Description

2002 Donruss Classics is a 225 card set released in two series. The first 200 cards of the 225 card set was released as part of the Donruss Classics product in June 2002. Each Donruss Classics Hobby box contains two, separately packages, nine-pack "mini boxes." The final 25 cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2002 Donruss The Rookies.

Cards 1-100 are the base cards while 101-225 are short-printed and serial-numbered to 1500 copies each. 101-150 are rookie and prospect cards while 151-200 are retired stars with one card from each subset inserted into every nine-pack mini box.

In addition to the short-prints, each mini-box will yield either an autograph of game-used card.

As with most 2002 products, there are no notable rookies in the main set; however, an RC of Cliff Lee was included in the Donruss The Rookies Series.

Distribution

Two nine-pack "mini-boxes" per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only. Four boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	225	-	?
short set	100	-	?
Rookies/Prospects	50	1500	1:9
Legends	50	1500	1:9
Donruss The Rookies Series	25	1500	?
Timeless Tributes Parallel	225	100	?
Classic Singles	30	varies	?
Classic Combos	25	varies	?
Legendary Lumberjacks	35	varies	?
Legendary Hats	5	50	?
Legendary Leather	5	50	?
Legendary Spikes	5	50	?
New Millennium Classics	60	varies	?
Timeless Treasures	17	varies, 8-91	?
Significant Signatures	202	varies	?

Checklist

Promos

Randomly inserted into the August 2002 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a Donruss Classics promo card. The checklist parallels that of the first 100 cards in the base set and each card has the word "SAMPLE" stamped in silver or gold foil on the back. About 10% of the total product run was gold foil stamped with the remainder in silver foil.

Base Set

Donruss Classics Series

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Barry Bonds
3 C.C. Sabathia
4 Chipper Jones
5 Derek Jeter
6 Troy Glaus
7 Frank Thomas
8 Greg Maddux
9 Ivan Rodriguez
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Mark Buehrle
12 Todd Helton
13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Brad Penny
16 Mike Piazza
17 Nomar Garciaparra
18 Pedro Martinez
19 Randy Johnson
20 Bud Smith
21 Rickey Henderson
22 Roger Clemens
23 Sammy Sosa
24 Brandon Duckworth
25 Vladimir Guerrero
26 Kazuhiro Sasaki
27 Roberto Alomar
28 Barry Zito
29 Rich Aurilia
30 Ben Sheets
31 Carlos Delgado
32 J.D. Drew
33 Jermaine Dye
34 Darin Erstad
35 Jason Giambi
36 Tom Glavine
37 Juan Gonzalez
38 Luis Gonzalez
39 Shawn Green
40 Tim Hudson
41 Andruw Jones
42 Shannon Stewart
43 Barry Larkin
44 Wade Miller
45 Mike Mussina
46 Hideo Nomo
47 Rafael Palmeiro
48 Scott Rolen
49 Gary Sheffield
50 Bernie Williams
51 Bob Abreu
52 Javier Vazquez
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 Robert Person
62 Jeremy Giambi
63 Freddy Garcia
64 Alfonso Soriano
65 Doug Davis
66 Brian Giles
67 Moises Alou
68 Richard Hidalgo
69 Paul LoDuca
70 Aramis Ramirez
71 Andres Galarraga
72 Ryan Klesko
73 Chan Ho Park
74 Richie Sexson
75 Mike Sweeney
76 Aubrey Huff
77 Miguel Tejada
78 Jose Vidro
79 Larry Walker
80 Roy Oswalt
81 Craig Biggio
82 Juan Pierre
83 Jim Thome
84 Josh Towers
85 Alex Escobar
86 Cliff Floyd
87 Terrence Long
88 Curt Schilling
89 Carlos Beltran
90 Albert Pujols
91 Gabe Kapler
92 Mark Mulder
93 Carlos Lee
94 Robert Fick
95 Raul Mondesi
96 Ichiro Suzuki
97 Adam Dunn
98 Corey Patterson
99 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
100 Joe Mays

