Description

2005 Throwback Threads is a 300-card set released by Donruss-Playoff in August, 2005. Each Hobby pack contained one insert, parallel, game-used memorabilia card, or autograph with each 24-pack Hobby box containing three autographs/game-used cards. The final card in the base set was short-printed.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
Green Century Proof	300	-	N/A	?
Blue Century Proof	300	150	?	?
Gold Century Proof	300	100	1:24	?
Platinum Blue Century Proof	300	10	?	?
Polo Grounds	100	varies	1:3	?
Throwback Collection	75	-	1:8	?
Throwback Collection Spectrum	75	100	?	?
Century Stars	50	-	1:12	?
Century Stars Spectrum	50	100	?	?
Player Timelines	40	-	1:24	?
Player Timelines Spectrum	40	100	?	?
Generations	25	-	?	?
Generations Spectrum	25	100	?	?
Dynasty	10	-	1:24	?
Dynasty Prime	10	100	?	?
Material Bat	100	varies	?	?
Material Jersey	151	varies	?	?
Material Jersey Prime	136	varies	?	?
Material Combo	76	varies	?	?
Material Combo Prime	73	varies	?	?
Throwback Collection Material	74	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Material Prime	68	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Combo	68	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Combo Prime	63	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Signature Material	53	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Signature Material Prime	45	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Signature Material Combo	46	-	?	?
Throwback Collection Signature Material Combo Prime	43	-	?	?
Century Stars Material	45	-	?	?
Century Stars Material Prime	34	-	?	?
Century Stars Signature Material	33	-	?	?
Century Stars Signature Material Prime	21	-	?	?
Player Timelines Material	36	-	?	?
Player Timelines Material Prime	37	-	?	?
Player Timelines Signature Material	26	-	?	?
Player Timelines Signature Material Prime	27	-	?	?
Generations Material	24	varies	?	?
Generations Material Prime	21	varies	?	?
Dynasty Material	10	varies	?	?
Dynasty Material Prime	10	varies	?	?
Signature Marks	137	varies	?	?
Autographs	23	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Luis Castillo
2 Derek Jeter
3 Eric Chavez
4 Angel Berroa
5 Jeff Bagwell
6 J.T. Snow
7 Craig Biggio
8 Michael Barrett
9 Hank Blalock
10 Chipper Jones
11 Jacque Jones
12 Mark Teixeira
13 Omar Vizquel
14 Paul Lo Duca
15 Jim Edmonds
16 Aramis Ramirez
17 Lance Berkman
18 Javy Lopez
19 Adam LaRoche
20 Jorge Posada
21 Sean Casey
22 Mark Prior
23 Phil Nevin
24 Manny Ramirez
25 Andruw Jones
26 Matt Lawton
27 Vladimir Guerrero
28 Austin Kearns
29 John Smoltz
30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
31 Mike Piazza
32 Jason Jennings
33 Jason Varitek
34 David Ortiz
35 Mike Mussina
36 Joe Nathan
37 Kenny Rogers
38 Carlos Zambrano
39 Eric Byrnes
40 Clint Barmes
41 Danny Kolb
42 Mariano Rivera
43 Joey Gathright
44 Adam Dunn
45 Carlos Lee
46 Yhency Brazoban
47 Roy Oswalt
48 Torii Hunter
49 Scott Podsednik
50 Jason Hammel RC
51 Ichiro
52 C.C. Sabathia
53 Bobby Abreu
54 Jon Garland
55 Brandon Webb
56 Mark Buehrle
57 Johan Santana
58 Mike Sweeney
59 Tadahito Iguchi RC
60 Edgar Renteria
61 Aaron Rowand
62 Craig Wilson
63 J.D. Drew
64 Bobby Crosby
65 Justin Morneau
66 Scott Rolen
67 Jose Vidro
68 Carlos Beltran
69 Jeff Weaver
70 Jason Schmidt
71 Brad Wilkerson
72 Yuniesky Betancourt
73 Octavio Dotel
74 Mike Cameron
75 Barry Zito
76 Woody Williams
77 Russ Rohlicek RC*
78 Mark Kotsay
79 Jeff Suppan
80 Eric Gagne
81 Tim Salmon
82 Troy Glaus
83 Kevin Mench
84 Ivan Rodriguez
85 Sean Burroughs
86 Dallas McPherson
87 Jamie Moyer
88 Orlando Cabrera
89 Wladimir Balentien RC
90 Philip Humber RC
91 Francisco Cordero
92 Danny Graves
93 Bucky Jacobsen
94 Cliff Lee
