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=Description=
=Description=


For 12th consecutive year Donruss released a regular issue set. The set contained 784 cards which was their largest set to date released in two series of 396 and 388 cards, respectively.
1992 Donruss was the company's 12th annual flagship baseball card set. At 784 cards, it was their largest to date eclipsing the [[1991 Donruss|previous year's set]] by fourteen cards.  As with the 1991 edition, ''1992 Donruss Baseball'' was also released in two series with the first 396 cards in Series One and the final 388 cards in Series Two.


However, Donruss made changes to their product regarding inserts, design and packaging following in the footsteps of Upper Deck. Capitalizing on the new hobby trend of insert cards popularized by Upper Deck’s Heroes insert set, Donruss made their traditional subset “Diamond Kings” an insert set. Touted as randomly inserted, the cards were seeded approximately four per box.
In response to competition and to the perceived need to provide collectors with a better quality product, Donruss made significant changes to their flagship product.  These changes manifested themselves in an upgraded design, better quality card stock, more inserts, and new tamper-evident packaging. Capitalizing on the new Hobby trend of insert cards being the focus of releases, Donruss adapted the traditional ''Diamond Kings'' subset into a 27-card foil-stamped, glossy-coated insert set to stand alongside the [[1992_Donruss#Elite|Elite Series]] -- which was well received by collectors, at that time. With the transformation of Diamond Kings into an insert, the only subsets featured were "Rated Rookies," "AL/NL All-Stars," and "Highlights."


Donruss also changed the design on the back of their card. Instead of just text featuring the past five years of statistics and a career highlight summary; a color headshot was included. Again following Upper Deck's lead, the cards came packaged in tamper-proof fin-sealed foil wrappers. 1992 was the final year Donruss issued a factory set and the final year Donruss was required to issue something other than cards in their packs. All Series One packs contained three pieces of a 63-piece Rod Carew puzzle, but no puzzle pieces were included in Series Two packs.
Much like [[1992 Fleer|that year's Fleer set,]] the base set was drastically different from anything Donruss had released previously and featured a modernized, white-bordered card with powder blue accent bars, metallic inks, full-color backs, and a glossy finish.  For the first time in a decade, Donruss also changed the design of the back of the card with a full-color headshot included. In addition, for the first time, the back of each card had multiple Donruss logos printed as a "watermark" -- the watermark serving as a security device.  Similar watermarks made their debut in the [[1991 Leaf]] set, and would also be included in that year's [[1992 Leaf|Leaf]] and [[1992 Studio|Studio]] releases. Donruss also followed Fleer's lead in increasing the price of a wax pack to $0.99.
 
Cards came packaged in tamper-proof, fin-sealed foil wrappers, which was quickly becoming industry standard. Further, this was the final year Donruss issued a factory set and the final year the company was required to issue something other than cards in their packs. Thus, while all Series One packs contained three pieces of a 63-piece Rod Carew puzzle, these puzzle pieces were not included in Series Two packs.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
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=Reviews=
=Reviews=


In the December 1992 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly''. Chuck Roethel using a letter measurement scale graded the set "B". The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled “Head of the Class”. Mr. Roethel raved "the quality-stock and attractive blue color scheme on the front...proved to me that Donruss had returned in full force".
In the December 1992 issue of ''Beckett Baseball Card Monthly'', writer Chuck Roethel positively reviewed the set - which was a pleasant contrast from his [[1991_Donruss#Reviews|review of the previous year's product]] - giving the set a "B" grade. Roethel's review was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled, “Head of the Class”, where he raved, "...the quality-stock and attractive blue color scheme on the front...proved to me that Donruss had returned in full force".


=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===Series One===
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|Diamond Kings||14||-||?||?
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|The Elite Series||10*||10,000||?||?
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|The Legends Series: Rickey Henderson ||1*||7500||?||?
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|Elite Signature Series: Cal Ripken, Jr. ||1*||5000||?||?
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===Series Two===


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!Jumbo Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||784||-||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||388||-||?||?
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|Bonus Cards (S2)||8||-||?||?
|Bonus Cards||8||-||?||?
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|Diamond Kings||27||-||?||?
|Diamond Kings||13||-||?||?
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|Elite||10||10,000||?||?
|The Elite Series||10*||10,000||?||?
|-
|-
|Rickey Henderson Legends Series||1||7500||?||?
|The Legends Series: Rickey Henderson ||1*||7500||?||?
|-
|-
|Cal Ripken Signature Series||1||5000||?||?
|Elite Signature Series: Cal Ripken, Jr. ||1*||5000||?||?
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Available in both series.


=Checklist=
=Checklist=
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==Promos==
==Promos==


This 12-card set was available only to dealers to showcase the new and improved 1992 Donruss. The cards feature the same glossy color player photos on the fronts and player information on the backs as the regular series issue; however, the statistics only go through the 1990 season. Only the sequential-numbering of the cards on the back is different.
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This 12-card promotional set was available only to dealers to preview and showcase the new and improved 1992 Donruss set design. These promo cards featured the same glossy color player photos on the front and player information on the back as the base set - the only differences were that promos showed statistics only through the 1990 season and the sequential-numbering of the cards on the back was different.  In addition, the player's name on the front was in a thinner typeface.


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2 Barry Bonds
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3 Will Clark
====Rated Rookies====


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9 Ryan Klesko
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10 Cal Ripken
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11 Nolan Ryan
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1 Mark Wohlers RR
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2 Will Cordero RR
 
