1998 Donruss

Description

1998 Donruss is a 420-card set released in two series of 170 and 250 cards, respectively. The second series is officially known as "Donruss Update." The set contains the topical subsets: Fan Club (156-165), Hit List (346-375), The Untouchables (376-385), Spirit of the Game (386-415) and Checklists (416-420). Each Fan Club card carried instructions on how the fan could vote for their favorite players to be included in a 1998 Donruss Update insert set.

Rookie Cards include Kevin Millwood and Magglio Ordonez. Sadly, after an eighteen year run, this was the last Donruss set to be issued due to card manufacturer Pinnacle's bankruptcy in 1998. In 2001, however, Donruss/Playoff procured a license to produce baseball cards and the Donruss brand was re-instituted after a two year break.

Distribution

24 cards per Hobby box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	170	-	?	?	?
Silver Press Proofs	170	1500	?	?	?
Gold Press Proof	170	500	?	?	?
Rated Rookies	30	-	?	?	?
Rated Rookies Medalists	30	250	?	?	?
Diamond Kings	20	9500	?	?	?
Diamond Kings Canvas	20	500	?	?	?
Elite	20	2500	?	?	?
Longballl Leaders	24	5000	?	?	?
Production Line Power Index	20	varies	?	N/A	N/A
Production Line Slugging	20	varies	N/A	?	N/A
Production Line On-Base	20	varies	N/A	N/A	?
Crusade Green	40	250	?	?	?
Crusade Purple	40	100	?	?	?
Crusade Red	40	25	?	?	?

Update Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Silver Press Proofs	250	1500	?	?
Gold Press Proof	250	500	?	?
Dominators	30	-	?	?
Rookie Diamond Kings	12	9500	?	?
Rookie Diamond Kings Canvas	12	500	?	?
FANtasy Team 1st Team	10	3750	?	?
FANtasy Team 1st Team Die-Cut	10	250	?	?
FANtasy Team 2nd Team	10	1750	?	?
FANtasy Team 2nd Team Die-Cut	10	250	?	?
MLB 99	20	-	?	?
Crusade Green	30	250	?	?
Crusade Purple	30	100	?	?
Crusade Red	30	25	?	?
1998 Donruss Signature Series Previews	34	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

