Description

2004 Donruss Elite is a 199-card set released in May, 2004. The first 150 cards featured veterans while cards 151-180 featured autographed rookie cards printed to varying print runs. The final 20 cards are of retired greats and are all serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Kaz Matsui, the hot rookie of 2004, appears on two cards: #128 and #169. Card #169 does not exist in the base set, but does exist in the parallels. Donruss-Playoff was unable to come to terms with Matsui on an autograph deal, so his autographed card (#169) was pulled and a new card (#128) was created.

Distribution

20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	199	-	?
short set	150	-	?
Rookies	29	varies	?
Retired	20	1000	?
Aspirations	200	varies	?
Status	200	varies	?
Status Gold	200	24	?
Turn of the Century short set	150	750	?
Turn of the Century Retired	20	250	?
Team	11	1500	?
Team Gold	11	250	?
Team Black	11	150	?
Team Game Used Bat	7	100	?
Team Game Used Jersey	9	100	?
Career Best	35	1000	?
Career Best Black	35	100	?
Career Best Gold	35	varies	?
Career Best Game Used Bat	34	200	?
Career Best Game Used Jersey	34	200	?
Career Best Game Used Jersey Prime	34	50	?
Career Best Combos	34	50	?
Passing the Torch	45	500 or 1000	?
Passing the Torch Green	45	250 or 500	?
Passing the Torch Blue	45	125 or 250	?
Passing the Torch Black	45	50 or 100	?
Passing the Torch Gold	45	25 or 50	?
Passing the Torch Game Used Bat	41	50 or 200	?
Passing the Torch Game Used Jersey	43	50 or 200	?
Passing the Torch Signatures	34	varies	?
Back to the Future	9	250 or 500	?
Back to the Future Red	9	100 or 250	?
Back to the Future Gold	9	50 or 100	?
Back to the Future Black	9	25 or 50	?
Back to the Future Game Used Bat	9	100 or 200	?
Back to the Future Game Used Jersey	9	100 or 200	?
Back to the Future Game Used Jersey Prime	9	25 or 50	?
Back 2 Back Jacks	40	varies	?
Back 2 Back Jacks Combos	40	varies	?
Throwback Threads	59	varies	?
Throwback Threads Prime	48	varies	?
Throwback Threads Autographs	5	25	?
Throwback Threads Autographs Prime	26	varies	?
Recollection Collection Autographs	28	varies	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Troy Glaus
2 Darin Erstad
3 Garret Anderson
4 Tim Salmon
5 Bartolo Colon
6 Jose Guillen
7 Miguel Tejada
8 Adam Loewen
9 Jay Gibbons
10 Melvin Mora
11 Javy Lopez
12 Pedro Martinez
13 Curt Schilling
14 David Ortiz
15 Keith Foulke
16 Nomar Garciaparra
17 Magglio Ordonez
18 Frank Thomas
19 Carlos Lee
20 Paul Konerko
21 Mark Buehrle
22 Jody Gerut
23 Victor Martinez
24 C.C. Sabathia
25 Ellis Burks
26 Bobby Higginson
27 Jeremy Bonderman
28 Fernando Vina
29 Carlos Pena
30 Dmitri Young
31 Carlos Beltran
32 Benito Santiago
33 Mike Sweeney
34 Angel Berroa
35 Runelvys Hernandez
36 Johan Santana
37 Doug Mientkiewicz
38 Shannon Stewart
39 Torii Hunter
40 Derek Jeter
41 Jason Giambi
42 Bernie Williams
43 Alfonso Soriano
44 Gary Sheffield
45 Mike Mussina
46 Jorge Posada
47 Hideki Matsui
48 Kevin Brown
49 Javier Vazquez
50 Mariano Rivera
51 Eric Chavez
52 Tim Hudson
53 Mark Mulder
54 Barry Zito
55 Ichiro Suzuki
56 Edgar Martinez
57 Bret Boone
58 John Olerud
59 Scott Spiezio
60 Aubrey Huff
61 Rocco Baldelli
62 Jose Cruz
63 Delmon Young
64 Mark Teixeira
65 Hank Blalock
66 Michael Young
67 Alex Rodriguez
68 Carlos Delgado
69 Eric Hinske
70 Roy Halladay
71 Vernon Wells
72 Randy Johnson
73 Richie Sexson
74 Brandon Webb
75 Luis Gonzalez
76 Steve Finley
77 Chipper Jones
78 Andruw Jones
79 Marcus Giles
80 Rafael Furcal
81 J.D. Drew
82 Sammy Sosa
83 Kerry Wood
84 Mark Prior
85 Derrek Lee
86 Moises Alou
87 Corey Patterson
88 Ken Griffey, Jr.
89 Austin Kearns
90 Adam Dunn
91 Barry Larkin
92 Todd Helton
93 Larry Walker
94 Preston Wilson
95 Charles Johnson
96 Luis Castillo
97 Josh Beckett
98 Mike Lowell
99 Miguel Cabrera
100 Juan Pierre
101 Dontrelle Willis
102 Andy Pettitte
103 Wade Miller
104 Jeff Bagwell
105 Craig Biggio
106 Lance Berkman
107 Jeff Kent
108 Roy Oswalt
109 Hideo Nomo
110 Adrian Beltre
111 Paul Lo Duca
112 Shawn Green
113 Fred McGriff
114 Eric Gagne
115 Geoff Jenkins
116 Rickie Weeks
117 Scott Podsednik
118 Nick Johnson
119 Orlando Cabrera
120 Jose Vidro
121 Kaz Matsui RC
122 Tom Glavine
123 Al Leiter
124 Mike Piazza
125 Jose Reyes
126 Mike Cameron
127 Pat Burrell
128 Jim Thome
129 Mike Lieberthal
130 Bobby Abreu
131 Kip Wells
132 Jack Wilson
133 Pokey Reese
134 Brian Giles
135 Sean Burroughs
136 Ryan Klesko
137 Trevor Hoffman
138 Jason Schmidt
139 J.T. Snow
140 A.J. Pierzynski
141 Ray Durham
142 Jim Edmonds
143 Albert Pujols
144 Edgar Renteria
145 Scott Rolen
146 Matt Morris
147 Ivan Rodriguez
148 Vladimir Guerrero
149 Greg Maddux
150 Kevin Millwood