3 Kyle Abbott RR
 
4 Dave Nilsson RR
 
5 Kenny Lofton RR
 
6 Luis Mercedes RR
 
7 Roger Salkeld RR
 
8 Eddie Zosky RR
 
9 Todd Van Poppel RR
 
10 Frank Seminara RR RC
 
11 Andy Ashby RR
 
12 Reggie Jefferson RR
 
13 Ryan Klesko RR
 
14 Carlos Garcia RR
 
15 John Ramos RR
 
16 Eric Karros RR
 
17 Pat Lennon RR
 
18 Eddie Taubensee RR RC
 
19 Roberto Duran RR
 
20 D.J. Dozier RR
 
21 Dave Henderson AS
 
22 Cal Ripken, Jr. AS
 
23 Wade Boggs AS
 
24 Ken Griffey, Jr. AS
 
25 Jack Morris AS
 
26 Danny Tartabull AS
 
27 Cecil Fielder AS
 
28 Roberto Alomar AS
 
29 Sandy Alomar, Jr. AS
 
30 Rickey Henderson AS
 
31 Ken Hill
 
32 John Habyan
 
33 Otis Nixon HL
 
34 Tim Wallach
 
35 Cal Ripken, Jr.  
 
36 Gary Carter
 
37 Juan Agosto
 
38 Doug Dascenzo
 
39 Kirk Gibson
 
40 Benito Santiago
 
41 Otis Nixon
 
42 Andy Allanson
 
43 Brian Holman
 
44 Dick Schofield
 
45 Dave Magadan
 
46 Rafael Palmeiro
 
47 Jody Reed
 
48 Ivan Calderon
 
49 Greg A. Harris
 
50 Chris Sabo
 
51 Paul Molitor
 
52 Rob Thompson
 
53 Dave Smith
 
54 Mark Davis
 
55 Kevin Brown
 
56 Donn Pall
 
57 Len Whitehouse
 
58 Roberto Alomar
 
59 Jeff Robinson
 
60 Willie McGee
 
61 Jay Buhner
 
62 Lee Smith
 
63 Paul O'Neill
 
64 Hubie Brooks
 
65 Kelly Gruber
 
66 Ken Caminiti
 
67 Gary Redus
 
68 Harold Baines
 
69 Charlie Hough
 
70 B.J. Surhoff
 
71 Walt Weiss
 
72 Shawn Hillegas
 
73 Roberto Kelly
 
74 Jeff Ballard
 
75 Craig Biggio
 
76 Pat Combs
 
77 Jeff Robinson
 
78 Tim Belcher
 
79 Chris Carpenter
 
80 Checklist Card 1-79
 
81 Steve Avery
 
82 Chris James
 
83 Brian Harper
 
84 Charlie Liebrandt
 
85 Mickey Tettleton
 
86 Pete O'Brien
 
87 Danny Darwin
 
88 Bob Walk
 
89 Jeff Reardon
 
90 Bobby Rose
 
91 Danny Jackson
 
92 John D. Morris
 
93 Bud Black
 
94 Tommy Greene HL
 
95 Rick Aguilera
 
96 Gary Gaetti
 
97 David Cone
 
98 John Olerud
 
99 Joel Skinner
 
100 Jay Bell
 
101 Bob Milacki
 
102 Norm Charlton
 
103 Chuck Crim
 
104 Terry Steinbach
 
105 Juan Samuel
 
106 Steve Howe
 
107 Rafael Belliard
 
108 Joey Cora
 
109 Tommy Greene
 
110 Gregg Olson
 
111 Frank Tanana
 
112 Lee Smith
 
113 Greg A. Harris
 
114 Dwayne Henry
 
115 Chili Davis
 
116 Kent Mercker
 
117 Brian Barnes
 
118 Rich DeLucia
 
119 Andre Dawson
 
120 Carlos Baerga
 
121 Mike LaValliere
 
122 Jeff Gray
 
123 Bruce Hurst
 
124 Alvin Davis
 
125 John Candelaria
 
126 Matt Nokes
 
127 George Bell
 
128 Bret Saberhagen
 
129 Jeff Russell
 
130 Jim Abbott
 
131 Bill Gullickson
 
132 Todd Zeile
 
133 Dave Winfield
 
134 Wally Whitehurst
 
135 Matt Williams
 
136 Tom Browning
 
137 Marquis Grissom
 
138 Erik Hanson
 
139 Rob Dibble
 
140 Don August
 
141 Tom Henke
 
142 Dan Pasqua
 
143 George Brett
 
144 Jerald Clark
 
145 Robin Ventura
 
146 Dale Murphy
 
147 Dennis Eckersley
 
148 Eric Yelding
 
149 Mario Diaz
 
150 Casey Candaele
 
151 Steve Olin
 
152 Luis Salazar
 
153 Kevin Maas
 
154 Nolan Ryan HL
 
155 Bobby Jones
 
156 Chris Hoiles
 
157 Bob Ojeda
 
158 Pedro Guerrero
 
159 Paul Assenmacher
 
160 Checklist Card 80-157
 
161 Mike MacFarlane
 
162 Craig Lefferts
 
163 Brian L. Hunter
 
164 Alan Trammell
 
165 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
166 Lance Parrish
 
167 Brian Downing
 
168 John Barfield
 
169 Jack Clark
 
170 Chris Nabholtz
 
171 Tim Teufel
 
172 Chris Hammond
 
173 Robin Young
 
174 Dave Righetti
 
175 Joe Girardi
 
176 Mike Boddicker
 
177 Dean Palmer
 
178 Greg Hibbard
 
179 Randy Ready
 
180 Devon White
 
181 Mark Eichhorn
 
182 Mike Felder
 
183 Joe Klink
 
184 Steve Bedrosian
 
185 Barry Larkin
 
186 John Franco
 
187 Ed Sprague
 
188 Mark Portugal
 
189 Jose Lind
 
190 Bob Welsch
 
191 Alex Fernandez
 
192 Gary Sheffield
 
193 Rickey Henderson
 
194 Rod Nichols
 
195 Scott Kamieniecki
 
196 Mike Flanagan
 
197 Steve Finley
 
198 Darren Daulton
 
199 Leo Gomez
 
200 Melvin Mora
 
201 Bob Tewksbury
 
202 Sid Bream
 
203 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
 
204 Greg Gagne
 
205 Juan Berenguer
 
206 Cecil Fielder
 
207 Randy Johnson
 
208 Tony Peña
 
209 Doug Drabek
 
210 Wade Boggs
 
211 Bryan Harvey
 
212 Jose Viscaino
 
213 Alonzo Powell
 
214 Will Clark
 
215 Rickey Henderson HL
 
216 Jack Morris
 
217 Junior Felix
 
218 Vince Coleman
 
219 Jimmy Key
 
220 Alvin Colina
 
221 Bill Landrum
 
222 Randy Milligan
 
223 Jose Rijo
 
224 Greg Vaughn
 
225 Dave Stewart
 
226 Lenny Harris
 
227 Scott Sanders
 
228 Jeff Blauser
 
229 Ozzie Guillen
 
230 John Kruk
 
231 Bob Melvin
 
232 Milt Cuyler
 
233 Felix Jose
 
234 Ellis Burks
 
235 Pete Harnisch
 
236 Kevin Tapani
 
237 Terry Pendleton
 
238 Mark Gardner
 
239 Harold Reynolds
 
240 Checklist Card 158-237
 
241 Mike Harkey
 
242 Felix Fermin
 
243 Barry Bonds
 
244 Roger Clemens
 
245 Dennis Rasmussen
 
246 Jose DeLeon
 
247 Orel Hershiser
 
248 Mel Hall
 
249 Rick Wilkins
 
250 Tom Gordon
 
251 Kevin Reimer
 
252 Luis Polonia
 
253 Mike Henneman
 
254 Tom Pagnozzi
 
255 Chuck Finley
 
256 Mackey Sasser
 
257 John Burkett
 
258 Hal Morris
 
259 Larry Walker
 
260 Bill Swift
 
261 Joe Oliver
 
262 Julio Machado
 
263 Todd Stottlemyre
 
264 Matt Merullo
 
265 Brent Mayne
 
266 Thomas Howard
 
267 Lance Johnson
 
268 Terry Mulholland
 
269 Rick Honeycutt
 
270 Luis Gonzalez
 
271 Jose Guzman
 
272 Jim Jones
 
273 Mark Lewis
 
274 Rene Gonzales
 
275 Jeff Johnson
 
276 Dennis Martinez HL
 
277 Delino DeShields
 
278 Sam Horn
 
279 Kevin Gross
 
280 Jose Oquendo
 
281 Mark Grace
 
282 Mark Gubicza
 
283 Fred McGriff
 
284 Ron Gant
 
285 Lou Whitaker
 
286 Edgar Martinez
 
287 Ron Tingley
 
288 Kevin McReynolds
 
289 Ivan Rodriguez
 
290 Mike Garcia
 
291 Chris Haney
 
292 Darrin Jackson
 
293 Bill Doran
 
294 Ted Higuera
 
295 Jeff Brantley
 
296 Les Lancaster
 
297 Jim Eisenreich
 
298 Ruben Sierra
 
299 Scott Radinsky
 
300 Jose DeJesus
 
301 Mike Timlin
 
302 Luis Sojo
 
303 Kelly Downs
 
304 Scott Bankhead
 
305 Pedro Munoz
 
306 Scott Scudder
 
307 Kevin Elster
 
308 Duane Ward
 
309 Darryl Kile
 
310 Orlando Merced
 
311 Dave Henderson
 
312 Tim Raines
 
313 Mark Lee
 
314 Marcel Galligani
 
315 Charles Nagy
 
316 Jesse Barfield
 
317 Todd Frohwirth
 
318 Al Osuna
 
319 Darrin Fletcher
 
320 Checklist Card 238-316
 
321 David Segui
 
322 Stan Javier
 
323 Bryn Smith
 
324 Jeff Treadway
 
325 Mark Whiten
 
326 Kent Hrbek
 
327 David Justice
 
328 Tony Phillips
 
329 Rob Murphy
 
330 Kevin Morton
 
331 John Smiley
 
332 Luis A. Rivera
 
333 Wally Joyner
 
334 Heathcliff Slocumb
 
335 Rick Cerone
 
336 Mike Remlinger
 
337 Marcus Moore
 
338 Lloyd McClendon
 
339 Alan Newman
 
340 Kirk McCaskill
 
341 Howard Johnson
 
342 Greg Myers
 
343 Kal Daniels
 
344 Bernie Williams
 
345 Shane Mack
 
346 Gary Thurman
 
347 Dante Bichette
 
348 Mark McGwire
 
349 Travis Fryman
 
350 Ray Lankford
 
351 Mike Jeffcoat
 
352 Jack McDowell
 
353 Mitch Williams
 
354 Mike Devereaux
 
355 Andres Galarraga
 
356 Henry Cotto
 
357 Scott Bailes
 
358 Jeff Bagwell
 
359 Scott Leius
 
360 Zakary Shinall
 
361 Bill Pecota
 
362 Tony Fernandez
 
363 Glenn Braggs
 
364 Bill Spiers
 
365 Vicente Palacios
 
366 Tim Burke
 
367 Randy Tomlin
 
368 Kenny Rogers
 
369 Brett Butler
 
370 Pat Kelly
 
371 Bip Roberts
 
372 Gregg Jefferies
 
373 Kevin Bass
 
374 Ron Karkovice
 
375 Paul Gibson
 
376 Bernard Gilkey
 
377 Dave Gallagher
 
378 Bill Wegman
 
379 Pat Borders
 
380 Ed Whitson
 
381 Gilberto Reyes
 
382 Russ Swan
 
383 Andy Van Slyke
 
384 Wes Chamberlain
 
385 Steve Chitren
 
386 Gregg Olson
 
387 Brian McRae
 
388 Rich Rodriguez
 
389 Steve Decker
 
390 Chuck Knoblauch
 
391 Bobby Witt
 
392 Eddie Murray
 
393 Juan Gonzalez
 
394 Scott Ruskin
 
395 Jay Howell
 
396 Checklist Card 317-396
 
===Series Two===
 


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397 Royce Clayton RR
==Inserts==
 
