Revision as of 16:33, 5 March 2020

Description

1984 Donruss is a 660-card set. The attractive card front designs changed considerably from the previous two years. This set has since grown in stature to be recognized as one of the finest produced in the 1980's, largely due to the design, but mainly due to the limited production and rookie card selection.

The first 26 cards in the set are again Diamond Kings (DK). A new feature, Rated Rookies (RR), was introduced with this set with Bill Madden's 20 selections comprising numbers 27 through 46. Two "Living Legend" cards designated A (featuring Gaylord Perry and Rollie Fingers) and B (featuring Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski) were issued as bonus cards in wax packs, but were not issued in the factory sets sold to hobby dealers. The seven unnumbered checklist cards are listed at the end of the list below.

Variation cards apparently resulted from a different printing for the factory sets as the Darling and Stenhouse no number variations as well as the Perez-Steele errors were corrected in the factory sets which were released later in the year. The Diamond King cards found in packs spelled "Perez-Steele" as "Perez-Steel."

Rookie Cards in this set include Joe Carter, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry, and Andy Van Slyke. The Joe Carter card is almost never found well centered. Other popular cards in the set is Eddie Murray (#47), Robin Yount (#51), George Brett (#53), Nolan Ryan (#60), Pete Rose (#61), Cal Ripen Jr. (#106), and Ryne Sandberg (#248)

Distribution

36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one Duke Snider puzzle piece per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

Factory Sets.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	660	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

NOTE: On all 26 Diamond Kings inserted into packs, "Perez-Steele Galleries" is misspelled "Perez-Steel Galleries." This error was corrected on all cards in time for the factory sets.

1 Robin Yount
2 Dave Concepcion
3 Dwayne Murphy
4 John Castino
5 Leon Durham
6 Rusty Staub
7 Jack Clark
8 Dave Dravecky
9 Al Oliver
10 Dave Righetti
11 Hal McRae
12 Ray Knight
13 Bruce Sutter
14 Bob Horner
15 Lance Parrish
16 Matt Young
17 Fred Lynn
18 Ron Kittle
19 Jim Clancy
20 Bill Madlock
21 Larry Parrish
22 Eddie Murray
23 Mike Schmidt
24 Pedro Guerrero
25 Andre Thornton
26 Wade Boggs

Rated Rookies

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27 Joel Skinner
28 Tommy Dunbar
29 Mike Stenhouse
29 Mike Stenhouse ERR
30 Ron Darling RC COR
30 Ron Darling ERR
31 Dion James
32 Tony Fernandez
33 Angel Salazar
34 Kevin McReynolds
35 Dick Schofield RC
36 Brad Komminsk
37 Tim Teufel RC
38 Doug Frobel
39 Greg Gagne
40 Mike Fuentes
41 Joe Carter
42 Mike G. Brown
43 Mike Jeffcoat RC
44 Sid Fernandez
45 Brian Dayett
46 Chris Smith

