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Descrpition

Everything you need to know about 2004 Donruss -- and part of the reason why, as of January 1, 2006, they will no longer be in the baseball card business -- is this: They forgot the D-Train.

Now, you would think that a trading card company that has it's office, just blocks away from a baseball stadium would include the previous year's National League Rookie of the Year in it's flagship card set. A no-brainer, right? But no. Dontrelle Willis is nowhere to be seen in '04 Donruss. Such an omission must beg the question: Does anybody at Donruss-Playoff know anything about baseball? To answer this question, we must take a closer look at Donruss-Playoff's previous eforts.

Donruss: The Playoff Years

Playoff gained their MLB and MLBPA licenses in early 2001 and released the much anticipated 2001 Donruss Baseball set, just in time for that season's opening day. The result was one of the worst baseball card sets ever produced.

The reason for this was that 2001 Donruss wasn't really a "Donruss" set. In their haste to "pop a big number in the Beckett" with their first ever original baseball product, Playoff produced a set that bore absolutely no resemblance to the great Donruss sets of the 80s and 90s. 2001 Donruss took about every dumb idea concocted by every two-bit marketing "genius" and rolled them all into one steaming pile of cardboard crap. Even three years later '01 Donruss is the single worst baseball card product ever -- and that's saying a lot.

Things began to look up later in '01 when it was announced that Doug Goddard and the rest of the Pinnacle Brands refugees responsible for 2001 Donruss (and other equally dreadful '01 Playoff baseball brands), quit/were fired from their positions in Donruss' product development team. Unfortunately, the 2002 Donruss set was too far along in the pipeline to completely salvage. The result: Another lousy "Donruss" set.

To be fair, '02 Donruss was a bit of an improvement over the '01 edition. Which is to say, if having two of your fingernails ripped out with a pair of pliers is an improvement over having all five ripped out. Much, but not all, of the extreme gimmickry of 2001 Donruss (the BGS chipptopper, the "pack-in-a-pack," the serial numbered "rookies") was removed. But the set still suffered from the inclusion of 50 short-printed (but not serial numbered) "rookies" and 20 SPed "Fan Club" cards.

As 2002 wore on, it appeared that Playoff was finally getting their act together. They released a number of decent products like Diamond Kings, Donruss Originals, and Donruss The Rookies. All of which led to 2003 Donruss, a set that, while it still wasn't what I would call a true "Donruss" set, was a drastic improvement over their previous efforts. At 400 cards, it was still a couple of hundred cards smaller than the Donruss sets of the 80s and 90s. But without any SPs, 2003 Donruss was, unlike the '01 and '02 versions, a set you could actually collect. A novel concept, I know. Like I said, it was an improvement, but far from perfect. The problem I had with 2003 Donruss was that they pushed up the release date up from March '03 to December of '02. By releasing a single series set that early, there was no way possible to include the scores of players who changed teams via trades or free agency. Granted, this isn't a problem that is unique to Donruss. But '03 Donruss would have been better, a lot better, if they had followed it up with a second series. 2004

Which leads us to 2004 Donruss. On the surface, it appears to be similar to the 2003 edition. All similarities end though, when you open the pack. You see, Playoff went back to short-printing base set this year, but you wouldn't know it by looking on the wrapper. Or by looking on the display box. Or on the press releases. Or at the dealer brochures. Or anywhere else. It isn't until after you open up your box that you'll discover that the 25 Diamond Kings, 45 Rated Rookies and 30 Team Checklists are, in fact, short-printed. Let's set aside the fact that, once again, they unnecessarily short-printed the base set. What irks me is that they SPed the base set, and never bothered to tell. This kind of "bait-and-switch" marketing is absolutely unconscionable. How "Pinnacle" of Playoff.

The rest of the 2004 "Don**" (I refuse to recognize this set as a legitimate "Donruss" set), follows the same kind of contrived scarcity and gimmickry that Playoff has been shoving down The Hobby's collective throat the last couple of releases. Case in point the 20 card "Power Alley" inserts: In addition to the regular PAs, or "Power Alley Red" as Playoff calls them, there are Power Alley Red Die-Cut, Blue, Blue Die-Cut, Purple, Purple Die-Cut, Yellow, Yellow Die-Cut, Green, Green Die-Cut and Black. Do we really have to have 11 different versions of what is, essentially, the same card? Seriously, do we? All of the rest of the non-parallel inserts have some sort of "parallel" element, which I guess is supposed to add some sort of "value." Whatever.