398 John Jaha RR RC
 
399 Dan Wilson RR
 
400 Archie Corbin RR
 
401 Barry Manuel RR
 
402 Kim Batiste RR
 
403 Pat Mahomes RR RC
 
404 Dave Fleming RR
 
405 Jeff Juden RR
 
406 Jim Thome RR
 
407 Sam Militello RR
 
408 Jeff Nelson RR
 
409 Anthony Young RR
 
410 Tino Martinez RR
 
411 Jeff Mutis RR
 
412 Rey Sanchez RR RC
 
413 Chris Gardner RR
 
414 John Vander Wal RR
 
415 Reggie Sanders RR
 
416 Brian Williams RR RC
 
417 Mo Sanford RR
 
418 David Weathers RR RC
 
419 Hector Fajardo RR RC
 
420 Steve Foster RR
 
421 Lance Dickson RR
 
422 Andre Dawson AS
 
423 Ozzie Smith AS
 
424 Chris Sabo AS
 
425 Tony Gwynn AS
 
426 Tom Glavine AS
 
427 Bobby Bonilla AS
 
428 Will Clark AS
 
429 Ryne Sandberg AS
 
430 Benito Santiago AS
 
431 Ivan Calderon AS
 
432 Ozzie Smith
 
433 Tim Leary
 
434 Bret Saberhagen HL
 
435 Mel Rojas
 
436 Ben McDonald
 
437 Tim Crews
 
438 Rex Hudler
 
439 Chico Walker
 
440 Kurt Stillwell
 
441 Tony Gwynn
 
442 John Smoltz
 
443 Lloyd Moseby
 
444 Mark Schuster
 
445 Joe Grahe
 
446 Dwight Gooden
 
447 Dennis Boyd
 
448 John Marzano
 
449 Bret Barberie
 
450 Mike Maddux
 
451 Jeff Reed
 
452 Dale Sveum
 
453 Jose Uribe
 
454 Bob Scanlan
 
455 Kevin Appier
 
456 Jeff Huson
 
457 Ken Patterson
 
458 Ricky Jordan
 
459 Tom Candiotti
 
460 Lee Stevens
 
461 Rod Beck RC
 
462 Dave Valle
 
463 Scott Erickson
 
464 Chris Jones
 
465 Mark Carreon
 
466 Rob Ducey
 
467 Jim Corsi
 
468 Jeff King
 
469 Curt Young
 
470 Bo Jackson
 
471 Chris Bosio
 
472 Jamie Quick
 
473 Jesse Orosco
 
474 Alvaro Espinoza
 
475 Joe Orsulak
 
476 Checklist Card 397-477
 
477 Gerald Young
 
478 Wally Backman
 
479 Juan Bell
 
480 Mike Scioscia
 
481 Omar Olivares
 
482 Francisco Cabrera
 
483 Greg Swindell UER
 
484 Terry Leach
 
485 Tommy Gregg
 
486 Scott Aldred
 
487 Greg Briley
 
488 Phil Plantier
 
489 Curtis Wilkerson
 
490 Tom Brunansky
 
491 Mike Fetters
 
492 Frank Castillo
 
493 Joe Boever
 
494 Kirt Manwaring
 
495 Wilson Alvarez HL
 
496 Gene Larkin
 
497 Gary DiSarcina
 
498 Frank Viola
 
499 Manny Lee
 
500 Albert Belle
 
501 Stan Belinda
 
502 Dwight Evans
 
503 Eric Davis
 
504 Darren Holmes
 
505 Mike Bordick
 
506 Dave Hansen
 
507 Lee Guetterman
 
508 Kevin Mitchell
 
509 Melido Perez
 
510 Dickie Thon
 
511 Mark Williamson
 
512 Mark Salas
 
513 Milt Thompson
 
514 Mo Vaughn
 
515 Jim Deshaies
 
516 Rich Garces
 
517 Lonnie Smith
 
518 Spike Owen
 
519 Tracy Jones
 
520 Greg Maddux
 
521 Carlos Martinez
 
522 Neal Heaton
 
523 Mike Greenwell
 
524 Andy Benes
 
525 Jeff Schaefer UER
 
526 Mike Shannon
 
527 Wade Taylor
 
528 Jerome Walton
 
529 Storm Davis
 
530 Jose Hernandez RC
 
531 Mark Langston
 
532 Rob Deer
 
533 Geronimo Pena
 
534 Juan Guzman
 
535 Pete Schourek
 
536 Todd Benzinger
 
537 Billy Hatcher
 
538 Tom Foley
 
539 Dave Cochrane
 
540 Mariano Duncan
 
541 Edwin Nunez
 
542 Rance Mulliniks
 
543 Carlton Fisk
 
544 Luis Aquino
 
545 Ricky Bones
 
546 Craig Grebeck
 
547 Charlie Hayes
 
548 Jose Canseco
 
549 Andujar Cedeno
 
550 Geno Petralli
 
551 Javier Ortiz
 
552 Rudy Seanez
 
553 Rich Gedman
 
554 Eric Plunk
 
555 N.Ryan/G.Gossage HL
 
556 Checklist Card 478-555
 
557 Greg Colbrunn
 
558 Chico Martinez
 
559 Darryl Strawberry
 
560 Luis Alicea
 
561 Dwight Smith
 
562 Terry Shumpert
 
563 Jim Vatcher
 
564 Deion Sanders
 
565 Walt Terrell
 
566 Dave Burba
 
567 Dave Howard
 
568 Todd Hundley
 
569 Jack Daugherty
 
570 Steve Cooke
 
571 Bill Sampen
 
572 Jose Melendez
 
573 Freddie Benavides
 
574 Jim Gantner
 
575 Trevor Wilson
 
576 Ryne Sandberg
 
577 Kevin Seitzer
 
578 Gerald Alexander
 
579 Michael Huff
 
580 Von Hayes
 
581 Derek Bell
 
582 Marv Staehle
 
583 Kevin Mitchell
 
584 Mike Jackson
 
585 Dan Gladden
 
586 Ted Power UER
 
587 Jeff Innis
 
588 Bob McDonald
 
589 Jose Tolentino
 
590 Bob Patterson
 
591 Scott Brosius RC
 
592 Frank Thomas
 
593 Darryl Hamilton
 
594 Kirk Dressendorfer
 
595 Jeff Shaw
 
596 Don Mattingly
 
597 Glenn Davis
 
598 Antonio Mota
 
599 Jason Grimsley
 
600 Jim Poole
 
601 Jim Gott
 
602 Stan Royer
 
603 Marvin Freeman
 
604 Denis Boucher
 
605 Denny Neagle
 
606 Mark Lemke
 
607 Jerry DonGleaton
 
608 Brent Knackert
 
609 Carlos Quintana
 
610 Bobby Bonilla
 
611 Joe Hesketh
 
612 Daryl Boston
 
613 Shawon Dunston
 
614 Danny Cox
 
615 Darren Lewis
 
616 K. Mercker/M. Wohlers HL UER
 
617 Kirby Puckett
 
618 Franklin Stubbs
 
619 Chris Donnels
 
620 David Wells UER
 
621 Mike Aldrete
 
622 Bob Kipper
 
623 Anthony Telford
 
624 Randy Myers
 
625 Willie Randolph
 
626 Joe Slusarski
 
627 John Wetteland
 
628 Greg Cadaret
 
629 Tom Glavine
 
630 Wilson Alvarez
 
631 Wally Ritchie
 
632 Mike Mussina
 
633 Mark Leiter
 
634 Gerald Perry
 
635 Matt Young
 
636 Checklist Card 556-635
 
637 Scott Hemmond
 
638 David West
 
639 Jim Clancy
 
640 Doug Piatt UER
 
641 Omar Vizquiel
 
642 Rick Sutcliffe
 
643 Glenallen Hill
 
644 Gary Varsho
 
645 Tony Fossas
 
646 Jack Howell
 
647 Jim Campanis
 
648 Chris Gwynn
 
649 Jim Leyritz
 
650 Chuck McElroy
 
651 Sean Berry
 
652 Donald Harris
 
653 Don Slaught
 
654 Rusty Meacham
 
655 Scott Terry
 
656 Ramon J. Martinez
 
657 Keith Miller
 
658 Ramon Garcia
 
659 Milt Hill
 
660 Steve Frey
 
661 Bob McClure
 
662 Ced Landrum
 
663 Doug Henry RC
 
664 Candy Maldonado
 
665 Carl Willis
 
666 Jeff Montgomery
 
667 Craig Shipley
 
668 Warren Newson
 
669 Mickey Morandini
 
670 Brook Jacoby
 
671 Ryan Bowen
 
672 Bill Krueger
 
673 Rob Mallicoat
 
674 Doug Jones
 
675 Scott Livingstone
 
676 Danny Tartabull
 
677 Joe Carter HL
 
678 Cecil Espy
 
679 Randy Velarde
 
680 Bruce Ruffin


681 Ted Wood
===Rod Carew Puzzle===


682 Dan Plesac
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683 Eric Bullock
Inserted into each Series One pack were three pieces of a 63-piece puzzle that, when assembled, created a painted portrait of Rod Carew produced by Diamond Kings artist Dick Perez.  This was the final year for the Donruss Puzzles, which, due to licensing restrictions, were required to be included in packs in releases from previous years. 


