Revision as of 15:59, 13 May 2015

Description

2004 Diamond Kings is a 175-card set released in February, 2004. Dubbed by Donruss-Playoff "The Art & Soul of Major League Baseball," all cards feature original artwork specially commissioned for this set. The product is also known rather infamously for the absurd number of parallels.

The last 25 base set cards are short-printed and also come in a Sepia variation.

Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield two autographed and/or game-used memorabilia cards.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	175	-	?	?
short set	150	-	?	?
Flashback/Legends	25	-	?	?
Sepia	25	-	?	?
Framed Bronze	200	-	1:6	1:6
Framed Silver	200	100	?	?
Framed Gold	200	25	?	?
Framed Platinum Black	200	one-of-one	?	?
Framed Platinum Grey	200	one-of-one	?	?
Framed Platinum White	200	one-of-one	?	?
Bronze	200	100	?	?
Silver	200	50	?	?
Platinum	200	one-of-one	?	?
Heritage Collection	25	-	?	?
Team Timeline	19	-	1:29	1:29
Timeline	6	-	1:92	1:92
Gallery of Stars	15	-	1:37	1:37
HOF Heroes	35	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Bronze	162	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Silver	161	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Gold	161	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum Black	162	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum Grey	162	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum White	162	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Bronze	162	varies	?	?
DK Materials Silver	162	varies	?	?
DK Materials Gold	162	varies	?	?
DK Materials Platinum	162	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Bronze Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Silver Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Gold Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum Black Sepia	25	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum Grey Sepia	25	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Framed Platinum White Sepia	25	one-of-one	?	?
DK Materials Bronze Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Silver Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Gold Sepia	25	varies	?	?
DK Materials Platinum Sepia	25	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Bronze	142	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Silver	144	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Gold	144	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum Black	146	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum Grey	146	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum White	146	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Bronze	141	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Silver	143	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Gold	143	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Platinum	146	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Bronze Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Silver Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Gold Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum Black Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum Grey Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Framed Platinum White Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Signatures Bronze Sepia	20	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Silver Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Gold Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Signatures Platinum Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Bronze	121	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Silver	122	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Gold	122	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum Black	123	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum Grey	123	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum White	123	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Bronze	119	varies	?	?
DK Combos Silver	119	varies	?	?
DK Combos Gold	120	varies	?	?