I'm not even going to waste any more time and effort reviewing this steaming pile. 2004 Don** sucks and is not worth your time, money and effort. This set proves that the current Playoff baseball product development team have absolutely no clue as to what they're doing, and that any previous baseball card collecting experience is not a prerequisite to employment with Playoff.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Derek Jeter DK
2 Greg Maddux DK
3 Albert Pujols DK
4 Ichiro DK
5 Alex Rodriguez DK
6 Roger Clemens DK
7 Andruw Jones DK
8 Barry Bonds DK
9 Jeff Bagwell DK
10 Randy Johnson DK
11 Scott Rolen DK
12 Lance Berkman DK
13 Barry Zito DK
14 Manny Ramirez DK
15 Carlos Delgado DK
16 Alfonso Soriano DK
17 Todd Helton DK
18 Mike Mussina DK
19 Austin Kearns DK
20 Nomar Garciaparra DK
21 Chipper Jones DK
22 Mark Prior DK
23 Jim Thome DK
24 Vladimir Guerrero DK
25 Pedro Martinez DK
26 Sergio Mitre RR
27 Adam Loewen RR
28 Alfredo Gonzalez RR
29 Miguel Ojeda RR
30 Rosman Garcia RR
31 Arnie Munoz RR
32 Andrew Brown RR
33 Josh Hall RR
34 Josh Stewart RR
35 Clint Barmes RR
36 Brandon Webb RR
37 Chien-Ming Wang RR
38 Edgar Gonzalez RR
39 Alejandro Machado RR
40 Jeremy Griffiths RR
41 Craig Brazell RR
42 Daniel Cabrera RR
43 Fernando Cabrera RR
44 Terrmel Sledge RR
45 Rob Hammock RR
46 Francisco Rosario RR
47 Francisco Cruceta RR
48 Rett Johnson RR
49 Guillermo Quiroz RR
50 Hong-Chih Kuo RR
51 Ian Ferguson RR
52 Tim Olson RR
53 Todd Wellemeyer RR
54 Rich Fischer RR
55 Phil Seibel RR
56 Joe Valentine RR
57 Matt Kata RR
58 Michael Hessman RR
59 Michel Hernandez RR
60 Doug Waechter RR
61 Prentice Redman RR
62 Nook Logan RR
63 Oscar Villarreal RR
64 Pete LaForest RR
65 Matt Bruback RR
66 Dan Haren RR
67 Greg Aquino RR
68 Lew Ford RR
69 Jeff Duncan RR
70 Ryan Wagner RR
71 Bengie Molina
72 Brad Fullmer
73 Darin Erstad
74 David Eckstein
75 Garret Anderson
76 Jarrod Washburn
77 Kevin Appier
78 Scott Spiezio
79 Tim Salmon
80 Troy Glaus
81 Troy Percival
82 Jason Johnson
83 Jay Gibbons
84 Melvin Mora
85 Sidney Ponson
86 Tony Batista
87 Bill Mueller
88 Byung-Hyun Kim
89 David Ortiz
90 Derek Lowe
91 Johnny Damon
92 Casey Fossum
93 Manny Ramirez
94 Nomar Garciaparra
95 Pedro Martinez
96 Todd Walker
97 Trot Nixon
98 Bartolo Colon
99 Carlos Lee
100 D'Angelo Jimenez
101 Esteban Loaiza
102 Frank Thomas
103 Joe Crede
104 Jose Valentin
105 Magglio Ordonez
106 Mark Buehrle
107 Paul Konerko
108 Brandon Phillips
109 C.C Sabathia
110 Ellis Burks
111 Jeremy Guthrie
112 Josh Bard
113 Matt Lawton
114 Milton Bradley
115 Omar Vizquel
116 Travis Hafner
117 Bobby Higginson
118 Carlos Pena
119 Dmitri Young
120 Eric Munson
121 Jeremy Bonderman
122 Nate Cornejo
123 Omar Infante
124 Ramon Santiago
125 Angel Berroa
126 Carlos Beltran
127 Desi Relaford
128 Jeremy Affeldt
129 Joe Randa
130 Ken Harvey
131 Mike MacDougal
132 Michael Tucker
133 Mike Sweeney
134 Raul Ibanez
135 Runelvys Hernandez
136 A.J. Pierzynski
137 Brad Radke
138 Corey Koskie
139 Cristian Guzman
140 Doug Mientkiewicz
141 Dustan Mohr
142 Jacque Jones
143 Kenny Rogers
144 Bobby Kielty
145 Kyle Lohse
146 Luis Rivas
147 Torii Hunter
148 Alfonso Soriano
149 Andy Pettitte
150 Bernie Williams
151 David Wells
152 Derek Jeter
153 Hideki Matsui
154 Jason Giambi
155 Jorge Posada
156 Jose Contreras
157 Mike Mussina
158 Nick Johnson
159 Robin Ventura
160 Roger Clemens
161 Barry Zito
162 Chris Singleton
163 Eric Byrnes
164 Eric Chavez
165 Erubiel Durazo
166 Keith Foulke
167 Mark Ellis
168 Miguel Tejada
169 Mark Mulder
170 Ramon Hernandez
171 Ted Lilly
172 Terrence Long
173 Tim Hudson
174 Bret Boone
175 Carlos Guillen
176 Dan Wilson
177 Edgar Martinez
178 Freddy Garcia
179 Gil Meche
180 Ichiro Suzuki
181 Jamie Moyer
182 Joel Pineiro
183 John Olerud
184 Mike Cameron
185 Randy Winn
186 Ryan Franklin
