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=Description=
=Description=


1991 Donruss is a 770-card set, issued in two series of 386 and 384 cards, respectively. This set marked the first time Donruss issued cards in multiple series.  
1991 Donruss was a dual-issue, 770-card set, featuring 386 cards in Series One and 384 cards in Series Two. This release marked the first time Donruss issued cards in multiple series and was notable for the introduction of its Elite Series insert.  An estimated 3 million copies of each base card were printed.


First series cards feature blue borders and second series green borders with some stripes and the players name in white against a red background. Subsets include Diamond Kings (1-27), Rated Rookies (28-47/413-432), AL All-Stars (48-56), MVP's (387-412) and NL All-Stars (433-441). There were also special cards to honor the award winners and the heroes of the World Series. On cards 60, 70, 127, 182, 239, 294, 355, 368, and 377, the border stripes are red and yellow. There are no notable Rookie Cards in this set.
Series One cards featured blue borders, red nameplate background, and multi-colored, accenting dots and stripes. Series Two cards featured green borders and a red nameplate background with similar dots and striped accents.  


Each pack contained a three-piece puzzle panel of either Willie Stargell (Series One) or Harmon Killebrew (Series Two).
There were multiple subsets:


An estimated 3 million copies of each card were printed.
* Diamond Kings (1-27)
* Rated Rookies (28-47/413-432)
* AL All-Stars (48-56)
* MVP's (387-412)
* NL All-Stars (433-441).
 
There were also special cards to honor the 1990 Award Winners and top players from the World Series - specifically, on cards 60, 70, 127, 182, 239, 294, 355, 368, and 377, the border stripes are red and yellow.
 
There are no notable rookie cards in this set.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=


Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one puzzle panel per pack (MSRP: $0.50).  20 boxes per case.
Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards + one Willie Stargell puzzle panel per pack (MSRP: $0.50).  20 boxes per case.


Cello: 24 packs per box, 40 cards plus two puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99). 12 boxes per case.
Cello: 24 packs per box, 40 cards + two Willie Stargell puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99). 12 boxes per case.


Rack: 45 cards plus three puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99).  72 packs per case.
Rack: 45 cards + three Willie Stargell puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99).  72 packs per case.


Blisters: 75 cards per blister (MSRP: $2.99).  48 blisters per case.
Blisters: 75 cards per blister (MSRP: $2.99).  48 blisters per case.
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Holiday Treat Bags: 22, three-card packs per Treat Bag.
Holiday Treat Bags: 22, three-card packs per Treat Bag.


In addition, 15-card wax packs were inserted into specially-marked six and 12-packs of Coca-Cola products on a regional basis.
Additionally, 15-card wax packs were inserted into specially-marked 6- and 12-packs of Coca-Cola products on a regional basis.


=Reviews=
=Reviews=


1991 Donruss was panned as “complacent” in the March 1991 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly''. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled “Opposites Don’t Always Attract”. Chuck Roethel did a comparison review of the 1991 regular issue sets of Donruss and Fleer. Mr. Roethel had completely unfavorable remarks. He lamented, “In desperation, I sought something positive to say” and ultimately he couldn’t. Comments such as “dampens my enthusiasm”, “predictable style”, “lackluster” ‘”(No) stroke of genius” are littered throughout his review. Mr. Roethel was also frustrated by the idea that the inserts were “becoming more significant” than the set itself. A prophetic statement as 1991 was just the start of the insert card craze that has now long become standard.
1991 Donruss was panned as “complacent” in the March 1991 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly''. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled, “Opposites Don’t Always Attract”, where the author - Chuck Roethel - compared 1991 flagship sets of Donruss and Fleer. Roethel lamented, “In desperation, I sought something positive to say” as comments like “[the set] dampens my enthusiasm”, “predictable style”, “lackluster”, and "(No) stroke of genius” were littered throughout his review. Roethel was also frustrated by the idea that the inserts were “becoming more significant” than the set itself. This turned out to be a prophetic statement as 1991 - and this set in particular - was the inception of the insert card craze (AKA "Insert Mania") that exploded in the mid-to-late 1990s and reshaped The Hobby forever.


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


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!Total Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Wax Odds
!Retail Odds
!Cello Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||386||-||?||?
|-
|Highlights||10||-||?||?
|-
|Grand Slammers||7||-||N/A||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||770||-||?||?
|The Elite Series||8*||10,000||?||?
|-
|-
|Bonus Cards||22||-||?||?
|The Legends Series: Nolan Ryan||1*||7500||?||?
|-
|-
|Elite||8||10,000||?||?
|Elite Signature Series: Ryne Sandberg||*1||5000||?||?
|}
===Series Two===
 
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!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Wax Odds
!Cello Odds
|-
|-
|Elite Legend||1||7500||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||384||-||?||?
|-
|-
|Grand Slammers||14||-||?||?
|Highlights||12||-||?||?
|-
|-
|1991 Leaf Previews||26||-||?||?
|Grand Slammers||7||-||N/A||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|1991 Studio Previews||26||-||?||?
|The Elite Series||8*||10,000||?||?
|-
|-
|Ryne Sandberg Elite Signature Series||1||5000||?||?
|The Legends Series: Nolan Ryan||1*||7500||?||?
|-
|Elite Signature Series: Ryne Sandberg||1||5000||?||?
|}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Available in both series.


=Checklist=
=Checklist=
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==Promos==
==Promos==


This 12-card standard-size set was issued by Donruss for hobby dealers as examples of what the 1991 Donruss cards would look like. These cards have the 1991 Donruss design on the front; the back merely says 1991 Preview card and identifies the player and the team.
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1 Dave Justice
 
2 Doug Drabek


3 Scott Chiamparino
This 12-card, standard-sized set was issued by Donruss for hobby dealers to preview what the 1991 release would look like. These promotional cards featured the same design as the base set but differed on the back as there was text stating, "1991 Preview Card", the player's name, and his team.
 
4 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
5 Bob Welch
 
6 Tino Martinez
 
7 Nolan Ryan
 
8 Dwight Gooden
 
9 Ryne Sandberg
 
10 Barry Bonds
 
11 Jose Canseco
 
12 Eddie Murray


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==Base Set==
==Base Set==


===Series One===
===Series One===


1 Dave Stieb DK
====Diamond Kings====
 
2 Craig Biggio DK
 
3 Cecil Fielder DK
 
4 Barry Bonds DK
 
5 Barry Larkin DK
 
6 Dave Parker DK
 
7 Lenny Dykstra DK
 
8 Bobby Thigpen DK
 
9 Roger Clemens DK
 
10 Ron Gant DK UER (No trademark on team logo)
 
11 Delino DeShields DK
 
12 Roberto Alomar DK UER (No trademark on team logo)
 
13 Sandy Alomar, Sr. DK
 
14 Ryne Sandberg DK UER (was a DK in '85, not '83)
 
15 Ramon J. Martinez DK
 
16 Edgar Martinez DK
 
17 Dave Magadan DK
 
18 Matt Williams DK
 
19 Rafael Palmeiro DK UER (No trademark on team logo)
 
20 Bob Welsch DK
 
21 Dave Righetti DK
 
22 Brian Harper DK
 
23 Gregg Olson DK
 
24 Kurt Stillwell DK
 
25 Pedro Guerrero DK UER (No trademark on team logo)
 
26 Chuck Finley DK UER (No trademark on team logo)
 
27 Checklist 1-27 DK
 
28 Tino Martinez RR
 
29 Mark Lewis RR
 
30 Bernard Gilkey RR
 
31 Hensley Meulens RR
 
32 Derek Bell RR
 
33 Jose Offerman RR
 
34 Terry Bross RR
 
35 Leo Gomez RR
 
36 Derrick May RR
 
37 Kevin Morton RR
 
38 Moises Alou RR
 
39 Julio Valera RR
 
40 Milt Cuyler RR
 
41 Phil Plantier RR RC
 
42 Steve Chitren RR
 
43 Ray Lankford RR
 
44 Mickey Morandini RR
 
45 Dave Hansen RR
 
46 Kevin Belcher RR RC
 
47 Darrin Fletcher RR
 
48 Steve Sax AS
 
49 Ken Griffey, Jr. AS
 
50A Jose Canseco AS ERR (Team in Stat Box reads "AL")
 
50B Jose Canseco AS COR (Team in Stat Box reads "A's")
 
51 Sandy Alomar, Sr. AS
 
52 Cal Ripken, Jr. AS
 
53 Rickey Henderson AS
 
54 Bob Welsch AS
 
55 Wade Boggs AS
 
56 Mark McGwire AS
 
57A Jack McDowell ERR (Career stats do not include 1990 season)
 
57B Jack McDowell COR (Career stats do include 1990 season)
 
58 Jose Lind
 
59 Alex Fernandez
 
60 Pat Combs
 
61 Michael Walkden
 
62 Juan Samuel
 
63 Mike Blowers UER (Last line reads "aseball")
 
64 Mark Guthrie
 
65 Mark Salas
 
66 Tim Jones
 
67 Tim Leary
 
68 Andres Galarraga
 
69 Bob Milacki
 
70 Tim Belcher
 
71 Todd Zeile
 
72 Jerome Walton
 
73 Kevin Seitzer
 
74 Jerald Clark
 
75 John Smoltz UER (Listed as being born in Detroit.  Was born in Warren, MI.)
 
76 Mike Henneman
 
77 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
78 Jim Abbott
 
79 Gregg Jefferies
 
80 Kevin Reimer
 
81 Roger Clemens
 
82 Mike Fitzgerald
 
83 Bruce Hurst UER (Middle name is listed as "Lee."  Really "Vee.")
 
84 Eric Davis
 
85 Paul Molitor
 
86 Will Clark
 
87 Mike Bielecki
 
88 Bret Saberhagen


89 Nolan Ryan
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90 Bobby Thigpen
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91 Dickie Thon
====Rated Rookies====


92 Duane Ward
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93 Luis Polonia
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====American League All-Stars====


