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Description

The 2001 Donruss Elite set (the second baseball product issued by Donruss-Playoff) was released to The Hobby in May 2001. The all foil-board base set consists of 200 cards with the last 50 cards making up a rookie subset. Each rookie is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 part of the die-cut and autographed "Turn of the Century" parallel. Each 24-pack waxbox yielded one serial-numbered rookie, one Extra Edition exchange card, one serial-numbered parallel, three serial-numbered inserts, and two autographed/game used cards.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack. MSRP $3.99, Hobby only.

Reviews

http://web.archive.org/web/20020101215824/www.stalegum.com/coll/01delite.htm

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	150	-	?
Rookies	50	900	1:14
Elite Extra Edition	50	varies	1:14
Aspirations	200	varies	1:62
Status	200	varies	1:163
Turn of the Century	50	100	?
Passing the Torch	24	500 or 1000	?
Prime Numbers	30	varies	1:84
Prime Numbers Die-Cut	30	varies	1:821
Title Waves	30	varies	?
Title Waves Holo-Foil	30	100	?
Primary Colors Red	40	975	?
Primary Colors Red Die-Cut	40	25	?
Primary Colors Blue	40	200	?
Primary Colors Blue Die-Cut	40	50	?
Primary Colors Yellow	40	25	?
Primary Colors Yellow Die-Cut	40	75	?
Back 2 Back Jacks	45	varies	?
Back 2 Back Jacks Autographed	16	varies	?
Passing the Torch Autographed	25	50 or 100	?
Throwback Threads	45	varies	?
Throwback Threads Autographed	15	25 or 50	?

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: The base set checklist is identical to that of 2001 Donruss.

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Barry Bonds
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Chipper Jones
5 Derek Jeter
6 Troy Glaus
7 Frank Thomas
8 Greg Maddux
9 Ivan Rodriguez
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Jose Canseco
12 Todd Helton
13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
14 Manny Ramirez
15 Mark McGwire
16 Mike Piazza
17 Nomar Garciaparra
18 Pedro Martinez
19 Randy Johnson
20 Rick Ankiel
21 Rickey Henderson
22 Roger Clemens
23 Sammy Sosa
24 Tony Gwynn
25 Vladimir Guerrero
26 Eric Davis
27 Roberto Alomar
28 Mark Mulder
29 Pat Burrell
30 Harold Baines
31 Carlos Delgado
32 J.D. Drew
33 Jim Edmonds
34 Darin Erstad
35 Jason Giambi
36 Tom Glavine
37 Juan Gonzalez
38 Mark Grace
39 Shawn Green
40 Tim Hudson
41 Andruw Jones
42 Dave Justice
43 Jeff Kent
44 Barry Larkin
45 Pokey Reese
46 Mike Mussina
47 Hideo Nomo
48 Rafael Palmeiro
49 Adam Piatt
50 Scott Rolen
51 Gary Sheffield
52 Bernie Williams
53 Bob Abreu
54 Edgardo Alfonzo
55 Jermaine Clark RC
56 Albert Belle
57 Craig Biggio
58 Andres Galarraga
59 Edgar Martinez
60 Fred McGriff
61 Magglio Ordonez
62 Jim Thome
63 Matt Williams
64 Kerry Wood
65 Moises Alou
66 Brady Anderson
67 Garret Anderson
68 Tony Armas
69 Tony Batista
70 Jose Cruz
71 Carlos Beltran
72 Adrian Beltre
73 Kris Benson
74 Lance Berkman
75 Kevin Brown
76 Jay Buhner
77 Jeromy Burnitz
78 Ken Caminiti
79 Sean Casey
80 Luis Castillo
81 Eric Chavez
82 Jeff Cirillo
83 Bartolo Colon
84 David Cone
85 Freddy Garcia
86 Johnny Damon
87 Ray Durham
88 Jermaine Dye
89 Juan Encarnacion
90 Terrence Long
91 Carl Everett
92 Steve Finley
93 Cliff Floyd
94 Brad Fullmer
95 Brian Giles
96 Luis Gonzalez
97 Rusty Greer
98 Jeffrey Hammonds
99 Mike Hampton
100 Orlando Hernandez
101 Richard Hidalgo
102 Geoff Jenkins
103 Jacque Jones
104 Brian Jordan
105 Gabe Kapler
106 Eric Karros
107 Jason Kendall
108 Adam Kennedy
109 Byung-Hyun Kim
110 Ryan Klesko
111 Chuck Knoblauch
112 Paul Konerko
113 Carlos Lee
114 Kenny Lofton
115 Javy Lopez
116 Tino Martinez
117 Ruben Mateo
118 Kevin Millwood
119 Ben Molina
120 Raul Mondesi
121 Trot Nixon
122 John Olerud
123 Paul O'Neill
124 Chan Ho Park
125 Andy Pettitte
126 Jorge Posada
127 Mark Quinn
128 Aramis Ramirez
129 Mariano Rivera
130 Tim Salmon
131 Curt Schilling
132 Richie Sexson
133 John Smoltz
134 J.T. Snow
135 Jay Payton
136 Shannon Stewart
137 B.J. Surhoff
138 Mike Sweeney
139 Fernando Tatis
140 Miguel Tejada
141 Jason Varitek
142 Greg Vaughn
143 Mo Vaughn
144 Robin Ventura
145 Jose Vidro
146 Omar Vizquel
147 Larry Walker
148 David Wells
149 Rondell White
150 Preston Wilson

Rookies

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NOTE: Each card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 part of the "Turn of the Century" parallel. All cards are printed on matrix foil board. With the exception of eight players, the checklist is identical to that of the 2001 Donruss Rated Rookies.

