Revision as of 23:53, 6 July 2012

Description

2001 Donruss Signature Series is a 311-card set released in October 2001. As with the Signature Series sets produced by Donruss in the 90s, each pack contains one autograph. In addition, each 25-card "gift box" will yield two of a possible serial-numbered "rookie" cards -- although the vast majority of which are not "true" rookies.

Most, but not all, autographs in this product are stickers.

Distribution

25 cards per "gift box" (MSRP: $49.99). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	311	-	?
short set	110	-	22:1
Autographed Rookies	55	330
Rookies	166	800	2:1
short set Proofs	110	175	?
Rookie Proofs	201	25	?
Award Winning Signatures	30	varies	?
Award Winning Signatures Master Series	30	-	?
Century Marks	48	varies	?
Century Marks Master Series	48	-	?
Milestone Marks	36	varies	?
Milestone Marks Master Series	35	-	?
Notable Nicknames	18	100	?
Notable Nicknames Master Series	18	-	?
Stats	52	varies	?
Stats Master Series	52	-	?
Team Trademarks	58	varies	?
Team Trademarks Master Series	57	-	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Barry Bonds
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Chipper Jones
5 Derek Jeter
6 Troy Glaus
7 Frank Thomas
8 Greg Maddux
9 Ivan Rodriguez
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 John Olerud
12 Todd Helton
13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Mark McGwire
16 Mike Piazza
17 Nomar Garciaparra
18 Moises Alou
19 Aramis Ramirez
20 Curt Schilling
21 Pat Burrell
22 Doug Mientkiewicz
23 Carlos Delgado
24 J.D. Drew
25 Cliff Floyd
26 Freddy Garcia
27 Roberto Alomar
28 Barry Zito
29 Juan Encarnacion
30 Paul Konerko
31 Mark Mulder
32 Andy Pettitte
33 Jim Edmonds
34 Darin Erstad
35 Jason Giambi
36 Tom Glavine
37 Juan Gonzalez
38 Fred McGriff
39 Shawn Green
40 Tim Hudson
41 Andruw Jones
42 Jeff Kent
43 Barry Larkin
44 Brad Radke
45 Mike Mussina
46 Hideo Nomo
47 Rafael Palmeiro
48 Scott Rolen
49 Gary Sheffield
50 Bernie Williams
51 Bob Abreu
52 Edgardo Alfonzo
53 Edgar Martinez
54 Magglio Ordonez
55 Kerry Wood
56 Adrian Beltre
57 Lance Berkman
58 Kevin Brown
59 Sean Casey
60 Eric Chavez
61 Bartolo Colon
62 Sammy Sosa
63 Jermaine Dye
64 Tony Gwynn
65 Carl Everett
66 Brian Giles
67 Mike Hampton
68 Richard Hidalgo
69 Geoff Jenkins
70 Tony Clark
71 Roger Clemens
72 Ryan Klesko
73 Chan Ho Park
74 Richie Sexson
75 Mike Sweeney
76 Kazuhiro Sasaki
77 Miguel Tejada
78 Jose Vidro
79 Larry Walker
80 Preston Wilson
81 Craig Biggio
82 Andres Galarraga
83 Jim Thome
84 Vladimir Guerrero
85 Rafael Furcal
86 Cristian Guzman
87 Terrence Long
88 Bret Boone
89 Wade Miller
90 Eric Milton
91 Gabe Kapler
92 Johnny Damon
93 Carlos Lee
94 Kenny Lofton
95 Raul Mondesi
96 Jorge Posada
97 Mark Grace
98 Robert Fick
99 Joe Mays
100 Aaron Sele
101 Ben Grieve
102 Luis Gonzalez
103 Ray Durham
104 Mark Quinn
105 Jose Canseco
106 Dave Justice
107 Pedro Martinez
108 Randy Johnson
109 Phil Nevin
110 Rickey Henderson

Autographed Rookies

Each "Autographed Rookie" is serial-numbered to 330 copies. Also note that, despite the name, not all cards in the subset are autographed, not are all "true" rookies.