Autographed Rookies

Each Autographed Rookie is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

NOTE: Card #169, originally of Kaz Matsui, was pulled.

151 Hector Gimenez RC 750
152 Willy Taveras RC 750
153 Ruddy Yan 750
154 Graham Koonce 750
155 Jose Capellan RC 750
156 Onil Joseph RC* 750
157 John Gall RC 1000
158 Carlos Hines RC* 750
159 Jerry Gil RC 750
160 Mike Gosling RC 750
161 Jason Frasor RC 750
162 Justin Knoedler RC 750
163 Merkin Valdez RC 500
164 Angel Chavez RC 1000
165 Ivan Ochoa RC 750
166 Greg Dobbs RC 750
167 Ronald Belisario RC 750
168 Aarom Baldiris RC* 750
170 Dave Crouthers RC* 750
171 Freddy Guzman RC 750
172 Akinori Otsuka RC 250
173 Ian Snell RC 750
174 Nick Regilio RC 1000
175 Jamie Brown RC 750
176 Jerome Gamble RC* 750
177 Roberto Novoa RC 1000
178 Sean Henn RC 1000
179 Ramon Ramirez RC 1000
180 Jason Bartlett RC 1000

Retired

Each Retired player is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

181 Bob Gibson
182 Cal Ripken, Jr.
183 Carl Yastrzemski
184 Dale Murphy
185 Don Mattingly
186 Eddie Murray
187 George Brett
188 Jackie Robinson
189 Jim Palmer
190 Lou Gehrig
191 Mike Schmidt
192 Ozzie Smith
193 Nolan Ryan
194 Reggie Jackson
195 Roberto Clemente
196 Robin Yount
197 Stan Musial
198 Ted Williams
199 Tony Gwynn
200 Ty Cobb

Parallels

Status/Aspirations

Status and Aspirations are parallels of the 200-card base set. The Status is serial-numbered to the player's respective uniform number; while the Aspirations was numbered to 100 copies minus the uniform number.

Kaz Matsui, the hot rookie of 2004, appears on two cards in the set: #128 and #169.