151 Brent Abernathy
152 Cory Aldridge RC
153 Gene Altman RC*
154 Josh Beckett
155 Wilson Betemit RC
156 Albert Pujols RC
157 Joe Crede
158 Jack Cust
159 Ben Sheets
160 Alex Escobar
161 Adrian Hernandez RC
162 Pedro Feliz
163 Nate Frese RC*
164 Carlos Garcia RC*
165 Marcus Giles
166 Alexis Gomez RC
167 Jason Hart
168 Aubrey Huff
169 Cesar Izturis
170 Nick Johnson
171 Jack Wilson RC
172 Brian Lawrence RC
173 Christian Parker RC
174 Nick Maness RC*
175 Jose Mieses RC*
176 Greg Miller RC*
177 Eric Munson
178 Xavier Nady
179 Blaine Neal RC
180 Abraham Nunez
181 Jose Ortiz
182 Jeremy Owens RC*
183 Jay Gibbons RC
184 Corey Patterson
185 Carlos Pena
186 C.C. Sabathia
187 Timo Perez
188 Adam Pettyjohn RC
189 Donaldo Mendez RC
190 Jackson Melian RC*
191 Wilkin Ruan RC
192 Duaner Sanchez RC
193 Alfonso Soriano
194 Rafael Soriano RC
195 Ichiro Suzuki RC
196 Billy Sylvester RC*
197 Juan Uribe RC
198 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
199 Carlos Valderrama RC
200 Matt White RC*

Extra Edition

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The last 50 cards in the 2001 Donruss Elite base set (cards 201-250) were dubbed the "Extra Edition" and issued as exchange cards for unspecified rookies and prospects. The odds of finding an Extra Edition redemption card was 1:14/packs. Each exchange card had a number from 201-250 and cost $5.99 to redeem. As part of the program, the final checklist would not be revealed until after the November 1st, 2001 expiration date.

This program was not well received by collectors, and forced Donruss-Playoff to announce in late October a provisional checklist and to extend the deadline to January 20th, 2002. The checklist would be revised and the expiration date extended a second time.

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In April, 2002 Elite Extra Edition began fulfillment with Donruss-Playoff releasing final production figures. All cards that D-P sent out were serial-numbered "XXX/1000" on the front but were mailed out in random order, meaning that, for example, although Donruss-Playoff said that only 556 of Mark Prior's DEEE card were redeemed, some collectors received a Prior card with a serial-number greater than 556 -- which defeated the whole purpose of the serial-numbering.

In February 2002, Donruss-Playoff announced that all remaining cards were destroyed; however in ensuing years, future D-P baseball releases would have a fair number of 2001 DEEE "buybacks." In addition, a number of DEEE's without serial-numbers have emerged -- usually as "buyback" cards used as part of Donruss-Playoff's "Recollection Collection" program. You can draw your own conclusions on that.

NOTES:

Because of the "pay-for-redemption" nature of these cards, all cards that would have otherwise been considered true rookie cards, have been designated as "XRCs" by Beckett.
Each card is serial-numbered to 1000. The production figures listed below are what Donruss-Playoff announced were distributed. However, as explained above, these should be taken with a grain of salt.
A number of these cards without serial-numbers have emerged over the years.

201 Adam Dunn 468
202 Joe Kennedy XRC 465
203 Mike Rivera XRC 427
204 Erick Almonte XRC 401
205 Brandon Duckworth XRC 444
206 Victor Martinez XRC 410
207 Rick Bauer XRC 390
208 Jeff Deardorff XRC* 396
209 Antonio Perez XRC 448
210 Bill Hall XRC 404
211 Dennis Tankersley XRC 425
212 Jeremy Affeldt XRC 386
213 Junior Spivey XRC 377
214 Casey Fossum XRC 393
215 Brandon Lyon XRC 402
216 Angel Santos XRC 408
217 Cody Ransom XRC 404
218 Jason Lane XRC 424
219 David Williams XRC 408
220 Alex Herrera XRC 405
221 Ryan Drese XRC 378
222 Travis Hafner XRC 419
223 Bud Smith XRC 468
224 Johnny Estrada XRC 415
225 Ricardo Rodriguez XRC 428
226 Brandon Berger XRC 428
227 Claudio Vargas XRC 395
228 Luis Garcia XRC 438
229 Marlon Byrd XRC 452
230 Hee Seop Choi XRC 479
231 Corky Miller XRC 431
232 Justin Duchscherer XRC 423
233 Tim Spooneybarger XRC 423
234 Roy Oswalt 427
235 Willie Harris XRC 418
236 Josh Towers XRC 437
237 Juan A. Pena XRC* 400
238 Alfredo Amezaga XRC 420
239 Geronimo Gil XRC 396
240 Juan Cruz XRC 489
241 Ed Rogers XRC 429
242 Joe Thurston XRC 420
243 Orlando Hudson XRC 450
244 John Buck XRC 416
245 Martin Vargas XRC* 400
246 David Brous XRC* 399
247 Dewon Brazelton XRC 471
248 Mark Prior XRC 556
249 Angel Berroa XRC 420
250 Mark Teixeira XRC 543

Parallels

Status/Aspirations

Each player has an aggregate number of 100 Status/Aspirations cards. Each Status is serial-numbered to the player's uniform jersey number; while the Aspirations is numbered to 100 minus the jersey number.

