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Description

The 1985 Donruss baseball card set consists of 660 baseball cards numbered 1-653, and seven un-numbered checklists. Cards 1-26 of the set feature Diamond Kings, and cards 27-46 make up the Rated Rookies. Significant rookies include Roger Clemens, Eric Davis, Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser, Kirby Puckett and Bret Saberhagen.

Each pack includes three pieces of a 63-piece Lou Gehrig jigsaw puzzle.

'85 Donruss is infamous for their wear-showing black-borders, and as a result is considered condition sensitive.

Because of quality-control issues, collectors seeking cards suitable for professional grading should consider purchasing a factory set.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one puzzle piece per pack. 20 boxes per wax case.

Racks: 24 racks per box, 45 cards plus three puzzle pieces per pack. Three boxes per rack case.

Factory Sets: 12 sets per case. Hobby only.

NOTE: Boxes are not factory-sealed.

Reviews

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Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

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NNO Diamond King Checklist
1 Ryne Sandberg
2 Doug DeCinces
3 Rich Dotson
4 Bert Blyleven
5 Lou Whitaker
6 Dan Quisenberry
7 Don Mattingly
8 Carney Lansford
9 Frank Tanana
10 Willie Upshaw
11 Claudell Washington
12 Mike Marshall
13 Joaquin Andujar
14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 Jim Rice
16 Don Sutton
17 Frank Viola
18 Alvin Davis
19 Mario Soto
20 Jose Cruz, Sr.
21 Charlie Lea
22 Jesse Orosco
23 Juan Samuel
24 Tony Pena
25 Tony Gwynn
26 Bob Brenly

Rated Rookies

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NOTE: 1985 marked the debut of the trademark blue "RATED ROOKIE" logo.

27 Danny Tartabull RR
28 Mike Bielecki RR
29 Steve Lyons RR RC
30 Jeff Reed RR
31 Tony Brewer RR
32 John Morris RR
33 Daryl Boston RR RC
34 Al Pulido RR
35 Steve Kiefer RR
36 Larry Sheets RR RC
37 Scott Bradley RR
38 Calvin Schiraldi RR
39 Shawon Dunston RR
40 Charlie Mitchell RR
41 Billy Hatcher RR RC
42 Russ Stephans RR RC*
43 Alejandro Sanchez RR
44 Steve Jeltz RR RC
45 Jim Traber RR
46 Doug Loman RR

