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=Description=
=Description=


1995 Donruss is a 550 card, two series, set consisting of 330 and 220 cards. The fronts feature borderless color action player photos. A second, smaller color player photo in a home plate shape with team color-coded borders appears in the lower left corner.
1995 Donruss was a 550-card set released in two series of 330 and 220 cards - the smallest Donruss base set to that point. Donruss continued as a premium-level brand and produced a borderless design coupled with a home plate-shaped inset photo in the card's lower left corner.  The player nameplate is small and etched in silver foil and is rather difficult to read.  Inserts were more innovative (e.g., die-cutting, acetate, colored transparency film, holographic foil, and detailed background designs), keeping the Donruss brand relevant in an era of evolving collector tastes.  


Prior to the release of the first series, Donruss announced that only 17,500 cases of each series of 1995 Donruss Baseball would be produced.
Prior to the release of Series One, Donruss announced that only 17,500 cases (Hobby wax, retail wax, Jumbos, and Magazine Distributor packs) would be produced, the same as [[1994 Donruss|the previous year's product]].  However, as evidenced by the reduction of the second series base set's size by a third, and adjustments in the stated insertion ratios, Series Two's production run may have been reduced by as much as 15 percent.
 
Rated Rookies, which like the [[1994 Donruss|previous year]] were scattered throughout the base set, and checklists are the only subsets.  There are no notable Rookie Cards.
 
For the first time ever, Donruss distributed Super Packs - which were exclusive to Jumbo boxes - that contained full insert sets and [[Hot Pack|Hot Packs]] - exclusive to all Series Two packs - that contained a full Elite Series insert set.  Both were the result of and fed into the "Insert Mania" craze that drove The Hobby during this time as Fleer brought the "Hot Pack" concept to baseball in [[1995 Ultra]].


=Distribution=
=Distribution=


=Reviews=
Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).
 
Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 18 cards per pack ($2.49).  Super Packs - containing full insert sets - were exclusive to Jumbo boxes


=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===Series One===


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!Hobby Odds
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
!Retail Odds
!Jumbo Odds
!Magazine Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||330||-||?||?||?||?
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|Press Proof||330||2000||1:20||1:20||1:18||1:24
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|Diamond Kings||14||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
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|Elite Series||6||10,000||1:210||1:210||1:120||1:180
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|American League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
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|Longball Leaders||8||-||1:24||N/A||N/A||N/A
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||550||-||?||?
|Bomb Squad||6||-||N/A||1:24||N/A||1:16
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=Checklist=
===Series Two===


==Base Set==
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!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||220||-||?||?||?||?
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|Press Proof||220||2000||1:24||1:24||1:18||1:24
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|Diamond Kings||15||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
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|Elite Series||6||10,000||1:180||1:180||1:120||1:180
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|National League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
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|Dominators||9||-||1:24||N/A||N/A||N/A
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|Mound Marvels||8||-||N/A||1:16||N/A||1:16
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1 David Justice
=Checklist=


2 Rene Arocha
==Promos==


3 Sandy Alomar, Sr.  
To preview the upcoming ''1995 Donruss Baseball'' set, Donruss printed additional quantities of card numbers 5, 8, 20, 42, 55, 275, 331, and 340 and mailed them to dealers and Hobby media.  Unfortunately, unlike other "promo" cards of the era, these cards are not marked and are exactly the same as any other base card.


4 Luis M. Lopez
==Base Set==


5 Mike Piazza
===Series One===


6 Bobby M. Jones
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7 Damion Easley
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===Series Two===


8 Barry Bonds
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9 Mike Mussina
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10 Kevin Seitzer
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==Parallels==
11 John Smiley
 