Status

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NOTE: A number of Rookie subset Status cards without serial-numbers have emerged over the years.

1 Alex Rodriguez 3
2 Barry Bonds 35
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
4 Chipper Jones 10
5 Derek Jeter 2
6 Troy Glaus 25
7 Frank Thomas 35
8 Greg Maddux 31
9 Ivan Rodriguez 7
10 Jeff Bagwell 5
11 Jose Canseco 33
12 Todd Helton 17
13 Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
14 Manny Ramirez 24
15 Mark McGwire 25
16 Mike Piazza 31
17 Nomar Garciaparra 5
18 Pedro Martinez 45
19 Randy Johnson 51
20 Rick Ankiel 66
21 Rickey Henderson 24
22 Roger Clemens 22
23 Sammy Sosa 21
24 Tony Gwynn 19
25 Vladimir Guerrero 27
26 Eric Davis 22
27 Roberto Alomar 12
28 Mark Mulder 20
29 Pat Burrell 5
30 Harold Baines 3
31 Carlos Delgado 25
32 J.D. Drew 7
33 Jim Edmonds 15
34 Darin Erstad 17
35 Jason Giambi 16
36 Tom Glavine 47
37 Juan Gonzalez 22
38 Mark Grace 17
39 Shawn Green 15
40 Tim Hudson 15
41 Andruw Jones 25
42 Dave Justice 28
43 Jeff Kent 21
44 Barry Larkin 11
45 Pokey Reese 3
46 Mike Mussina 35
47 Hideo Nomo 23
48 Rafael Palmeiro 25
49 Adam Piatt 36
50 Scott Rolen 17
51 Gary Sheffield 10
52 Bernie Williams 51
53 Bob Abreu 53
54 Edgardo Alfonzo 13
55 Jermaine Clark 24
56 Albert Belle 88
57 Craig Biggio 7
58 Andres Galarraga 14
59 Edgar Martinez 11
60 Fred McGriff 29
61 Magglio Ordonez 30
62 Jim Thome 25
63 Matt Williams 9
64 Kerry Wood 34
65 Moises Alou 18
66 Brady Anderson 9
67 Garret Anderson 16
68 Tony Armas 36
69 Tony Batista 7
70 Jose Cruz 23
71 Carlos Beltran 15
72 Adrian Beltre 29
73 Kris Benson 34
74 Lance Berkman 17
75 Kevin Brown 27
76 Jay Buhner 19
77 Jeromy Burnitz 20
78 Ken Caminiti 11
79 Sean Casey 21
80 Luis Castillo 1
81 Eric Chavez 3
82 Jeff Cirillo 7
83 Bartolo Colon 40
84 David Cone 36
85 Freddy Garcia 34
86 Johnny Damon 8
87 Ray Durham 5
88 Jermaine Dye 24
89 Juan Encarnacion 34
90 Terrence Long 12
91 Carl Everett 2
92 Steve Finley 12
93 Cliff Floyd 30
94 Brad Fullmer 20
95 Brian Giles 24
96 Luis Gonzalez 20
97 Rusty Greer 29
98 Jeffrey Hammonds 4
99 Mike Hampton 32
100 Orlando Hernandez 26
101 Richard Hidalgo 15
102 Geoff Jenkins 5
103 Jacque Jones 11
104 Brian Jordan 33
105 Gabe Kapler 18
106 Eric Karros 23
107 Jason Kendall 18
108 Adam Kennedy 2
109 Byung-Hyun Kim 49
110 Ryan Klesko 30
111 Chuck Knoblauch 11
112 Paul Konerko 14
113 Carlos Lee 45
114 Kenny Lofton 7
115 Javy Lopez 8
116 Tino Martinez 24
117 Ruben Mateo 21
118 Kevin Millwood 34
119 Ben Molina 1
120 Raul Mondesi 43
121 Trot Nixon 7
122 John Olerud 5
123 Paul O'Neill 21
124 Chan Ho Park 61
125 Andy Pettitte 46
126 Jorge Posada 20
127 Mark Quinn 14
128 Aramis Ramirez 16
129 Mariano Rivera 42
130 Tim Salmon 15
131 Curt Schilling 38
132 Richie Sexson 11
133 John Smoltz 29
134 J.T. Snow 6
135 Jay Payton 44
136 Shannon Stewart 24
137 B.J. Surhoff 15
138 Mike Sweeney 19
139 Fernando Tatis 22
140 Miguel Tejada 4
141 Jason Varitek 33
142 Greg Vaughn 23
143 Mo Vaughn 42
144 Robin Ventura 4
145 Jose Vidro 3
146 Omar Vizquel 13
147 Larry Walker 33
148 David Wells 33
149 Rondell White 22
150 Preston Wilson 44
151 Brent Abernathy 33
152 Cory Aldridge 65
153 Gene Altman 64
154 Josh Beckett 61
155 Wilson Betemit 60
156 Albert Pujols 68
157 Joe Crede 24
158 Jack Cust 61
159 Ben Sheets 22
160 Alex Escobar 25
161 Adrian Hernandez 65
162 Pedro Feliz 39
163 Nate Frese 56
164 Carlos Garcia 64
165 Marcus Giles 67
166 Alexis Gomez 4
167 Jason Hart 37
168 Aubrey Huff 19
169 Cesar Izturis 3
170 Nick Johnson 63
171 Jack Wilson 12
172 Brian Lawrence 50
173 Christian Parker 71
174 Nick Maness 61
175 Jose Mieses 57
176 Greg Miller 65
177 Eric Munson 20
178 Xavier Nady 22
179 Blaine Neal 70
180 Abraham Nunez 65
181 Jose Ortiz 2
182 Jeremy Owens 61
183 Jay Gibbons 83
184 Corey Patterson 20
185 Carlos Pena 15
186 C.C. Sabathia 52
187 Timo Perez 6
188 Adam Pettyjohn 74
189 Donaldo Mendez 17
190 Jackson Melian 78
191 Wilkin Ruan 63
192 Duaner Sanchez 66
193 Alfonso Soriano 53
194 Rafael Soriano 62
195 Ichiro Suzuki 51
196 Billy Sylvester 66
197 Juan Uribe 4
198 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 5
199 Carlos Valderrama 53
200 Matt White 21

