Revision as of 06:13, 29 August 2010

Description

1998 Donruss Collections is a massive 750-card Topps Chrom-esque parallel brand that draws from four previously released sets: 1998 Donruss Baseball, 1998 Leaf, 1998 Donruss Elite, and 1998 Donruss Preferred. Like Topps/Bowman Chrome, all cards are printed on chromium stock and feature Refractor-like parallels.

The set is fractured so that the 200 Donruss cards are the most common and the 200 Donruss Preferred cards are the rarest -- in fact, according to Donruss only 1100 copies of each Donruss Collections Preferred cards were printed.

Each card is sequentially numbered twice: Its regular card number in the original set, and its place in the Donruss Collections set. For example: Derek Jeter is card #8 in the 1998 Donruss Elite set; but in Donruss Collections Elite, Jeter is #408.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, five cards per pack

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Limiteded To	Odds
Base	750	-	?
Donruss Baseball Collections	200	-	two-per-pack
Leaf Collections	200	-	1.5:1
Donruss Elite Collections	150	-	one-per-pack
Donruss Preferred Collections	200	1400	1:2
Donruss Baseball Prized Collections	200	560	?
Leaf Prized Collections	200	400	?
Donruss Elite Prized Collections	150	220	?
Donruss Preferred Prized Collections	200	55	1:2

Checklist

Base Set

Donruss Baseball Collections

NOTE: This subset parallels the 170-card first series base set and 30-card Rated Rookie insert set in Donruss Baseball.

1 Paul Molitor

2 Juan Gonzalez

3 Darryl Kile

4 Randy Johnson

5 Tom Glavine

6 Pat Hentgen

7 David 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 Babe Ruth

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, Jr.

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 Bobby 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 Dennys 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

156 Ken Griffey Jr. FC

157 Frank Thomas FC

158 Chipper Jones FC

159 Mike Piazza FC

160 Cal Ripken, Jr. FC

161 Greg Maddux FC

162 Juan Gonzalez FC

163 Alex Rodriguez FC

164 Mark McGwire FC

165 Derek Jeter FC

166 Larry Walker CL

167 Tony Gwynn CL

168 Tino Martinez CL

169 Scott Rolen CL

170 Nomar Garciaparra CL

Rated Rookies

NOTE: These 30 cards parallel the Rated Rookie insert set in 1998 Donruss Baseball. This portion of the set is skip-numbered, with the set continuing at card #176.

176 Mark Kotsay

177 Neifi Perez

178 Paul Konerko

179 Jose Cruz Jr.

180 Hideki Irabu

181 Mike Cameron

182 Jeff Suppan

183 Kevin Orie

184 Pokey Reese

185 Todd Dunwoody

186 Miguel Tejada

187 Jose Guillen

188 Bartolo Colon

189 Derrek Lee

190 Antone Williamson

191 Wilton Guerrero

192 Jaret Wright

193 Todd Helton

194 Shannon Stewart

195 Nomar Garciaparra

196 Brett Tomko

197 Fernando Tatis

198 Raul Ibanez

199 Dennis Reyes

200 Bobby Estalella

201 Lou Collier

202 Bubba Trammell

203 Ben Grieve

204 Ivan Cruz

205 Karim Garcia

Leaf Collections

Donruss Elite Collections

Donruss Preferred Collections

Parallels

Prized Collections

Each of the 750 base cards are available in a Prized Collections parallel. Like the base set being a clone for Topps/Bowman Chrome, these cards are nothing more than a Refractor knock-off. Although none of the cards are serial-numbered, Donruss did announce specific production figures for each subset.

Donruss Baseball Prized Collections (560 copies)

Leaf Prized Collections (400 copies)

Donruss Elite Prized Collections (220 copies)

Donruss Preferred Prized Collections (55 copies)