12 William Van Landingham
 
13 Ron Darling
 
14 Walt Weiss
 
15 Mike Lansing
 
16 Allen Watson
 
17 Aaron Sele
 
18 Randy Johnson
 
19 Dean Palmer
 
20 Jeff Bagwell
 
21 Curt Schilling
 
22 Darrell Whitmore
 
23 Steve Trachsel
 
24 Dan Wilson
 
25 Steve Finley
 
26 Bret Boone
 
27 Charles Johnson
 
28 Matt Stairs
 
29 Ismael Valdes
 
30 Solomon Torres
 
31 Eric Anthony
 
32 Spike Owen
 
33 Joey Cora
 
34 Robert Eenhoorn
 
35 Rick White
 
36 Omar Vizquiel
 
37 Carlos Delgado
 
38 Eddie Williams
 
39 Shawon Dunston
 
40 Darrin Fletcher
 
41 Leo Gomez
 
42 Juan Gonzalez
 
43 Luis Alicea
 
44 Ken Ryan
 
45 Lou Whitaker
 
46 Mike Blowers
 
47 Willie Blair
 
48 Todd Van Poppel
 
49 Roberto Alomar
 
50 Ozzie Smith
 
51 Sterling Hitchcock
 
52 Mo Vaughn
 
53 Rick Aguilera
 
54 Kent Mercker
 
55 Don Mattingly
 
56 Bob Scanlan
 
57 Wilson Alvarez
 
58 Jose Mesa
 
59 Scott Kamieniecki
 
60 Todd Jones
 
61 John Kruk
 
62 Marv Staehle
 
63 Tino Martinez
 
64 Eddie Zambrano
 
65 Todd Hundley
 
66 Jamie Moyer
 
67 Rich Amaral
 
68 Jose Valentin
 
69 Alex S. Gonzalez
 
70 Kurt Abbott
 
71 Delino DeShields
 
72 Brian Anderson
 
73 John Vander Wal
 
74 Turner Ward
 
75 Tim Raines
 
76 Mark Acre
 
77 Jose Offerman
 
78 Jimmy Key
 
79 Mark Whiten
 
80 Mark Gubicza
 
81 Darren Hall
 
82 Travis Fryman
 
83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
84 Geronimo Berroa
 
85 Bret Barberie
 
86 Andy Ashby
 
87 Steve Avery
 
88 Rich Becker
 
89 John Valentin
 
90 Glenallen Hill
 
91 Carlos Garcia
 
92 Dennis Martinez
 
93 Pat Kelly
 
94 Orlando Miller
 
95 Felix Jose
 
96 Mike Kinkade
 
97 Jeff Kent
 
98 Pete Incaviglia
 
99 Chad Curtis
 
100 Thomas Howard
 
101 Hector Carrasco
 
102 Tom Pagnozzi
 
103 Danny Tartabull
 
104 Donnie Elliott
 
105 Danny Jackson
 
106 Steve Dunn
 
107 Roger Salkeld
 
108 Jeff King
 
109 Cecil Fielder
 
110 Checklist Card
 
111 Denny Neagle
 
112 Troy Neel
 
113 Rod Beck
 
114 Alex Rodriguez
 
115 Joey Eischen
 
116 Tom Candiotti
 
117 Ray McDavid
 
118 Vince Coleman
 
119 Pete Harnisch
 
120 David Nied
 
121 Pat Rapp
 
122 Sammy Sosa
 
123 Steve Reed
 
124 Jose Oliva
 
125 Ricky Bottalico
 
126 Jose DeLeon
 
127 Pat Hentgen
 
128 Will Clark
 
129 Mark Dewey
 
130 Greg Vaughn
 
131 Darren Dreifort
 
132 Ed Sprague
 
133 Lee Smith
 
134 Charles Nagy
 
135 Phil Plantier
 
136 Jason Jacome
 
137 Jose Lima
 
138 J.R. Phillips
 
139 J.T. Snow
 
140 Michael Huff
 
141 Billy Brewer
 
142 Jeromy Burnitz
 
143 Ricky Bones
 
144 Carlos Rodriguez
 
145 Luis Gonzalez
 
146 Mark Lemke
 
147 Al Martin
 
148 Mike Bordick
 
149 Robb Nen
 
150 Will Cordero
 
151 Edgar Martinez
 
152 Gerald Williams
 
153 Esteban Beltre
 
154 Marcus Moore
 
155 Mark Langston
 
156 Mark Clark
 
157 Bobby Ayala
 
158 Rick Wilkins
 
159 Bobby Munoz
 
160 Checklist Card
 
161 Scott Erickson
 
162 Paul Molitor
 
163 Jon Lieber
 
164 Jason Grimsley
 
165 Noberto Martin
 
166 Javy Lopez
 
167 Brian McRae
 
168 Gary Sheffield
 
169 Marcus Moore
 
170 John Hudek
 
171 Kelly Stinnett
 
172 Chris Gomez
 
173 Rey Sanchez
 
174 Juan Guzman
 
175 Chan Ho Park
 
176 Terry Shumpert
 
177 Steve Ontiveros
 
178 Brad Ausmus
 
179 Tim Davis
 
180 Billy Ashley
 
181 Vinny Castilla
 
182 Bill Spiers
 
183 Randy Knorr
 
184 Brian L. Hunter
 
185 Pat Meares
 
186 Steve Buechele
 
187 Kirt Manwaring
 
188 Tim Naehring
 
189 Matt Mieske
 
190 Josias Manzanillo
 
191 Greg McMichael
 
192 Chuck Carr
 
193 Midre Cummings
 
194 Darryl Strawberry
 
195 Greg Gagne
 
196 Steve Cooke
 
197 Woody Williams
 
198 Ron Karkovice
 
199 Phil Leftwich
 
200 Jim Thome
 
201 Brady Anderson
 
202 Pedro Martinez
 
203 Steve Karsay
 
204 Reggie Sanders
 
205 Bill Risley
 
206 Jay Bell
 
207 Kevin Brown
 
208 Tim Scott
 
209 Len Whitehouse
 
210 Willie Greene
 
211 Jim Eisenreich
 
212 Cliff Floyd
 
213 Otis Nixon
 
214 Eduardo Perez
 
215 Manny Lee
 
216 Armando Benitez
 
217 Dave McCarty
 
218 Scott Livingstone
 
219 Chad Kreuter
 
220 Checklist Card
 
221 Brian Jordan
 
222 Matt Whiteside
 
223 Jim Edmonds
 
224 Tony Gwynn
 
225 Jose Lind
 
226 Marvin Freeman
 
227 Ken Hill
 
228 David Hulse
 
229 Joe Hesketh
 
230 Roberto Petagine
 
231 Jeffrey Hammonds
 
232 John Jaha
 
233 John Burkett
 
234 Hal Morris
 
235 Tony Castillo
 
236 Ryan Bowen
 
237 Wayne Kirby
 
238 Brent Mayne
 
239 Jim Bullinger
 
240 Mike Lieberthal
 
241 Barry Larkin
 
242 David Segui
 
243 Jose Bautista
 
244 Hector Fajardo
 
245 Orel Hershiser
 
246 James Mouton
 
247 Scott Leius
 
248 Tom Glavine
 
249 Danny Bautista
 
250 Jose Mercedes
 
251 Marquis Grissom
 
252 Charlie Hayes
 
253 Ryan Klesko
 
254 Vicente Palacios
 
255 Matias Carillo
 
256 Gary DiSarcina
 
257 Kirk Gibson
 
258 Garey Ingram
 
259 Alex Fernandez
 
260 John Mabry
 
261 Chris Howard
 
262 Miguel Jimenez
 
263 Heathcliff Slocumb
 
264 Albert Belle
 
265 Dave Clark
 
266 Joe Orsulak
 
267 Jonas Hamlin
 
268 Mark Portugal
 
269 Kevin Tapani
 
270 Sid Fernandez
 
271 Steve Dreyer
 
272 Denny Hocking
 
273 Troy O'Leary
 
274 Milt Cuyler
 
275 Frank Thomas
 
276 Jorge Fabregas
 
277 Marcel Galligani
 
278 Mickey Morandini
 
279 Roberto Duran
 
280 Henry Rodriguez
 
281 Garret Anderson
 
282 Bob Wickman
 
283 Gar Finnvold
 
284 Paul O'Neill
 
285 Royce Clayton
 
286 Chuck Knoblauch
 
287 Johnny Ruffin
 
288 Dave Nilsson
 
289 David Cone
 
290 Chuck McElroy
 
291 Kevin Stocker
 
292 Jose Rijo
 
293 Sean Berry
 
294 Ozzie Guillen
 
295 Chris Hoiles
 
296 Kevin Foster


297 Jeff Frye
===Press Proof===


298 Lance Johnson
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299 Mick Kelleher
1995 marked the introduction of the Press Proof parallel that became a staple in subsequent Donruss flagship and satellite brands.  All 550 base cards were available as a Press Proof parallel that featured gold foil stamping across the nameplate - as opposed to silver foil stamping on the base cards - and have "PRESS PROOF" stamped in gold foil across the top of the card.  However, some Press Proof cards are missing the Press Proof stamp on the front.


300 Ellis Burks
Each Press Proof was limited, but not serial-numbered, to 2000 copies which is denoted on the reverse side.
 
