1990 Donruss
Description
At 716 cards, the 1990 Donruss set was the largest set produced by Donruss to that time. The card fronts feature either a posed or action shot of the player. The card borders are bright red. The card reverse is horizontal and similar to previous Donruss sets, featuring up to 5 years of career stats, personal information and career highlights.
There are two subsets, Diamond Kings (cards 1-27) and Rated Rookies (28-47). The Diamond Kings are art cards from the Perez-Steele Galleries. Cards of players who were 1989 All-Stars have an All-Star logo on the front. The set also features several commemorative cards: #643 Mike Schmidt "All Time Greats"; #659 Nolan Ryan "5,000 K'S"; and former Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, who had passed away in 1989.
According to the Beckett Almanac, there are a large number of minor corrected and uncorrected errors throughout the set.
Distribution
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 716 | - | ? | ? |
Checklist
Promos
A pack of two cards from a 12-card set were sent to Hobby dealers to promote the upcoming 1990 Donruss Baseball set. The set was sent ONLY master distributors and to those dealers who purchased directly from Donruss. Therefore, this is one of the more difficult promo sets of the era.
NOTE: The preview set can be rather difficult to identify due to the lack of any "PREVIEW" markings.
- 1 Todd Zeile (No "Rated Rookie" logo)
- 2 Ben McDonald
- 3 Bo Jackson
- 4 Will Clark
- 5 Dave Stewart
- 6 Kevin Mitchell
- 7 Nolan Ryan
- 8 Howard Johnson
- 9 Tony Gwynn
- 10 Jerome Walton (Different photo than base card. Preview card sho
- 11 Wade Boggs
- 12 Kirby Puckett
Base Set
1 Bo Jackson DK
2 Steve Sax DK
3 Ruben Sierra DK
4 Ken Griffey, Jr. DK
5 Mickey Tettleton DK
6 Dave Stewart DK
7 Jim Deshaies DK
8 John Smoltz DK
9 Mike Bielecki DK
10 Brian Downing DK REV
11 Kevin Mitchell DK
12 Kelly Gruber DK
13 Joe Magrane DK
14 John Franco DK
15 Ozzie Guillen DK
16 Lou Whitaker DK
17 John Smiley DK
18 Howard Johnson DK
19 Willie Randolph DK
20 Chris Bosio DK
21 Tommy Herr DK
22 Dan Gladden DK
23 Ellis Burks DK
24 Pete O'Brien DK
25 Bryn Smith DK
26 Ed Whitson DK
27 DK Checklist
28 Robin Ventura
29 Todd Zeile
30 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
31 Kent Mercker
32 Ben McDonald
33 Juan Gonzalez ERR
34 Eric Anthony
35 Mike Fetters
36 Marquis Grissom
37 Greg Vaughn
38 Brian DuBois
39 Steve Avery
40 Mark Gardner
41 Andy Benes
42 Delino DeShields
43 Scott Coolbaugh
44 Pat Combs
45 Alex Sanchez
46 Kelly Mann
47 Julio Machado
48 Pete Incaviglia
49 Shawon Dunston
50 Jeff Treadway
51 Jeff Ballard
52 Claudell Washington
53 Juan Samuel
54 John Smiley