DK Combos Platinum	121	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Bronze Sepia	22	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Silver Sepia	22	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Gold Sepia	22	varies	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum Black Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum Grey Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Framed Platinum White Sepia	22	one-of-one	?	?
DK Combos Bronze Sepia	20	varies	?	?
DK Combos Silver Sepia	20	varies	?	?
DK Combos Gold Sepia	21	varies	?	?
DK Combos Platinum Sepia	21	one-of-one	?	?
Heritage Collection Bats	22	varies	?	?
Heritage Collection Jerseys	25	varies	?	?
Heritage Collection Signatures	23	varies	?	?
Timeline Bats	6	varies	?	?
Timeline Jerseys	6	varies	?	?
Timeline Jerseys Prime	6	varies	?	?
Team Timeline Bats	19	varies	?	?
Team Timeline Jerseys	19	varies	?	?
Team Timeline Jerseys Prime	19	varies	?	?
Gallery of Stars Signatures	15	varies	?	?
HOF Heroes Bats	32	varies	?	?
HOF Heroes Jerseys	34	varies	?	?
HOF Heroes Combos	35	varies	?	?
HOF Heroes Signatures	27	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Bats	41	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Jerseys	47	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Combos Material	42	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Signatures	42	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Combos Signature	37	varies	?	?
Recollection Autographs	134	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Andruw Jones
3 Nomar Garciaparra
4 Kerry Wood
5 Magglio Ordonez
6 Victor Martinez
7 Jeremy Bonderman
8 Josh Beckett
9 Jeff Kent
10 Carlos Beltran
11 Hideo Nomo
12 Richie Sexson
13 Jose Vidro
14 Jae Weong Seo
15 Alfonso Soriano
16 Barry Zito
17 Brett Myers
18 Brian Giles
19 Edgar Martinez
20 Jim Edmonds
21 Rocco Baldelli
22 Mark Teixeira
23 Carlos Delgado
24 Julius Matos
25 Jose Reyes
26 Marlon Byrd
27 Albert Pujols
28 Vernon Wells
29 Garret Anderson
30 Jerome Williams
31 Chipper Jones
32 Rich Harden
33 Manny Ramirez
34 Derek Jeter
35 Brandon Webb
36 Mark Prior
37 Roy Halladay
38 Frank Thomas
39 Rafael Palmeiro
40 Adam Dunn
41 Aubrey Huff
42 Todd Helton
43 Matt Morris
44 Dontrelle Willis
45 Lance Berkman
46 Mike Sweeney
47 Kazuhisa Ishii
48 Torii Hunter
49 Vladimir Guerrero
50 Mike Piazza
51 Alexis Rios
52 Shannon Stewart
53 Eric Hinske
54 Jason Jennings
55 Jason Giambi
56 Brandon Claussen
57 Joe Thurston
58 Ramon Nivar
59 Jay Gibbons
60 Eric Chavez
61 Jimmy Gobble
62 Walter Young
63 Mark Grace
64 Austin Kearns
65 Bob Abreu
66 Hee Seop Choi
67 Brandon Phillips
68 Rickie Weeks
69 Luis Gonzalez
70 Mariano Rivera
71 Jason Lane
72 Xavier Nady
73 Runelvys Hernandez
74 Aramis Ramirez
75 Ichiro Suzuki
76 Cliff Lee
77 Chris Snelling
78 Ryan Wagner
79 Miguel Tejada
80 Juan Gonzalez
81 Joe Borchard
82 Gary Sheffield
83 Wade Miller
84 Jeff Bagwell
85 Ryan Church
86 Adrian Beltre
87 Jeff Baker
88 Adam Loewen
89 Bernie Williams
90 Pedro Martinez
91 Carlos Rivera
92 Junior Spivey
93 Tim Hudson
94 Troy Glaus
95 Ken Griffey, Jr.
96 Alexis Gomez
97 Antonio Perez
98 Dan Haren
99 Ivan Rodriguez
100 Randy Johnson
101 Lyle Overbay
102 Oliver Perez
103 Miguel Cabrera
104 Scott Rolen
105 Roger Clemens
106 Brian Tallet
107 Nic Jackson
108 Angel Berroa
109 Hank Blalock
110 Ryan Klesko
111 Jose Castillo
112 Paul Konerko
113 Greg Maddux
114 Mark Mulder
115 Pat Burrell
116 Garrett Atkins
117 Jeremy Guthrie
118 Orlando Cabrera
119 Nick Johnson
120 Tom Glavine
121 Morgan Ensberg
122 Sean Casey
123 Orlando Hudson
124 Hideki Matsui
125 Craig Biggio
126 Adam LaRoche
127 Hong-Chih Kuo
128 Paul LoDuca
129 Shawn Green
130 Luis Castillo
131 Joe Crede
132 Ken Harvey
133 Freddy Sanchez
134 Roy Oswalt
135 Curt Schilling
136 Alfredo Amezaga
137 Chien-Ming Wang
138 Barry Larkin
139 Trot Nixon
140 Jim Thome
141 Bret Boone
142 Jacque Jones
143 Travis Hafner
144 Sammy Sosa
145 Mike Mussina
146 Vinny Chulk
147 Chad Gaudin
148 Delmon Young
149 Mike Lowell
150 Rickey Henderson

