1984 Donruss

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Description

1984 Donruss is a 660-card set. The attractive card front designs changed considerably from the previous two years. This set has since grown in stature to be recognized as one of the finest produced in the 1980's, largely due to the design, but mainly due to the limited production and rookie card selection.

The first 26 cards in the set are again Diamond Kings (DK). A new feature, Rated Rookies (RR), was introduced with this set with Bill Madden's 20 selections comprising numbers 27 through 46. Two "Living Legend" cards designated A (featuring Gaylord Perry and Rollie Fingers) and B (featuring Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski) were issued as bonus cards in wax packs, but were not issued in the factory sets sold to hobby dealers. The seven unnumbered checklist cards are listed at the end of the list below.

Variation cards apparently resulted from a different printing for the factory sets as the Darling and Stenhouse no number variations as well as the Perez-Steele errors were corrected in the factory sets which were released later in the year. The Diamond King cards found in packs spelled "Perez-Steele" as "Perez-Steel."

Rookie Cards in this set include Joe Carter, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry, and Andy Van Slyke. The Joe Carter card is almost never found well centered. Other popular cards in the set is Eddie Murray (#47), Robin Yount (#51), George Brett (#53), Nolan Ryan (#60), Pete Rose (#61), Cal Ripen Jr. (#106), and Ryne Sandberg (#248)

Distribution

36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one Duke Snider puzzle piece per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

Factory Sets.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
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Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

NOTES

  • The Diamond Kings subset would have a new design for 1984; however, it would revert to the 1982-83 design for 1985 and remain that way until 1994.
  • On all 26 Diamond Kings inserted into packs, "Perez-Steele Galleries" is misspelled "Perez-Steel Galleries." This error was corrected on all cards in time for the factory sets.

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  • 1 Robin Yount
  • 2 Dave Concepcion
  • 3 Dwayne Murphy
  • 4 John Castino
  • 5 Leon Durham
  • 6 Rusty Staub
  • 7 Jack Clark
  • 8 Dave Dravecky
  • 9 Al Oliver
  • 10 Dave Righetti
  • 11 Hal McRae
  • 12 Ray Knight
  • 13 Bruce Sutter
  • 14 Bob Horner
  • 15 Lance Parrish
  • 16 Matt Young
  • 17 Fred Lynn
  • 18 Ron Kittle
  • 19 Jim Clancy
  • 20 Bill Madlock
  • 21 Larry Parrish
  • 22 Eddie Murray
  • 23 Mike Schmidt
  • 24 Pedro Guerrero
  • 25 Andre Thornton
  • 26 Wade Boggs

Rated Rookies

NOTES

  • A new feature for 1984, the Rated Rookies were introduced with this set and would become a staple of all Donruss products ever since. Donruss commissioned Bill Madden of the New York Daily News to pick 20 of the most promising rookies. Curiously, despite being the Daily News' Yankees beat reporter, he did not choose Don Mattingly.
  • Cards 29 and 30 came out of packs without card numbers. As with the Diamond Kings "Perez-Steel" errors, these were corrected for the factory set edition.

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  • 27 Joel Skinner
  • 28 Tommy Dunbar
  • 29 Mike Stenhouse
  • 29 Mike Stenhouse ERR
  • 30 Ron Darling RC COR
  • 30 Ron Darling ERR
  • 31 Dion James
  • 32 Tony Fernandez
  • 33 Angel Salazar
  • 34 Kevin McReynolds
  • 35 Dick Schofield RC
  • 36 Brad Komminsk
  • 37 Tim Teufel RC
  • 38 Doug Frobel
  • 39 Greg Gagne
  • 40 Mike Fuentes
  • 41 Joe Carter
  • 42 Mike G. Brown
  • 43 Mike Jeffcoat RC
  • 44 Sid Fernandez
  • 45 Brian Dayett
  • 46 Chris Smith

