1991 Donruss
Total Cards: 770
Rating: 5.3 (149 ratings)
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Notes: Distributed as Series 1 (#1-386) and Series 2 (#387-770)
Cards
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1a | Dave Stieb DK, VAR |
Toronto Blue Jays |
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1b | Dave Stieb DK, VAR |
Toronto Blue Jays |
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1c | Dave Stieb DK, VAR |
Toronto Blue Jays |
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2a | Craig Biggio DK, VAR |
Houston Astros |
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2b | Craig Biggio DK, VAR |
Houston Astros |
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2c | Craig Biggio DK, VAR |
Houston Astros |
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3a | Cecil Fielder DK, VAR |
Detroit Tigers |
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3b | Cecil Fielder DK, VAR |
Detroit Tigers |
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3c | Cecil Fielder DK, VAR |
Detroit Tigers |
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4a | Barry Bonds DK, VAR |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
Inserts and Related Sets |
Trivia |
- For the Elite inserts, 10,000 cards of each player were printed.
- 7,500 Nolan Ryan Legends Series cards were printed. Dick Perez did the artwork and the original artwork was presented to Nolan Ryan in a pre-game ceremony at Arlington Stadium on September 9, 1990.
- 5,000 Ryne Sandberg Signature Series cards were personally autographed and inserted.
- Card #678 of Danny Jackson and card #680 of Mike Boddicker uses the team logo on the jersey in the spot where the team logo normally goes, in the lower left corner of the card.
- Cards 719, 729, and 735 are sometimes incorrectly regarded as uncorrected errors because the players' uniforms don't match the team names on the cards. The players changed teams after Series 1 was printed, as acknowledged on the back in the transactions sections. Donruss just didn't have photos of them with their new teams.
- 16 cards per pack, 36 packs per box, 20 boxes per case.
- 1991 Leaf Preview cards were inserted into hobby factory sets.
- Cards from the hobby factory set had a different stripe pattern on each card, and are listed as variation (c) within the base set.
- Ryne Sandberg Elite Signature Series
As part of the Elite insert series, Donruss had Ryne Sandberg autograph 5000 cards for random insertion in all 1991 Donruss packs. Like with the un-signed Elite cards, many of the cards remain hidden in unopened packs. Despite the announced print run of 5000 cards, this card remains relatively scarce.
S1 Ryne Sandberg AU /5000 - 1991 Studio Preview cards were inserted into retail factory sets.
- This is the first Donruss baseball set to be released in multiple series.
- For the first time since their inaugrual appearance in the 1988 Donruss Set, the Team MVP cards were a part of the 1991 base set (they were considered "Bonus Cards" and randomly inserted in packs from 1988-1990).
- Series 1 Cards had blue borders and blue backs. Series 2 cards had green borders at light (mint) green backs.
- There are three players in this set with the same name and coincidentally they are all pitchers:
Greg Harris (Padres P and Red Sox P)
Jeff Robinson (Tigers P and Yankees P)
Kevin Brown (Rangers P and Brewers P) - Cards were released to the general public in the following formats:
* 15-Card Wax Packs
* 40-Card Cello Packs
* 45 (15x3) Card Rack Packs
* 75 (25x3) Card Cardboard Blister Packs
* 22 (3-Card) Wax Pack Holiday Treat Bags - There were 22 Bonus "Highlight" cards that came randomly inserted in packs. The "Highlight" logo on the front was identical to the end of season "Highlight" set that Donruss issued from 1985-1987. The cards were labeled as "BC" and BC1-BC10 came randomly inserted in Series 1 packs, and BC11-BC22 came randomly inserted in Series 2 packs. All 22 Bonus Cards were included with the factory set. 770 Base Set + 22 Bonus Cards made the Factory set a very Topps-esque 792 Cards.
- #83 Bruce Hurst - UER: Middle name is "Lee" not "Vee"
- #83 Bruce Hurst - UER: Middle name is "Lee" not "Vee"
- #83 Bruce Hurst - UER: Middle name is "Lee" not "Vee"
- #147 Sammy Sosa - UER: Born on "Nov. 10, 1968", should be "Nov. 12, 1968"
- #147 Sammy Sosa - UER: Born on "Nov. 10, 1968", should be "Nov. 12, 1968"
- #147 Sammy Sosa - UER: Born on "Nov. 10, 1968", should be "Nov. 12, 1968"
- #192 Julio Franco - Born on "Aug. 23, 1961", should be "Aug. 23, 1958". Card companies used the birth date that was available to them at that time.
- #192 Julio Franco - Born on "Aug. 23, 1961", should be "Aug. 23, 1958". Card companies used the birth date that was available to them at that time.
- #192 Julio Franco - Born on "Aug. 23, 1961", should be "Aug. 23, 1958". Card companies used the birth date that was available to them at that time.
- #438 Kevin Mitchell - UER: Middle name is Darnell, not Darrell
- #650 Steve Balboni - UER: Born on "Jan. 5, 1957", should be "Jan. 16, 1957"
- #650 Steve Balboni - UER: Born on "Jan. 5, 1957", should be "Jan. 16, 1957"
- #650 Steve Balboni - UER: Born on "Jan. 5, 1957", should be "Jan. 16, 1957"
- #704 Reggie Harris - UER: Born in "Wayneboro", should be "Waynesboro"
- #704 Reggie Harris - UER: Born in "Wayneboro", should be "Waynesboro"
- #704 Reggie Harris - UER: Born in "Wayneboro", should be "Waynesboro"
- #744 Dr. Dirt and Mr. Clean - Card #744 featuring Dale Murphy and Lenny Dykstra is the only card in the set that doesn't say "Donruss" on the front.
User Comments |
Does anybody know about the Signature Series Ryne Sandberg with a gold border instead of Green>>>> | ||
the INC. or no (.) is not worth even collecting IMO. Donruss has a long history of printing multiple variations, because of the different locations of printing. Leaf, INC. no period, no comma, who cares?? LOL Rating: 1 | ||
In my opinion, these cards should be divided into three separate sets rather than one set with each card having three variations. They could be named something like "1991 Donruss", 1991 Donruss - Copyright Missprint Set", and 1991 Donruss - Factory Set". | ||
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