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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 Rickey Henderson
55 Gary Carter
56 Buddy Bell
57 Reggie Jackson
58 Harold Baines
59 Ozzie Smith
60 Nolan Ryan
61 Pete Rose
62 Ron Oester
63 Steve Garvey
64 Jason Thompson
65 Jack Clark
66 Dale Murphy
67 Leon Durham
68 Darryl Strawberry RC
69 Richie Zisk
70 Kent Hrbek
71 Dave Stieb
72 Ken Schrom
73 George Bell
74 John Moses
75 Ed Lynch
76 Chuck Rainey
77 Biff Pocoroba
78 Cecilio Guante
79 Jim Barr
80 Kurt Bevacqua
81 Tom Foley
82 Joe Lefebvre
83 Andy Van Slyke
84 Bob Lillis
85 Ricky Adams
86 Jerry Hairston
87 Bob James
88 Joe Altobelli
89 Ed Romero
90 John Grubb
91 John Henry Johnson
92 Juan Espino
93 Candy Maldonado
94 Andre Thornton
95 Onix Concepcion
96 Donnie Hill
97 Andre Dawson
98 Frank Tanana
99 Curt Wilkerson RC
100 Larry Gura
101 Dwayne Murphy
102 Tom Brennan
103 Dave Righetti
104 Steve Sax
105 Dan Petry
106 Cal Ripken, Jr.
107 Paul Molitor
108 Fred Lynn
109 Neil Allen
110 Joe Niekro
111 Steve Carlton
112 Terry Kennedy
113 Bill Madlock
114 Chili Davis
115 Jim Gantner
116 Tom Seaver
117 Bill Buckner
118 Bill Caudill
119 Jim Clancy
120 John Castino
121 Dave Concepcion
122 Greg Luzinski
123 Mike Boddicker
124 Pete Ladd
125 Juan Berenguer
126 John Montefusco
127 Ed Jurak
128 Tom Niedenfuer
129 Bert Blyleven
130 Bud Black
131 Gorman Heimueller
132 Dan Schatzeder
133 Ron Jackson
134 Tom Henke
135 Kevin Hickey
136 Mike Scott
137 Bo Diaz
138 Glenn Brummer
139 Sid Monge
140 Rich Gale
141 Brett Butler
142 Brian Harper
143 John Rabb
144 Gary Woods
145 Pat Putnam
146 Jim Acker
147 Mickey Hatcher
148 Todd Cruz
149 Tom Tellmann
150 John Wockenfuss
151 Wade Boggs
152 Don Baylor
153 Bob Welch
154 Alan Bannister
155 Willie Aikens
156 Jeff Burroughs
157 Bryan Little
158 Bob Boone
159 Dave Hostetler
160 Jerry Dybzinski
161 Mike Madden
162 Luis DeLeon
163 Willie Hernandez
164 Frank Pastore
165 Rick Camp
166 Lee Mazzilli
167 Scot Thompson
168 Bob Forsch
169 Mike Flanagan
170 Rick Manning
171 Chet Lemon
172 Jerry Remy
173 Ron Guidry
174 Pedro Guerrero
175 Willie Wilson
176 Carney Lansford
177 Al Oliver
178 Jim Sundberg
179 Bob Grich
180 Rich Dotson
181 Joaquin Andujar
182 Jose Cruz
183 Mike Schmidt
184 Gary Redus RC
185 Garry Templeton
186 Tony Pena
187 Greg Minton
188 Phil Niekro
189 Fergie Jenkins
190 Mookie Wilson
191 Jim Beattie
192 Gary Ward
193 Jesse Barfield
194 Pete Filson
195 Roy Lee Jackson
196 Rick Sweet
197 Jesse Orosco
198 Steve Lake
199 Ken Dayley
200 Manny Sarmiento
201 Mark Davis
202 Tim Flannery
203 Bill Scherrer
204 Al Holland
205 Dave Von Ohlen
206 Mike LaCoss
207 Juan Beniquez
208 Juan Agosto
209 Bobby Ramos
210 Al Bumbry
211 Mark Brouhard
212 Howard Bailey
213 Bruce Hurst
214 Bob Shirley
215 Pat Zachry
216 Julio Franco
217 Mike Armstrong
218 Dave Beard
219 Steve Rogers
220 John Butcher
221 Mike Smithson
222 Frank White
223 Mike Heath
224 Chris Bando
225 Roy Smalley
226 Dusty Baker
227 Lou Whitaker
228 John Lowenstein
229 Ben Oglivie
230 Doug DeCinces
231 Lonnie Smith
232 Ray Knight
233 Gary Matthews
234 Juan Bonilla
235 Rod Scurry
236 Charlie Haag
237 Mike Caldwell
238 Keith Hernandez
239 Larry Bowa
240 Tony Bernazard
241 Damaso Garcia
242 Tom Brunansky
243 Dan Driessen
244 Ron Kittle
245 Tim Stoddard
246 Bob L. Gibson
247 Marty Castillo
248 Don Mattingly
249 Jeff Newman
250 Alejandro Pena RC
251 Toby Harrah
252 Cesar Geronimo
253 Tom Underwood
254 Doug Flynn
255 Andy Hassler