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  • 47 Eddie Murray
  • 48 Robin Yount
  • 49 Lance Parrish
  • 50 Jim Rice
  • 51 Dave Winfield
  • 52 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 53 George Brett
  • 54 Rickey Henderson
  • 55 Gary Carter
  • 56 Buddy Bell
  • 57 Reggie Jackson
  • 58 Harold Baines
  • 59 Ozzie Smith
  • 60 Nolan Ryan
  • 61 Pete Rose
  • 62 Ron Oester
  • 63 Steve Garvey
  • 64 Jason Thompson
  • 65 Jack Clark
  • 66 Dale Murphy
  • 67 Leon Durham
  • 68 Darryl Strawberry RC
  • 69 Richie Zisk
  • 70 Kent Hrbek
  • 71 Dave Stieb
  • 72 Ken Schrom
  • 73 George Bell
  • 74 John Moses
  • 75 Ed Lynch
  • 76 Chuck Rainey
  • 77 Biff Pocoroba
  • 78 Cecilio Guante
  • 79 Jim Barr
  • 80 Kurt Bevacqua
  • 81 Tom Foley
  • 82 Joe Lefebvre
  • 83 Andy Van Slyke
  • 84 Bob Lillis
  • 85 Ricky Adams
  • 86 Jerry Hairston
  • 87 Bob James
  • 88 Joe Altobelli
  • 89 Ed Romero
  • 90 John Grubb
  • 91 John Henry Johnson
  • 92 Juan Espino
  • 93 Candy Maldonado
  • 94 Andre Thornton
  • 95 Onix Concepcion
  • 96 Donnie Hill
  • 97 Andre Dawson
  • 98 Frank Tanana
  • 99 Curt Wilkerson RC
  • 100 Larry Gura
  • 101 Dwayne Murphy
  • 102 Tom Brennan
  • 103 Dave Righetti
  • 104 Steve Sax
  • 105 Dan Petry
  • 106 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 107 Paul Molitor
  • 108 Fred Lynn
  • 109 Neil Allen
  • 110 Joe Niekro
  • 111 Steve Carlton
  • 112 Terry Kennedy
  • 113 Bill Madlock
  • 114 Chili Davis
  • 115 Jim Gantner
  • 116 Tom Seaver
  • 117 Bill Buckner
  • 118 Bill Caudill
  • 119 Jim Clancy
  • 120 John Castino
  • 121 Dave Concepcion
  • 122 Greg Luzinski
  • 123 Mike Boddicker
  • 124 Pete Ladd
  • 125 Juan Berenguer
  • 126 John Montefusco
  • 127 Ed Jurak
  • 128 Tom Niedenfuer
  • 129 Bert Blyleven
  • 130 Bud Black
  • 131 Gorman Heimueller
  • 132 Dan Schatzeder
  • 133 Ron Jackson
  • 134 Tom Henke
  • 135 Kevin Hickey
  • 136 Mike Scott
  • 137 Bo Diaz
  • 138 Glenn Brummer
  • 139 Sid Monge
  • 140 Rich Gale
  • 141 Brett Butler
  • 142 Brian Harper
  • 143 John Rabb
  • 144 Gary Woods
  • 145 Pat Putnam
  • 146 Jim Acker
  • 147 Mickey Hatcher
  • 148 Todd Cruz
  • 149 Tom Tellmann
  • 150 John Wockenfuss
  • 151 Wade Boggs
  • 152 Don Baylor
  • 153 Bob Welch
  • 154 Alan Bannister
  • 155 Willie Aikens
  • 156 Jeff Burroughs
  • 157 Bryan Little
  • 158 Bob Boone
  • 159 Dave Hostetler
  • 160 Jerry Dybzinski
  • 161 Mike Madden
  • 162 Luis DeLeon
  • 163 Willie Hernandez
  • 164 Frank Pastore
  • 165 Rick Camp
  • 166 Lee Mazzilli
  • 167 Scot Thompson
  • 168 Bob Forsch
  • 169 Mike Flanagan
  • 170 Rick Manning
  • 171 Chet Lemon
  • 172 Jerry Remy
  • 173 Ron Guidry
  • 174 Pedro Guerrero
  • 175 Willie Wilson
  • 176 Carney Lansford
  • 177 Al Oliver
  • 178 Jim Sundberg
  • 179 Bob Grich
  • 180 Rich Dotson
  • 181 Joaquin Andujar
  • 182 Jose Cruz
  • 183 Mike Schmidt
  • 184 Gary Redus RC
  • 185 Garry Templeton
  • 186 Tony Pena
  • 187 Greg Minton
  • 188 Phil Niekro
  • 189 Fergie Jenkins
  • 190 Mookie Wilson
  • 191 Jim Beattie
  • 192 Gary Ward
  • 193 Jesse Barfield
  • 194 Pete Filson
  • 195 Roy Lee Jackson
  • 196 Rick Sweet
  • 197 Jesse Orosco
  • 198 Steve Lake
  • 199 Ken Dayley