94 Terry Kennedy
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95 Kent Hrbek
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96 Danny Jackson
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97 Sid Fernandez
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98 Jimmy Key
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99 Franklin Stubbs
 
100 Checklist Card
 
101 R.J. Reynolds
 
102 Dave Stewart
 
103 Dan Pasqua
 
104 Dan Plesac
 
105 Mark McGwire
 
106 John Farrell
 
107 Don Mattingly
 
108 Carlton Fisk
 
109 Ken Oberkfell
 
110 Darrel Akerfelds
 
111 Gregg Olson
 
112 Mike Scioscia
 
113 Bryn Smith
 
114 Bob Geren
 
115 Tom Candiotti
 
116 Kevin Tapani
 
117 Jeff Treadway
 
118 Alan Trammell
 
119 Pete O'Brien UER (blue line goes through stat box)
 
120 Joel Skinner
 
121 Mike LaValliere
 
122 Dwight Evans
 
123 Jody Reed
 
124 Lee Guetterman
 
125 Tim Burke
 
126 Dave Johnson
 
127 Fernando Valenzuela UER (yellow stripe instead of blue)
 
128 Jose DeLeon
 
129 Andre Dawson
 
130 Gerald Perry
 
131 Greg A. Harris
 
132 Tom Glavine
 
133 Lance McCullers
 
134 Randy Johnson
 
135 Lance Parrish UER (Was born in McKeesport PA, not Clarion.)
 
136 Mackey Sasser
 
137 Geno Petralli
 
138 Dennis Lamp
 
139 Dennis Martinez
 
140 Mike Pagliarulo
 
141 Hal Morris
 
142 Dave Parker
 
143 Brett Butler
 
144 Paul Assenmacher
 
145 Mark Gubicza
 
146 Charlie Hough
 
147 Sammy Sosa
 
148 Randy Ready
 
149 Kelly Gruber
 
150 Devon White
 
151 Gary Carter
 
152 Gene Larkin
 
153 Chris Sabo
 
154 David Cone
 
155 Todd Stottlemyre
 
156 Glen Wilson
 
157 Bob Walk
 
158 Marcel Galligani
 
159 Greg Hibbard
 
160 Chris Bosio
 
161 Marcus Moore
 
162 Jerry Brown UER ("Christiansted" misspelled "Christansted")
 
163 Steve Sax UER (Led league in ABs in '89.  Not noted.)
 
164 Melido Perez
 
165 Danny Darwin
 
166 Roger McDowell
 
167 Billy Ripken
 
168 Mike Shannon
 
169 Lee Smith
 
170 Matt Nokes
 
171 Jesse Orosco
 
172 Rick Aguilera
 
173 Jim Presley
 
174 Lou Whitaker
 
175 Harold Reynolds
 
176 Brook Jacoby
 
177 Wally Backman
 
178 Wade Boggs
 
179 Chuck Cary UER (loose comma after D.O.B.)
 
180 Tom Foley
 
181 Pete Harnisch
 
182 Melvin Mora
 
183 Bob Tewksbury
 
184 Joe Girardi
 
185 Storm Davis
 
186 Ed Whitson
 
187 Steve Avery UER (Was born in MI not NJ)
 
188 Lloyd Moseby
 
189 Scott Bankhead
 
190 Mark Langston
 
191 Kevin McReynolds
 
192 Julio Franco
 
193 John Dopson
 
194 Dennis Boyd
 
195 Bip Roberts
 
196 Billy Hatcher
 
197 Edgar Diaz
 
198 Greg Litton
 
199 Mark Grace
 
200 Checklist Card
 
201 George Brett
 
202 Jeff Russell
 
203 Ivan Calderon
 
204 Ken Howell
 
205 Tom Henke
 
206 Bryan Harvey
 
207 Steve Bedrosian
 
208 Alan Newman
 
209 Randy Myers
 
210 Daryl Boston
 
211 Manny Lee
 
212 Dave Smith
 
213 Don Slaught
 
214 Walt Weiss
 
215 Donn Pall
 
216 Jaime Navarro
 
217 Willie Randolph
 
218 Rudy Seanez
 
219 Jim Leyritz
 
220 Ron Karkovice
 
221 Ken Caminiti
 
222 Von Hayes
 
223 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
224 Lenny Harris
 
225 Milt Thompson
 
226 Alvaro Espinoza
 
227 Chris James
 
228 Dan Gladden
 
229 Jeff Blauser
 
230 Mike Heath
 
231 Omar Vizquiel
 
232 Doug Jones
 
233 Jeff King
 
234 Luis A Rivera
 
235 Ellis Burks
 
236 Greg Cadaret
 
237 David Martinez
 
238 Mark Williamson
 
239 Stan Javier
 
240 Ozzie Smith
 
241 Shawn Boskie
 
242 Tom Gordon
 
243 Tony Gwynn
 
244 Tommy Gregg
 
245 Jeff Robinson
 
246 Keith Comstock
 
247 Jack Howell
 
248 Keith Miller
 
249 Bobby Witt
 
250 Rob Murphy (Played 1989 with Red Sox, not Reds)
 
251 Spike Owen
 
252 Garry Templeton
 
253 Glenn Braggs
 
254 Ron Robinson
 
255 Kevin Mitchell
 
256 Les Lancaster
 
257 Mel Stottlemyre
 
258 Kenny Rogers UER (Pitched 172 IP, not 171)
 
259 Lance Johnson
 
260 John Kruk
 
261 Fred McGriff
 
262 Dick Schofield
 
263 Trevor Wilson
 
264 David West
 
265 Scott Scudder
 
266 Dwight Gooden
 
267 Willie Blair
 
268 Mark Portugal
 
269 Doug Drabek
 
270 Dennis Eckersley
 
271 Eric King
 
272 Robin Yount
 
273 Carney Lansford
 
274 Carlos Berga
 
275 Dave Righetti
 
276 Scott Fletcher
 
277 Eric Yelding
 
278 Charlie Hayes
 
279 Jeff Ballard
 
280 Orel Hershiser
 
281 Jose Oquendo
 
282 Mike Witt
 
283 Mitch Webster
 
284 Greg Gagne
 
285 Gregg Olson
 
286 Tony Phillips UER (Born on 4/25 not 4/15)
 
287 Scott Bradley
 
288 Cory Snyder UER ("Inglewood" is misspelled "Englewood")
 
289 Jay Bell UER (Was born in Pensacola, not Eglin A.F.B.)
 
290 Kevin Romine
 
291 Jeff Robinson
 
292 Steve Frey UER (bats right, not left)
 
293 Craig Worthington
 
294 Tim Crews
 
295 Joe Magrane
 
296 Hector Villanueva
 
297 Terry Shumpert
 
298 Joe Carter
 
299 Kent Mercker UER (pitched 53 IP not 52)
 
300 Checklist Card
 
301 Chet Lemon
 
302 Mark Schuster
 
303 Dante Bichette
 
304 Kevin Elster
 
305 Jeff Huson
 
306 Greg A. Harris
 
307 Marquis Grissom UER (Middle name is "Dean" not "Deon")
 
308 Calvin Schiraldi
 
309 Mariano Duncan
 
310 Bill Spiers
 
311 Steve Garvey
 
312 Mitch Williams
 
313 Mike MacFarlane
 
314 Kevin Brown
 
315 Robin Ventura
 
316 Darren Daulton
 
317 Pat Borders
 
318 Mark Eichhorn
 
319 Jeff Brantley
 
320 Shane Mack
 
321 Rob Dibble
 
322 John Franco
 
323 Junior Felix
 
324 Casey Candaele
 
325 Bobby Bonilla
 
326 Dave Henderson
 
327 Wayne Edwards
 
328 Mark Knudson
 
329 Terry Steinbach
 
330 Colby Ward RC UER (No comma between city and state)
 
331 Oscar Azocar
 
332 Scott Radinsky
 
333 Eric Anthony
 
334 Steve Lake
 
335 Bob Melvin
 
336 Kal Daniels
 
337 Tom Pagnozzi
 
338 Alan Mills
 
339 Steve Olin
 
340 Juan Berenguer
 
341 Francisco Cabrera
 
342 Dave Bergman
 
343 Henry Cotto
 
344 Sergio Valdez
 
345 Bob Patterson
 
346 John Marzano
 
347 Dana Kiecker
 
348 Dion James
 
349 Hubie Brooks
 
350 Bill Landrum
 
351 Bill Sampen
 
352 Greg Briley
 
353 Paul Gibson
 
354 Dave Eiland
 
355 Steve Finley
 
356 Bob Boone
 
357 Steve Buechele
 
358 Chris Hoiles
 
359 Larry Walker
 
360 Frank DiPino
 
361 Mark Grant
 
362 Dave Magadan
 
363 Rob Thompson
 
364 Lonnie Smith
 
365 Steve Farr
 
366 Dave Valle
 
367 Tim Naehring
 
368 Jim Acker
 
369 Jeff Reardon UER (Was born in Pittsfield, not Dalton)
 
370 Tim Teufel
 
371 Juan Gonzalez
 
372 Luis Salazar
 
373 Rick Honeycutt
 
374 Greg Maddux
 
375 Jose Uribe UER (Middle name is "Alta" not "Elta")
 
376 Donnie Hill
 
377 Don Carman
 
378 Craig Grebeck
 
379 Will Fraser
 
380 Glenallen Hill
 
381 Joe Oliver
 
382 Randy Bush
 
383 Alvin Colina
 
384 Norm Charlton
 
385 Gene Nelson
 
386 Checklist Card


===Series Two===
===Series Two===


387 Rickey Henderson MVP
====MVPs====


388 Lance Parrish MVP
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389 Fred McGriff MVP
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390 Dave Parker MVP
====Rated Rookies====


391 Candy Maldonado MVP
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392 Ken Griffey, Jr. MVP
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====National League All-Stars====


393 Gregg Olson MVP
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394 Rafael Palmeiro MVP
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395 Roger Clemens MVP
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396 George Brett MVP
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397 Cecil Fielder MVP
===Variations===


398 Brian Harper MVP
====INC./INC====


399 Bobby Thigpen MVP
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400 Roberto Kelly MVP UER (Listed as 2B on front, OF on back)
All 770 base cards, as well as the 22 Bonus Cards/Highlights insert cards have two variations: the regular version has a period at the end of "1990 LEAF, INC." on the back while the variation does not have this period at the end of "INC".  This variation is not considered to be rare.