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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 Dave Kingman
55 Gary Carter
56 Buddy Bell
57 Reggie Jackson
58 Harold Baines
59 Ozzie Smith
60 Nolan Ryan UER (SO record was set in '72)
61 Mike Schmidt
62 Dave Parker
63 Tony Gwynn
64 Tony Pena
65 Jack Clark
66 Dale Murphy
67 Ryne Sandberg
68 Keith Hernandez
69 Alvin Davis RC
70 Kent Hrbek
71 Willie Upshaw
72 Dave Engle
73 Alfredo Griffin
74 Jack Perconte ERR (Career Highlights takes four lines; begins "Batted .346")
74 Jack Perconte COR (Career Highlights takes three lines)
75 Jesse Orosco
76 Jody Davis
77 Bob Horner
78 Larry McWilliams
79 Joel Youngblood
80 Alan Wiggins
81 Ron Oester
82 Ozzie Virgil
83 Ricky Horton RC
84 Bill Doran
85 Rod Carew
86 LaMarr Hoyt
87 Tim Wallach
88 Mike Flanagan
89 Jim Sundberg
90 Chet Lemon
91 Bob Stanley
92 Willie Randolph
93 Bill Russell
94 Julio Franco
95 Dan Quisenberry
96 Bill Caudill
97 Bill Gullickson
98 Danny Darwin
99 Curt Wilkerson
100 Bud Black
101 Tony Phillips
102 Tony Bernazard
103 Jay Howell
104 Burt Hooton
105 Milt Wilcox
106 Rich Dauer
107 Don Sutton
108 Mike Witt
109 Bruce Sutter
110 Enos Cabell
111 John Denny
112 Dave Dravecky
113 Marvell Wynne
114 Johnnie LeMaster
115 Chuck Porter
116 John Gibbons
117 Keith Moreland
118 Darnell Coles
119 Dennis Lamp
120 Ron Davis
121 Nick Esasky
122 Vance Law
123 Gary Roenicke
124 Bill Schroeder
125 Dave Rozema
126 Bobby Meacham
127 Marty Barrett
128 R.J. Reynolds
129 Ernie Camacho UER (Photo actually Rich Thompson)
130 Jorge Orta
131 Lary Sorensen
132 Terry Francona
133 Fred Lynn
134 Bob Jones
135 Jerry Hairston
136 Kevin Bass
137 Garry Maddox
138 Dave LaPoint
139 Kevin McReynolds
140 Wayne Krenchicki
141 Rafael Ramirez
142 Rod Scurry
143 Greg Minton
144 Tim Stoddard
145 Steve Henderson
146 George Bell
147 Dave Meier
148 Sammy Stewart
149 Mark Brouhard
150 Larry Herndon
151 Dennis Boyd
152 Brian Dayett
153 Tom Niedenfuer
154 Brook Jacoby
155 Onix Concepcion
156 Tim Conroy
157 Joe Hesketh
158 Brian Downing
159 Tommy Dunbar
160 Marc Hill
161 Phil Garner
162 Jerry Davis
163 Bill Campbell
164 John Franco RC
165 Len Barker
166 Benny Distefano
167 George Frazier
168 Tito Landrum
169 Cal Ripken, Jr.
170 Cecil Cooper
171 Alan Trammell
172 Wade Boggs
173 Don Baylor
174 Pedro Guerrero
175 Frank White
176 Rickey Henderson
177 Charlie Lea
178 Pete O'Brien
179 Doug DeCinces
180 Ron Kittle
181 George Hendrick
182 Joe Niekro
183 Juan Samuel
184 Mario Soto
185 Goose Gossage
186 Johnny Ray
187 Bob Brenly
188 Craig McMurtry
189 Leon Durham
190 Dwight Gooden RC
191 Barry Bonnell
192 Tim Teufel
193 Dave Stieb
194 Mickey Hatcher
195 Jesse Barfield
196 Al Cowens
197 Hubie Brooks
198 Steve Trout
199 Glenn Hubbard
200 Bill Madlock
201 Jeff D. Robinson RC
202 Eric Show
203 Dave Concepcion
204 Ivan DeJesus
205 Neil Allen
206 Jerry Mumphrey
207 Mike C. Brown
208 Carlton Fisk
209 Bryn Smith
210 Tippy Martinez
211 Dion James
212 Willie Hernandez
213 Mike Easler
214 Ron Guidry
215 Rick Honeycutt
216 Brett Butler
217 Larry Gura
218 Ray Burris
219 Steve Rogers
220 Frank Tanana UER ("Bats: Left" listed twice on back)
221 Ned Yost
222 Bret Saberhagen RC UER (18 IP on back)
223 Mike Davis
224 Bert Blyleven
225 Steve Kemp
226 Jerry Reuss
227 Darrell Evans UER (80 HRs on back)
228 Wayne Gross
229 Jim Gantner
230 Bob Boone
231 Lonnie Smith
232 Frank DiPino
233 Jerry Koosman
234 Graig Nettles
235 John Tudor
236 John Rabb
237 Rick Manning
238 Mike Fitzgerald
239 Gary Matthews
240 Jim Presley
241 Dave Collins
242 Gary Gaetti
243 Dann Bilardello
244 Rudy Law
245 John Lowenstein
246 Tom Tellmann
247 Howard Johnson
248 Ray Fontenot
249 Tony Armas