55 Rob Deer
56 Geno Petralli
57 Chris Bosio
58 Carlton Fisk
59 Kirt Manwaring
60 Chet Lemon
61 Bo Jackson
62 Doyle Alexander
63 Pedro Guerrero
64 Allan Anderson
65 Greg W. Harris
66 Mike Greenwell
67 Walt Weiss
68 Wade Boggs
69 Jim Clancy
70 Junior Felix
71 Barry Larkin
72 Dave LaPoint
73 Joel Skinner
74 Jesse Barfield
75 Tommy Herr
76 Ricky Jordan
77 Eddie Murray
78 Steve Sax
79 Tim Belcher
80 Danny Jackson
81 Kent Hrbek
82 Milt Thompson
83 Brook Jacoby
84 Mike Marshall
85 Kevin Seitzer
86 Tony Gwynn
87 Dave Stieb
88 Dave Smith
89 Bret Saberhagen
90 Alan Trammell
91 Tony Phillips
92 Doug Drabek
93 Jeffrey Leonard
94 Wally Joyner
95 Carney Lansford
96 Cal Ripken
97 Andres Galarraga
98 Kevin Mitchell
99 Howard Johnson
100 Checklist ERR
101 Melido Perez
102 Spike Owen
103 Paul Molitor
104 Geronimo Berroa
105 Ryne Sandberg
106 Bryn Smith
107 Steve Buechele
108 Jim Abbott
109 Alvin Davis
110 Lee Smith
111 Roberto Alomar
112 Rick Reuschel
113 Kelly Gruber ERR
114 Joe Carter
115 Jose Rijo
116 Greg Minton
117 Bob Ojeda
118 Glenn Davis
119 Jeff Reardon
120 Kurt Stillwell
121 John Smoltz
122 Dwight Evans
123 Eric Yelding
124 John Franco
125 Jose Canseco
126 Barry Bonds
127 Lee Guetterman
128 Jack Clark
129 Dave Valle
130 Hubie Brooks
131 Ernest Riles
132 Mike Morgan
133 Steve Jeltz
134 Jeff D. Robinson
135 Ozzie Guillen
136 Chili Davis
137 Mitch Webster
138 Jerry Browne
139 Bo Diaz
140 Robby Thompson
141 Craig Worthington
142 Julio Franco
143 Brian Holman
144 George Brett
145 Tom Glavine
146 Robin Yount
147 Gary Carter
148 Ron Kittle
149 Tony Fernandez
150 Dave Stewart
151 Gary Gaetti
152 Kevin Elster
153 Gerald Perry
154 Jesse Orosco
155 Wally Backman
156 Dennis Martinez
157 Rick Sutcliffe
158 Greg Maddux
159 Andy Hawkins
160 John Kruk
161 Jose Oquendo
162 John Dopson
163 Joe Magrane
164 Bill Ripken
165 Fred Manrique
166 Nolan Ryan
167 Damon Berryhill
168 Dale Murphy
169 Mickey Tettleton
170 Kirk McCaskill ERR
171 Dwight Gooden
172 Jose Lind
173 B.J. Surhoff
174 Ruben Sierra
175 Dan Plesac
176 Dan Pasqua
177 Kelly Downs
178 Matt Nokes
179 Luis Aquino
180 Frank Tanana
181 Tony Pena
182 Dan Gladden
183 Bruce Hurst
184 Roger Clemens
185 Mark McGwire
186 Rob Murphy
187 Jim Deshaies
188 Fred McGriff
189 Rob Dibble
190 Don Mattingly
191 Felix Fermin
192 Roberto Kelly
193 Dennis Cook
194 Darren Daulton
195 Alfredo Griffin
196 Eric Plunk
197 Orel Hershiser
198 Paul O'Neill
199 Randy Bush
200 Checklist ERR
201 Ozzie Smith
202 Pete O'Brien
203 Jay Howell
204 Mark Gubicza
205 Ed Whitson
206 George Bell
207 Mike Scott
208 Charlie Leibrandt
209 Mike Heath
210 Dennis Eckersley
211 Mike LaValliere
212 Darnell Coles
213 Lance Parrish
214 Mike Moore
215 Steve Finley
216 Tim Raines
