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=Description=
=Description=


1995 Donruss was a 550 card set featuring 330 cards in Series One and 220 cards in Series Two.  This was the smallest Donruss base set to date.  Donruss continued as a premium-level brand and produced borderless base cards with action player photos and a second, smaller color player photo inside a home plate shape, surrounded by team colored borders in the lower left corner.  The player nameplate is small and stamped in silver foil and is rather difficult to read.  Inserts in this year's product featured more innovations (e.g., die-cutting, acetate, colored transparency film, holographic foil, and detailed background designs) than in all previous product years combined, evidencing the evolution of the brand that seemingly kept with the changing collector demands of the time.  
1995 Donruss was a 550-card set released in two series of 330 and 220 cards - the smallest Donruss base set to that point.  Donruss continued as a premium-level brand and produced a borderless design coupled with a home plate-shaped inset photo in the card's lower left corner.  The player nameplate is small and etched in silver foil and is rather difficult to read.  Inserts were more innovative (e.g., die-cutting, acetate, colored transparency film, holographic foil, and detailed background designs), keeping the Donruss brand relevant in an era of evolving collector tastes.  


Prior to the release of Series One, Donruss announced that only 17,500 cases (Hobby wax, retail wax, Jumbos, and Magazine Distributor packs) would be produced, the same as [[1994 Donruss|the previous year's product]].  However, as evidenced by the reduction of the second series base set's size by a third, and adjustments in the stated insertion ratios, Series Two's production run may have been reduced by as much as 15 percent.
Prior to the release of Series One, Donruss announced that only 17,500 cases (Hobby wax, retail wax, Jumbos, and Magazine Distributor packs) would be produced, the same as [[1994 Donruss|the previous year's product]].  However, as evidenced by the reduction of the second series base set's size by a third, and adjustments in the stated insertion ratios, Series Two's production run may have been reduced by as much as 15 percent.
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=Distribution=
=Distribution=


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


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


=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
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|Diamond Kings||14||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
|Diamond Kings||14||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
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|Elite||6||10,000||1:210||1:210||1:120||1:180
|Elite Series||6||10,000||1:210||1:210||1:120||1:180
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|American League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
|American League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
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|Diamond Kings||15||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
|Diamond Kings||15||-||1:10||1:10||1:9||1:10
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|Elite||6||10,000||1:180||1:180||1:120||1:180
|Elite Series||6||10,000||1:180||1:180||1:120||1:180
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|-
|National League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
|National League All-Stars||9||-||N/A||N/A||1:8||N/A
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===Series Two===
===Series Two===


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==Parallels==
==Parallels==


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


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


==Inserts==
==Inserts==
===Diamond Kings===
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Diamond Kings were again a feature insert set that honored a recognizable player from each of the 28 MLB teams through an artistic rendition by the famed Dick Perez.  (Perez, as has been tradition, appears on card the set's checklist card.)  Continuing with the precedent set the [[1994_Donruss#Diamond_Kings|previous year]], this year's set featured a new overall design that utilized multi-colored abstract shapes.  "Diamond Kings" is stamped in gold foil at the top of the card's front.  Cards DK1-DK14 were randomly inserted into Series One packs, while cards DK15-DK29 were in Series Two packs.
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===The Elite Series===
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The fifth edition of Donruss' notable insert set which highlighted the top players in the game continued with a 12-card set split evenly across the two series.  This year's rendition remarkably featured intricate, silver holographic, die-cut borders surrounding a silver marble inner border surrounding the player photo.  Each Elite Series card was serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially-numbered as a continuation of the set that began in [[1991 Donruss#Elite|1991]].  The first 9900 copies of cards 49-54 were inserted into Series One packs, and cards 55-60 were in Series Two.   
Randomly inserted into all Series Two boxes were 100 "Hot Packs" that contained a full set of all twelve Elite Series inserts -- each with matching serial numbers.
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===All-Stars===
===All-Stars===
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This 18-card set featured the starting lineups for the previous year's All-Star Game and was exclusive to Jumbo packs.  Each card featured gray backgrounds with a white outline of the player's respective League logo and colored foil stamping over the "All-Star" text.  American League players were in Series One Jumbo packs, while National League players were in Series Two Jumbo packs.
This 18-card set featured the starting lineups for the previous year's All-Star Game and was exclusive to Jumbo packs.  Each card featured gray backgrounds with a white outline of the player's respective League logo and colored foil stamping over the "All-Star" text.  American League players were in Series One Jumbo packs, while National League players were in Series Two Jumbo packs.
Due to the relative scarcity of Jumbo packs, All-Stars was one of the tougher insert sets of the era.


