2015 Donruss Baseball Variations Guide
The 2015 Donruss Baseball Variations seem to run with the concept. Rather than just using one theme, the 18-Up Digital Form Variations as the company calls them, is a cornucopia of variation greatest hits. From photo swaps to reverse negatives to small changes that might require a second look, 2015 Donruss has them all. There's even a Frank Thomas with no name on the front, a nod to the Hall of Famer's classic 1990 Topps card.
A total of 16 players are represented on the 2015 Donruss Baseball Variations checklist. But there are more variations than that. Mike Trout has three different variations. It's likely that the "18-Up" refers to that number of total variations.
Panini hasn't announced insertion rates or rarity of the variations, but they definitely don't appear to be landing with much regularity.
2015 Donruss Baseball Variations Visual Guide
Please note that this is a work in progress and we'll add to it if any more variations are confirmed. That said, we suspect it's complete.
10 Alex Gordon
Please note that Panini has Gordon listed as #10 on the variation checklist but it appears as though it's for his base card.
Base: Kansas City Baseball Club, white jersey, card #97
Variation: Baseball is back in K.C.!, blue jersey, card #10 on back
67 Jose Abreu
Base: Chicago Baseball Club, pinstripe jersey
Variation: ROY, grey jersey
87 Miguel Cabrera
Base: Detroit Tigers
Variation: Florida Marlins
100 Mike Trout
Base: Los Angeles
Variation 1: reverse negative
Variation 2: "MVP"
Variation 3: fielding
Variation 2
Variation 3
104 Clayton Kershaw
Base: white jersey, Los Angeles
Variation: grey jersey, "MVP"
106 Yasiel Puig
Base: with border accents
Variation: no border accents
126 Ichiro
Base: Miami
Variation: Seattle
129 Masahiro Tanaka
Base: pitching
Variation: portrait
140 Andrew McCutchen
Base:
Variation: black and white photo
148 Buster Posey
Base: catcher's gear, San Francisco
Variation: batting, "There's a dynasty in the Bay Area"
176 Bryce Harper
Base: throwing
Variation: mohawk
185 Frank Thomas
Base: name on front
Variation: no name on front
187 Kirby Puckett
Base: pinstripe jersey
Variation: PUCK, blue jersey
188 Mariano Rivera
Base: color photo
Variation: black and white photo
192 Pete Rose
Base: 2014 design
Variation: 1981 Donruss design
194 Bo Jackson
Base: color photo
Variation: black and white photo
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Michael isbell
I just pulled a joe Mauer that is like the Pete rose variation on your list. I also pulled the base card in the same pack. Does anyone know if my mauer is a legit variation? Thanks, I’ll take my response off the air.
Ryan Cracknell
If your Mauer has #211 on the back, it’s just part of the regular 1981 subset and not a variation.