2020 Donruss Baseball Variations Guide and Gallery
The 2020 Donruss Baseball variations take a familiar path. Like recent years, variations fall under multiple themes, offering up some additional variety to a component of the set’s checklist.
Most of the cards land under one of two types: Photo Variations and Nickname Variations. Both are relatively straightforward.
Photo Variations get their name simply for switching up the image on the front of the card. The base card may have the player batting, the variation fielding. It may be a little more subtle than that. No matter what, the difference is in the photo.
Nickname Variations are even more obvious. These have an alternate name in place on the front of the card. Pete Alonso becomes ‘Polar Bear.’ Cody Bellinger is ‘Cody Love.’ Rickey Henderson becomes, of course, ‘Man of Steal.’
For a handful of cards, the city name is switched out on the back for the area’s nickname (ie Boston becomes Beantown). Some of these have slight differences on the front, but it’s usually a little bit of cropping that can be tough to notice like a slight shift to the side.
2020 Donruss Baseball aren’t all together rare. This is in line with past years.
Parallels
Like the base set, variations also have a fair number of parallels. This includes cards with the debuting emoji-themed borders.
- Career Stat Line – /# varies
- Milestone Stat Line – /# varies
- Season Stat Line – /# varies
- Baby Shark
- Blue Holo
- Independence Day
- Orange Holo
- Pink Holo
- Purple Holo
- Red Holo
- Yellow
- One Hundred – /100
- On Fire – /75
- Presidential Collection – /50
- Look at This – /25
- Artist Proof – /10
- Press Proof – /5
- Number 1 – 1/1
- Printing Plates – 1/1 (each has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions)
How to Tell a 2020 Donruss Baseball Variation from a Base Card
The Nickname Variations are easy to spot at a glance. Photo Variations? Not so much unless you’ve got them all memorized.
Backs do hold a simple code of sorts that offer some additional certainty, at least for the main player cards. Take a look at the logo. If it’s the black Donruss logo, it’s a base card. If it’s the red icon with the baseball, it’s a variation.
It’s similar but a little different for the Retro 1986 variations at the end of the checklist. The key here is the baseball icon the card number sits in. For regular cards, it’s just an outline. Variations have a black baseball.
2020 Donruss Baseball Variations Checklist
Here’s a list of players with variations in 2020 Donruss Baseball. If you’re looking for a specific card, click on the link to see what’s currently available on eBay.
71 Jacob deGrom
77 Mookie Betts
78 Ketel Marte
83 Fernando Tatis Jr.
84 Cody Bellinger
90 Javier Baez
91 Gleyber Torres
94 Shohei Ohtani
102 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
108 Trea Turner
110 Christian Yelich
111 Aaron Judge
112 Alex Bregman
118 Clayton Kershaw
121 Eloy Jimenez
123 Max Scherzer
127 Paul Goldschmidt
129 Mike Trout
132 Anthony Rizzo
146 Josh Bell
148 Francisco Lindor
159 Jose Altuve
162 Juan Soto
164 Rafael Devers
170 Ronald Acuna Jr.
180 Kris Bryant
193 Bryce Harper
204 Pete Alonso
Retro 1986
217 Kirby Puckett
218 Tony Gwynn
219 Rickey Henderson
224 Cal Ripken
242 Bobby Bradley
243 Logan Allen
247 Zack Collins
250 Travis Demeritte
258 Adbert Alzolay
259 Yu Chang
2020 Donruss Baseball Variations Gallery
71 Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
77 Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
78 Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks
83 Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres
84 Cody Bellinger, Los Angeles Dodgers
90 Javier Baez, Chicago Cubs
91 Gleyber Torres, New York Yankees
94 Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
102 Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
108 Trea Turner, Washington Nationals
110 Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
111 Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
112 Alex Bregman, Houston Astros
118 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
121 Eloy Jimenez, Chicago White Sox
123 Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals
127 Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals
129 Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
132 Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs
146 Josh Bell, Pittsburgh Pirates
148 Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians
159 Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
162 Juan Soto, Washington Nationals
164 Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox
170 Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves
180 Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs
193 Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
204 Pete Alonso, New York Mets
217 Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins
218 Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres
219 Rickey Henderson, New York Yankees
224 Cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles
242 Bobby Bradley, Cleveland Indians
243 Logan Allen, Cleveland Indians
247 Zack Collins, Chicago White Sox
250 Travis Demeritte, Detroit Tigers
258 Adbert Alzolay, Chicago Cubs
259 Yu Chang, Cleveland Indians
Seems like the ’86 Rookie Photo Variation of Travis Demeritte also has a flip stock on the back of the card. Is it like this for the rest of the set?
I have a Logan Allen the same way can’t seem to find anything on this either
Any clues on a different stock on back
I have a Pete Alonso “Polar Bear” Star ? Emoji that is definitely a flip stock. My 1984 Travis Demeritte variation doesn’t have the flip stock
I have a donruss Anthony Rendon #154…on the card it has LA as the team and on the back is Los angeles,but he is in a washington uniform as should be..is this an err card???please assist
2020 donruss…forgot to mention
nvm..figured it out