2003 Diamond Kings

Description

2003 Diamond Kings is a 200-card set released in two series. The first 176 cards were issued as part of the regular Diamond Kings product, with the last 26 cards in the base set short-printed. Card #176 was a late addition to the product as is also SPed at a rate even scarcer than that of the other SPs. A typical 24-pack Hobby box should yield eight SPs, six parallels, two inserts, and either an autograph or a game-used memorabilia card.

The final 24 cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2003 DLP Rookie/Traded at the rate of one-per-box.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Diamond Kings Series	176	-	?	?
short set	150	-	?	?
Rookies	9	-	1:6	1:6
Retired Players	16	-	1:6	1:6
DLP Rookie/Traded Series	24	-	1:24*	1:24*
Framed White (DK Series)	176	-	?	?
Framed White (DLP Series)	24	200	?	?
Framed Grey (DK Series)	176	400	?	?
Framed Grey (DLP Series)	24	100	?	?
Framed Black (DK Series)	176	100	?	?
Framed Black (DLP Series)	24	50	?	?
DK Evolution	25	-	1:18	1:36
Heritage Collection	25	-	1:23	1:23
HOF Heroes Reprints	10	-	1:43	1:67
Team Timeline	10	1000	?	?
Recollection	14	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Collection	110	varies	?	?
Team Timeline Jerseys	10	100	?	?
HOF Heroes Reprints Materials	10	50	?	?
Recollection Autographs	78	varies	?	?

Checklist

Promos

Beckett Samples

Inserted into each January, 2003 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a 2003 Diamond Kings promo card. These cards partially-parallel the first 100 cards in the base set, but have the word "SAMPLE" stamped in silver foil on the back. On about 10% of the cards, SAMPLE is stamped in gold foil.

Base Set

Diamond Kings Series

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Garret Anderson
• 3 Troy Glaus
• 4 David Eckstein
• 5 Jarrod Washburn
• 6 Adam Kennedy
• 7 Jay Gibbons
• 8 Tony Batista
• 9 Melvin Mora
• 10 Rodrigo Lopez
• 11 Manny Ramirez
• 12 Pedro Martinez
• 13 Nomar Garciaparra
• 14 Rickey Henderson
• 15 Johnny Damon
• 16 Derek Lowe
• 17 Cliff Floyd (listed as NYM, depicted as BOS)
• 18 Frank Thomas
• 19 Magglio Ordonez
• 20 Paul Konerko
• 21 Mark Buehrle
• 22 C.C. Sabathia
• 23 Omar Vizquel
• 24 Jim Thome (listed as PHL, depicted as CLE)
• 25 Ellis Burks
• 26 Robert Fick (listed as ATL, depicted as DET)
• 27 Bobby Higginson
• 28 Randall Simon (listed as PIT, depicted as DET)
• 29 Carlos Pena
• 30 Carlos Beltran
• 31 Paul Byrd (listed as KC, depicted as ATL)
• 32 Raul Ibanez
• 33 Mike Sweeney
• 34 Torii Hunter
• 35 Corey Koskie
• 36 A.J. Pierzynski
• 37 Cristian Guzman
• 38 Jacque Jones
• 39 Derek Jeter
• 40 Bernie Williams
• 41 Roger Clemens
• 42 Mike Mussina
• 43 Jorge Posada
• 44 Alfonso Soriano
• 45 Jason Giambi
• 46 Robin Ventura
• 47 David Wells
• 48 Tim Hudson
• 49 Barry Zito
• 50 Mark Mulder
• 51 Miguel Tejada
• 52 Eric Chavez
• 53 Jermaine Dye
• 54 Ichiro
• 55 Edgar Martinez
• 56 John Olerud
• 57 Dan Wilson
• 58 Joel Pineiro
• 59 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 60 Freddy Garcia
• 61 Aubrey Huff
• 62 Steve Cox
• 63 Randy Winn (listed as SEA, depicted as TB)
• 64 Alex Rodriguez
• 65 Juan Gonzalez
• 66 Rafael Palmeiro
• 67 Ivan Rodriguez
• 68 Kenny Rogers
• 69 Carlos Delgado
• 70 Eric Hinske
• 71 Roy Halladay
• 72 Vernon Wells
• 73 Shannon Stewart
• 74 Curt Schilling
• 75 Randy Johnson
• 76 Luis Gonzalez
• 77 Mark Grace
• 78 Junior Spivey
• 79 Greg Maddux
• 80 Tom Glavine (listed as NYM, depicted as ATL)
• 81 John Smoltz
• 82 Chipper Jones
• 83 Gary Sheffield
• 84 Andruw Jones
• 85 Kerry Wood
• 86 Fred McGriff (listed as LAD, depicted as CHC)
• 87 Sammy Sosa
• 88 Mark Prior
• 89 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 90 Barry Larkin
• 91 Adam Dunn
• 92 Sean Casey
• 93 Austin Kearns
• 94 Aaron Boone
• 95 Larry Walker
• 96 Todd Helton
• 97 Jason Jennings
• 98 Jay Payton
• 99 Josh Beckett
• 100 Mike Lowell
• 101 A.J. Burnett
• 102 Jeff Bagwell
• 103 Craig Biggio
• 104 Lance Berkman
• 105 Roy Oswalt
• 106 Wade Miller
• 107 Shawn Green
• 108 Adrian Beltre
• 109 Hideo Nomo
• 110 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 111 Odalis Perez
• 112 Paul Lo Duca
• 113 Ben Sheets
• 114 Richie Sexson
• 115 Jose Hernandez
• 116 Vladimir Guerrero
• 117 Jose Vidro
• 118 Tomo Ohka
• 119 Andres Galarraga
• 120 Bartolo Colon (Listed as CWS, depicted as MTL)
• 121 Mike Piazza
• 122 Roberto Alomar
• 123 Mo Vaughn
• 124 Al Leiter
• 125 Edgardo Alfonzo (Listed as SF, depicted as NYM)
• 126 Pat Burrell
• 127 Bob Abreu
• 128 Mike Lieberthal
• 129 Vicente Padilla
• 130 Marlon Byrd
• 131 Jason Kendall
• 132 Brian Giles
• 133 Aramis Ramirez
• 134 Kip Wells
• 135 Ryan Klesko
• 136 Phil Nevin
• 137 Brian Lawrence
• 138 Sean Burroughs
• 139 Mark Kotsay
• 140 Barry Bonds
• 141 Jeff Kent (Listed as HOU, depicted as SF)
• 142 Benito Santiago
• 143 Kirk Rueter
• 144 Jason Schmidt
• 145 Jim Edmonds
• 146 J.D. Drew
• 147 Albert Pujols
• 148 Tino Martinez
• 149 Matt Morris
• 150 Scott Rolen

