1996 Donruss

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1996 Donruss Series 2 hobby box

Description

1996 Donruss is a 550-card set issued in two series of 330 and 220 cards respectively. The full-bleed fronts feature full-color action photos with the player's name is in white ink in the upper right.

This would be the final Donruss product released as an independent company, as it was purchased by Pinnacle Brands in May. It would also be the final year Dick Perez would produce the Diamond Kings.

Rookie Cards in this set include Mike Cameron.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.79)

Retail:

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
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Checklist

Promos

This eight-card set was issued to preview the 1996 Donruss series. The disclaimer "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" is stamped diagonally across both sides of the cards.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Barry Bonds

3 Hideo Nomo

4 Ken Griffey Jr.

5 Cal Ripken

6 Manny Ramirez

7 Mike Piazza

8 Greg Maddux

Base Set

Series One

1 Frank Thomas

2 Jason Bates

3 Steve Sparks

4 Scott Servais

5 Angelo Encarnacion RC

6 Scott Sanderson

7 Billy Ashley

8 Alex Rodriguez

9 Sean Bergman

10 Brad Radke

11 Andy Van Slyke

12 Joe Girardi

13 Mark Grudzielanek

14 Rick Aguilera

15 Randy Veres

16 Tim Bogar

17 Dave Veres

18 Kevin Stocker

19 Marquis Grissom

20 Will Clark

21 Jay Bell

22 Allen Battle

23 Frank Rodriguez

24 Terry Steinbach

25 Gerald Williams

26 Sid Roberson

27 Gregg Zaun

28 Ozzie Timmons

29 Vaughn Eshelman

30 Ed Sprague

31 Gary DiSarcina

32 Joe Boever

33 Steve Avery

34 Brad Ausmus

35 Kirt Manwaring

36 Gary Sheffield

37 Jason Bere

38 Jeff Manto

39 David Cone

40 Manny Ramirez

41 Sandy Alomar, Sr.

42 Curtis Goodwin RR

43 Tino Martinez

44 Woody Williams

45 Dean Palmer

46 Henry Pichardo

47 Jason Giambi

48 Lance Johnson

49 Bernard Gilkey

50 Kirby Puckett

51 Tony Fernandez

52 Alex S. Gonzalez

53 Bret Saberhagen

54 Lyle Mouton RR

55 Brian McRae

56 Mark Gubicza

57 Sergio Valdez

58 Darrin Fletcher

59 Steve Parris

60 Johnny Damon RR

61 Rickey Henderson

62 Darrell Whitmore

63 Roberto Petagine

64 Trinadad Hubbard

65 Heathcliff Slocumb

66 Steve Finley

67 Mariano Rivera

68 Brian L. Hunter

69 Jamie Moyer

70 Ellis Burks

71 Pat Kelly

72 Mickey Tettleton

73 Garret Anderson

74 Andy Pettitte RR

75 Glenallen Hill

76 Brent Gates

77 Lou Whitaker

78 David Segui

79 Dan Wilson

80 Pat Listach

81 Jeff Bagwell

82 Ben McDonald

83 John Valentin

84 John Jaha

85 Pete Schourek

86 Bryce Florie

87 Brian Jordan

88 Ron Karkovice

89 Al Leiter

90 Tony Longmire

91 Nelson Liriano

92 David Bell

93 Kevin Gross

94 Tom Candiotti

95 David Martinez

96 Greg Myers

97 Rheal Cormier

98 Chris Hammond

99 Randy Myers

100 Bill Pulsipher RR

101 Jason Isringhausen

102 Dave Stevens

103 Roberto Alomar

104 Bobby Higginson RR

105 Eddie Murray

106 Matt Walbeck

107 Mark Wohlers

108 Jeff Nelson

109 Tom Goodwin

110 Cal Ripken Jr. CL

111 Rey Sanchez

112 Hector Carrasco

113 B.J. Surhoff

114 Dan Miceli

115 Dean Hartgraves

116 John Burkett

117 Gary Gaetti

118 Ricky Bones

119 Mike MacFarlane

120 Bip Roberts

121 Dave Mlicki

122 Chili Davis

123 Mark Whiten

124 Herbert Perry

125 Butch Henry

126 Derek Bell

127 Al Martin

128 John Franco

129 Will.VanLandingham

130 Mike Bordick

131 Matt Morris

132 Rob Thompson

133 Greg Colbrunn

134 Domingo Cedeno

135 Chad Curtis

136 Jose Hernandez

137 Scott Klingenbeck

138 Ryan Klesko

139 John Smiley

140 Charlie Hayes

141 Jay Buhner

