Description

1997 Donruss is a 450-card issued in two separate series of 270 and 180 cards respectively. (The second series was issued as "Donruss Update," however since the set is numbered as an extension of Series One, it is considered part of this set.)

The following subsets are included within the set: Checklists (267-270/448-450), Rookies (353-397), Hit List (398-422), King of the Hill (423-437) and Interleague Showdown (438-447).

Distribution

Series One Hobby: 18 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Update Series Hobby: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Update Series Blister Pack: 14 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Series One Hobby Odds	Series One Retail Odds	Series One Jumbo Odds	Update Hobby Odds	Update Retail Odds
Base	450	-	?	?	?	?	?
Silver Press Proof	450	2000	1:8	1:8	?	1:16	1:16
Gold Press Proof	450	500	1:32	1:32	?	1:64	1:64
Rated Rookies	30	-	1:6	1:6	1:6	N/A	N/A
Diamond Kings	10	9500	1:45	1:45	?	N/A	N/A
Diamond Kings Canvas	10	500	1:864	1:864	?	N/A	N/A
Armed and Dangerous	15	5000	1:58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Longball Leaders	15	5000	N/A	?	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rocket Launchers	15	5000	N/A	N/A	?	N/A	N/A
Dominators	20	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?
Rookie Diamond Kings	10	9500	N/A	N/A	N/A	1:24	1:24
Rookie Diamond Kings Canvas	10	500	N/A	N/A	N/A	1:480	1:480
Cal Ripken: The Only Way I Know	9	5000	N/A	N/A	N/A	1:24	1:24
Power Alley	24	varies	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?
Power Alley Die-Cuts	24	250	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?
Franchise Features	20	3000	N/A	N/A	N/A	1:48	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Juan Gonzalez
2 Jim Edmonds
3 Tony Gwynn
4 Andres Galarraga
5 Joe Carter
6 Raul Mondesi
7 Greg Maddux
8 Travis Fryman
9 Brian Jordan
10 Henry Rodriguez
11 Manny Ramirez
12 Mark McGwire
13 Marc Newfield
14 Craig Biggio
15 Sammy Sosa
16 Brady Anderson
17 Wade Boggs
18 Charles Johnson
19 Matt Williams
20 Denny Neagle
21 Ken Griffey, Jr.
22 Robin Ventura
23 Barry Larkin
24 Todd Zeile
25 Chuck Knoblauch
26 Todd Hundley
27 Roger Clemens
28 Michael Tucker
29 Rondell White
30 Osvaldo Fernandez
31 Ivan Rodriguez
32 Alex Fernandez
33 Jason Isringhausen
34 Chipper Jones
35 Paul O'Neill
36 Hideo Nomo
37 Roberto Alomar
38 Derek Bell
39 Paul Molitor
40 Andy Benes
41 Steve Trachsel
42 J.T. Snow
43 Jason Kendall
44 Alex Rodriguez
45 Joey Hamilton
46 Carlos Delgado
47 Jason Giambi
48 Larry Walker
49 Derek Jeter
50 Kenny Lofton
51 Devon White
52 Matt Mieske
53 Melvin Nieves
54 Jose Canseco
55 Tino Martinez
56 Rafael Palmeiro
57 Edgardo Alfonzo
58 Jay Buhner
59 Shane Reynolds
60 Steve Finley
61 Bob Higginson
62 Dean Palmer
63 Terry Pendleton
64 Marquis Grissom
65 Mike Stanley
66 Moises Alou
67 Ray Lankford
68 Marty Cordova
69 John Olerud
70 David Cone
71 Benito Santiago
72 Ryne Sandberg
73 Rickey Henderson
74 Roger Cedeno
75 Wilson Alvarez
76 Tim Salmon
77 Orlando Merced
78 Vinny Castilla
79 Ismael Valdes
80 Dante Bichette
81 Kevin Brown
82 Andy Pettitte
83 Scott Stahoviak
84 Mickey Tettleton
85 Jack McDowell
86 Tom Glavine
87 Gregg Jefferies