301 Roberto Kelly
 
302 Dante Bichette
 
303 Alvaro Espinoza
 
304 Alvin Colina
 
305 Rickey Henderson
 
306 David Weathers
 
307 Shane Reynolds
 
308 Bobby Bonilla
 
309 Junior Felix
 
310 Jeff Fassero
 
311 Darren Lewis
 
312 John Doherty
 
313 Scott Servais
 
314 Rick Helling
 
315 Pedro Martinez
 
316 Wes Chamberlain
 
317 Bryan Eversgerd
 
318 Trevor Hoffman
 
319 John Patterson
 
320 Matt Walbeck
 
321 Jeff Montgomery
 
322 Mel Rojas
 
323 Eddie Taubensee
 
324 Ray Lankford
 
325 Jose Viscaino
 
326 Carlos Baerga
 
327 Jack Voigt
 
328 Julio Franco
 
329 Brent Gates
 
330 Checklist Card
 
331 Greg Maddux
 
332 Jason Bere
 
333 Bill Wegman
 
334 Tuffy Rhodes
 
335 Kevin Young
 
336 Andy Benes
 
337 Pedro Astacio
 
338 Reggie Jefferson
 
339 Tim Belcher
 
340 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
341 Mariano Duncan
 
342 Andres Galarraga
 
343 Rondell White
 
344 Cory Bailey RR
 
345 Bryan Harvey
 
346 John Franco
 
347 Greg Swindell
 
348 David West
 
349 Fred McGriff
 
350 Jose Canseco
 
351 Orlando Merced
 
352 Rheal Cormier
 
353 Carlos Pulido
 
354 Terry Steinbach
 
355 Wade Boggs
 
356 B.J. Surhoff
 
357 Rafael Palmeiro
 
358 Anthony Young
 
359 Tom Brunansky
 
360 Todd Stottlemyre
 
361 Chris Turner
 
362 Joe Boever
 
363 Jeff Blauser
 
364 Derek Bell
 
365 Matt Williams
 
366 Jeremy Hernandez
 
367 Joe Girardi
 
368 Mike Devereaux
 
369 Jim Abbott
 
370 Manny Ramirez
 
371 Kenny Lofton
 
372 Mark Smith RR
 
373 Dave Fleming
 
374 Dave Stewart
 
375 Roger Pavlick
 
376 Henry Pichardo
 
377 Bill Taylor
 
378 Robin Ventura
 
379 Bernard Gilkey
 
380 Kirby Puckett
 
381 Steve Howe
 
382 Devon White
 
383 Roberto Mejia
 
384 Darrin Jackson
 
385 Melvin Mora
 
386 Rusty Meacham
 
387 Bill Swift
 
388 Lou Frazier
 
389 Andy Van Slyke
 
390 Brett Butler
 
391 Bobby Witt
 
392 Jeff Conine
 
393 Tim Hyers
 
394 Terry Pendleton
 
395 Ricky Jordan
 
396 Eric Plunk
 
397 Melido Perez
 
398 Darryl Kile
 
399 Mark McLemore
 
400 Greg A. Harris
 
401 Jim Leyritz
 
402 Doug Strange
 
403 Tim Salmon
 
404 Terry Mulholland
 
405 Rob Thompson
 
406 Ruben Sierra
 
407 Tony Phillips
 
408 Moises Alou
 
409 Felix Fermin
 
410 Pat Listach
 
411 Kevin Bass
 
412 Ben McDonald
 
413 Steve Cooke
 
414 Jody Reed
 
415 Deion Sanders
 
416 Ricky Gutierrez
 
417 Gregg Jefferies
 
418 Jack McDowell
 
419 Al Leiter
 
420 Tony Longmire
 
421 Paul Wagner
 
422 Geronimo Pena
 
423 Ivan Rodriguez
 
424 Kevin Gross
 
425 Kirk McCaskill
 
426 Greg Myers
 
427 Roger Clemens
 
428 Chris Hammond
 
429 Randy Myers
 
430 Roger Mason
 
431 Bret Saberhagen
 
432 Jeff Reboulet
 
433 John Olerud
 
434 Bill Gullickson
 
435 Eddie Murray
 
436 Pedro Munoz
 
437 Charlie O'Brien
 
438 Jeff Nelson
 
439 Mike MacFarlane
 
440 Checklist Card
 
441 Derrick May
 
442 John Roper
 
443 Darryl Hamilton
 
444 Dan Miceli RR
 
445 Tony Eusabio
 
446 Jerry Brown
 
447 Wally Joyner
 
448 Brian Harper
 
449 Scott Fletcher
 
450 Bip Roberts
 
451 Pete Smith
 
452 Chili Davis
 
453 Dave Hollins
 
454 Tony Pena, Sr.
 
455 Butch Henry
 
456 Craig Biggio
 
457 Zakary Shinall
 
458 Ryan Thompson
 
459 Mike Jackson
 
460 Mark McGwire
 
461 John Smoltz
 
462 Steve Scarsone
 
463 Greg Colbrunn
 
464 Shawn Green
 
465 David Wells
 
466 Jose Hernandez
 
467 Chip Hale
 
468 Tony Tarasco
 
469 Kevin Mitchell
 
470 Billy Hatcher
 
471 Jay Buhner
 
472 Ken Caminiti
 
473 Tom Henke
 
474 Todd Worrell
 
475 Mark Eichhorn
 
476 Bruce Ruffin
 
477 Chuck Finley
 
478 Marc Newfield
 
479 Paul Shuey RR
 
480 Bob Tewksbury
 
481 Ramon J. Martinez
 
482 Melvin Nieves
 
483 Todd Zeile
 
484 Benito Santiago
 
485 Stan Javier
 
486 Kirk Rueter
 
487 Andre Dawson
 
488 Eric Karros
 
489 Dave Magadan
 
490 Checklist Card
 
491 Randy Velarde
 
492 Larry Walker
 
493 Chris Carpenter
 
494 Tom Gordon
 
495 Dave Burba
 
496 Darren Bragg RR
 
497 Darren Daulton
 
498 Don Slaught
 
499 Pat Borders
 
500 Lenny Harris
 
501 Joe Ausanio RR
 
502 Alan Trammell
 
503 Mike Fetters
 
504 Scott Ruffcorn
 
505 Rich Rowland
 
506 Juan Samuel
 
507 Bo Jackson
 
508 Jeff Branson
 
509 Bernie ? Williams
 
510 Paul Sorrento
 
511 Dennis Eckersley
 
512 Pat Mahomes
 
513 Rusty Greer RR
 
514 Luis Polonia
 
515 Willie Banks
 
516 John Wetteland
 
517 Mike LaValliere
 
518 Tommy Greene
 
519 Mark Grace
 
520 Bob Hamelin
 
521 Scott Sanders
 
522 Joe Carter
 
523 Jeff Brantley
 
524 Andrew Lorraine RR
 
525 Rico Brogna RR
 
526 Shane Mack
 
527 Mark Wohlers
 
528 Scott Sanderson
 
529 Chris Bosio
 
530 Andujar Cedeno
 
531 Kenny Rogers
 
532 Doug Drabek
 
533 Curtis Leskanic
 
534 Craig Shipley
 
535 Craig Grebeck
 
536 Cal Eldred
 
537 Mickey Tettleton
 
538 Harold Baines
 
539 Tim Wallach
 
540 Damon Buford
 
541 Lenny Webster
 
542 Kevin Appier
 
543 Raul Mondesi
 
544 Eric Young
 
545 Russ Davis
 
546 Marvin Benard
 
547 Mike Greenwell
 
548 Scott Brosius
 
549 Brian Dorsett
 
550 Checklist
 
==Parallels==
 
Each of the 550 base cards is available as a "Press Proof" parallel.  Each Press Proof is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 2000 copies.