684 Junior Ortiz
From 1982-1991, Topps had the exclusive right to issue baseball cards with gum or as a stand-alone product.  As a result, Donruss, Fleer, and later Score and Upper Deck, were all forced to issue their baseball cards along with another product.  Fleer had a team logo sticker in each pack, Score had "Magic Motion" trivia cards, Upper Deck had holographic stickers, and Donruss had these player puzzles.  Series Two packs did not contain puzzle pieces.


685 Dave Hollins
While this was the last year for the Puzzle, this was the only year the completed puzzle did not have a card in the base set.
 
686 Dennis Martinez
 
687 Larry Anderson
 
688 Doug Simons
 
689 Tim Spehr
 
690 Calvin Jones
 
691 Mark Guthrie
 
692 Antonio Grissom
 
693 Joe Carter
 
694 Terry Mathews
 
695 Pascual Perez
 
696 Gene Nelson
 
697 Gerald Williams
 
698 Chris Cron
 
699 Steve Buechele
 
700 Paul McClellan
 
701 Jim Lindeman
 
702 Fransisco Olveras
 
703 Rob Maurer
 
704 Pat Hentgen
 
705 Jaime Navarro
 
706 Mike Magnante RC
 
707 Nolan Ryan
 
708 Bobby Thigpen
 
709 John Cerutti
 
710 Steve Wilson
 
711 Hensley Meulens
 
712 Rheal Cormier
 
713 Scott Bradley
 
714 Mitch Webster
 
715 Roger Mason
 
716 Checklist Card 636-716
 
717 Jeff Fassero
 
718 Cal Eldred
 
719 Sid Fernandez
 
720 Bob Zupcic RC
 
721 Jose Offerman
 
722 Cliff Brantley
 
723 Ron Darling
 
724 Dave Steib
 
725 Hector Villanueva
 
726 Mike Hartley
 
727 Arthur Rhodes
 
728 Randy Bush
 
729 Steve Sax
 
730 Dave Otto
 
731 John Wehner
 
732 David Martinez
 
733 Ruben Amaro, Jr.  
 
734 Billy Ripken
 
735 Steve Farr
 
736 Shawn Abner
 
737 Gil Heredia RC
 
738 Ron Jones
 
739 Tony Castillo
 
740 Sammy Sosa
 
741 Julio Franco
 
742 Tim Naehring
 
743 Steve Wapnick
 
744 Craig Wilson
 
745 Darrin Chapin
 
746 Chris George
 
747 Mike Simms
 
748 Rosario Rodriguez
 
749 Skeeter Barnes
 
750 Roger McDowell
 
751 Dann Howitt
 
752 Paul Sorrento
 
753 Braulio Castillo
 
754 Yorkis Perez
 
755 Will Fraser
 
756 Jeremy Hernandez RC
 
757 Curt Schilling
 
758 Steve Lyons
 
759 Dave Anderson
 
760 Willie Banks
 
761 Mark Leonard
 
762 Jack Armstrong UER
 
763 Scott Servais
 
764 Ray Stephens
 
765 Junior Ortiz
 
766 Jim Olander
 
767 Joe Magrane
 
768 Lance Blankenship
 
769 Mike Humphreys
 
770 Jarvis Brown
 
771 Damon Berryhill
 
772 Angel Pena
 
773 Jose Mesa
 
774 Gary Cooper
 
775 Carney Lansford
 
776 Mike Bielecki UER
 
777 Charlie O'Brien
 
778 Carlos Hernandez
 
779 Howard Farmer
 
780 Matt Stairs
 
781 Reggie Harris
 
782 Xavier Hernandez
 
783 Bryan Hickerson RC
 
784 Checklist Card 717-784 & BC 1 -BC 8
 
==Inserts==


===Bonus Cards===
===Bonus Cards===


These eight cards were randomly inserted into all Series Two packs. They were printed in exactly the same quantities as any Series Two base card, just not included in the factory sets. The reason for their exclusion from the factory sets was that Donruss printed their factory sets on a 56-card sheet (784 cards / 56-card sheet = 14 sheets); whereas, the pack-inserted cards were printed on a 132-card sheet (396 cards / 132 = 3 sheets).
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1992/Donruss---Bonus-Cards/BC6/Jeff-Bagwell.jpg?id=4a86a329-b5a8-47bf-b64a-68d32022b647&size=original&side=back&.jpg


BC1 Cal Ripken MVP
These eight cards were randomly inserted into all Series Two packs.  They were printed in exactly the same quantities as any other Series Two base card, but weren't included in the factory sets.  The reason for their exclusion from the factory sets was that Donruss printed their factory sets on a 56-card sheet (784 cards / 56-card sheet = 14 sheets), whereas the pack-inserted cards were printed on a 132-card sheet (388 cards plus eight Bonus cards = 396 / 132-card sheet = 3 sheets).


BC2 Terry Pendleton MVP
The first six cards are of the previous year's award winners while cards #BC7 and #BC8 are of the two expansion teams entering the National League in 1993.


BC3 Roger Clemens CY
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BC4 Tom Glavine CY
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BC5 Chuck Knoblauch ROY
 
BC6 Jeff Bagwell ROY
 
BC7 Colorado Rockies
 
BC8 Florida Marlins


===Diamond Kings===
===Diamond Kings===


The 1992 edition of the Donruss Diamond Kings were randomly inserted in 1992 Donruss Series One (cards 1-13 and the checklist only) and in 1992 Donruss Series Two packs (cards 14-26). Beckett Price Guide states "The decision at the time to transform the popular Diamond King subset into an insert set created notable groups of supporters and dissenters". As usual, the set features artwork from Dick Perez. The words "Donruss Diamond Kings" are superimposed at the card top in a gold-trimmed blue and black banner, with the player's name in a similarly designed black stripe at the card bottom.  
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A very limited amount of 5" X 7" cards were produced. These issues were never formally released but these cards were intended to be premiums in retail products.
The 1992 edition of Donruss Diamond Kings were featured as insert cards for the first time ever and randomly inserted in both Series One (cards 1-13 and checklist) and Series Two (cards 14-26) packs. As usual, the set featured artwork from famed artist Dick Perez and some minor card technology upgrades as the words "Donruss Diamond Kings" were surrounded in a gold-trimmed, blue and black banner, with the player nameplate in a similarly designed black stripe at the card bottom. This transformation from a subset to an insert was met with applause and resistance as Beckett Price Guide stated, "The decision at the time to transform the popular Diamond King subset into an insert set created notable groups of supporters and dissenters...".


DK1 Paul Molitor
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====Super====


DK2 Will Clark
A very limited amount of oversized, 5" X 7" Diamond Kings were produced (similar to the Super DKs from the [[1991_Donruss#Super_Diamond_Kings|previous year]]).  Unlike previous years, these were never intended for public release.  Instead, it is believed that the set was given to Donruss executives who attended a staff meeting.


DK3 Joe Carter
The 1992 Super Diamond Kings are one of the rarest sets of the era and rarely emerge on the open market.


DK4 Julio Franco
===The Elite Series===


DK5 Cal Ripken
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DK6 David Justice
For the second straight year, Donruss created a limited - by early-1990s standards - serial-numbered insert that highlighted the best players in the game at the time on a gold holofoil, diamond-shaped spiral border design with green borders around the color player photo.  Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially numbered as a continuation of the original [[1991_Donruss#The_Elite_Series|1991 Elite Series]] set. 


DK7 George Bell
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DK8 Frank Thomas
====Legends Series====


DK9 Wade Boggs


DK10 Scott Sanderson
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1992/Donruss---The-Elite-Series/RIHE/Rickey-Henderson.jpg?id=0c0847c6-2731-47e9-a153-55ffdb87ca18&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1992/Donruss---The-Elite-Series/RIHE/Rickey-Henderson.jpg?id=0c0847c6-2731-47e9-a153-55ffdb87ca18&size=original&side=back&.jpg


DK11 Jeff Bagwell
This special Elite Series card honored Rickey Henderson.  The Legends Series card featured a silver holofoil, triangle-designed pattern that repeated around the borders of a Dick Perez rendition of Rickey Henderson, surrounded by a red-orange border.  Each card was serial-numbered to 7,500 copies.