95 Oliver Perez
96 Jake Peavy
97 Doug Mientkiewicz
98 Brad Radke
99 Jeremy Reed
100 Garret Anderson
101 Rafael Furcal
102 Jack Wilson
103 Bernie Williams
104 Josh Beckett
105 Albert Pujols
106 Ubaldo Jimenez RC
107 Richard Hidalgo
108 Luke Scott RC
109 Hideo Nomo
110 Vernon Wells
111 Richie Sexson
112 Chad Cordero
113 Alex Rodriguez
114 Paul Konerko
115 Carlos Guillen
116 Francisco Rodriguez
117 Johnny Damon
118 David Wright
119 Lyle Overbay
120 Brian Roberts
121 Sammy Sosa
122 Roger Clemens
123 Rickie Weeks
124 Larry Bigbie
125 Rafael Palmeiro
126 Jason Giambi
127 Hideki Matsui
128 Brad Lidge
129 Jeremy Affeldt
130 Mike MacDougal
131 Troy Percival
132 Matt Morris
133 Dave Gassner RC
134 Kerry Wood
135 Dontrelle Willis
136 Michael Young
137 Andy Pettitte
138 Kris Benson
139 Miguel Negron RC*
140 Rich Harden
141 Bret Boone
142 Danny Rueckel RC*
143 Jeff Niemann RC
144 Randy Messenger RC
145 Pedro Martinez
146 Kazuhisa Ishii
147 Carlos Delgado
148 Tom Glavine
149 Russ Ortiz
150 Gavin Floyd
151 Randy Johnson
152 Prince Fielder RC
153 Nomar Garciaparra
154 Pat Burrell
155 Melvin Mora
156 Jose Reyes
157 Trot Nixon
158 B.J. Upton
159 Jody Gerut
160 Juan Pierre
161 Miguel Tejada
162 Barry Larkin
163 Carl Crawford
164 Ben Sheets
165 Tim Hudson
166 Darin Erstad
167 Todd Helton
168 Luis Gonzalez
169 Mark Mulder
170 David Dellucci
171 Marcus Giles
172 Shannon Stewart
173 Zack Greinke
174 Miguel Cabrera
175 Nick Johnson
176 Derrek Lee
177 Jim Thome
178 Ken Harvey
179 Ambiorix Concepcion RC*
180 Roy Halladay
181 Larry Walker
182 Greg Maddux
183 Frank Thomas
184 Travis Hafner
185 Matt Holliday
186 Victor Martinez
187 Jason Isringhausen
188 Bill Mueller
189 Dewon Brazelton
190 Adrian Beltre
191 Tim Wakefield
192 Alexis Rios
193 Alfonso Soriano
194 Fernando Vina
195 Armando Benitez
196 Bartolo Colon
197 A.J. Burnett
198 Milton Bradley
199 Brad Penny
200 Rocco Baldelli
201 Curt Schilling
202 Ryan Wagner
203 Preston Wilson
204 Akinori Otsuka
205 Bill McCarthy RC*
206 Edgardo Alfonzo
207 Mike Lieberthal
208 Shea Hillenbrand
209 Tom Gordon
210 Kip Wells
211 Frank Catalanotto
212 Casey Kotchman
213 Justin Verlander RC
214 Brandon Inge
215 Terrmel Sledge
216 Gary Sheffield
217 Steve Finley
218 Kenny Lofton
219 Chris Carpenter
220 Dan Haren
221 Brett Myers
222 Joe Mauer
223 David Wells
224 Brian Giles
225 Moises Alou
226 Casey Rogowski RC*
227 Chase Utley
228 Corey Koskie
229 Derek Lowe
230 Erick Threets RC
231 Grady Sizemore
232 Jason Lane
233 Jeremy Bonderman
234 Livan Hernandez
235 Ryan Klesko
236 Sidney Ponson
237 Jimmy Rollins
238 Eric Milton
239 Shingo Takatsu
240 Scott Kazmir
241 Shawn Green
242 Nick Swisher
243 Shawn Chacon
244 Javier Vazquez
245 Mark Loretta
246 Dmitri Young
247 Charles Johnson
248 Magglio Ordonez
249 Sean Thompson RC*
250 Jared Gothreaux RC*
251 Kevin Millwood
252 Mike Lowell
253 Cristian Guzman
254 Nate McLouth RC
255 Delmon Young
256 Jeromy Burnitz
257 Garrett Atkins
258 Junior Spivey
259 Morgan Ensberg
260 Chone Figgins
261 Hayden Penn RC
262 Jason Bay
263 Jose Cruz Jr.
264 Khalil Greene
265 Ray Durham
266 Juan Gonzalez
267 Jeff Kent
268 Dioner Navarro
269 Rodrigo Lopez
270 Geoff Jenkins
271 Jermaine Dye
272 Orlando Hudson
273 Jose Lima
274 Jeff Francis
275 Luis Matos
276 Jason Kendall
277 Mike Hampton
278 Al Kaline
279 Bert Blyleven
280 Bill Madlock
281 Cal Ripken, Jr.
282 Dale Murphy
283 Gary Carter
284 George Brett
285 Harmon Killebrew
286 Harold Baines
287 John Kruk
288 Keith Hernandez
289 Willie Mays
290 Matt Williams
291 Nolan Ryan
292 Paul Molitor
293 Reggie Jackson
294 Rickey Henderson
295 Ron Cey
296 Ryne Sandberg
297 Ted Williams
298 Tom Seaver
299 Tony Gwynn
300 Babe Ruth