Rookies

• 151 Joe Borchard
• 152 Cliff Lee
• 153 Brian Tallet
• 154 Freddy Sanchez
• 155 Chone Figgins
• 156 Kevin Cash
• 157 Justin Wayne
• 158 Ben Kozlowski

Retired Players

• 159 Babe Ruth
• 160 Jackie Robinson
• 161 Ozzie Smith
• 162 Lou Gehrig
• 163 Stan Musial
• 164 Mike Schmidt
• 165 Carlton Fisk
• 166 George Brett
• 167 Dale Murphy
• 168 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 169 Tony Gwynn
• 170 Don Mattingly
• 171 Jack Morris
• 172 Ty Cobb
• 173 Nolan Ryan
• 174 Ryne Sandberg
• 175 Thurman Munson

Jose Contreaers

• 176 Jose Contreras RC

DLP Rookie/Traded Series

• 177 Hideki Matsui RC
• 178 Jeremy Bonderman RC
• 179 Brandon Webb RC
• 180 Adam Loewen RC
• 181 Chien-Ming Wang RC
• 182 Hong-Chih Kuo RC
• 183 Clint Barmes RC
• 184 Guillermo Quiroz RC
• 185 Edgar Gonzalez RC
• 186 Todd Wellemeyer RC
• 187 Dan Haren RC
• 188 Dustin McGowan RC
• 189 Preston Larrison RC*
• 191 Kevin Youkilis RC
• 192 Bubba Nelson RC*
• 193 Chris Burke RC
• 194 J.D. Durbin RC
• 195 Ryan Howard RC
• 196 Jason Kubel RC
• 197 Brendan Harris RC
• 198 Brian Bruney RC
• 199 Ramon Nivar RC
• 200 Rickie Weeks RC
• 201 Delmon Young RC

Parallels

Framed

All 200 base cards are available in the following Framed parallels.

• White (DK Series: un-numbered; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 200 copies)
• Grey (DK Series: serial-numbered to 400 copies; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 100 copies)
• Black (DK Series: serial-numbered to 100 copies; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Atlantic City National

Collectors who attended the 2003 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, NJ, and ripped three packs of Diamond Kings at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth would be entitled to receive a special parallel from the 176 Diamond King Series base cards. Each card is serial-numbered to five copies and has an "Atlantic City National" logo embossed.