88 Chili Davis
89 Randy Johnson
90 John Mabry
91 Billy Wagner
92 Jeff Cirillo
93 Trevor Hoffman
94 Juan Guzman
95 Geronimo Berroa
96 Bernard Gilkey
97 Danny Tartabull
98 Johnny Damon
99 Charlie Hayes
100 Reggie Sanders
101 Robby Thompson
102 Bobby Bonilla
103 Reggie Jefferson
104 John Smoltz
105 Jim Thome
106 Ruben Rivera
107 Darren Oliver
108 Mo Vaughn
109 Roger Pavlik
110 Terry Steinbach
111 Jermaine Dye
112 Mark Grudzielanek
113 Rick Aguilera
114 Jamey Wright
115 Eddie Murray
116 Brian L. Hunter
117 Hal Morris
118 Tom Pagnozzi
119 Mike Mussina
120 Mark Grace
121 Cal Ripken, Jr.
122 Tom Goodwin
123 Paul Sorrento
124 Jay Bell
125 Todd Hollandsworth
126 Edgar Martinez
127 George Arias
128 Greg Vaughn
129 Roberto Hernandez
130 Delino DeShields
131 Bill Pulsipher
132 Joey Cora
133 Mariano Rivera
134 Mike Piazza
135 Carlos Baerga
136 Jose Mesa
137 Will Clark
138 Frank Thomas
139 John Wetteland
140 Shawn Estes
141 Garret Anderson
142 Andre Dawson
143 Eddie Taubensee
144 Ryan Klesko
145 Rocky Coppinger
146 Jeff Bagwell
147 Donovan Osborne
148 Greg Myers
149 Brant Brown
150 Kevin Elster
151 Bob Wells
152 Wally Joyner
153 Rico Brogna
154 Dwight Gooden
155 Jermaine Allensworth
156 Ray Durham
157 Cecil Fielder
158 John Burkett
159 Gary Sheffield
160 Albert Belle
161 Tomas Perez
162 David Doster
163 John Valentin
164 Danny Graves
165 Jose Paniagua
166 Brian Giles RC
167 Barry Bonds
168 Sterling Hitchcock
169 Bernie Williams
170 Fred McGriff
171 George Williams
172 Amaury Telemaco
173 Ken Caminiti
174 Ron Gant
175 Dave Justice
176 James Baldwin
177 Pat Hentgen
178 Ben McDonald
179 Tim Naehring
180 Jim Eisenreich
181 Ken Hill
182 Paul Wilson
183 Marvin Benard
184 Alan Benes
185 Ellis Burks
186 Scott Servais
187 David Segui
188 Scott Brosius
189 Jose Offerman
190 Eric Davis
191 Brett Butler
192 Curtis Pride
193 Yamil Benitez
194 Chan Ho Park
195 Bret Boone
196 Omar Vizquel
197 Orlando Miller
198 Ramon Martinez
199 Harold Baines
200 Eric Young
201 Fernando Vina
202 Alex Gonzalez
203 Fernando Valenzuela
204 Steve Avery
205 Ernie Young
206 Kevin Appier
207 Randy Myers
208 Jeff Suppan
209 James Mouton
210 Russ Davis
211 Al Martin
212 Troy Percival
213 Al Leiter
214 Dennis Eckersley
215 Mark Johnson
216 Eric Karros
217 Royce Clayton
218 Tony Phillips
219 Tim Wakefield
220 Alan Trammell
221 Eduardo Perez
222 Butch Huskey
223 Tim Belcher
224 Jamie Moyer
225 F.P. Santangelo
226 Rusty Greer
227 Jeff Brantley
228 Mark Langston
229 Ray Montgomery
230 Rich Becker
231 Ozzie Smith
232 Rey Ordonez
233 Ricky Otero
234 Mike Cameron
235 Mike Sweeney
236 Mark Lewis
237 Luis Gonzalez
238 Marcus Jensen
239 Ed Sprague
240 Jose Valentin
241 Jeff Frye
242 Charles Nagy
243 Carlos Garcia
244 Mike Hampton
245 B.J. Surhoff
246 Wilton Guerrero
247 Frank Rodriguez
248 Gary Gaetti
249 Lance Johnson
250 Darren Bragg
251 Darryl Hamilton
252 John Jaha
253 Craig Paquette
254 Jaime Navarro
255 Shawon Dunston
256 Mark Loretta
257 Tim Belk
258 Jeff Darwin
259 Ruben Sierra
260 Chuck Finley
261 Darryl Strawberry
262 Shannon Stewart
263 Pedro Martinez
264 Neifi Perez
265 Jeff Conine
266 Orel Hershiser
267 Eddie Murray CL
268 Paul Molitor CL
269 Barry Bonds CL
270 Mark McGwire CL