DK12 John Kruk
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DK13 Felix Jose
===1992 Leaf Previews===
 
DK14 Harold Baines
 
DK15 Dwight Gooden
 
DK16 Brian McRae
 
DK17 Jay Bell
 
DK18 Brett Butler
 
DK19 Hal Morris
 
DK20 Mark Langston
 
DK21 Scott Erickson
 
DK22 Randy Johnson
 
DK23 Greg Swindell
 
DK24 Dennis Martinez
 
DK25 Tony Phillips
 
DK26 Fred McGriff
 
DK27 Checklist (Dick Perez)
 
===Elite===
 
For the second straight year, Donruss created a limited (for 1992) series of serial-numbered insert cards.  With the exception of the Rickey Henderson "Legend" card (with is serial-numbered to 7500 copies), each card is numbered to 10,000 copies, and is sequentially numbered as an extension of the 1991 set. 
 
Although the odds were not fully disclosed it has been estimated that the chances of pulling an Elite insert were approximately 1:55 waxboxes.
 
9 Wade Boggs
 
10 Joe Carter
 
11 Will Clark
 
12 Dwight Gooden
 
13 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
14 Tony Gwynn


15 Howard Johnson
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1992/Leaf---Preview/19/George-Brett.jpg?id=5dd931ba-56ee-4bb1-8b7b-15f897e97130&size=original&side=back&.jpg


16 Terry Pendleton
This 26-card set previewed the [[1992 Leaf]] set.  Cards resembled what the 1992 base set would look like on the front and back, but each preview card was sequentially-numbered "X of 26" on the back to differentiate them from the regular Leaf base cards.  Four cards were randomly inserted into each Hobby (Blue Box) factory set.


17 Kirby Puckett
'''NOTE:''' A [[1992 Leaf#Black Gold Preview Set|Black Gold parallel]] of this set exists; however, it was distributed separately.
 
18 Frank Thomas
 
L2 Rickey Henderson LGD /7500
 
===1992 Leaf Previews===
 
Four cards from this 26-card set were randomly inserted into each Hobby (Blue Box) factory set.  The cards were intended to show collectors and dealers the style of the soon-to-be-released [[1992 Leaf]] set.  Each card is sequentially-numbered "X of 26" on the back, to differentiate them from the regular base cards.


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===Update===
===Update===


Four cards from this 22-card set were randomly inserted into retail (Red Box) factory sets. Card design is identical to regular issue 1992 Donruss cards except for the U-prefixed numbering on back. Card numbers U1-U6 are Rated Rookie cards, while card numbers U7-U9 are Highlights cards.
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U1 Pat Listach
Four cards from this 22-card set were randomly inserted into retail (Red Box) factory sets.  These Update cards featured the same design as the regular issue base cards, but had a U-prefixed numbering on back.  Card numbers U1-U6 are Rated Rookie cards, while card numbers U7-U9 are Highlights cards.


U2 Andy Stankiewicz
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U3 Brian Jordan
==Autographs==


U4 Dan Walters RR
===Elite Signature Series===


U5 Chad Curtis
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U6 Kenny Lofton
As part of The Elite Series, Donruss also inserted an Elite Signature Series autographed card of Cal Ripken, Jr. in all 1992 Donruss packs. Each card was serial-numbered to 5000.


U7 Mark McGwire HL
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U8 Eddie Murray HL
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U9 Jeff Reardon HL
 
U10 Frank Viola
 
U11 Gary Sheffield
 
U12 George Bell
 
U13 Rick Sutcliffe
 
U14 Wally Joyner
 
U15 Kevin Seitzer
 
U16 Bill Krueger
 
U17 Danny Tartabull
 
U18 Dave Winfield
 
U19 Gary Carter
 
U20 Bobby Bonilla
 
U21 Cory Snyder
 
U22 Bill Swift
 
==Autographs==
 
===Elite Signature Series===
 
Cal Ripken signed 5000 cards for random insertion into all 1992 Donruss packs.


S2 Cal Ripken AU /5000


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Description

1992 Donruss was the company's 12th annual flagship baseball card set. At 784 cards, it was their largest to date eclipsing the previous year's set by fourteen cards. As with the 1991 edition, 1992 Donruss Baseball was also released in two series with the first 396 cards in Series One and the final 388 cards in Series Two.

In response to competition and to the perceived need to provide collectors with a better quality product, Donruss made significant changes to their flagship product. These changes manifested themselves in an upgraded design, better quality card stock, more inserts, and new tamper-evident packaging. Capitalizing on the new Hobby trend of insert cards being the focus of releases, Donruss adapted the traditional Diamond Kings subset into a 27-card foil-stamped, glossy-coated insert set to stand alongside the Elite Series -- which was well received by collectors, at that time. With the transformation of Diamond Kings into an insert, the only subsets featured were "Rated Rookies," "AL/NL All-Stars," and "Highlights."

Much like that year's Fleer set, the base set was drastically different from anything Donruss had released previously and featured a modernized, white-bordered card with powder blue accent bars, metallic inks, full-color backs, and a glossy finish. For the first time in a decade, Donruss also changed the design of the back of the card with a full-color headshot included. In addition, for the first time, the back of each card had multiple Donruss logos printed as a "watermark" -- the watermark serving as a security device. Similar watermarks made their debut in the 1991 Leaf set, and would also be included in that year's Leaf and Studio releases. Donruss also followed Fleer's lead in increasing the price of a wax pack to $0.99.

Cards came packaged in tamper-proof, fin-sealed foil wrappers, which was quickly becoming industry standard. Further, this was the final year Donruss issued a factory set and the final year the company was required to issue something other than cards in their packs. Thus, while all Series One packs contained three pieces of a 63-piece Rod Carew puzzle, these puzzle pieces were not included in Series Two packs.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 14 cards per pack (SRP: 99¢).

Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 27 cards per pack (SRP: $1.98).

Rack: 45 cards per pack.

Hobby and Retail factory sets.

Reviews

In the December 1992 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly, writer Chuck Roethel positively reviewed the set - which was a pleasant contrast from his review of the previous year's product - giving the set a "B" grade. Roethel's review was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled, “Head of the Class”, where he raved, "...the quality-stock and attractive blue color scheme on the front...proved to me that Donruss had returned in full force".

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 396 - ? ?
Diamond Kings 14 - ? ?
The Elite Series 10* 10,000 ? ?
The Legends Series: Rickey Henderson 1* 7500 ? ?
Elite Signature Series: Cal Ripken, Jr. 1* 5000 ? ?

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 388 - ? ?
Bonus Cards 8 - ? ?
Diamond Kings 13 - ? ?
The Elite Series 10* 10,000 ? ?
The Legends Series: Rickey Henderson 1* 7500 ? ?
Elite Signature Series: Cal Ripken, Jr. 1* 5000 ? ?

* Available in both series.

Checklist

Promos

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This 12-card promotional set was available only to dealers to preview and showcase the new and improved 1992 Donruss set design. These promo cards featured the same glossy color player photos on the front and player information on the back as the base set - the only differences were that promos showed statistics only through the 1990 season and the sequential-numbering of the cards on the back was different. In addition, the player's name on the front was in a thinner typeface.