187 Kazuhiro Sasaki
188 Aubrey Huff
189 Carl Crawford
190 Joe Kennedy
191 Marlon Anderson
192 Rey Ordonez
193 Rocco Baldelli
194 Toby Hall
195 Travis Lee
196 Alex Rodriguez
197 Carl Everett
198 Chan Ho Park
199 Einar Diaz
200 Hank Blalock
201 Ismael Valdes
202 Juan Gonzalez
203 Mark Teixeira
204 Mike Young
205 Rafael Palmeiro
206 Carlos Delgado
207 Kelvim Escobar
208 Eric Hinske
209 Frank Catalanotto
210 Josh Phelps
211 Orlando Hudson
212 Roy Halladay
213 Shannon Stewart
214 Vernon Wells
215 Carlos Baerga
216 Curt Schilling
217 Junior Spivey
218 Luis Gonzalez
219 Lyle Overbay
220 Mark Grace
221 Matt Williams
222 Randy Johnson
223 Shea Hillenbrand
224 Steve Finley
225 Andruw Jones
226 Chipper Jones
227 Gary Sheffield
228 Greg Maddux
229 Javy Lopez
230 John Smoltz
231 Marcus Giles
232 Mike Hampton
233 Rafael Furcal
234 Robert Fick
235 Russ Ortiz
236 Alex Gonzalez
237 Carlos Zambrano
238 Corey Patterson
239 Hee Seop Choi
240 Kerry Wood
241 Mark Bellhorn
242 Mark Prior
243 Moises Alou
244 Sammy Sosa
245 Aaron Boone
246 Adam Dunn
247 Austin Kearns
248 Barry Larkin
249 Felipe Lopez
250 Jose Guillen
251 Ken Griffey, Jr.
252 Jason LaRue
253 Scott Williamson
254 Sean Casey
255 Shawn Chacon
256 Chris Stynes
257 Jason Jennings
258 Jay Payton
259 Jose Hernandez
260 Larry Walker
261 Preston Wilson
262 Ronnie Belliard
263 Todd Helton
264 A.J. Burnett
265 Alex Gonzalez
266 Brad Penny
267 Derrek Lee
268 Ivan Rodriguez
269 Josh Beckett
270 Juan Encarnacion
271 Juan Pierre
272 Luis Castillo
273 Mike Lowell
274 Todd Hollandsworth
275 Billy Wagner
276 Brad Ausmus
277 Craig Biggio
278 Jeff Bagwell
279 Jeff Kent
280 Lance Berkman
281 Richard Hidalgo
282 Roy Oswalt
283 Wade Miller
284 Adrian Beltre
285 Brian Jordan
286 Cesar Izturis
287 Dave Roberts
288 Eric Gagne
289 Fred McGriff
290 Hideo Nomo
291 Kazuhisa Ishii
292 Kevin Brown
293 Paul Lo Duca
294 Shawn Green
295 Ben Sheets
296 Geoff Jenkins
297 Rey Sanchez
298 Richie Sexson
299 Wes Helms
300 Brad Wilkerson
301 Claudio Vargas
302 Endy Chavez
303 Fernando Tatis
304 Javier Vazquez
305 Jose Vidro
306 Michael Barrett
307 Orlando Cabrera
308 Tony Armas
309 Vladimir Guerrero
310 Zach Day
311 Al Leiter
312 Cliff Floyd
313 Jae Weong Seo
314 Jeromy Burnitz
315 Mike Piazza
316 Mo Vaughn
317 Roberto Alomar
318 Roger Cedeno
319 Tom Glavine
320 Jose Reyes
321 Bobby Abreu
322 Brett Myers
323 David Bell
324 Jim Thome
325 Jimmy Rollins
326 Kevin Millwood
327 Marlon Byrd
328 Mike Lieberthal
329 Pat Burrell
330 Randy Wolf
331 Aramis Ramirez
332 Brian Giles
333 Jason Kendall
334 Kenny Lofton
335 Kip Wells
336 Kris Benson
337 Randall Simon
338 Reggie Sanders
339 Albert Pujols
340 Edgar Renteria
341 Fernando Vina
342 J.D. Drew
343 Jim Edmonds
344 Matt Morris
345 Mike Matheny
346 Scott Rolen
347 Tino Martinez
348 Woody Williams
349 Brian Lawrence
350 Mark Kotsay
351 Mark Loretta
352 Ramon Vazquez
353 Rondell White
354 Ryan Klesko
355 Sean Burroughs
356 Trevor Hoffman
357 Xavier Nady
358 Andres Galarraga
359 Barry Bonds
360 Benito Santiago
361 Deivi Cruz
362 Edgardo Alfonzo
363 J.T. Snow
364 Jason Schmidt
365 Kirk Rueter
366 Kurt Ainsworth
367 Marquis Grissom
368 Ray Durham
369 Rich Aurilia
370 Tim Worrell
371 Troy Glaus TC
372 Melvin Mora TC
373 Nomar Garciaparra TC
374 Magglio Ordonez TC
375 Omar Vizquel TC
376 Dmitri Young TC
377 Mike Sweeney TC
378 Torii Hunter TC
379 Derek Jeter TC
380 Barry Zito TC
381 Ichiro TC
382 Rocco Baldelli TC
383 Alex Rodriguez TC
384 Carlos Delgado TC
385 Randy Johnson TC
386 Greg Maddux TC
387 Sammy Sosa TC
388 Ken Griffey, Jr. TC
389 Todd Helton TC
390 Ivan Rodriguez TC
391 Jeff Bagwell TC
392 Hideo Nomo TC
393 Richie Sexson TC
394 Vladimir Guerrero TC
395 Mike Piazza TC
396 Jim Thome TC
397 Jason Kendall TC
398 Albert Pujols TC
399 Ryan Klesko TC
400 Barry Bonds TC