Parallels

Century Proof

All 300 base cards are available in the following Century Proof parallels.

Green (retail only)
Blue (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Platinum Blue (serial-numbered to ten)

Inserts

All inserts EXCEPT Polo Ground are also available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Polo Grounds

Throwback Collection

1 Billy Martin
2 Tony Gwynn
3 Babe Ruth
4 Angel Berroa
5 Jeff Bagwell
6 Tony Oliva
7 Ivan Rodriguez
8 Gary Carter
9 Ted Williams
10 Chipper Jones
11 Al Oliver
12 Roberto Alomar
13 Omar Vizquel
14 Ernie Banks
15 Carlos Beltran
16 Garret Anderson
17 Mark Grace
18 Jason Giambi
19 Dave Righetti
20 Mike Schmidt
21 Roger Clemens
22 Juan Gonzalez
23 Carlos Delgado
24 Manny Ramirez
25 Jim Thome
26 Wade Boggs
27 Luis Tiant
28 Kerry Wood
29 Rod Carew
30 Dwight Evans
31 Mike Piazza
32 Billy Williams
33 Larry Walker
34 Nolan Ryan
35 Edgar Renteria
36 Greg Maddux
37 Gaylord Perry
38 Curt Schilling
39 Dave Parker
40 Andruw Jones
41 Orlando Cepeda
42 Fergie Jenkins
43 Kirby Puckett
44 Reggie Jackson
45 Bob Gibson
46 Rickey Henderson
47 Lee Smith
48 Lou Brock
49 Fred Lynn
50 Lance Berkman
51 Shawn Green
52 Hoyt Wilhelm
53 Sammy Sosa
54 Tim Hudson
55 Matt Williams
56 Marty Marion
57 Eric Chavez
58 Rafael Palmeiro
59 Randy Johnson
60 David Ortiz
61 Hank Blalock
62 Jim Rice
63 Mark Mulder
64 Kazuo Matsui
65 Pedro Martinez
66 Sean Casey
67 Carlos Lee
68 Stan Musial
69 Fred McGriff
70 Darryl Strawberry
71 Tommy John
72 Hideo Nomo
73 Johnny Bench
74 Cal Ripken, Jr.
75 Harold Baines