Rookies/Prospects

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

101 Juan Cruz
102 Marlon Byrd
103 Luis Garcia
104 Jorge Padilla RC
105 Dennis Tankersley
106 Josh Pearce
107 Ramon Vazquez
108 Chris Baker RC*
109 Eric Cyr
110 Reed Johnson RC
111 Ryan Jamison
112 Antonio Perez
113 Satoru Komiyama RC
114 Austin Kearns
115 Juan Pena
116 Orlando Hudson
117 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
118 Erik Bedard
119 Luis Ugueto RC
120 Ben Howard RC
121 Morgan Ensberg
122 Doug Devore RC
123 Josh Phelps
124 Angel Berroa
125 Ed Rogers
126 Takahito Nomura RC
127 John Ennis RC
128 Bill Hall
129 Dewon Brazelton
130 Hank Blalock
131 So Taguchi RC
132 Jorge De La Rosa RC
133 Matt Thornton RC
134 Brandon Backe RC
135 Jeff Deardorff
136 Steve Smyth
137 Anderson Machado RC
138 John Buck
139 Mark Prior
140 Sean Burroughs
141 Alex Herrera
142 Francis Beltran RC
143 Jason Romano
144 Michael Cuddyer
145 Steve Bechler RC
146 Alfredo Amezaga
147 Ryan Ludwick
148 Martin Vargas
149 Allan Simpson RC
150 Mark Teixeira

Legends

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

151 Dale Murphy
152 Ernie Banks
153 Johnny Bench
154 George Brett
155 Lou Brock
156 Rod Carew
157 Steve Carlton
158 Joe Torre
159 Dennis Eckersley
160 Reggie Jackson
161 Al Kaline
162 Dave Parker
163 Don Mattingly
164 Tony Gwynn
165 Willie McCovey
166 Joe Morgan
167 Stan Musial
168 Jim Palmer
169 Brooks Robinson
170 Bo Jackson
171 Nolan Ryan
172 Mike Schmidt
173 Tom Seaver
174 Cal Ripken, Jr.
175 Robin Yount
176 Wade Boggs
177 Gary Carter
178 Ron Santo
179 Luis Aparicio
180 Bobby Doerr
181 Ryne Sandberg
182 Yogi Berra
183 Will Clark
184 Eddie Murray
185 Andre Dawson
186 Duke Snider
187 Orlando Cepeda
188 Billy Williams
189 Juan Marichal
190 Harmon Killebrew
191 Kirby Puckett
192 Carlton Fisk
193 Dave Winfield
194 Alan Trammell
195 Paul Molitor
196 Tony Perez
197 Ozzie Smith
198 Ralph Kiner
199 Fergie Jenkins
200 Phil Rizzuto

Donruss The Rookies Series

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

201 Oliver Perez RC
202 Aaron Cook RC
203 Eric Junge RC
204 Freddy Sanchez RC
205 Cliff Lee RC
206 Runelvys Hernandez RC
207 Chone Figgins RC
208 Rodrigo Rosario RC
209 Kevin Cash RC
210 Josh Bard RC
211 Felix Escalona RC
212 Jeriome Robertson RC
213 Jason Simontacchi RC
214 Shane Nance RC
215 Ben Kozlowski RC
216 Brian Tallet RC
217 Earl Snyder RC
218 Andy Pratt RC
219 Trey Hodges RC
220 Kirk Saarloos RC
221 Rene Reyes RC
222 Joe Borchard
223 Wilson Valdez RC
224 Miguel Asencio RC
225 Chris Snelling RC

Parallels

All 225 cards are available in a "Timeless Tributes" parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Chicago National

Collectors who opened packs of 2002 Donruss Classics at the Donruss-Playoff corporate booth that the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention would receive a special "Chicago National" parallel card. Each Chicago National card is embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to five copies.