• 1 Paul Molitor
• 2 Juan Gonzalez
• 3 Darryl Kile
• 4 Randy Johnson
• 5 Tom Glavine
• 6 Pat Hentgen
• 7 Dave Justice
• 8 Kevin Brown
• 9 Mike Mussina
• 10 Ken Caminiti
• 11 Todd Hundley
• 12 Frank Thomas
• 13 Ray Lankford
• 14 Justin Thompson
• 15 Jason Dickson
• 16 Kenny Lofton
• 17 Ivan Rodriguez
• 18 Pedro Martinez
• 19 Brady Anderson
• 20 Barry Larkin
• 21 Chipper Jones
• 22 Tony Gwynn
• 23 Roger Clemens
• 24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 25 Tino Martinez
• 26 Jeff Bagwell
• 27 Shawn Estes
• 28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 29 Javy Lopez
• 30 Denny Neagle
• 31 Mike Piazza
• 32 Andres Galarraga
• 33 Larry Walker
• 34 Alex Rodriguez
• 35 Greg Maddux
• 36 Albert Belle
• 37 Barry Bonds
• 38 Mo Vaughn
• 39 Kevin Appier
• 40 Wade Boggs
• 41 Garret Anderson
• 42 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 43 Marquis Grissom
• 44 Jim Edmonds
• 45 Brian Jordan
• 46 Raul Mondesi
• 47 John Valentin
• 48 Brad Radke
• 49 Ismael Valdes
• 50 Matt Stairs
• 51 Matt Williams
• 52 Reggie Jefferson
• 53 Alan Benes
• 54 Charles Johnson
• 55 Chuck Knoblauch
• 56 Edgar Martinez
• 57 Nomar Garciaparra
• 58 Craig Biggio
• 59 Bernie Williams
• 60 David Cone
• 61 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 62 Mark McGwire
• 63 Roberto Alomar
• 64 Fred McGriff
• 65 Eric Karros
• 66 Robin Ventura
• 67 Darin Erstad
• 68 Michael Tucker
• 69 Jim Thome
• 70 Mark Grace
• 71 Lou Collier
• 72 Karim Garcia
• 73 Alex Fernandez
• 74 J.T. Snow
• 75 Reggie Sanders
• 76 John Smoltz
• 77 Tim Salmon
• 78 Paul O'Neill
• 79 Vinny Castilla
• 80 Rafael Palmeiro
• 81 Jaret Wright
• 82 Jay Buhner
• 83 Brett Butler
• 84 Todd Greene
• 85 Scott Rolen
• 86 Sammy Sosa
• 87 Jason Giambi
• 88 Carlos Delgado
• 89 Deion Sanders
• 90 Wilton Guerrero
• 91 Andy Pettitte
• 92 Brian Giles
• 93 Dmitri Young
• 94 Ron Coomer
• 95 Mike Cameron
• 96 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 97 Jimmy Key
• 98 Ryan Klesko
• 99 Andy Benes
• 100 Derek Jeter
• 101 Jeff Fassero
• 102 Neifi Perez
• 103 Hideo Nomo
• 104 Andruw Jones
• 105 Todd Helton
• 106 Livan Hernandez
• 107 Brett Tomko
• 108 Shannon Stewart
• 109 Bartolo Colon
• 110 Matt Morris
• 111 Miguel Tejada
• 112 Pokey Reese
• 113 Fernando Tatis
• 114 Todd Dunwoody
• 115 Jose Cruz
• 116 Chan Ho Park
• 117 Kevin Young
• 118 Rickey Henderson
• 119 Hideki Irabu
• 120 Francisco Cordova
• 121 Al Martin
• 122 Tony Clark
• 123 Curt Schilling
• 124 Rusty Greer
• 125 Jose Canseco
• 126 Edgar Renteria
• 127 Todd Walker
• 128 Wally Joyner
• 129 Bill Mueller
• 130 Jose Guillen
• 131 Manny Ramirez
• 132 Bob Higginson
• 133 Kevin Orie
• 134 Will Clark
• 135 Dave Nilsson
• 136 Jason Kendall
• 137 Ivan Cruz
• 138 Gary Sheffield
• 139 Bubba Trammell
• 140 Vladimir Guerrero
• 141 Dennis Reyes
• 142 Bobby Bonilla
• 143 Ruben Rivera
• 144 Ben Grieve
• 145 Moises Alou
• 146 Tony Womack
• 147 Eric Young
• 148 Paul Konerko
• 149 Dante Bichette
• 150 Joe Carter
• 151 Rondell White
• 152 Chris Holt
• 153 Shawn Green
• 154 Mark Grudzielanek
• 155 Jermaine Dye

Fan Club

• 156 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 157 Frank Thomas
• 158 Chipper Jones
• 159 Mike Piazza
• 160 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 161 Greg Maddux
• 162 Juan Gonzalez
• 163 Alex Rodriguez
• 164 Mark McGwire
• 165 Derek Jeter

Checklists

• 166 Larry Walker
• 167 Tony Gwynn
• 168 Tino Martinez
• 169 Scott Rolen
• 170 Nomar Garciaparra

