Description

2002 Donruss Elite is a 268-card set, released in two series of 200 and 68 cards, respectively. The first 200 cards were released as part of the standard Donruss Elite series and is made up of 100 veteran players, 50 short-printed veterans and 50 rookie players. The 50 SPed veterans (101-150) were seeded into packs at a rate of 1:10. The rookie cards (151-200) are serial-numbered to 1500 copies with the first 150 die-cut and labeled "Turn of the Century." Some of the TotC cards are autographed.

The final 68 cards are part of the "Elite Extra Edition" subset, and were randomly inserted into Hobby packs of 2002 Donruss The Rookies. Each Elite Extra Edition card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 copies autographed. Cards 256, 263 and 267-271 do not exist.

Distribution

Elite: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99) Hobby only. 20 boxes per case.

The Rookies: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	268	-	?
short set	100	-	?
short-printed veterans	50	-	1:10
Rookies	50	1500	1:10
Elite Extra Edition	68	1000	1:8
Aspirations	200	varies	?
Status	200	varies	?
All-Star Salutes	25	varies	?
All-Star Salutes Century	25	100	?
Back to the Future	22	500 or 1000	?
Passing the Torch	24	500 or 1000	?
Career Bests	40	varies	?
Back 2 Back Jacks	30	75 or 150	?
Back to the Future Threads	22	50 or 100	?
Passing the Torch Autographs	24	25, 50 or 100	?
Throwback Threads	64	50 or 100	?
Turn of the Century	50	150	?
Turn of the Century Extra Edition	68	100	?
Recollection Collection

Checklist

Beckett Samples

Randomly inserted into issued of the March, 2002 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a 2002 Donruss Elite sample card. The set parallels the first 100 cards in the base set and each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed in silver colored foil on the back. One out of every ten Sample cards is stamped in Gold foil.

Base Set

Elite Series

Base Set

1 Vladimir Guerrero
2 Bernie Williams
3 Ichiro
4 Roger Clemens
5 Greg Maddux
6 Fred McGriff
7 Jermaine Dye
8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
9 Todd Helton
10 Torii Hunter
11 Pat Burrell
12 Chipper Jones
13 Ivan Rodriguez
14 Roy Oswalt
15 Shannon Stewart
16 Magglio Ordonez
17 Lance Berkman
18 Mark Mulder
19 Al Leiter
20 Sammy Sosa
21 Scott Rolen
22 Aramis Ramirez
23 Alfonso Soriano
24 Phil Nevin
25 Barry Bonds
26 Joe Mays
27 Jeff Kent
28 Mark Quinn
29 Adrian Beltre
30 Freddy Garcia
31 Pedro Martinez
32 Darryl Kile
33 Mike Cameron
34 Frank Catalanotto
35 Jose Vidro
36 Jim Thome
37 Javy Lopez
38 Paul Konerko
39 Jeff Bagwell
40 Curt Schilling
41 Miguel Tejada
42 Jim Edmonds
43 Ellis Burks
44 Mark Grace
45 Robb Nen
46 Jeff Conine
47 Derek Jeter
48 Mike Lowell
49 Javier Vazquez
50 Manny Ramirez
51 Bartolo Colon
52 Carlos Beltran
53 Tim Hudson
54 Rafael Palmeiro
55 Jimmy Rollins
56 Andruw Jones
57 Orlando Cabrera
58 Dean Palmer
59 Bret Boone
60 Carlos Febles
61 Ben Grieve
62 Richie Sexson
63 Alex Rodriguez
64 Juan Pierre
65 Bob Higginson
66 Barry Zito
67 Raul Mondesi
68 Albert Pujols
69 Omar Vizquel
70 Bob Abreu
71 Corey Koskie
72 Tom Glavine
73 Paul LoDuca
74 Terrence Long
75 Matt Morris
76 Andy Pettitte
77 Rich Aurilia
78 Todd Walker
79 John Olerud
80 Mike Sweeney
81 Ray Durham
82 Fernando Vina
83 Nomar Garciaparra
84 Mariano Rivera
85 Mike Piazza
86 Mark Buehrle
87 Adam Dunn
88 Luis Gonzalez
89 Richard Hidalgo
90 Brad Radke
91 Russ Ortiz
92 Brian Giles
93 Billy Wagner
94 Cliff Floyd
95 Eric Milton
96 Bud Smith
97 Wade Miller
98 Jon Lieber
99 Derrek Lee
100 Jose Cruz, Jr.

Short-Printed Veterans

101 Dmitri Young
102 Mo Vaughn
103 Tino Martinez
104 Larry Walker
105 Chuck Knoblauch
106 Troy Glaus
107 Jason Giambi
108 Travis Fryman
109 Josh Beckett
110 Edgar Martinez
111 Tim Salmon
112 C.C. Sabathia
113 Randy Johnson
114 Juan Gonzalez
115 Carlos Delgado
116 Hideo Nomo
117 Kerry Wood
118 Brian Jordan
119 Carlos Pena
120 Roger Cedeno
121 Chan Ho Park
122 Rafael Furcal
123 Frank Thomas
124 Mike Mussina
125 Rickey Henderson
126 Sean Casey SP
127 Barry Larkin
128 Kazuhiro Sasaki
129 Moises Alou
130 Jeff Cirillo
131 Jason Kendall
132 Gary Sheffield
133 Ryan Klesko
134 Kevin Brown
135 Darin Erstad
136 Roberto Alomar
137 Brad Fullmer
138 Eric Chavez
139 Ben Sheets
140 Trot Nixon
141 Garret Anderson
142 Shawn Green
143 Troy Percival
144 Craig Biggio
145 Jorge Posada
146 J.D. Drew
147 Johnny Damon
148 Jeromy Burnitz
149 Robin Ventura
150 Aaron Sele