1 Troy Glaus 25
2 Darin Erstad 17
3 Garret Anderson 16
4 Tim Salmon 15
5 Bartolo Colon 21
6 Jose Guillen 6
7 Miguel Tejada 10
8 Adam Loewen 68
9 Jay Gibbons 31
10 Melvin Mora 6
11 Javy Lopez 18
12 Pedro Martinez 45
13 Curt Schilling 38
14 David Ortiz 34
15 Keith Foulke 29
16 Nomar Garciaparra 5
17 Magglio Ordonez 30
18 Frank Thomas 35
19 Carlos Lee 45
20 Paul Konerko 14
21 Mark Buehrle 56
22 Jody Gerut 9
23 Victor Martinez 41
24 CC Sabathia 52
25 Ellis Burks 25
26 Bobby Higginson 4
27 Jeremy Bonderman 38
28 Fernando Vina 10
29 Carlos Pena 12
30 Dmitri Young 25
31 Carlos Beltran 15
32 Benito Santiago 30
33 Mike Sweeney 29
34 Angel Berroa 4
35 Runelvys Hernandez 40
36 Johan Santana 57
37 Doug Mientkiewicz 16
38 Shannon Stewart 23
39 Torii Hunter 48
40 Derek Jeter 2
41 Jason Giambi 25
42 Bernie Williams 51
43 Alfonso Soriano 12
44 Gary Sheffield 11
45 Mike Mussina 35
46 Jorge Posada 20
47 Hideki Matsui 55
48 Kevin Brown 27
49 Javier Vazquez 33
50 Mariano Rivera 42
51 Eric Chavez 3
52 Tim Hudson 15
53 Mark Mulder 20
54 Barry Zito 75
55 Ichiro Suzuki 51
56 Edgar Martinez 11
57 Bret Boone 29
58 John Olerud 5
59 Scott Spiezio 23
60 Aubrey Huff 19
61 Rocco Baldelli 5
62 Jose Cruz, Jr. 22
63 Delmon Young 73
64 Mark Teixeira 23
65 Hank Blalock 9
66 Michael Young 10
67 Alex Rodriguez 13
68 Carlos Delgado 25
69 Eric Hinske 11
70 Roy Halladay 32
71 Vernon Wells 10
72 Randy Johnson 51
73 Richie Sexson 11
74 Brandon Webb 55
75 Luis Gonzalez 20
76 Steve Finley 12
77 Chipper Jones 10
78 Andruw Jones 25
79 Marcus Giles 22
80 Rafael Furcal 1
81 J.D. Drew 7
82 Sammy Sosa 21
83 Kerry Wood 34
84 Mark Prior 22
85 Derrek Lee 25
86 Moises Alou 18
87 Corey Patterson 20
88 Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
89 Austin Kearns 28
90 Adam Dunn 44
91 Barry Larkin 11
92 Todd Helton 17
93 Larry Walker 33
94 Preston Wilson 44
95 Charles Johnson 23
96 Luis Castillo 1
97 Josh Beckett 21
98 Mike Lowell 19
99 Miguel Cabrera 24
100 Juan Pierre 9
101 Dontrelle Willis 35
102 Andy Pettitte 21
103 Wade Miller 52
104 Jeff Bagwell 5
105 Craig Biggio 7
106 Lance Berkman 17
107 Jeff Kent 12
108 Roy Oswalt 44
109 Hideo Nomo 10
110 Adrian Beltre 29
111 Paul LoDuca 16
112 Shawn Green 15
113 Fred McGriff 29
114 Eric Gagne 38
115 Geoff Jenkins 5
116 Rickie Weeks 23
117 Scott Podsednik 20
118 Nick Johnson 24
119 Orlando Cabrera 18
120 Jose Vidro 3
121 Kazuo Matsui 25
122 Tom Glavine 47
123 Al Leiter 22
124 Mike Piazza 31
125 Jose Reyes 7
126 Mike Cameron 44
127 Pat Burrell 5
128 Jim Thome 25
129 Mike Lieberthal 24
130 Bobby Abreu 53
131 Kip Wells 32
132 Jack Wilson 2
133 Pokey Reese 3
134 Brian Giles 24
135 Sean Burroughs 32
136 Ryan Klesko 30
137 Trevor Hoffman 51
138 Jason Schmidt 29
139 J.T. Snow 6
140 A.J. Pierzynski 36
141 Ray Durham 5
142 Jim Edmonds 15
143 Albert Pujols 5
144 Edgar Renteria 3
145 Scott Rolen 27
146 Matt Morris 35
147 Ivan Rodriguez 7
148 Vladimir Guerrero 27
149 Greg Maddux 31
150 Kevin Millwood 34
151 Hector Gimenez 70
152 Willy Taveras 1
153 Ruddy Yan 62
154 Graham Koonce 18
155 Jose Capellan 71
156 Onil Joseph 76
157 John Gall 81
158 Carlos Hines 69
159 Jerry Gil 62
160 Mike Gosling 44
161 Jason Frasor 78
162 Justin Knoedler 60
163 Merkin Valdez 61
164 Angel Chavez 59
165 Ivan Ochoa 74
166 Greg Dobbs 60
167 Ronald Belisario 71
168 Aarom Baldiris 65
169 Kazuo Matsui 25
170 Dave Crouthers 70
171 Freddy Guzman 65
172 Akinori Otsuka 16
173 Ian Snell 49
174 Nick Regilio 64
175 Jamie Brown 52
176 Jerome Gamble 62
177 Roberto Novoa 51
178 Sean Henn 63
179 Ramon Ramirez 66
180 Jason Bartlett 80
181 Bob Gibson 45
182 Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
183 Carl Yastrzemski 8
184 Dale Murphy 3
185 Don Mattingly 23
186 Eddie Murray 33
187 George Brett 5
188 Jackie Robinson 42
189 Jim Palmer 22
190 Lou Gehrig 4
191 Mike Schmidt 20
192 Ozzie Smith 1
193 Nolan Ryan 34
194 Reggie Jackson 44
195 Roberto Clemente 21
196 Robin Yount 19
197 Stan Musial 6
198 Ted Williams 9
199 Tony Gwynn 19
200 Ty Cobb 1

Status Gold

Each base card is available in a Status Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 24 copies.

Turn of the Century

Turn of the Century is a 170-card partial-parallel. Only the 30 Rookies were not included. The 150 short set cards are all serial-numbered to 750 copies, while the 20 Retired players are numbered to 250.

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used