256 Odell Jones
257 Rudy Law
258 Harry Spilman
259 Marty Bystrom
260 Dave Rucker
261 Ruppert Jones
262 Jeff Jones
263 Gerald Perry RC
264 Gene Tenace
265 Brad Wellman
266 Dickie Noles
267 Jamie Allen
268 Jim Gott
269 Ron Davis
270 Benny Ayala
271 Ned Yost
272 Dave Rozema
273 Dave Stapleton
274 Lou Piniella
275 Jose Morales
276 Broderick Perkins
277 Butch Davis
278 Tony Phillips RC
279 Jeff Reardon
280 Ken Forsch
281 Pete O'Brien RC
282 Tom Paciorek
283 Frank LaCorte
284 Tim Lollar
285 Greg Gross
286 Alex Trevino
287 Gene Garber
288 Dave Parker
289 Lee Smith
290 Dave LaPoint
291 John Shelby
292 Charlie Moore
293 Alan Trammell
294 Tony Armas
295 Shane Rawley
296 Greg Brock
297 Hal McRae
298 Mike Davis
299 Tim Raines
300 Bucky Dent
301 Tommy John
302 Carlton Fisk
303 Darrell Porter
304 Dickie Thon
305 Garry Maddox
306 Cesar Cedeno
307 Gary Lucas
308 Johnny Ray
309 Andy McGaffigan
310 Claudell Washington
311 Ryne Sandberg
312 George Foster
313 Spike Owen
314 Gary Gaetti
315 Willie Upshaw
316 Al Williams
317 Jorge Orta
318 Orlando Mercado
319 Junior Ortiz
320 Mike Proly
321 Randy Johnson
322 Jim Morrison
323 Max Venable
324 Tony Gwynn
325 Duane Walker
326 Ozzie Virgil
327 Jeff Lahti
328 Bill Dawley
329 Rob Wilfong
330 Marc Hill
331 Ray Burris
332 Allan Ramirez
333 Chuck Porter
334 Wayne Krenchicki
335 Gary Allenson
336 Bobby Meacham
337 Joe Beckwith
338 Rick Sutcliffe
339 Mark Huismann
340 Tim Conroy
341 Scott Sanderson
342 Larry Biittner
343 Dave Stewart
344 Darryl Motley
345 Chris Codiroli
346 Rich Behenna
347 Andre Robertson
348 Mike Marshall
349 Larry Herndon
350 Rich Dauer
351 Cecil Cooper
352 Rod Carew
353 Willie McGee
354 Phil Garner
355 Joe Morgan
356 Luis Salazar
357 John Candelaria
358 Bill Laskey
359 Bob McClure
360 Dave Kingman
361 Ron Cey
362 Matt Young RC
363 Lloyd Moseby
364 Frank Viola
365 Eddie Milner
366 Floyd Bannister
367 Dan Ford
368 Moose Haas
369 Doug Bair
370 Ray Fontenot
371 Luis Aponte
372 Jack Fimple
373 Neal Heaton
374 Greg Pryor
375 Wayne Gross
376 Charlie Lea
377 Steve Lubratich
378 Jon Matlack
379 Julio Cruz
380 John Mizerock
381 Kevin Gross
382 Mike Ramsey
383 Doug Gwosdz
384 Kelly Paris
385 Pete Falcone
386 Milt May
387 Fred Breining
388 Craig Lefferts
389 Steve Henderson
390 Randy Moffitt
391 Ron Washington
392 Gary Roenicke
393 Tom Candiotti
394 Larry Pashnick
395 Dwight Evans
396 Rich Gossage
397 Derrel Thomas
398 Juan Eichelberger
399 Leon Roberts
400 Davey Lopes
401 Bill Gullickson
402 Geoff Zahn
403 Billy Sample
404 Mike Squires
405 Craig Reynolds
406 Eric Show
407 John Denny
408 Dann Bilardello
409 Bruce Benedict
410 Kent Tekulve
411 Mel Hall
412 John Stuper
413 Rick Dempsey
414 Don Sutton
415 Jack Morris
416 John Tudor
417 Willie Randolph
418 Jerry Reuss
419 Don Slaught
420 Steve McCatty
421 Tim Wallach
422 Larry Parrish
423 Brian Downing
424 Britt Burns
425 David Green
426 Jerry Mumphrey
427 Ivan DeJesus
428 Mario Soto
429 Gene Richards
430 Dale Berra
431 Darrell Evans
432 Glenn Hubbard
433 Jody Davis
434 Danny Heep
435 Edwin Nunez
436 Bobby Castillo
437 Ernie Whitt
438 Scott Ullger
439 Doyle Alexander
440 Domingo Ramos
441 Craig Swan
442 Warren Brusstar
443 Len Barker
444 Mike Easler
445 Renie Martin
446 Dennis Rasmussen
447 Ted Power
448 Charles Hudson
449 Danny Cox
450 Kevin Bass
451 Daryl Sconiers
452 Scott Fletcher
453 Bryn Smith
454 Jim Dwyer
455 Rob Picciolo
456 Enos Cabell
457 Dennis Boyd
458 Butch Wynegar
459 Burt Hooton
460 Ron Hassey
461 Danny Jackson