217 Scott Garrelts ERR
218 Kevin McReynolds
219 Dave Gallagher
220 Tim Wallach
221 Chuck Crim
222 Lonnie Smith
223 Andre Dawson
224 Nelson Santovenia
225 Rafael Palmeiro
226 Devon White
227 Harold Reynolds
228 Ellis Burks
229 Mark Parent
230 Will Clark
231 Jimmy Key
232 John Farrell
233 Eric Davis
234 Johnny Ray
235 Darryl Strawberry
236 Bill Doran
237 Greg Gagne
238 Jim Eisenreich
239 Tommy Gregg
240 Marty Barrett
241 Rafael Ramirez
242 Chris Sabo
243 Dave Henderson
244 Andy Van Slyke
245 Alvaro Espinoza
246 Garry Templeton
247 Gene Harris
248 Kevin Gross
249 Brett Butler
250 Willie Randolph
251 Roger McDowell
252 Rafael Belliard
253 Steve Rosenberg
254 Jack Howell
255 Marvell Wynne
256 Tom Candiotti
257 Todd Benzinger
258 Don Robinson
259 Phil Bradley
260 Cecil Espy
261 Scott Bankhead
262 Frank White
263 Andres Thomas
264 Glenn Braggs
265 David Cone
266 Bobby Thigpen
267 Nelson Liriano
268 Terry Steinbach
269 Kirby Puckett
270 Gregg Jefferies
271 Jeff Blauser
272 Cory Snyder
273 Roy Smith
274 Tom Foley
275 Mitch Williams
276 Paul Kilgus
277 Don Slaught
278 Von Hayes
279 Vince Coleman
280 Mike Boddicker
281 Ken Dayley
282 Mike Devereaux
283 Kenny Rogers
284 Jeff Russell
285 Jerome Walton
286 Derek Lilliquist
287 Joe Orsulak
288 Dick Schofield
289 Ron Darling
290 Bobby Bonilla
291 Jim Gantner
292 Bobby Witt
293 Greg Brock
294 Ivan Calderon
295 Steve Bedrosian
296 Mike Henneman
297 Tom Gordon
298 Lou Whitaker
299 Terry Pendleton
300 Checklist ERR
301 Juan Berenguer
302 Mark Davis
303 Nick Esasky
304 Rickey Henderson
305 Rick Cerone
306 Craig Biggio
307 Duane Ward
308 Tom Browning
309 Walt Terrell
310 Greg Swindell
311 Dave Righetti
312 Mike Maddux
313 Lenny Dykstra
314 Jose Gonzalez
315 Steve Balboni
316 Mike Scioscia
317 Ron Oester
318 Gary Wayne
319 Todd Worrell
320 Doug Jones
321 Jeff Hamilton
322 Danny Tartabull
323 Chris James
324 Mike Flanagan
325 Gerald Young
326 Bob Boone
327 Frank Williams
328 Dave Parker
329 Sid Bream
330 Mike Schooler
331 Bert Blyleven
332 Bob Welch
333 Bob Milacki
334 Tim Burke
335 Jose Uribe
336 Randy Myers
337 Eric King
338 Mark Langston
339 Teddy Higuera
340 Oddibe McDowell
341 Lloyd McClendon
342 Pascual Perez
343 Kevin Brown
344 Chuck Finley
345 Erik Hanson
346 Rich Gedman
347 Bip Roberts
348 Matt Williams
349 Tom Henke
350 Brad Komminsk
351 Jeff Reed
352 Brian Downing
353 Frank Viola
354 Terry Puhl
355 Brian Harper
356 Steve Farr
357 Joe Boever
358 Danny Heep
359 Larry Andersen
360 Rolando Roomes
361 Mike Gallego
362 Bob Kipper
363 Clay Parker
364 Mike Pagliarulo
365 Ken Griffey, Jr.
366 Rex Hudler
367 Pat Sheridan
368 Kirk Gibson
369 Jeff Parrett
370 Bob Walk
371 Ken Patterson
372 Bryan Harvey
373 Mike Bielecki