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===Long Ball Leaders===
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This 8-card set honored the players that hit the longest home runs in the 1994 season on a dark-gray holographic foil background with home run details (i.e., date hit, stadium, pitcher, etc.) in large, differing directional white text.  This insert was exclusive to Series One Hobby packs.
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This 6-card, dual-sided set recognized top home run hitting counterparts in the game against an orange background with a mid-1900s Air Force bomber and foil-stamped bomb symbols indicating the number of home runs the player hit in the previous season.  This insert was exclusive to Series Two retail and Magazine packs.
This six-card, dual-sided set recognized top home run hitting counterparts in the game against an orange background with a mid-1900s Air Force bomber and foil-stamped bomb symbols indicating the number of home runs the player hit in the previous season.  This insert was exclusive to Series One retail and Magazine packs.


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6 Joe Carter / Kevin Mitchell
6 Joe Carter / Kevin Mitchell


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


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This 9-card set highlighted the top 3 players by position from each League on a silver-gray and black acetate card that was translucent and had a full silver-foil finish on the back.  Similar to the [[1995 Finest]] set, each card had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series 2 Hobby packs.
This nine-card set highlighted Donruss' picks for the top three players at each position.  Each card is printed on a metallic acetate card that was translucent and had a full silver-foil finish on the back.  Similar to the [[1995 Finest]] set, each card had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs.
 
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1 Greg Maddux / David Cone / Mike Mussina
1 Greg Maddux / David Cone / Mike Mussina
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9 Tony Gwynn / Kirby Puckett / Paul O'Neill
9 Tony Gwynn / Kirby Puckett / Paul O'Neill
===Elite Series===
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The fifth edition of Donruss' notable insert set continued with 12 cards split evenly across the two series.  This year's rendition featured intricate, silver holographic, die-cut borders with a marble inner border surrounding the player photo.  Each Elite Series card was serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially-numbered as a continuation of the set that began in [[1991 Donruss#Elite|1991]], picking up from where the [[1994 Donruss|1994]] set left off.  The first 9900 copies of cards 49-54 were inserted into Series One packs, and cards 55-60 were in Series Two.   


Randomly inserted into all Series Two boxes were 100 "Hot Packs" that contained a full set of all twelve Elite Series inserts -- each with matching serial numbers.
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===Long Ball Leaders===
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This eight-card set honored the players that hit the longest home runs in the 1994 season on a dark-gray holographic foil background with home run details (i.e., date hit, stadium, pitcher, etc.) in large, differing directional white text.  This insert was exclusive to Series One Hobby packs.
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===Mound Marvels===
===Mound Marvels===


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This 8-card set highlighted the top pitchers in the game on a silver-gray acetate card that featured a circular, transparent mirror film portion that displayed a colored player portrait projection when held up to a light source.  Seemingly a "sister" set to the [[1995_Donruss#Dominators|Dominators]], each Mound Marvels card also had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series 2 Retail packs.
This eight-card set highlighted the top pitchers in the game on a metallic acetate card that featured a circular, transparent mirror film portion that displayed a colored player portrait projection when held up to a light source.  Seemingly a "sister" set to the Dominators (see above), each Mound Marvels card also had a removable peel with a "REMOVE PROTECTIVE FILM" sticker covering a significant portion of the card front.  These were exclusive to Series Two Retail packs.


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[[Category:1995]]
[[Category:1995]]
[[Category:Donruss]]
[[Category:Donruss]]

