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	10	-	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	?	?

* Available only in 2003 DLP Rookie/Traded Series packs.

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 Contreras SP

Card #176 features Cuban refugee Jose Contreras who was signed to a free agent contract before the 2003 season began. The Contreras card was not on the original checklist and is believed to be considerably scarcer than other RC's from the first series set.

• 176 Jose Contreras RC

DLP Rookie/Traded Series

NOTE: Card #190 does not exist.

• 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.

A one-of-one Framed Black parallel is also available.

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.

• 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

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

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