 1988 Art
6 George Brett - 1987 Art
7 Don Mattingly - 1989 Art
8 Roberto Clemente - 2002 Art
Jersey Kings
Same concept as the Bat Kings, only with game used jerseys. Cards 1-6 are numbered to 250 copies with a Studio Series version numbered to 50, while cards 7-12 are numbered to 100 with the Studio Series limited to 25.
1 Alfonso Soriano - 2003 Art
2 Sammy Sosa - 2003 Art
3 Roger Clemens - 2003 Art
4 Nomar Garciaparra - 2003 Art
5 Mark Prior - 2003 Art
6 Vladimir Guerrero - 2003 Art
7 Don Mattingly - 1989 Art
8 Roberto Clemente - 2002 Art
9 George Brett - 1987 Art
10 Nolan Ryan - 2001 Art
11 Cal Ripken, Jr. - 2001 Art
12 Mike Schmidt - 2001 Art
Timber and Threads
Stated odds of finding a Timber abnd Threads card: 1:40/packs. The regular cards are un-numbered, but the Studio Series parallel is numbered to 50 copies. Cards 1-20 all feature jersey swatches, while cards 21-40 all have bat chips.
1 Adam Dunn
2 Alex Rodriguez - Blue
3 Alex Rodriguez - White
4 Andruw Jones
5 Austin Kearns
6 Carlos Beltran
7 Carlos Lee
8 Frank Thomas
9 Greg Maddux
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Jeff Bagwell
12 Lance Berkman
13 Magglio Ordonez
14 Mike Sweeney
15 Randy Johnson
16 Rocco Baldelli
17 Roger Clemens
18 Sammy Sosa
19 Shawn Green
20 Tom Glavine
21 Adam Dunn
22 Andruw Jones
23 Bobby Abreu
24 Hank Blalock
25 Ivan Rodriguez
26 Jim Edmonds
27 Josh Phelps
28 Juan Gonzalez
29 Lance Berkman
30 Larry Walker
31 Magglio Ordonez
32 Manny Ramirez
33 Mike Piazza
34 Nomar Garciaparra
35 Paul Lo Duca
36 Roberto Alomar
37 Rocco Baldelli
38 Sammy Sosa
39 Vernon Wells
40 Vladimir Guerrero
Autographed Timber and Threads
Partial parallel of the Timber and Threads cards listed above. The only difference being the application of an autographed sticker on each card. Production figures are listed.
2 Alex Rodriguez - Blue 5
5 Austin Kearns 19
6 Carlos Beltran 34
7 Carlos Lee 25
8 Frank Thomas 5
9 Greg Maddux 5
10 Hideo Nomo 5
11 Jeff Bagwell 5
12 Lance Berkman 5
13 Magglio Ordonez 30
14 Mike Sweeney 25
17 Roger Clemens 5
19 Shawn Green 5
20 Tom Glavine 5
21 Adam Dunn 5
22 Andruw Jones 5
23 Bobby Abreu 50
24 Hank Blalock 50
25 Ivan Rodriguez 7
26 Jim Edmonds 5
27 Josh Phelps 50
28 Juan Gonzalez 5
31 Magglio Ordonez 30
32 Manny Ramirez 5
35 Paul Lo Duca 50
36 Roberto Alomar 10
37 Rocco Baldelli 15
40 Vladimir Guerrero 50
Base Set Autographs
Donruss applied autographed stickers to the base set cards of twelve players. Known production figures are listed.
51 Ian Ferguson
73 Darin Erstad 5
106 Mark Buehrle 141
112 Josh Bard
123 Omar Infante
172 Terrence Long
188 Aubrey Huff 143
194 Toby Hall
217 Junior Spivey 132
234 Robert Fick
312 Cliff Floyd 12
349 Brian Lawrence