401 Danny Darwin MVP
====Stripes====


402 David Justice MVP
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403 Lee Smith MVP
All 770 base cards that came out of factory sets had a different border stripe pattern than pack-issued cards.  These variations are not considered to be rare.


404 Ryne Sandberg MVP
==Parallels==
 
405 Eddie Murray MVP
 
406 Tim Wallach MVP
 
407 Kevin Mitchell MVP
 
408 Darryl Strawberry MVP


409 Joe Carter MVP
===Super Diamond Kings===


410 Lenny Dykstra MVP
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411 Doug Drabek MVP
For the seventh consecutive year, Donruss issued a parallel set featuring cards from the Diamond King subset on a 5" X 7" card. These Diamond Kings - both the subset and parallel - again featured the artwork of famed sports artist Dick Perez and was available through a postpaid mail-in offer detailed on 1991 Donruss packs ($14.00 and three wax wrappers were to be sent in directly to Donruss in exchange for the set).
 
412 Chris Sabo MVP
 
413 Paul Marak RR
 
414 Tim McIntosh RR
 
415 Brian Barnes RR
 
416 Eric Gunderson RR
 
417 Mike Garcia RR
 
418 Steve Carter RR
 
419 Gerald Alexander RR
 
420 Rich Garces RR RC
 
421 Chuck Knoblauch RR
 
422 Scott Aldred RR
 
423 Wes Chamberlain RR RC
 
424 Lance Dickson RR RC
 
425 Greg Colbrunn RR RC
 
426 Rich DeLucia RR UER (Misspelled "Delucia")
 
427 Jeff Conine RR RC
 
428 Steve Decker RR
 
429 Turner Ward RR
 
430 Mo Vaughn RR
 
431 Steve Chitren RR
 
432 Marvin Benard RR
 
433 Ryne Sandberg AS
 
434 Lenny Dykstra AS
 
435 Andre Dawson AS
 
436A Mike Scioscia AS White Star
 
436B Mike Scioscia AS Yellow Star
 
437 Ozzie Smith AS
 
438 Kevin Mitchell AS
 
439 Jack Armstrong AS
 
440 Chris Sabo AS
 
441 Will Clark AS
 
442 Mel Hall
 
443 Mark Gardner
 
444 Mike Devereaux
 
445 Kirk Gibson
 
446 Terry Pendleton
 
447 Mike Harkey
 
448 Jim Eisenreich
 
449 Benito Santiago
 
450 Oddibe McDowell
 
451 Cecil Fielder
 
452 Ken Griffey, Sr.
 
453 Bert Blyleven
 
454 Howard Johnson
 
455 Monty Fariss UER (Misspelled "Farris")
 
456 Tony Pena, Sr.
 
457 Tim Raines
 
458 Dennis Rasmussen
 
459 Luis Quinones
 
460 B.J. Surhoff
 
461 Earnest Riles
 
462 Rick Sutcliffe
 
463 Danny Tartabull
 
464 Pete Incaviglia
 
465 Carlos Martinez
 
466 Ricky Jordan
 
467 John Cerutti
 
468 Dave Winfield
 
469 Francisco Oliveras
 
470 Roy Smith
 
471 Barry Larkin
 
472 Ron Darling
 
473 David Wells
 
474 Glenn Davis
 
475 Neal Heaton
 
476 Ron Hassey
 
477 Frank Thomas
 
478 Greg Vaughn
 
479 Todd Burns
 
480 Candy Maldonado
 
481 Dave LaPoint
 
482 Alvin Davis
 
483 Mike Scott
 
484 Dale Murphy
 
485 Ben McDonald
 
486 Jay Howell
 
487 Vince Coleman
 
488 Antonio Grissom
 
489 Sandy Alomar, Sr.
 
490 Kirby Puckett
 
491 Andy Thornton
 
492 Jack Morris
 
493 Matt Young
 
494 Greg Myers
 
495 Barry Bonds
 
496 Scott Cooper UER (No BA for 1990 or career)
 
497 Dan Schatzeder
 
498 Jesse Barfield
 
499 Jerry Goff
 
500 Checklist Card
 
501 Anthony Telford
 
502 Eddie Murray
 
503 Omar Olivares RC
 
504 Ryne Sandberg
 
505 Jeff Montgomery
 
506 Mark Parent
 
507 Ron Gant
 
508 Frank Tanana
 
509 Jay Buhner
 
510 Max Venable
 
511 Wally Whitehurst
 
512 Gary Pettis
 
513 Tom Brunansky
 
514 Tim Wallach
 
515 Craig Lefferts
 
516 Tim Layana
 
517 Darryl Hamilton
 
518 Rick Reuschel
 
519 Steve Wilson
 
520 Kurt Stillwell
 
521 Rafael Palmeiro
 
522 Ken Patterson
 
523 Lenny Dykstra
 
524 Tony Fernandez
 
525 Kent Anderson
 
526 Mark Leonard
 
527 Allan Anderson
 
528 Tom Browning
 
529 Frank Viola
 
530 John Olerud
 
531 Juan Agosto
 
532 Zakary Shinall
 
533 Scott Sanders
 
534 Bobby Jones
 
535 Mike Felder
 
536 Jose Canseco
 
537 Felix Fermin
 
538 Roberto Kelly
 
539 Brian Holman
 
540 Mark Davidson
 
541 Terry Mulholland
 
542 Randy Milligan
 
543 Jose Gonzales
 
544 Craig Wilson
 
545 Mike Hartley
 
546 Greg Swindell
 
547 Gary Gaetti
 
548 David Justice
 
549 Steve Searcy
 
550 Erik Hanson
 
551 Dave Stieb
 
552 Andy Van Slyke
 
553 Mike Greenwell
 
554 Kevin Maas
 
555 Delino DeShields
 
556 Curt Schilling
 
557 Ramon J. Martinez
 
558 Pedro Guerrero
 
559 Dwight Smith
 
560 Mark Davis
 
561 Shawn Abner
 
562 Charlie Liebrandt
 
563 John Shelby
 
564 Bill Swift
 
565 Mike Fetters
 
566 Angel Pena
 
567 Ruben Sierra
 
568 Carlos Quintana
 
569 Kevin Gross
 
570 Derek Liliquist
 
571 Jack Armstrong
 
572 Greg Brock
 
573 Mike Kinkade
 
574 Greg Smith
 
575 Brian McRae RC
 
576 Jack Daugherty
 
577 Ozzie Guillen
 
578 Joe Boever
 
579 Luis Sojo
 
580 Chili Davis
 
581 Don Robinson
 
582 Brian Harper
 
583 Paul O'Neill
 
584 Bob Ojeda
 
585 Mookie Wilson
 
586 Rafael Ramirez
 
587 Gary Redus
 
588 Jamie Quick
 
589 Shawn Hillegas
 
590 Tom Edens
 
591 Joe Klink
 
592 Charles Nagy
 
593 Eric Plunk
 
594 Tracy Jones
 
595 Craig Biggio
 
596 Jose DeJesus
 
597 Mickey Tettleton
 
598 Chris Gwynn
 
599 Rex Hudler
 
600 Checklist Card
 
601 Jim Gott
 
602 Jeff Manto
 
603 Nelson Liriano
 
604 Mark Lemke
 
605 Clay Parker
 
606 Edgar Martinez
 
607 Mark Whiten
 
608 Ted Power
 
609 Tom Bolton
 
610 Tommy Herr
 
611 Andy Hawkins UER (Pitched no-hitter on 7/1)
 
612 Scott Ruskin
 
613 Ron Kittle
 
614 John Wetteland
 
615 Marty Perez RC
 
616 Dave Clark
 
617 Brent Mayne
 
618 Jack Clark
 
619 Marvin Freeman
 
620 Edwin Nunez
 
621 Russ Swan
 
622 Johnny Ray
 
623 Charlie O'Brien
 
624 Joe Bitker
 
625 Manny Martinez
 
626 Otis Nixon
 
627 Andy Benes
 
628 Ron Oester
 
629 Ted Higuera
 
630 Kevin Bass
 
631 Damon Berryhill
 
632 Bo Jackson
 
633 Brad Arnsberg
 
634 Jerry Willard
 
635 Tommy Greene
 
636 Bob MacDonald
 
637 Kirk McCaskill
 
638 John Burkett
 
639 Paul Abbott
 
640 Todd Benzinger
 
641 Todd Hundley
 
642 George Bell
 
643 Javier Ortiz
 
644 Sid Bream
 
645 Bob Welsch
 
646 Phil Bradley
 
647 Bill Krueger
 
648 Rickey Henderson
 
649 Kevin Wickander
 
650 Steve Balboni
 
651 Gene Harris
 
652 Jim Deshaies
 
653 Jason Grimsley
 
654 Joe Orsulak
 
655 Jim Poole
 
656 Felix Jose
 
657 Dennis Cook
 
658 Tom Brookens
 
659 Junior Ortiz
 
660 Jeff Parret
 
661 Jerry DonGleaton
 
662 Brent Knackert
 
663 Rance Mulliniks
 
664 John Smiley
 
665 Larry Anderson
 
666 Willie McGee
 
667 Chris Nabholtz
 
668 Brady Anderson
 
669 Darren Holmes RC UER (19 CGs listed, should be 0)
 
670 Ken Hill
 
671 Gary Varsho
 
672 Bill Pecota
 
673 Fred Lynn
 
674 Kevin D Brown
 
675 Dan Petry
 
676 Mike Jackson
 
677 Wally Joyner
 
678 Danny Jackson
 
679 Bill Haselman
 
680 Mike Boddicker
 
681 Mel Rojas
 
682 Roberto Alomar
 
683 David Justice ROY
 
684 Chuck Crim
 
685 Matt Williams
 
686 Shawon Dunston
 
687 Jeff Schulz
 
688 John Barfield
 
689 Gerald Young
 
690 Luis Gonzalez RC
 
691 Frank Wills
 
692 Chuck Finley
 
693 Sandy Alomar, Jr. ROY
 
694 Tim Drummond
 
695 Herm Winningham
 
696 Darryl Strawberry
 
697 Al Leiter
 
698 Karl Rhodes
 
699 Stan Belinda
 
700 Checklist Card
 
701 Lance Blankenship
 
702 Willie Stargell
 
703 Jim Gantner
 
704 Reggie Harris
 
705 Rob Ducey
 
706 Tim Hulett
 
707 Atlee Hammaker
 
708 Xavier Hernandez
 
709 Chuck McElroy
 
710 John Mitchell
 
711 Carlos Eduardo Hernandez
 
712 Geronimo Pena
 
713 Jim Neidlinger
 
714 John Orton
 
715 Terry Leach
 
716 Matt Stairs
 
717 Walt Terrell
 
718 Luis Aquino
 
719 Bud Black UER (Still depicted in Blue Jays uniform.)
 
720 Bob Kipper
 
721 Jeff Gray
 
722 Jose Rijo
 
723 Curt Young
 
724 Jose Viscaino
 
725 Randy Tomlin RC
 
726 Junior Noboa
 
727 Bob Welch CY
 
728 Gary Ward
 
729 Rob Deer UER (Still depicted in Brewers uniform.)
 
730 David Segui
 
731 Mark Carreon
 
732 Vicente Palacios
 
733 Sam Horn
 
734 Howard Farmer
 
735 Ken Dayley UER (Still depicted in Cardinals uniform.)
 
736 Kelly Mann
 
737 Joe Grahe
 
738 Kelly Downs
 
739 Jim Kremers
 
740 Kevin Appier
 
741 Jeff Reed
 
742 Jose Rijo WS
 
743 Dave Rohdes
 
744 D Murphy/L. Dyskstra UER (no "91 Donruss" logo)
 
745 Paul Sorrento
 
746 Thomas Howard
 
747 Matt Stark
 
748 Harold Baines
 
749 Doug Dascenzo
 
750 Doug Drabek CY
 
751 Gary Sheffield
 
752 Terry Lee RC
 
753 Jim Vatcher RC
 
754 Lee Stevens
 
755 Randy Veres
 
756 Bill Doran
 
757 Gary Wayne
 
758 Pedro Munoz RC
 
759 Chris Hammond
 
760 Checklist 605-702
 
761 Rickey Henderson MVP
 
762 Barry Bonds MVP
 
763 Billy Hatcher WS UER (Line 13, "on" should be "one")
 
764 Julio Machado
 
765 Jose Mesa
 
766 Willie Randolph WS
 
767 Scott Erickson
 
768 Travis Fryman
 
769 Rich Rodriguez RC
 
770 Checklist 703-770/BC1-BC22
 
==Parallels==
 
