Revision as of 15:31, 25 February 2020

Description

1989 Donruss is a 660-card set. One of Donruss' nicer offerings, its long-run value has been depressed by its rampant overproduction. The cards feature a distinctive black side border with an alternating stripe on the side. Subsets include Diamond Kings (1-27) and Rated Rookies (28-47). There are two variations that occur throughout most of the set. On the card backs "Denotes Led League" can be found with or without a second asterisk on the right side. On the card fronts the horizontal stripes on the left and right borders can be either light or dark. Since both of these variation types are relatively minor and seem equally common, there is no premium value for either type.

Rather than short-printing 26 cards in order to make room for printing the Bonus MVP insert, Donruss apparently chose to double print 106 cards. These double prints are listed below by DP.

Rookie Cards in this set include Ken Griffey, Jr., Randy Johnson, Craig Biggio, Gary Sheffield and John Smoltz as well as the only rookie card of Curt Schilling.

Despite the overproduction, or perhaps because of it, the aforementioned rookie cards have been submitted in mass quantities to professional grading services.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards + one, three-piece puzzle panel per pack (MSRP: $0.50/pack) 20 boxes per case.

Canadian Wax: 36 packs per box, 10 cards + one, three-piece puzzle panel per pack

Cello: 24 packs per box, 39 cards + 1 Grand Slammers card + 2 three-piece puzzle panels per pack (MSRP: $1.29/pack)

Rack: 45 cards per pack + three, three-piece puzzle panels per pack. 72 rack packs per case.

Blister: 75 and 100-card blister packs.

Factory Sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	660	-	?	?
Bonus Cards	26	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

BC Jose Canseco
1 Mike Greenwell DK
2 Bobby Bonilla DK
3 Pete Incaviglia DK
4 Chris Sabo DK
5 Diamond King - Robin Yount
6 Diamond King - Tony Gwynn
7 Diamond King - Carlton Fisk
8 Cory Snyder DK
9 Diamond King - David Cone
10 Kevin Seitzer DK
11 Rick Reuschel DK
12 Diamond King - Johnny Ray
13 Dave Schmidt DK
14 Andres Galarraga DK
15 Diamond King - Kirk Gibson
16 Diamond King - Fred McGriff
17 Diamond King - Mark Grace
18 Jeff M. Robinson DK
19 Vince Coleman DK
20 Dave Henderson DK
21 Diamond King - Harold Reynolds
22 Gerald Perry DK
23 Diamond King - Frank Viola
24 Steve Bedrosian DK
25 Glenn Davis DK
26 Diamond King - Don Mattingly
27 Diamond King Checklist 1-26

Rated Rookies

28 Sandy Alomar, Jr. RR RC
29 Steve Searcy RR
30 Cameron Drew RR
31 Gary Sheffield RR RC
32 Erik Hanson RR RC
33 Ken Griffey, Jr. RR RC
34 Greg W. Harris RR RC
35 Gregg Jefferies RR
36 Luis Medina RR
37 Carlos Quintana RR RC
38 Felix Jose RR RC
39 Cris Carpenter RR
40 Ron Jones RR
41 Dave West RR RC
42 Randy Johnson RR RC
43 Mike Harkey RR RC
44 Pete Harnisch RR
45 Tom Gordon RR RC
46 Gregg Olson RR
47 Alex Sanchez RR RC