Chicago National cards exist for all 225 base cards plus all 225 Timeless Tributes parallels.

Autographs & Game-Used

Classic Singles

CS-1 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 100
CS-2 Eddie Murray JSY 100
CS-3 George Brett JSY 100
CS-4 Bo Jackson JSY 100
CS-5 Ted Williams BAT 50
CS-6 Jimmie Foxx BAT 50
CS-7 Steve Carlton JSY 50
CS-8 Reggie Jackson JSY 100
CS-9 Mel Ott JSY 50
CS-10 Catfish Hunter JSY 100
CS-11 Nolan Ryan JSY 100
CS-12 Rickey Henderson JSY NYM 100
CS-13 Robin Yount JSY 100
CS-14 Orlando Cepeda JSY 100
CS-15 Ty Cobb BAT 50
CS-16 Babe Ruth BAT 50
CS-17 Dave Parker JSY 100
CS-18 Willie Stargell JSY 100
CS-19 Ernie Banks BAT 100
CS-20 Mike Schmidt JSY 100
CS-21 Duke Snider JSY 50
CS-22 Jackie Robinson JSY 50
CS-23 Rickey Henderson BAT SDG 100
CS-24 Dale Murphy BAT 100
CS-25 Lou Gehrig BAT 50
CS-26 Jimmie Foxx BAT 50
CS-27 Reggie Jackson JSY 100
CS-28 Tony Gwynn BAT 100
CS-29 Bobby Doerr JSY 100
CS-30 Joe Torre JSY 100

Classic Combos

CC-3 Ted Williams / Jimmie Foxx BAT / BAT 25
CC-9 Nolan Ryan / George Brett / Robin Yount / Orlando Cepeda JSY / JSY / JSY / JSY 25
CC-16 Jimmie Foxx / Lou Gehrig BAT / BAT 15
CC-18 Ted Williams / Ty Cobb / Jimmie Foxx / Lou Gehrig BAT / BAT / BAT / BAT 15
CC-19 Bobby Doerr / Ted Williams JSY / JSY 15
CC-1 Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY / JSY 25
CC-2 George Brett / Bo Jackson JSY / JSY 25
CC-4 Nolan Ryan / Steve Carlton JSY / JSY 25
CC-5 Mel Ott / Babe Ruth JSY / JSY 15
CC-6 Nolan Ryan / George Brett JSY / JSY 25
CC-7 Babe Ruth / Ty Cobb BAT / BAT 15
CC-8 Jackie Robinson / Duke Snider JSY / JSY 15
CC-10 Rickey Henderson / Ty Cobb BAT / BAT 25
CC-11 Ted Williams / Tony Gwynn JSY / JSY 15
CC-12 Tony Gwynn / Rickey Henderson BAT / BAT 25
CC-13 Ty Cobb / Tony Gwynn BAT / BAT 25
CC-14 Dave Parker / Willie Stargell JSY / JSY 25
CC-15 Ted Williams / Ty Cobb BAT / BAT 25
CC-17 Catfish Hunter / Reggie Jackson JSY / JSY 25
CC-20 Mike Schmidt / George Brett JSY / JSY 25

Legendary

Lumberjacks

LL-1 Don Mattingly 500
LL-2 George Brett 400
LL-3 Stan Musial 100
LL-4 Lou Gehrig 50
LL-5 Mike Piazza 500
LL-6 Mel Ott 50
LL-7 Ted Williams 50
LL-8 Bo Jackson 500
LL-9 Kirby Puckett 500
LL-10 Rafael Palmeiro 500
LL-11 Andre Dawson 500
LL-12 Ozzie Smith 500
LL-13 Paul Molitor 500
LL-14 Babe Ruth 50
LL-15 Carlton Fisk 500
LL-16 Rickey Henderson 500
LL-17 Gary Carter 500
LL-18 Cal Ripken, Jr. 100
LL-19 Eddie Mathews 100
LL-20 Luis Aparicio 500
LL-21 Al Kaline 100
LL-22 Eddie Murray 500
LL-23 Yogi Berra 100
LL-24 Alex Rodriguez 500
LL-25 Tony Gwynn 500
LL-26 Roberto Clemente 100
LL-27 Mike Schmidt 400
LL-28 Reggie Jackson 500
LL-29 Ryne Sandberg 500
LL-30 Joe Morgan 400
LL-31 Joe Torre 500
LL-32 Gary Sheffield 500
LL-33 Nomar Garciaparra 500
LL-34 Jeff Bagwell 500
LL-35 Manny Ramirez 500