===Super DKs===
 
For the seventh consecutive year Donruss issued a card set featuring the players used in the current year's Diamond King subset in a larger size, approximately 5" X 7". The set again featured the art work of famed sports artist Dick Perez and was available through a postpaid mail-in offer detailed on the 1991 Donruss wax packs involving $14.00 and three wax wrappers.  


==Inserts==
==Inserts==
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===Bonus Cards===
===Bonus Cards===


These 22 cards were randomly inserted in Donruss packs and highlight outstanding player achievements.  The first ten cards were in the first series and the remaining 12 in the second.  The cards were produced in roughly the same quantity as any other base card, but not included in factory sets.
These 22 cards were randomly inserted in Donruss packs and appreciated outstanding player achievements of the previous season.  These inserts featured the same design as the base cards but had a "Highlights" logo in the lower left of the card front.  Cards 1-10 were inserted in Series One and cards 11-22 were in Series Two.  The cards were produced in roughly the same quantity as any other base card, but were not included in factory sets. The sole existence of these cards was to eliminate empty spaces in the 132-card sheets (770 base cards + 22 Bonus Cards = 792 cards; 792 cards / 132-card sheets = 6 sheets) that were used to produce the pack version of the Donruss set, as factory sets were printed on a 56-card sheet.
 
BC1 Mark Langston/Mike Witt
 
BC2 Randy Johnson
 
BC3 Nolan Ryan NH
 
BC4 Dave Stewart
 
BC5 Cecil Fielder
 
BC6 Carlton Fisk
 
BC7 Ryne Sandberg
 
BC8 Gary Carter
 
BC9 Mark McGwire UER
 
BC10 Bo Jackson
 
BC11 Fernando Valenzuela
 
BC12A Andy Hawkins ERR
 
BC12B Andy Hawkins COR
 
BC13 Melido Perez
 
BC14 T.Mulholland UER
 
BC15 Nolan Ryan 300W
 
BC16 Delino DeShields
 
BC17 Cal Ripken
 
BC18 Eddie Murray
 
BC19 George Brett
 
BC20 Bobby Thigpen
 
BC21 Dave Stieb
 
BC22 Willie McGee
 
===Elite===
 
One of the truly landmark sets, these special cards were randomly inserted in the 1991 Donruss first and second series wax packs. These cards marked the beginning of an eight-year run of Elite inserts. Production was limited to a maximum of 10,000 serial-numbered cards for each card in the Elite series, and lesser production for the Ryne Sandberg Signature (5000) and Nolan Ryan Legend (7500) cards. This was the first time that mainstream insert cards were ever serial-numbered allowing for verifiable proof of print runs. The regular Elite cards are photos enclosed in a bronze marble borders which surround an evenly squared photo of the players. The Sandberg Signature card has a green marble border and is signed in a blue sharpie. The Nolan Ryan Legend card is a Dick Perez drawing with silver borders. The cards are all serial-numbered on the back.
 
Although the exact pack insertion odds were never publicly revealed, it has been estimated that the odds of finding an Elite card were about 1:75/boxes.  Because 1991 Donruss was grossly over-produced, a large portion of the production run (anywhere from 30% to 50%) remains hidden away in unopened packs.  Compared to other serial-numbered inserts that would come in later years, the '91 Elites have maintained their value over the years because of their genuine scarcity.
 
1 Barry Bonds
 
2 George Brett


3 Jose Canseco
====Series One====


4 Andre Dawson
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5 Doug Drabek
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====Series Two====


6 Cecil Fielder
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7 Rickey Henderson
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L1 Nolan Ryan LGD /7500


===Grand Slammers===
===Grand Slammers===


This 14-card set commemorates players who hit grand slams in 1990. They were distributed in complete set form within factory sets in addition to being seeded at a rate of one per cello pack.
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1 Joe Carter
This 14-card set commemorated players who hit grand slams in the 1990 season. They were distributed in complete set form within factory sets and one per cello pack.  Cards 1-7 were in Series One cellos, while cards 8-14 were in Series Two cellos.


2 Bobby Bonilla
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3 Kal Daniels
'''Note:''' All 14 factory set Grand Slammers had blue borders, but cards inserted into Series 2 cello packs had green borders.


4 Jose Canseco
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5 Barry Bonds
There are also multiple stripe variations of each Grand Slammers card, usually involving the cards in factory sets.  This may have been because unlike the pack-inserted cards, the factory set cards were printed on a 56-card sheets.  As with the Highlights inserts that were inserted into packs, Grand Slammers were used to fill out the remaining spaces in the 56-card sheet.  These variations are not considered to be rare.


6 Jay Buhner
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7 Cecil Fielder
===The Elite Series===


8 Matt Williams
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9 Andres Galarraga
One of the landmark sets in Hobby history, The Elite Series were the first ever machine-stamped serial-numbered cards - allowing for verifiable proof of print runs - and arguably the impetus for the Insert Mania craze that changed the face of the Hobby in the early-90s.  This inaugural release marked the beginning of an eight-year run of Elite inserts that became as synonymous with the Donruss brand as their ''Diamond Kings'' offering.  The eight-card set featured the top players in the game at the time on cards with a bronze foil and marble border with a full-color player photo in the centered foreground.


10 Luis Polonia
Production was limited to a 10,000 serial-numbered cards for each card in the set, and all eight cards were inserted in both series of packs.  By modern standards, this print run would be considered extremely large; however, when taken in the context of the estimated 3,000,000 copies of each base card produced and placed into packs, this amount was extremely small.  Although the exact pack insertion odds were never publicly revealed, it has been estimated that the odds of finding a single Elite Series insert were about 1:75/boxes.  Because of this genuine rarity, the 1991 Elite Series cards have maintained their value over the years, even with a print run exponentially larger than the print runs seen in the following decades.  In fact, with so much 1991 Donruss wax still available, a good portion of those 10,000 cards have still yet to emerge from packs.


11 Mark McGwire
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====The Legends Series====


12 Ron Karkovice
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13 Darryl Strawberry UER
This special Elite Series card honored Nolan Ryan.  The Legends Series card featured the similar but darker and reddish-bronze, marble-foil border as The Elite Series, but with a Dick Perez drawing (instead of a player photo) in the center.  This card was serial-numbered to 7500 copies, and available in both series.


14 Mike Greenwell
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===1991 Leaf Previews===
===1991 Leaf Previews===


Four cards from this 26-card [[1991 Leaf]] Previews set were issued as inserts (four per box) inside specially marked 1991 Donruss Hobby factory sets.
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991/Leaf---Preview/5/Ramon-Martinez.jpg?id=404b3c6f-c1cf-43eb-ae83-2683e6816656&size=original&side=back&.jpg
1 David Justice
 
2 Ryne Sandberg
 
3 Barry Larkin
 
4 Craig Biggio
 
5 Ramon Martinez
 
6 Tim Wallach
 
7 Dwight Gooden
 
8 Len Dykstra
 
9 Barry Bonds
 
10 Ray Lankford
 
11 Tony Gwynn
 
12 Will Clark
 
13 Leo Gomez
 
14 Wade Boggs
 
15 Chuck Finley UER
 
16 Carlton Fisk
 
17 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
18 Cecil Fielder
 
19 Bo Jackson
 
20 Paul Molitor
 
21 Kirby Puckett
 
22 Don Mattingly
 
23 Rickey Henderson
 
24 Tino Martinez


25 Nolan Ryan
This 26-card set previewed the upcoming [[1991 Leaf]] set. Cards resembled what the 1991 base set would look like on the front and back, but had the words "1991 PREVIEW CARD" watermarked in white on the back.  Four Preview cards were inserted into specially marked 1991 Donruss Hobby factory sets.