111 Alex Escobar AU
112 Johnny Estrada AU RC
113 Pedro Feliz AU
114 Nate Frese AU RC*
115 Ricardo Rodriguez AU RC
116 Brandon Larson AU RC
117 Alexis Gomez AU RC
118 Jason Hart AU
119 C.C. Sabathia AU
120 Endy Chavez AU RC
121 Christian Parker AU RC
122 Jackson Melian RC*
123 Joe Kennedy AU RC
124 Adrian Hernandez AU RC
125 Cesar Izturis AU
126 Jose Mieses AU RC*
127 Roy Oswalt AU
128 Eric Munson AU
129 Xavier Nady AU
130 Horacio Ramirez AU RC
131 Abraham Nunez AU
132 Jose Ortiz AU
133 Jeremy Owens AU RC*
134 Claudio Vargas AU RC
135 Corey Patterson AU
136 Carlos Pena
137 Bud Smith AU RC
138 Adam Dunn AU
139 Adam Pettyjohn AU RC
140 Elpidio Guzman AU RC*
141 Jay Gibbons AU RC
142 Wilkin Ruan AU RC
143 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
144 Alfonso Soriano AU
145 Marcus Giles AU
146 Ichiro Suzuki RC
147 Juan Uribe AU RC
148 David Williams AU RC
149 Carlos Valderrama AU RC
150 Matt White AU RC*
151 Albert Pujols AU RC
152 Donaldo Mendez AU RC
153 Cory Aldridge AU RC
154 Brandon Duckworth AU RC
155 Josh Beckett AU
156 Wilson Betemit AU RC
157 Ben Sheets AU
158 Andres Torres AU RC
159 Aubrey Huff AU
160 Jack Wilson AU RC
161 Rafael Soriano AU RC
162 Nick Johnson AU
163 Carlos Garcia AU RC*
164 Josh Towers AU RC
165 Jason Michaels AU RC

Rookies

Each card in the un-autographed "Rookie" subset is serial-numbered to 800 copies.

166 Ryan Drese RC
167 Dewon Brazelton RC
168 Kevin Olsen RC
169 Benito Baez RC
170 Mark Prior RC
171 Wilmy Caceres RC*
172 Mark Teixeira RC
173 Willie Harris RC
174 Mike Koplove RC
175 Brandon Knight RC
176 John Grabow RC
177 Jeremy Affeldt RC
178 Brandon Inge
179 Casey Fossum RC
180 Scott Stewart RC
181 Luke Hudson RC
182 Ken Vining RC
183 Toby Hall
184 Eric Knott RC
185 Kris Foster RC
186 David Brous RC*
187 Roy Smith RC
188 Grant Balfour RC
189 Jeremy Fikac RC
190 Morgan Ensberg RC
191 Ryan Freel RC
192 Ryan Jensen RC
193 Lance Davis RC
194 Delvin James RC
195 Timo Perez
196 Michael Cuddyer
197 Bob File RC
198 Martin Vargas RC*
199 Kris Keller RC
200 Tim Spooneybarger RC
201 Adam Everett
202 Josh Fogg RC
203 Kip Wells
204 Rick Bauer RC
205 Brent Abernathy
206 Erick Almonte RC
207 Pedro Santana RC
208 Ken Harvey
209 Jerrod Riggan RC
210 Nick Punto RC
211 Steve Green RC
212 Nick Neugebauer RC
213 Chris George
214 Mike Penney RC*
215 Bret Prinz RC
216 Tim Christman RC
217 Sean Douglass RC
218 Brett Jodie RC
219 Juan Diaz RC
220 Carlos Hernandez
221 Alex Cintron
222 Juan Cruz RC
223 Larry Bigbie
224 Junior Spivey RC
225 Luis Rivas
226 Brandon Lyon RC
227 Tony Cogan RC
228 Justin Duchscherer RC
229 Tike Redman
230 Jimmy Rollins
231 Scott Podsednik RC
232 Jose Acevedo RC
233 Luis Pineda RC
234 Josh Phelps
235 Paul Phillips RC
236 Brian Roberts RC
237 Orlando Woodards RC*
238 Bart Miadich RC
239 Les Walrond RC
240 Brad Voyles RC
241 Joe Crede
242 Juan Moreno RC
243 Matt Ginter
244 Brian Rogers RC*
245 Pablo Ozuna
246 Geronimo Gil RC
247 Mike Maroth RC
248 Josue Perez RC*
249 Dee Brown
250 Victor Zambrano RC
251 Nick Maness RC*
252 Kyle Lohse RC
253 Greg Miller RC*
254 Henry Mateo RC
255 Duaner Sanchez RC
256 Rob MacKowiak RC
257 Steve Lomasney
258 Angel Santos RC
259 Winston Abreu RC
260 Brandon Berger RC
261 Tomas De La Rosa
262 Ramon Vazquez RC
263 Mickey Callaway RC
264 Corky Miller RC
265 Keith Ginter
266 Cody Ransom RC
267 Doug Nickle RC
268 Derrick Lewis RC*
269 Eric Hinske RC
270 Travis Phelps RC
271 Eric Valent
272 Michael Rivera RC
273 Esix Snead RC
274 Troy Mattes RC
275 Jermaine Clark RC
276 Nate Cornejo
277 George Perez RC*
278 Juan Rivera
279 Justin Atchley RC
280 Adam Johnson
281 Gene Altman RC*
282 Jason Jennings
283 Scott MacRae RC
284 Craig Monroe RC
285 Bert Snow RC*
286 Stubby Clapp RC
287 Jack Cust
288 Will Ohman RC
289 Wily Mo Pena
290 Joe Beimel RC
291 Jason Karnuth RC
292 Bill Ortega RC
293 Nate Teut RC
294 Erik Hiljus RC
295 Jason Smith RC
296 Juan A. Pena RC*
297 David Espinosa
298 Tim Redding
299 Brian Lawrence RC
300 Brian Reith RC
301 Chad Durbin
302 Kurt Ainsworth
303 Blaine Neal RC
304 Jorge Julio RC
305 Adam Bernero
306 Travis Hafner RC
307 Dustan Mohr RC
308 Cesar Crespo RC
309 Billy Sylvester RC*
310 Zach Day RC
311 Angel Berroa RC