Chicago Collection

Similar to the Atlantic City set, collectors who attended the March, 2003 Chicago Sun-Times card show and opened three packs of 2003 Diamond Kings at the Donruss-Playoff corporate booth would receive a "Chicago Collection" parallel. Like the Atlantic City set, each card is serial-numbered to five copies and is embossed with a special logo.

Inserts

DK Evolution

DK Evolution is a lenticular set which shows the original Diamond King artwork along with the photograph it was based on.

• DK-1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• DK-2 Ichiro
• DK-3 Randy Johnson
• DK-4 Pedro Martinez
• DK-5 Nolan Ryan
• DK-6 Derek Jeter
• DK-7 Kerry Wood
• DK-8 Alex Rodriguez
• DK-9 Magglio Ordonez
• DK-10 Greg Maddux
• DK-11 Todd Helton
• DK-12 Sammy Sosa
• DK-13 Lou Gehrig
• DK-14 Lance Berkman
• DK-15 Barry Zito
• DK-16 Barry Bonds
• DK-17 Tom Glavine
• DK-18 Shawn Green
• DK-19 Roger Clemens
• DK-20 Nomar Garciaparra
• DK-21 Tony Gwynn
• DK-22 Vladimir Guerrero
• DK-23 Albert Pujols
• DK-24 Chipper Jones
• DK-25 Alfonso Soriano

Heritage Collection

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 20 copies.

• HC-1 Ozzie Smith
• HC-2 Lou Gehrig
• HC-3 Stan Musial
• HC-4 Mike Schmidt
• HC-5 Carlton Fisk
• HC-6 George Brett
• HC-7 Dale Murphy
• HC-8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HC-9 Tony Gwynn
• HC-10 Don Mattingly
• HC-11 Jack Morris
• HC-12 Ty Cobb
• HC-13 Nolan Ryan
• HC-14 Ryne Sandberg
• HC-15 Thurman Munson
• HC-16 Ichiro
• HC-17 Derek Jeter
• HC-18 Greg Maddux
• HC-19 Sammy Sosa
• HC-20 Pedro Martinez
• HC-21 Alex Rodriguez
• HC-22 Roger Clemens
• HC-23 Barry Bonds
• HC-24 Lance Berkman
• HC-25 Vladimir Guerrero

HOF Heroes Reprints

This set features reprints of ten cards from the 1983 Donruss HOF Heroes set.

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• 1 Bob Feller
• 2 Al Kaline
• 3 Lou Boudreau
• 4 Duke Snider
• 5 Jackie Robinson
• 6 Early Wynn
• 7 Yogi Berra
• 8 Stan Musial
• 9 Ty Cobb
• 10 Ted Williams

Team Timeline

Each Team Timeline card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• TT-1 Nolan Ryan / Roy Oswalt
• TT-2 Dale Murphy / Chipper Jones
• TT-3 Stan Musial / Jim Edmonds
• TT-4 George Brett / Mike Sweeney
• TT-5 Tony Gwynn / Ryan Klesko
• TT-6 Carlton Fisk / Magglio Ordonez
• TT-7 Mike Schmidt / Pat Burrell
• TT-8 Don Mattingly / Bernie Williams
• TT-9 Ryne Sandberg / Kerry Wood
• TT-10 Lou Gehrig / Alfonso Soriano

Recollection

Each Recollection card is a buy-back of a Diamond King from a 1980s Donruss set. Each card is serial-numbered to the figures listed below.

• 12 Lou Boudreau 83 HOF 3
• 17 Roberto Clemente 83 HOF 5
• 612 Roberto Clemente 87D DK 9
• 1 Ty Cobb 83 HOF 4
• 653 Ty Cobb 83D DK 10
• 635 Lou Gehrig 85D DK 10
• 15 Monte Irvin 83 HOF 5
• 30 Bob Lemon 83 HOF 5
• 6 Dan Quisenberry 85D DK 2
• 6 Jackie Robinson 83 HOF 5
• 8 Willie Stargell 83D DK 15
• 702 Willie Stargell 91D DK 6
• 9 Ted Williams 83 HOF 4
• 42 Early Wynn 83 HOF 5

