2005 Playoff Prestige was a baseball card produced by Donruss. This would be the final year of Playoff Prestige for baseball as Donruss lost their license in 2006. The set carried on many of the concepts and insert sets from the previous year's release.
A 200 card set featuring current veterans, prospects and retired players. Card fronts feature a full color photo along with the player's name, team, and position. Card backs feature the same picture of the player and statistics. It should be noted that due to the early printing of the set, there was not enough time to get new photographs in time for printing for players that switched teams in the offseason. For example - Randy Johnson is pictured as a Diamondback but his card states that he plays for the Yankees (who he did pitch for in 2005).
The first 150 cards feature veterans and current stars of the major leagues. Cards 151-185 feature prospects (1 rookie Justin Verlander). Cards 186-200 feature retired major leaguers including Nolan Ryan and Paul Molitor. Unlike previous years, there are no short prints in this set.
A 200 card Red Foil parallel set was inserted exclusively into retail at random. The cards were serial numbered out of 25. These cards are virtually identical to the standard Playoff Prestige release of the year except for two identifying marks -
The Playoff Prestige logo in the top right hand corner of the front of the card is stamped in red foil.
The serial number is stamped on the back of the card at the bottom of the picture on the back.
Xtra Bases Parallels
These parallels were randomly inserted into hobby and retail packs of 2005 Playoff Prestige Baseball. Images and print runs are shown in the table below. The cards are serial numbered at the base of the picture on the back of the card.
The Xtra Bases Red, Purple, Green and Black all parallel the main set. The Signature Purple and Signature Black are partial parallels with sticker autographs.
