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Description

2002 Donruss Elite is a 268-card set, released in two series of 200 and 68 cards, respectively. The first 200 cards were released as part of the standard Donruss Elite series and is made up of 100 veteran players, 50 short-printed veterans and 50 rookie players. The 50 SPed veterans (101-150) were seeded into packs at a rate of 1:10. The rookie cards (151-200) are serial-numbered to 1500 copies with the first 150 die-cut and labeled "Turn of the Century." Some of the TotC cards are autographed.

The final 68 cards are part of the "Elite Extra Edition" subset, and were randomly inserted into Hobby packs of 2002 Donruss The Rookies. Each Elite Extra Edition card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, with the first 100 copies autographed. Cards 256, 263 and 267-271 do not exist.

Distribution

Elite: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99) Hobby only. 20 boxes per case.

The Rookies: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	268	-	?
short set	100	-	?
short-printed veterans	50	-	1:10
Rookies	50	1500	1:10
Elite Extra Edition	68	1000	1:8
Aspirations	200	varies	?
Status	200	varies	?
All-Star Salutes	25	varies	?
All-Star Salutes Century	25	100	?
Back to the Future	22	500 or 1000	?
Passing the Torch	24	500 or 1000	?
Career Bests	40	varies	?
Back 2 Back Jacks	30	75 or 150	?
Back to the Future Threads	22	50 or 100	?
Passing the Torch Autographs	24	25, 50 or 100	?
Throwback Threads	64	50 or 100	?
Turn of the Century	50	150	?
Turn of the Century Extra Edition	68	100	?
Recollection Collection

Checklist

Beckett Samples

Randomly inserted into issued of the March, 2002 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a 2002 Donruss Elite sample card. The set parallels the first 100 cards in the base set and each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed in silver colored foil on the back. One out of every ten Sample cards is stamped in Gold foil.

Base Set

Elite Series

Base Set

1 Vladimir Guerrero
2 Bernie Williams
3 Ichiro
4 Roger Clemens
5 Greg Maddux
6 Fred McGriff
7 Jermaine Dye
8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
9 Todd Helton
10 Torii Hunter
11 Pat Burrell
12 Chipper Jones
13 Ivan Rodriguez
14 Roy Oswalt
15 Shannon Stewart
16 Magglio Ordonez
17 Lance Berkman
18 Mark Mulder
19 Al Leiter
20 Sammy Sosa
21 Scott Rolen
22 Aramis Ramirez
23 Alfonso Soriano
24 Phil Nevin
25 Barry Bonds
26 Joe Mays
27 Jeff Kent
28 Mark Quinn
29 Adrian Beltre
30 Freddy Garcia
31 Pedro Martinez
32 Darryl Kile
33 Mike Cameron
34 Frank Catalanotto
35 Jose Vidro
36 Jim Thome
37 Javy Lopez
38 Paul Konerko
39 Jeff Bagwell
40 Curt Schilling
41 Miguel Tejada
42 Jim Edmonds
43 Ellis Burks
44 Mark Grace
45 Robb Nen
46 Jeff Conine
47 Derek Jeter
48 Mike Lowell
49 Javier Vazquez
50 Manny Ramirez
51 Bartolo Colon
52 Carlos Beltran
53 Tim Hudson
54 Rafael Palmeiro
55 Jimmy Rollins
56 Andruw Jones
57 Orlando Cabrera
58 Dean Palmer
59 Bret Boone
60 Carlos Febles
61 Ben Grieve
62 Richie Sexson
63 Alex Rodriguez
64 Juan Pierre
65 Bob Higginson
66 Barry Zito
67 Raul Mondesi
68 Albert Pujols
69 Omar Vizquel
70 Bob Abreu
71 Corey Koskie
72 Tom Glavine
73 Paul LoDuca
74 Terrence Long
75 Matt Morris
76 Andy Pettitte
77 Rich Aurilia
78 Todd Walker
79 John Olerud
80 Mike Sweeney
81 Ray Durham
82 Fernando Vina
83 Nomar Garciaparra
84 Mariano Rivera
85 Mike Piazza
86 Mark Buehrle
87 Adam Dunn
88 Luis Gonzalez
89 Richard Hidalgo
90 Brad Radke
91 Russ Ortiz
92 Brian Giles
93 Billy Wagner
94 Cliff Floyd
95 Eric Milton
96 Bud Smith
97 Wade Miller
98 Jon Lieber
99 Derrek Lee
100 Jose Cruz, Jr.

