Description

1997 Studio is a 165-card set, issued in August, 1997. Each pack, which resembles an express mail envelope, contained five standard-sized cards and one 8x10 Studio Portrait. It is believed that the following base cards: 112, 133, 137, 147 and 161 were short printed.

Distribution

18 packs per box, five cards plus one 8 X 10 Studio Portrait per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	165	-	?
Silver Press Proofs	165	1500	?
Gold Press Proofs	165	500	?
8 X 10 Portraits	24	-	1:1
Hard Hats	24	5000	?
Master Strokes	24	2000	?
Master Strokes 8 X 10	24	5000	?
Autographs	3	varies	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Frank Thomas
2 Gary Sheffield
3 Jason Isringhausen
4 Ron Gant
5 Andy Pettitte
6 Todd Hollandsworth
7 Troy Percival
8 Mark McGwire
9 Barry Larkin
10 Ken Caminiti
11 Paul Molitor
12 Travis Fryman
13 Kevin Brown
14 Robin Ventura
15 Andres Galarraga
16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
17 Roger Clemens
18 Alan Benes
19 Dave Justice
20 Damon Buford
21 Mike Piazza
22 Ray Durham
23 Billy Wagner
24 Dean Palmer
25 David Cone
26 Ruben Sierra
27 Henry Rodriguez
28 Ray Lankford
29 Jamey Wright
30 Brady Anderson
31 Tino Martinez
32 Manny Ramirez
33 Jeff Conine
34 Dante Bichette
35 Jose Canseco
36 Mo Vaughn
37 Sammy Sosa
38 Mark Grudzielanek
39 Mike Mussina
40 Bill Pulsipher
41 Ryne Sandberg
42 Rickey Henderson
43 Alex Rodriguez
44 Eddie Murray
45 Ernie Young
46 Joey Hamilton
47 Wade Boggs
48 Rusty Greer
49 Carlos Delgado
50 Ellis Burks
51 Cal Ripken, Jr.
52 Alex Fernandez
53 Wally Joyner
54 James Baldwin
55 Juan Gonzalez
56 John Smoltz
57 Omar Vizquel
58 Shane Reynolds
59 Barry Bonds
60 Jason Kendall
61 Marty Cordova
62 Charles Johnson
63 John Jaha
64 Chan Ho Park
65 Jermaine Allensworth
66 Mark Grace
67 Tim Salmon
68 Edgar Martinez
69 Marquis Grissom
70 Craig Biggio
71 Bob Higginson
72 Kevin Seitzer
73 Hideo Nomo
74 Dennis Eckersley
75 Bobby Bonilla
76 Dwight Gooden
77 Jeff Cirillo
78 Brian McRae
79 Chipper Jones
80 Jeff Fassero
81 Fred McGriff
82 Garret Anderson
83 Eric Karros
84 Derek Bell
85 Kenny Lofton
86 John Mabry
87 Pat Hentgen
88 Greg Maddux
89 Jason Giambi
90 Al Martin
91 Derek Jeter
92 Rey Ordonez
93 Will Clark
94 Kevin Appier
95 Roberto Alomar
96 Joe Carter
97 Bernie Williams
98 Albert Belle
99 Greg Vaughn
100 Tony Clark
101 Matt Williams
102 Jeff Bagwell
103 Reggie Sanders
104 Mariano Rivera
105 Larry Walker
106 Shawn Green
107 Alex Ochoa
108 Ivan Rodriguez
109 Eric Young
110 Javy Lopez
111 Brian Hunter
112 Raul Mondesi
113 Randy Johnson
114 Tony Phillips
115 Carlos Garcia
116 Moises Alou
117 Paul O'Neill
118 Jim Thome
119 Jermaine Dye
120 Wilson Alvarez
121 Rondell White
122 Michael Tucker
123 Mike Lansing
124 Tony Gwynn
125 Ryan Klesko
126 Jim Edmonds
127 Chuck Knoblauch
128 Rafael Palmeiro
129 Jay Buhner
130 Tom Glavine
131 Julio Franco
132 Cecil Fielder
133 Paul Wilson
134 Deion Sanders
135 Alex Gonzalez
136 Charles Nagy
137 Andy Ashby
138 Edgar Renteria
139 Pedro Martinez
140 Brian Jordan
141 Todd Hundley
142 Marc Newfield
143 Darryl Strawberry
144 Dan Wilson
145 Brian Giles RC
146 F.P. Santangelo
147 Shannon Stewart
148 Scott Spiezio
149 Andruw Jones
150 Karim Garcia
151 Vladimir Guerrero
152 George Arias
153 Brooks Kieschnick
154 Todd Walker
155 Scott Rolen
156 Todd Greene
157 Dmitri Young
158 Ruben Rivera
159 Bartolo Colon
160 Nomar Garciaparra
161 Bob Abreu
162 Darin Erstad
163 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
164 Frank Thomas CL
165 Alex Rodriguez CL

