2001 Donruss Elite
Description
The 2001 Donruss Elite set (the second baseball product issued by Donruss-Playoff) was released to The Hobby in May 2001. The all foil-board base set consists of 200 cards with the last 50 cards making up a rookie subset. Each rookie is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 part of the die-cut and autographed "Turn of the Century" parallel. Each 24-pack waxbox yielded one serial-numbered rookie, one Extra Edition exchange card, one serial-numbered parallel, three serial-numbered inserts, and two autographed/game used cards.
Elite Extra Edition
The last 50 cards in the base set (cards 201-250) were issued as exchange coupons for unspecified rookies and prospects, and randomly seeded into packs at a rate of 1:14. Unlike other similar exchange programs, each coupon cost $5.99 to redeem and initially the checklist was not to be revealed until after the November 1, 2001 expiration date. This program was not well received by collectors, and forced Donruss-Playoff to announced in late October a provisional checklist and to extend the deadline to January 20th, 2002.
In April, 2002 representatives at Donruss-Playoff released the production figures for each of the Elite Extra Edition cards. All of these cards are actually serial-numbered "XXX/1000" on back but were mailed out in random order, meaning that, although Donruss-Playoff said that only 556 copies of Mark Prior's card were issued, some collectors received a Prior card with a serial-number above 556 -- all of which defeated the whole purpose of the serial-numbering.
In February 2002, Donruss-Playoff announced that all remaining cards were destroyed; however, in future D-P baseball releases a fair number of 2001 Elite Extra Edition "buybacks" were inserted.
Distribution
24 packs per box, five cards per pack. MSRP $3.99, Hobby only.
Reviews
http://web.archive.org/web/20020101215824/www.stalegum.com/coll/01delite.htm
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | ? | - | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
NOTE: The base set checklist is identical to that of 2001 Donruss.
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 Jose Canseco
12 Todd Helton
13 Ken Griffey Jr.
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Mark McGwire
16 Mike Piazza
17 Nomar Garciaparra
18 Pedro Martinez
19 Randy Johnson
20 Rick Ankiel
21 Ricky Henderson
22 Roger Clemens
23 Sammy Sosa
24 Tony Gwynn
25 Vladimir Guerrero
26 Eric Davis
27 Roberto Alomar
28 Mark Mulder
29 Pat Burrell
30 Harold Baines
31 Carlos Delgado
32 J.D. Drew
33 Jim Edmonds
34 Darin Erstad
35 Jason Giambi
36 Tom Glavine
37 Juan Gonzalez
38 Mark Grace
39 Shawn Green
40 Tim Hudson
41 Andruw Jones
42 David Justice
43 Jeff Kent
44 Barry Larkin
45 Pokey Reese
46 Mike Mussina
47 Hideo Nomo
48 Rafael Palmeiro
49 Adam Piatt
50 Scott Rolen
51 Gary Sheffield
52 Bernie Williams
53 Bob Abreu
54 Edgardo Alfonso
55 Jermaine Clark (RC)
56 Albert Belle
57 Craig Biggio
58 Andres Galarraga
59 Edgar Martinez
60 Fred McGriff
61 Magglio Ordonez
62 Jim Thome
63 Matt Williams
64 Kerry Wood
65 Moises Alou
66 Brady Anderson
67 Garret Anderson
68 Tony Armas Jr.
69 Tony Batista
70 Jose Cruz Jr.
71 Carlos Beltran
72 Adrian Beltre
73 Kris Benson
74 Lance Berkman
75 Kevin Brown
76 Jay Buhner
77 Jeromy Burnitz
78 Ken Caminiti
79 Sean Casey
80 Luis Castillo
81 Eric Chavez
82 Jeff Cirillo
83 Bartolo Colon
84 David Cone
85 Freddy Garcia
86 Johnny Damon
87 Ray Durham
88 Jermaine Dye
89 Juan Encarnacion
90 Terrence Long
91 Carl Everett
92 Steve Finley
93 Cliff Floyd
94 Brad Fullmer
95 Brian Giles
96 Luis Gonzalez
97 Rusty Greer
98 Jeffrey Hammonds
99 Mike Hampton
100 Orlando Hernandez
101 Richard Hildalgo
102 Geoff Jenkins
103 Jacque Jones
104 Brian Jordan
105 Gabe Kaplar
106 Eric Karros
107 Jason Kendall
108 Adam Kennedy
109 Byung-Hung Kim
110 Ryan Klesko
111 Chuck Knoblauch
112 Paul Konerko
113 Carlos Lee
114 Kenny Lofton
115 Javy Lopez
116 Tino Martinez
117 Ruben Mateo
118 Kevin Millwood
119 Ben Molina
120 Raul Mondesi
121 Trot Nixon
122 John Olerud
123 Paul O'Neill
124 Chan Ho Park
125 Andy Pettitte
126 Jorge Posada
127 Mark Quinn
128 Aramis Ramirez
129 Mariano Rivera
130 Tim Salmon
131 Curt Schilling
132 Richie Sexson
133 John Smoltz
134 J.T. Snow
135 Jay Payton
136 Shannon Stewart
137 B.J. Surhoff
138 Mike Sweeney
139 Fernando Tatis
140 Miguel Tejada
141 Jason Varitek
142 Greg Vaughn
143 Mo Vaughn
144 Robin Ventura
145 Jose Vidro
146 Omar Vizquel
147 Larry Walker
148 David Wells
149 Rondell White
150 Preston Wilson
Rookies
Note: Each card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 part of the "Turn of the Century" parallel, and is printed on mirror foil board. The checklist is identical to that of the 2001 Donruss Rated Rookies.