Short-Printed Veterans

101 Dmitri Young
102 Mo Vaughn
103 Tino Martinez
104 Larry Walker
105 Chuck Knoblauch
106 Troy Glaus
107 Jason Giambi
108 Travis Fryman
109 Josh Beckett
110 Edgar Martinez
111 Tim Salmon
112 C.C. Sabathia
113 Randy Johnson
114 Juan Gonzalez
115 Carlos Delgado
116 Hideo Nomo
117 Kerry Wood
118 Brian Jordan
119 Carlos Pena
120 Roger Cedeno
121 Chan Ho Park
122 Rafael Furcal
123 Frank Thomas
124 Mike Mussina
125 Rickey Henderson
126 Sean Casey SP
127 Barry Larkin
128 Kazuhiro Sasaki
129 Moises Alou
130 Jeff Cirillo
131 Jason Kendall
132 Gary Sheffield
133 Ryan Klesko
134 Kevin Brown
135 Darin Erstad
136 Roberto Alomar
137 Brad Fullmer
138 Eric Chavez
139 Ben Sheets
140 Trot Nixon
141 Garret Anderson
142 Shawn Green
143 Troy Percival
144 Craig Biggio
145 Jorge Posada
146 J.D. Drew
147 Johnny Damon
148 Jeromy Burnitz
149 Robin Ventura
150 Aaron Sele

Rookies

151 Cam Esslinger RC*
152 Ben Howard RC
153 Brandon Backe RC
154 Jorge De La Rosa RC
155 Austin Kearns
156 Carlos Zambrano
157 Kyle Kane RC*
158 So Taguchi RC
159 Brian Mallette RC
160 Brett Jodie
161 Elio Serrano RC*
162 Joe Thurston
163 Kevin Olsen
164 Rodrigo Rosario RC
165 Matt Guerrier
166 Anderson Machado RC
167 Bert Snow
168 Franklyn German RC
169 Brandon Claussen
170 Jason Romano
171 Jorge Padilla RC
172 Jose Cueto
173 Allan Simpson RC
174 Doug Devore RC
175 Justin Duchscherer
176 Josh Pearce
177 Steve Bechler RC
178 Josh Phelps
179 Juan Diaz
180 Victor Alvarez RC
181 Ramon Vazquez
182 Mike Rivera
183 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
184 Henry Mateo
185 Travis Hughes RC
186 Zach Day
187 Brad Voyles
188 Sean Douglass
189 Nick Neugebauer
190 Tom Shearn RC
191 Eric Cyr
192 Adam Johnson
193 Michael Cuddyer
194 Erik Bedard
195 Mark Ellis
196 Carlos Hernandez
197 Deivis Santos
198 Morgan Ensberg
199 Ryan Jamison
200 Cody Ransom