Aspirations

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1 Alex Rodriguez 97
2 Barry Bonds 75
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. 92
4 Chipper Jones 90
5 Derek Jeter 98
6 Troy Glaus 75
7 Frank Thomas 65
8 Greg Maddux 69
9 Ivan Rodriguez 93
10 Jeff Bagwell 95
11 Jose Canseco 67
12 Todd Helton 83
13 Ken Griffey, Jr. 70
14 Manny Ramirez 76
15 Mark McGwire 75
16 Mike Piazza 69
17 Nomar Garciaparra 95
18 Pedro Martinez 55
19 Randy Johnson 49
20 Rick Ankiel 34
21 Rickey Henderson 76
22 Roger Clemens 78
23 Sammy Sosa 79
24 Tony Gwynn 81
25 Vladimir Guerrero 73
26 Eric Davis 78
27 Roberto Alomar 88
28 Mark Mulder 80
29 Pat Burrell 95
30 Harold Baines 97
31 Carlos Delgado 75
32 J.D. Drew 93
33 Jim Edmonds 85
34 Darin Erstad 83
35 Jason Giambi 84
36 Tom Glavine 53
37 Juan Gonzalez 78
38 Mark Grace 83
39 Shawn Green 85
40 Tim Hudson 85
41 Andruw Jones 75
42 Dave Justice 72
43 Jeff Kent 79
44 Barry Larkin 89
45 Pokey Reese 97
46 Mike Mussina 65
47 Hideo Nomo 77
48 Rafael Palmeiro 75
49 Adam Piatt 64
50 Scott Rolen 83
51 Gary Sheffield 90
52 Bernie Williams 49
53 Bob Abreu 47
54 Edgardo Alfonzo 87
55 Jermaine Clark 76
56 Albert Belle 12
57 Craig Biggio 93
58 Andres Galarraga 86
59 Edgar Martinez 89
60 Fred McGriff 71
61 Magglio Ordonez 70
62 Jim Thome 75
63 Matt Williams 91
64 Kerry Wood 66
65 Moises Alou 82
66 Brady Anderson 91
67 Garret Anderson 84
68 Tony Armas 64
69 Tony Batista 93
70 Jose Cruz 77
71 Carlos Beltran 85
72 Adrian Beltre 71
73 Kris Benson 66
74 Lance Berkman 83
75 Kevin Brown 73
76 Jay Buhner 81
77 Jeromy Burnitz 80
78 Ken Caminiti 89
79 Sean Casey 79
80 Luis Castillo 99
81 Eric Chavez 97
82 Jeff Cirillo 93
83 Bartolo Colon 60
84 David Cone 64
85 Freddy Garcia 66
86 Johnny Damon 92
87 Ray Durham 95
88 Jermaine Dye 76
89 Juan Encarnacion 66
90 Terrence Long 88
91 Carl Everett 98
92 Steve Finley 88
93 Cliff Floyd 70
94 Brad Fullmer 80
95 Brian Giles 76
96 Luis Gonzalez 80
97 Rusty Greer 71
98 Jeffrey Hammonds 96
99 Mike Hampton 68
100 Orlando Hernandez 74
101 Richard Hidalgo 85
102 Geoff Jenkins 95
103 Jacque Jones 89
104 Brian Jordan 67
105 Gabe Kapler 82
106 Eric Karros 77
107 Jason Kendall 82
108 Adam Kennedy 98
109 Byung-Hyun Kim 51
110 Ryan Klesko 70
111 Chuck Knoblauch 89
112 Paul Konerko 86
113 Carlos Lee 55
114 Kenny Lofton 93
115 Javy Lopez 92
116 Tino Martinez 76
117 Ruben Mateo 79
118 Kevin Millwood 66
119 Ben Molina 99
120 Raul Mondesi 57
121 Trot Nixon 93
122 John Olerud 95
123 Paul O'Neill 79
124 Chan Ho Park 39
125 Andy Pettitte 54
126 Jorge Posada 80
127 Mark Quinn 86
128 Aramis Ramirez 84
129 Mariano Rivera 58
130 Tim Salmon 85
131 Curt Schilling 62
132 Richie Sexson 89
133 John Smoltz 71
134 J.T. Snow 94
135 Jay Payton 56
136 Shannon Stewart 76
137 B.J. Surhoff 85
138 Mike Sweeney 81
139 Fernando Tatis 78
140 Miguel Tejada 96
141 Jason Varitek 67
142 Greg Vaughn 77
143 Mo Vaughn 58
144 Robin Ventura 96
145 Jose Vidro 97
146 Omar Vizquel 87
147 Larry Walker 67
148 David Wells 67
149 Rondell White 78
150 Preston Wilson 56
151 Brent Abernathy 97
152 Cory Aldridge 35
153 Gene Altman 36
154 Josh Beckett 39
155 Wilson Betemit 40
156 Albert Pujols 32
157 Joe Crede 76
158 Jack Cust 39
159 Ben Sheets 78
160 Alex Escobar 75
161 Adrian Hernandez 35
162 Pedro Feliz 61
163 Nate Frese 44
164 Carlos Garcia 36
165 Marcus Giles 33
166 Alexis Gomez 96
167 Jason Hart 63
168 Aubrey Huff 81
169 Cesar Izturis 97
170 Nick Johnson 37
171 Jack Wilson 88
172 Brian Lawrence 50
173 Christian Parker 29
174 Nick Maness 39
175 Jose Mieses 43
176 Greg Miller 35
177 Eric Munson 80
178 Xavier Nady 78
179 Blaine Neal 30
180 Abraham Nunez 35
181 Jose Ortiz 98
182 Jeremy Owens 39
183 Jay Gibbons 17
184 Corey Patterson 80
185 Carlos Pena 85
186 C.C. Sabathia 48
187 Timo Perez 94
188 Adam Pettyjohn 26
189 Donaldo Mendez 83
190 Jackson Melian 22
191 Wilkin Ruan 37
192 Duaner Sanchez 34
193 Alfonso Soriano 47
194 Rafael Soriano 38
195 Ichiro Suzuki 49
196 Billy Sylvester 34
197 Juan Uribe 96
198 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 95
199 Carlos Valderrama 47
200 Matt White 79