250 Candy Maldonado
251 Mike Jeffcoat
252 Dane Iorg
253 Bruce Bochte
254 Pete Rose UER (No stats on back) MTL
255 Don Aase
256 George Wright
257 Britt Burns
258 Mike Scott
259 Len Matuszek
260 Dave Rucker
261 Craig Lefferts
262 Jay Tibbs
263 Bruce Benedict
264 Don Robinson
265 Gary Lavelle
266 Scott Sanderson
267 Matt Young
268 Ernie Whitt
269 Houston Jimenez
270 Ken Dixon
271 Pete Ladd
272 Juan Berenguer
273 Roger Clemens RC
274 Rick Cerone
275 Dave Anderson
276 George Vukovich
277 Greg Pryor
278 Mike Warren
279 Bob James
280 Bob Grich
281 Mike Mason RC
282 Ron Reed
283 Alan Ashby
284 Mark Thurmond
285 Joe Lefebvre
286 Ted Power
287 Chris Chambliss
288 Lee Tunnell
289 Rich Bordi
290 Glenn Brummer
291 Mike Boddicker
292 Rollie Fingers
293 Lou Whitaker
294 Dwight Evans
295 Don Mattingly
296 Mike Marshall
297 Willie Wilson
298 Mike Heath
299 Tim Raines
300 Larry Parrish
301 Geoff Zahn
302 Rich Dotson
303 David Green
304 Jose Cruz
305 Steve Carlton
306 Gary Redus
307 Steve Garvey
308 Jose DeLeon
309 Randy Lerch
310 Claudell Washington
311 Lee Smith
312 Darryl Strawberry
313 Jim Beattie
314 John Butcher
315 Damaso Garcia
316 Mike Smithson
317 Luis Leal
318 Ken Phelps
319 Wally Backman
320 Ron Cey
321 Brad Komminsk
322 Jason Thompson
323 Frank Williams RC
324 Tim Lollar
325 Eric Davis RC
326 Von Hayes
327 Andy Van Slyke
328 Craig Reynolds
329 Dick Schofield
330 Scott Fletcher
331 Jeff Reardon
332 Rick Dempsey
333 Ben Oglivie
334 Dan Petry
335 Jackie Gutierrez RC
336 Dave Righetti
337 Alejandro Pena
338 Mel Hall
339 Pat Sheridan
340 Keith Atherton
341 David Palmer
342 Gary Ward
343 Dave Stewart
344 Mark Gubicza RC
345 Carney Lansford
346 Jerry Willard
347 Ken Griffey, Sr.
348 Franklin Stubbs
349 Aurelio Lopez
350 Al Bumbry
351 Charlie Moore
352 Luis Sanchez
353 Darrell Porter
354 Bill Dawley
355 Charles Hudson
356 Garry Templeton
357 Cecilio Guante
358 Jeff Leonard
359 Paul Molitor
360 Ron Gardenhire
361 Larry Bowa
362 Bob Kearney
363 Garth Iorg
364 Tom Brunansky
365 Brad Gulden
366 Greg Walker
367 Mike Young
368 Rick Waits
369 Doug Bair
370 Bob Shirley
371 Bob Ojeda
372 Bob Welch
373 Neal Heaton
374 Danny Jackson UER (Photo actually is Frank Wills)
375 Donnie Hill
376 Mike Stenhouse
377 Bruce Kison
378 Wayne Tolleson
379 Floyd Bannister
380 Vern Ruhle
381 Tim Corcoran
382 Kurt Kepshire
383 Bobby Brown
384 Dave Van Gorder
385 Rick Mahler
386 Lee Mazzilli
387 Bill Laskey
388 Thad Bosley
389 Al Chambers
390 Tony Fernandez
391 Ron Washington
392 Bill Swaggerty
393 Bob L. Gibson
394 Marty Castillo
395 Steve Crawford
396 Clay Christiansen
397 Bob Bailor
398 Mike Hargrove
399 Charlie Leibrandt
400 Tom Burgmeier
401 Razor Shines
402 Rob Wilfong
403 Tom Henke
404 Al Jones
405 Mike LaCoss
406 Luis DeLeon
407 Greg Gross
408 Tom Hume
409 Rick Camp
410 Milt May
411 Henry Cotto RC
412 Dave Von Ohlen
413 Scott McGregor
414 Ted Simmons
415 Jack Morris
416 Bill Buckner
417 Butch Wynegar
418 Steve Sax
419 Steve Balboni
420 Dwayne Murphy
421 Andre Dawson
422 Charlie Hough
423 Tommy John
424 Tom Seaver ERR (Photo is of Floyd Bannister)
424 Tom Seaver COR
425 Tommy Herr
426 Terry Puhl
427 Al Holland
428 Eddie Milner
429 Terry Kennedy
430 John Candelaria
431 Manny Trillo
432 Ken Oberkfell
433 Rick Sutcliffe
434 Ron Darling
435 Spike Owen
436 Frank Viola
437 Lloyd Moseby
438 Kirby Puckett RC
439 Jim Clancy
440 Mike Moore
441 Doug Sisk
442 Dennis Eckersley
443 Gerald Perry
444 Dale Berra
445 Dusty Baker
446 Ed Whitson
447 Cesar Cedeno
448 Rick Schu
449 Joaquin Andujar
450 Mark Bailey
451 Ron Romanick RC
452 Julio Cruz
453 Miguel Dilone
454 Storm Davis
455 Jaime Cocanower RC
456 Barbaro Garbey RC
457 Rich Gedman
458 Phil Niekro
459 Mike Scioscia