Elite Extra Edition

201 Chris Snelling RC
202 Satoru Komiyama RC
203 Jason Simontacchi RC
204 Tim Kalita RC*
205 Runelvys Hernandez RC
206 Kirk Saarloos RC
207 Aaron Cook RC
208 Luis Ugueto RC
209 Gustavo Chacin RC
210 Francis Beltran RC
211 Takahito Nomura RC
212 Oliver Perez RC
213 Miguel Asencio RC
214 Rene Reyes RC
215 Jeff Baker RC
216 Jon Adkins RC
217 Carlos Rivera
218 Corey Thurman RC
219 Earl Snyder RC
220 Felix Escalona RC
221 Jeremy Guthrie RC
222 Josh Hancock RC
223 Ben Kozlowski RC
224 Eric Good RC*
225 Eric Junge RC
226 Andy Pratt RC
227 Matt Thornton RC
228 Jorge Sosa RC
229 Mike A. Smith RC
230 Mitch Wylie RC*
231 John Ennis RC
232 Reed Johnson RC
233 Joe Borchard
234 Ron Calloway RC
235 Brian Tallet RC
236 Chris Baker RC*
237 Cliff Lee RC
238 Matt Childers RC
239 Freddy Sanchez RC
240 Chone Figgins RC
241 Kevin Cash RC
242 Josh Bard RC
243 Jeriome Robertson RC
244 Jeremy Hill RC
245 Shane Nance RC
246 Wes Obermueller RC
247 Trey Hodges RC
248 Eric Eckenstahler RC
249 Jim Rushford RC
250 Jose Castillo
251 Garrett Atkins
252 Alexis Rios RC
253 Ryan Church RC
254 Jimmy Gobble RC
255 Corwin Malone RC*
257 Nic Jackson RC*
258 Tommy Whiteman
259 Mario Ramos RC
260 Rob Bowen RC
261 Josh Wilson RC
262 Tim Hummel RC
264 Gerald Laird
265 Vinny Chulk
266 Jesus Medrano RC*
272 Adam LaRoche
273 Adam Morrissey RC*
274 Henri Stanley
275 Walter Young

Parallels

Status/Aspirations

Status and Aspirations are parallels of the 200-card base set. The Status is serial-numbered to the player's respective uniform number; while the Aspirations was numbered to 100 copies minus the uniform number.

Chicago National

These parallel cards were given away as part of a promotion at the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. Each of the first 200 base set cards featured a special Chicago National stamp, and is serial-numbered to five copies.

Inserts

All-Star Salutes

Each card is serial-numbered to the year in which they played in the All-Star Game. The first 100 copies are printed on a holographic foil.

AS1 Ichiro Suzuki
AS2 Tony Gwynn
AS3 Magglio Ordonez
AS4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
AS5 Roger Clemens
AS6 Kazuhiro Sasaki
AS7 Freddy Garcia
AS8 Luis Gonzalez
AS9 Lance Berkman
AS10 Derek Jeter
AS11 Chipper Jones
AS12 Randy Johnson
AS13 Andruw Jones
AS14 Pedro Martinez
AS15 Jim Thome
AS16 Rafael Palmeiro
AS17 Barry Larkin
AS18 Ivan Rodriguez
AS19 Omar Vizquel
AS20 Edgar Martinez
AS21 Larry Walker
AS22 Javy Lopez
AS23 Mariano Rivera
AS24 Frank Thomas
AS25 Greg Maddux

Back to the Future

This 22-card insert set matches both current and future stars. Cards 1-8 feature two players and are serial-numbered to 500 copies, while cards 9-24 have only one player are were serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Card number 6 was originally intended to feature Cardinals rookie So Taguchi paired up with Jim Edmonds and card number 20 was to feature Taguchi by himself, but both cards were pulled from the set before production was finalized, thus this set is complete at 22 cards.

BF-2 Joe Crede / Frank Thomas 500
BF-1 Scott Rolen / Marlon Byrd 500
BF-3 Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell 500
BF-4 Marcus Giles / Chipper Jones 500
BF-5 Shawn Green / Paul LoDuca 500
BF-7 Kerry Wood / Jose Cruz, Jr. 500
BF-8 Vladimir Guerrero / Orlando Cabrera 500
BF-9 Scott Rolen 1000
BF-10 Marlon Byrd 1000
BF-11 Frank Thomas 1000
BF-12 Joe Crede 1000
BF-13 Jeff Bagwell 1000
BF-14 Lance Berkman 1000
BF-15 Chipper Jones 1000
BF-16 Marcus Giles 1000
BF-17 Shawn Green 1000
BF-18 Paul LoDuca 1000
BF-19 Jim Edmonds 1000
BF-21 Kerry Wood 1000
BF-22 Juan Cruz 1000
BF-23 Vladimir Guerrero 1000
BF-24 Orlando Cabrera 1000

Career Best

This 40-card set spotlights players who established career statistical highs in 2001. Each card is serial-numbered to a specific statistical achievement and the cards were randomly seeded into packs.