  • 1 Wade Boggs
  • 2 Barry Bonds
  • 3 Will Clark
  • 4 Andre Dawson
  • 5 Dennis Eckersley
  • 6 Robin Ventura
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 Kelly Gruber
  • 9 Ryan Klesko
  • 10 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 11 Nolan Ryan
  • 12 Todd Van Poppel

Base Set

Series One

Rated Rookies

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  • 1 Mark Wohlers RR
  • 2 Wilfredo Cordero RR
  • 3 Kyle Abbott RR
  • 4 Dave Nilsson RR
  • 5 Kenny Lofton RR
  • 6 Luis Mercedes RR
  • 7 Roger Salkeld RR
  • 8 Eddie Zosky RR
  • 9 Todd Van Poppel RR
  • 10 Frank Seminara RR RR
  • 11 Andy Ashby RR
  • 12 Reggie Jefferson RR
  • 13 Ryan Klesko RR
  • 14 Carlos Garcia RR
  • 15 John Ramos RR
  • 16 Eric Karros RR
  • 17 Patrick Lennon RR
  • 18 Eddie Taubensee RR RC
  • 19 Roberto Hernandez RR
  • 20 D.J. Dozier RR

American League All-Stars

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  • 21 Dave Henderson
  • 22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 23 Wade Boggs
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 25 Jack Morris
  • 26 Danny Tartabull
  • 27 Cecil Fielder
  • 28 Roberto Alomar
  • 29 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 30 Rickey Henderson

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  • 31 Ken Hill
  • 32 John Habyan
  • 33 Otis Nixon HL
  • 34 Tim Wallach
  • 35 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 36 Gary Carter
  • 37 Juan Agosto
  • 38 Doug Dascenzo
  • 39 Kirk Gibson
  • 40 Benito Santiago
  • 41 Otis Nixon
  • 42 Andy Allanson
  • 43 Brian Holman
  • 44 Dick Schofield
  • 45 Dave Magadan
  • 46 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 47 Jody Reed
  • 48 Ivan Calderon
  • 49 Greg W. Harris
  • 50 Chris Sabo
  • 51 Paul Molitor
  • 52 Robby Thompson
  • 53 Dave Smith
  • 54 Mark Davis
  • 55 Kevin Brown
  • 56 Donn Pall
  • 57 Lenny Dykstra
  • 58 Roberto Alomar
  • 59 Jeff D. Robinson
  • 60 Willie McGee
  • 61 Jay Buhner
  • 62 Mike Pagliarulo
  • 63 Paul O'Neill
  • 64 Hubie Brooks
  • 65 Kelly Gruber
  • 66 Ken Caminiti
  • 67 Gary Redus
  • 68 Harold Baines
  • 69 Charlie Hough
  • 70 B.J. Surhoff
  • 71 Walt Weiss
  • 72 Shawn Hillegas
  • 73 Roberto Kelly
  • 74 Jeff Ballard
  • 75 Craig Biggio
  • 76 Pat Combs
  • 77 Jeff M. Robinson
  • 78 Tim Belcher
  • 79 Cris Carpenter
  • 80 Checklist CL
  • 81 Steve Avery
  • 82 Chris James
  • 83 Brian Harper
  • 84 Charlie Leibrandt
  • 85 Mickey Tettleton
  • 86 Pete O'Brien
  • 87 Danny Darwin
  • 88 Bob Walk
  • 89 Jeff Reardon
  • 90 Bobby Rose
  • 91 Danny Jackson
  • 92 John Morris
  • 93 Bud Black
  • 94 Tommy Greene HL
  • 95 Rick Aguilera
  • 96 Gary Gaetti
  • 97 David Cone
  • 98 John Olerud
  • 99 Joel Skinner
  • 100 Jay Bell
  • 101 Bob Milacki
  • 102 Norm Charlton
  • 103 Chuck Crim
  • 104 Terry Steinbach
  • 105 Juan Samuel
  • 106 Steve Howe
  • 107 Rafael Belliard
  • 108 Joey Cora
  • 109 Tommy Greene
  • 110 Gregg Olson
  • 111 Frank Tanana
  • 112 Lee Smith
  • 113 Greg A. Harris
  • 114 Dwayne Henry
  • 115 Chili Davis
  • 116 Kent Mercker
  • 117 Brian Barnes
  • 118 Rich DeLucia
  • 119 Andre Dawson
  • 120 Carlos Baerga
  • 121 Mike LaValliere
  • 122 Jeff Gray
  • 123 Bruce Hurst
  • 124 Alvin Davis
  • 125 John Candelaria
  • 126 Matt Nokes
  • 127 George Bell
  • 128 Bret Saberhagen
  • 129 Jeff Russell
  • 130 Jim Abbott
  • 131 Bill Gullickson
  • 132 Todd Zeile
  • 133 Dave Winfield
  • 134 Wally Whitehurst
  • 135 Matt Williams
  • 136 Tom Browning
  • 137 Marquis Grissom
  • 138 Erik Hanson
  • 139 Rob Dibble
  • 140 Don August
  • 141 Tom Henke
  • 142 Dan Pasqua
  • 143 George Brett
  • 144 Jerald Clark
  • 145 Robin Ventura
  • 146 Dale Murphy
  • 147 Dennis Eckersley
  • 148 Eric Yelding
  • 149 Mario Diaz
  • 150 Casey Candaele
  • 151 Steve Olin
  • 152 Luis Salazar
  • 153 Kevin Maas
  • 154 Highlights - Nolan Ryan
  • 155 Barry Jones
  • 156 Chris Hoiles
  • 157 Bob Ojeda
  • 158 Pedro Guerrero
  • 159 Paul Assenmacher
  • 160 Checklist CL
  • 161 Mike Macfarlane
  • 162 Craig Lefferts
  • 163 Brian Hunter
  • 164 Alan Trammell
  • 165 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 166 Lance Parrish
  • 167 Brian Downing
  • 168 John Barfield
  • 169 Jack Clark
  • 170 Chris Nabholz
  • 171 Tim Teufel
  • 172 Chris Hammond
  • 173 Robin Yount
  • 174 Dave Righetti
  • 175 Joe Girardi
  • 176 Mike Boddicker
  • 177 Dean Palmer
  • 178 Greg Hibbard
  • 179 Randy Ready
  • 180 Devon White
  • 181 Mark Eichhorn
  • 182 Mike Felder
  • 183 Joe Klink
  • 184 Steve Bedrosian
  • 185 Barry Larkin
  • 186 John Franco
  • 187 Ed Sprague
  • 188 Mark Portugal
  • 189 Jose Lind
  • 190 Bob Welch
  • 191 Alex Fernandez
  • 192 Gary Sheffield
  • 193 Rickey Henderson
  • 194 Rod Nichols
  • 195 Scott Kamieniecki
  • 196 Mike Flanagan
  • 197 Steve Finley
  • 198 Darren Daulton
  • 199 Leo Gomez
  • 200 Mike Morgan
  • 201 Bob Tewksbury
  • 202 Sid Bream
  • 203 Sandy Alomar
  • 204 Greg Gagne
  • 205 Juan Berenguer
  • 206 Cecil Fielder
  • 207 Randy Johnson
  • 208 Tony Pena
  • 209 Doug Drabek
  • 210 Wade Boggs
  • 211 Bryan Harvey
  • 212 Jose Vizcaino
  • 213 Alonzo Powell
  • 214 Will Clark
  • 215 Highlights - Rickey Henderson
  • 216 Jack Morris
  • 217 Junior Felix
  • 218 Vince Coleman
  • 219 Jimmy Key
  • 220 Alex Cole
  • 221 Bill Landrum
  • 222 Randy Milligan
  • 223 Jose Rijo
  • 224 Greg Vaughn
  • 225 Dave Stewart
  • 226 Lenny Harris
  • 227 Scott Sanderson
  • 228 Jeff Blauser
  • 229 Ozzie Guillen
  • 230 John Kruk
  • 231 Bob Melvin
  • 232 Milt Cuyler
  • 233 Felix Jose
  • 234 Ellis Burks
  • 235 Pete Harnisch
  • 236 Kevin Tapani
  • 237 Terry Pendleton
  • 238 Mark Gardner
  • 239 Harold Reynolds
  • 240 Checklist CL
  • 241 Mike Harkey
  • 242 Felix Fermin
  • 243 Barry Bonds
  • 244 Roger Clemens
  • 245 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 246 Jose DeLeon
  • 247 Orel Hershiser
  • 248 Mel Hall
  • 249 Rick Wilkins
  • 250 Tom Gordon
  • 251 Kevin Reimer
  • 252 Luis Polonia
  • 253 Mike Henneman
  • 254 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 255 Chuck Finley
  • 256 Mackey Sasser
  • 257 John Burkett
  • 258 Hal Morris
  • 259 Larry Walker
  • 260 Bill Swift
  • 261 Joe Oliver
  • 262 Julio Machado
  • 263 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 264 Matt Merullo
  • 265 Brent Mayne
  • 266 Thomas Howard
  • 267 Lance Johnson
  • 268 Terry Mulholland
  • 269 Rick Honeycutt
  • 270 Luis Gonzalez
  • 271 Jose Guzman
  • 272 Jimmy Jones
  • 273 Mark Lewis
  • 274 Rene Gonzales
  • 275 Jeff Johnson
  • 276 Dennis Martinez HL
  • 277 Delino DeShields
  • 278 Sam Horn
  • 279 Kevin Gross
  • 280 Jose Oquendo
  • 281 Mark Grace
  • 282 Mark Gubicza
  • 283 Fred McGriff
  • 284 Ron Gant
  • 285 Lou Whitaker
  • 286 Edgar Martinez
  • 287 Ron Tingley
  • 288 Kevin McReynolds
  • 289 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 290 Mike Gardiner
  • 291 Chris Haney
  • 292 Darrin Jackson
  • 293 Bill Doran
  • 294 Ted Higuera
  • 295 Jeff Brantley
  • 296 Les Lancaster
  • 297 Jim Eisenreich
  • 298 Ruben Sierra
  • 299 Scott Radinsky
  • 300 Jose DeJesus
  • 301 Mike Timlin
  • 302 Luis Sojo
  • 303 Kelly Downs
  • 304 Scott Bankhead
  • 305 Pedro Munoz
  • 306 Scott Scudder
  • 307 Kevin Elster
  • 308 Duane Ward
  • 309 Darryl Kile
  • 310 Orlando Merced
  • 311 Dave Henderson
  • 312 Tim Raines
  • 313 Mark Lee
  • 314 Mike Gallego
  • 315 Charles Nagy
  • 316 Jesse Barfield
  • 317 Todd Frohwirth
  • 318 Al Osuna
  • 319 Darrin Fletcher
  • 320 Checklist CL
  • 321 David Segui
  • 322 Stan Javier
  • 323 Bryn Smith
  • 324 Jeff Treadway
  • 325 Mark Whiten
  • 326 Kent Hrbek
  • 327 Dave Justice
  • 328 Tony Phillips
  • 329 Rob Murphy
  • 330 Kevin Morton
  • 331 John Smiley
  • 332 Luis Rivera
  • 333 Wally Joyner
  • 334 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 335 Rick Cerone
  • 336 Mike Remlinger
  • 337 Mike Moore
  • 338 Lloyd McClendon
  • 339 Al Newman
  • 340 Kirk McCaskill
  • 341 Howard Johnson
  • 342 Greg Myers
  • 343 Kal Daniels
  • 344 Bernie Williams
  • 345 Shane Mack
  • 346 Gary Thurman
  • 347 Dante Bichette
  • 348 Mark McGwire
  • 349 Travis Fryman
  • 350
  • 351 Mike Jeffcoat
  • 352 Jack McDowell
  • 353 Mitch Williams
  • 354 Mike Devereaux
  • 355 Andres Galarraga
  • 356 Henry Cotto
  • 357 Scott Bailes
  • 358 Jeff Bagwell
  • 359 Scott Leius
  • 360 Zane Smith
  • 361 Bill Pecota
  • 362 Tony Fernandez
  • 363 Glenn Braggs
  • 364 Bill Spiers
  • 365 Vicente Palacios
  • 366 Tim Burke
  • 367 Randy Tomlin
  • 368 Kenny Rogers
  • 369 Brett Butler
  • 370 Pat Kelly
  • 371 Bip Roberts
  • 372 Gregg Jefferies
  • 373 Kevin Bass
  • 374 Ron Karkovice
  • 375 Paul Gibson
  • 376 Bernard Gilkey
  • 377 Dave Gallagher
  • 378 Bill Wegman
  • 379 Pat Borders
  • 380 Ed Whitson
  • 381 Gilberto Reyes
  • 382 Russ Swan
  • 383 Andy Van Slyke
  • 384 Wes Chamberlain
  • 385 Steve Chitren
  • 386 Greg Olson
  • 387 Brian McRae
  • 388 Rich Rodriguez
  • 389 Steve Decker
  • 390 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 391 Bobby Witt
  • 392 Eddie Murray
  • 393 Juan Gonzalez
  • 394 Scott Ruskin
  • 395 Jay Howell
  • 396 Checklist CL