460 Pat Tabler
461 Darryl Motley
462 Chris Codiroli
463 Doug Flynn
464 Billy Sample
465 Mickey Rivers
466 John Wathan
467 Bill Krueger
468 Andre Thornton
469 Rex Hudler
470 Sid Bream RC
471 Kirk Gibson
472 John Shelby
473 Moose Haas
474 Doug Corbett
475 Willie McGee
476 Bob Knepper
477 Kevin Gross
478 Carmelo Martinez
479 Kent Tekulve
480 Chili Davis
481 Bobby Clark
482 Mookie Wilson
483 Dave Owen
484 Ed Nunez
485 Rance Mulliniks
486 Ken Schrom
487 Jeff Russell
488 Tom Paciorek
489 Dan Ford
490 Mike Caldwell
491 Scottie Earl
492 Jose Rijo RC
493 Bruce Hurst
494 Ken Landreaux
495 Mike Fischlin
496 Don Slaught
497 Steve McCatty
498 Gary Lucas
499 Gary Pettis
500 Marvis Foley
501 Mike Squires
502 Jim Pankowits
503 Luis Aguayo
504 Ralph Citarella
505 Bruce Bochy
506 Bob Owchinko
507 Pascual Perez
508 Lee Lacy
509 Charlie Haag
510 Bob Dernier
511 Ed Vande Berg
512 Cliff Johnson
513 Len Whitehouse
514 Dennis Martinez
515 Ed Romero
516 Rusty Kuntz
517 Rick Miller
518 Dennis Rasmussen
519 Steve Yeager
520 Chris Bando
521 U.L. Washington
522 Curt Young
523 Angel Salazar
524 Curt Kaufman
525 Odell Jones
526 Juan Agosto
527 Denny Walling
528 Andy Hawkins
529 Sixto Lezcano
530 Skeeter Barnes RC
531 Randy Johnson
532 Jim Morrison
533 Warren Brusstar
534 Terry Pendleton RC ERR ("Jeff" on front)
534 Terry Pendleton COR (Scarcer than the error card)
535 Vic Rodriguez
536 Bob McClure
537 Dave Bergman
538 Mark Clear
539 Mike Pagliarulo
540 Terry Whitfield
541 Joe Beckwith
542 Jeff Burroughs
543 Dan Schatzeder
544 Donnie Scott
545 Jim Slaton
546 Greg Luzinski
547 Mark Salas
548 Dave Smith
549 John Wockenfuss
550 Frank Pastore
551 Tim Flannery
552 Rick Rhoden
553 Mark Davis
554 Jeff Dedmon RC
555 Gary Woods
556 Danny Heep
557 Mark Langston RC
558 Darrell Brown
559 Jimmy Key RC
560 Rick Lysander
561 Doyle Alexander
562 Mike Stanton
563 Sid Fernandez
564 Richie Hebner
565 Alex Trevino
566 Brian Harper
567 Dan Gladden RC
568 Luis Salazar
569 Tom Foley
570 Larry Andersen
571 Danny Cox
572 Joe Sambito
573 Juan Beniquez
574 Joel Skinner
575 Randy St.Claire
576 Floyd Rayford
577 Roy Howell
578 John Grubb
579 Ed Jurak
580 John Montefusco
581 Orel Hershiser RC
582 Tom Waddell RC
583 Mark Huismann
584 Joe Morgan
585 Jim Wohlford
586 Dave Schmidt
587 Jeff Kunkel
588 Hal McRae
589 Bill Almon
590 Carmelo Castillo
591 Omar Moreno
592 Ken Howell
593 Tom Brookens
594 Joe Nolan
595 Willie Lozado
596 Tom Nieto
597 Walt Terrell
598 Al Oliver
599 Shane Rawley
600 Denny Gonzalez
601 Mark Grant
602 Mike Armstrong
603 George Foster
604 Davey Lopes
605 Salome Barojas
606 Roy Lee Jackson
607 Pete Filson
608 Duane Walker
609 Glenn Wilson
610 Rafael Santana
611 Roy Smith
612 Ruppert Jones
613 Joe Cowley
614 Al Nipper UER (Photo actually Mike Brown)
615 Gene Nelson
616 Joe Carter
617 Ray Knight
618 Chuck Rainey
619 Dan Driessen
620 Daryl Sconiers
621 Bill Stein
622 Roy Smalley
623 Ed Lynch
624 Jeff Stone
625 Bruce Berenyi
626 Kelvin Chapman
627 Joe Price
628 Steve Bedrosian
629 Vic Mata
630 Mike Krukow
631 Phil Bradley RC
632 Jim Gott
633 Randy Bush
634 Tom Browning RC
635 Lou Gehrig PUZ
636 Reid Nichols
637 Dan Pasqua
638 German Rivera
639 Don Schulze
640 Mike Jones COR (Career Highlights take 4 lines; begins "Spent some")
640 Mike Jones ERR (Career Highlights take 5 lines; beings "Was 11-7")
641 Pete Rose CIN
642 Wade Rowdon
643 Jerry Narron
644 Darrell Miller
645 Tim Hulett RC
646 Andy McGaffigan
647 Kurt Bevacqua
648 John Russell
649 Ron Robinson
650 Donnie Moore
651 "Two for the Title" (Dave Winfield / Don Mattingly ERR (White Letters)
651 "Two for the Title" (Dave Winfield / Don Mattingly COR (Yellow Letters)
652 Tim Laudner
653 Steve Farr RC