26 Dave Stieb
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===1991 Studio Previews===
===1991 Studio Previews===


This 18-card preview set was issued four at a time within 1991 Donruss retail factory sets in order to show dealers and collectors the look of their new [[1991 Studio]] cards. One of the cards included in each set was the un-numbered Title Card.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991/Studio---Previews/7/Bernie-Williams.jpg?id=6fa91ab5-5352-4726-9450-f5fd31d388a5&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991/Studio---Previews/7/Bernie-Williams.jpg?id=6fa91ab5-5352-4726-9450-f5fd31d388a5&size=original&side=back&.jpg
1 Juan Bell
 
2 Roger Clemens
 
3 Dave Parker
 
4 Tim Raines
 
5 Kevin Seitzer
 
6 Ted Higuera
 
7 Bernie Williams
 
8 Harold Baines
 
9 Gary Pettis
 
10 David Justice


11 Eric Davis
This 18-card set previewed the upcoming [[1991 Studio]] set.  Cards resembled what the 1991 base set would look like on the front and back; however, some players featured different photos and each card was sequentially numbered "X of 17" on the back.  Four Preview cards were inserted into 1991 Donruss Retail factory sets.  One of the cards included in each set was the unnumbered Title Card.


12 Andujar Cedeno
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13 Tom Foley
===Willie Stargell Puzzle===


14 Dwight Gooden
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15 Doug Drabek
This year's subject for the Donruss Puzzle was Willie Stargell.  Due to licensing issues, each pack of 1991 Donruss Baseball was required to contain a three-piece panel of a 63-piece jigsaw puzzle.  When assembled, the puzzle featured an original Dick Perez painting of Willie Stargell.  The assembled puzzle appears on card #702 in the base set.


16 Steve Decker
Additionally, there is a variation puzzle that has all puzzle pieces with a dot in front of the number.  However, this variation is not considered to be rare.


17 Joe Torre MGR
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NNO Title Card
==Autographs==


==Autographs & Game-Used==
===Elite Signature Series===


===Ryne Sandberg Elite Signature Series===
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As part of the Elite insert series, Donruss had Ryne Sandberg autograph 5000 cards for random insertion in all 1991 Donruss packs.  Like with the un-signed Elite cards, many of the cards remain hidden in opened packs.  Despite the announced print run of 5000 cards, this card remains relatively scarce.
As part of The Elite Series, Donruss also inserted an Elite Signature Series autographed card of Ryne Sandberg in all 1991 Donruss packs.  Each card was serial-numbered to 5,000.


S1 Ryne Sandberg AU /5000
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Description

1991 Donruss was a dual-issue, 770-card set, featuring 386 cards in Series One and 384 cards in Series Two. This release marked the first time Donruss issued cards in multiple series and was notable for the introduction of its Elite Series insert. An estimated 3 million copies of each base card were printed.

Series One cards featured blue borders, red nameplate background, and multi-colored, accenting dots and stripes. Series Two cards featured green borders and a red nameplate background with similar dots and striped accents.

There were multiple subsets:

  • Diamond Kings (1-27)
  • Rated Rookies (28-47/413-432)
  • AL All-Stars (48-56)
  • MVP's (387-412)
  • NL All-Stars (433-441).

There were also special cards to honor the 1990 Award Winners and top players from the World Series - specifically, on cards 60, 70, 127, 182, 239, 294, 355, 368, and 377, the border stripes are red and yellow.

There are no notable rookie cards in this set.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards + one Willie Stargell puzzle panel per pack (MSRP: $0.50). 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 40 cards + two Willie Stargell puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99). 12 boxes per case.

Rack: 45 cards + three Willie Stargell puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.99). 72 packs per case.

Blisters: 75 cards per blister (MSRP: $2.99). 48 blisters per case.

Factory Sets: 15 sets per case.

Holiday Treat Bags: 22, three-card packs per Treat Bag.

Additionally, 15-card wax packs were inserted into specially-marked 6- and 12-packs of Coca-Cola products on a regional basis.

Reviews

1991 Donruss was panned as “complacent” in the March 1991 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly. The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled, “Opposites Don’t Always Attract”, where the author - Chuck Roethel - compared 1991 flagship sets of Donruss and Fleer. Roethel lamented, “In desperation, I sought something positive to say” as comments like “[the set] dampens my enthusiasm”, “predictable style”, “lackluster”, and "(No) stroke of genius” were littered throughout his review. Roethel was also frustrated by the idea that the inserts were “becoming more significant” than the set itself. This turned out to be a prophetic statement as 1991 - and this set in particular - was the inception of the insert card craze (AKA "Insert Mania") that exploded in the mid-to-late 1990s and reshaped The Hobby forever.

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Cello Odds
Base 386 - ? ?
Highlights 10 - ? ?
Grand Slammers 7 - N/A one-per-pack
The Elite Series 8* 10,000 ? ?
The Legends Series: Nolan Ryan 1* 7500 ? ?
Elite Signature Series: Ryne Sandberg *1 5000 ? ?

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Cello Odds
Base 384 - ? ?
Highlights 12 - ? ?
Grand Slammers 7 - N/A one-per-pack
The Elite Series 8* 10,000 ? ?
The Legends Series: Nolan Ryan 1* 7500 ? ?
Elite Signature Series: Ryne Sandberg 1 5000 ? ?

* Available in both series.

Checklist

Promos

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This 12-card, standard-sized set was issued by Donruss for hobby dealers to preview what the 1991 release would look like. These promotional cards featured the same design as the base set but differed on the back as there was text stating, "1991 Preview Card", the player's name, and his team.

  • 1 Dave Justice
  • 2 Doug Drabek
  • 3 Scott Chiamparino
  • 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 5 Bob Welch
  • 6 Tino Martinez
  • 7 Nolan Ryan
  • 8 Dwight Gooden
  • 9 Ryne Sandberg
  • 10 Barry Bonds
  • 11 Jose Canseco
  • 12 Eddie Murray

Base Set

Series One

Diamond Kings

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  • 1 Dave Stieb
  • 2 Craig Biggio
  • 3 Cecil Fielder
  • 4 Barry Bonds
  • 5 Barry Larkin
  • 6 Dave Parker
  • 7 Lenny Dykstra
  • 8 Bobby Thigpen
  • 9 Roger Clemens
  • 10 Ron Gant
  • 11 Delino DeShields
  • 12 Roberto Alomar
  • 13 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 14 Ryne Sandberg
  • 15 Ramon Martinez
  • 16 Edgar Martinez
  • 17 Dave Magadan
  • 18 Matt Williams
  • 19 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 20 Bob Welch
  • 21 Dave Righetti
  • 22 Brian Harper
  • 23 Gregg Olson
  • 24 Kurt Stillwell
  • 25 Pedro Guerrero
  • 26 Chuck Finley
  • 27 Checklist

Rated Rookies

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  • 28 Tino Martinez RR
  • 29 Mark Lewis RR
  • 30 Bernard Gilkey RR
  • 31 Hensley Meulens RR
  • 32 Derek Bell RR
  • 33 Jose Offerman RR
  • 34 Terry Bross RR
  • 35 Leo Gomez RR
  • 36 Derrick May RR
  • 37 Kevin Morton RR
  • 38 Moises Alou RR
  • 39 Julio Valera RR
  • 40 Milt Cuyler RR
  • 41 Phil Plantier RR RC
  • 42 Scott Chiamparino RR
  • 44 Mickey Morandini RR
  • 43 Ray Lankford RR
  • 45 Dave Hansen RR
  • 46 Kevin Belcher RR
  • 47 Darrin Fletcher RR

American League All-Stars

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  • 48 Steve Sax AS
  • 49 Ken Griffey, Jr. AS
  • 50 Jose Canseco AS (A's statline on back)
  • 50 Jose Canseco AS (AL statline on back)
  • 51 Sandy Alomar, Jr. AS
  • 52 Cal Ripken, Jr. AS
  • 53 Rickey Henderson AS
  • 54 Bob Welch AS
  • 55 Wade Boggs AS
  • 56 Mark McGwire AS