Parallels

Gold Diamond Kings

A twenty-five partial parallel of the Diamond King subset. Each card is numbered to 2000 copies, with a Studio Series parallel numbered to 250, and a Black version numbered to 100.

Career Stat Lines

Each card in this parallel is serial numbered to a specific career statistic. Although there is no stated insertion ratio, a typical 24-pack hobby should yield four Stat Line parallels.

Each CSL (and coresponding SSL) is exclusive to hobby packs. In most (but not all) instances, there are more copies of a player's Career Stat Line (CSL) than his Season Stat Line (SSL).

Season Stat Lines (400 cards)

Each card in this parallel is serial numbered to a specific season statistic.

1 Derek Jeter

2 Greg Maddux

3 Albert Pujols

4 Ichiro

5 Alex Rodriguez

6 Roger Clemens

7 Andruw Jones

8 Barry Bonds

9 Jeff Bagwell

10 Randy Johnson

11 Scott Rolen

12 Lance Berkman

13 Barry Zito

14 Manny Ramirez

15 Carlos Delgado

16 Alfonso Soriano

17 Todd Helton

18 Mike Mussina

19 Austin Kearns

20 Nomar Garciaparra

21 Chipper Jones

22 Mark Prior

23 Jim Thome

24 Vladimir Guerrero

25 Pedro Martinez

26 Sergio Mitre

27 Adam Loewen

28 Alfredo Gonzalez

29 Miguel Ojeda

30 Rosman Garcia

31 Arnie Munoz

32 Andrew Brown

33 Josh Hall

34 Josh Stewart

35 Clint Barmes

36 Brandon Webb

37 Chien-Ming Wang

38 Edgar Gonzalez

39 Alejandro Machado

40 Jeremy Griffiths

41 Craig Brazell

42 Daniel Cabrera

43 Fernando Cabrera

44 Terrmel Sledge

45 Rob Hammock

46 Francisco Rosario

47 Francisco Cruceta

48 Rett Johnson

49 Guillermo Quiroz

50 Hong-Chih Kuo

51 Ian Ferguson

52 Tim Olson

53 Todd Wellemeyer

54 Rich Fischer

55 Phil Seibel

56 Joe Valentine

57 Matt Kata

58 Michael Hessman

59 Michel Hernandez

60 Doug Waechter

61 Prentice Redman

62 Nook Logan

63 Oscar Villarreal

64 Pete LaForest

65 Matt Bruback

66 Dan Haren

67 Greg Aquino

68 Lew Ford

69 Jeff Duncan

70 Ryan Wagner

71 Bengie Molina

72 Brad Fullmer

73 Darin Erstad

74 David Eckstein

75 Garret Anderson

76 Jarrod Washburn

77 Kevin Appier

78 Scott Spiezio

79 Tim Salmon

80 Troy Glaus

81 Troy Percival

82 Jason Johnson

83 Jay Gibbons

84 Melvin Mora

85 Sidney Ponson

86 Tony Batista

87 Bill Mueller

88 Byung-Hyun Kim

89 David Ortiz

90 Derek Lowe

91 Johnny Damon

92 Casey Fossum

93 Manny Ramirez

94 Nomar Garciaparra

95 Pedro Martinez

96 Todd Walker

97 Trot Nixon

98 Bartolo Colon

99 Carlos Lee

100 D'Angelo Jimenez

101 Esteban Loaiza

102 Frank Thomas

103 Joe Crede

104 Jose Valentin

105 Magglio Ordonez

106 Mark Buehrle

107 Paul Konerko

108 Brandon Phillips

109 C.C Sabathia

110 Ellis Burks

111 Jeremy Guthrie

112 Josh Bard

113 Matt Lawton

114 Milton Bradley

115 Omar Vizquel

116 Travis Hafner

117 Bobby Higginson

118 Carlos Pena

119 Dmitri Young

120 Eric Munson

121 Jeremy Bonderman

122 Nate Cornejo

123 Omar Infante

124 Ramon Santiago

125 Angel Berroa

126 Carlos Beltran

127 Desi Relaford

128 Jeremy Affeldt

129 Joe Randa

130 Ken Harvey

131 Mike MacDougal

132 Michael Tucker

133 Mike Sweeney

134 Raul Ibanez

135 Runelvys Hernandez

136 A.J. Pierzynski

137 Brad Radke

138 Corey Koskie

139 Cristian Guzman

140 Doug Mientkiewicz

141 Dustan Mohr

142 Jacque Jones

143 Kenny Rogers

144 Bobby Kielty

145 Kyle Lohse

146 Luis Rivas

147 Torii Hunter