Turn of the Century

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The first 100 serial-numbered copies of the 50-card rookie subset (cards 151-200) are die-cut and (for 48 of the 50 cards) autographed (on-card) by the player. Many players, including Albert Pujols, did not return their cards in time for inclusion in the product and therefore were available as redemptions (all of which expired May 1st, 2003). Cards 195 and 198 (Ichiro and Tsuyoshi Shinjo, respectively) were issued without autographs, as both players were under an exclusive autograph contract to Upper Deck.

Chicago Collection

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Collectors attending the March 2002 Chicago Sun-Times Show who opened a sealed Hobby box of 2001 Donruss Elite Baseball at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth, would receive a "Chicago Collection" card. Chicago Collection parallels the first 150 cards of the base set. Each is embossed with the show's logo and is serial-numbered to five.

Inserts

Passing the Torch

This 24-card set features legendary players and up-and-coming phenoms printed on gold holographic foil board. The first sixteen cards in the set have a single player and are serial-numbered to 1000 copies. The remainder of the set pairs-up two of the sixteen players onto eight dual-player cards. Each of these are serial-numbered to 500.

PT-1 Stan Musial
PT-2 Tony Gwynn
PT-3 Willie Mays
PT-4 Barry Bonds
PT-5 Mike Schmidt
PT-6 Scott Rolen
PT-7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
PT-8 Alex Rodriguez
PT-9 Hank Aaron
PT-10 Andruw Jones
PT-11 Nolan Ryan
PT-12 Pedro Martinez
PT-13 Wade Boggs
PT-14 Nomar Garciaparra
PT-15 Don Mattingly
PT-16 Todd Helton
PT-17 Stan Musial / Tony Gwynn
PT-18 Willie Mays / Barry Bonds
PT-19 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen
PT-20 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
PT-21 Hank Aaron / Andruw Jones
PT-22 Nolan Ryan / Pedro Martinez
PT-23 Wade Boggs / Nomar Garciaparra
PT-24 Don Mattingly / Todd Helton

Primary Colors

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Each card in this 40-card set is serial-numbered to 975 copies and also available in the following parallels

Die-Cut (numbered to 25)
Blue (numbered to 200)
Blue Die-Cut (numbered to 50)
Yellow (numbered to 25)
Yellow Die-Cut (numbered to 75)

PC-1 Alex Rodriguez
PC-2 Barry Bonds
PC-3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
PC-4 Chipper Jones
PC-5 Derek Jeter
PC-6 Troy Glaus
PC-7 Frank Thomas
PC-8 Greg Maddux
PC-9 Ivan Rodriguez
PC-10 Jeff Bagwell
PC-11 Todd Helton
PC-12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
PC-13 Manny Ramirez
PC-14 Mark McGwire
PC-15 Mike Piazza
PC-16 Nomar Garciaparra
PC-17 Pedro Martinez
PC-18 Randy Johnson
PC-19 Rick Ankiel
PC-20 Roger Clemens
PC-21 Sammy Sosa
PC-22 Tony Gwynn
PC-23 Vladimir Guerrero
PC-24 Carlos Delgado
PC-25 Jason Giambi
PC-26 Andruw Jones
PC-27 Bernie Williams
PC-28 Roberto Alomar
PC-29 Shawn Green
PC-30 Barry Larkin
PC-31 Scott Rolen
PC-32 Gary Sheffield
PC-33 Rafael Palmeiro
PC-34 Albert Belle
PC-35 Magglio Ordonez
PC-36 Jim Thome
PC-37 Jim Edmonds
PC-38 Darin Erstad
PC-39 Kris Benson
PC-40 Sean Casey

