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This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
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Description

2004 Donruss Elite is a 199-card set released in May, 2004. The first 150 cards featured veterans while cards 151-180 featured autographed rookie cards printed to varying print runs. The final 20 cards are of retired greats and are all serial-numbered to 1000 copies. Card #169 does not exist in the base set, but does exist in the parallels.

Distribution

20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	199	-	?
short set	150	-	?
Rookies	29	varies	?
Retired	20	1000	?
Aspirations	200	varies	?
Status	200	varies	?
Status Gold	200	24	?
Turn of the Century short set	150	750	?
Turn of the Century Retired	20	250	?
Team	11	1500	?
Team Gold	11	250	?
Team Black	11	150	?
Team Game Used Bat	7	100	?
Team Game Used Jersey	9	100	?
Career Best	35	1000	?
Career Best Black	35	100	?
Career Best Gold	35	varies	?
Career Best Game Used Bat	34	200	?
Career Best Game Used Jersey	34	200	?
Career Best Game Used Jersey Prime	34	50	?
Career Best Combos	34	50	?
Passing the Torch	45	500 or 1000	?
Passing the Torch Green	45	250 or 500	?
Passing the Torch Blue	45	125 or 250	?
Passing the Torch Black	45	50 or 100	?
Passing the Torch Gold	45	25 or 50	?
Passing the Torch Game Used Bat	41	50 or 200	?
Passing the Torch Game Used Jersey	43	50 or 200	?
Passing the Torch Signatures	34	varies	?
Back to the Future	9	250 or 500	?
Back to the Future Red	9	100 or 250	?
Back to the Future Gold	9	50 or 100	?
Back to the Future Black	9	25 or 50	?
Back to the Future Game Used Bat	9	100 or 200	?
Back to the Future Game Used Jersey	9	100 or 200	?
Back to the Future Game Used Jersey Prime	9	25 or 50	?
Back 2 Back Jacks	40	varies	?
Back 2 Back Jacks Combos	40	varies	?
Throwback Threads	59	varies	?
Throwback Threads Prime	48	varies	?
Throwback Threads Autographs	5	25	?
Throwback Threads Autographs Prime	26	varies	?
Recollection Collection Autographs	28	varies	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Troy Glaus
2 Darin Erstad
3 Garret Anderson
4 Tim Salmon
5 Bartolo Colon
6 Jose Guillen
7 Miguel Tejada
8 Adam Loewen
9 Jay Gibbons
10 Melvin Mora
11 Javy Lopez
12 Pedro Martinez
13 Curt Schilling
14 David Ortiz
15 Keith Foulke
16 Nomar Garciaparra
17 Magglio Ordonez
18 Frank Thomas
19 Carlos Lee
20 Paul Konerko
21 Mark Buehrle
22 Jody Gerut
23 Victor Martinez
24 C.C. Sabathia
25 Ellis Burks
26 Bobby Higginson
27 Jeremy Bonderman
28 Fernando Vina
29 Carlos Pena
30 Dmitri Young
31 Carlos Beltran
32 Benito Santiago
33 Mike Sweeney
34 Angel Berroa
35 Runelvys Hernandez
36 Johan Santana
37 Doug Mientkiewicz
38 Shannon Stewart
39 Torii Hunter
40 Derek Jeter
41 Jason Giambi
42 Bernie Williams
43 Alfonso Soriano
44 Gary Sheffield
45 Mike Mussina
46 Jorge Posada
47 Hideki Matsui
48 Kevin Brown
49 Javier Vazquez
50 Mariano Rivera
51 Eric Chavez
52 Tim Hudson
53 Mark Mulder
54 Barry Zito
55 Ichiro Suzuki
56 Edgar Martinez
57 Bret Boone
58 John Olerud
59 Scott Spiezio
60 Aubrey Huff
61 Rocco Baldelli
62 Jose Cruz
63 Delmon Young
64 Mark Teixeira
65 Hank Blalock
66 Michael Young
67 Alex Rodriguez
68 Carlos Delgado
69 Eric Hinske
70 Roy Halladay
71 Vernon Wells
72 Randy Johnson
73 Richie Sexson
74 Brandon Webb
75 Luis Gonzalez
76 Steve Finley
77 Chipper Jones
78 Andruw Jones
79 Marcus Giles
80 Rafael Furcal
81 J.D. Drew
82 Sammy Sosa
83 Kerry Wood
84 Mark Prior
85 Derrek Lee
86 Moises Alou
87 Corey Patterson
88 Ken Griffey, Jr.
89 Austin Kearns
90 Adam Dunn
91 Barry Larkin
92 Todd Helton
93 Larry Walker
94 Preston Wilson
95 Charles Johnson
96 Luis Castillo
97 Josh Beckett
98 Mike Lowell
99 Miguel Cabrera
100 Juan Pierre
101 Dontrelle Willis
102 Andy Pettitte
103 Wade Miller
104 Jeff Bagwell
105 Craig Biggio
106 Lance Berkman
107 Jeff Kent
108 Roy Oswalt
109 Hideo Nomo
110 Adrian Beltre
111 Paul Lo Duca
112 Shawn Green
113 Fred McGriff
114 Eric Gagne
115 Geoff Jenkins
116 Rickie Weeks
117 Scott Podsednik
118 Nick Johnson
119 Orlando Cabrera
120 Jose Vidro
121 Kaz Matsui RC
122 Tom Glavine
123 Al Leiter
124 Mike Piazza
125 Jose Reyes
126 Mike Cameron
127 Pat Burrell
128 Jim Thome
129 Mike Lieberthal
130 Bobby Abreu
131 Kip Wells
132 Jack Wilson
133 Pokey Reese
134 Brian Giles
135 Sean Burroughs
136 Ryan Klesko
137 Trevor Hoffman
138 Jason Schmidt
139 J.T. Snow
140 A.J. Pierzynski
141 Ray Durham
142 Jim Edmonds
143 Albert Pujols
144 Edgar Renteria
145 Scott Rolen
146 Matt Morris
147 Ivan Rodriguez
148 Vladimir Guerrero
149 Greg Maddux
150 Kevin Millwood