Autographs & Game-Used

Diamond Cut Collection

• DC-1 Barry Zito AU 75
• DC-2 Edgar Martinez AU 125
• DC-3 Jay Gibbons AU 150
• DC-4 Joe Borchard AU 150
• DC-5 Marlon Byrd AU 150
• DC-6 Adam Dunn AU 150
• DC-7 Torii Hunter AU 150
• DC-8 Vladimir Guerrero AU 25
• DC-9 Wade Miller AU 150
• DC-10 Alfonso Soriano AU 100
• DC-11 Brian Lawrence AU 150
• DC-12 Cliff Floyd AU 100
• DC-13 Dale Murphy AU 75
• DC-14 Jack Morris AU 150
• DC-15 Eric Hinske AU 150
• DC-16 Jason Jennings AU 150
• DC-17 Mark Buehrle AU 150
• DC-18 Mark Prior AU 150
• DC-19 Mark Mulder AU 150
• DC-20 Mike Sweeney AU 150
• DC-21 Nolan Ryan AU 50
• DC-22 Don Mattingly AU 75
• DC-23 Andruw Jones AU 75
• DC-24 Aubrey Huff AU 150
• DC-25 Rickey Henderson AU 25
• DC-26 Nolan Ryan JSY 250
• DC-27 Ozzie Smith JSY 400
• DC-28 Rickey Henderson JSY 300
• DC-29 Jack Morris JSY 500
• DC-30 George Brett JSY 350
• DC-31 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 300
• DC-32 Ryne Sandberg JSY 450
• DC-33 Don Mattingly JSY 400
• DC-34 Tony Gwynn JSY 400
• DC-35 Dale Murphy JSY 350
• DC-36 Carlton Fisk JSY 400
• DC-37 Stan Musial JSY 50
• DC-38 Lou Gehrig JSY 50
• DC-39 Garret Anderson JSY 450
• DC-40 Pedro Martinez JSY 400
• DC-41 Nomar Garciaparra JSY 350
• DC-42 Magglio Ordonez JSY 450
• DC-43 C.C. Sabathia JSY 500
• DC-44 Omar Vizquel JSY 250
• DC-45 Jim Thome JSY 500
• DC-46 Torii Hunter JSY 500
• DC-47 Roger Clemens JSY 500
• DC-48 Alfonso Soriano JSY 400
• DC-49 Tim Hudson JSY 500
• DC-50 Barry Zito JSY 350
• DC-51 Mark Mulder JSY 500
• DC-52 Miguel Tejada JSY 400
• DC-53 John Olerud JSY 350
• DC-54 Alex Rodriguez JSY 500
• DC-55 Rafael Palmeiro JSY 500
• DC-56 Curt Schilling JSY 500
• DC-57 Randy Johnson JSY 400
• DC-58 Greg Maddux JSY 350
• DC-59 John Smoltz JSY 400
• DC-60 Chipper Jones JSY 450
• DC-61 Andruw Jones JSY 500
• DC-62 Kerry Wood JSY 500
• DC-63 Mark Prior JSY 500
• DC-64 Adam Dunn JSY 350
• DC-65 Larry Walker JSY 500
• DC-66 Todd Helton JSY 500
• DC-67 Jeff Bagwell JSY 500
• DC-68 Roy Oswalt JSY 500
• DC-69 Hideo Nomo JSY 150
• DC-70 Kazuhisa Ishii JSY 250
• DC-71 Vladimir Guerrero JSY 500
• DC-72 Mike Piazza JSY 500
• DC-73 Joe Borchard JSY 500
• DC-74 Ryan Klesko JSY 500
• DC-75 Shawn Green JSY 500
• DC-76 George Brett BAT 350
• DC-77 Ozzie Smith BAT 450
• DC-78 Cal Ripken, Jr. BAT 150
• DC-79 Don Mattingly BAT 400
• DC-80 Babe Ruth BAT 50
• DC-81 Dale Murphy BAT 350
• DC-82 Rickey Henderson BAT 500
• DC-83 Ivan Rodriguez BAT 500
• DC-84 Marlon Byrd BAT 500
• DC-85 Eric Chavez BAT 500
• DC-86 Nomar Garciaparra BAT 500
• DC-87 Alex Rodriguez BAT 500
• DC-88 Vladimir Guerrero BAT 500
• DC-89 Paul Lo Duca BAT 500
• DC-90 Richie Sexson BAT 500
• DC-91 Mike Piazza BAT 350
• DC-92 J.D. Drew BAT 500
• DC-93 Juan Gonzalez BAT 500
• DC-94 Pat Burrell BAT 500
• DC-95 Adam Dunn BAT 250
• DC-96 Mike Schmidt BAT 500
• DC-97 Ryne Sandberg BAT 500
• DC-98 Edgardo Alfonzo BAT 500
• DC-99 Andruw Jones BAT 500
• DC-100 Carlos Beltran BAT 500
• DC-101 Jeff Bagwell BAT 500
• DC-102 Lance Berkman BAT 500
• DC-103 Luis Gonzalez BAT 500
• DC-104 Carlos Delgado BAT 500
• DC-105 Jim Edmonds BAT 250
• DC-106 Alfonso Soriano HAT / JSY 75
• DC-107 Greg Maddux JSY 50
• DC-108 Ty Cobb BAT / PANTS 25
• DC-109 Adam Dunn BAT 50
• DC-110 Rickey Henderson BAT / JSY 50