  • 200 Manny Sarmiento
  • 201 Mark Davis
  • 202 Tim Flannery
  • 203 Bill Scherrer
  • 204 Al Holland
  • 205 Dave Von Ohlen
  • 206 Mike LaCoss
  • 207 Juan Beniquez
  • 208 Juan Agosto
  • 209 Bobby Ramos
  • 210 Al Bumbry
  • 211 Mark Brouhard
  • 212 Howard Bailey
  • 213 Bruce Hurst
  • 214 Bob Shirley
  • 215 Pat Zachry
  • 216 Julio Franco
  • 217 Mike Armstrong
  • 218 Dave Beard
  • 219 Steve Rogers
  • 220 John Butcher
  • 221 Mike Smithson
  • 222 Frank White
  • 223 Mike Heath
  • 224 Chris Bando
  • 225 Roy Smalley
  • 226 Dusty Baker
  • 227 Lou Whitaker
  • 228 John Lowenstein
  • 229 Ben Oglivie
  • 230 Doug DeCinces
  • 231 Lonnie Smith
  • 232 Ray Knight
  • 233 Gary Matthews
  • 234 Juan Bonilla
  • 235 Rod Scurry
  • 236 Charlie Haag
  • 237 Mike Caldwell
  • 238 Keith Hernandez
  • 239 Larry Bowa
  • 240 Tony Bernazard
  • 241 Damaso Garcia
  • 242 Tom Brunansky
  • 243 Dan Driessen
  • 244 Ron Kittle
  • 245 Tim Stoddard
  • 246 Bob L. Gibson
  • 247 Marty Castillo
  • 248 Don Mattingly
  • 249 Jeff Newman
  • 250 Alejandro Pena RC
  • 251 Toby Harrah
  • 252 Cesar Geronimo
  • 253 Tom Underwood
  • 254 Doug Flynn
  • 255 Andy Hassler
  • 256 Odell Jones
  • 257 Rudy Law
  • 258 Harry Spilman
  • 259 Marty Bystrom
  • 260 Dave Rucker
  • 261 Ruppert Jones
  • 262 Jeff Jones
  • 263 Gerald Perry RC
  • 264 Gene Tenace
  • 265 Brad Wellman
  • 266 Dickie Noles
  • 267 Jamie Allen
  • 268 Jim Gott
  • 269 Ron Davis
  • 270 Benny Ayala
  • 271 Ned Yost
  • 272 Dave Rozema
  • 273 Dave Stapleton
  • 274 Lou Piniella
  • 275 Jose Morales
  • 276 Broderick Perkins
  • 277 Butch Davis
  • 278 Tony Phillips RC
  • 279 Jeff Reardon
  • 280 Ken Forsch
  • 281 Pete O'Brien RC
  • 282 Tom Paciorek
  • 283 Frank LaCorte
  • 284 Tim Lollar
  • 285 Greg Gross
  • 286 Alex Trevino
  • 287 Gene Garber
  • 288 Dave Parker
  • 289 Lee Smith
  • 290 Dave LaPoint
  • 291 John Shelby
  • 292 Charlie Moore
  • 293 Alan Trammell
  • 294 Tony Armas
  • 295 Shane Rawley
  • 296 Greg Brock
  • 297 Hal McRae
  • 298 Mike Davis
  • 299 Tim Raines
  • 300 Bucky Dent
  • 301 Tommy John
  • 302 Carlton Fisk
  • 303 Darrell Porter
  • 304 Dickie Thon
  • 305 Garry Maddox
  • 306 Cesar Cedeno
  • 307 Gary Lucas
  • 308 Johnny Ray
  • 309 Andy McGaffigan
  • 310 Claudell Washington
  • 311 Ryne Sandberg
  • 312 George Foster
  • 313 Spike Owen
  • 314 Gary Gaetti
  • 315 Willie Upshaw
  • 316 Al Williams
  • 317 Jorge Orta
  • 318 Orlando Mercado
  • 319 Junior Ortiz
  • 320 Mike Proly
  • 321 Randy Johnson
  • 322 Jim Morrison
  • 323 Max Venable
  • 324 Tony Gwynn
  • 325 Duane Walker
  • 326 Ozzie Virgil
  • 327 Jeff Lahti
  • 328 Bill Dawley
  • 329 Rob Wilfong
  • 330 Marc Hill
  • 331 Ray Burris
  • 332 Allan Ramirez
  • 333 Chuck Porter
  • 334 Wayne Krenchicki
  • 335 Gary Allenson
  • 336 Bobby Meacham
  • 337 Joe Beckwith
  • 338 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 339 Mark Huismann
  • 340 Tim Conroy
  • 341 Scott Sanderson
  • 342 Larry Biittner
  • 343 Dave Stewart
  • 344 Darryl Motley
  • 345 Chris Codiroli
  • 346 Rich Behenna
  • 347 Andre Robertson
  • 348 Mike Marshall
  • 349 Larry Herndon
  • 350 Rich Dauer
  • 351 Cecil Cooper
  • 352 Rod Carew
  • 353 Willie McGee