Update Series

• 171 Mike Sweeney
• 172 Dustin Hermanson
• 173 Darren Dreifort
• 174 Ron Gant
• 175 Todd Hollandsworth
• 176 John Jaha
• 177 Kerry Wood
• 178 Chris Stynes
• 179 Kevin Elster
• 180 Derek Bell
• 181 Darryl Strawberry
• 182 Damion Easley
• 183 Jeff Cirillo
• 184 John Thomson
• 185 Dan Wilson
• 186 Jay Bell
• 187 Bernard Gilkey
• 188 Marc Valdes
• 189 Ramon J. Martinez
• 190 Charles Nagy
• 191 Derek Lowe
• 192 Andy Benes
• 193 Delino DeShields
• 194 Ryan Jackson RC
• 195 Kenny Lofton
• 196 Chuck Knoblauch
• 197 Andres Galarraga
• 198 Jose Canseco
• 199 John Olerud
• 200 Lance Johnson
• 201 Darryl Kile
• 202 Luis Castillo
• 203 Joe Carter
• 204 Dennis Eckersley
• 205 Steve Finley
• 206 Esteban Loaiza
• 207 Ryan Christenson
• 208 Deivi Cruz
• 209 Mariano Rivera
• 210 Mike Judd
• 211 Billy Wagner
• 212 Scott Spiezio
• 213 Russ Davis
• 214 Jeff Suppan
• 215 Doug Glanville
• 216 Dmitri Young
• 217 Rey Ordonez
• 218 Cecil Fielder
• 219 Masato Yoshii RC
• 220 Raul Casanova
• 221 Rolando Arrojo RC
• 222 Ellis Burks
• 223 Butch Huskey
• 224 Brian L. Hunter
• 225 Marquis Grissom
• 226 Kevin Brown
• 227 Joe Randa
• 228 Henry Rodriguez
• 229 Omar Vizquel
• 230 Fred McGriff
• 231 Matt Williams
• 232 Moises Alou
• 233 Travis Fryman
• 234 Wade Boggs
• 235 Pedro Martinez
• 236 Rickey Henderson
• 237 Bubba Trammell
• 238 Mike Caruso
• 239 Wilson Alvarez
• 240 Geronimo Berroa
• 241 Eric Milton
• 242 Scott Erickson
• 243 Todd Erdos RC
• 244 Bobby Hughes
• 245 Dave Hollins
• 246 Dean Palmer
• 247 Carlos Baerga
• 248 Jose Silva
• 249 Jose Cabrera RC
• 250 Tom Evans
• 251 Marty Cordova
• 252 Hanley Frias
• 253 Javier Valentin
• 254 Mario Valdez
• 255 Joey Cora
• 256 Mike Lansing
• 257 Jeff Kent
• 258 Dave Dellucci RC
• 259 Curtis King RC
• 260 David Segui
• 261 Royce Clayton
• 262 Jeff Blauser
• 263 Manny Aybar RC
• 264 Mike Cather RC
• 265 Todd Zeile
• 266 Richard Hidalgo
• 267 Dante Powell
• 268 Mike DeJean RC
• 269 Ken Cloude
• 270 Danny Klassen
• 271 Sean Casey
• 272 A.J. Hinch
• 273 Rich Butler RC
• 274 Ben Ford
• 275 Billy McMillon
• 276 Wilson Delgado
• 277 Orlando Cabrera
• 278 Geoff Jenkins
• 279 Enrique Wilson
• 280 Derrek Lee
• 281 Marc Pisciotta RC
• 282 Abraham Nunez
• 283 Aaron Boone
• 284 Brad Fullmer
• 285 Rob Stanifer RC
• 286 Preston Wilson
• 287 Greg Norton
• 288 Bobby Smith
• 289 Josh Booty
• 290 Russell Branyan
• 291 Jeremi Gonzalez
• 292 Michael Coleman
• 293 Cliff Politte
• 294 Eric Ludwick
• 295 Rafael Medina
• 296 Jason Varitek
• 297 Ron Wright
• 298 Mark Kotsay
• 299 David Ortiz
• 300 Frank Catalanotto RC
• 301 Robinson Checo
• 302 Kevin Millwood RC
• 303 Jacob Cruz
• 304 Javier Vazquez
• 305 Magglio Ordonez RC
• 306 Kevin Witt
• 307 Derrick Gibson
• 308 Shane Monahan
• 309 Brian Rose
• 310 Bobby Estalella
• 311 Felix Heredia
• 312 Desi Relaford
• 313 Esteban Yan RC
• 314 Ricky Ledee
• 315 Steve Woodard
• 316 Pat Watkins
• 317 Damian Moss
• 318 Bob Abreu
• 319 Jeff Abbott
• 320 Miguel Cairo
• 321 Rigo Beltran RC
• 322 Tony Saunders
• 323 Randall Simon
• 324 Hiram Bocachica
• 325 Richie Sexson
• 326 Karim Garcia
• 327 Mike Lowell
• 328 Pat Cline
• 329 Matt Clement
• 330 Scott Elarton
• 331 Manuel Barrios
• 332 Bruce Chen
• 333 Juan Encarnacion
• 334 Travis Lee
• 335 Wes Helms
• 336 Chad Fox RC
• 337 Donnie Sadler
• 338 Carlos Mendoza RC
• 339 Damian Jackson
• 340 Julio Ramirez
• 341 John Halama RC
• 342 Edwin Diaz
• 343 Felix Martinez
• 344 Eli Marrero
• 345 Carl Pavano

Hit List

• 346 Vladimir Guerrero
• 347 Barry Bonds
• 348 Darin Erstad
• 349 Albert Belle
• 350 Kenny Lofton
• 351 Mo Vaughn
• 352 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 353 Tony Clark
• 354 Roberto Alomar
• 355 Manny Ramirez
• 356 Paul Molitor
• 357 Jim Thome
• 358 Tino Martinez
• 359 Tim Salmon
• 360 Dave Justice
• 361 Raul Mondesi
• 362 Mark Grace
• 363 Craig Biggio
• 364 Larry Walker
• 365 Mark McGwire
• 366 Juan Gonzalez
• 367 Derek Jeter
• 368 Chipper Jones
• 369 Frank Thomas
• 370 Alex Rodriguez
• 371 Mike Piazza
• 372 Tony Gwynn
• 373 Jeff Bagwell
• 374 Nomar Garciaparra
• 375 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Untouchables