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  • 57 Jack McDowell
  • 57 Jack McDowell ERR
  • 58 Jose Lind
  • 59 Alex Fernandez
  • 60 Pat Combs
  • 61 Mike Walker
  • 62 Juan Samuel
  • 63 Mike Blowers
  • 64 Mark Guthrie
  • 65 Mark Salas
  • 66 Tim Jones
  • 67 Tim Leary
  • 68 Andres Galarraga
  • 69 Bob Milacki
  • 70 Tim Belcher
  • 71 Todd Zeile
  • 72 Jerome Walton
  • 73 Kevin Seitzer
  • 74 Jerald Clark
  • 75 John Smoltz
  • 76 Mike Henneman
  • 77 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 78 Jim Abbott
  • 79 Gregg Jefferies
  • 80 Kevin Reimer
  • 81 Roger Clemens
  • 82 Mike Fitzgerald
  • 83 Bruce Hurst
  • 84 Eric Davis
  • 85 Paul Molitor
  • 86 Will Clark
  • 87 Mike Bielecki
  • 88 Bret Saberhagen
  • 89 Nolan Ryan
  • 90 Bobby Thigpen
  • 91 Dickie Thon
  • 92 Duane Ward
  • 93 Luis Polonia
  • 94 Terry Kennedy
  • 95 Kent Hrbek
  • 96 Danny Jackson
  • 97 Sid Fernandez
  • 98 Jimmy Key
  • 99 Franklin Stubbs
  • 100 Checklist CL 28-103
  • 101 R.J. Reynolds
  • 102 Dave Stewart
  • 103 Dan Pasqua
  • 104 Dan Plesac
  • 105 Mark McGwire
  • 106 John Farrell
  • 107 Don Mattingly
  • 108 Carlton Fisk
  • 109 Ken Oberkfell
  • 110 Darrel Akerfelds
  • 111 Gregg Olson
  • 112 Mike Scioscia
  • 113 Bryn Smith
  • 114 Bob Geren
  • 115 Tom Candiotti
  • 116 Kevin Tapani
  • 117 Jeff Treadway
  • 118 Alan Trammell
  • 119 Pete O'Brien
  • 120 Joel Skinner
  • 121 Mike LaValliere
  • 122 Dwight Evans
  • 123 Jody Reed
  • 124 Lee Guetterman
  • 125 Tim Burke
  • 126 Dave Johnson
  • 127 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 128 Jose DeLeon
  • 129 Andre Dawson
  • 130 Gerald Perry
  • 131 Greg W. Harris
  • 132 Tom Glavine
  • 133 Lance McCullers
  • 134 Randy Johnson
  • 135 Lance Parrish
  • 136 Mackey Sasser
  • 137 Geno Petralli
  • 138 Dennis Lamp
  • 139 Dennis Martinez
  • 140 Mike Pagliarulo
  • 141 Hal Morris
  • 142 Dave Parker
  • 143 Brett Butler
  • 144 Paul Assenmacher
  • 145 Mark Gubicza
  • 146 Charlie Hough
  • 147 Sammy Sosa
  • 148 Randy Ready
  • 149 Kelly Gruber
  • 150 Devon White
  • 151 Gary Carter
  • 152 Gene Larkin
  • 153 Chris Sabo
  • 154 David Cone
  • 155 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 156 Glenn Wilson
  • 157 Bob Walk
  • 158 Mike Gallego
  • 159 Greg Hibbard
  • 160 Chris Bosio
  • 161 Mike Moore
  • 162 Jerry Browne
  • 163 Steve Sax
  • 164 Melido Perez
  • 165 Danny Darwin
  • 166 Roger McDowell
  • 167 Bill Ripken
  • 168 Mike Sharperson
  • 169 Lee Smith
  • 170 Matt Nokes
  • 171 Jesse Orosco
  • 172 Rick Aguilera
  • 173 Jim Presley
  • 174 Lou Whitaker
  • 175 Harold Reynolds
  • 176 Brook Jacoby
  • 177 Wally Backman
  • 178 Wade Boggs
  • 179 Chuck Cary
  • 180 Tom Foley
  • 181 Pete Harnisch
  • 182 Mike Morgan
  • 183 Bob Tewksbury
  • 184 Joe Girardi
  • 185 Storm Davis
  • 186 Ed Whitson
  • 187 Steve Avery
  • 188 Lloyd Moseby
  • 189 Scott Bankhead
  • 190 Mark Langston
  • 191 Kevin McReynolds
  • 192 Julio Franco
  • 193 John Dopson
  • 194 Dennis Boyd
  • 195 Bip Roberts
  • 196 Billy Hatcher
  • 197 Edgar Diaz
  • 198 Greg Litton
  • 199 Mark Grace
  • 200 Checklist CL 104-179
  • 201 George Brett
  • 202 Jeff Russell
  • 203 Ivan Calderon
  • 204 Ken Howell
  • 205 Tom Henke
  • 206 Bryan Harvey
  • 207 Steve Bedrosian
  • 208 Al Newman
  • 209 Randy Myers
  • 210 Daryl Boston
  • 211 Manny Lee
  • 212 Dave Smith
  • 213 Don Slaught
  • 214 Walt Weiss
  • 215 Donn Pall
  • 216 Jaime Navarro
  • 217 Willie Randolph
  • 218 Rudy Seanez
  • 219 Jim Leyritz
  • 220 Ron Karkovice
  • 221 Ken Caminiti
  • 222 Von Hayes
  • 223 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 224 Lenny Harris
  • 225 Milt Thompson
  • 226 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 227 Chris James
  • 228 Dan Gladden
  • 229 Jeff Blauser
  • 230 Mike Heath
  • 231 Omar Vizquel
  • 232 Doug Jones
  • 233 Jeff King
  • 234 Luis Rivera
  • 235 Ellis Burks
  • 236 Greg Cadaret
  • 237 Dave Martinez
  • 238 Mark Williamson
  • 239 Stan Javier
  • 240 Ozzie Smith
  • 241 Shawn Boskie
  • 242 Tom Gordon
  • 243 Tony Gwynn
  • 244 Tommy Gregg
  • 245 Jeff M. Robinson
  • 246 Keith Comstock
  • 247 Jack Howell
  • 248 Keith Miller
  • 249 Bobby Witt
  • 250 Rob Murphy
  • 251 Spike Owen
  • 252 Garry Templeton
  • 253 Glenn Braggs
  • 254 Ron Robinson
  • 255 Kevin Mitchell
  • 256 Les Lancaster
  • 257 Mel Stottlemyre
  • 258 Kenny Rogers
  • 259 Lance Johnson
  • 260 John Kruk
  • 261 Fred McGriff
  • 262 Dick Schofield
  • 263 Trevor Wilson
  • 264 Dave West
  • 265 Scott Scudder
  • 266 Dwight Gooden
  • 267 Willie Blair
  • 268 Mark Portugal
  • 269 Doug Drabek
  • 270 Dennis Eckersley
  • 271 Eric King
  • 272 Robin Yount
  • 273 Carney Lansford
  • 274 Carlos Baerga
  • 275 Dave Righetti
  • 276 Scott Fletcher
  • 277 Eric Yelding
  • 278 Charlie Hayes
  • 279 Jeff Ballard
  • 280 Orel Hershiser
  • 281 Jose Oquendo
  • 282 Mike Witt
  • 283 Mitch Webster
  • 284 Greg Gagne
  • 285 Greg Olson
  • 286 Tony Phillips
  • 287 Scott Bradley
  • 288 Cory Snyder
  • 289 Jay Bell
  • 290 Kevin Romine
  • 291 Jeff D. Robinson
  • 292 Steve Frey
  • 293 Craig Worthington
  • 294 Tim Crews
  • 295 Joe Magrane
  • 296 Hector Villanueva
  • 297 Terry Shumpert
  • 298 Joe Carter
  • 299 Kent Mercker
  • 300 Checklist CL 180-255
  • 301 Chet Lemon
  • 302 Mike Schooler
  • 303 Dante Bichette
  • 304 Kevin Elster
  • 305 Jeff Huson
  • 306 Greg A. Harris
  • 307 Marquis Grissom
  • 308 Calvin Schiraldi
  • 309 Mariano Duncan
  • 310 Bill Spiers
  • 311 Scott Garrelts
  • 312 Mitch Williams
  • 313 Mike Macfarlane
  • 314 Kevin Brown
  • 315 Robin Ventura
  • 316 Darren Daulton
  • 317 Pat Borders
  • 318 Mark Eichhorn
  • 319 Jeff Brantley
  • 320 Shane Mack
  • 321 Rob Dibble
  • 322 John Franco
  • 323 Junior Felix
  • 324 Casey Candaele
  • 325 Bobby Bonilla
  • 326 Dave Henderson
  • 327 Wayne Edwards
  • 328 Mark Knudson
  • 329 Terry Steinbach
  • 330 Colby Ward
  • 331 Oscar Azocar
  • 332 Scott Radinsky
  • 333 Eric Anthony
  • 334 Steve Lake
  • 335 Bob Melvin
  • 336 Kal Daniels
  • 337 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 338 Alan Mills
  • 339 Steve Olin
  • 340 Juan Berenguer
  • 341 Francisco Cabrera
  • 342 Dave Bergman
  • 343 Henry Cotto
  • 344 Sergio Valdez
  • 345 Bob Patterson
  • 346 John Marzano
  • 347 Dana Kiecker
  • 348 Dion James
  • 349 Hubie Brooks
  • 350 Bill Landrum
  • 351 Bill Sampen
  • 352 Greg Briley
  • 353 Paul Gibson
  • 354 Dave Eiland
  • 355 Steve Finley
  • 356 Bob Boone
  • 357 Steve Buechele
  • 358 Chris Hoiles
  • 359 Larry Walker
  • 360 Frank DiPino
  • 361 Mark Grant
  • 362 Dave Magadan
  • 363 Robby Thompson
  • 364 Lonnie Smith
  • 365 Steve Farr
  • 366 Dave Valle
  • 367 Tim Naehring
  • 368 Jim Acker
  • 369 Jeff Reardon
  • 370 Tim Teufel
  • 371 Juan Gonzalez
  • 372 Luis Salazar
  • 373 Rick Honeycutt
  • 374 Greg Maddux
  • 375 Jose Uribe
  • 376 Donnie Hill
  • 377 Don Carman
  • 378 Craig Grebeck
  • 379 Willie Fraser
  • 380 Glenallen Hill
  • 381 Joe Oliver
  • 382 Randy Bush
  • 383 Alex Cole
  • 384 Norm Charlton
  • 385 Gene Nelson
  • 386 Checklist CL 256-331

Series Two

MVPs

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  • 387 Rickey Henderson
  • 388 Lance Parrish
  • 389 Fred McGriff
  • 390 Dave Parker
  • 391 Candy Maldonado
  • 392 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 393 Gregg Olson
  • 394 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 395 Roger Clemens
  • 396 George Brett
  • 397 Cecil Fielder
  • 398 Brian Harper
  • 399 Bobby Thigpen
  • 400 Roberto Kelly
  • 401 Danny Darwin
  • 402 Dave Justice
  • 403 Lee Smith
  • 404 Ryne Sandberg
  • 405 Eddie Murray
  • 406 Tim Wallach
  • 407 Kevin Mitchell
  • 408 Darryl Strawberry
  • 409 Joe Carter
  • 410 Lenny Dykstra
  • 411 Doug Drabek
  • 412 Chris Sabo