==Inserts==
==Inserts==
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===All-Stars===
===All-Stars===


This 18-card set was exclusive to the rarely seen Jumbo packs. The American Leaguers were in Series One Jumbos, while the National Leaguers were in Series Two Jumbos.
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AL1 Jimmy Key     
This 18-card set featured the starting lineups for the previous year's All-Star Game and was exclusive to Jumbo packs.  Each card featured gray backgrounds with a white outline of the player's respective League logo and colored foil stamping over the "All-Star" text.  American League players were in Series One Jumbo packs, while National League players were in Series Two Jumbo packs.


AL2 Ivan Rodriguez
Due to the relative scarcity of Jumbo packs, All-Stars was one of the tougher insert sets of the era.


AL3 Frank Thomas
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AL4 Roberto Alomar
===Bomb Squad===
 
AL5 Wade Boggs
 
AL6 Cal Ripken
 
AL7 Joe Carter
 
AL8 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
AL9 Kirby Puckett
 
NL1 Greg Maddux
 
NL2 Mike Piazza
 
NL3 Gregg Jefferies
 
NL4 Mariano Duncan
 
NL5 Matt Williams
 
NL6 Ozzie Smith


NL7 Barry Bonds
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NL8 Tony Gwynn
This six-card, dual-sided set recognized top home run hitting counterparts in the game against an orange background with a mid-1900s Air Force bomber and foil-stamped bomb symbols indicating the number of home runs the player hit in the previous season.  This insert was exclusive to Series One retail and Magazine packs.


NL9 David Justice
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===Bomb Squad===
1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Matt Williams


These six cards are exclusive to Series One retail and Magazine packs.
2 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell


1 Ken Griffey/Matt Williams     
3 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle


2 Frank Thomas/Jeff Bagwell
4 Jose Canseco / Fred McGriff


3 Barry Bonds/Albert Belle
5 Cecil Fielder / Andres Galarraga


4 Jose Canseco/Fred McGriff
6 Joe Carter / Kevin Mitchell
 
5 Cecil Fielder/Andres Galarraga
 
6 Joe Carter/Kevin Mitchell


===Diamond Kings===
===Diamond Kings===


Cards DK1-DK14 were randomly inserted into Series One packs, while DK15-DK29 were in Series Two.
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DK1 Frank Thomas     
Diamond Kings were again a feature insert set that honored a recognizable player from each of the 28 MLB teams through an artistic rendition by the famed Dick Perez.  (Perez, as has been tradition, appears on card the set's checklist card.)  Continuing with the precedent set the [[1994_Donruss#Diamond_Kings|previous year]], this year's set featured a new overall design that utilized multi-colored abstract shapes.  "Diamond Kings" is stamped in gold foil at the top of the card's front.  Cards DK1-DK14 were randomly inserted into Series One packs, while cards DK15-DK29 were in Series Two packs.


DK2 Jeff Bagwell
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===Dominators===
DK4 Dante Bichette
 
DK5 Ruben Sierra
 
DK6 Jeff Conine
 
DK7 Paul O'Neill
 
DK8 Bobby Bonilla
 
DK9 Joe Carter
 
DK10 Moises Alou
 
DK11 Kenny Lofton
 
DK12 Matt Williams
 
DK13 Kevin Seitzer


DK14 Sammy Sosa
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DK15 Scott Cooper
This nine-card set highlighted Donruss' picks for the top three players at each position.  Each card is printed on a metallic acetate card that was translucent and had a full silver-foil finish on the back.  Similar to the [[1995 Finest]] set, each card had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs.


DK16 Raul Mondesi
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DK17 Will Clark
1 Greg Maddux / David Cone / Mike Mussina


DK18 Lenny Dykstra
2 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez / Darren Daulton


DK19 Kirby Puckett
3 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell / Fred McGriff


DK20 Hal Morris
4 Roberto Alomar / Carlos Baerga / Craig Biggio


DK21 Travis Fryman
5 Robin Ventura / Travis Fryman / Matt Williams


DK22 Greg Maddux
6 Cal Ripken / Barry Larkin / Wilfredo Cordero


DK23 Rafael Palmeiro
7 Barry Bonds / Moises Alou / Albert Belle


DK24 Tony Gwynn
8 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Kenny Lofton / Marquis Grissom
 
DK25 David Cone
 
DK26 Al Martin
 
DK27 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
DK28 Gregg Jefferies
 
DK29 Checklist
 
===Dominators===
 
Exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs, each of these metallic-plastic cards features three of the leading players at each position. The horizontal fronts have photos of all three players and identify only their last name. Similar to Finest, each card has a removable peel with an un-Finest-like "remove protective film" sticker covering a significant portion of the card.
 
1 Greg Maddux/David Cone/Mike Mussina     
 
2 Mike Piazza/Ivan Rodriguez/Darren Daulton
 
3 Frank Thomas/Jeff Bagwell/Fred McGriff
 
4 Roberto Alomar/Carlos Baerga/Craig Biggio
 
5 Robin Ventura/Travis Fryman/Matt Williams
 
6 Cal Ripken/Barry Larkin/Wil Cordero
 
7 Barry Bonds/Moises Alou/Albert Belle     
 
8 Ken Griffey/Kenny Lofton/Marquis Grissom
 
9 Tony Gwynn/Kirby Puckett/Paul O'Neill


9 Tony Gwynn / Kirby Puckett / Paul O'Neill
===Elite Series===
===Elite Series===


the first 9900 copies of cards #49-54 were inserted into Series One packs, and #55-60 in Series Two. Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.
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Randomly inserted into Series Two boxes were 100 "Hot Packs" that contained a full set of 12 Elite inserts.
 
49 Jeff Bagwell 
 
50 Paul O'Neill


51 Greg Maddux
The fifth edition of Donruss' notable insert set continued with 12 cards split evenly across the two series.  This year's rendition featured intricate, silver holographic, die-cut borders with a marble inner border surrounding the player photo.  Each Elite Series card was serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially-numbered as a continuation of the set that began in [[1991 Donruss#Elite|1991]], picking up from where the [[1994 Donruss|1994]] set left off.  The first 9900 copies of cards 49-54 were inserted into Series One packs, and cards 55-60 were in Series Two.   


52 Mike Piazza
Randomly inserted into all Series Two boxes were 100 "Hot Packs" that contained a full set of all twelve Elite Series inserts -- each with matching serial numbers.
 
53 Matt Williams
 
54 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
55 Frank Thomas
 
56 Barry Bonds
 
57 Kirby Puckett
 
58 Fred McGriff
 
59 Jose Canseco
 
60 Albert Belle


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===Long Ball Leaders===
===Long Ball Leaders===


This set is exclusive to Series One Hobby packs.
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1 Frank Thomas     
 
2 Fred McGriff


3 Ken Griffey Jr.
This eight-card set honored the players that hit the longest home runs in the 1994 season on a dark-gray holographic foil background with home run details (i.e., date hit, stadium, pitcher, etc.) in large, differing directional white text.  This insert was exclusive to Series One Hobby packs.
 