Parallels

All 311 base cards are available in a "Proof" parallel. Each base card is serial-numbered to 175 copies while the Rookies (autographed and un-autographed) are numbered to 25. Like in the base set, the Proofs are also autographed.

Chicago Collection

Created as part of a promotion surrounding a card show, the Chicago Collection is a partial-parallel of the first 110 base set cards. Collector's attending the March, 2002 Chicago Sun-Times who opened Hobby packs of any 2001 or 2002 Donruss-Playoff baseball product at the D-P booth would receive Chicago Collection cards -- one card for each pack.

Each Chicago Collection card is foil-stamped on the front and serial-numbered to five copies.

Hawaii Trade Show

Attendees of the "Meet the Industry" event at the 2002 Hawaii Trade Conference were entitled to receive from Donruss-Playoff either a special Donruss Signature Series box, or a Playoff Contenders Football box. Each Donruss Signature Series Baseball box contained a selection of base set parallels and one autograph.

Each Hawaii Trade Show card is foil-stamped on the front and serial-numbered. Cards 1-110 are numbered to 25 copies while cards from the Rookie subset are numbered to ten. None of the Rookie parallels are autographed and not all Rookies were included.

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: Unless noted, autographs are available in a "Master Series" parallel. The Masters Series cards are NOT serial-numbered.

Award Winning Signatures

1 Jeff Bagwell 94
2 Carlos Beltran 99
3 Johnny Bench 68
4 Yogi Berra 55
5 Craig Biggio 97
6 Barry Bonds 93
7 Rod Carew 77
8 Orlando Cepeda 67
9 Andre Dawson 77
10 Dennis Eckersley CY 92
11 Dennis Eckersley MVP 92
12 Whitey Ford 61
13 Jason Giambi 100
14 Bob Gibson 68
15 Juan Gonzalez 96
16 Orel Hershiser 88
17 Al Kaline 67
18 Fred Lynn MVP 75
19 Fred Lynn ROY 75
20 Jim Palmer 76
21 Cal Ripken, Jr. 83
22 Phil Rizzuto 50
23 Brooks Robinson 64
24 Scott Rolen 97
25 Ryne Sandberg 84
26 Warren Spahn 57
27 Frank Thomas 94
28 Billy Williams 61
29 Kerry Wood 98
30 Robin Yount 89