Flashbacks

151 Roger Clemens
152 Mark Grace
153 Rickey Henderson
154 Alex Rodriguez
155 Rafael Palmeiro
156 Greg Maddux
157 Mike Piazza
158 Mike Mussina

Legends

159 Dale Murphy
160 Cal Ripken, Jr.
161 Carl Yastrzemski
162 Marty Marion
163 Don Mattingly
164 Robin Yount
165 Andre Dawson
166 Jim Palmer
167 George Brett
168 Whitey Ford
169 Roy Campanella
170 Roger Maris
171 Duke Snider
172 Steve Carlton
173 Stan Musial
174 Nolan Ryan
175 Deion Sanders

Sepia

Each of the 25 Flashbacks/Legends cards are also available in a Sepia variation.

Parallels

All 175 base cards plus all 25 Sepia variations are also available in the following parallels.

Framed Bronze
Framed Silver (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Framed Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Framed Platinum Black (one-of-one)
Framed Platinum Grey (one-of-one)
Framed Platinum White (one-of-one)
Bronze (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Platinum (one-of-one)

Inserts

Heritage Collection

HC-1 Dale Murphy
HC-2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
HC-3 Carl Yastrzemski
HC-4 Don Mattingly
HC-5 Jim Palmer
HC-6 Andre Dawson
HC-7 Roy Campanella
HC-8 George Brett
HC-9 Duke Snider
HC-10 Marty Marion
HC-11 Deion Sanders
HC-12 Whitey Ford
HC-13 Stan Musial
HC-14 Nolan Ryan
HC-15 Steve Carlton
HC-16 Robin Yount
HC-17 Albert Pujols
HC-18 Alex Rodriguez
HC-19 Mike Piazza
HC-20 Roger Clemens
HC-21 Hideo Nomo
HC-22 Mark Prior
HC-23 Roger Maris
HC-24 Greg Maddux
HC-25 Mark Grace

Timeline

T-1 Roger Clemens
T-2 Mark Grace
T-3 Mike Mussina
T-4 Mike Piazza
T-5 Nolan Ryan
T-6 Rickey Henderson

Team Timeline

TT-1 Deion Sanders / Andruw Jones
TT-2 Rickie Weeks / Robin Yount
TT-3 Don Mattingly / Whitey Ford
TT-4 Chipper Jones / Dale Murphy
TT-5 Nomar Garciaparra / Bobby Doerr
TT-6 Mark Prior / Sammy Sosa
TT-7 Hideo Nomo / Kazuhisa Ishii
TT-8 Andre Dawson / Mark Grace
TT-9 Roger Clemens / Carl Yastrzemski
TT-10 Mike Mussina / Cal Ripken
TT-11 Stan Musial / Albert Pujols
TT-12 Jim Palmer / Mike Mussina
TT-13 Marty Marion / Stan Musial
TT-14 George Brett / Mike Sweeney
TT-15 Roger Clemens / Roger Maris
TT-16 Duke Snider / Shawn Green
TT-17 Jim Thome / Mike Schmidt
TT-18 Nolan Ryan / Alex Rodriguez
TT-19 Roy Campanella / Mike Piazza

HOF Heroes

This bizarrely-structured insert is designed as, and sequentially-numbered as an extension of, the 44-card 1983 Donruss HOF Heroes set. The set is sequentially-numbered starting at 45 and continues to 67, which each card serial-numbered to 1000 copies. However, there are multiple variations of some player's cards, with those variations being serial-numbered to either 500, 250, or 100 copies.

45a George Brett 1000
45b George Brett 500
45c George Brett 250
46a Mike Schmidt 1000
46b Mike Schmidt 250
47a Nolan Ryan 1000
47b Nolan Ryan 500
47c Nolan Ryan 250
48a Roberto Clemente 1000
48b Roberto Clemente 500
48c Roberto Clemente 250
48d Roberto Clemente 100
49 Carl Yastrzemski 1000
50 Robin Yount 1000
51 Whitey Ford 1000
52a Duke Snider 1000
52b Duke Snider 250
53 Carlton Fisk 1000
54 Ozzie Smith 1000
55 Kirby Puckett 1000
56 Bobby Doerr 1000
57 Frank Robinson 1000
58 Ralph Kiner 1000
59 Al Kaline 1000
60 Bob Feller 1000
61 Yogi Berra 1000
62a Stan Musial 1000
62b Stan Musial 500
62c Stan Musial 250
63 Jim Palmer 1000
64 Johnny Bench 1000
65 Steve Carlton 1000
66 Gary Carter 1000
67a Roy Campanella 1000
67b Roy Campanella 250

Autographs & Game-Used

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+SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Heritage Collection');
+</sql2wiki>
+===Timeline===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Timeline');
+</sql2wiki>
+===Team Timeline===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Team Timeline');
+</sql2wiki>
+===Gallery of Stars===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Gallery of Stars');
+</sql2wiki>
+===HOF Heroes===
+This bizarrely-structured insert is designed as, and sequentially-numbered as an extension of, the 44-card [[1983 Donruss HOF Heroes]] set.  The set is sequentially-numbered starting at 45 and continues to 67, which each card serial-numbered to 1000 copies. However, there are multiple variations of some player's cards, with those variations being serial-numbered to either 500, 250, or 100 copies.
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings HOF Heroes');
+</sql2wiki>
 ==Autographs & Game-Used==