Series Two

Rated Rookies

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  • 397 Royce Clayton RR
  • 398 John Jaha RR
  • 399 Dan Wilson RR
  • 400 Archie Corbin RR
  • 401 Barry Manuel RR
  • 402 Kim Batiste RR
  • 403 Pat Mahomes, Sr. RR RC
  • 404 Dave Fleming RR
  • 405 Jeff Juden RR
  • 406 Jim Thome RR
  • 407 Sam Militello RR
  • 408 Jeff Nelson RR
  • 409 Anthony Young RR
  • 410 Tino Martinez RR
  • 411 Jeff Mutis RR
  • 412 Rey Sanchez RR RC
  • 413 Chris Gardner RR
  • 414 John Vander Wal RR
  • 415 Reggie Sanders RR
  • 416 Brian Williams RR RC
  • 417 Mo Sanford RR
  • 418 David Weathers RR
  • 419 Hector Fajardo RR RC
  • 420 Steve Foster RR
  • 421 Lance Dickson RR

National League All-Stars

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  • 422 All-Star - Andre Dawson
  • 423 All-Star - Ozzie Smith
  • 424 All-Star - Chris Sabo
  • 425 All-Star - Tony Gwynn
  • 426 All-Star - Tom Glavine
  • 427 All-Star - Bobby Bonilla
  • 428 All-Star - Will Clark
  • 429 All-Star - Ryne Sandberg
  • 430 All-Star - Benito Santiago
  • 431 All-Star - Ivan Calderon