Century Marks

1 Brent Abernathy 184
2 Roberto Alomar 102
3 Rick Ankiel 119
4 Lance Berkman 121
5 Mark Buehrle 224
6 Wilmy Caceres 194
7 Eric Chavez 170
8 Joe Crede 154
9 Jack Cust 178
10 Brandon Duckworth 183
11 David Espinosa 199
12 Johnny Estrada 198
13 Pedro Feliz 180
14 Robert Fick 232
15 Cliff Floyd 146
16 Casey Fossum 100
17 Jay Gibbons 175
18 Keith Ginter 163
19 Troy Glaus 144
20 Luis Gonzalez 101
21 Vladimir Guerrero 187
22 Richard Hidalgo 173
23 Tim Hudson 145
24 Adam Johnson 130
25 Gabe Kapler 150
26 Joe Kennedy 219
27 Ryan Klesko 176
28 Carlos Lee 179
29 Terrence Long 180
30 Edgar Martinez 110
31 Joe Mays 209
32 Greg Miller 194
33 Wade Miller 180
34 Mark Mulder 203
35 Xavier Nady 180
36 Magglio Ordonez 104
37 Jose Ortiz 187
38 Roy Oswalt 192
39 Wily Mo Pena 203
40 Brad Penny 198
41 Aramis Ramirez 241
42 Luis Rivas 163
43 Alex Rodriguez 110
44 Scott Rolen 106
45 Mike Sweeney 99
46 Eric Valent 163
47 Kip Wells 223
48 Kerry Wood 109

Milestone Marks

NOTE: Ernie Banks did not sign any Masters Series cards.

1 Ernie Banks 285
2 Yogi Berra 120
3 Wade Boggs 98
4 Barry Bonds 55
5 George Brett 3000 Hits 27
6 George Brett 1500 RBI 23
7 Lou Brock 83
8 Rod Carew 110
9 Steve Carlton 75
10 Gary Carter 213
11 Bobby Doerr 192
12 Bob Feller 202
13 Whitey Ford 186
14 Steve Garvey 175
15 Tony Gwynn 99
16 Fergie Jenkins 149
17 Al Kaline 149
18 Harmon Killebrew 127
19 Ralph Kiner 105
20 Willie McCovey 20
21 Paul Molitor 96
22 Eddie Murray 46
23 Eddie Murray 17
24 Stan Musial 109
25 Phil Niekro 300
26 Tony Perez 146
27 Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
28 Frank Robinson 136
29 Mike Schmidt 500 HR 40
30 Mike Schmidt 1500 RBI 23
31 Enos Slaughter 117
32 Warren Spahn 300
33 Alan Trammell 154
34 Hoyt Wilhelm 227
35 Dave Winfield 31
36 Dave Winfield 15

Notable Nicknames

NOTES

Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies EXCEPT Roger Clemens who autographed only 50. In addition, Clemens did not sign any Masters Series cards.
Many of the cards feature an inscription featuring the respective player's nickname: which are printed on the card and denoted below.
Luis Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez did not inscribe their respective nicknames.
Frank Thomas inscribed his cards "93 94 AL MVP."
Duke Snider inscribed his cards with his uniform number: #4.
Unlike most of the other autographs in this set, all autographs are signed on-card.