148 Alfonso Soriano

149 Andy Pettitte

150 Bernie Williams

151 David Wells

152 Derek Jeter

153 Hideki Matsui

154 Jason Giambi

155 Jorge Posada

156 Jose Contreras

157 Mike Mussina

158 Nick Johnson

159 Robin Ventura

160 Roger Clemens

161 Barry Zito

162 Chris Singleton

163 Eric Byrnes

164 Eric Chavez

165 Erubiel Durazo

166 Keith Foulke

167 Mark Ellis

168 Miguel Tejada

169 Mark Mulder

170 Ramon Hernandez

171 Ted Lilly

172 Terrence Long

173 Tim Hudson

174 Bret Boone

175 Carlos Guillen

176 Dan Wilson

177 Edgar Martinez

178 Freddy Garcia

179 Gil Meche

180 Ichiro

181 Jamie Moyer

182 Joel Pineiro

183 John Olerud

184 Mike Cameron

185 Randy Winn

186 Ryan Franklin

187 Kazuhiro Sasaki

188 Aubrey Huff

189 Carl Crawford

190 Joe Kennedy

191 Marlon Anderson

192 Rey Ordonez

193 Rocco Baldelli

194 Toby Hall

195 Travis Lee

196 Alex Rodriguez

197 Carl Everett

198 Chan Ho Park

199 Einar Diaz

200 Hank Blalock

201 Ismael Valdes

202 Juan Gonzalez

203 Mark Teixeira

204 Mike Young

205 Rafael Palmeiro

206 Carlos Delgado

207 Kelvim Escobar

208 Eric Hinske

209 Frank Catalanotto

210 Josh Phelps

211 Orlando Hudson

212 Roy Halladay

213 Shannon Stewart

214 Vernon Wells

215 Carlos Baerga

216 Curt Schilling

217 Junior Spivey

218 Luis Gonzalez

219 Lyle Overbay

220 Mark Grace

221 Matt Williams

222 Randy Johnson

223 Shea Hillenbrand

224 Steve Finley

225 Andruw Jones

226 Chipper Jones

227 Gary Sheffield

228 Greg Maddux

229 Javy Lopez

230 John Smoltz

231 Marcus Giles

232 Mike Hampton

233 Rafael Furcal

234 Robert Fick

235 Russ Ortiz

236 Alex Gonzalez

237 Carlos Zambrano

238 Corey Patterson

239 Hee Seop Choi

240 Kerry Wood

241 Mark Bellhorn

242 Mark Prior

243 Moises Alou

244 Sammy Sosa

245 Aaron Boone

246 Adam Dunn

247 Austin Kearns

248 Barry Larkin

249 Felipe Lopez

250 Jose Guillen

251 Ken Griffey, Jr.

252 Jason LaRue

253 Scott Williamson

254 Sean Casey

255 Shawn Chacon

256 Chris Stynes

257 Jason Jennings

258 Jay Payton

259 Jose Hernandez

260 Larry Walker

261 Preston Wilson

262 Ronnie Belliard

263 Todd Helton

264 A.J. Burnett

265 Alex Gonzalez

266 Brad Penny

267 Derrek Lee

268 Ivan Rodriguez

269 Josh Beckett

270 Juan Encarnacion

271 Juan Pierre

272 Luis Castillo

273 Mike Lowell

274 Todd Hollandsworth

275 Billy Wagner

276 Brad Ausmus

277 Craig Biggio

278 Jeff Bagwell

279 Jeff Kent

280 Lance Berkman

281 Richard Hidalgo

282 Roy Oswalt

283 Wade Miller

284 Adrian Beltre

285 Brian Jordan

286 Cesar Izturis

287 Dave Roberts

288 Eric Gagne

289 Fred McGriff

290 Hideo Nomo

291 Kazuhisa Ishii

292 Kevin Brown

293 Paul Lo Duca

294 Shawn Green

295 Ben Sheets

296 Geoff Jenkins

297 Rey Sanchez

298 Richie Sexson

299 Wes Helms

300 Brad Wilkerson

301 Claudio Vargas

302 Endy Chavez

303 Fernando Tatis

304 Javier Vazquez

305 Jose Vidro

306 Michael Barrett

307 Orlando Cabrera

308 Tony Armas, Jr.

309 Vladimir Guerrero

310 Zach Day

311 Al Leiter

312 Cliff Floyd

313 Jae Weong Seo

314 Jeromy Burnitz

315 Mike Piazza

316 Mo Vaughn

317 Roberto Alomar

318 Roger Cedeno

319 Tom Glavine

320 Jose Reyes

321 Bobby Abreu

322 Brett Myers

323 David Bell

324 Jim Thome

325 Jimmy Rollins

326 Kevin Millwood

327 Marlon Byrd

328 Mike Lieberthal

329 Pat Burrell

330 Randy Wolf

331 Aramis Ramirez