Update Series

439 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Andres Gallaraga IS
271 Matt Williams
272 Todd Zeile
273 Roger Clemens
274 Michael Tucker
275 J.T. Snow
276 Kenny Lofton
277 Jose Canseco
278 Marquis Grissom
279 Moises Alou
280 Benito Santiago
281 Willie McGee
282 Chili Davis
283 Ron Coomer
284 Orlando Merced
285 Delino DeShields
286 John Wetteland
287 Darren Daulton
288 Lee Stevens
289 Albert Belle
290 Sterling Hitchcock
291 Dave Justice
292 Eric Davis
293 Brian Hunter
294 Darryl Hamilton
295 Steve Avery
296 Joe Vitiello
297 Jaime Navarro
298 Eddie Murray
299 Randy Myers
300 Francisco Cordova
301 Javy Lopez
302 Geronimo Berroa
303 Jeffrey Hammonds
304 Deion Sanders
305 Jeff Fassero
306 Curt Schilling
307 Robb Nen
308 Mark McLemore
309 Jimmy Key
310 Quilvio Veras
311 Bip Roberts
312 Esteban Loaiza
313 Andy Ashby
314 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
315 Shawn Green
316 Luis Castillo
317 Benji Gil
318 Otis Nixon
319 Aaron Sele
320 Brad Ausmus
321 Troy O'Leary
322 Terrell Wade
323 Jeff King
324 Kevin Seitzer
325 Mark Wohlers
326 Edgar Renteria
327 Dan Wilson
328 Brian McRae
329 Rod Beck
330 Julio Franco
331 Dave Nilsson
332 Glenallen Hill
333 Kevin Elster
334 Joe Girardi
335 David Wells
336 Jeff Blauser
337 Darryl Kile
338 Jeff Kent
339 Jim Leyritz
340 Todd Stottlemyre
341 Tony Clark
342 Chris Hoiles
343 Mike Lieberthal
344 Matt Lawton
345 Alex Ochoa
346 Chris Snopek
347 Rudy Pemberton
348 Eric Owens
349 Joe Randa
350 John Olerud
351 Steve Karsay
352 Mark Whiten
353 Bob Abreu
354 Bartolo Colon
355 Vladimir Guerrero
356 Darin Erstad
357 Scott Rolen
358 Andruw Jones
359 Scott Spiezio
360 Karim Garcia
361 Hideki Irabu RC
362 Nomar Garciaparra
363 Dmitri Young
364 Bubba Trammell RC
365 Kevin Orie
366 Jose Rosado
367 Jose Guillen
368 Brooks Kieschnick
369 Pokey Reese
370 Glendon Rusch
371 Jason Dickson
372 Todd Walker
373 Justin Thompson
374 Todd Greene
375 Jeff Suppan
376 Trey Beamon
377 Damon Mashore
378 Wendell Magee, Jr.
379 Shigetoshi Hasegawa RC
380 Bill Mueller RC
381 Chris Widger
382 Tony Graffanino
383 Derrek Lee
384 Brian Moehler RC
385 Quinton McCracken
386 Matt Morris
387 Marvin Benard
388 Deivi Cruz RC
389 Javier Valentin
390 Todd Dunwoody
391 Derrick Gibson
392 Raul Casanova
393 George Arias
394 Tony Womack RC
395 Antone Williamson
396 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
397 Desi Relaford
398 Frank Thomas HIT
399 Ken Griffey, Jr. HIT
400 Cal Ripken, Jr. HIT
401 Chipper Jones HIT
402 Mike Piazza HIT
403 Gary Sheffield HIT
404 Alex Rodriguez HIT
405 Wade Boggs HIT
406 Juan Gonzalez HIT
407 Tony Gwynn HIT
408 Edgar Martinez HIT
409 Jeff Bagwell HIT
410 Larry Walker HIT
411 Kenny Lofton HIT
412 Manny Ramirez HIT
413 Mark McGwire HIT
414 Roberto Alomar HIT
415 Derek Jeter HIT
416 Brady Anderson HIT
417 Paul Molitor HIT
418 Dante Bichette HIT
419 Jim Edmonds HIT
420 Mo Vaughn HIT
421 Barry Bonds HIT
422 Rusty Greer HIT
423 Greg Maddux KING
424 Andy Pettitte KING
425 John Smoltz KING
426 Randy Johnson KING
427 Hideo Nomo KING
428 Roger Clemens KING
429 Tom Glavine KING
430 Pat Hentgen KING
431 Kevin Brown KING
432 Mike Mussina KING
433 Alex Fernandez KING
434 Kevin Appier KING
435 David Cone KING
436 Jeff Fassero KING
437 John Wetteland KING
438 Barry Bonds / Ivan Rodriguez IS
440 Fred McGriff / Rafael Palmeiro IS
441 Barry Larkin / Jim Thome IS
442 Sammy Sosa / Albert Belle IS
443 Bernie Williams / Todd Hundley IS
444 Chuck Knoblauch / Brian Jordan IS
445 Mo Vaughn / Jeff Conine IS
446 Ken Caminiti / Jason Giambi IS
447 Raul Mondesi / Tim Salmon IS
448 Cal Ripken, Jr. CL
449 Greg Maddux CL
450 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL

Parallels

Press Proof

All 450 cards are available in the following "Press Proof" parallels.

Silver (limited to 2000 copies)

Gold (limited to 500 copies)

Inserts

Rated Rookies

Randomly inserted in all first series packs, this 30-card set honors the top rookie prospects as chosen by Donruss to be the most likely to succeed. Like they did with the Diamond Kings five years earlier, this is the first time Donruss' Rated Rookies were issued as an insert set.

1 Jason Thompson
2 LaTroy Hawkins
3 Scott Rolen
4 Trey Beamon
5 Kimera Bartee
6 Nerio Rodriguez
7 Jeff D'Amico
8 Quinton McCracken
9 John Wasdin
10 Robin Jennings
11 Steve Gibralter
12 Tyler Houston
13 Tony Clark
14 Ugueth Urbina
15 Karim Garcia
16 Raul Casanova
17 Brooks Kieschnick
18 Luis Castillo
19 Edgar Renteria
20 Andruw Jones
21 Chad Mottola
22 Mac Suzuki
23 Justin Thompson
24 Darin Erstad
25 Todd Walker
26 Todd Greene
27 Vladimir Guerrero
28 Darren Dreifort
29 John Burke
30 Damon Mashore

Diamond Kings

Exclusive to all Series One packs, the 1997 Diamond Kings are a ten-card set that commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the original Diamond Kings. Dan Gardner replaced longtime DK artist Dick Perez, and for the first time not all MLB teams were represented with a DK.

Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies with the first 500 printed on a canvas-like substance. As part of a promotion, collectors who found their card serial-numbered "01982/10000" could redeem their card for the original artwork.

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Mo Vaughn
4 Chuck Knoblauch
5 Jeff Bagwell
6 Henry Rodriguez
7 Mike Piazza
8 Ivan Rodriguez
9 Frank Thomas
10 Chipper Jones

Elite

1 Frank Thomas
2 Paul Molitor
3 Sammy Sosa
4 Barry Bonds
5 Chipper Jones
6 Alex Rodriguez
7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
8 Jeff Bagwell
9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
10 Mo Vaughn
11 Mike Piazza
12 Juan Gonzalez

Armed and Dangerous

This 15-card set is exclusive to Series One Hobby packs and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Raul Mondesi
3 Chipper Jones
4 Ivan Rodriguez
5 Randy Johnson
6 Alex Rodriguez
7 Larry Walker
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Kenny Lofton
10 Barry Bonds
11 Derek Jeter
12 Charles Johnson
13 Greg Maddux
14 Roberto Alomar
15 Barry Larkin

Longball Leaders

This 15-card set is exclusive to Series One retail packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Albert Belle
3 Mo Vaughn
4 Brady Anderson
5 Greg Vaughn
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Jay Buhner
8 Juan Gonzalez
9 Mike Piazza
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Sammy Sosa
12 Mark McGwire
13 Cecil Fielder
14 Ryan Klesko
15 Jose Canseco

Rocket Launchers

This 15-card set is exclusive to Series One jumbo (a.k.a. "Magazine") packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Albert Belle
3 Chipper Jones
4 Mike Piazza
5 Mo Vaughn
6 Juan Gonzalez
7 Fred McGriff
8 Jeff Bagwell
9 Matt Williams
10 Gary Sheffield
11 Barry Bonds
12 Manny Ramirez
13 Henry Rodriguez
14 Jason Giambi
15 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Dominators