Prime Numbers

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This 30-card set features three different cards of ten selected players, all commemorating a player's statistical achievement. Each card is serial-numbered, with card "A" numbered the hundreds place multiplied by 100, card "B" numbered to the tens place multiplied by ten, and card "C" serial-numbered to the ones place. Each card is also available in a die-cut parallel (see below)

PN-1A Alex Rodriguez 300
PN-1B Alex Rodriguez 50
PN-1C Alex Rodriguez 8
PN-2A Ken Griffey, Jr. 400
PN-2B Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
PN-2C Ken Griffey, Jr. 8
PN-3A Mark McGwire 500
PN-3B Mark McGwire 50
PN-3C Mark McGwire 4
PN-4A Cal Ripken, Jr. 400
PN-4B Cal Ripken, Jr. 10
PN-4C Cal Ripken, Jr. 7
PN-5A Derek Jeter 300
PN-5B Derek Jeter 20
PN-5C Derek Jeter 2
PN-6A Mike Piazza 300
PN-6B Mike Piazza 60
PN-6C Mike Piazza 2
PN-7A Nomar Garciaparra 300
PN-7B Nomar Garciaparra 70
PN-7C Nomar Garciaparra 2
PN-8A Sammy Sosa 300
PN-8B Sammy Sosa 80
PN-8C Sammy Sosa 6
PN-9A Vladimir Guerrero 300
PN-9B Vladimir Guerrero 40
PN-9C Vladimir Guerrero 5
PN-10A Tony Gwynn 300
PN-10B Tony Gwynn 90
PN-10C Tony Gwynn 4

Die-Cuts

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Each Die-Cut parallel is serial-numbered to the player's statistic minus the production of his base insert, so that the aggregate production of both the Die-Cut and non Die-Cut card equal the statistic being commemorated.

NOTE: Whereas the non die-cut cards are silver foil stamped, Die-Cuts are gold foil stamped on both sides.

PN-1A Alex Rodriguez 58
PN-1B Alex Rodriguez 308
PN-1C Alex Rodriguez 350
PN-2A Ken Griffey, Jr. 38
PN-2B Ken Griffey, Jr. 408
PN-2C Ken Griffey, Jr. 430
PN-3A Mark McGwire 54
PN-3B Mark McGwire 504
PN-3C Mark McGwire 550
PN-4A Cal Ripken, Jr. 17
PN-4B Cal Ripken, Jr. 407
PN-4C Cal Ripken, Jr. 410
PN-5A Derek Jeter 22
PN-5B Derek Jeter 302
PN-5C Derek Jeter 320
PN-6A Mike Piazza 62
PN-6B Mike Piazza 302
PN-6C Mike Piazza 360
PN-7A Nomar Garciaparra 72
PN-7B Nomar Garciaparra 302
PN-7C Nomar Garciaparra 370
PN-8A Sammy Sosa 86
PN-8B Sammy Sosa 306
PN-8C Sammy Sosa 380
PN-9A Vladimir Guerrero 45
PN-9B Vladimir Guerrero 305
PN-9C Vladimir Guerrero 340
PN-10A Tony Gwynn 94
PN-10B Tony Gwynn 304
PN-10C Tony Gwynn 390

Title Waves

Randomly inserted in packs, this 30-card set features the game's most decorated performers highlighted in five different title-winning categories. Each is serial-numbered to the year they won the title with the first 100 copies printed on holographic foil.

TW1 Tony Gwynn 1994
TW2 Todd Helton 2000
TW3 Nomar Garciaparra 2000
TW4 Frank Thomas 1997
TW5 Alex Rodriguez 1996
TW6 Jeff Bagwell 1994
TW7 Mark McGwire 1998
TW8 Sammy Sosa 2000
TW9 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1997
TW10 Albert Belle 1995
TW11 Barry Bonds 1993
TW12 Jose Canseco 1991
TW13 Manny Ramirez 1999
TW14 Sammy Sosa 1998
TW15 Andres Galarraga 1996
TW16 Todd Helton 2000
TW17 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1997
TW18 Jeff Bagwell 1994
TW19 Mike Piazza 1995
TW20 Alex Rodriguez 1995
TW21 Jason Giambi 2000
TW22 Ivan Rodriguez 1999
TW23 Greg Maddux 1997
TW24 Pedro Martinez 1994
TW25 Derek Jeter 2000
TW26 Bernie Williams 1998
TW27 Roger Clemens 1999
TW28 Chipper Jones 1995
TW29 Mark McGwire 1990
TW30 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1983

Game-Used

Back 2 Back Jacks

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This double-sided 45-card set features one or two players with game-used bat pieces embedded in the cards. Each is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

NOTE: The following cards packed out as redemptions which expired May 1st, 2003: #BB5, BB24, BB33, and BB42.