Veterans

48 Ruben Sierra
49 Rafael Palmeiro
50 Ron Gant
51 Cal Ripken, Jr.
52 Wally Joyner
53 Gary Carter
54 Andy Van Slyke
55 Robin Yount
56 Pete Incaviglia
57 Greg Brock
58 Melido Perez
59 Craig Lefferts
60 Gary Pettis
61 Danny Tartabull
62 Guillermo Hernandez
63 Ozzie Smith
64 Gary Gaetti
65 Mark Davis
66 Lee Smith
67 Dennis Eckersley
68 Wade Boggs
69 Mike Scott
70 Fred McGriff
71 Tom Browning
72 Claudell Washington
73 Mel Hall
74 Don Mattingly
75 Steve Bedrosian
76 Juan Samuel
77 Mike Scioscia
78 Dave Righetti
79 Alfredo Griffin
80 Eric Davis
81 Juan Berenguer
82 Todd Worrell
83 Joe Carter
84 Steve Sax
85 Frank White
86 John Kruk
87 Rance Mulliniks
88 Alan Ashby
89 Charlie Leibrandt
90 Frank Tanana
91 Jose Canseco
92 Barry Bonds
93 Harold Reynolds
94 Mark McLemore
95 Mark McGwire
96 Eddie Murray
97 Tim Raines
98 Robby Thompson
99 Kevin McReynolds
100 Checklist 28-137
101 Carlton Fisk
102 Dave Martinez
103 Glenn Braggs
104 Dale Murphy
105 Ryne Sandberg
106 Dennis Martinez
107 Pete O'Brien
108 Dick Schofield
109 Henry Cotto
110 Mike Marshall
111 Keith Moreland
112 Tom Brunansky
113 Kelly Gruber
114 Brook Jacoby
115 Keith Brown
116 Matt Nokes
117 Keith Hernandez
118 Bob Forsch
119 Bert Blyleven
120 Willie Wilson
121 Tommy Gregg
122 Jim Rice
123 Bob Knepper
124 Danny Jackson
125 Eric Plunk
126 Brian Fisher
127 Mike Pagliarulo
128 Tony Gwynn
129 Lance McCullers
130 Andres Galarraga
131 Jose Uribe
132 Kirk Gibson
133 David Palmer
134 R.J. Reynolds
135 Greg Walker
136 Kirk McCaskill
137 Shawon Dunston
138 Andy Allanson
139 Rob Murphy
140 Mike Aldrete
141 Terry Kennedy
142 Scott Fletcher
143 Steve Balboni
144 Bret Saberhagen
145 Ozzie Virgil
146 Dale Sveum
147 Darryl Strawberry
148 Harold Baines
149 George Bell
150 Dave Parker
151 Bobby Bonilla
152 Mookie Wilson
153 Ted Power
154 Nolan Ryan
155 Jeff Reardon
156 Tim Wallach
157 Jamie Moyer
158 Rich Gossage
159 Dave Winfield
160 Von Hayes
161 Willie McGee
162 Rich Gedman
163 Tony Pena
164 Mike Morgan
165 Charlie Hough
166 Mike Stanley
167 Andre Dawson
168 Joe Boever
169 Pete Stanicek
170 Bob Boone
171 Ron Darling
172 Bob Walk
173 Rob Deer
174 Steve Buechele
175 Ted Higuera
176 Ozzie Guillen
177 Candy Maldonado
178 Doyle Alexander
179 Mark Gubicza
180 Alan Trammell
181 Vince Coleman
182 Kirby Puckett
183 Chris Brown
184 Marty Barrett
185 Stan Javier
186 Mike Greenwell
187 Billy Hatcher
188 Jimmy Key
189 Nick Esasky
190 Don Slaught
191 Cory Snyder
192 John Candelaria
193 Mike Schmidt
194 Kevin Gross
195 John Tudor
196 Neil Allen
197 Orel Hershiser
198 Kal Daniels
199 Kent Hrbek
200 Checklist 138-247
201 Joe Magrane
202 Scott Bailes
203 Tim Belcher
204 George Brett
205 Benito Santiago
206 Tony Fernandez
207 Gerald Young
208 Bo Jackson
209 Chet Lemon
210 Storm Davis
211 Doug Drabek
212 Mickey Brantley (Photo is Nelson Simmo)
213 Devon White
214 Dave Stewart
215 Dave Schmidt
216 Bryn Smith
217 Brett Butler
218 Bob Ojeda
219 Steve Rosenberg
220 Hubie Brooks
221 B.J. Surhoff
222 Rick Mahler
223 Rick Sutcliffe
224 Neal Heaton
225 Mitch Williams
226 Chuck Finley
227 Mark Langston
228 Jesse Orosco
229 Ed Whitson
230 Terry Pendleton
231 Lloyd Moseby
232 Greg Swindell
233 John Franco
234 Jack Morris
235 Howard Johnson
236 Glenn Davis
237 Frank Viola
238 Kevin Seitzer
239 Gerald Perry
240 Dwight Evans
241 Jim Deshaies
242 Bo Diaz
243 Carney Lansford
244 Mike LaValliere
245 Rickey Henderson
246 Roberto Alomar
247 Jimmy Jones
248 Pascual Perez
249 Will Clark
250 Fernando Valenzuela
251 Shane Rawley
252 Sid Bream
253 Steve Lyons
254 Brian Downing
255 Mark Grace