This 20-card set was randomly inserted into all Update Series packs.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
3 Greg Maddux
4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
5 Alex Rodriguez
6 Albert Belle
7 Mark McGwire
8 Juan Gonzalez
9 Chipper Jones
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Roger Clemens
12 John Smoltz
13 Mike Piazza
14 Sammy Sosa
15 Matt Williams
16 Kenny Lofton
17 Barry Larkin
18 Rafael Palmeiro
19 Ken Caminiti
20 Gary Sheffield

Rookie Diamond Kings

Exclusive to all Update Series packs, the 1997 Rookie Diamond Kings are a ten-card set that features 10 of that season's hottest rookies. Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies with the first 500 printed on a canvas-like substance.

1 Andruw Jones
2 Vladimir Guerrero
3 Scott Rolen
4 Todd Walker
5 Bartolo Colon
6 Jose Guillen
7 Nomar Garciaparra
8 Darin Erstad
9 Dmitri Young
10 Wilton Guerrero

Cal Ripken: The Only Way I Know

This special 10-card autobiographical tribute to Cal Ripken Jr. delivers a one-of-a-kind inside look at the modern day "Iron Man," and was meant to promote Ripken's book of the same name. The first nine cards in the set were randomly seeded into packs of Donruss Update, while Card #10 was available exclusively in his book, The Only Way I Know. Ripken autographed 2131 of these #10 cards and they were randomly inserted into the books (see below). Because of it's separate distribution, #10 is not commonly included in complete sets, thus the set is considered complete with cards 1-9.

Only 5000 serial-numbered copies of each of the first nine cards were produced. Card #10 is not serial-numbered.

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Little League Team
5 Cal Ripken / Eddie Murray
6 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Cal Ripken, Sr. / Billy Ripken
7 Ripken Family
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
10 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Power Alley

This 24-card set features the league's top hitters printed on a micro-etched, all-foil card stock with holographic foil stamping. Using a "fractured" printing structure, 12 players utilize a green (GR) finish and are numbered to 4000. Eight players are printed on all blue (B) finish and number to 2000, with the last four players utilizing a gold (G) finish and are numbered to 1000.

The first 250 copies of each card, irregardless of color, are die-cut.

1 Frank Thomas G
2 Ken Griffey, Jr. G
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. G
4 Jeff Bagwell B
5 Mike Piazza B
6 Andruw Jones GR
7 Alex Rodriguez G
8 Albert Belle GR
9 Mo Vaughn GR
10 Chipper Jones B
11 Juan Gonzalez B
12 Ken Caminiti GR
13 Manny Ramirez GR
14 Mark McGwire GR
15 Kenny Lofton B
16 Barry Bonds GR
17 Gary Sheffield GR
18 Tony Gwynn GR
19 Vladimir Guerrero B
20 Ivan Rodriguez B
21 Paul Molitor B
22 Sammy Sosa GR
23 Matt Williams GR
24 Derek Jeter GR

Franchise Features

This 15-card set, exclusive to Update Series Hobby packs, features player photos on a unique dual-fronted, "movie-poster". Each card highlights a superstar veteran on one side displaying a "Now Playing" banner, while the other side features a rookie prospect with a "Coming Attraction" banner. Each card is printed on an all foil card stock and serial numbered to 3000 copies.

15 Tony Gwynn / Bob Abreu
14 Derek Jeter / Pokey Reese
13 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Scott Rolen
11 Gary Sheffield / Jose Guillen
12 Kenny Lofton / Shannon Stewart
10 Mo Vaughn / Tony Clark
9 Mike Piazza / Mike Sweeney
8 Mark McGwire / Dmitri Young
6 Chipper Jones / Todd Walker
5 Juan Gonzalez / Bubba Trammell
4 Chuck Knoblauch / Wilton Guerrero
2 Frank Thomas / Darin Erstad
1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Andruw Jones
3 Alex Rodriguez / Nomar Garciaparra
7 Barry Bonds / Vladimir Guerrero

Autographs & Game-Used

Cal Ripken: The Only Way I Know Autograph

Card #10 in the Cal Ripken: The Only Way I Know insert set was available exclusively in his of the same name. Ripken autographed 2131 of these cards and they were randomly inserted into the books.

10 Cal Ripken /2131