Description

1997 Donruss Signature Series is a 100-card set released in two series, about a month apart, in August and September, 1997. Like with 1996 Leaf Signature Series each pack contains one autograph.

All 100 base cards are in both series. The only difference between the two series is in the autograph checklist -- although some autographs were available in both series.

Distribution

12 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $14.99). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	100	-	?
Platinum Press Proofs	100	150	?
Autographs	118	varies	?
Millennium Marks Autographs	143	1000	?
Century Marks Autographs	143	100	?
Notable Nicknames	11	200	?
Significant Signatures	22	2000	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mark McGwire
2 Kenny Lofton
3 Tony Gwynn
4 Tony Clark
5 Tim Salmon
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Mike Piazza
8 Greg Maddux
9 Roberto Alomar
10 Andres Galarraga
11 Roger Clemens
12 Bernie Williams
13 Rondell White
14 Kevin Appier
15 Ray Lankford
16 Frank Thomas
17 Will Clark
18 Chipper Jones
19 Jeff Bagwell
20 Manny Ramirez
21 Ryne Sandberg
22 Paul Molitor
23 Gary Sheffield
24 Jim Edmonds
25 Barry Larkin
26 Rafael Palmeiro
27 Alan Benes
28 Dave Justice
29 Randy Johnson
30 Barry Bonds
31 Mo Vaughn
32 Michael Tucker
33 Larry Walker
34 Tino Martinez
35 Jose Guillen
36 Carlos Delgado
37 Jason Dickson
38 Tom Glavine
39 Raul Mondesi
40 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
41 Johnny Damon
42 Mark Grace
43 Juan Gonzalez
44 Vladimir Guerrero
45 Kevin Brown
46 Justin Thompson
47 Eric Young
48 Ron Coomer
49 Mark Kotsay RC
50 Scott Rolen
51 Derek Jeter
52 Jim Thome
53 Fred McGriff
54 Albert Belle
55 Garret Anderson
56 Wilton Guerrero
57 Jose Canseco
58 Cal Ripken, Jr.
59 Sammy Sosa
60 Dmitri Young
61 Alex Rodriguez
62 Javy Lopez
63 Sandy Alomar
64 Joe Carter
65 Dante Bichette
66 Al Martin
67 Darin Erstad
68 Pokey Reese
69 Brady Anderson
70 Andruw Jones
71 Ivan Rodriguez
72 Nomar Garciaparra
73 Moises Alou
74 Andy Pettitte
75 Jay Buhner
76 Craig Biggio
77 Wade Boggs
78 Shawn Estes
79 Neifi Perez
80 Rusty Greer
81 Pedro Martinez
82 Mike Mussina
83 Jason Giambi
84 Hideo Nomo
85 Todd Hundley
86 Deion Sanders
87 Mike Cameron
88 Bobby Bonilla
89 Todd Greene
90 Kevin Orie
91 Ken Caminiti
92 Chuck Knoblauch
93 Matt Morris
94 Matt Williams
95 Pat Hentgen
96 John Smoltz
97 Edgar Martinez
98 Jason Kendall
99 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
100 Frank Thomas CL

Parallels

All 100 base cards are available in a Platinum Press Proof parallel which is serial-numbered to 150 copies each.

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Not all players signed an equal number of cards. For most cards there were three cards produced.

Century Marks (First 100 cards, serial-numbered)
Millenium Marks (Next 1000 cards, serial-numbered)
Base Autograph (All other cards)

For example, for a player who signed 5000 cards, the first 100 were designated as "Century Marks" and serial-numbered 1 through 100. The next 1000 were Millennium Marks and numbered 101-1100. All other cards were not serial-numbered.

For those players who signed less than 1100 cards, no "base" autograph exists -- only Century and Millennium Marks.

Listed below is the checklist for the "base" autograph and the number of each produced. Cards marked "A/B" were available in both A and B series packs.

