First look: Cat Osterman's Donruss Elite Extra Edition cards

Softball fans just might have a reason to track down some of the new Donruss Elite Extra Edition baseball cards when they arrive in hobby shops next week as Texas and USA Softball star Cat Osterman is included.

The Longhorns great is among the handful of non-baseball players included in the prospect-laden set and she has several limited-edition autographed and game-used memorabilia cards in the product. It’s her first widely produced trading cards ever made (though she has USA Softball cards as well as a card found in the Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine).

She will appear on at least five cards, according to our sneak preview, with her most plentiful being her standard autographed card. There were 719 cards produced. Her rarest card will be her Throwback Threads autographed game-used jersey card (above), limited to 50 copies.

For a look at them all, see the slideshow below …

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Donruss included Osterman’s USA Softball teammate Jennie Finch in its 2007 Elite set.

Update: Here’s a breakdown of all Osterman cards in the set:

Card    Set, quantity
197    Autographed Rookies #’d/719
197    Turn of the Century Rookies Signatures #’d/50
197    Aspirations Signatures Die-cut #’d/10
197    Red Status Signatures Die-cut #’d/10
197    Gold Status Signatures Die-cut #’d/5
197    Black Status Signatures Die-cut #’d/1

197    Aspirations Die-cut #’d/150
197    Gold Status Die-cut #’d/25
197    Status Die-cut #’d/75

16    College Ties Autographs (w/ Jordan Danks) #’d/25
20    College Ties Autographs (w/ Kenn Kasparek) #’d/25
32    College Ties Autographs (w/ Bradley Suttle) #’d/25

16    College Ties Jerseys (w/ Jordan Danks) #’d/100
20    College Ties Jerseys (w/ Kenn Kasparek) #’d/100
32    College Ties Jerseys (w/ Bradley Suttle) #’d/100

16    College Ties Green (w/ Jordan Danks) #’d/1,500
20    College Ties Green (w/ Kenn Kasparek) #’d/1,500
32    College Ties Green (w/ Bradley Suttle) #’d/1,500

16    College Ties Gold (w/ Jordan Danks) #’d/100
20    College Ties Gold (w/ Kenn Kasparek) #’d/100
32    College Ties Gold (w/ Bradley Suttle) #’d/100

16    College Ties Red (w/ Jordan Danks) #’d/50
20    College Ties Red (w/ Kenn Kasparek) #’d/50
32    College Ties Red (w/ Bradley Suttle) #’d/50

21    Collegiate Patches #’d/250

37    School Colors #’d/1,500
37    School Colors Autographs #’d/25
37    School Colors Materials #’d/100
37    School Colors Materials Prime #’d/25

20    Throwback Threads #’d/100
20    Throwback Threads Autographs #’d/50
20    Throwback Threads Prime Autographs #’d/5

Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.