• 376 Livan Hernandez
• 377 Chan Ho Park
• 378 Mike Mussina
• 379 Andy Pettitte
• 380 Greg Maddux
• 381 Hideo Nomo
• 382 Roger Clemens
• 383 Randy Johnson
• 384 Pedro Martinez
• 385 Jaret Wright

Spirit of the Game

• 386 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 387 Todd Helton
• 388 Paul Konerko
• 389 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 390 Larry Walker
• 391 Ken Caminiti
• 392 Jose Guillen
• 393 Jim Edmonds
• 394 Barry Larkin
• 395 Bernie Williams
• 396 Tony Clark
• 397 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 398 Ivan Rodriguez
• 399 Darin Erstad
• 400 Scott Rolen
• 401 Mark McGwire
• 402 Andruw Jones
• 403 Juan Gonzalez
• 404 Derek Jeter
• 405 Chipper Jones
• 406 Greg Maddux
• 407 Frank Thomas
• 408 Alex Rodriguez
• 409 Mike Piazza
• 410 Tony Gwynn
• 411 Jeff Bagwell
• 412 Nomar Garciaparra
• 413 Hideo Nomo
• 414 Barry Bonds
• 415 Ben Grieve

Checklists

• 416 Barry Bonds
• 417 Mark McGwire
• 418 Roger Clemens
• 419 Livan Hernandez
• 420 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Parallels

Press Proof

Each of the 420 base cards are available in the following Press Proof parallels.

• Silver Press Proof (limited to 1500 copies)
• Gold Press Proof (limited to 500 copies)

NOTE: Press Proofs are NOT serial-numbered.

Inserts

Rated Rookies

This 30-card set features many of the top rookies of 1998 and is randomly inserted into Series One packs. A special die-cut "Medalist" parallel, limited but NOT serial-numbered to 250 copies, was also produced.

• 1 Mark Kotsay
• 2 Neifi Perez
• 3 Paul Konerko
• 4 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 5 Hideki Irabu
• 6 Mike Cameron
• 7 Jeff Suppan
• 8 Kevin Orie
• 9 Pokey Reese
• 10 Todd Dunwoody
• 11 Miguel Tejada
• 12 Jose Guillen
• 13 Bartolo Colon
• 14 Derrek Lee
• 15 Antone Williamson
• 16 Wilton Guerrero
• 17 Jaret Wright
• 18 Todd Helton
• 19 Shannon Stewart
• 20 Nomar Garciaparra
• 21 Brett Tomko
• 22 Fernando Tatis
• 23 Raul Ibanez
• 24 Dennis Reyes
• 25 Bobby Estalella
• 26 Lou Collier
• 27 Bubba Trammell
• 28 Ben Grieve
• 29 Ivan Cruz
• 30 Karim Garcia

Diamond Kings

This 20-card set features color portraits of some of the greatest names in baseball. Only 10,000 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, with the first 500 of each card were printed on actual canvas card stock.

In addition, a Frank Thomas sample card was created as a promo for the 1998 Donruss Series One product. The card was sent to all wholesale accounts along with the order forms for the product. The large "SAMPLE" stamp across the back of the card makes it easy to differentiate from Thomas' standard 1998 Diamond King insert card.

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Greg Maddux
• 3 Ivan Rodriguez
• 4 Tony Gwynn
• 5 Paul Molitor
• 6 Kenny Lofton
• 7 Andy Pettitte
• 8 Darin Erstad
• 9 Randy Johnson
• 10 Derek Jeter
• 11 Hideo Nomo
• 12 Dave Justice
• 13 Bernie Williams
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Barry Larkin
• 16 Andruw Jones
• 17 Mike Piazza
• 18 Frank Thomas
• 19 Alex Rodriguez
• 20 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Elite Series

Each Donruss Elite Series insert is serial-numbered to 2500 copies, and randomly inserted into Series One packs.