Jeff Abbott A 3900
Bob Abreu B 1400
Edgardo Alfonzo A 3900
Roberto Alomar A/B 150
Sandy Alomar, Jr. A 1400
Moises Alou A 900
Garret Anderson B 3900
Andy Ashby A 3900
Trey Beamon B 3900
Alan Benes B 3900
Geronimo Berroa A 3900
Wade Boggs A/B 150
Kevin Brown B 3900
Brett Butler A 1400
Mike Cameron B 3900
Giovanni Carrara B 2900
Luis Castillo B 3900
Tony Clark A 3900
Will Clark B 1400
Lou Collier A 3900
Bartolo Colon B 3900
Ron Coomer B 3900
Marty Cordova A 3900
Jacob Cruz A/B 3900
Jose Cruz, Jr. A/B 900
Russ Davis B 3900
Jason Dickson A 3900
Todd Dunwoody A 3900
Jermaine Dye B 3900
Jim Edmonds A 3900
Darin Erstad A/B 900
Bobby Estalella A 3900
Shawn Estes B 3900
Jeff Fassero A 3900
Andres Galarraga B 900
Karim Garcia A 3900
Derrick Gibson B 3900
Brian Giles B 3900
Tom Glavine B 150
Rick Gorecki A 900
Shawn Green B 1900
Todd Greene A 3900
Rusty Greer B 3900
Ben Grieve B 3900
Mark Grudzielanek B 3900
Vladimir Guerrero A/B 1900
Wilton Guerrero A 2150
Jose Guillen B 2900
Jeffrey Hammonds B 2150
Todd Helton A 1400
Todd Hollandsworth A 2900
Trenidad Hubbard A 900
Todd Hundley B 1400
Bobby Jones B 3900
Brian Jordan B 1400
Dave Justice B 900
Eric Karros B 650
Jason Kendall B 3900
Jimmy Key B 3900
Brooks Kieschnick A 3900
Ryan Klesko A 225
Paul Konerko A 3900
Mark Kotsay A 2400
Ray Lankford A 3900
Barry Larkin A/B 150
Derrek Lee B 3900
Esteban Loaiza B 3900
Javy Lopez B 1400
Edgar Martinez A/B 150
Pedro Martinez A 900
Rafael Medina A 3900
Raul Mondesi EXCH B 650
Matt Morris A 3900
Paul O'Neill B 900
Kevin Orie A 3900
David Ortiz A 3900
Rafael Palmeiro B 900
Jay Payton A 3900
Neifi Perez B 3900
Manny Ramirez A 900
Joe Randa A 3900
Pokey Reese B 3900
Edgar Renteria EXCH B 3900
Dennis Reyes A 3900
Henry Rodriguez B 3900
Scott Rolen A/B 1900
Kirk Rueter A 2900
Ryne Sandberg A 400
Dwight Smith B 2900
J.T. Snow A 900
Scott Spiezio A 3900
Shannon Stewart A 2900
Jeff Suppan A 1900
Mike Sweeney A 3900
Miguel Tejada A 3900
Miguel Tejada B
Justin Thompson B 2400
Brett Tomko A 3900
Bubba Trammell B 3900
Michael Tucker B 3900
Javier Valentin A 3900
Mo Vaughn A/B 150
Robin Ventura A 1400
Terrell Wade B 3900
Billy Wagner B 3900
Larry Walker A 900
Todd Walker B 2400
Rondell White B 3900
Kevin Wickander A 900
Chris Widger A 3900
Matt Williams A/B 150
Antone Williamson A 3900
Dan Wilson B 3900
Tony Womack A 3900
Jaret Wright B 3900
Dmitri Young B 3900
Eric Young A 3900
Kevin Young A 3900
Frank Thomas (Fascimile)

Millennium/Century Marks

Listed below is the checklist for the Millennium Marks autographs and the number of each produced. As you can see, not all players signed their full allotment of 1000 Millennium Marks.

The checklist for the Century Marks is identical to that of the Millennium's, and for brevity's sake we are not repeating the full checklist. Suffice to say, each player (EXCEPT Nomar Garciaparra) signed their full allotment of 100 Century Marks. Only 62 copies of Garciaparra's Century Marks packed out.