256 Tom Candiotti
257 Barry Larkin
258 Mike Krukow
259 Billy Ripken
260 Cecilio Guante
261 Scott Bradley
262 Floyd Bannister
263 Pete Smith
264 Jim Gantner
265 Roger McDowell
266 Bobby Thigpen
267 Jim Clancy
268 Terry Steinbach
269 Mike Dunne
270 Dwight Gooden
271 Mike Heath
272 Dave Smith
273 Keith Atherton
274 Tim Burke
275 Damon Berryhill RC
276 Vance Law
277 Rich Dotson
278 Lance Parrish
279 Denny Walling
280 Roger Clemens
281 Greg Mathews
282 Tom Niedenfuer
283 Paul Kilgus
284 Jose Guzman
285 Calvin Schiraldi
286 Charlie Puleo
287 Joe Orsulak
288 Jack Howell
289 Kevin Elster
290 Jose Lind
291 Paul Molitor
292 Cecil Espy
293 Bill Wegman
294 Dan Pasqua
295 Scott Garrelts
296 Walt Terrell
297 Ed Hearn
298 Lou Whitaker
299 Ken Dayley
300 Checklist 248-357
301 Tommy Herr
302 Mike Brumley
303 Ellis Burks
304 Curt Young
305 Jody Reed
306 Bill Doran
307 David Wells RC
308 Ron Robinson
309 Rafael Santana
310 Julio Franco
311 Jack Clark
312 Chris James
313 Milt Thompson
314 John Shelby
315 Al Leiter
316 Mike Davis
317 Chris Sabo RC
318 Greg Gagne
319 Jose Oquendo
320 John Farrell
321 Franklin Stubbs
322 Kurt Stillwell
323 Shawn Abner
324 Mike Flanagan
325 Kevin Bass
326 Pat Tabler
327 Mike Henneman
328 Rick Honeycutt
329 John Smiley
330 Rey Quinones
331 Johnny Ray
332 Bob Welch
333 Larry Sheets
334 Jeff Parrett
335 Rick Reuschel
336 Randy Myers
337 Ken Williams
338 Andy McGaffigan
339 Joey Meyer
340 Dion James
341 Les Lancaster
342 Tom Foley
343 Geno Petralli
344 Dan Petry
345 Alvin Davis
346 Mickey Hatcher
347 Marvell Wynne
348 Danny Cox
349 Dave Stieb
350 Jay Bell
351 Jeff Treadway
352 Luis Salazar
353 Lenny Dykstra
354 Juan Agosto
355 Gene Larkin
356 Steve Farr
357 Paul Assenmacher
358 Todd Benzinger
359 Larry Andersen
360 Paul O'Neill
361 Ron Hassey
362 Jim Gott
363 Ken Phelps
364 Tim Flannery
365 Randy Ready
366 Nelson Santovenia
367 Kelly Downs
368 Danny Heep
369 Phil Bradley
370 Jeff D. Robinson
371 Ivan Calderon
372 Mike Witt
373 Greg Maddux
374 Carmen Castillo
375 Jose Rijo
376 Joe Price
377 Rene Gonzales
378 Oddibe McDowell
379 Jim Presley
380 Brad Wellman
381 Tom Glavine
382 Dan Plesac
383 Wally Backman
384 Dave Gallagher
385 Tom Henke
386 Luis Polonia
387 Junior Ortiz
388 David Cone
389 Dave Bergman
390 Danny Darwin
391 Dan Gladden
392 John Dopson
393 Frank DiPino
394 Al Nipper
395 Willie Randolph
396 Don Carman
397 Scott Terry
398 Rick Cerone
399 Tom Pagnozzi
400 Checklist 358-467
401 Mickey Tettleton
402 Curt Wilkerson
403 Jeff Russell
404 Pat Perry
405 Jose Alvarez RC
406 Rick Schu
407 Sherman Corbett RC
408 Dave Magadan
409 Bob Kipper
410 Don August
411 Bob Brower
412 Chris Bosio
413 Jerry Reuss
414 Charlie Haag
415 Jim Walewander
416 Mike Macfarlane RC
417 Pat Sheridan
418 Pedro Guerrero
419 Allan Anderson
420 Mark Parent RC
421 Bob Stanley
422 Mike Gallego
423 Bruce Hurst
424 Dave Meads
425 Jesse Barfield
426 Rob Dibble RC
427 Joel Skinner
428 Ron Kittle
429 Rick Rhoden
430 Bob Dernier
431 Steve Jeltz
432 Rick Dempsey
433 Roberto Kelly
434 Dave Anderson
435 Herm Winningham
436 Al Newman
437 Jose DeLeon
438 Doug Jones
439 Brian Holton
440 Jeff Montgomery
441 Dickie Thon
442 Cecil Fielder
443 John Fishel RC
444 Jerry Don Gleaton
445 Paul Gibson
446 Walt Weiss
447 Glenn Wilson
448 Mike Moore
449 Chili Davis
450 Dave Henderson
451 Jose Bautista RC
452 Rex Hudler
453 Bob Brenly
454 Mackey Sasser
455 Daryl Boston
456 Mike R. Fitzgerald
457 Jeffrey Leonard
458 Bruce Sutter
459 Mitch Webster
460 Joe Hesketh
461 Bobby Witt
462 Stu Cliburn
463 Scott Bankhead
464 Ramon Martinez RC