Hats

The 5 card set features game used hat swatches from players made famous by playing for one or two teams for most of their career. Each card is serial numbered to 50 copies per card.

LH-3 Wade Boggs
LH-2 George Brett
LH-1 Don Mattingly
LH-4 Reggie Jackson
LH-5 Ryne Sandberg

Leather

Each card features either a swatch from a batting glove or fielding glove and is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

LL-4 Kirby Puckett FLD GLV
LL-5 Mike Schmidt FLD GLV
LL-1 Don Mattingly BTG GLV
LL-2 Wade Boggs BTG GLV
LL-3 Tony Gywnn FLD GLV

Spikes

This 5-card set was randomly inserted packs and each card is serial numbered to 50 copies. Each card has a piece of game used shoe embedded in the card.

LS-1 Don Mattingly 50
LS-2 Eddie Murray 50
LS-3 Paul Molitor 50
LS-4 Harmon Killebrew 50
LS-5 Mike Schmidt 50

New Millennium Classics

NMC-1 Curt Schilling JSY 500
NMC-2 Vladimir Guerrero JSY 100
NMC-3 Jim Thome JSY 500
NMC-4 Troy Glaus JSY 400
NMC-5 Ivan Rodriguez JSY 200
NMC-6 Todd Helton JSY 400
NMC-7 Sean Casey JSY 500
NMC-8 Scott Rolen JSY 475
NMC-9 Ken Griffey, Jr. BASE 150
NMC-10 Hideo Nomo JSY 100
NMC-11 Tom Glavine JSY 350
NMC-12 Pedro Martinez JSY 100
NMC-13 Cliff Floyd JSY 500
NMC-14 Shawn Green JSY 125
NMC-15 Rafael Palmeiro JSY 250
NMC-16 Luis Gonzalez JSY 100
NMC-17 Lance Berkman JSY 100
NMC-18 Frank Thomas JSY 500
NMC-19 Randy Johnson JSY 400
NMC-20 Moises Alou JSY 500
NMC-21 Chipper Jones JSY 500
NMC-22 Larry Walker JSY 300
NMC-23 Mike Sweeney JSY 500
NMC-24 Juan Gonzalez JSY 300
NMC-25 Roger Clemens JSY 100
NMC-26 Albert Pujols BASE 300
NMC-27 Magglio Ordonez JSY 500
NMC-28 Alex Rodriguez JSY 400
NMC-29 Jeff Bagwell JSY 125
NMC-30 Kazuhiro Sasaki JSY 500
NMC-31 Barry Larkin JSY 300
NMC-32 Andruw Jones JSY 350
NMC-33 Kerry Wood JSY 200
NMC-34 Rickey Henderson JSY 100
NMC-35 Greg Maddux JSY 100
NMC-36 Brian Giles JSY 400
NMC-37 Craig Biggio JSY 100
NMC-38 Roberto Alomar JSY 400
NMC-39 Mike Piazza JSY 400
NMC-40 Bernie Williams JSY 100
NMC-41 Ichiro BALL 100
NMC-42 Kenny Lofton JSY 450
NMC-43 Mark Mulder JSY 500
NMC-44 Kazuhisa Ishii EXCH JSY 100
NMC-45 Darin Erstad JSY 500
NMC-46 Jose Vidro JSY 500
NMC-47 Miguel Tejada JSY 475
NMC-48 Roy Oswalt JSY 500
NMC-49 So Taguchi EXCH JSY 100
NMC-50 Barry Zito JSY 500
NMC-51 Manny Ramirez JSY 400
NMC-52 Nomar Garciaparra JSY 400
NMC-53 C.C. Sabathia JSY 500
NMC-54 Carlos Delgado JSY 500
NMC-55 Gary Sheffield JSY 500
NMC-56 J.D. Drew JSY 500
NMC-57 Barry Bonds BALL 150
NMC-58 Derek Jeter BALL 150
NMC-59 Edgar Martinez JSY 400
NMC-60 Sammy Sosa BALL 150