Parallels

Press Proofs

Each of the 165 base cards is available in the following "Press Proof" parallels.

Silver Press Proof (limited to 1500 copies)

Gold Press Proof (limited to 500 copies)

NOTE: None of the Press Proofs are serial-numbered.

8 X 10 Portraits

Each pack contained one 8 X 10 "Portrait." The 24-card set is, essentially, an over-sized partial parallel.

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Frank Thomas
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Andruw Jones
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
6 Greg Maddux
7 Mike Piazza
8 Chipper Jones
9 Albert Belle
10 Derek Jeter
11 Juan Gonzalez
12 Todd Walker
13 Mark McGwire
14 Barry Bonds
15 Jeff Bagwell
16 Manny Ramirez
17 Kenny Lofton
18 Mo Vaughn
19 Hideo Nomo
20 Tony Gwynn
21 Vladimir Guerrero
22 Gary Sheffield
23 Ryne Sandberg
24 Scott Rolen

Inserts

Hard Hats

This 24-card set features acetate cards die-cut to resemble a batting helmet. Only 5000 serial-numbered copies were produced. The entire 24-card set was also issued as promo cards. The promos are all serial-numbered "XXXX/5000."

1 Ivan Rodriguez
2 Albert Belle
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Chuck Knoblauch
5 Frank Thomas
6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
7 Todd Walker
8 Alex Rodriguez
9 Jim Thome
10 Mike Piazza
11 Barry Larkin
12 Chipper Jones
13 Derek Jeter
14 Matt Williams
15 Jason Giambi
16 Tim Salmon
17 Brady Anderson
18 Rondell White
19 Bernie Williams
20 Juan Gonzalez
21 Karim Garcia
22 Scott Rolen
23 Darin Erstad
24 Brian Jordan

Master Strokes

This 24-card set features cards printed on a canvas-like substance. Each card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies. In addition an 8 X 10 parallel of the set was also produced. Each 8 X 10 is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

1 Derek Jeter
2 Jeff Bagwell
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Barry Bonds
5 Frank Thomas
6 Andy Pettitte
7 Mo Vaughn
8 Alex Rodriguez
9 Andruw Jones
10 Kenny Lofton
11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
12 Greg Maddux
13 Manny Ramirez
14 Mike Piazza
15 Vladimir Guerrero
16 Albert Belle
17 Chipper Jones
18 Hideo Nomo
19 Sammy Sosa
20 Tony Gwynn
21 Gary Sheffield
22 Mark McGwire
23 Juan Gonzalez
24 Paul Molitor

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Donruss had three players autograph a limited number of their 8 X 10 Portraits for random insertion. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below, and each card has a special silver foil "Autographed Signature" stamp on the front. In addition, the first 100 copies of each card were signed in blue ink, the remainder in black.

12 Todd Walker 1250
21 Vladimir Guerrero 500
24 Scott Rolen 1000