465 Dave Leiper
466 Luis Alicea RC
467 John Cerutti
468 Ron Washington
469 Jeff Reed
470 Jeff M. Robinson
471 Sid Fernandez
472 Terry Puhl
473 Charlie Lea
474 Israel Sanchez
475 Bruce Benedict
476 Oil Can Boyd
477 Craig Reynolds
478 Frank Williams
479 Greg Cadaret
480 Randy Kramer
481 Dave Eiland
482 Eric Show
483 Garry Templeton
484 Wallace Johnson
485 Kevin Mitchell
486 Tim Crews
487 Mike Maddux
488 Dave LaPoint
489 Fred Manrique
490 Greg Minton
491 Doug Dascenzo (Photo is Damon Berryhil)
492 Willie Upshaw
493 Jack Armstrong RC
494 Kirt Manwaring
495 Jeff Ballard
496 Jeff Kunkel
497 Mike Campbell
498 Gary Thurman
499 Zane Smith
500 Checklist DP CL 468-577
501 Mike Birkbeck
502 Terry Leach
503 Shawn Hillegas
504 Manny Lee
505 Doug Jennings RC
506 Ken Oberkfell
507 Tim Teufel
508 Tom Brookens
509 Rafael Ramirez
510 Fred Toliver
511 Brian Holman RC
512 Mike Bielecki
513 Jeff Pico
514 Charles Hudson
515 Bruce Ruffin
516 Larry McWilliams
517 Jeff Sellers
518 John Costello RC
519 Brady Anderson RC
520 Craig McMurtry
521 Ray Hayward
522 Drew Hall
523 Mark Lemke
524 Oswald Peraza
525 Bryan Harvey RC
526 Rick Aguilera
527 Tom Prince
528 Mark Clear
529 Jerry Browne
530 Juan Castillo
531 Jack McDowell
532 Chris Speier
533 Darrell Evans
534 Luis Aquino
535 Eric King
536 Ken Hill RC
537 Randy Bush
538 Shane Mack
539 Tom Bolton
540 Gene Nelson
541 Wes Gardner
542 Ken Caminiti
543 Duane Ward
544 Norm Charlton RC
545 Hal Morris RC
546 Rich Yett
547 Hensley Meulens
548 Greg A. Harris
549 Darren Daulton
550 Jeff Hamilton
551 Luis Aguayo
552 Tim Leary
553 Ron Oester
554 Steve Lombardozzi
555 Tim Jones
556 Bud Black
557 Alejandro Pena
558 Jose DeJesus
559 Dennis Rasmussen
560 Pat Borders RC
561 Craig Biggio RC
562 Luis DeLosSantos
563 Fred Lynn
564 Todd Burns
565 Felix Fermin
566 Darnell Coles
567 Willie Fraser
568 Glenn Hubbard
569 Craig Worthington
570 Johnny Paredes
571 Don Robinson
572 Barry Lyons
573 Bill Long
574 Tracy Jones
575 Juan Nieves
576 Andres Thomas
577 Rolando Roomes
578 Luis Rivera
579 Chad Kreuter RC
580 Tony Armas
581 Jay Buhner
582 Ricky Horton
583 Andy Hawkins
584 Sil Campusano
585 Dave Clark
586 Van Snider
587 Todd Frohwirth
588 Warren Spahn PUZZLE
589 William Brennan
590 German Gonzalez
591 Ernie Whitt
592 Jeff Blauser
593 Spike Owen
594 Matt Williams
595 Lloyd McClendon
596 Steve Ontiveros
597 Scott Medvin
598 Hipolito Pena
599 Jerald Clark
600 Checklist CL 578-660 (635 is C. Schilling)
600 Checklist CL 578-660 (635 is K. Schilling)
601 Carmelo Martinez
602 Mike LaCoss
603 Mike Devereaux
604 Alex Madrid
605 Gary Redus
606 Lance Johnson
607 Terry Clark
608 Manny Trillo
609 Scott Jordan
610 Jay Howell
611 Francisco Melendez
612 Mike Boddicker
613 Kevin Brown
614 Dave Valle
615 Tim Laudner
616 Andy Nezelek
617 Chuck Crim
618 Jack Savage
619 Adam Peterson
620 Todd Stottlemyre RC
621 Lance Blankenship RC
622 Miguel Garcia
623 Keith A. Miller
624 Ricky Jordan RC
625 Ernest Riles
626 John Moses
627 Nelson Liriano
628 Mike Smithson
629 Scott Sanderson
630 Dale Mohorcic
631 Marvin Freeman
632 Mike Young
633 Dennis Lamp
634 Dante Bichette RC
635 Curt Schilling RC
636 Scott May
637 Mike Schooler
638 Rick Leach
639 Tom Lampkin
640 Brian Meyer
641 Brian Harper
642 John Smoltz RC
643 Jose Canseco
644 Bill Schroeder
645 Edgar Martinez
646 Dennis Cook
647 Barry Jones
648 Orel Hershiser
649 Rod Nichols
650 Jody Davis
651 Bob Milacki
652 Mike Jackson
653 Derek Lilliquist RC
654 Paul Mirabella
655 Mike Diaz
656 Jeff Musselman
657 Jerry Reed
658 Kevin Blankenship
659 Wayne Tolleson
660 Eric Hetzel