CB1 Albert Pujols 1013
CB2 Alex Rodriguez 52
CB3 Alex Rodriguez 135
CB4 Andruw Jones 104
CB5 Barry Bonds 73
CB6 Barry Bonds 1379
CB7 Barry Bonds 177
CB8 C.C. Sabathia 171
CB9 Carlos Beltran 876
CB10 Chipper Jones 330
CB11 Derek Jeter 900
CB12 Eric Chavez 114
CB13 Frank Catalanotto 330
CB14 Ichiro Suzuki 838
CB15 Ichiro Suzuki 127
CB16 Ichiro Suzuki 8
CB17 J.D. Drew 27
CB18 J.D. Drew 1027
CB19 Jason Giambi 660
CB20 Jim Thome 49
CB21 Jim Thome 624
CB22 Jorge Posada 95
CB23 Jose Cruz 856
CB24 Kazuhiro Sasaki 45
CB25 Kerry Wood 336
CB26 Lance Berkman 1050
CB27 Magglio Ordonez 382
CB28 Mark Mulder 345
CB29 Pat Burrell 27
CB30 Pat Burrell 469
CB31 Randy Johnson 372
CB32 Randy Johnson 21
CB33 Richie Sexson 547
CB34 Roberto Alomar 956
CB35 Sammy Sosa 160
CB36 Sammy Sosa 1174
CB37 Shawn Green 125
CB38 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 10
CB39 Trot Nixon 150
CB40 Troy Glaus 108

Passing the Torch

This 24-card insert set presents baseball legends and rising stars on double-sided holo-foil board. 500 serial-numbered copies of each dual-player card were produced. 1000 serial-numbered copies of single player card were produced.

PT-1 Fergie Jenkins / Mark Prior 500
PT-2 Nolan Ryan / Roy Oswalt 500
PT-3 Ozzie Smith / J.D. Drew 500
PT-4 George Brett / Carlos Beltran 500
PT-5 Kirby Puckett / Michael Cuddyer 500
PT-6 Johnny Bench / Adam Dunn 500
PT-7 Duke Snider / Paul LoDuca 500
PT-8 Tony Gwynn / Xavier Nady 500
PT-9 Fergie Jenkins 1000
PT-10 Mark Prior 1000
PT-11 Nolan Ryan 1000
PT-12 Roy Oswalt 1000
PT-13 Ozzie Smith 1000
PT-14 J.D. Drew 1000
PT-15 George Brett 1000
PT-16 Carlos Beltran 1000
PT-17 Kirby Puckett 1000
PT-18 Michael Cuddyer 1000
PT-19 Johnny Bench 1000
PT-20 Adam Dunn 1000
PT-21 Duke Snider 1000
PT-22 Paul LoDuca 1000
PT-23 Tony Gwynn 1000
PT-24 Xavier Nady 1000

Autographs & Game-Used

Back 2 Back Jacks

BB-10 Manny Ramirez / Trot Nixon 75
BB-1 Ivan Rodriguez / Alex Rodriguez 75
BB-2 Kirby Puckett / Dave Winfield 75
BB-3 Ted Williams / Nomar Garciaparra 75
BB-4 Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio 75
BB-5 Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken 75
BB-6 Andruw Jones / Chipper Jones 75
BB-7 Roberto Clemente / Willie Stargell 75
BB-8 Lou Gehrig / Don Mattingly 75
BB-9 Larry Walker / Todd Helton 75
BB-11 Ivan Rodriguez 150
BB-12 Alex Rodriguez 150
BB-13 Kirby Puckett 150
BB-14 Dave Winfield 150
BB-15 Ted Williams 150
BB-16 Nomar Garciaparra 150
BB-17 Jeff Bagwell 150
BB-18 Craig Biggio 150
BB-19 Eddie Murray 150
BB-20 Cal Ripken, Jr. 150
BB-21 Andruw Jones 150
BB-22 Chipper Jones 150
BB-23 Roberto Clemente 150
BB-24 Willie Stargell 150
BB-25 Lou Gehrig 150
BB-26 Don Mattingly 150
BB-27 Larry Walker 150
BB-28 Todd Helton 150
BB-29 Manny Ramirez 150
BB-30 Trot Nixon 150

Back to the Future Threads

This set parallels the Back to the Future insert. The fronts differ by offering one or two swatches of game-worn jerseys.