462 Bob Kearney
463 Terry Francona
464 Wayne Tolleson
465 Mickey Rivers
466 John Wathan
467 Bill Almon
468 George Vukovich
469 Steve Kemp
470 Ken Landreaux
471 Milt Wilcox
472 Tippy Martinez
473 Ted Simmons
474 Tim Foli
475 George Hendrick
476 Terry Puhl
477 Von Hayes
478 Bobby Brown
479 Lee Lacy
480 Joel Youngblood
481 Jim Slaton
482 Mike Fitzgerald RC
483 Keith Moreland
484 Ron Roenicke
485 Luis Leal
486 Bryan Oelkers
487 Bruce Berenyi
488 LaMarr Hoyt
489 Joe Nolan
490 Marshall Edwards
491 Mike Laga
492 Rick Cerone
493 Rick Miller
494 Rick Honeycutt
495 Mike Hargrove
496 Joe Simpson
497 Keith Atherton
498 Chris Welsh
499 Bruce Kison
500 Bobby Johnson
501 Jerry Koosman
502 Frank DiPino
503 Tony Perez
504 Ken Oberkfell
505 Mark Thurmond
506 Joe Price
507 Pascual Perez
508 Marvell Wynne
509 Mike Krukow
510 Dick Ruthven
511 Al Cowens
512 Cliff Johnson
513 Randy Bush
514 Sammy Stewart
515 Bill Schroeder
516 Aurelio Lopez
517 Mike C. Brown
518 Graig Nettles
519 Dave Sax
520 Jerry Willard
521 Paul Splittorff
522 Tom Burgmeier
523 Chris Speier
524 Bobby Clark
525 George Wright
526 Dennis Lamp
527 Tony Scott
528 Ed Whitson
529 Ron Reed
530 Charlie Puleo
531 Jerry Royster
532 Don Robinson
533 Steve Trout
534 Bruce Sutter
535 Bob Horner
536 Pat Tabler
537 Chris Chambliss
538 Bob Ojeda
539 Alan Ashby
540 Jay Johnstone
541 Bob Dernier
542 Brook Jacoby RC
543 U.L. Washington
544 Danny Darwin
545 Kiko Garcia
546 Vance Law
547 Tug McGraw
548 Dave Smith
549 Len Matuszek
550 Tom Hume
551 Dave Dravecky
552 Rick Rhoden
553 Duane Kuiper
554 Rusty Staub
555 Bill Campbell
556 Mike Torrez
557 Dave Henderson
558 Len Whitehouse
559 Barry Bonnell
560 Rick Lysander
561 Garth Iorg
562 Bryan Clark
563 Brian Giles
564 Vern Ruhle
565 Steve Bedrosian
566 Larry McWilliams
567 Jeff Leonard
568 Alan Wiggins
569 Jeff Russell
570 Salome Barojas
571 Dane Iorg
572 Bob Knepper
573 Gary Lavelle
574 Gorman Thomas
575 Manny Trillo
576 Jim Palmer
577 Dale Murray
578 Tom Brookens
579 Rich Gedman
580 Bill Doran RC
581 Steve Yeager
582 Dan Spillner
583 Dan Quisenberry
584 Rance Mulliniks
585 Storm Davis
586 Dave Schmidt
587 Bill Russell
588 Pat Sheridan RC
589 Rafael Ramirez UER (Listed as "A's" on front)
590 Bud Anderson
591 George Frazier
592 Lee Tunnell RC
593 Kirk Gibson
594 Scott McGregor
595 Bob Bailor
596 Tom Herr
597 Luis Sanchez
598 Dave Engle
599 Craig McMurtry RC
600 Carlos Diaz
601 Tom O'Malley
602 Nick Esasky RC
603 Ron Hodges
604 Ed Vande Berg
605 Alfredo Griffin
606 Glenn Hoffman
607 Hubie Brooks
608 Richard Barnes RC UER (photo is of Neal Heaton)
609 Greg Walker RC
610 Ken Singleton
611 Mark Clear
612 Buck Martinez
613 Ken Griffey, Sr.
614 Reid Nichols
615 Doug Sisk RC
616 Bob Brenly
617 Joey McLaughlin
618 Glenn Wilson
619 Bob Stoddard
620 Lenn Sakata UER (Listed as "Len" on front)
621 Mike Young RC
622 John Stefero RC
623 Carmelo Martinez RC
624 Dave Bergman
625 Lonnie Smith / Ozzie Smith / David Green / Willie McGee "Runnin' Reds" UER ("Runnin' Redbirds" on back)
626 Rudy May
627 Matt Keough
628 Jose DeLeon RC
629 Jim Essian
630 Darnell Coles RC
631 Mike Warren RC
632 Del Crandall MGR
633 Dennis Martinez
634 Mike Moore
635 Lary Sorensen
636 Ricky Nelson RC
637 Omar Moreno
638 Charlie Hough
639 Dennis Eckersley
640 Walt Terrell RC
641 Denny Walling
642 Dave Anderson RC
643 Jose Oquendo RC
644 Bob Stanley
645 Dave Geisel
646 Scott Garrelts RC
647 Gary Pettis RC
648 Duke Snider PUZ
649 Johnnie LeMaster
650 Dave Collins