142 Doug Drabek

143 Roger Pavlick

144 Todd Worrell

145 Cal Ripken, Jr.

146 Steve Reed

147 Chuck Finley

148 Mike Blowers

149 Orel Hershiser

150 Allen Watson

151 Ramon J. Martinez

152 Melvin Nieves

153 Tripp Cromer

154 Yorkis Perez

155 Stan Javier

156 Mel Rojas

157 Aaron Sele

158 Eric Karros

159 Robb Nen

160 Raul Mondesi

161 John Wetteland

162 Tim Scott

163 Kenny Rogers

164 Melvin Bunch

165 Rod Beck

166 Andy Benes

167 Len Whitehouse

168 Orlando Merced

169 Tomas Perez

170 Xavier Hernandez

171 Ruben Sierra

172 Alan Trammell

173 Mike Fetters

174 Wilson Alvarez

175 Erik Hanson

176 Travis Fryman

177 Jim Abbott

178 Bret Boone

179 Sterling Hitchcock

180 Pat Mahomes

181 Mark Acre

182 Charles Nagy

183 Rusty Greer

184 Marv Staehle

185 Jim Bullinger

186 Shane Andrews

187 Brian Keyser

188 Tyler Greene

189 Mark Grace

190 Bob Hamelin

191 Lou Ortiz

192 Joe Carter

193 Eddie Taubensee

194 Brian Anderson

195 Edgardo Alfonzo

196 Pedro Munoz

197 David Justice

198 Trevor Hoffman

199 Bobby Ayala

200 Tony Eusabio

201 Jeff Russell

202 Mike Hampton

203 Walt Weiss

204 Jonas Hamlin

205 Roberto Duran

206 Greg Vaughn

207 Felipe Lira

208 Harold Baines

209 Tim Wallach

210 Manny Alexander

211 Tim Laker

212 Chris Haney

213 Brian Maxcy

214 Eric Young

215 Darryl Strawberry

216 Barry Bonds

217 Tim Naehring

218 Scott Brosius

219 Reggie Sanders

220 Eddie Murray CL

221 Luis Alicea

222 Albert Belle

223 Benji Gil

224 Dante Bichette

225 Bobby Bonilla

226 Todd Stottlemyre

227 Jim Edmonds

228 Todd Jones

229 Shawn Green

230 Javy Lopez

231 Ariel Prieto

232 Tony Phillips

233 James Mouton

234 Jose Oquendo

235 Royce Clayton

236 Chuck Carr

237 Doug Jones

238 Mark McLemore

239 Bill Swift

240 Scott Leius

241 Russ Davis

242 Ray Durham

243 Matt Mieske

244 Brett Mayne

245 Thomas Howard

246 Troy O'Leary

247 Jacob Brumfield

248 Mickey Morandini

249 Todd Hundley

250 Chris Bosio

251 Omar Vizquiel

252 Mike Lansing

253 John Mabry

254 Marty Perez

255 Delino DeShields

256 Will Cordero

257 Mike James

258 Todd Van Poppel

259 Joey Cora

260 Andre Dawson

261 Jerry Dipoto

262 Rick Krivda

263 Glen Dishman

264 Mark Mimbs

265 John Ericks

266 Jose Canseco

267 Jeff Branson

268 Curtis Leskanic

269 Jon Nunnally

270 Scott Stahoviak

271 Jeff Montgomery

272 Hal Morris

273 Esteban Loaiza

274 Rico Brogna

275 Dave Winfield

276 J.R. Phillips

277 Todd Zeile

278 Tom Pagnozzi

279 Mark Lemke

280 Dave Magadan

281 Greg McMichael

282 Melvin Mora

283 Moises Alou

284 Dennis Martinez

285 Jeff Kent

286 Mark L. Johnson

287 Darren Lewis

288 Brad Clontz

289 Chad Fonville RR

290 Paul Sorrento

291 Lee Smith

292 Tom Glavine

293 Antonio Osuna

294 Kevin Foster

295 Sandy Martinez

296 Mark Leiter

297 Julian Tavarez

298 Mick Kelleher

299 Joe Oliver

300 John Flaherty

301 Don Mattingly

302 Pat Meares

303 John Doherty

304 Joe Vitiello

305 Vinny Castilla

306 Jeff Brantley

307 Mike Greenwell

308 Midre Cummings

309 Curt Schilling

310 Ken Caminiti

311 Scott Erickson

312 Carl Everett

313 Charles Johnson

314 Alex Diaz

315 Jose Mesa

316 Mark Carreon

317 Carlos Perez RR

318 Ismael Valdes

319 Frank Castillo

320 Tom Henke

321 Spike Owen

322 Joe Orsulak

323 Paul Menhart

324 Pedro Borbon

325 Checklist Card

326 Jeff Cirillo

327 Edwin Hurtado

328 Orlando Miller

329 Steve Ontiveros

330 Kirby Puckett CL

331 Scott Bullett

332 Andres Galarraga

333 Cal Eldred

334 Sammy Sosa

335 Don Slaught

336 Jody Reed

337 Roger Cedeno

338 Ken Griffey, Jr.

339 Todd Hollandsworth

340 Mike Trombley

341 Gregg Jefferies

342 Larry Walker