While So Taguchi's cards were pulled from the non-game used set, he was included in this set as an autograph. Exchange cards for the Edmonds/Taguchi dual card and So Taguchi's stand alone card were seeded into packs. Please note that only Taguchi was contracted to sign the Edmonds/Taguchi combo card. Both cards had a redemption deadline of October 10th, 2003.

Cards featuring one player had a stated print run of 100 sets and cards featuring two players have a stated print run of 50 sets.

BF-6 So Taguchi / Jim Edmonds AU 50
BF-1 Scott Rolen / Marlon Byrd 50
BF-2 Frank Thomas / Joe Crede 50
BF-3 Jeff Bagwell / Lance Berkman 50
BF-4 Chipper Jones / Marcus Giles 50
BF-5 Shawn Green / Paul LoDuca 50
BF-7 Kerry Wood / Jose Cruz, Jr. 50
BF-8 Vladimir Guerrero / Orlando Cabrera 50
BF-9 Scott Rolen 100
BF-10 Marlon Byrd 100
BF-11 Frank Thomas 100
BF-12 Joe Crede 100
BF-13 Jeff Bagwell 100
BF-14 Lance Berkman 100
BF-15 Chipper Jones 100
BF-16 Marcus Giles 100
BF-17 Shawn Green 100
BF-18 Paul LoDuca 100
BF-19 Jim Edmonds 100
BF-20 So Taguchi AU 100
BF-21 Kerry Wood 100
BF-22 Juan Cruz 100
BF-23 Vladimir Guerrero 100
BF-24 Orlando Cabrera 100

Passing the Torch Autographs

PT-1 Fergie Jenkins / Mark Prior 50
PT-2 Nolan Ryan / Roy Oswalt 50
PT-3 Ozzie Smith / J.D. Drew 50
PT-4 George Brett / Carlos Beltran 25
PT-5 Kirby Puckett / Michael Cuddyer 50
PT-6 Johnny Bench / Adam Dunn 50
PT-7 Duke Snider / Paul LoDuca 50
PT-8 Tony Gwynn / Xavier Nady 50
PT-9 Fergie Jenkins 50
PT-10 Mark Prior 100
PT-11 Nolan Ryan 100
PT-12 Roy Oswalt 100
PT-13 Ozzie Smith 25
PT-14 J.D. Drew 100
PT-15 George Brett 25
PT-16 Carlos Beltran 100
PT-17 Kirby Puckett 25
PT-18 Michael Cuddyer 100
PT-19 Johnny Bench 100
PT-20 Adam Dunn 50
PT-21 Duke Snider 100
PT-22 Paul LoDuca 100
PT-23 Tony Gwynn 100
PT-24 Xavier Nady 100

Throwback Threads

Cards featuring one player have a stated print run of 100 sets while cards featuring two players have a stated print run of 50 sets.

Card number 28 (intended to be a Rickey Henderson Red Sox card) does not exist in unsigned form. Henderson signed all 100 copies produced and this card can be referenced in the Throwback Threads Autographs set below.