332 Brian Giles

333 Jason Kendall

334 Kenny Lofton

335 Kip Wells

336 Kris Benson

337 Randall Simon

338 Reggie Sanders

339 Albert Pujols

340 Edgar Renteria

341 Fernando Vina

342 J.D. Drew

343 Jim Edmonds

344 Matt Morris

345 Mike Matheny

346 Scott Rolen

347 Tino Martinez

348 Woody Williams

349 Brian Lawrence

350 Mark Kotsay

351 Mark Loretta

352 Ramon Vazquez

353 Rondell White 115

354 Ryan Klesko

355 Sean Burroughs

356 Trevor Hoffman

357 Xavier Nady

358 Andres Galarraga

359 Barry Bonds

360 Benito Santiago

361 Deivi Cruz

362 Edgardo Alfonzo

363 J.T. Snow

364 Jason Schmidt

365 Kirk Rueter

366 Kurt Ainsworth

367 Marquis Grissom

368 Ray Durham

369 Rich Aurilia

370 Tim Worrell

371 Troy Glaus

372 Melvin Mora

373 Nomar Garciaparra

374 Magglio Ordonez

375 Omar Vizquel

376 Dmitri Young

377 Mike Sweeney

378 Torii Hunter

379 Derek Jeter

380 Barry Zito

381 Ichiro

382 Rocco Baldelli

383 Alex Rodriguez

384 Carlos Delgado

385 Randy Johnson

386 Greg Maddux

387 Sammy Sosa

388 Ken Griffey, Jr.

389 Todd Helton

390 Ivan Rodriguez

391 Jeff Bagwell

392 Hideo Nomo

393 Richie Sexson

394 Vladimir Guerrero

395 Mike Piazza

396 Jim Thome

397 Jason Kendall

398 Albert Pujols

399 Ryan Klesko

400 Barry Bonds

Press Proofs

The Press Proof parallels come in four different versions: Red, Blue, Gold, and Black. The Reds, Blues, and Golds were exclusive to retail packs.

The stated odds of finding a Red Press Proof was 1:12/retail packs. Although the insertion ratio for the Blue and Gold Press Proofs is not stated, it is believed that every 24-pack retail box contained either a Blue or a Gold Press Proof. The Blue Press Prooves are numbered to 100 copies and the Golds to 25.

The Blacks are the only flavor of Press Proof available in both retail and hobby packs. Each is numbered to 10 copies.

Inserts

All-Stars

Typical all-star team insert set. The ten American League and ten National League cards are sequentially numbered into two different sets. Regardless, all twenty cards are numbered to 1000 copies with a Black version limited to 250.

American League

AL-AS-1 Alex Rodriguez
AL-AS-2 Roger Clemens
AL-AS-3 Ichiro
AL-AS-4 Barry Zito
AL-AS-5 Garret Anderson
AL-AS-6 Derek Jeter
AL-AS-7 Manny Ramirez
AL-AS-8 Pedro Martinez
AL-AS-9 Alfonso Soriano
AL-AS-10 Carlos Delgado

National League

NL-AS-1 Barry Bonds
NL-AS-2 Andruw Jones
NL-AS-3 Scott Rolen
NL-AS-4 Austin Kearns
NL-AS-5 Mark Prior
NL-AS-6 Vladimir Guerrero
NL-AS-7 Jeff Bagwell
NL-AS-8 Mike Piazza
NL-AS-9 Albert Pujols
NL-AS-10 Randy Johnson

Craftsmen

The guys with the best "tools" in the game. Each is numbered to 2000 copies, with a Black version numbered to 275 and a Master Craftsmen version numbered to 150.

C-1 Alex Rodriguez
C-2 Mark Prior
C-3 Ichiro
C-4 Barry Bonds
C-5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
C-6 Alfonso Soriano
C-7 Mike Piazza
C-8 Chipper Jones
C-9 Derek Jeter
C-10 Randy Johnson
C-11 Sammy Sosa
C-12 Roger Clemens
C-13 Nomar Garciaparra
C-14 Greg Maddux
C-15 Albert Pujols

Elite Series

Another year, another batch of Elite Series inserts. The major change is that Donruss cut the production from 2500 the previous three years, to only 1500 copies. In addition there is also a Black parallel numbered to 150 and an Elite Dominator version limited to 25 copies.