Jeff Abbott A 1000
Bob Abreu B 1000
Edgardo Alfonzo A 1000
Roberto Alomar A/B 1000
Sandy Alomar, Jr. A 1000
Moises Alou A 1000
Garret Anderson B 1000
Andy Ashby A 1000
Jeff Bagwell B 400
Trey Beamon B 1000
Albert Belle A 400
Alan Benes B 1000
Geronimo Berroa A 1000
Wade Boggs A/B 1000
Barry Bonds A 400
Bobby Bonilla A/B 900
Kevin Brown B 900
Kevin Brown B 1000
Jay Buhner A 900
Brett Butler A 1000
Mike Cameron B 1000
Giovanni Carrara B 1000
Luis Castillo B 1000
Tony Clark A 1000
Will Clark B 1000
Roger Clemens A/B 400
Lou Collier A 1000
Bartolo Colon B 1000
Ron Coomer B 1000
Marty Cordova A 1000
Jacob Cruz A 1000
Jose Cruz, Jr. A/B 1000
Russ Davis B 1000
Jason Dickson A 1000
Todd Dunwoody A 1000
Jermaine Dye B 1000
Jim Edmonds A 1000
Darin Erstad A/B 1000
Bobby Estalella A 1000
Shawn Estes B 1000
Jeff Fassero A 1000
Andres Galarraga B 1000
Karim Garcia A 1000
Nomar Garciaparra A/B 650
Derrick Gibson B 1000
Brian Giles B 1000
Tom Glavine B 1000
Juan Gonzalez B 900
Rick Gorecki A 1000
Shawn Green B 1000
Todd Greene A 1000
Rusty Greer B 1000
Ben Grieve B 1000
Mark Grudzielanek B 1000
Vladimir Guerrero A/B 1000
Wilton Guerrero A 1000
Jose Guillen B 1000
Tony Gwynn A/B 900
Jeffrey Hammonds B 1000
Todd Helton A 1000
Todd Hundley B 1000
Todd Hollandsworth A 1000
Trenidad Hubbard A 1000
Derek Jeter A/B 400
Andruw Jones A/B 900
Bobby Jones B 1000
Chipper Jones A/B 900
Brian Jordan B 1000
Dave Justice B 1000
Eric Karros B 1000
Jason Kendall B 1000
Jimmy Key B 1000
Brooks Kieschnick A 1000
Ryan Klesko A 1000
Chuck Knoblauch A/B 900
Paul Konerko A 1000
Mark Kotsay A 1000
Ray Lankford A 1000
Barry Larkin A/B 1000
Derrek Lee B 1000
Esteban Loaiza B 1000
Javy Lopez B 1000
Greg Maddux A/B 400
Edgar Martinez A/B 1000
Pedro Martinez A 1000
Tino Martinez A/B 900
Rafael Medina A 1000
Raul Mondesi EXCH B 1000
Matt Morris A 1000
Eddie Murray EXCH A/B 900
Mike Mussina A 900
Paul O'Neill B 1000
Kevin Orie A 1000
David Ortiz A 1000
Rafael Palmeiro B 1000
Jay Payton A 1000
Neifi Perez B 1000
Andy Pettitte A/B 900
Manny Ramirez A 1000
Joe Randa A 1000
Pokey Reese B 1000
Edgar Renteria EXCH B 1000
Dennis Reyes A 1000
Cal Ripken, Jr. B 400
Alex Rodriguez A 400
Henry Rodriguez B 1000
Ivan Rodriguez B 900
Scott Rolen A/B 1000
Kirk Rueter A 1000
Ryne Sandberg A 1000
Gary Sheffield A/B 400
Dwight Smith B 1000
J.T. Snow A 1000
Scott Spiezio A 1000
Shannon Stewart A 1000
Jeff Suppan A 1000
Mike Sweeney A 1000
Miguel Tejada A 1000
Frank Thomas A 400
Jim Thome EXCH B 900
Justin Thompson B 1000
Brett Tomko A 1000
Bubba Trammell B 1000
Michael Tucker B 1000
Javier Valentin A 1000
Mo Vaughn A/B 1000
Robin Ventura A 1000
Terrell Wade B 1000
Billy Wagner B 1000
Larry Walker A 1000
Todd Walker B 1000
Rondell White B 1000
Kevin Wickander A 1000
Chris Widger A 1000
Bernie Williams B 400
Matt Williams A/B 1000
Antone Williamson A 1000
Dan Wilson B 1000
Tony Womack A 1000
Jaret Wright B 1000
Dmitri Young B 1000
Eric Young A 1000
Kevin Young A 1000

Notable Nicknames

1 Ernie Banks "Mr. Cub"
2 Tony Clark "The Tiger"
3 Roger Clemens "Rocket"
4 Reggie Jackson "Mr. October"
5 Randy Johnson "Big Unit"
6 Stan Musial "The Man"
7 Ivan Rodriguez "Pudge"
8 Frank Thomas "Big Hurt"
9 Mo Vaughn "Hit Dog"
10 Billy Wagner "The Kid"

Significant Signatures

1 Ernie Banks
2 Johnny Bench
3 Yogi Berra
4 George Brett
5 Lou Brock
6 Rod Carew
7 Steve Carlton
8 Larry Doby
9 Carlton Fisk
10 Bob Gibson
11 Reggie Jackson
12 Al Kaline
13 Harmon Killebrew
14 Don Mattingly
15 Stan Musial
16 Jim Palmer
17 Brooks Robinson
18 Frank Robinson
19 Mike Schmidt
20 Tom Seaver
21 Duke Snider
22 Carl Yastrzemski
11 Reggie Jackson (Silver Ink)