Checklists

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CL1 Checklist CL 27-130
CL2 Checklist CL 131-234
CL3 Checklist CL 235-338
CL4 Checklist CL 339-442
CL5 Checklist CL 443-546
CL6 Checklist CL 547-653

Parallels

Super Diamond Kings

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A 28-card Jumbo Diamond Kings set (all 26 DK's plus the Checklist and a "History of the Diamond Kings" card of artist Dick Perez exclusive to this set) was available via a wrapper redemption program. To acquire the set, collectors had to send in $9 plus three 1985 Donruss Baseball wrappers. The Jumbo Diamond Kings (which measure 5" X 7") are tough to find as singles, and have become a favorite of autograph collectors.

Inserts

Lou Gehrig Puzzle

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For the fourth consecutive year, each pack of 1985 Donruss Baseball included one Puzzle panel. This year's subject was Lou Gehrig. Each wax pack contained one, three-piece, panel; and factory sets had the full set of 21 panels.

Wax Box Cards

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Each wax box had four "cards" printed on the bottom. With the exception of the Lou Gehrig Puzzle, each card features different photography than the player's regular 1985 Donruss card. Collector's who bought the full wax box had the choice of cutting up the panel into individual cards, or keeping the panel in-tact.

Individual cards are extremely difficult to find in mint condition.

PC1 Dwight Gooden
PC2 Ryne Sandberg
PC3 Ron Kittle
PUZ Lou Gehrig PUZZLE

Donruss
Triopoly Era: 1980-81 Donruss Test - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
Junk Wax Era: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993
Post Junk Wax Era: 1994 - 1995 - 1996
Pinnacle Brands Era: 1997 - 1998
Donruss-Playoff Era: 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Panini America Era: 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024

Optic: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022

All-Stars: 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
Highlights: 1985 - 1986 - 1987
The Rookies: 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2014 Donruss The Rookies Update
Baseball's Best: 1988 - 1989 - 1990

Other Donruss Brands: 1983 Donruss HOF Heroes - 1984 Donruss Champions - 1985 Donruss HOF Sluggers - 1987 Donruss Opening Day - 1988 Donruss Team Books - 1989 Donruss Traded - 1990 Donruss Learning Series - 1993 Donruss Elite Dominators - 1997 Donruss Team Sets - 1998 Donruss Collections -1998 Donruss Days - 2002 Donruss Originals