• 1 Jeff Bagwell
• 2 Andruw Jones
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Derek Jeter
• 5 Juan Gonzalez
• 6 Mark McGwire
• 7 Ivan Rodriguez
• 8 Paul Molitor
• 9 Hideo Nomo
• 10 Mo Vaughn
• 11 Chipper Jones
• 12 Nomar Garciaparra
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Frank Thomas
• 15 Greg Maddux
• 16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 17 Alex Rodriguez
• 18 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 19 Barry Bonds
• 20 Tony Gwynn

Longball Leaders

This 24-card set features all the top sluggers in baseball printed on etched-foil cards. Only 5000 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Mark McGwire
• 3 Tino Martinez
• 4 Barry Bonds
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Albert Belle
• 7 Mike Piazza
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Vladimir Guerrero
• 10 Matt Williams
• 11 Sammy Sosa
• 12 Tim Salmon
• 13 Raul Mondesi
• 14 Jeff Bagwell
• 15 Mo Vaughn
• 16 Manny Ramirez
• 17 Jim Thome
• 18 Jim Edmonds
• 19 Tony Clark
• 20 Nomar Garciaparra
• 21 Juan Gonzalez
• 22 Scott Rolen
• 23 Larry Walker
• 24 Andres Galarraga

Production Line

This 60-card set features color player images printed on holographic board. Each card is serial-numbered according to the player's 1997 statistics (multiplied by 1000) in three different categories: Power Index (more commonly known as OPS), Slugging Percentage, and On-Base Percentage. Production figures of each card are denoted in the checklists.

Power Index is exclusive to Series One Hobby packs, Slugging to retail, and On-Base to Jumbo packs.

Power Index

• 1 Frank Thomas 1067
• 2 Mark McGwire 1039
• 3 Barry Bonds 1031
• 4 Jeff Bagwell 1017
• 5 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1028
• 6 Alex Rodriguez 846
• 7 Chipper Jones 850
• 8 Mike Piazza 1070
• 9 Mo Vaughn 980
• 10 Brady Anderson 863
• 11 Manny Ramirez 953
• 12 Albert Belle 823
• 13 Jim Thome 1001
• 14 Bernie Williams 952
• 15 Scott Rolen 846
• 16 Vladimir Guerrero 833
• 17 Larry Walker 1172
• 18 Dave Justice 1013
• 19 Tino Martinez 948
• 20 Tony Gwynn 957

Slugging

• 1 Mark McGwire 646
• 2 Ken Griffey, Jr. 646
• 3 Andres Galarraga 585
• 4 Barry Bonds 585
• 5 Juan Gonzalez 589
• 6 Mike Piazza 638
• 7 Jeff Bagwell 592
• 8 Manny Ramirez 538
• 9 Jim Thome 579
• 10 Mo Vaughn 560
• 11 Larry Walker 720
• 12 Tino Martinez 577
• 13 Frank Thomas 611
• 14 Tim Salmon 517
• 15 Raul Mondesi 541
• 16 Alex Rodriguez 496
• 17 Nomar Garciaparra 534
• 18 Jose Cruz, Jr. 499
• 19 Tony Clark 500
• 20 Cal Ripken, Jr. 402

On-Base

• 1 Frank Thomas 456
• 2 Edgar Martinez 456
• 3 Roberto Alomar 390
• 4 Chuck Knoblauch 390
• 5 Mike Piazza 431
• 6 Barry Larkin 440
• 7 Kenny Lofton 409
• 8 Jeff Bagwell 425
• 9 Barry Bonds 446
• 10 Rusty Greer 405
• 11 Gary Sheffield 424
• 12 Mark McGwire 393
• 13 Chipper Jones 371
• 14 Tony Gwynn 409
• 15 Craig Biggio 415
• 16 Mo Vaughn 420
• 17 Bernie Williams 408
• 18 Ken Griffey, Jr. 382
• 19 Brady Anderson 393
• 20 Derek Jeter 370

Dominators

This 30-card set was randomly inserted into Update Series packs.

• 1 Roger Clemens
• 2 Tony Clark
• 3 Darin Erstad
• 4 Jeff Bagwell
• 5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 6 Andruw Jones
• 7 Juan Gonzalez
• 8 Ivan Rodriguez
• 9 Randy Johnson
• 10 Tino Martinez
• 11 Mark McGwire
• 12 Chuck Knoblauch
• 13 Jim Thome
• 14 Alex Rodriguez
• 15 Hideo Nomo
• 16 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 17 Chipper Jones
• 18 Tony Gwynn
• 19 Barry Bonds
• 20 Mo Vaughn
• 21 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 22 Greg Maddux
• 23 Manny Ramirez
• 24 Andres Galarraga
• 25 Vladimir Guerrero
• 26 Albert Belle
• 27 Nomar Garciaparra
• 28 Kenny Lofton
• 29 Mike Piazza
• 30 Frank Thomas

Rookie Diamond Kings

This 20-card set features color portraits of the top rookie stars of 1998. Only 10,000 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, with the first 500 of each card were printed on actual canvas card stock.