Rated Rookies

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  • 413 Paul Marak RR
  • 414 Tim McIntosh RR
  • 415 Brian Barnes RR
  • 416 Eric Gunderson RR
  • 417 Mike Gardiner RR
  • 418 Steve Carter RR
  • 419 Gerald Alexander RR
  • 420 Rich Garces RR RC
  • 421 Chuck Knoblauch RR
  • 422 Scott Aldred RR
  • 423 Wes Chamberlain RR RC
  • 424 Lance Dickson RR RC
  • 425 Greg Colbrunn RR RC
  • 426 Rich DeLucia RR RR
  • 427 Jeff Conine RR RC
  • 428 Steve Decker RR RC
  • 429 Turner Ward RR RC
  • 430 Mo Vaughn RR
  • 431 Steve Chitren RR
  • 432 Mike Benjamin RR

National League All-Stars

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  • 433 Ryne Sandberg AS
  • 434 Lenny Dykstra AS
  • 435 Andre Dawson AS
  • 436 Mike Scioscia AS (White star by name)
  • 436 Mike Scioscia AS (Yellow star by name)
  • 437 Ozzie Smith AS
  • 438 Kevin Mitchell AS
  • 439 Jack Armstrong AS
  • 440 Chris Sabo AS
  • 441 Will Clark AS

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  • 442 Mel Hall
  • 443 Mark Gardner
  • 444 Mike Devereaux
  • 445 Kirk Gibson
  • 446 Terry Pendleton
  • 447 Mike Harkey
  • 448 Jim Eisenreich
  • 449 Benito Santiago
  • 450 Oddibe McDowell
  • 451 Cecil Fielder
  • 452 Ken Griffey, Sr.
  • 453 Bert Blyleven
  • 454 Howard Johnson
  • 455 Monty Fariss
  • 456 Tony Pena
  • 457 Tim Raines
  • 458 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 459 Luis Quinones
  • 460 B.J. Surhoff
  • 461 Ernest Riles
  • 462 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 463 Danny Tartabull
  • 464 Pete Incaviglia
  • 465 Carlos Martinez
  • 466 Ricky Jordan
  • 467 John Cerutti
  • 468 Dave Winfield
  • 469 Francisco Oliveras
  • 470 Roy Smith
  • 471 Barry Larkin
  • 472 Ron Darling
  • 473 David Wells
  • 474 Glenn Davis
  • 475 Neal Heaton
  • 476 Ron Hassey
  • 477 Frank Thomas
  • 478 Greg Vaughn
  • 479 Todd Burns
  • 480 Candy Maldonado
  • 481 Dave LaPoint
  • 482 Alvin Davis
  • 483 Mike Scott
  • 484 Dale Murphy
  • 485 Ben McDonald
  • 486 Jay Howell
  • 487 Vince Coleman
  • 488 Alfredo Griffin
  • 489 Sandy Alomar
  • 490 Kirby Puckett
  • 491 Andres Thomas
  • 492 Jack Morris
  • 493 Matt Young
  • 494 Greg Myers
  • 495 Barry Bonds
  • 496 Scott Cooper
  • 497 Dan Schatzeder
  • 498 Jesse Barfield
  • 499 Jerry Goff
  • 500 Checklist CL 332-408
  • 501 Anthony Telford RC
  • 502 Eddie Murray
  • 503 Omar Olivares
  • 504 Ryne Sandberg
  • 505 Jeff Montgomery
  • 506 Mark Parent
  • 507 Ron Gant
  • 508 Frank Tanana
  • 509 Jay Buhner
  • 510 Max Venable
  • 511 Wally Whitehurst
  • 512 Gary Pettis
  • 513 Tom Brunansky
  • 514 Tim Wallach
  • 515 Craig Lefferts
  • 516 Tim Layana
  • 517 Darryl Hamilton
  • 518 Rick Reuschel
  • 519 Steve Wilson
  • 520 Kurt Stillwell
  • 521 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 522 Ken Patterson
  • 523 Lenny Dykstra
  • 524 Tony Fernandez
  • 525 Kent Anderson
  • 526 Mark Leonard
  • 527 Allan Anderson
  • 528 Tom Browning
  • 529 Frank Viola
  • 530 John Olerud
  • 531 Juan Agosto
  • 532 Zane Smith
  • 533 Scott Sanderson
  • 534 Barry Jones
  • 535 Mike Felder
  • 536 Jose Canseco
  • 537 Felix Fermin
  • 538 Roberto Kelly
  • 539 Brian Holman
  • 540 Mark Davidson
  • 541 Terry Mulholland
  • 542 Randy Milligan
  • 543 Jose Gonzalez
  • 544 Craig Wilson RC
  • 545 Mike Hartley
  • 546 Greg Swindell
  • 547 Gary Gaetti
  • 548 Dave Justice
  • 549 Steve Searcy
  • 550 Erik Hanson
  • 551 Dave Stieb
  • 552 Andy Van Slyke
  • 553 Mike Greenwell
  • 554 Kevin Maas
  • 555 Delino DeShields
  • 556 Curt Schilling
  • 557 Ramon Martinez
  • 558 Pedro Guerrero
  • 559 Dwight Smith
  • 560 Mark Davis
  • 561 Shawn Abner
  • 562 Charlie Leibrandt
  • 563 John Shelby
  • 564 Bill Swift
  • 565 Mike Fetters
  • 566 Alejandro Pena
  • 567 Ruben Sierra
  • 568 Carlos Quintana
  • 569 Kevin Gross
  • 570 Derek Lilliquist
  • 571 Jack Armstrong
  • 572 Greg Brock
  • 573 Mike Kingery
  • 574 Greg Smith
  • 575 Brian McRae RC
  • 576 Jack Daugherty
  • 577 Ozzie Guillen
  • 578 Joe Boever
  • 579 Luis Sojo
  • 580 Chili Davis
  • 581 Don Robinson
  • 582 Brian Harper
  • 583 Paul O'Neill
  • 584 Bob Ojeda
  • 585 Mookie Wilson
  • 586 Rafael Ramirez
  • 587 Gary Redus
  • 588 Jamie Quirk
  • 589 Shawn Hillegas
  • 590 Tom Edens
  • 591 Joe Klink
  • 592 Charles Nagy
  • 593 Eric Plunk
  • 594 Tracy Jones
  • 595 Craig Biggio
  • 596 Jose DeJesus
  • 597 Mickey Tettleton
  • 598 Chris Gwynn
  • 599 Rex Hudler
  • 600 Checklist CL 409-506
  • 601 Jim Gott
  • 602 Jeff Manto
  • 603 Nelson Liriano
  • 604 Mark Lemke
  • 605 Clay Parker
  • 606 Edgar Martinez
  • 607 Mark Whiten
  • 608 Ted Power
  • 609 Tom Bolton
  • 610 Tom Herr
  • 611 Andy Hawkins
  • 612 Scott Ruskin
  • 613 Ron Kittle
  • 614 John Wetteland
  • 615 Mike Perez
  • 616 Dave Clark
  • 617 Brent Mayne
  • 618 Jack Clark
  • 619 Marvin Freeman
  • 620 Edwin Nunez
  • 621 Russ Swan
  • 622 Johnny Ray
  • 623 Charlie O'Brien
  • 624 Joe Bitker
  • 625 Mike Marshall
  • 626 Otis Nixon
  • 627 Andy Benes
  • 628 Ron Oester
  • 629 Ted Higuera
  • 630 Kevin Bass
  • 631 Damon Berryhill
  • 632 Bo Jackson
  • 633 Brad Arnsberg
  • 634 Jerry Willard
  • 635 Tommy Greene
  • 636 Bob MacDonald RC
  • 637 Kirk McCaskill
  • 638 John Burkett
  • 639 Paul Abbott
  • 640 Todd Benzinger
  • 641 Todd Hundley
  • 642 George Bell
  • 643 Javier Ortiz
  • 644 Sid Bream
  • 645 Bob Welch
  • 646 Phil Bradley
  • 647 Bill Krueger
  • 648 Rickey Henderson
  • 649 Kevin Wickander
  • 650 Steve Balboni
  • 651 Gene Harris
  • 652 Jim Deshaies
  • 653 Jason Grimsley
  • 654 Joe Orsulak
  • 655 Jim Poole
  • 656 Felix Jose
  • 657 Denis Cook
  • 658 Tom Brookens
  • 659 Junior Ortiz
  • 660 Jeff Parrett
  • 661 Jerry Don Gleaton
  • 662 Brent Knackert
  • 663 Rance Mulliniks
  • 664 John Smiley
  • 665 Larry Andersen
  • 666 Willie McGee
  • 667 Chris Nabholz
  • 668 Brady Anderson
  • 669 Darren Holmes
  • 670 Ken Hill
  • 671 Gary Varsho
  • 672 Bill Pecota
  • 673 Fred Lynn
  • 674 Kevin D. Brown
  • 675 Dan Petry
  • 676 Mike Jackson
  • 677 Wally Joyner
  • 678 Danny Jackson
  • 679 Bill Haselman
  • 680 Mike Boddicker
  • 681 Mel Rojas
  • 682 Roberto Alomar
  • 683 Dave Justice NL ROY
  • 684 Chuck Crim
  • 685 Matt Williams
  • 686 Shawon Dunston
  • 687 Jeff Schulz
  • 688 John Barfield
  • 689 Gerald Young
  • 690 Luis Gonzalez RC
  • 691 Frank Wills
  • 692 Chuck Finley
  • 693 Sandy Alomar, Jr. AL ROY
  • 694 Tim Drummond
  • 695 Herm Winningham
  • 696 Darryl Strawberry
  • 697 Al Leiter
  • 698 Karl Rhodes
  • 699 Stan Belinda
  • 700 Checklist CL 507-604
  • 701 Lance Blankenship
  • 702 Willie Stargell
  • 703 Jim Gantner
  • 704 Reggie Harris
  • 705 Rob Ducey
  • 706 Tim Hulett
  • 707 Charlie Haag
  • 708 Xavier Hernandez
  • 709 Chuck McElroy
  • 710 John Mitchell
  • 711 Carlos Hernandez
  • 712 Geronimo Pena
  • 713 Jim Neidlinger
  • 714 John Orton
  • 715 Terry Leach
  • 716 Mike Stanton
  • 717 Walt Terrell
  • 718 Luis Aquino
  • 719 Bud Black
  • 720 Bob Kipper
  • 721 Jeff Gray RC
  • 722 Jose Rijo
  • 723 Curt Young
  • 724 Jose Vizcaino
  • 725 Randy Tomlin RC
  • 726 Junior Noboa
  • 727 Bob Welch AL CY
  • 728 Gary Ward
  • 729 Rob Deer
  • 730 David Segui
  • 731 Mark Carreon
  • 732 Vicente Palacios
  • 733 Sam Horn
  • 734 Howard Farmer
  • 735 Ken Dayley
  • 736 Kelly Mann
  • 737 Joe Grahe RC
  • 738 Kelly Downs
  • 739 Jimmy Kremers
  • 740 Kevin Appier
  • 741 Jeff Reed
  • 742 Jose Rijo WS
  • 743 Dave Rohde
  • 744 Lenny Dykstra / Dale Murphy "Dr Dirt and Mr Clean"
  • 745 Paul Sorrento
  • 746 Thomas Howard
  • 747 Matt Stark RC UER ("Scolarship" misspelled)
  • 748 Harold Baines
  • 749 Doug Dascenzo
  • 750 Doug Drabek NL CY
  • 751 Gary Sheffield
  • 752 Terry Lee RC
  • 753 Jim Vatcher RC
  • 754 Lee Stevens
  • 755 Randy Veres
  • 756 Bill Doran
  • 757 Gary Wayne
  • 758 Pedro Munoz RC
  • 759 Chris Hammond
  • 760 Checklist CL 605-702
  • 761 Rickey Henderson AL MVP
  • 762 Barry Bonds NL MVP
  • 763 Billy Hatcher WS UER ("no on had ever ?")
  • 764 Julio Machado
  • 765 Jose Mesa
  • 766 Willie Randolph WS
  • 767 Scott Erickson RC
  • 768 Travis Fryman
  • 769 Rich Rodriguez RC
  • 770 Checklist CL 703-770 and BC11-BC22