The San Diego Chicken

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For the third, and final, time, Donruss included a card of the San Diego Chicken in their flagship baseball set. And, for the third and final time, collectors could get their Chicken cards autographed by mailing it bad to Donruss at the address listed on the reverse side.

651 The San Diego Chicken

Checklists

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NNO Diamond Kings Checklist 1-26 ERR ("Perez-Steel" on back)
NNO Diamond Kings Checklist 1-26 COR
CL1 Checklist 27-130
CL2 Checklist 131-234
CL3 Checklist 235-338
CL4 Checklist 339-442
CL5 Checklist 443-546
CL6 Checklist 547-651

Checklists

Inserts

Living Legends

A Gaylord Perry / Rollie Fingers
B Carl Yastrzemski / Johnny Bench

Duke Snider Puzzle

Errors and Variations

Diamond Kings 1-26 error cards read "Perez-Steel Galleries" at the bottom on the backs of the DKs. The 'Steel' error variations came from packs and were later corrected to the rarer "Perez-Steele Galleries" in factory sets.

29A Mike Stenhouse ERR (No number on back of card)

29B Mike Stenhouse COR (Number 29 on back of card)

30A Ron Darling ERR (No number on back of card)

30B Ron Darling COR (Number 30 on back of card)

608 Richard Barnes UER (Photo actually of Neal Heaton)

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

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