4 Matt Williams
 
5 Mike Piazza
 
6 Jose Canseco
 
7 Barry Bonds
 
8 Jeff Bagwell


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===Mound Marvels===
===Mound Marvels===


Exclusive to Series Two retail packs, each of these metallic-plastic cards features the best pitchers in baseball. Similar to Finest, each card has a removable peel with an un-Finest-like "remove protective film" sticker covering a significant portion of the card.
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1 Greg Maddux     
 
2 David Cone
 
3 Mike Mussina
 
4 Bret Saberhagen
 
5 Jimmy Key
 
6 Doug Drabek
 
7 Randy Johnson
 
8 Jason Bere


This eight-card set highlighted the top pitchers in the game on a metallic acetate card that featured a circular, transparent mirror film portion that displayed a colored player portrait projection when held up to a light source.  Seemingly a "sister" set to the Dominators (see above), each Mound Marvels card also had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series Two Retail packs.


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[[Category:1995]]
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 12 June 2023

Description

1995 Donruss was a 550-card set released in two series of 330 and 220 cards - the smallest Donruss base set to that point. Donruss continued as a premium-level brand and produced a borderless design coupled with a home plate-shaped inset photo in the card's lower left corner. The player nameplate is small and etched in silver foil and is rather difficult to read. Inserts were more innovative (e.g., die-cutting, acetate, colored transparency film, holographic foil, and detailed background designs), keeping the Donruss brand relevant in an era of evolving collector tastes.

Prior to the release of Series One, Donruss announced that only 17,500 cases (Hobby wax, retail wax, Jumbos, and Magazine Distributor packs) would be produced, the same as the previous year's product. However, as evidenced by the reduction of the second series base set's size by a third, and adjustments in the stated insertion ratios, Series Two's production run may have been reduced by as much as 15 percent.

Rated Rookies, which like the previous year were scattered throughout the base set, and checklists are the only subsets. There are no notable Rookie Cards.

For the first time ever, Donruss distributed Super Packs - which were exclusive to Jumbo boxes - that contained full insert sets and Hot Packs - exclusive to all Series Two packs - that contained a full Elite Series insert set. Both were the result of and fed into the "Insert Mania" craze that drove The Hobby during this time as Fleer brought the "Hot Pack" concept to baseball in 1995 Ultra.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 18 cards per pack ($2.49). Super Packs - containing full insert sets - were exclusive to Jumbo boxes

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds Jumbo Odds Magazine Odds
Base 330 - ? ? ? ?
Press Proof 330 2000 1:20 1:20 1:18 1:24
Diamond Kings 14 - 1:10 1:10 1:9 1:10
Elite Series 6 10,000 1:210 1:210 1:120 1:180
American League All-Stars 9 - N/A N/A 1:8 N/A
Longball Leaders 8 - 1:24 N/A N/A N/A
Bomb Squad 6 - N/A 1:24 N/A 1:16

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds Jumbo Odds Magazine Odds
Base 220 - ? ? ? ?
Press Proof 220 2000 1:24 1:24 1:18 1:24
Diamond Kings 15 - 1:10 1:10 1:9 1:10
Elite Series 6 10,000 1:180 1:180 1:120 1:180
National League All-Stars 9 - N/A N/A 1:8 N/A
Dominators 9 - 1:24 N/A N/A N/A
Mound Marvels 8 - N/A 1:16 N/A 1:16

Checklist

Promos

To preview the upcoming 1995 Donruss Baseball set, Donruss printed additional quantities of card numbers 5, 8, 20, 42, 55, 275, 331, and 340 and mailed them to dealers and Hobby media. Unfortunately, unlike other "promo" cards of the era, these cards are not marked and are exactly the same as any other base card.