Variations

INC./INC

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All 770 base cards, as well as the 22 Bonus Cards/Highlights insert cards have two variations: the regular version has a period at the end of "1990 LEAF, INC." on the back while the variation does not have this period at the end of "INC". This variation is not considered to be rare.

Stripes

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All 770 base cards that came out of factory sets had a different border stripe pattern than pack-issued cards. These variations are not considered to be rare.

Parallels

Super Diamond Kings

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For the seventh consecutive year, Donruss issued a parallel set featuring cards from the Diamond King subset on a 5" X 7" card. These Diamond Kings - both the subset and parallel - again featured the artwork of famed sports artist Dick Perez and was available through a postpaid mail-in offer detailed on 1991 Donruss packs ($14.00 and three wax wrappers were to be sent in directly to Donruss in exchange for the set).

Inserts

Bonus Cards

These 22 cards were randomly inserted in Donruss packs and appreciated outstanding player achievements of the previous season. These inserts featured the same design as the base cards but had a "Highlights" logo in the lower left of the card front. Cards 1-10 were inserted in Series One and cards 11-22 were in Series Two. The cards were produced in roughly the same quantity as any other base card, but were not included in factory sets. The sole existence of these cards was to eliminate empty spaces in the 132-card sheets (770 base cards + 22 Bonus Cards = 792 cards; 792 cards / 132-card sheets = 6 sheets) that were used to produce the pack version of the Donruss set, as factory sets were printed on a 56-card sheet.

Series One

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  • BC1 Mark Langston / Mike Witt
  • BC2 Randy Johnson
  • BC3 Nolan Ryan
  • BC4 Dave Stewart
  • BC5 Cecil Fielder
  • BC6 Carlton Fisk
  • BC7 Ryne Sandberg
  • BC8 Gary Carter
  • BC9 Mark McGwire
  • BC10 Bo Jackson

Series Two

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  • BC11 Fernando Valenzuela
  • BC12A Andy Hawkins
  • BC12B Andy Hawkins
  • BC13 Melido Perez
  • BC14 Terry Mulholland
  • BC15 Nolan Ryan
  • BC16 Delino DeShields
  • BC17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • BC18 Eddie Murray
  • BC19 George Brett
  • BC20 Bobby Thigpen
  • BC21 Dave Stieb
  • BC22 Willie McGee

Grand Slammers

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This 14-card set commemorated players who hit grand slams in the 1990 season. They were distributed in complete set form within factory sets and one per cello pack. Cards 1-7 were in Series One cellos, while cards 8-14 were in Series Two cellos.

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Note: All 14 factory set Grand Slammers had blue borders, but cards inserted into Series 2 cello packs had green borders.

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There are also multiple stripe variations of each Grand Slammers card, usually involving the cards in factory sets. This may have been because unlike the pack-inserted cards, the factory set cards were printed on a 56-card sheets. As with the Highlights inserts that were inserted into packs, Grand Slammers were used to fill out the remaining spaces in the 56-card sheet. These variations are not considered to be rare.

  • 1 Joe Carter
  • 2 Bobby Bonilla
  • 3 Kal Daniels
  • 4 Jose Canseco
  • 5 Barry Bonds
  • 6 Jay Buhner
  • 7 Cecil Fielder
  • 8 Matt Williams
  • 9 Andres Galarraga
  • 10 Luis Polonia
  • 11 Mark McGwire
  • 12 Ron Karkovice
  • 13 Darryl Strawberry
  • 14 Mike Greenwell

The Elite Series

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One of the landmark sets in Hobby history, The Elite Series were the first ever machine-stamped serial-numbered cards - allowing for verifiable proof of print runs - and arguably the impetus for the Insert Mania craze that changed the face of the Hobby in the early-90s. This inaugural release marked the beginning of an eight-year run of Elite inserts that became as synonymous with the Donruss brand as their Diamond Kings offering. The eight-card set featured the top players in the game at the time on cards with a bronze foil and marble border with a full-color player photo in the centered foreground.

Production was limited to a 10,000 serial-numbered cards for each card in the set, and all eight cards were inserted in both series of packs. By modern standards, this print run would be considered extremely large; however, when taken in the context of the estimated 3,000,000 copies of each base card produced and placed into packs, this amount was extremely small. Although the exact pack insertion odds were never publicly revealed, it has been estimated that the odds of finding a single Elite Series insert were about 1:75/boxes. Because of this genuine rarity, the 1991 Elite Series cards have maintained their value over the years, even with a print run exponentially larger than the print runs seen in the following decades. In fact, with so much 1991 Donruss wax still available, a good portion of those 10,000 cards have still yet to emerge from packs.

  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 George Brett
  • 3 Jose Canseco
  • 4 Andre Dawson
  • 5 Doug Drabek
  • 6 Cecil Fielder
  • 7 Rickey Henderson
  • 8 Matt Williams

The Legends Series

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This special Elite Series card honored Nolan Ryan. The Legends Series card featured the similar but darker and reddish-bronze, marble-foil border as The Elite Series, but with a Dick Perez drawing (instead of a player photo) in the center. This card was serial-numbered to 7500 copies, and available in both series.

  • Nolan Ryan LGD 7500

1991 Leaf Previews

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This 26-card set previewed the upcoming 1991 Leaf set. Cards resembled what the 1991 base set would look like on the front and back, but had the words "1991 PREVIEW CARD" watermarked in white on the back. Four Preview cards were inserted into specially marked 1991 Donruss Hobby factory sets.

  • 1 Dave Justice
  • 2 Ryne Sandberg
  • 3 Barry Larkin
  • 4 Craig Biggio
  • 5 Ramon Martinez
  • 6 Tim Wallach
  • 7 Dwight Gooden
  • 8 Lenny Dykstra
  • 9 Barry Bonds
  • 10 Ray Lankford
  • 11 Tony Gwynn
  • 12 Will Clark
  • 13 Leo Gomez
  • 14 Wade Boggs
  • 15 Chuck Finley
  • 16 Carlton Fisk
  • 17 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 18 Cecil Fielder
  • 19 Bo Jackson
  • 20 Paul Molitor
  • 21 Kirby Puckett
  • 22 Don Mattingly
  • 23 Rickey Henderson
  • 24 Tino Martinez
  • 25 Nolan Ryan
  • 26 Dave Stieb

1991 Studio Previews

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This 18-card set previewed the upcoming 1991 Studio set. Cards resembled what the 1991 base set would look like on the front and back; however, some players featured different photos and each card was sequentially numbered "X of 17" on the back. Four Preview cards were inserted into 1991 Donruss Retail factory sets. One of the cards included in each set was the unnumbered Title Card.

  • 1 Juan Bell
  • 2 Roger Clemens
  • 3 Dave Parker
  • 4 Tim Raines
  • 5 Kevin Seitzer
  • 6 Ted Higuera
  • 7 Bernie Williams
  • 8 Harold Baines
  • 9 Gary Pettis
  • 10 Dave Justice
  • 11 Eric Davis
  • 12 Andujar Cedeno
  • 13 Tom Foley
  • 14 Dwight Gooden
  • 15 Doug Drabek
  • 16 Steve Decker
  • 17 Joe Torre
  • NNO Title Card

Willie Stargell Puzzle

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This year's subject for the Donruss Puzzle was Willie Stargell. Due to licensing issues, each pack of 1991 Donruss Baseball was required to contain a three-piece panel of a 63-piece jigsaw puzzle. When assembled, the puzzle featured an original Dick Perez painting of Willie Stargell. The assembled puzzle appears on card #702 in the base set.

Additionally, there is a variation puzzle that has all puzzle pieces with a dot in front of the number. However, this variation is not considered to be rare.

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Autographs

Elite Signature Series

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As part of The Elite Series, Donruss also inserted an Elite Signature Series autographed card of Ryne Sandberg in all 1991 Donruss packs. Each card was serial-numbered to 5,000.

  • Ryne Sandberg AU 5000
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