Latest revision as of 17:49, 12 June 2023

Description

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

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

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

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

Distribution

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

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

Insertion Ratios

Series One

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

Series Two

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

Checklist

Promos

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

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Dave Justice
  • 2 Rene Arocha
  • 3 Sandy Alomar
  • 4 Luis Lopez
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Bobby Jones
  • 7 Damion Easley
  • 8 Barry Bonds
  • 9 Mike Mussina
  • 10 Kevin Seitzer
  • 11 John Smiley
  • 12 William VanLandingham
  • 13 Ron Darling
  • 14 Walt Weiss
  • 15 Mike Lansing
  • 16 Allen Watson
  • 17 Aaron Sele
  • 18 Randy Johnson
  • 19 Dean Palmer
  • 20 Jeff Bagwell
  • 21 Curt Schilling
  • 22 Darrell Whitmore
  • 23 Steve Trachsel
  • 24 Dan Wilson
  • 25 Steve Finley
  • 26 Bret Boone
  • 27 Charles Johnson
  • 28 Mike Stanton
  • 29 Ismael Valdes
  • 30 Salomon Torres
  • 31 Eric Anthony
  • 32 Spike Owen
  • 33 Joey Cora
  • 34 Robert Eenhoorn
  • 35 Rick White
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  • 37 Carlos Delgado
  • 38 Eddie Williams
  • 39 Shawon Dunston
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  • 55 Don Mattingly
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  • 58 Jose Mesa
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  • 63 Tino Martinez
  • 64 Ed Zambrano
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  • 68 Jose Valentin
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  • 71 Delino DeShields
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  • 78 Jimmy Key
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  • 81 Darren Hall
  • 82 Travis Fryman
  • 83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 84 Geronimo Berroa
  • 85 Bret Barberie
  • 86 Andy Ashby
  • 87 Steve Avery
  • 88 Rich Becker
  • 89 John Valentin
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  • 91 Carlos Garcia
  • 92 Dennis Martinez
  • 93 Pat Kelly
  • 94 Orlando Miller
  • 95 Felix Jose
  • 96 Mike Kingery
  • 97 Jeff Kent
  • 98 Pete Incaviglia
  • 99 Chad Curtis
  • 100 Thomas Howard
  • 101 Hector Carrasco
  • 102 Tom Pagnozzi
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  • 107 Roger Salkeld
  • 108 Jeff King
  • 109 Cecil Fielder
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  • 113 Rod Beck
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  • 115 Joey Eischen
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  • 119 Pete Harnisch
  • 120 David Nied
  • 121 Pat Rapp
  • 122 Sammy Sosa
  • 123 Steve Reed
  • 124 Jose Oliva
  • 125 Ricky Bottalico
  • 126 Jose DeLeon
  • 127 Pat Hentgen
  • 128 Will Clark
  • 129 Mark Dewey
  • 130 Greg Vaughn
  • 131 Darren Dreifort
  • 132 Ed Sprague
  • 133 Lee Smith
  • 134 Charles Nagy
  • 135 Phil Plantier
  • 136 Jason Jacome
  • 137 Jose Lima
  • 138 J.R. Phillips
  • 139 J.T. Snow
  • 140 Michael Huff
  • 141 Billy Brewer
  • 142 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 143 Ricky Bones
  • 144 Carlos Rodriguez
  • 145 Luis Gonzalez
  • 146 Mark Lemke
  • 147 Al Martin
  • 148 Mike Bordick
  • 149 Robb Nen
  • 150 Wil Cordero
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  • 152 Gerald Williams
  • 153 Esteban Beltre
  • 154 Mike Moore
  • 155 Mark Langston
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  • 157 Bobby Ayala
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  • 159 Bobby Munoz
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  • 161 Scott Erickson
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  • 165 Norberto Martin
  • 166 Javy Lopez
  • 167 Brian McRae
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  • 169 Marcus Moore
  • 170 John Hudek
  • 171 Kelly Stinnett
  • 172 Chris Gomez
  • 173 Rey Sanchez
  • 174 Juan Guzman
  • 175 Chan Ho Park
  • 176 Terry Shumpert
  • 177 Steve Ontiveros
  • 178 Brad Ausmus
  • 179 Tim Davis
  • 180 Billy Ashley
  • 181 Vinny Castilla
  • 182 Bill Spiers
  • 183 Randy Knorr
  • 184 Brian L. Hunter
  • 185 Pat Meares
  • 186 Steve Buechele
  • 187 Kirt Manwaring
  • 188 Tim Naehring
  • 189 Matt Mieske
  • 190 Josias Manzanillo
  • 191 Greg McMichael
  • 192 Chuck Carr
  • 193 Midre Cummings