  • 354 Phil Garner
  • 355 Joe Morgan
  • 356 Luis Salazar
  • 357 John Candelaria
  • 358 Bill Laskey
  • 359 Bob McClure
  • 360 Dave Kingman
  • 361 Ron Cey
  • 362 Matt Young RC
  • 363 Lloyd Moseby
  • 364 Frank Viola
  • 365 Eddie Milner
  • 366 Floyd Bannister
  • 367 Dan Ford
  • 368 Moose Haas
  • 369 Doug Bair
  • 370 Ray Fontenot
  • 371 Luis Aponte
  • 372 Jack Fimple
  • 373 Neal Heaton
  • 374 Greg Pryor
  • 375 Wayne Gross
  • 376 Charlie Lea
  • 377 Steve Lubratich
  • 378 Jon Matlack
  • 379 Julio Cruz
  • 380 John Mizerock
  • 381 Kevin Gross
  • 382 Mike Ramsey
  • 383 Doug Gwosdz
  • 384 Kelly Paris
  • 385 Pete Falcone
  • 386 Milt May
  • 387 Fred Breining
  • 388 Craig Lefferts
  • 389 Steve Henderson
  • 390 Randy Moffitt
  • 391 Ron Washington
  • 392 Gary Roenicke
  • 393 Tom Candiotti
  • 394 Larry Pashnick
  • 395 Dwight Evans
  • 396 Rich Gossage
  • 397 Derrel Thomas
  • 398 Juan Eichelberger
  • 399 Leon Roberts
  • 400 Davey Lopes
  • 401 Bill Gullickson
  • 402 Geoff Zahn
  • 403 Billy Sample
  • 404 Mike Squires
  • 405 Craig Reynolds
  • 406 Eric Show
  • 407 John Denny
  • 408 Dann Bilardello
  • 409 Bruce Benedict
  • 410 Kent Tekulve
  • 411 Mel Hall
  • 412 John Stuper
  • 413 Rick Dempsey
  • 414 Don Sutton
  • 415 Jack Morris
  • 416 John Tudor
  • 417 Willie Randolph
  • 418 Jerry Reuss
  • 419 Don Slaught
  • 420 Steve McCatty
  • 421 Tim Wallach
  • 422 Larry Parrish
  • 423 Brian Downing
  • 424 Britt Burns
  • 425 David Green
  • 426 Jerry Mumphrey
  • 427 Ivan DeJesus
  • 428 Mario Soto
  • 429 Gene Richards
  • 430 Dale Berra
  • 431 Darrell Evans
  • 432 Glenn Hubbard
  • 433 Jody Davis
  • 434 Danny Heep
  • 435 Edwin Nunez
  • 436 Bobby Castillo
  • 437 Ernie Whitt
  • 438 Scott Ullger
  • 439 Doyle Alexander
  • 440 Domingo Ramos
  • 441 Craig Swan
  • 442 Warren Brusstar
  • 443 Len Barker
  • 444 Mike Easler
  • 445 Renie Martin
  • 446 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 447 Ted Power
  • 448 Charles Hudson
  • 449 Danny Cox
  • 450 Kevin Bass
  • 451 Daryl Sconiers
  • 452 Scott Fletcher
  • 453 Bryn Smith
  • 454 Jim Dwyer
  • 455 Rob Picciolo
  • 456 Enos Cabell
  • 457 Dennis Boyd
  • 458 Butch Wynegar
  • 459 Burt Hooton
  • 460 Ron Hassey
  • 461 Danny Jackson
  • 462 Bob Kearney
  • 463 Terry Francona
  • 464 Wayne Tolleson
  • 465 Mickey Rivers
  • 466 John Wathan
  • 467 Bill Almon
  • 468 George Vukovich
  • 469 Steve Kemp
  • 470 Ken Landreaux
  • 471 Milt Wilcox
  • 472 Tippy Martinez
  • 473 Ted Simmons
  • 474 Tim Foli
  • 475 George Hendrick
  • 476 Terry Puhl
  • 477 Von Hayes
  • 478 Bobby Brown
  • 479 Lee Lacy
  • 480 Joel Youngblood
  • 481 Jim Slaton
  • 482 Mike Fitzgerald RC
  • 483 Keith Moreland
  • 484 Ron Roenicke
  • 485 Luis Leal
  • 486 Bryan Oelkers
  • 487 Bruce Berenyi
  • 488 LaMarr Hoyt
  • 489 Joe Nolan
  • 490 Marshall Edwards
  • 491 Mike Laga
  • 492 Rick Cerone
  • 493 Rick Miller
  • 494 Rick Honeycutt
  • 495 Mike Hargrove
  • 496 Joe Simpson
  • 497 Keith Atherton
  • 498 Chris Welsh
  • 499 Bruce Kison
  • 500 Bobby Johnson
  • 501 Jerry Koosman
  • 502 Frank DiPino
  • 503 Tony Perez
  • 504 Ken Oberkfell
  • 505 Mark Thurmond
  • 506 Joe Price
  • 507 Pascual Perez