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Dave Justice
  • 2 Rene Arocha
  • 3 Sandy Alomar
  • 4 Luis Lopez
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Bobby Jones
  • 7 Damion Easley
  • 8 Barry Bonds
  • 9 Mike Mussina
  • 10 Kevin Seitzer
  • 11 John Smiley
  • 12 William VanLandingham
  • 13 Ron Darling
  • 14 Walt Weiss
  • 15 Mike Lansing
  • 16 Allen Watson
  • 17 Aaron Sele
  • 18 Randy Johnson
  • 19 Dean Palmer
  • 20 Jeff Bagwell
  • 21 Curt Schilling
  • 22 Darrell Whitmore
  • 23 Steve Trachsel
  • 24 Dan Wilson
  • 25 Steve Finley
  • 26 Bret Boone
  • 27 Charles Johnson
  • 28 Mike Stanton
  • 29 Ismael Valdes
  • 30 Salomon Torres
  • 31 Eric Anthony
  • 32 Spike Owen
  • 33 Joey Cora
  • 34 Robert Eenhoorn
  • 35 Rick White
  • 36 Omar Vizquel
  • 37 Carlos Delgado
  • 38 Eddie Williams
  • 39 Shawon Dunston
  • 40 Darrin Fletcher
  • 41 Leo Gomez
  • 42 Juan Gonzalez
  • 43 Luis Alicea
  • 44 Ken Ryan
  • 45 Lou Whitaker
  • 46 Mike Blowers
  • 47 Willie Blair
  • 48 Todd Van Poppel
  • 49 Roberto Alomar
  • 50 Ozzie Smith
  • 51 Sterling Hitchcock
  • 52 Mo Vaughn
  • 53 Rick Aguilera
  • 54 Kent Mercker
  • 55 Don Mattingly
  • 56 Bob Scanlan
  • 57 Wilson Alvarez
  • 58 Jose Mesa
  • 59 Scott Kamieniecki
  • 60 Todd Jones
  • 61 John Kruk
  • 62 Mike Stanley
  • 63 Tino Martinez
  • 64 Ed Zambrano
  • 65 Todd Hundley
  • 66 Jamie Moyer
  • 67 Rich Amaral
  • 68 Jose Valentin
  • 69 Alex Gonzalez
  • 70 Kurt Abbott
  • 71 Delino DeShields
  • 72 Brian Anderson
  • 73 John Vander Wal
  • 74 Turner Ward
  • 75 Tim Raines
  • 76 Mark Acre
  • 77 Jose Offerman
  • 78 Jimmy Key
  • 79 Mark Whiten
  • 80 Mark Gubicza
  • 81 Darren Hall
  • 82 Travis Fryman
  • 83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 84 Geronimo Berroa
  • 85 Bret Barberie
  • 86 Andy Ashby
  • 87 Steve Avery
  • 88 Rich Becker
  • 89 John Valentin
  • 90 Glenallen Hill
  • 91 Carlos Garcia
  • 92 Dennis Martinez
  • 93 Pat Kelly
  • 94 Orlando Miller
  • 95 Felix Jose
  • 96 Mike Kingery
  • 97 Jeff Kent
  • 98 Pete Incaviglia
  • 99 Chad Curtis
  • 100 Thomas Howard
  • 101 Hector Carrasco
  • 102 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 103 Danny Tartabull
  • 104 Donnie Elliott
  • 105 Danny Jackson
  • 106 Steve Dunn
  • 107 Roger Salkeld
  • 108 Jeff King
  • 109 Cecil Fielder
  • 110 Checklist - Paul Molitor
  • 111 Denny Neagle
  • 112 Troy Neel
  • 113 Rod Beck
  • 114 Alex Rodriguez
  • 115 Joey Eischen
  • 116 Tom Candiotti
  • 117 Ray McDavid
  • 118 Vince Coleman
  • 119 Pete Harnisch
  • 120 David Nied
  • 121 Pat Rapp
  • 122 Sammy Sosa
  • 123 Steve Reed
  • 124 Jose Oliva
  • 125 Ricky Bottalico
  • 126 Jose DeLeon
  • 127 Pat Hentgen
  • 128 Will Clark
  • 129 Mark Dewey
  • 130 Greg Vaughn
  • 131 Darren Dreifort
  • 132 Ed Sprague
  • 133 Lee Smith
  • 134 Charles Nagy
  • 135 Phil Plantier
  • 136 Jason Jacome
  • 137 Jose Lima
  • 138 J.R. Phillips
  • 139 J.T. Snow
  • 140 Michael Huff
  • 141 Billy Brewer
  • 142 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 143 Ricky Bones
  • 144 Carlos Rodriguez
  • 145 Luis Gonzalez
  • 146 Mark Lemke
  • 147 Al Martin
  • 148 Mike Bordick
  • 149 Robb Nen
  • 150 Wil Cordero
  • 151 Edgar Martinez
  • 152 Gerald Williams
  • 153 Esteban Beltre
  • 154 Mike Moore
  • 155 Mark Langston
  • 156 Mark Clark
  • 157 Bobby Ayala
  • 158 Rick Wilkins
  • 159 Bobby Munoz
  • 160 Brett Butler CL
  • 161 Scott Erickson
  • 162 Paul Molitor
  • 163 Jon Lieber
  • 164 Jason Grimsley
  • 165 Norberto Martin
  • 166 Javy Lopez
  • 167 Brian McRae
  • 168 Gary Sheffield
  • 169 Marcus Moore
  • 170 John Hudek
  • 171 Kelly Stinnett
  • 172 Chris Gomez
  • 173 Rey Sanchez
  • 174 Juan Guzman
  • 175 Chan Ho Park
  • 176 Terry Shumpert
  • 177 Steve Ontiveros
  • 178 Brad Ausmus
  • 179 Tim Davis
  • 180 Billy Ashley
  • 181 Vinny Castilla
  • 182 Bill Spiers
  • 183 Randy Knorr
  • 184 Brian L. Hunter
  • 185 Pat Meares
  • 186 Steve Buechele
  • 187 Kirt Manwaring
  • 188 Tim Naehring
  • 189 Matt Mieske
  • 190 Josias Manzanillo
  • 191 Greg McMichael
  • 192 Chuck Carr
  • 193 Midre Cummings
  • 194 Darryl Strawberry
  • 195 Greg Gagne
  • 196 Steve Cooke
  • 197 Woody Williams
  • 198 Ron Karkovice
  • 199 Phil Leftwich
  • 200 Jim Thome
  • 201 Brady Anderson
  • 202 Pedro A. Martinez
  • 203 Steve Karsay
  • 204 Reggie Sanders
  • 205 Bill Risley
  • 206 Jay Bell
  • 207 Kevin Brown
  • 208 Tim Scott
  • 209 Lenny Dykstra
  • 210 Willie Greene
  • 211 Jim Eisenreich
  • 212 Cliff Floyd
  • 213 Otis Nixon
  • 214 Eduardo Perez
  • 215 Manny Lee
  • 216 Armando Benitez
  • 217 Dave McCarty
  • 218 Scott Livingstone
  • 219 Chad Kreuter
  • 220 Checklist - Don Mattingly
  • 221 Brian Jordan
  • 222 Matt Whiteside
  • 223 Jim Edmonds
  • 224 Tony Gwynn
  • 225 Jose Lind
  • 226 Marvin Freeman
  • 227 Ken Hill
  • 228 David Hulse
  • 229 Joe Hesketh
  • 230 Roberto Petagine
  • 231 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 232 John Jaha
  • 233 John Burkett
  • 234 Hal Morris
  • 235 Tony Castillo
  • 236 Ryan Bowen
  • 237 Wayne Kirby
  • 238 Brent Mayne
  • 239 Jim Bullinger
  • 240 Mike Lieberthal
  • 241 Barry Larkin
  • 242 David Segui
  • 243 Jose Bautista
  • 244 Hector Fajardo
  • 245 Orel Hershiser
  • 246 James Mouton
  • 247 Scott Leius
  • 248 Tom Glavine
  • 249 Danny Bautista
  • 250 Jose Mercedes
  • 251 Marquis Grissom
  • 252 Charlie Hayes
  • 253 Ryan Klesko
  • 254 Vicente Palacios
  • 255 Matias Carrillo
  • 256 Gary DiSarcina
  • 257 Kirk Gibson
  • 258 Garey Ingram
  • 259 Alex Fernandez
  • 260 John Mabry
  • 261 Chris Howard
  • 262 Miguel Jimenez
  • 263 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 264 Albert Belle
  • 265 Dave Clark
  • 266 Joe Orsulak
  • 267 Joey Hamilton
  • 268 Mark Portugal
  • 269 Kevin Tapani
  • 270 Sid Fernandez
  • 271 Steve Dreyer
  • 272 Denny Hocking
  • 273 Troy O'Leary
  • 274 Milt Cuyler
  • 275 Frank Thomas
  • 276 Jorge Fabregas
  • 277 Mike Gallego
  • 278 Mickey Morandini
  • 279 Roberto Hernandez
  • 280 Henry Rodriguez
  • 281 Garret Anderson
  • 282 Bob Wickman
  • 283 Gar Finnvold
  • 284 Paul O'Neill
  • 285 Royce Clayton
  • 286 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 287 Johnny Ruffin
  • 288 Dave Nilsson
  • 289 David Cone
  • 290 Chuck McElroy
  • 291 Kevin Stocker
  • 292 Jose Rijo
  • 293 Sean Berry
  • 294 Ozzie Guillen
  • 295 Chris Hoiles
  • 296 Kevin Foster
  • 297 Jeff Frye
  • 298 Lance Johnson
  • 299 Mike Kelly
  • 300 Ellis Burks
  • 301 Roberto Kelly
  • 302 Dante Bichette
  • 303 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 304 Alex Cole
  • 305 Rickey Henderson
  • 306 David Weathers
  • 307 Shane Reynolds
  • 308 Bobby Bonilla
  • 309 Junior Felix
  • 310 Jeff Fassero
  • 311 Darren Lewis
  • 312 John Doherty
  • 313 Scott Servais
  • 314 Rick Helling
  • 315 Pedro Martinez
  • 316 Wes Chamberlain
  • 317 Bryan Eversgerd
  • 318 Trevor Hoffman
  • 319 John Patterson
  • 320 Matt Walbeck
  • 321 Jeff Montgomery
  • 322 Mel Rojas
  • 323 Eddie Taubensee
  • 324
  • 325 Jose Vizcaino
  • 326 Carlos Baerga
  • 327 Jack Voigt
  • 328 Julio Franco
  • 329 Brent Gates
  • 330 Checklist - Kirby Puckett

