2002 Donruss Fan Club

Description

2002 Donruss Fan Club/Best of Fan Club is a 325 card set released in two series. The first 300 cards were issued as part of the Fan Club/Best of Fan Club products which were released in December, 2001.

Donruss created two versions of Fan Club: "Fan Club" which was exclusive to retail outlets, and "Best of Fan Club" which was Hobby only. While the retail Fan Club was printed on regular cardstock, the Hobby Best of Fan Club was printed on foilboard. It is best to think of Best of Fan Club as a Topps Chrome-like parallel-brand of Fan Club.

The last 100 cards in both Fan Club and Best of Fan Club were short-printed; however, only the Best of Fan Club subsets were serial-numbered. In addition, each 20-pack Best of Fan Club Hobby box yields one autograph and one game-used card; while retail Fan Club does not make such promise.

The final 25 cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2002 Donruss The Rookies. Like with the regular sets, Hobby packs of The Rookies had "Best of Fan Club" foilboard cards that were serial-numbered, while retail had the regular "Fan Club," printed on cardstock and not numbered. Unfortunately, both The Rookies sets were mistakenly sequentially-numbered as cards #201-#225.

Distribution

• Fan Club: 24 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29). Retail only.
• Best of Fan Club: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Best of Fan Club Odds	Fan Club Odds
Base	325	-	?	?
short set	200	-	?	?
Rookies/Prospects	60	1350*	?	1:4
Fan Club	40	2025*	?	1:4
The Rookies Series	25	1350*	1:17	1:4
Die-Cuts	200	-	N/A	1:4
Credits	325	100	N/A	?
Spotlight	325	100	?	N/A
Artists	14	300*	?	1:172
Craftsmen	18	300*	?	1:134
Franchise Features	40	300*	?	1:60
Double Features	10	125*	?	1:240
League Leaders	45	300*	?	1:54
Records	5	300*	?	?
Pure Power	18	300*	?	1:134
Records Game Bat	5	150	?	N/A
Franchise Features Materials	40	150	?	N/A
Double Features Lumber	10	50	?	N/A
Master Artists Jerseys	14	150	?	N/A
Pure Power Masters Game Bat	18	150	?	N/A
Master Craftsmen Bats	18	150	?	N/A
League Leaders Materials	43	varies	?	N/A
Autographs (Best of Fan Club)	81	varies	?	N/A
Autographs (Fan Club)	53	varies	N/A	?
League Leaders Autographs	34	varies	?	N/A
Craftsmen Autographs	14	varies	?	N/A
Artists Autographs	9	varies	?	N/A
Franchise Features Autographs	29	varies	?	N/A
Pure Power Autographs	10	varies	?	N/A

* Serial-numbered cards are exclusive to Best of Fan Club packs. Fan Club cards are NOT serial-numbered.

Checklist

Base Set

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Rookies/Prospects

"Best Of Fan Club" Rookie/Prospects are serial-numbered to 1350 copies; while "Fan Club" cards are not.

NOTE: A number of players autographed their Best Of Fan Club cards (see below). The production figures listed below are for the un-autographed Best of Fan Club cards.

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Fan Club

"Best Of Fan Club" Fan Club's are serial-numbered to 2025 copies; while "Fan Club" cards are not.

NOTE: A number of players autographed their Best Of Fan Club cards (see below). The production figures listed below are for the un-autographed Best of Fan Club cards.

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The Rookies Series

Cards were erroneously sequentially-numbered 201-225. Cards inserted into 2002 Donruss The Rookies Hobby packs were serial-numbered to 1350 copies; while retail were not.

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Parallels

All 325 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Spotlight (serial-numbered to 100 copies; Best of Fan Club/The Rookies Hobby packs only)
• Credits (serial-numbered to 100 copies; Fan Club/The Rookies retail packs only)

Die-Cuts

Die-Cuts is a partial-parallel of the first 200 cards in the base set and exclusive to retail Fan Club packs.

Chicago National

Collectors who attended the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, IL and opened a sealed Hobby box of 2002 Donruss Best of Fan Club Baseball would receive a special "National Convention" card. Each card is embossed (and not foil-stamped) with the 2002 NSCC logo and is serial-numbered to five. In addition to the 300-card base set, Chicago National parallels also exist for the Franchise Features insert.

Inserts

NOTE: With the exception of Double Features, all inserts in Best of Fan Club packs are printed on foilboard and serial-numbered to 300 copies. Best of Double Features are serial-numbered to 125 copies. Inserts in retail Fan Club are NOT serial-numbered.

Artists

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Craftsmen

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Franchise Features

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Double Features

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League Leaders

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Records

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Pure Power

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Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: With the exception of a small number of autographs (see below), all autographs and game used cards are exclusive to Best of Fan Club packs.

Records Game Bat

Each Records Game bat is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

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Franchise Features Materials

Each Franchise Features Materials is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

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Double Features Lumber

Each Double Features Lumber is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

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Master Artists Jerseys

Each Master Artists Jersey is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

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Pure Power Masters Memorabilia

Each Pure Power Masters Memorabilia is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

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Master Craftsmen Bats

Each Master Craftsmen Bat is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

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League Leaders Materials

Each League Leaders Material is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

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Autographs

Fan Club Series

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Best of Fan Club Series

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League Leaders Autographs

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Craftsmen Autographs

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Artists Autographs

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Franchise Features Autographs

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Pure Power Autographs

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