  • 508 Marvell Wynne
  • 509 Mike Krukow
  • 510 Dick Ruthven
  • 511 Al Cowens
  • 512 Cliff Johnson
  • 513 Randy Bush
  • 514 Sammy Stewart
  • 515 Bill Schroeder
  • 516 Aurelio Lopez
  • 517 Mike C. Brown
  • 518 Graig Nettles
  • 519 Dave Sax
  • 520 Jerry Willard
  • 521 Paul Splittorff
  • 522 Tom Burgmeier
  • 523 Chris Speier
  • 524 Bobby Clark
  • 525 George Wright
  • 526 Dennis Lamp
  • 527 Tony Scott
  • 528 Ed Whitson
  • 529 Ron Reed
  • 530 Charlie Puleo
  • 531 Jerry Royster
  • 532 Don Robinson
  • 533 Steve Trout
  • 534 Bruce Sutter
  • 535 Bob Horner
  • 536 Pat Tabler
  • 537 Chris Chambliss
  • 538 Bob Ojeda
  • 539 Alan Ashby
  • 540 Jay Johnstone
  • 541 Bob Dernier
  • 542 Brook Jacoby RC
  • 543 U.L. Washington
  • 544 Danny Darwin
  • 545 Kiko Garcia
  • 546 Vance Law
  • 547 Tug McGraw
  • 548 Dave Smith
  • 549 Len Matuszek
  • 550 Tom Hume
  • 551 Dave Dravecky
  • 552 Rick Rhoden
  • 553 Duane Kuiper
  • 554 Rusty Staub
  • 555 Bill Campbell
  • 556 Mike Torrez
  • 557 Dave Henderson
  • 558 Len Whitehouse
  • 559 Barry Bonnell
  • 560 Rick Lysander
  • 561 Garth Iorg
  • 562 Bryan Clark
  • 563 Brian Giles
  • 564 Vern Ruhle
  • 565 Steve Bedrosian
  • 566 Larry McWilliams
  • 567 Jeff Leonard
  • 568 Alan Wiggins
  • 569 Jeff Russell
  • 570 Salome Barojas
  • 571 Dane Iorg
  • 572 Bob Knepper
  • 573 Gary Lavelle
  • 574 Gorman Thomas
  • 575 Manny Trillo
  • 576 Jim Palmer
  • 577 Dale Murray
  • 578 Tom Brookens
  • 579 Rich Gedman
  • 580 Bill Doran RC
  • 581 Steve Yeager
  • 582 Dan Spillner
  • 583 Dan Quisenberry
  • 584 Rance Mulliniks
  • 585 Storm Davis
  • 586 Dave Schmidt
  • 587 Bill Russell
  • 588 Pat Sheridan RC
  • 589 Rafael Ramirez UER (Listed as "A's" on front)
  • 590 Bud Anderson
  • 591 George Frazier
  • 592 Lee Tunnell RC
  • 593 Kirk Gibson
  • 594 Scott McGregor
  • 595 Bob Bailor
  • 596 Tom Herr
  • 597 Luis Sanchez
  • 598 Dave Engle
  • 599 Craig McMurtry RC
  • 600 Carlos Diaz
  • 601 Tom O'Malley
  • 602 Nick Esasky RC
  • 603 Ron Hodges
  • 604 Ed Vande Berg
  • 605 Alfredo Griffin
  • 606 Glenn Hoffman
  • 607 Hubie Brooks
  • 608 Richard Barnes RC UER (photo is of Neal Heaton)
  • 609 Greg Walker RC
  • 610 Ken Singleton
  • 611 Mark Clear
  • 612 Buck Martinez
  • 613 Ken Griffey, Sr.
  • 614 Reid Nichols
  • 615 Doug Sisk RC
  • 616 Bob Brenly
  • 617 Joey McLaughlin
  • 618 Glenn Wilson
  • 619 Bob Stoddard
  • 620 Lenn Sakata UER (Listed as "Len" on front)
  • 621 Mike Young RC
  • 622 John Stefero RC
  • 623 Carmelo Martinez RC
  • 624 Dave Bergman
  • 625 Lonnie Smith / Ozzie Smith / David Green / Willie McGee "Runnin' Reds" UER ("Runnin' Redbirds" on back)
  • 626 Rudy May
  • 627 Matt Keough
  • 628 Jose DeLeon RC
  • 629 Jim Essian
  • 630 Darnell Coles RC
  • 631 Mike Warren RC
  • 632 Del Crandall MGR
  • 633 Dennis Martinez
  • 634 Mike Moore
  • 635 Lary Sorensen
  • 636 Ricky Nelson RC
  • 637 Omar Moreno
  • 638 Charlie Hough
  • 639 Dennis Eckersley
  • 640 Walt Terrell RC
  • 641 Denny Walling
  • 642 Dave Anderson RC
  • 643 Jose Oquendo RC
  • 644 Bob Stanley
  • 645 Dave Geisel
  • 646 Scott Garrelts RC
  • 647 Gary Pettis RC
  • 648 Duke Snider PUZ
  • 649 Johnnie LeMaster
  • 650 Dave Collins