374 Tom Magrann
375 Rick Mahler
376 Craig Lefferts
377 Gregg Olson
378 Jamie Moyer
379 Randy Johnson
380 Jeff Montgomery
381 Marty Clary
382 Bill Spiers
383 Dave Magadan
384 Greg Hibbard
385 Ernie Whitt
386 Rick Honeycutt
387 Dave West
388 Keith Hernandez
389 Jose Alvarez
390 Albert Belle
391 Rick Aguilera
392 Mike Fitzgerald
393 Dwight Smith
394 Steve Wilson
395 Bob Geren
396 Randy Ready
397 Ken Hill
398 Jody Reed
399 Tom Brunansky
400 Checklist ERR
401 Rene Gonzales
402 Harold Baines
403 Cecilio Guante
404 Joe Girardi
405 Sergio Valdez ERR
406 Mark Williamson
407 Glenn Hoffman
408 Jeff Innis
409 Randy Kramer
410 Charlie O'Brien
411 Charlie Hough
412 Gus Polidor
413 Ron Karkovice
414 Trevor Wilson
415 Kevin Ritz
416 Gary Thurman
417 Jeff M. Robinson
418 Scott Terry
419 Tim Laudner
420 Dennis Rasmussen
421 Luis Rivera
422 Jim Corsi
423 Dennis Lamp
424 Ken Caminiti
425 David Wells
426 Norm Charlton
427 Deion Sanders
428 Dion James
429 Chuck Cary
430 Ken Howell
431 Steve Lake
432 Kal Daniels
433 Lance McCullers
434 Lenny Harris
435 Scott Scudder
436 Gene Larkin
437 Dan Quisenberry
438 Steve Olin
439 Mickey Hatcher
440 Willie Wilson
441 Mark Grant
442 Mookie Wilson
443 Alex Trevino
444 Pat Tabler
445 Dave Bergman
446 Todd Burns
447 R.J. Reynolds
448 Jay Buhner
449 Lee Stevens
450 Ron Hassey
451 Bob Melvin
452 Dave Martinez
453 Greg Litton
454 Mark Carreon
455 Scott Fletcher
456 Otis Nixon
457 Tony Fossas
458 John Russell
459 Paul Assenmacher
460 Zane Smith
461 Jack Daugherty
462 Rich Monteleone
463 Greg Briley
464 Mike Smithson
465 Benito Santiago
466 Jeff Brantley
467 Jose Nunez
468 Scott Bailes
469 Ken Griffey, Sr.
470 Bob McClure
471 Mackey Sasser
472 Glenn Wilson
473 Kevin Tapani
474 Bill Buckner
475 Ron Gant
476 Kevin Romine
477 Juan Agosto
478 Herm Winningham
479 Storm Davis
480 Jeff King
481 Kevin Mmahat
482 Carmelo Martinez
483 Omar Vizquel
484 Jim Dwyer
485 Bob Knepper
486 Dave Anderson
487 Ron Jones
488 Jay Bell
489 Sammy Sosa
490 Kent Anderson
491 Domingo Ramos
492 Dave Clark
493 Tim Birtsas
494 Ken Oberkfell
495 Larry Sheets
496 Jeff Kunkel
497 Jim Presley
498 Mike Macfarlane
499 Pete Smith
500 Checklist ERR
501 Gary Sheffield
502 Terry Bross
503 Jerry Kutzler
504 Lloyd Moseby
505 Curt Young
506 Al Newman
507 Keith Miller
508 Mike Stanton
509 Rich Yett
510 Tim Drummond
511 Joe Hesketh
512 Rick Wrona
513 Luis Salazar
514 Hal Morris
515 Terry Mulholland
516 John Morris
517 Carlos Quintana
518 Frank DiPino
519 Randy Milligan
520 Chad Kreuter
521 Mike Jeffcoat
522 Mike Harkey
523 Andy Nezelek ERR
524 Dave Schmidt
525 Tony Armas
526 Barry Lyons
527 Rick Reed
528 Jerry Reuss
529 Dean Palmer
530 Jeff Peterek
531 Carlos Martinez
532 Charlie Haag