Series Two

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  • 331 Greg Maddux
  • 332 Jason Bere
  • 333 Bill Wegman
  • 334 Tuffy Rhodes
  • 335 Kevin Young
  • 336 Andy Benes
  • 337 Pedro Astacio
  • 338 Reggie Jefferson
  • 339 Tim Belcher
  • 340 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 341 Mariano Duncan
  • 342 Andres Galarraga
  • 343 Rondell White
  • 344 Cory Bailey
  • 345 Bryan Harvey
  • 346 John Franco
  • 347 Greg Swindell
  • 348 Dave West
  • 349 Fred McGriff
  • 350 Jose Canseco
  • 351 Orlando Merced
  • 352 Rheal Cormier
  • 353 Carlos Pulido
  • 354 Terry Steinbach
  • 355 Wade Boggs
  • 356 B.J. Surhoff
  • 357 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 358 Anthony Young
  • 359 Tom Brunansky
  • 360 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 361 Chris Turner
  • 362 Joe Boever
  • 363 Jeff Blauser
  • 364 Derek Bell
  • 365 Matt Williams
  • 366 Jeremy Hernandez
  • 367 Joe Girardi
  • 368 Mike Devereaux
  • 369 Jim Abbott
  • 370 Manny Ramirez
  • 371 Kenny Lofton
  • 372 Mark Smith
  • 373 Dave Fleming
  • 374 Dave Stewart
  • 375 Roger Pavlik
  • 376 Hipolito Pichardo
  • 377 Bill Taylor
  • 378 Robin Ventura
  • 379 Bernard Gilkey
  • 380 Kirby Puckett
  • 381 Steve Howe
  • 382 Devon White
  • 383 Roberto Mejia
  • 384 Darrin Jackson
  • 385 Mike Morgan
  • 386 Rusty Meacham
  • 387 Bill Swift
  • 388 Lou Frazier
  • 389 Andy Van Slyke
  • 390 Brett Butler
  • 391 Bobby Witt
  • 392 Jeff Conine
  • 393 Tim Hyers
  • 394 Terry Pendleton
  • 395 Ricky Jordan
  • 396 Eric Plunk
  • 397 Melido Perez
  • 398 Darryl Kile
  • 399 Mark McLemore
  • 400 Greg W. Harris
  • 401 Jim Leyritz
  • 402 Doug Strange
  • 403 Tim Salmon
  • 404 Terry Mulholland
  • 405 Robby Thompson
  • 406 Ruben Sierra
  • 407 Tony Phillips
  • 408 Moises Alou
  • 409 Felix Fermin
  • 410 Pat Listach
  • 411 Kevin Bass
  • 412 Ben McDonald
  • 413 Scott Cooper
  • 414 Jody Reed
  • 415 Deion Sanders
  • 416 Ricky Gutierrez
  • 417 Gregg Jefferies
  • 418 Jack McDowell
  • 419 Al Leiter
  • 420 Tony Longmire
  • 421 Paul Wagner
  • 422 Geronimo Pena
  • 423 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 424 Kevin Gross
  • 425 Kirk McCaskill
  • 426 Greg Myers
  • 427 Roger Clemens
  • 428 Chris Hammond
  • 429 Randy Myers
  • 430 Roger Mason
  • 431 Bret Saberhagen
  • 432 Jeff Reboulet
  • 433 John Olerud
  • 434 Bill Gullickson
  • 435 Eddie Murray
  • 436 Pedro Munoz
  • 437 Charlie O'Brien
  • 438 Jeff Nelson
  • 439 Mike Macfarlane
  • 440 Checklist - Don Mattingly
  • 441 Derrick May
  • 442 John Roper
  • 443 Darryl Hamilton
  • 444 Dan Miceli
  • 445 Tony Eusebio
  • 446 Jerry Browne
  • 447 Wally Joyner
  • 448 Brian Harper
  • 449 Scott Fletcher
  • 450 Bip Roberts
  • 451 Pete Smith
  • 452 Chili Davis
  • 453 Dave Hollins
  • 454 Tony Pena
  • 455 Butch Henry
  • 456 Craig Biggio
  • 457 Zane Smith
  • 458 Ryan Thompson
  • 459 Mike Jackson
  • 460 Mark McGwire
  • 461 John Smoltz
  • 462 Steve Scarsone
  • 463 Greg Colbrunn
  • 464 Shawn Green
  • 465 David Wells
  • 466 Jose Hernandez
  • 467 Chip Hale
  • 468 Tony Tarasco
  • 469 Kevin Mitchell
  • 470 Billy Hatcher
  • 471 Jay Buhner
  • 472 Ken Caminiti
  • 473 Tom Henke
  • 474 Todd Worrell
  • 475 Mark Eichhorn
  • 476 Bruce Ruffin
  • 477 Chuck Finley
  • 478 Marc Newfield
  • 479 Paul Shuey
  • 480 Bob Tewksbury
  • 481 Ramon J. Martinez
  • 482 Melvin Nieves
  • 483 Todd Zeile
  • 484 Benito Santiago
  • 485 Stan Javier
  • 486 Kirk Rueter
  • 487 Andre Dawson
  • 488 Eric Karros
  • 489 Dave Magadan
  • 490 Checklist - Joe Carter
  • 491 Randy Velarde
  • 492 Larry Walker
  • 493 Cris Carpenter
  • 494 Tom Gordon
  • 495 Dave Burba
  • 496 Darren Bragg
  • 497 Darren Daulton
  • 498 Don Slaught
  • 499 Pat Borders
  • 500 Lenny Harris
  • 501 Joe Ausanio
  • 502 Alan Trammell
  • 503 Mike Fetters
  • 504 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 505 Rich Rowland
  • 506 Juan Samuel
  • 507 Bo Jackson
  • 508 Jeff Branson
  • 509 Bernie Williams
  • 510 Paul Sorrento
  • 511 Dennis Eckersley
  • 512 Pat Mahomes
  • 513 Rusty Greer
  • 514 Luis Polonia
  • 515 Willie Banks
  • 516 John Wetteland
  • 517 Mike LaValliere
  • 518 Tommy Greene
  • 519 Mark Grace
  • 520 Bob Hamelin
  • 521 Scott Sanderson
  • 522 Joe Carter
  • 523 Jeff Brantley
  • 524 Andrew Lorraine
  • 525 Rico Brogna
  • 526 Shane Mack
  • 527 Mark Wohlers
  • 528 Scott Sanders
  • 529 Chris Bosio
  • 530 Andujar Cedeno
  • 531 Kenny Rogers
  • 532 Doug Drabek
  • 533 Curtis Leskanic
  • 534 Craig Shipley
  • 535 Craig Grebeck
  • 536 Cal Eldred
  • 537 Mickey Tettleton
  • 538 Harold Baines
  • 539 Tim Wallach
  • 540 Damon Buford
  • 541 Lenny Webster
  • 542 Kevin Appier
  • 543 Raul Mondesi
  • 544 Eric Young
  • 545 Russ Davis
  • 546 Mike Benjamin
  • 547 Mike Greenwell
  • 548 Scott Brosius
  • 549 Brian Dorsett
  • 550 Checklist - Chili Davis