343 Pedro Martinez

344 Dwayne Hosey

345 Terry Pendleton

346 Pete Harnisch

347 Tony Castillo

348 Paul Quantrill

349 Fred McGriff

350 Ivan Rodriguez

351 Butch Huskey

352 Ozzie Smith

353 Marty Cordova

354 John Wasdin

355 Wade Boggs

356 Dave Nilsson

357 Rafael Palmeiro

358 Luis Gonzalez

359 Reggie Jefferson

360 Carlos Delgado

361 Orlando Palmeiro

362 Chris Gomez

363 John Smoltz

364 Marc Newfield

365 Matt Williams

366 Jesus Tavarez

367 Bruce Ruffin

368 Sean Berry

369 Randy Velarde

370 Tony Pena, Sr.

371 Jim Thome

372 Jeffrey Hammonds

373 Bob Wolcott

374 Juan Guzman

375 Juan Gonzalez

376 Michael Tucker

377 Doug Johns

378 Mike Cameron RC

379 Ray Lankford

380 Jose Parra

381 Jimmy Key

382 John Olerud

383 Kevin Ritz

384 Tim Raines

385 Rich Amaral

386 Keith Lockhart

387 Steve Scarsone

388 Cliff Floyd

389 Rich Aude

390 Hideo Nomo

391 Geronimo Berroa

392 Pat Rapp

393 Dustin Hermanson

394 Greg Maddux

395 Darren Daulton

396 Kenny Lofton

397 Ruben Rivera

398 Billy Wagner

399 Kevin Brown

400 Mike Kinkade

401 Bernie Williams

402 Otis Nixon

403 Damion Easley

404 Paul O'Neill

405 Deion Sanders

406 Dennis Eckersley

407 Tony Clark

408 Rondell White

409 Luis Sojo

410 David Hulse

411 Shane Reynolds

412 Chris Hoiles

413 Lee Tinsley

414 Scott Karl

415 Ron Gant

416 Brian Johnson

417 Jose Oliva

418 Jack McDowell

419 Paul Molitor

420 Ricky Bottalico

421 Paul Wagner

422 Terry Bradshaw

423 Bob Tewksbury

424 Mike Piazza

425 Luis Andujar

426 Mark Langston

427 Stan Belinda

428 Kurt Abbott

429 Shawon Dunston

430 Bobby M. Jones

431 Jose Viscaino

432 Matt Lawton RC

433 Pat Hentgen

434 Cecil Fielder

435 Carlos Baerga

436 Rich Becker

437 Chipper Jones

438 Bill Risley

439 Kevin Appier

440 Wade Boggs CL

441 Jaime Navarro

442 Barry Larkin

443 Jose Valentin

444 Bryan Rekar

445 Rick Wilkins

446 Quilvio Veras

447 Greg Gagne

448 Mark Kiefer

449 Bobby Witt

450 Andy Ashby

451 Alex Ochoa

452 Jorge Fabregas

453 Gene Schall

454 Ken Hill

455 Tony Tarasco

456 Donne Walle

457 Carlos Garcia

458 Ryan Thompson

459 Marvin Bernard RC

460 Jose Herrara

461 Jeff Blauser

462 Chris Hook

463 Jeff Conine

464 Devon White

465 Danny Bautista

466 Steve Trachsel

467 C.J. Nitkowski

468 Mike Devereaux

469 David Wells

470 Jim Eisenreich

471 Edgar Martinez

472 Craig Biggio

473 Jeff Frye

474 Karim Garcia

475 Jimmy Haynes

476 Darren Holmes

477 Tim Salmon

478 Randy Johnson

479 Eric Plunk

480 Steve Cooke

481 Chan Ho Park

482 Ray McDavid

483 Mark Petkovsek

484 Greg Swindell

485 George Williams

486 Yamil Benitez

487 Tim Wakefield

488 Kevin Tapani

489 Derrick May

490 Ken Griffey Jr CL

491 Derek Jeter

492 Jeff Fassero

493 Benito Santiago

494 Tom Gordon

495 Jamie Brewington RC

496 Vince Coleman

497 Kevin Jordan

498 Jeff King

499 Mike Simms

500 Jose Rijo

501 Denny Neagle

502 Jose Lima

503 Kevin Seitzer

504 Alex Fernandez

505 Mo Vaughn

506 Phil Nevin

507 J.T. Snow

508 Andujar Cedeno

509 Ozzie Guillen

510 Mark Clark

511 Mark McGwire

512 Jeff Reboulet

513 Armando Benitez

514 LaTroy Hawkins

515 Brett Butler

516 Tavo Alvarez

517 Chris Snopek

518 Mike Mussina

519 Darryl Kile

520 Wally Joyner

521 Willie McGee

522 Kent Mercker

523 Mike Jackson

524 Troy Percival

525 Tony Gwynn

526 Ron Coomer

527 Darryl Hamilton

528 Phil Plantier

529 Norm Charlton

530 Craig Paquette

531 Dave Burba

532 Mike Henneman

533 Terrell Wade

534 Eddie Williams

535 Robin Ventura

536 Chuck Knoblauch

537 Les Norman

538 Brady Anderson

539 Roger Clemens

540 Mark Portugal

541 Mike Matheny

542 Jeff Parret

543 Roberto Kelly