• 1 Travis Lee
• 2 Fernando Tatis
• 3 Livan Hernandez
• 4 Todd Helton
• 5 Derrek Lee
• 6 Jaret Wright
• 7 Ben Grieve
• 8 Paul Konerko
• 9 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 10 Mark Kotsay
• 11 Todd Greene
• 12 Brad Fullmer

FANtasy Team

Randomly inserted in Update Series packs, this 20-card set features the leading vote-getters from the on-line FAN Club promotion. The first ten cards make up the FANtasy 1st Team and consist of the top 10 vote-getters. Each FANtasy 1st Team card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies. The remaining players make up the FANtasy 2nd Team and are each serial-numbered to 4000 copies.

The first 250 copies of each Fantasy Team card are die-cut.

• 1 Frank Thomas
• 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 5 Travis Lee
• 6 Greg Maddux
• 7 Alex Rodriguez
• 8 Mark McGwire
• 9 Chipper Jones
• 10 Andruw Jones
• 11 Mike Piazza
• 12 Tony Gwynn
• 13 Larry Walker
• 14 Nomar Garciaparra
• 15 Jaret Wright
• 16 Livan Hernandez
• 17 Roger Clemens
• 18 Derek Jeter
• 19 Scott Rolen
• 20 Jeff Bagwell

MLB 99

Randomly inserted into both Update Series and 1998 Studio packs, this 20-card set promoted the upcoming MLB 99 video game for the Sony PlayStation.

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Nomar Garciaparra
• 3 Barry Bonds
• 4 Mike Mussina
• 5 Pedro Martinez
• 6 Derek Jeter
• 7 Andruw Jones
• 8 Kenny Lofton
• 9 Gary Sheffield
• 10 Raul Mondesi
• 11 Jeff Bagwell
• 12 Tim Salmon
• 13 Tom Glavine
• 14 Ben Grieve
• 15 Matt Williams
• 16 Juan Gonzalez
• 17 Mark McGwire
• 18 Bernie Williams
• 19 Andres Galarraga
• 20 Jose Cruz, Jr.

Crusade

See 1998 Donruss Crusade.

Autographs

1998 Donruss Signature Series Previews

Twenty-nine of these 34 autographed cards were randomly inserted into Donruss Update packs. These cards previewed the then-upcoming 1998 Donruss Signature Series set. Although the cards were not serial-numbered, production figures were publicly announced by Donruss and those figures are next to the players name in our checklist.

The five additional cards (Alou, Casey, Jenkins, Jeter and Wilson) were never intended for public release. It's believed that four players (all except Jeter) signed 100 or more cards but failed to return their cards to the manufacturer in time for the Donruss Update packout. Apparently, the cards were stored in Pinnacle's card vault, but an unknown amount of each card made their way into the secondary market during Pinnacle's bankruptcy proceeding after Playoff bought the holdings. It's believed that a handful of the Jeter cards were erroneously sent to Jeter in his 1998 Donruss Signature card agreement (red, green and blue cards for a separate brand). Jeter simply signed all of the cards and sent them back to the manufacturer.

• 1 Sandy Alomar, Jr. 96
• 2 Moises Alou
• 3 Andy Benes 135
• 4 Russell Branyan 188
• 5 Sean Casey
• 6 Tony Clark 188
• 7 Juan Encarnacion 193
• 8 Brad Fullmer 396
• 9 Juan Gonzalez 108
• 10 Ben Grieve 100
• 11 Todd Helton 101
• 12 Richard Hidalgo 380
• 13 A.J. Hinch 400
• 14 Damian Jackson 15
• 15 Geoff Jenkins
• 16 Derek Jeter
• 17 Chipper Jones 112
• 18 Chuck Knoblauch 98
• 19 Travis Lee 101
• 20 Mike Lowell 450
• 21 Greg Maddux 92
• 22 Kevin Millwood 395
• 23 Magglio Ordonez 420
• 24 David Ortiz 393
• 25 Rafael Palmeiro 107
• 26 Cal Ripken, Jr. 22
• 27 Alex Rodriguez 23
• 28 Curt Schilling 100
• 29 Randall Simon 380
• 30 Fernando Tatis 400
• 31 Miguel Tejada 375
• 32 Robin Ventura 95
• 33 Dan Wilson
• 34 Kerry Wood 373

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