1 Ernie Banks "Mr. Cub"
2 Orlando Cepeda "Baby Bull"
3 Will Clark "The Thrill"
4 Roger Clemens "The Rocket"
5 Andre Dawson "The Hawk"
6 Bob Feller "Rapid Robert"
7 Carlton Fisk "Pudge"
8 Andres Galarraga "Big Cat"
9 Luis Gonzalez "Gonzo"
10 Reggie Jackson "Mr. October"
11 Harmon Killebrew "Killer"
12 Stan Musial "The Man"
13 Brooks Robinson "Hoover"
14 Nolan Ryan "The Express"
15 Ryne Sandberg "Ryno"
16 Enos Slaughter "Country"
17 Duke Snider "#4"
18 Frank Thomas "MVP"

Stats

1 Roberto Alomar 120
2 Moises Alou 124
3 Luis Aparicio 313
4 Lance Berkman 297
5 Wade Boggs 51
6 Lou Brock 118
7 Gary Carter 32
8 Joe Carter 121
9 Sean Casey 103
10 Darin Erstad 100
11 Bob Feller 26
12 Cliff Floyd 45
13 Whitey Ford 72
14 Andres Galarraga 150
15 Bob Gibson 112
16 Brian Giles 123
17 Troy Glaus 102
18 Luis Gonzalez 114
19 Vladimir Guerrero 131
20 Tony Gwynn 17
21 Richard Hidalgo 314
22 Bo Jackson 32
23 Fergie Jenkins 25
24 Randy Johnson 20
25 Al Kaline 128
26 Gabe Kapler 302
27 Ralph Kiner 54
28 Ryan Klesko 23
29 Carlos Lee 261
30 Kenny Lofton 210
31 Edgar Martinez 142
32 Joe Mays 115
33 Paul Molitor 41
34 Mark Mulder 88
35 Phil Niekro 23
36 Magglio Ordonez 126
37 Rafael Palmeiro 47
38 Jim Palmer 23
39 Chan Ho Park 18
40 Kirby Puckett 31
41 Manny Ramirez 45
42 Alex Rodriguez 132
43 Ivan Rodriguez 113
44 Curt Schilling 15
45 Tom Seaver 25
46 Shannon Stewart 319
47 Mike Sweeney 144
48 Miguel Tejada 115
49 Joe Torre 230
50 Javier Vazquez 405
51 Jose Vidro 330
52 Hoyt Wilhelm 243

Team Trademarks

Willie Mays and Ernie Banks do not exist as Master Series. In addition, cards of Hank Aaron and Nomar Garciaparra only exists as Master Series cards.

2 Rick Ankiel 179
3 Ernie Banks 180
4 Johnny Bench 20
5 Yogi Berra 124
6 Wade Boggs 89
7 Barry Bonds 77
8 Lou Brock 29
9 Steve Carlton 174
10 Sean Casey 123
11 Orlando Cepeda 100
12 Roger Clemens BOS 30
13 Roger Clemens NYY 21
14 Andre Dawson 176
15 Bobby Doerr 193
16 Whitey Ford 94
17 Steve Garvey 182
18 Bob Gibson 98
19 Juan Gonzalez 70
20 Shawn Green 109
21 Orel Hershiser 210
22 Reggie Jackson 73
23 Fergie Jenkins 213
24 Chipper Jones 74
25 Pedro Martinez 27
26 Don Mattingly 72
27 Willie Mays 197
28 Willie McCovey 26
29 Joe Morgan 33
30 Eddie Murray 45
31 Stan Musial 65
32 Mike Mussina BAL 85
33 Mike Mussina NYY 95
34 Phil Niekro 187
35 Rafael Palmeiro 99
36 Jim Palmer 142
37 Tony Perez 73
38 Manny Ramirez 57
39 Cal Ripken, Jr. 47
40 Phil Rizzuto 98
41 Brooks Robinson 146
42 Frank Robinson BAL 118
43 Frank Robinson CIN 116
44 Alex Rodriguez 100
45 Ivan Rodriguez 62
46 Scott Rolen 39
47 Nolan Ryan 153
48 Ryne Sandberg 52
49 Curt Schilling 63
50 Mike Schmidt 107
51 Tom Seaver 25
52 Gary Sheffield 194
53 Enos Slaughter 215
54 Duke Snider 47
55 Warren Spahn 140
56 Joe Torre 90
57 Billy Williams 194
58 Kerry Wood 52

Hawaii Trade Show Autographs

Each Donruss Signature Series gift box distributed to attendees of the 2002 Hawaii Trade Show received one of the autographs listed below.