Timeless Treasures

This 17-card set features game used jersey swatches and bat chips from Cal Ripken Jr. and Ted Williams. Each card is serial numbered between 8 and 91 copies per card.

TT-1 Ted Williams JSY 25
TT-2 Ted Williams JSY 10
TT-3 Ted Williams JSY 10
TT-4 Ted Williams JSY 10
TT-5 Ted Williams BAT 42
TT-6 Ted Williams BAT 47
TT-7 Ted Williams BAT 46
TT-8 Ted Williams BAT 49
TT-9 Ted Williams JSY 9
TT-10 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 98
TT-11 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 82
TT-12 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 83
TT-13 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 91
TT-14 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 25
TT-15 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 25
TT-16 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 25
TT-17 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 8

Significant Signatures

1 Alex Rodriguez 15
3 C.C. Sabathia 20
4 Chipper Jones 15
6 Troy Glaus 25
7 Frank Thomas 15
8 Greg Maddux 15
9 Ivan Rodriguez 15
10 Jeff Bagwell 15
11 Mark Buehrle 25
12 Todd Helton 15
14 Manny Ramirez 15
15 Brad Penny 25
17 Nomar Garciaparra 15
18 Pedro Martinez 15
20 Bud Smith 25
21 Rickey Henderson 15
22 Roger Clemens 15
24 Brandon Duckworth 25
25 Vladimir Guerrero 25
27 Roberto Alomar 15
28 Barry Zito 25
29 Rich Aurilia 25
30 Ben Sheets 25
32 J.D. Drew 15
33 Jermaine Dye 25
34 Darin Erstad 15
35 Jason Giambi 15
36 Tom Glavine 15
37 Juan Gonzalez 15
38 Luis Gonzalez 15
40 Tim Hudson 25
41 Andruw Jones 15
42 Shannon Stewart 25
43 Barry Larkin 15
44 Wade Miller 25
45 Mike Mussina 15
47 Rafael Palmeiro 15
48 Scott Rolen 15
49 Gary Sheffield 15
50 Bernie Williams 15
51 Bob Abreu 25
52 Javier Vazquez 25
53 Edgar Martinez 25
55 Kerry Wood 15
56 Adrian Beltre 25
57 Lance Berkman 25
58 Kevin Brown 15
59 Sean Casey 20
60 Eric Chavez 25
61 Robert Person 25
62 Jeremy Giambi 25
63 Freddy Garcia 25
64 Alfonso Soriano 25
65 Doug Davis 25
66 Brian Giles 13
67 Moises Alou 15
68 Richard Hidalgo 25
69 Paul LoDuca 25
70 Aramis Ramirez 25
71 Andres Galarraga 15
72 Ryan Klesko 20
74 Richie Sexson 25
75 Mike Sweeney 25
76 Aubrey Huff 25
77 Miguel Tejada 25
78 Jose Vidro 25
80 Roy Oswalt 25
81 Craig Biggio 15
82 Juan Pierre 25
84 Josh Towers 25
85 Alex Escobar 25
86 Cliff Floyd 25
87 Terrence Long 25
88 Curt Schilling 15
89 Carlos Beltran 25
90 Albert Pujols 25
91 Gabe Kapler 25
92 Mark Mulder 25
93 Carlos Lee 25
94 Robert Fick 25
97 Adam Dunn 6
98 Corey Patterson 25