Autographed Rookies

Each Autographed Rookie is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

NOTE: Card #169, originally of Kaz Matsui, was pulled.

151 Hector Gimenez RC 750
152 Willy Taveras RC 750
153 Ruddy Yan 750
154 Graham Koonce 750
155 Jose Capellan RC 750
156 Onil Joseph RC* 750
157 John Gall RC 1000
158 Carlos Hines RC* 750
159 Jerry Gil RC 750
160 Mike Gosling RC 750
161 Jason Frasor RC 750
162 Justin Knoedler RC 750
163 Merkin Valdez RC 500
164 Angel Chavez RC 1000
165 Ivan Ochoa RC 750
166 Greg Dobbs RC 750
167 Ronald Belisario RC 750
168 Aarom Baldiris RC* 750
170 Dave Crouthers RC* 750
171 Freddy Guzman RC 750
172 Akinori Otsuka RC 250
173 Ian Snell RC 750
174 Nick Regilio RC 1000
175 Jamie Brown RC 750
176 Jerome Gamble RC* 750
177 Roberto Novoa RC 1000
178 Sean Henn RC 1000
179 Ramon Ramirez RC 1000
180 Jason Bartlett RC 1000

Retired

Each Retired player is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

181 Bob Gibson
182 Cal Ripken, Jr.
183 Carl Yastrzemski
184 Dale Murphy
185 Don Mattingly
186 Eddie Murray
187 George Brett
188 Jackie Robinson
189 Jim Palmer
190 Lou Gehrig
191 Mike Schmidt
192 Ozzie Smith
193 Nolan Ryan
194 Reggie Jackson
195 Roberto Clemente
196 Robin Yount
197 Stan Musial
198 Ted Williams
199 Tony Gwynn
200 Ty Cobb

Parallels

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used

@@ Line 118: / Line 118: @@
 Each Autographed Rookie is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.
+NOTE: Card #169, originally of Kaz Matsui, was pulled.
 <sql2wiki database="carddb">
 SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Donruss Elite') AND (num BETWEEN 151 AND 180);
 </sql2wiki>
 ===Retired===