The San Diego Chicken

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For the third, and final, time, Donruss included a card of the San Diego Chicken in their flagship baseball set. And, for the third and final time, collectors could get their Chicken cards autographed by mailing it back to Donruss at the address listed on the reverse side.

  • 651 The San Diego Chicken

Checklists

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NOTES

  • The Diamond Kings Checklist is NOT sequentially-numbered. As with the rest of the Diamond Kings, checklists inserted into packs have "Perez-Steel" misspelled on the back.
  • The six remaining checklists are sequentially-numbered 1 through 6.

  • NNO Diamond Kings Checklist 1-26 ERR ("Perez-Steel" on back)
  • NNO Diamond Kings Checklist 1-26 COR
  • CL1 Checklist 27-130
  • CL2 Checklist 131-234
  • CL3 Checklist 235-338
  • CL4 Checklist 339-442
  • CL5 Checklist 443-546
  • CL6 Checklist 547-651

Inserts

Living Legends

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These two cards, which were produced at the same rate as any other base card, were unavailable in factory sets. This is due to the fact that, for the first time, Donruss outsourced the production of factory sets to a playing card manufacturer which used a 56-card sheet, as opposed to the 132-card sheets the "pack" cards were printed on. From 1984 until 1992, all Donruss factory sets were printed on 56-card sheets.

The factory sets were printed on eleven 56-card sheets and three-quarters of a twelfth sheet (11.75 X 56 = 658).

  • A Gaylord Perry / Rollie Fingers
  • B Carl Yastrzemski / Johnny Bench

Duke Snider Puzzle

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In order to get around the MLB licensing requirement that all baseball cards be tied with "something," Donruss created a 63-piece jigsaw puzzle of Duke Snider. Each wax pack contained one, three-piece, panel; and factory sets had the full set of 21 panels.