Parallels

Press Proof

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1995 marked the introduction of the Press Proof parallel that became a staple in subsequent Donruss flagship and satellite brands. All 550 base cards were available as a Press Proof parallel that featured gold foil stamping across the nameplate - as opposed to silver foil stamping on the base cards - and have "PRESS PROOF" stamped in gold foil across the top of the card. However, some Press Proof cards are missing the Press Proof stamp on the front.

Each Press Proof was limited, but not serial-numbered, to 2000 copies which is denoted on the reverse side.

Inserts

All-Stars

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This 18-card set featured the starting lineups for the previous year's All-Star Game and was exclusive to Jumbo packs. Each card featured gray backgrounds with a white outline of the player's respective League logo and colored foil stamping over the "All-Star" text. American League players were in Series One Jumbo packs, while National League players were in Series Two Jumbo packs.

Due to the relative scarcity of Jumbo packs, All-Stars was one of the tougher insert sets of the era.

  • AL1 Jimmy Key
  • AL2 Ivan Rodriguez
  • AL3 Frank Thomas
  • AL4 Roberto Alomar
  • AL5 Wade Boggs
  • AL6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • AL7 Joe Carter
  • AL8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • AL9 Kirby Puckett
  • NL1 Greg Maddux
  • NL2 Mike Piazza
  • NL3 Gregg Jefferies
  • NL4 Mariano Duncan
  • NL5 Matt Williams
  • NL6 Ozzie Smith
  • NL7 Barry Bonds
  • NL8 Tony Gwynn
  • NL9 Dave Justice

Bomb Squad

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This six-card, dual-sided set recognized top home run hitting counterparts in the game against an orange background with a mid-1900s Air Force bomber and foil-stamped bomb symbols indicating the number of home runs the player hit in the previous season. This insert was exclusive to Series One retail and Magazine packs.


1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Matt Williams

2 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell

3 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle

4 Jose Canseco / Fred McGriff

5 Cecil Fielder / Andres Galarraga

6 Joe Carter / Kevin Mitchell

Diamond Kings

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Diamond Kings were again a feature insert set that honored a recognizable player from each of the 28 MLB teams through an artistic rendition by the famed Dick Perez. (Perez, as has been tradition, appears on card the set's checklist card.) Continuing with the precedent set the previous year, this year's set featured a new overall design that utilized multi-colored abstract shapes. "Diamond Kings" is stamped in gold foil at the top of the card's front. Cards DK1-DK14 were randomly inserted into Series One packs, while cards DK15-DK29 were in Series Two packs.

  • DK-1 Frank Thomas
  • DK-2 Jeff Bagwell
  • DK-3 Chili Davis
  • DK-4 Dante Bichette
  • DK-5 Ruben Sierra
  • DK-6 Jeff Conine
  • DK-7 Paul O'Neill
  • DK-8 Bobby Bonilla
  • DK-9 Joe Carter
  • DK-10 Moises Alou
  • DK-11 Kenny Lofton
  • DK-12 Matt Williams
  • DK-13 Kevin Seitzer
  • DK-14 Sammy Sosa
  • DK-15 Scott Cooper
  • DK-16 Raul Mondesi
  • DK-17 Will Clark
  • DK-18 Lenny Dykstra
  • DK-19 Kirby Puckett
  • DK-20 Hal Morris
  • DK-21 Travis Fryman
  • DK-22 Greg Maddux
  • DK-23 Rafael Palmeiro
  • DK-24 Tony Gwynn
  • DK-25 David Cone
  • DK-26 Al Martin
  • DK-27 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • DK-28 Gregg Jefferies
  • DK-29 Checklist

Dominators

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This nine-card set highlighted Donruss' picks for the top three players at each position. Each card is printed on a metallic acetate card that was translucent and had a full silver-foil finish on the back. Similar to the 1995 Finest set, each card had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front. These were exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs.


1 Greg Maddux / David Cone / Mike Mussina

2 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez / Darren Daulton

3 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell / Fred McGriff

4 Roberto Alomar / Carlos Baerga / Craig Biggio

5 Robin Ventura / Travis Fryman / Matt Williams

6 Cal Ripken / Barry Larkin / Wilfredo Cordero

7 Barry Bonds / Moises Alou / Albert Belle

8 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Kenny Lofton / Marquis Grissom

9 Tony Gwynn / Kirby Puckett / Paul O'Neill

Elite Series

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The fifth edition of Donruss' notable insert set continued with 12 cards split evenly across the two series. This year's rendition featured intricate, silver holographic, die-cut borders with a marble inner border surrounding the player photo. Each Elite Series card was serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially-numbered as a continuation of the set that began in 1991, picking up from where the 1994 set left off. The first 9900 copies of cards 49-54 were inserted into Series One packs, and cards 55-60 were in Series Two.

Randomly inserted into all Series Two boxes were 100 "Hot Packs" that contained a full set of all twelve Elite Series inserts -- each with matching serial numbers.

  • 49 Jeff Bagwell
  • 50 Paul O'Neill
  • 51 Greg Maddux
  • 52 Mike Piazza
  • 53 Matt Williams
  • 54 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 55 Frank Thomas
  • 56 Barry Bonds
  • 57 Kirby Puckett
  • 58 Fred McGriff
  • 59 Jose Canseco
  • 60 Albert Belle

Long Ball Leaders

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This eight-card set honored the players that hit the longest home runs in the 1994 season on a dark-gray holographic foil background with home run details (i.e., date hit, stadium, pitcher, etc.) in large, differing directional white text. This insert was exclusive to Series One Hobby packs.

  • 1 Frank Thomas
  • 2 Fred McGriff
  • 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 4 Matt Williams
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Jose Canseco
  • 7 Barry Bonds
  • 8 Jeff Bagwell

Mound Marvels

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This eight-card set highlighted the top pitchers in the game on a metallic acetate card that featured a circular, transparent mirror film portion that displayed a colored player portrait projection when held up to a light source. Seemingly a "sister" set to the Dominators (see above), each Mound Marvels card also had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front. These were exclusive to Series Two Retail packs.

  • 1 Greg Maddux
  • 2 David Cone
  • 3 Mike Mussina
  • 4 Bret Saberhagen
  • 5 Jimmy Key
  • 6 Doug Drabek
  • 7 Randy Johnson
  • 8 Jason Bere