100 Joe Mays 25
101 Juan Cruz 400
102 Marlon Byrd 500
103 Luis Garcia 500
104 Jorge Padilla 500
105 Dennis Tankersley 250
106 Josh Pearce 500
107 Ramon Vazquez 500
108 Chris Baker 500
109 Eric Cyr 500
110 Reed Johnson 500
111 Ryan Jamison 500
112 Antonio Perez 500
113 Satoru Komiyama 50
114 Austin Kearns 500
115 Juan Pena 500
116 Orlando Hudson 400
117 Kazuhisa Ishii 50
118 Erik Bedard 500
119 Luis Ugueto 250
120 Ben Howard 500
121 Morgan Ensberg 500
122 Doug Devore 500
123 Josh Phelps 500
124 Angel Berroa 500
125 Ed Rogers 500
126 Takahito Nomura 25
127 John Ennis 500
128 Bill Hall 400
129 Dewon Brazelton 400
130 Hank Blalock 100
131 So Taguchi 150
132 Jorge De La Rosa 500
133 Matt Thornton 500
134 Brandon Backe 500
135 Jeff Deardorff 500
136 Steve Smyth 400
137 Anderson Machado 500
138 John Buck 500
139 Mark Prior 250
140 Sean Burroughs 50
141 Alex Herrera 500
142 Francis Beltran 500
143 Jason Romano 500
144 Michael Cuddyer 400
145 Steve Bechler 500
146 Alfredo Amezaga 500
147 Ryan Ludwick 500
148 Martin Vargas 500
149 Allan Simpson 500
150 Mark Teixeira 200
151 Dale Murphy 25
152 Ernie Banks 25
153 Johnny Bench 25
154 George Brett 25
155 Lou Brock 100
156 Rod Carew 25
157 Steve Carlton 125
158 Joe Torre 25
159 Dennis Eckersley 500
160 Reggie Jackson 25
161 Al Kaline 125
162 Dave Parker 500
163 Don Mattingly 50
164 Tony Gwynn 25
165 Willie McCovey 25
166 Joe Morgan 25
167 Stan Musial 25
168 Jim Palmer 125
169 Brooks Robinson 125
170 Bo Jackson 25
171 Nolan Ryan 25
172 Mike Schmidt 25
173 Tom Seaver 25
174 Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
175 Robin Yount 25
176 Wade Boggs 25
177 Gary Carter 150
178 Ron Santo 500
179 Luis Aparicio 400
180 Bobby Doerr 500
181 Ryne Sandberg 25
182 Yogi Berra 25
183 Will Clark 50
184 Eddie Murray 25
185 Andre Dawson 200
186 Duke Snider 25
187 Orlando Cepeda 125
188 Billy Williams 200
189 Juan Marichal 500
190 Harmon Killebrew 100
191 Kirby Puckett 25
192 Carlton Fisk 25
193 Dave Winfield 25
194 Alan Trammell 200
195 Paul Molitor 25
196 Tony Perez 150
197 Ozzie Smith 25
198 Ralph Kiner 125
199 Fergie Jenkins 200
200 Phil Rizzuto 125
201 Oliver Perez 50
203 Eric Junge 50
205 Cliff Lee 100
207 Chone Figgins 100
208 Rodrigo Rosario 250
209 Kevin Cash 100
210 Josh Bard 100
211 Felix Escalona 25
214 Shane Nance 200
215 Ben Kozlowski 200
216 Brian Tallet 100
217 Earl Snyder 100
218 Andy Pratt 250
219 Trey Hodges 250
220 Kirk Saarloos 100
221 Rene Reyes 50
222 Joe Borchard 100
223 Wilson Valdez 100
225 Chris Snelling 100