Award Winning Signatures Master Series

1 Carlos Beltran 10
2 Johnny Bench 1
3 Orlando Cepeda 5
4 Dennis Eckersley 5
5 Dennis Eckersley 5
6 Whitey Ford 4
7 Jason Giambi 5
8 Bob Gibson 5
9 Tom Glavine 15
10 Orel Hershiser 5
11 Barry Larkin 15
12 Fred Lynn 5
13 Fred Lynn 5
14 Greg Maddux 1
15 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1
16 Phil Rizzuto 3
17 Ryne Sandberg 3
18 Warren Spahn 5
19 Kerry Wood 5

Century Marks Master Series

1 Bob Abreu 5
2 Roberto Alomar 5
3 Eric Chavez 5
4 J.D. Drew 5
5 Troy Glaus 5
6 Luis Gonzalez 1
7 Vladimir Guerrero 5
8 Todd Helton 10
9 Andruw Jones 10
10 Mark Mulder 1
11 Xavier Nady 1
12 Roy Oswalt 1
13 Alex Rodriguez 5
14 Scott Rolen 5
15 Miguel Tejada 5

Milestone Marks Master Series

1 Yogi Berra 1
2 Wade Boggs 1
3 George Brett 1
4 Rod Carew 1
5 Bobby Doerr 1
6 Bob Feller 1
7 Whitey Ford 1
8 Steve Garvey 1
9 Tony Gwynn 1
10 Fergie Jenkins 1
11 Ralph Kiner 1
12 Paul Molitor 1
13 Stan Musial 1
14 Mike Schmidt 1
15 Mike Schmidt 1
16 Tom Seaver 1
17 Enos Slaughter 1
18 Warren Spahn 1
19 Don Sutton 1
20 Alan Trammell 1
21 Hoyt Wilhelm 1
22 Dave Winfield 1
23 Dave Winfield 1

Notable Nicknames Master Series

1 Orlando Cepeda 4
2 Roger Clemens 15
3 Andre Dawson 1
4 Carlton Fisk 1
5 Andres Galarraga 1
6 Luis Gonzalez 1
7 Harmon Killebrew 1
8 Greg Maddux 20
9 Stan Musial 1
10 Phil Rizzuto 20
11 Enos Slaughter 1
12 Frank Thomas 1

Stats Master Series

1 Bob Abreu 5
2 Luis Aparicio 1
3 Lance Berkman 1
4 Wade Boggs 1
5 Gary Carter 1
6 Joe Carter 1
7 Whitey Ford 1
8 Luis Gonzalez 1
9 Vladimir Guerrero 1
10 Todd Helton 10
11 Bo Jackson 1
12 Fergie Jenkins 1
13 Andruw Jones 15
14 Edgar Martinez 1
15 Kirby Puckett 1
16 Manny Ramirez 1
17 Alex Rodriguez 1
18 Ivan Rodriguez 1
19 Miguel Tejada 1
20 Joe Torre 1

Team Trademarks Master Series

1 Andruw Jones 5
2 Barry Larkin 5
3 Bernie Williams 1
4 Bob Gibson 1
5 Bobby Doerr 1
6 Brooks Robinson 1
7 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1
8 Chipper Jones 3
9 Don Mattingly 1
10 Eddie Murray 1
11 Enos Slaughter 1
12 Joe Torre 1
13 Johnny Bench 1
14 Lou Brock 1
15 Manny Ramirez 1
16 Mike Mussina 1
17 Mike Mussina 1
18 Nolan Ryan 1
19 Orel Hershiser 1
20 Phil Rizzuto 1
21 Reggie Jackson 1
22 Roger Clemens 1
23 Roger Clemens 1
24 Ryne Sandberg 1
25 Steve Carlton 1
26 Steve Garvey 1
27 Tom Glavine 5
28 Wade Boggs 1
29 Whitey Ford 1
30 Yogi Berra 1

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 ==Autographs & Game-Used==
-NOTE: All autographs are available in a "Master Series" parallel.  The Masters Series cards are NOT serial-numbered.
+NOTE: Unless noted, autographs are available in a "Master Series" parallel.  The Masters Series cards are NOT serial-numbered.
 ===Award Winning Signatures===