544 Damon Buford

545 Chad Ogea

546 Jose Offerman

547 Brian Barber

548 Danny Tartabull

549 Duane Singleton

550 Tony Gwynn CL

Parallels

All cards are available as Press Proof parallels. Each Press Proof is limited to 2000 copies.

Inserts

Diamond Kings

Diamond Kings 1-14 were inserted into Series One packs, and 15-31 in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

This would be the final year Dick Perez produced the Diamond Kings, as Pinnacle Brands would choose other artists.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Mo Vaughn

3 Manny Ramirez

4 Mark McGwire

5 Juan Gonzalez

6 Roberto Alomar

7 Tim Salmon

8 Barry Bonds

9 Tony Gwynn

10 Reggie Sanders

11 Larry Walker

12 Pedro Martinez

13 Jeff King

14 Mark Grace

15 Greg Maddux

16 Don Mattingly

17 Gregg Jefferies

18 Chad Curtis

19 Jason Isringhausen

20 B.J. Surhoff

21 Jeff Conine

22 Kirby Puckett

23 Derek Bell

24 Wally Joyner

25 Brian Jordan

26 Edgar Martinez

27 Hideo Nomo

28 Mike Mussina

29 Eddie Murray

30 Cal Ripken

31 Checklist

Elite Series

Cards #61-66 were inserted into Series One packs, while #67-72 were in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

61 Cal Ripken

62 Hideo Nomo

63 Reggie Sanders

64 Mo Vaughn

65 Tim Salmon

66 Chipper Jones

67 Manny Ramirez

68 Greg Maddux

69 Frank Thomas

70 Ken Griffey Jr.

71 Dante Bichette

72 Tony Gwynn

Hit List

Cards #1-8 were inserted into Series One packs, while #9-16 were in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

1 Tony Gwynn

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Will Clark

4 Mike Piazza

5 Carlos Baerga

6 Mo Vaughn

7 Mark Grace

8 Kirby Puckett

9 Frank Thomas

10 Barry Bonds

11 Jeff Bagwell

12 Edgar Martinez

13 Tim Salmon

14 Wade Boggs

15 Don Mattingly

16 Eddie Murray

Showdown

These cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs and are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

1 Frank Thomas/Hideo Nomo

2 Barry Bonds/Randy Johnson

3 Ken Griffey, Jr./Greg Maddux

4 Tony Gwynn/Roger Clemens

5 Mike Piazza/Mike Mussina

6 Cal Ripken/Pedro Martinez

7 Tim Wakefield/Matt Williams

8 Manny Ramirez/Carlos Perez

Power Alley

Each Power Alley insert is exclusive to Series One Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 5000 copies. The first 500 copies of each card have a die-cut pattern on their sides.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Barry Bonds

3 Reggie Sanders

4 Albert Belle

5 Tim Salmon

6 Dante Bichette

7 Mo Vaughn

8 Jim Edmonds

9 Manny Ramirez

10 Ken Griffey Jr.

Long Ball Leaders

Each Long Ball Leader is exclusive to Series One retail packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Barry Bonds

2 Ryan Klesko

3 Mark McGwire

4 Raul Mondesi

5 Cecil Fielder

6 Ken Griffey Jr.

7 Larry Walker

8 Frank Thomas

Freeze Frame

These cards were randomly inserted into Series Two packs and are serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

NOTE: All cards have rounded corners.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Cal Ripken

4 Hideo Nomo

5 Greg Maddux

6 Albert Belle

7 Chipper Jones

8 Mike Piazza

Round Trippers

Each Round Trippers insert is exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Albert Belle

2 Barry Bonds

3 Jeff Bagwell

4 Tim Salmon

5 Mo Vaughn

6 Ken Griffey Jr.

7 Mike Piazza

8 Cal Ripken

9 Frank Thomas

10 Dante Bichette

Pure Power

Each Pure Power insert is exclusive to Series Two retail packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Raul Mondesi

2 Barry Bonds

3 Albert Belle

4 Frank Thomas

5 Mike Piazza

6 Dante Bichette

7 Manny Ramirez

8 Mo Vaughn