ES-1 Albert Pujols
ES-2 Barry Zito
ES-3 Gary Sheffield
ES-4 Mike Mussina
ES-5 Lance Berkman
ES-6 Alfonso Soriano
ES-7 Randy Johnson
ES-8 Nomar Garciaparra
ES-9 Austin Kearns
ES-10 Manny Ramirez
ES-11 Mark Prior
ES-12 Alex Rodriguez
ES-13 Derek Jeter
ES-14 Barry Bonds
ES-15 Roger Clemens

Inside View

Each of these cards is numbered to 1250 copies. This is the only non-parallel insert, that does not have a parallel version.

IV-1 Derek Jeter
IV-2 Greg Maddux
IV-3 Albert Pujols
IV-4 Ichiro
IV-5 Alex Rodriguez
IV-6 Roger Clemens
IV-7 Andruw Jones
IV-8 Barry Bonds
IV-9 Jeff Bagwell
IV-10 Randy Johnson
IV-11 Scott Rolen
IV-12 Lance Berkman
IV-13 Barry Zito
IV-14 Manny Ramirez
IV-15 Carlos Delgado
IV-16 Alfonso Soriano
IV-17 Todd Helton
IV-18 Mike Mussina
IV-19 Austin Kearns
IV-20 Nomar Garciaparra
IV-21 Chipper Jones
IV-22 Mark Prior
IV-23 Jim Thome
IV-24 Vladimir Guerrero
IV-25 Pedro Martinez

Longball Leaders

The ten top home run hitters from the previous season. Each is numbered to 1500 copies, with a black version numbered to 250 and a die-cut parallel, numbered to 50.

LL-01 Barry Bonds
LL-02 Alfonso Soriano
LL-03 Adam Dunn
LL-04 Alex Rodriguez
LL-05 Jim Thome
LL-06 Garret Anderson
LL-07 Juan Gonzalez
LL-08 Jeff Bagwell
LL-09 Gary Sheffield
LL-10 Sammy Sosa

Mound Marvels

Fifteen of the best pitchers in the game. Each is numbered to 750 copies, with a Black parallel limited to 175.

MM1 Mark Prior
MM2 Curt Schilling
MM3 Mike Mussina
MM4 Kevin Brown
MM5 Pedro Martinez
MM6 Mark Mulder
MM7 Kerry Wood
MM8 Greg Maddux
MM9 Kevin Millwood
MM10 Barry Zito
MM11 Roger Clemens
MM12 Randy Johnson
MM13 Hideo Nomo
MM14 Tim Hudson
MM15 Tom Glavine

Power Alley

Here's where it gets a little ridiculous. There are 11 different versions of each Power Alley card, in five different color variations: Red, Blue, Purple, Yellow and Green. The production figures for each are: 2500, 1000, 250, 100 and 25, respectively. In addition there is die-cut parallel version numbered to (respectively): 250, 100, 25, 10, and 5. Finally, there is a one-of-one Black die-cut.

PA-1 Albert Pujols
PA-2 Mike Piazza
PA-3 Carlos Delgado
PA-4 Barry Bonds
PA-5 Jim Edmonds
PA-6 Nomar Garciaparra
PA-7 Alfonso Soriano
PA-8 Alex Rodriguez
PA-9 Lance Berkman
PA-10 Scott Rolen
PA-11 Manny Ramirez
PA-12 Rafael Palmeiro
PA-13 Sammy Sosa
PA-14 Adam Dunn
PA-15 Andruw Jones
PA-16 Jim Thome
PA-17 Jason Giambi
PA-18 Jeff Bagwell
PA-19 Juan Gonzalez
PA-20 Austin Kearns

Production Line

There are four different Production Line sets, each with their own unique design, and their own statistical set: Batting Average, On-Base, Slugging and OPS. Each card is numbered to the player's 2003 stat, multiplied by 1000. There are Die-Cut parallels numbered to 100 copies, and Black parallels that vary depending on the set.

OPS

Black version numbered to 125.

PL-OPS-1 Albert Pujols 1106
PL-OPS-2 Barry Bonds 1278
PL-OPS-3 Gary Sheffield 1023
PL-OPS-4 Todd Helton 1088
PL-OPS-5 Scott Rolen 910
PL-OPS-6 Manny Ramirez 1014
PL-OPS-7 Alex Rodriguez 995
PL-OPS-8 Jim Thome 958
PL-OPS-9 Jason Giambi 939
PL-OPS-10 Frank Thomas 952

Batting Average

Black version numbered to 35.

PL-AVG-1 Gary Sheffield 330
PL-AVG-2 Ichiro 312
PL-AVG-3 Todd Helton 358
PL-AVG-4 Manny Ramirez 325
PL-AVG-5 Garret Anderson 315
PL-AVG-6 Barry Bonds 341
PL-AVG-7 Albert Pujols 359
PL-AVG-8 Derek Jeter 324
PL-AVG-9 Nomar Garciaparra 301
PL-AVG-10 Hank Blalock 300

OBP

Black version numbered to 40.