Player Timelines

40 Wade Boggs
39 Steve Carlton
38 Jeff Kent
37 Roger Clemens
36 Juan Gonzalez
35 Andres Galarraga
34 Hideo Nomo
33 Roberto Alomar
32 Gary Carter
31 Mike Piazza
30 Rickey Henderson
29 Curt Schilling
28 Deion Sanders
27 Reggie Jackson
26 Dennis Eckersley
25 Nolan Ryan
24 Randy Johnson
23 Don Sutton
22 Pedro Martinez
21 Jermaine Dye
20 Scott Rolen
19 Willie McCovey
18 Jim Edmonds
17 Andy Pettitte
16 Sammy Sosa
15 Andre Dawson
14 Alfonso Soriano
13 Junior Spivey
12 Travis Hafner
11 Vladimir Guerrero
10 Javy Lopez
9 Aramis Ramirez
8 Shawn Green
7 Tommy John
6 Lyle Overbay
5 Bo Jackson
4 David Ortiz
3 Tom Glavine
2 Greg Maddux
1 Dale Murphy

Generations

25 Bob Gibson / Mark Prior / Nolan Ryan
24 B.J. Upton / Barry Larkin / Ozzie Smith
23 Dale Murphy / Fred Lynn / Jim Edmonds
22 David Cone / Don Sutton / Roy Oswalt
21 Luis Aparicio / Omar Vizquel / Rafael Furcal
20 Brooks Robinson / Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen
19 Eddie Murray / Mark Teixeira / Rafael Palmeiro
18 Barry Zito / Steve Carlton / Tom Glavine
17 Bob Feller / Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens
16 Andre Dawson / Frank Robinson / Gary Sheffield
15 Albert Pujols / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Harmon Killebrew
14 Carlton Fisk / Johnny Bench / Mike Piazza
13 Carl Yastrzemski / Lance Berkman / Stan Musial
12 Juan Marichal / Luis Tiant / Pedro Martinez
11 Alfonso Soriano / Joe Morgan / Ryne Sandberg
10 Gaylord Perry / Greg Maddux / Jack Morris
9 Gary Carter / Ivan Rodriguez / Victor Martinez
8 Hank Blalock / Mark Grace / Wade Boggs
7 Casey Kotchman / Don Mattingly / Keith Hernandez
6 Ichiro / Lenny Dykstra / Rickey Henderson
5 Babe Ruth / Ted Williams / Willie Mays
4 George Brett / Todd Helton / Tony Gwynn
3 Bo Jackson / Brian Jordan / Deion Sanders
2 Eric Chavez / John Kruk / Rod Carew
1 Duke Snider / Reggie Jackson / Sammy Sosa

Dynasty

10 Curt Schilling / Jason Varitek / Manny Ramirez
9 Josh Beckett / Miguel Cabrera / Mike Lowell
8 Francisco Rodriguez / Garret Anderson / Troy Glaus
7 Curt Schilling / Matt Williams / Randy Johnson
6 Alfonso Soriano / Bernie Williams / Roger Clemens
5 Chipper Jones / David Justice / Greg Maddux
4 Dennis Eckersley / Jose Canseco / Rickey Henderson
3 Darryl Strawberry / Dwight Gooden / Gary Carter
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Eddie Murray / Jim Palmer
1 Catfish Hunter / Reggie Jackson / Sparky Lyle

Autographs & Game-Used