Team Timeline Jerseys

Each Team Timeline Jersey is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

HOF Heroes Reprints Materials

Each HOF Heroes Reprints Materials is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• 1 Bob Feller
• 2 Al Kaline
• 3 Lou Boudreau
• 4 Duke Snider
• 5 Jackie Robinson
• 6 Early Wynn
• 7 Yogi Berra
• 8 Stan Musial
• 9 Ty Cobb
• 10 Ted Williams

Recollection Autographs

Each Recollection Autograph is signed on a buy-back from previously-released Diamond Kings set and serial-numbered to the figures listed below.

• 4 Adrian Beltre 02DK 40
• 99 Brandon Berger 02DK 99
• 91 Lance Berkman 02DK 1
• 104 Lance Berkman 03DK 2
• 15 George Brett 82D DK 5
• 15 George Brett 87D DK 5
• 140 George Brett 02DK 3
• HC-13 George Brett 02DK Heritage 3
• 81 Mark Buehrle 02DK 73
• 6 Jose Canseco 87D DK 12
• 2 Gary Carter 82D DK 10
• 141 Gary Carter 02DK 21
• 21 Will Clark 88D DK 20
• 22 Eric Davis 87D DK 1
• 9 Andre Dawson 88D DK 50
• 25 Andre Dawson 86D DK 24
• 129 Andre Dawson 02DK 28
• HC-9 Andre Dawson 02DK Heritage 15
• 98 Jorge DeLaRosa 02DK 148
• 78 J.D. Drew 02DK 15
• 7 Lenny Dykstra 91D DK 1
• 88 Jim Edmonds 02DK 25
• 96 Mark Ellis 02DK 10
• 33 Robert Fick 02DK 150
• 7 Carlton Fisk 89D DK 7
• 20 Carlton Fisk 82D DK 11
• 135 Carlton Fisk 02DK 13
• HC-10 Carlton Fisk 02DK Heritage 5
• 26 Dwight Gooden 86D DK 24
• DK-15 Dwight Gooden 92D DK 1
• 15 Shawn Green 02DK 3
• 6 Tony Gwynn 89D DK 10
• 25 Tony Gwynn 85D DK 3
• 145 Tony Gwynn 02DK 9
• HC-18 Tony Gwynn 02DK Heritage 5
• 18 Orel Hershiser 86D 1
• 13 Tim Hudson 02DK 50
• 114 Kazuhisa Ishii 02DK 5
• 18 Al Kaline 83 HOF 7
• 148 Al Kaline 02DK 23
• DK-11 Kenny Lofton 95D DK 1
• 100 Ryan Ludwick 02DK 130
• 70 Greg Maddux 02DK 10
• 79 Greg Maddux 03DK 3
• DK-1 Greg Maddux 01D 00DK Retro 2
• 7 Don Mattingly 85D DK 1
• 26 Don Mattingly 89D DK 15
• 150 Don Mattingly 02DK 13
• HC-11 Don Mattingly 02DK Heritage 5
• TL-1 Don Mattingly / Lou Gehrig 02DK TL 4
• 7 Paul Molitor 88D DK 1
• 5 Jack Morris 83D DK 15
• 3 Dale Murphy 87D DK 20
• 12 Dale Murphy 83D DK 15
• 27 Roy Oswalt 02DK 100
• RDK-4 Roy Oswalt 01DTR RDK 65
• 15 Tony Perez 86D 25
• 83 Manny Ramirez 02DK 3
• 21 Harold Reynolds 89D DK 1
• 8 Alex Rodriguez 02DK 1
• 64 Alex Rodriguez 03DK 1
• 13 Nolan Ryan 82D 9
• 139 Nolan Ryan 02DK 15
• HC-2 Nolan Ryan 02DK Heritage 5
• 23 Mike Schmidt 84D 13
• 137 Mike Schmidt 02DK 10
• HC-6 Mike Schmidt 02DK Heritage 5
• TL-4 Mike Schmidt / Scott Rolen 02DK TL 5
• 68 Gary Sheffield 02DK 25
• 38 Bud Smith 02DK 114
• 5 Ozzie Smith 87D DK 1
• 17 Shannon Stewart 02DK 50
• 16 Don Sutton 85D DK 2
• 105 So Taguchi 02DK 15
• 115 Dennis Tankersley 02DK 8
• 112 Mark Teixeira 02DK 15
• 30 Bernie Williams 02DK 15
• 20 Dave Winfield 87D DK 1