PL-OBP-1 Todd Helton 458
PL-OBP-2 Albert Pujols 439
PL-OBP-3 Larry Walker 422
PL-OBP-4 Barry Bonds 529
PL-OBP-5 Chipper Jones 402
PL-OBP-6 Manny Ramirez 427
PL-OBP-7 Gary Sheffield 419
PL-OBP-8 Lance Berkman 412
PL-OBP-9 Alex Rodriguez 396
PL-OBP-10 Jason Giambi 412

Slugging

Black Version numbered to 75.

PL-SLG-1 Alex Rodriguez 600
PL-SLG-2 Frank Thomas 562
PL-SLG-3 Garret Anderson 541
PL-SLG-4 Albert Pujols 667
PL-SLG-5 Sammy Sosa 553
PL-SLG-6 Gary Sheffield 604
PL-SLG-7 Manny Ramirez 587
PL-SLG-8 Jim Edmonds 617
PL-SLG-9 Barry Bonds 749
PL-SLG-10 Todd Helton 630

Autographs and Game Used

The odds of finding any autographed or game used card is 1:24 packs.

Bat Kings

Bat cards featuring reproduction of classic Diamond King art. Cards 1-4 are numbered to 250 with a Studio Series version numbered to 50, while cards 5-8 are numbered to 100 with the Studio Series limited to 25.

1 Alex Rodriguez 2003 art
2 Albert Pujols 2003 art
3 Chipper Jones 2003 art
4 Lance Berkman 2003 art
5 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1988 art
6 George Brett 1987 art
7 Don Mattingly 1989 art
8 Roberto Clemente 2002 art

Jersey Kings

Same concept as the Bat Kings, only with game used jerseys. Cards 1-6 are numbered to 250 copies with a Studio Series version numbered to 50, while cards 7-12 are numbered to 100 with the Studio Series limited to 25.

1 Alfonso Soriano 2003 art
2 Sammy Sosa 2003 art
3 Roger Clemens 2003 art
4 Nomar Garciaparra 2003 art
5 Mark Prior 2003 art
6 Vladimir Guerrero 2003 art
7 Don Mattingly 1989 art
8 Roberto Clemente 2002 art
9 George Brett 1987 art
10 Nolan Ryan 2001 art
11 Cal Ripken, Jr. 2001 art
12 Mike Schmidt 2001 art

Timber and Threads

Stated odds of finding a Timber abnd Threads card: 1:40/packs. The regular cards are un-numbered, but the Studio Series parallel is numbered to 50 copies. Cards 1-20 all feature jersey swatches, while cards 21-40 all have bat chips.

1 Adam Dunn
2 Alex Rodriguez
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Andruw Jones
5 Austin Kearns
6 Carlos Beltran
7 Carlos Lee
8 Frank Thomas
9 Greg Maddux
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Jeff Bagwell
12 Lance Berkman
13 Magglio Ordonez
14 Mike Sweeney
15 Randy Johnson
16 Rocco Baldelli
17 Roger Clemens
18 Sammy Sosa
19 Shawn Green
20 Tom Glavine
21 Adam Dunn
22 Andruw Jones
23 Bobby Abreu
24 Hank Blalock
25 Ivan Rodriguez
26 Jim Edmonds
27 Josh Phelps
28 Juan Gonzalez
29 Lance Berkman
30 Larry Walker
31 Magglio Ordonez
32 Manny Ramirez
33 Mike Piazza
34 Nomar Garciaparra
35 Paul Lo Duca
36 Roberto Alomar
37 Rocco Baldelli
38 Sammy Sosa
39 Vernon Wells
40 Vladimir Guerrero

Autographed Timber and Threads

Partial parallel of the Timber and Threads cards listed above. The only difference being the application of an autographed sticker on each card. Production figures are listed.

2 Alex Rodriguez 5
5 Austin Kearns 19
6 Carlos Beltran 34
7 Carlos Lee 25
8 Frank Thomas 5
9 Greg Maddux 5
10 Hideo Nomo 5
11 Jeff Bagwell 5
12 Lance Berkman 5
13 Magglio Ordonez 30
14 Mike Sweeney 25
17 Roger Clemens 5
19 Shawn Green 5
20 Tom Glavine 5
21 Adam Dunn 5
22 Andruw Jones 5
23 Bobby Abreu 50
24 Hank Blalock 50
25 Ivan Rodriguez 7
26 Jim Edmonds 5
27 Josh Phelps 50
28 Juan Gonzalez 5
31 Magglio Ordonez 30
32 Manny Ramirez 5
35 Paul Lo Duca 50
36 Roberto Alomar 10
37 Rocco Baldelli 15
40 Vladimir Guerrero 50

Base Set Autographs

Donruss applied autographed stickers to the base set cards of twelve players. Known production figures are listed.

51 Ian Ferguson
73 Darin Erstad 5
106 Mark Buehrle 141
112 Josh Bard
123 Omar Infante
172 Terrence Long
188 Aubrey Huff 143
194 Toby Hall
217 Junior Spivey 132
234 Robert Fick
312 Cliff Floyd 12
349 Brian Lawrence