Rookies

151 Cam Esslinger RC*
152 Ben Howard RC
153 Brandon Backe RC
154 Jorge De La Rosa RC
155 Austin Kearns
156 Carlos Zambrano
157 Kyle Kane RC*
158 So Taguchi RC
159 Brian Mallette RC
160 Brett Jodie
161 Elio Serrano RC*
162 Joe Thurston
163 Kevin Olsen
164 Rodrigo Rosario RC
165 Matt Guerrier
166 Anderson Machado RC
167 Bert Snow
168 Franklyn German RC
169 Brandon Claussen
170 Jason Romano
171 Jorge Padilla RC
172 Jose Cueto
173 Allan Simpson RC
174 Doug Devore RC
175 Justin Duchscherer
176 Josh Pearce
177 Steve Bechler RC
178 Josh Phelps
179 Juan Diaz
180 Victor Alvarez RC
181 Ramon Vazquez
182 Mike Rivera
183 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
184 Henry Mateo
185 Travis Hughes RC
186 Zach Day
187 Brad Voyles
188 Sean Douglass
189 Nick Neugebauer
190 Tom Shearn RC
191 Eric Cyr
192 Adam Johnson
193 Michael Cuddyer
194 Erik Bedard
195 Mark Ellis
196 Carlos Hernandez
197 Deivis Santos
198 Morgan Ensberg
199 Ryan Jamison
200 Cody Ransom

Elite Extra Edition

201 Chris Snelling RC
202 Satoru Komiyama RC
203 Jason Simontacchi RC
204 Tim Kalita RC*
205 Runelvys Hernandez RC
206 Kirk Saarloos RC
207 Aaron Cook RC
208 Luis Ugueto RC
209 Gustavo Chacin RC
210 Francis Beltran RC
211 Takahito Nomura RC
212 Oliver Perez RC
213 Miguel Asencio RC
214 Rene Reyes RC
215 Jeff Baker RC
216 Jon Adkins RC
217 Carlos Rivera
218 Corey Thurman RC
219 Earl Snyder RC
220 Felix Escalona RC
221 Jeremy Guthrie RC
222 Josh Hancock RC
223 Ben Kozlowski RC
224 Eric Good RC*
225 Eric Junge RC
226 Andy Pratt RC
227 Matt Thornton RC
228 Jorge Sosa RC
229 Mike A. Smith RC
230 Mitch Wylie RC*
231 John Ennis RC
232 Reed Johnson RC
233 Joe Borchard
234 Ron Calloway RC
235 Brian Tallet RC
236 Chris Baker RC*
237 Cliff Lee RC
238 Matt Childers RC
239 Freddy Sanchez RC
240 Chone Figgins RC
241 Kevin Cash RC
242 Josh Bard RC
243 Jeriome Robertson RC
244 Jeremy Hill RC
245 Shane Nance RC
246 Wes Obermueller RC
247 Trey Hodges RC
248 Eric Eckenstahler RC
249 Jim Rushford RC
250 Jose Castillo
251 Garrett Atkins
252 Alexis Rios RC
253 Ryan Church RC
254 Jimmy Gobble RC
255 Corwin Malone RC*
257 Nic Jackson RC*
258 Tommy Whiteman
259 Mario Ramos RC
260 Rob Bowen RC
261 Josh Wilson RC
262 Tim Hummel RC
264 Gerald Laird
265 Vinny Chulk
266 Jesus Medrano RC*
272 Adam LaRoche
273 Adam Morrissey RC*
274 Henri Stanley
275 Walter Young

Parallels

Status/Aspiration

Chicago National

These parallel cards were given away as part of a promotion at the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. Each of the first 200 base set cards featured a special Chicago National stamp, and is serial-numbered to five copies.

Inserts

All-Star Salutes

Each card is serial-numbered to the year in which they played in the All-Star Game. The first 100 copies are printed on a holographic foil.

Back to the Future

This 22-card insert set matches both current and future stars. Cards 1-8 feature two players and are serial-numbered to 500 copies, while cards 9-24 have only one player are were serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Card number 6 was originally intended to feature Cardinals rookie So Taguchi paired up with Jim Edmonds and card number 20 was to feature Taguchi by himself, but both cards were pulled from the set before production was finalized, thus this set is complete at 22 cards.

Career Best

This 40-card set spotlights players who established career statistical highs in 2001. Each card is serial-numbered to a specific statistical achievement and the cards were randomly seeded into packs.

Passing the Torch

This 24-card insert set presents baseball legends and rising stars on double-sided holo-foil board. 500 serial-numbered copies of each dual-player card were produced. 1000 serial-numbered copies of single player card were produced.

Autographs & Game-Used

Back 2 Back Jacks

Back to the Future Threads

Passing the Torch Autographs

Throwback Threads

Autographed Throwback Threads

Recollection Collection