533 Mike Brumley
534 Terry Leach
535 Doug Strange
536 Jose DeLeon
537 Shane Rawley
538 Joey Cora
539 Eric Hetzel
540 Gene Nelson
541 Wes Gardner
542 Mark Portugal
543 Al Leiter
544 Jack Armstrong
545 Greg Cadaret
546 Rod Nichols
547 Luis Polonia
548 Charlie Hayes
549 Dickie Thon
550 Tim Crews
551 Dave Winfield
552 Mike Davis
553 Ron Robinson
554 Carmen Castillo
555 John Costello
556 Bud Black
557 Rick Dempsey
558 Jim Acker
559 Eric Show
560 Pat Borders
561 Danny Darwin
562 Rick Luecken
563 Edwin Nunez
564 Felix Jose
565 John Cangelosi
566 Bill Swift
567 Bill Schroeder
568 Stan Javier
569 Jim Traber
570 Wallace Johnson
571 Donell Nixon
572 Sid Fernandez
573 Lance Johnson
574 Andy McGaffigan
575 Mark Knudson
576 Tommy Greene
577 Mark Grace
578 Larry Walker
579 Mike Stanley
580 Mike Witt
581 Scott Bradley
582 Greg A. Harris
583 Kevin Hickey ERR
584 Lee Mazzilli
585 Jeff Pico
586 Joe Oliver
587 Willie Fraser
588 Carl Yastrzemski Puzzle
589 Kevin Bass
590 John Moses
591 Tom Pagnozzi
592 Tony Castillo
593 Jerald Clark
594 Dan Schatzeder
595 Luis Quinones
596 Pete Harnisch
597 Gary Redus
598 Mel Hall
599 Rick Schu
600 Checklist ERR
601 Mike Kingery
602 Terry Kennedy
603 Mike Sharperson
604 Don Carman
605 Jim Gott
606 Donn Pall
607 Rance Mulliniks
608 Curt Wilkerson
609 Mike Felder
610 Guillermo Hernandez
611 Candy Maldonado
612 Mark Thurmond
613 Rick Leach
614 Jerry Reed
615 Franklin Stubbs
616 Billy Hatcher
617 Don August
618 Tim Teufel
619 Shawn Hillegas
620 Manny Lee
621 Gary Ward
622 Mark Guthrie
623 Jeff Musselman
624 Mark Lemke
625 Fernando Valenzuela
626 Paul Sorrento
627 Glenallen Hill
628 Les Lancaster
629 Vance Law
630 Randy Velarde
631 Todd Frohwirth
632 Willie McGee
633 Dennis Boyd
634 Cris Carpenter
635 Brian Holton
636 Tracy Jones
637 Terry Steinbach AS ERR
638 Brady Anderson
639 Jack Morris ERR
640 Jaime Navarro
641 Darrin Jackson
642 Mike Dyer
643 Mike Schmidt
644 Henry Cotto
645 John Cerutti
646 Francisco Cabrera
647 Scott Sanderson
648 Brian Meyer
649 Ray Searage
650 Bo Jackson AS ERR
651 Steve Lyons
652 Mike LaCoss
653 Ted Power
654 Howard Johnson AS ERR
655 Mauro Gozzo
656 Mike Blowers
657 Paul Gibson
658 Neal Heaton
659 Nolan Ryan
660 Harold Baines AS ERR
661 Gary Pettis
662 Clint Zavaras
663 Rick Reuschel AS ERR
664 Alejandro Pena
665 Nolan Ryan ERR
666 Ricky Horton
667 Curt Schilling
668 Bill Landrum
669 Todd Stottlemyre
670 Tim Leary
671 John Wetteland
672 Calvin Schiraldi
673 Ruben Sierra AS ERR
674 Pedro Guerrero AS ERR
675 Ken Phelps
676 Cal Ripken AS ERR
677 Denny Walling
678 Goose Gossage
679 Gary Mielke
680 Bill Bathe
681 Tom Lawless
682 Xavier Hernandez
683 Kirby Puckett AS ERR
684 Mariano Duncan
685 Ramon Martinez