  • 194 Darryl Strawberry
  • 195 Greg Gagne
  • 196 Steve Cooke
  • 197 Woody Williams
  • 198 Ron Karkovice
  • 199 Phil Leftwich
  • 200 Jim Thome
  • 201 Brady Anderson
  • 202 Pedro A. Martinez
  • 203 Steve Karsay
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  • 205 Bill Risley
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  • 208 Tim Scott
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  • 219 Chad Kreuter
  • 220 Checklist - Don Mattingly
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  • 229 Joe Hesketh
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  • 236 Ryan Bowen
  • 237 Wayne Kirby
  • 238 Brent Mayne
  • 239 Jim Bullinger
  • 240 Mike Lieberthal
  • 241 Barry Larkin
  • 242 David Segui
  • 243 Jose Bautista
  • 244 Hector Fajardo
  • 245 Orel Hershiser
  • 246 James Mouton
  • 247 Scott Leius
  • 248 Tom Glavine
  • 249 Danny Bautista
  • 250 Jose Mercedes
  • 251 Marquis Grissom
  • 252 Charlie Hayes
  • 253 Ryan Klesko
  • 254 Vicente Palacios
  • 255 Matias Carrillo
  • 256 Gary DiSarcina
  • 257 Kirk Gibson
  • 258 Garey Ingram
  • 259 Alex Fernandez
  • 260 John Mabry
  • 261 Chris Howard
  • 262 Miguel Jimenez
  • 263 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 264 Albert Belle
  • 265 Dave Clark
  • 266 Joe Orsulak
  • 267 Joey Hamilton
  • 268 Mark Portugal
  • 269 Kevin Tapani
  • 270 Sid Fernandez
  • 271 Steve Dreyer
  • 272 Denny Hocking
  • 273 Troy O'Leary
  • 274 Milt Cuyler
  • 275 Frank Thomas
  • 276 Jorge Fabregas
  • 277 Mike Gallego
  • 278 Mickey Morandini
  • 279 Roberto Hernandez
  • 280 Henry Rodriguez
  • 281 Garret Anderson
  • 282 Bob Wickman
  • 283 Gar Finnvold
  • 284 Paul O'Neill
  • 285 Royce Clayton
  • 286 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 287 Johnny Ruffin
  • 288 Dave Nilsson
  • 289 David Cone
  • 290 Chuck McElroy
  • 291 Kevin Stocker
  • 292 Jose Rijo
  • 293 Sean Berry
  • 294 Ozzie Guillen
  • 295 Chris Hoiles
  • 296 Kevin Foster
  • 297 Jeff Frye
  • 298 Lance Johnson
  • 299 Mike Kelly
  • 300 Ellis Burks
  • 301 Roberto Kelly
  • 302 Dante Bichette
  • 303 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 304 Alex Cole
  • 305 Rickey Henderson
  • 306 David Weathers
  • 307 Shane Reynolds
  • 308 Bobby Bonilla
  • 309 Junior Felix
  • 310 Jeff Fassero
  • 311 Darren Lewis
  • 312 John Doherty
  • 313 Scott Servais
  • 314 Rick Helling
  • 315 Pedro Martinez
  • 316 Wes Chamberlain
  • 317 Bryan Eversgerd
  • 318 Trevor Hoffman
  • 319 John Patterson
  • 320 Matt Walbeck
  • 321 Jeff Montgomery
  • 322 Mel Rojas
  • 323 Eddie Taubensee
  • 324
  • 325 Jose Vizcaino
  • 326 Carlos Baerga
  • 327 Jack Voigt
  • 328 Julio Franco
  • 329 Brent Gates
  • 330 Checklist - Kirby Puckett

Series Two

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

Parallels

Press Proof

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

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

Inserts

All-Stars

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

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

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

Bomb Squad

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


1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Matt Williams

2 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell

3 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle

4 Jose Canseco / Fred McGriff

5 Cecil Fielder / Andres Galarraga

6 Joe Carter / Kevin Mitchell

Diamond Kings

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

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

Dominators

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


1 Greg Maddux / David Cone / Mike Mussina

2 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez / Darren Daulton

3 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell / Fred McGriff

4 Roberto Alomar / Carlos Baerga / Craig Biggio

5 Robin Ventura / Travis Fryman / Matt Williams

6 Cal Ripken / Barry Larkin / Wilfredo Cordero

7 Barry Bonds / Moises Alou / Albert Belle

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

9 Tony Gwynn / Kirby Puckett / Paul O'Neill

Elite Series

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

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

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

Long Ball Leaders

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

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

Mound Marvels

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

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