BB1 Ernie Banks 75
BB2 Ryne Sandberg 75
BB3 Babe Ruth 100
BB4 Lou Gehrig 100
BB5 Eddie Mathews 100
BB6 Troy Glaus 50
BB7 Don Mattingly 50
BB8 Todd Helton 100
BB9 Wade Boggs 100
BB10 Tony Gwynn 100
BB11 Robin Yount 100
BB12 Paul Molitor 50
BB13 Mike Schmidt 50
BB14 Scott Rolen 75
BB15 Reggie Jackson 100
BB16 Dave Winfield 100
BB17 Johnny Bench 50
BB18 Joe Morgan 100
BB19 Brooks Robinson 50
BB20 Cal Ripken, Jr. 100
BB21 Ty Cobb 100
BB22 Al Kaline 50
BB23 Frank Robinson 50
BB24 Frank Thomas 100
BB25 Roberto Clemente 100
BB26 Vladimir Guerrero 50
BB27 Harmon Killebrew 50
BB28 Kirby Puckett 100
BB29 Yogi Berra 75
BB30 Phil Rizzuto 75
BB31 Ernie Banks / Ryne Sandberg 50
BB32 Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig 50
BB33 Eddie Mathews / Troy Glaus 50
BB34 Don Mattingly / Todd Helton 50
BB35 Wade Boggs / Tony Gwynn 50
BB36 Robin Yount / Paul Molitor 50
BB37 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen 50
BB38 Reggie Jackson / Dave Winfield 50
BB39 Johnny Bench / Joe Morgan 50
BB40 Brooks Robinson / Cal Ripken 50
BB41 Ty Cobb / Al Kaline 50
BB42 Frank Robinson / Frank Thomas 50
BB43 Roberto Clemente / Vladimir Guerrero 50
BB44 Harmon Killebrew / Kirby Puckett 50
BB45 Yogi Berra / Phil Rizzuto 25

Throwback Threads

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Similar to the Back 2 Back Jacks, this 45-card set features past and present greats with swatches of game-worn jerseys displayed on the cards. Each is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

NOTE: The following cards packed out as redemption cards which expired May 1st, 2003: #TT15, TT16, TT17, TT22, TT26, TT38, TT39, TT41, and TT43.

TT1 Stan Musial 75
TT2 Tony Gwynn 75
TT3 Willie McCovey 100
TT4 Barry Bonds 100
TT5 Babe Ruth 100
TT6 Lou Gehrig 100
TT7 Mike Schmidt 75
TT8 Scott Rolen 100
TT9 Harmon Killebrew 75
TT10 Kirby Puckett 100
TT11 Al Kaline 75
TT12 Eddie Mathews 100
TT13 Hank Aaron 75
TT14 Andruw Jones 50
TT15 Lou Brock EXCH 100
TT16 Ozzie Smith EXCH 100
TT17 Ernie Banks EXCH 75
TT18 Ryne Sandberg 100
TT19 Roberto Clemente 100
TT20 Vladimir Guerrero 50
TT21 Frank Robinson 50
TT22 Frank Thomas EXCH 50
TT23 Brooks Robinson 50
TT24 Cal Ripken, Jr. 100
TT25 Roger Clemens 100
TT26 Pedro Martinez EXCH 100
TT27 Reggie Jackson 100
TT28 Dave Winfield 100
TT29 Don Mattingly 50
TT30 Todd Helton 100
TT31 Stan Musial / Tony Gwynn 25
TT32 Willie McCovey / Barry Bonds 50
TT33 Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig 50
TT34 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen 25
TT35 Harmon Killebrew / Kirby Puckett 50
TT36 Al Kaline / Eddie Mathews 50
TT37 Hank Aaron / Andruw Jones 50
TT38 Lou Brock / Ozzie Smith EXCH 50
TT39 Ernie Banks / Ryne Sandberg EXCH 25
TT40 Roberto Clemente / Vladimir Guerrero 50
TT41 Frank Robinson / Frank Thomas EXCH 50
TT42 Brooks Robinson / Cal Ripken 50
TT43 Roger Clemens / Pedro Martinez EXCH 50
TT44 Reggie Jackson / Dave Winfield 50
TT45 Don Mattingly / Todd Helton 50

Autographs

Elite Extra Edition Autographs

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These certified autograph cards were made available as a compensation by Donruss-Playoff to collectors for autograph exchange cards that the manufacturer was unable to fulfill in the 2001 season. Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies, and are embossed with an "ELITE LEGACY" stamp.

Unlike most Donruss-Playoff autograph cards from 2001, the athletes signed the actual card rather than signing a sticker (of which was then affixed to the card at a later date). The cards first started to appear on the secondary market in April 2002.

234 Roy Oswalt
238 Alfredo Amezaga
241 Ed Rogers

Passing the Torch Autographed

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This 24-card set is a full autographed parallel of the regular Passing the Torch set. Whereas the base version has a yellow/gold color scheme, the autographs are red/pink. Cards with single players are serial-numbered to 100 while those with dual players were numbered to 50. Like all autographs in this product, each card is embossed with a 2001 Donruss Elite stamp for authenticity.

Nearly all of these cards were not available in time for insertion and packed out as exchange cards which expired May 1st, 2003. Wade Boggs, Todd Helton, Stan Musial and Nolan Ryan were the only players to return their cards in time.