686 Tim Jones
687 Tom Filer
688 Steve Lombardozzi
689 Bernie Williams
690 Chip Hale
691 Beau Allred
692 Ryne Sandberg AS ERR
693 Jeff Huson
694 Curt Ford
695 Eric Davis AS ERR
696 Scott Lusader
697 Mark McGwire AS ERR
698 Steve Cummings
699 George Canale
700 Checklist ERR
701 Julio Franco AS ERR
702 Dave Johnson
703 Dave Stewart AS ERR
704 Dave Justice
705 Tony Gwynn AS ERR
706 Greg Myers
707 Will Clark AS ERR
708 Benito Santiago AS ERR
709 Larry McWilliams
710 Ozzie Smith AS ERR
711 John Olerud
712 Wade Boggs AS ERR
713 Gary Eave
714 Bob Tewksbury
715 Kevin Mitchell AS ERR
716 Bart Giamatti
Parallels
Aqueous
Donruss produced a high-gloss, or "Aqueous," test issue. The set is identical to the 1990 Donruss base set, with the exception of the glossy coating on the front and the words "AQUEOUS TEST" on the back. It is unknown exactly how large the set size is.
Super Diamond Kings
This 27-card, oversize parallel of the Diamond Kings set was available through a mail-in offer detailed on the wax packs. It was available directly from Donruss for $12 and three 1990 Donruss wrappers. Each card measures 4 7/8" by 6 13/16".
In addition to the 26 Diamond Kings, a jumbo sized Nolan Ryan "King of Kings" card was also included in the set. Like all Super DK sets, singles remain sought-after by through-the-mail (TTM) autograph collectors.
- 1 Bo Jackson
- 2 Steve Sax
- 3 Ruben Sierra
- 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 5 Mickey Tettleton
- 6 Dave Stewart
- 7 Jim Deshaies
- 8 John Smoltz
- 9 Mike Bielecki
- 10 Brian Downing
- 11 Kevin Mitchell
- 12 Kelly Gruber
- 13 Joe Magrane
- 14 John Franco
- 15 Ozzie Guillen
- 16 Lou Whitaker
- 17 John Smiley
- 18 Howard Johnson
- 19 Willie Randolph
- 20 Chris Bosio
- 21 Tommy Herr
- 22 Dan Gladden
- 23 Ellis Burks
- 24 Pete O'Brien
- 25 Bryn Smith
- 26 Ed Whitson
- NNO Nolan Ryan KING
Inserts
Bonus MVP's
- BC1 Bo Jackson
- BC2 Howard Johnson
- BC3 Dave Stewart
- BC4 Tony Gwynn
- BC5 Orel Hershiser
- BC6 Pedro Guerrero
- BC7 Tim Raines
- BC8 Kirby Puckett
- BC9 Alvin Davis
- BC10 Ryne Sandberg
- BC11 Kevin Mitchell
- BC12a John Smoltz ERR (Photo is of Tom Glavine)
- BC12b John Smoltz COR
- BC13 George Bell
- BC14 Julio Franco
- BC15 Paul Molitor
- BC16 Bobby Bonilla
- BC17 Mike Greenwell
- BC18 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- BC19 Carlton Fisk
- BC20 Chili Davis
- BC21 Glenn Davis
- BC22 Steve Sax
- BC23 Eric Davis
- BC24 Greg Swindell
- BC25 Von Hayes
- BC26 Alan Trammell
Grand Slammers
- 1 Matt Williams
- 2 Jeffrey Leonard
- 3 Chris James
- 4 Mark McGwire
- 5 Dwight Evans
- 6 Will Clark
- 7 Mike Scioscia
- 8 Todd Benzinger
- 9 Fred McGriff
- 10 Kevin Bass
- 11 Jack Clark
- 12 Bo Jackson