1985 Donruss

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.

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Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

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

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

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

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