The redemptions for cards #PT-23 and #PT-24 and some of card #PT-22 were accidentally labelled as part of the 2001 Donruss Elite Football product. In addition, redemptions for card #PT-22 were available for both baseball and football. "#PT-22 baseball" was fulfilled with the Nolan Ryan/Pedro Martinez card listed below; while "#PT-22 football" was redeemed with one of the Nolan Ryan/Roger Clemens cards.

PT-1 Stan Musial 100
PT-2 Tony Gwynn EXCH 100
PT-3 Willie Mays EXCH 100
PT-4 Barry Bonds EXCH 100
PT-5 Mike Schmidt EXCH 100
PT-6 Scott Rolen EXCH 100
PT-7 Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH 100
PT-8 Alex Rodriguez EXCH 100
PT-9 Hank Aaron EXCH 100
PT-10 Andruw Jones EXCH 100
PT-11 Nolan Ryan 100
PT-12 Pedro Martinez EXCH 100
PT-13 Wade Boggs 100
PT-14 Nomar Garciaparra EXCH 100
PT-15 Don Mattingly EXCH 100
PT-16 Todd Helton 100
PT-17 Stan Musial / Tony Gwynn EXCH 50
PT-18 Willie Mays / Barry Bonds EXCH 50
PT-19 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen EXCH 50
PT-20 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez EXCH 50
PT-21 Hank Aaron / Andruw Jones EXCH 50
PT-22 Nolan Ryan / Pedro Martinez EXCH 50

Football Exchange

Like most Passing the Torch Autographs, these four cards packed out as redemptions; however, the exchange cards were erroneously labelled as coming from the 2001 Donruss Elite Football set. The four cards listed below were produced to fulfill these "football" redemptions.

Three different card #PT-22s exist. One is a Nolan Ryan/Pedro Martinez dual autograph that packed out as a baseball redemption (see above). The other two #PT-22s were "football" redemptions. One pictures Nolan Ryan on the front and Roger Clemens on the back, while on the other Clemens is up front and Ryan is on the reverse. Both cards are serial-numbered to 50 copies; however it is unclear if this is the aggregate production for both Clemens/Ryan cards, or if 50 copies of both cards were produced. The Ryan(front)/Clemens(back) is sequentially-numbered "22FB-l" while the Clemens(front)/Ryan(back) is numbered "22FB-n".

Roger Clemens was not featured in the non-autographed Passing the Torch insert set, and it's believed that Clemens was commissioned by Donruss-Playoff to fulfill these football redemptions.

The redemption cards for #PT-23 and #PT-24 were also mistakenly labelled as football cards; however, unlike with card #PT-22, no "baseball" exchange coupons exist. All PT-23 and PT-24 "football" exchange cards were fulfilled by cards #PT-23 and #PT-24, respectively.

22FB-l Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens FB EXCH 50
22FB-n Roger Clemens / Nolan Ryan FB EXCH 50
PT-23 Wade Boggs / Nomar Garciaparra FB EXCH 50
PT-24 Don Mattingly / Todd Helton FB EXCH 50

Autographed Game-Used

Autographed Back 2 Back Jacks

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This sixteen-card set is an autographed partial-parallel of the regular insert set. Almost every card in the set packed out as an exchange card with a redemption deadline of May 1st, 2003. Only Johnny Bench, Al Kaline and Harmon Killebrew signed cards in time to be seeded directly into packs.

BB1 Ernie Banks 25
BB2 Ryne Sandberg 25
BB6 Troy Glaus 50
BB7 Don Mattingly 50
BB12 Paul Molitor 50
BB13 Mike Schmidt 50
BB14 Scott Rolen 25
BB17 Johnny Bench 50
BB19 Brooks Robinson 50
BB22 Al Kaline 50
BB23 Frank Robinson 50
BB26 Vladimir Guerrero 50
BB27 Harmon Killebrew 50
BB29 Yogi Berra 25
BB30 Phil Rizzuto 25
BB45 Yogi Berra / Phil Rizzuto 25

Throwback Threads Autographs

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This fifteen-card set is an autographed partial-parallel of the regular insert set. Exchange cards with a May 1st, 2003 redemption deadline were seeded into packs for almost the entire set. Only Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew and Stan Musial managed to return their cards in time for packout. As with the Passing the Torch Autographs, redemption cards #TT21 and #TT22 are mistakenly listed as coming from the 2001 Donruss Elite Football set. The quantity for Ernie Banks signed cards was never revealed by the manufacturer.

TT1 Stan Musial 25
TT2 Tony Gwynn EXCH 25
TT7 Mike Schmidt EXCH 25
TT9 Harmon Killebrew 25
TT11 Al Kaline 25
TT13 Hank Aaron EXCH 25
TT14 Andruw Jones EXCH 50
TT17 Ernie Banks EXCH 25
TT20 Vladimir Guerrero EXCH 50
TT21 Frank Robinson EXCH 50
TT22 Frank Thomas EXCH 50
TT23 Brooks Robinson EXCH 50
TT29 Don Mattingly EXCH 50
TT31 Stan Musial / Tony Gwynn EXCH 25
TT34 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen EXCH 25
TT39 Ernie Banks / Ryne Sandberg EXCH 25

Donruss/Panini Elite
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Donruss-Playoff Era: 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Panini America Era: 2015 Panini Elite

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