Errors

NOTE: Card #600C was inserted only in factory sets. It makes no mention of the 26 Bonus MVP's inserts which were only available in packs.

600B Checklist 578-660 + Bonus MVP's. Card #635 misspelled "Kurt Schilling"

600C Checklist 578-660, no Bonus MVP's listed (factory sets only)

Parallels

Super Diamond Kings

This 26-card partial-parallel was only available as a set through a mail-in offer detailed on the wax packs. The set was sent in return for $8.00 and three wrappers plus $2.00 postage and handling. The set features the popular Diamond Kings in large (approximately 4 7/8" X 6 13/16") form.

Inserts

Bonus MVPs

Numbered with the prefix "BC" for bonus card, this 26-card set featuring the most valuable player from each of the 26 teams was randomly inserted in the wax and rack packs. Because these cards were printed on the same sheets are the base cards, four cards were double-printed cards are denoted by "DP" in the checklist below.

BC1 Kirby Puckett
BC2 Mike Scott
BC3 Joe Carter
BC4 Orel Hershiser
BC5 Jose Canseco
BC6 Darryl Strawberry
BC7 George Brett
BC8 Andre Dawson
BC9 Paul Molitor
BC10 Andy Van Slyke
BC11 Dave Winfield
BC12 Kevin Gross
BC13 Mike Greenwell
BC14 Ozzie Smith
BC15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
BC16 Andres Galarraga
BC17 Alan Trammell
BC18 Kal Daniels
BC19 Fred McGriff
BC20 Tony Gwynn
BC21 Wally Joyner
BC22 Will Clark
BC23 Ozzie Guillen
BC24 Gerald Perry
BC25 Alvin Davis
BC26 Ruben Sierra

Grand Slammers

This 12-card set features players who hit at least one grand slam during the 1988 baseball season. The cards were distributed in cello packs at the rate of one-per-pack and as a complete set in each factory set. Each card in the set can be found with five different colored gradient border combinations (yellow/green, blue/purple, red/yellow, green/blue, and purple/red), but no color combination of borders appears to be scarcer than any other. The blue/purple cards were only available in factory sets.

1 Jose Canseco
2 Mike Marshall
3 Walt Weiss
4 Kevin McReynolds
5 Mike Greenwell
6 Dave Winfield
7 Mark McGwire
8 Keith Hernandez
9 Franklin Stubbs
10 Danny Tartabull
11 Jesse Barfield
12 Ellis Burks

Jose Canseco Blister Pack card

This special card was issued on blister packs, and features the card number as "Bonus Card"

BC Jose Canseco

Blue Chips

This 12-card set was never intended for public release. According to the website "Wax Heaven"

"Eventually (Blue Chips) was scrapped in exchange for the Grandslammers (sic) set…these Blue chip cards were to be destroyed but the guy in charge of the press saw a huge monetary potential and snuck out some sets….he held on to them without telling anyone in fear that it would cost him his job….he died before he could capitalize…they were part of an estate sale…..upon reaching the public no one had ever heard of them so at first they were not seen as valuable….then once the story came out, the sets had been broken and only singles have surfaced since…I know of 1 person that has all but the (Franklin) Stubbs and the (Kevin) McReynolds…."

1 Jose Canseco

2 Mike Marshall

3 Walt Weiss

4 Kevin McReynolds

5 Mike Greenwell

6 Dave Winfield

7 Mark McGwire

8 Keith Hernandez

9 Franklin Stubbs

10 Danny Tartabull

11 Jesse Barfield

12 Ellis Burks