TT-14 Jackie Robinson / Shawn Green 50
TT-9 Stan Musial / J.D. Drew 50
TT-6 Bernie Williams / Dave Winfield 50
TT-2 Carlton Fisk / Mike Piazza 50
TT-1 Ted Williams / Manny Ramirez 50
TT-3 Bo Jackson / George Brett 50
TT-4 Curt Schilling / Randy Johnson 50
TT-5 Don Mattingly / Lou Gehrig 50
TT-7 Rickey Henderson SEA / NYM 50
TT-8 Robin Yount / Paul Molitor 50
TT-10 Andre Dawson / Ryne Sandberg 50
TT-11 Babe Ruth / Reggie Jackson 50
TT-12 Brooks Robinson / Cal Ripken, Jr. 50
TT-13 Ted Williams / Nomar Garciaparra 50
TT-15 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Tony Gwynn 50
TT-16 Ted Williams 100
TT-17 Manny Ramirez 90
TT-18 Carlton Fisk 85
TT-19 Mike Piazza 100
TT-20 Bo Jackson 90
TT-21 George Brett 95
TT-22 Curt Schilling 90
TT-23 Randy Johnson 100
TT-24 Don Mattingly 80
TT-25 Lou Gehrig 100
TT-26 Bernie Williams 95
TT-27 Dave Winfield 90
TT-29 Rickey Henderson 100
TT-30 Robin Yount 90
TT-31 Paul Molitor 85
TT-32 Stan Musial 90
TT-33 J.D. Drew 75
TT-34 Andre Dawson 85
TT-35 Ryne Sandberg 80
TT-36 Babe Ruth 100
TT-37 Reggie Jackson 90
TT-38 Brooks Robinson 100
TT-39 Cal Ripken, Jr. 100
TT-40 Nomar Garciaparra 100
TT-41 Jackie Robinson 100
TT-42 Shawn Green 100
TT-43 Pedro Martinez 90
TT-44 Nolan Ryan 90
TT-45 Kazuhiro Sasaki 100
TT-46 Tony Gwynn 90
TT-47 Carlton Fisk 90
TT-48 Cal Ripken, Jr. 100
TT-49 Rod Carew 90
TT-50 Nolan Ryan 90
TT-51 Alex Rodriguez 90
TT-52 Greg Maddux 90
TT-53 Pedro Martinez 100
TT-54 Rickey Henderson 100
TT-55 Rod Carew 90
TT-56 Roberto Clemente 100
TT-57 Hideo Nomo 100
TT-58 Rickey Henderson 100
TT-59 Dave Parker 75
TT-60 Eddie Mathews 100
TT-61 Eddie Murray 90
TT-62 Nolan Ryan 90
TT-63 Tom Seaver 85
TT-64 Roger Clemens 100
TT-65 Rickey Henderson 100

Autographed Throwback Threads

TT-17 Manny Ramirez 10
TT-18 Carlton Fisk 15
TT-20 Bo Jackson 10
TT-21 George Brett 5
TT-22 Curt Schilling 10
TT-24 Don Mattingly 20
TT-26 Bernie Williams 5
TT-27 Dave Winfield 10
TT-28 Rickey Henderson 100
TT-30 Robin Yount 10
TT-31 Paul Molitor 15
TT-32 Stan Musial 10
TT-33 J.D. Drew 25
TT-34 Andre Dawson 15
TT-35 Ryne Sandberg 20
TT-37 Reggie Jackson 10
TT-43 Pedro Martinez 10
TT-44 Nolan Ryan 10
TT-46 Tony Gwynn 10
TT-47 Carlton Fisk 10
TT-49 Rod Carew 10
TT-50 Nolan Ryan 10
TT-51 Alex Rodriguez 10
TT-52 Greg Maddux 10
TT-55 Rod Carew 10
TT-59 Dave Parker 25
TT-61 Eddie Murray 10
TT-62 Nolan Ryan 10
TT-63 Tom Seaver 15

Recollection Collection

Donruss had 23 player autograph copies of their 2001 Donruss Elite base cards. The vast majority of these cards are from the Elite Extra Edition subset. It is unknown is these cards were bought-back by Donruss, or unredeemed leftovers from the failed pay-redemption program.

Jeremy Affeldt 25
Alfredo Amezaga 50
Angel Berroa 25
Dewon Brazelton 25
John Buck 25
Marlon Byrd 25
Juan Cruz 25
Brandon Duckworth 10
Brandon Duckworth 15
Casey Fossum 25
Luis Garcia 25
Tony Gwynn 10
Bill Hall 25
Orlando Hudson 50
Ryan Klesko 5
Jason Lane 24
Corky Miller 25
Roy Oswalt 25
Antonio Perez 50
Mark Prior 25
Mike Rivera 50
Mark Teixeira 25
Claudio Vargas 50
Martin Vargas 50

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+Cards featuring one player have a stated print run of 100 sets while cards featuring two players have a stated print run of 50 sets.
+Card number 28 (intended to be a Rickey Henderson Red Sox card) does not exist in unsigned form. Henderson signed all 100 copies produced and this card can be referenced in the Throwback Threads Autographs set below.
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