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  • 432 Ozzie Smith
  • 433 Tim Leary
  • 434 Bret Saberhagen HL
  • 435 Mel Rojas
  • 436 Ben McDonald
  • 437 Tim Crews
  • 438 Rex Hudler
  • 439 Chico Walker
  • 440 Kurt Stillwell
  • 441 Tony Gwynn
  • 442 John Smoltz
  • 443 Lloyd Moseby
  • 444 Mike Schooler
  • 445 Joe Grahe
  • 446 Dwight Gooden
  • 447 Dennis Boyd
  • 448 John Marzano
  • 449 Bret Barberie
  • 450 Mike Maddux
  • 451 Jeff Reed
  • 452 Dale Sveum
  • 453 Jose Uribe
  • 454 Bob Scanlan
  • 455 Kevin Appier
  • 456 Jeff Huson
  • 457 Ken Patterson
  • 458 Ricky Jordan
  • 459 Tom Candiotti
  • 460 Lee Stevens
  • 461 Rod Beck
  • 462 Dave Valle
  • 463 Scott Erickson
  • 464 Chris Jones
  • 465 Mark Carreon
  • 466 Rob Ducey
  • 467 Jim Corsi
  • 468 Jeff King
  • 469 Curt Young
  • 470 Bo Jackson
  • 471 Chris Bosio
  • 472 Jamie Quirk
  • 473 Jesse Orosco
  • 474 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 475 Joe Orsulak
  • 476 Checklist CL
  • 477 Gerald Young
  • 478 Wally Backman
  • 479 Juan Bell
  • 480 Mike Scioscia
  • 481 Omar Olivares
  • 482 Francisco Cabrera
  • 483 Greg Swindell
  • 484 Terry Leach
  • 485 Tommy Gregg
  • 486 Scott Aldred
  • 487 Greg Briley
  • 488 Phil Plantier
  • 489 Curt Wilkerson
  • 490 Tom Brunansky
  • 491 Mike Fetters
  • 492 Frank Castillo
  • 493 Joe Boever
  • 494 Kirt Manwaring
  • 495 Wilson Alvarez HL
  • 496 Gene Larkin
  • 497 Gary DiSarcina
  • 498 Frank Viola
  • 499 Manny Lee
  • 500 Albert Belle
  • 501 Stan Belinda
  • 502 Dwight Evans
  • 503 Eric Davis
  • 504 Darren Holmes
  • 505 Mike Bordick
  • 506 Dave Hansen
  • 507 Lee Guetterman
  • 508 Keith Mitchell
  • 509 Melido Perez
  • 510 Dickie Thon
  • 511 Mark Williamson
  • 512 Mark Salas
  • 513 Milt Thompson
  • 514 Mo Vaughn
  • 515 Jim Deshaies
  • 516 Rich Garces
  • 517 Lonnie Smith
  • 518 Spike Owen
  • 519 Tracy Jones
  • 520 Greg Maddux
  • 521 Carlos Martinez
  • 522 Neal Heaton
  • 523 Mike Greenwell
  • 524 Andy Benes
  • 525 Jeff Schaefer
  • 526 Mike Sharperson
  • 527 Wade Taylor
  • 528 Jerome Walton
  • 529 Storm Davis
  • 530 Jose Hernandez
  • 531 Mark Langston
  • 532 Rob Deer
  • 533 Geronimo Pena
  • 534 Juan Guzman
  • 535 Pete Schourek
  • 536 Todd Benzinger
  • 537 Billy Hatcher
  • 538 Tom Foley
  • 539 Dave Cochrane
  • 540 Mariano Duncan
  • 541 Edwin Nunez
  • 542 Rance Mulliniks
  • 543 Carlton Fisk
  • 544 Luis Aquino
  • 545 Ricky Bones
  • 546 Craig Grebeck
  • 547 Charlie Hayes
  • 548 Jose Canseco
  • 549 Andujar Cedeno
  • 550 Geno Petralli
  • 551 Javier Ortiz
  • 552 Rudy Seanez
  • 553 Rich Gedman
  • 554 Eric Plunk
  • 555 Nolan Ryan / Goose Gossage HL
  • 556 Checklist CL
  • 557 Greg Colbrunn
  • 558 Chito Martinez
  • 559 Darryl Strawberry
  • 560 Luis Alicea
  • 561 Dwight Smith
  • 562 Terry Shumpert
  • 563 Jim Vatcher
  • 564 Deion Sanders
  • 565 Walt Terrell
  • 566 Dave Burba
  • 567 Dave Howard
  • 568 Todd Hundley
  • 569 Jack Daugherty
  • 570 Scott Cooper
  • 571 Bill Sampen
  • 572 Jose Melendez
  • 573 Freddie Benavides
  • 574 Jim Gantner
  • 575 Trevor Wilson
  • 576 Ryne Sandberg
  • 577 Kevin Seitzer
  • 578 Gerald Alexander
  • 579 Mike Huff
  • 580 Von Hayes
  • 581 Derek Bell
  • 582 Mike Stanley
  • 583 Kevin Mitchell
  • 584 Mike Jackson
  • 585 Dan Gladden
  • 586 Ted Power
  • 587 Jeff Innis
  • 588 Bob MacDonald
  • 589 Jose Tolentino
  • 590 Bob Patterson
  • 591 Scott Brosius RC
  • 592 Frank Thomas
  • 593 Darryl Hamilton
  • 594 Kirk Dressendorfer
  • 595 Jeff Shaw
  • 596 Don Mattingly
  • 597 Glenn Davis
  • 598 Andy Mota
  • 599 Jason Grimsley
  • 600 Jim Poole
  • 601 Jim Gott
  • 602 Stan Royer
  • 603 Marvin Freeman
  • 604 Denis Boucher
  • 605 Denny Neagle
  • 606 Mark Lemke
  • 607 Jerry Don Gleaton
  • 608 Brent Knackert
  • 609 Carlos Quintana
  • 610 Bobby Bonilla
  • 611 Joe Hesketh
  • 612 Daryl Boston
  • 613 Shawon Dunston
  • 614 Danny Cox
  • 615 Darren Lewis
  • 616 Braves No-Hitter
  • 617 Kirby Puckett
  • 618 Franklin Stubbs
  • 619 Chris Donnels
  • 620 David Wells
  • 621 Mike Aldrete
  • 622 Bob Kipper
  • 623 Anthony Telford
  • 624 Randy Myers
  • 625 Willie Randolph
  • 626 Joe Slusarski
  • 627 John Wetteland
  • 628 Greg Cadaret
  • 629 Tom Glavine
  • 630 Wilson Alvarez
  • 631 Wally Ritchie
  • 632 Mike Mussina
  • 633 Mark Leiter
  • 634 Gerald Perry
  • 635 Matt Young
  • 636 Checklist CL
  • 637 Scott Hemond
  • 638 Dave West
  • 639 Jim Clancy
  • 640 Doug Piatt
  • 641 Omar Vizquel
  • 642 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 643 Glenallen Hill
  • 644 Gary Varsho
  • 645 Tony Fossas
  • 646 Jack Howell
  • 647 Jim Campanis
  • 648 Chris Gwynn
  • 649 Jim Leyritz
  • 650 Chuck McElroy
  • 651 Sean Berry
  • 652 Donald Harris
  • 653 Don Slaught
  • 654 Rusty Meacham
  • 655 Scott Terry
  • 656 Ramon Martinez
  • 657 Keith Miller
  • 658 Ramon Garcia
  • 659 Milt Hill
  • 660 Steve Frey
  • 661 Bob McClure
  • 662 Ced Landrum
  • 663 Doug Henry RC
  • 664 Candy Maldonado
  • 665 Carl Willis
  • 666 Jeff Montgomery
  • 667 Craig Shipley
  • 668 Warren Newson
  • 669 Mickey Morandini
  • 670 Brook Jacoby
  • 671 Ryan Bowen
  • 672 Bill Krueger
  • 673 Rob Mallicoat
  • 674 Doug Jones
  • 675 Scott Livingstone
  • 676 Danny Tartabull
  • 677 Joe Carter HL
  • 678 Cecil Espy
  • 679 Randy Velarde
  • 680 Bruce Ruffin
  • 681 Ted Wood
  • 682 Dan Plesac
  • 683 Eric Bullock
  • 684 Junior Ortiz
  • 685 Dave Hollins
  • 686 Dennis Martinez
  • 687 Larry Andersen
  • 688 Doug Simons
  • 689 Tim Spehr
  • 690 Calvin Jones
  • 691 Mark Guthrie
  • 692 Alfredo Griffin
  • 693 Joe Carter
  • 694 Terry Mathews
  • 695 Pascual Perez
  • 696 Gene Nelson
  • 697 Gerald Williams
  • 698 Chris Cron
  • 699 Steve Buechele
  • 700 Paul McClellan
  • 701 Jim Lindeman
  • 702 Francisco Oliveras
  • 703 Rob Maurer RC
  • 704 Pat Hentgen
  • 705 Jaime Navarro
  • 706 Mike Magnante RC
  • 707 Nolan Ryan
  • 708 Bobby Thigpen
  • 709 John Cerutti
  • 710 Steve Wilson
  • 711 Hensley Meulens
  • 712 Rheal Cormier
  • 713 Scott Bradley
  • 714 Mitch Webster
  • 715 Roger Mason
  • 716 Checklist CL
  • 717 Jeff Fassero
  • 718 Cal Eldred
  • 719 Sid Fernandez
  • 720 Bob Zupcic RC
  • 721 Jose Offerman
  • 722 Cliff Brantley
  • 723 Ron Darling
  • 724 Dave Stieb
  • 725 Hector Villanueva
  • 726 Mike Hartley
  • 727 Arthur Rhodes
  • 728 Randy Bush
  • 729 Steve Sax
  • 730 Dave Otto
  • 731 John Wehner
  • 732 Dave Martinez
  • 733 Ruben Amaro
  • 734 Billy Ripken
  • 735 Steve Farr
  • 736 Shawn Abner
  • 737 Gil Heredia RC
  • 738 Ron Jones
  • 739 Tony Castillo
  • 740 Sammy Sosa
  • 741 Julio Franco
  • 742 Tim Naehring
  • 743 Steve Wapnick
  • 744 Craig Wilson
  • 745 Darrin Chapin
  • 746 Chris George
  • 747 Mike Simms
  • 748 Rosario Rodriguez
  • 749 Skeeter Barnes
  • 750 Roger McDowell
  • 751 Dann Howitt
  • 752 Paul Sorrento
  • 753 Braulio Castillo
  • 754 Yorkis Perez
  • 755 Willie Fraser
  • 756 Jeremy Hernandez RC
  • 757 Curt Schilling
  • 758 Steve Lyons
  • 759 Dave Anderson
  • 760 Willie Banks
  • 761 Mark Leonard
  • 762 Jack Armstrong
  • 763 Scott Servais
  • 764 Ray Stephens
  • 765 Junior Noboa
  • 766 Jim Olander
  • 767 Joe Magrane
  • 768 Lance Blankenship
  • 769 Mike Humphreys
  • 770 Jarvis Brown
  • 771 Damon Berryhill
  • 772 Alejandro Pena
  • 773 Jose Mesa
  • 774 Gary Cooper
  • 775 Carney Lansford
  • 776 Mike Bielecki
  • 777 Charlie O'Brien
  • 778 Carlos Hernandez
  • 779 Howard Farmer
  • 780 Mike Stanton
  • 781 Reggie Harris
  • 782 Xavier Hernandez
  • 783 Bryan Hickerson RC
  • 784 Checklist CL

Inserts

Rod Carew Puzzle

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Inserted into each Series One pack were three pieces of a 63-piece puzzle that, when assembled, created a painted portrait of Rod Carew produced by Diamond Kings artist Dick Perez. This was the final year for the Donruss Puzzles, which, due to licensing restrictions, were required to be included in packs in releases from previous years.

From 1982-1991, Topps had the exclusive right to issue baseball cards with gum or as a stand-alone product. As a result, Donruss, Fleer, and later Score and Upper Deck, were all forced to issue their baseball cards along with another product. Fleer had a team logo sticker in each pack, Score had "Magic Motion" trivia cards, Upper Deck had holographic stickers, and Donruss had these player puzzles. Series Two packs did not contain puzzle pieces.

While this was the last year for the Puzzle, this was the only year the completed puzzle did not have a card in the base set.

Bonus Cards

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These eight cards were randomly inserted into all Series Two packs. They were printed in exactly the same quantities as any other Series Two base card, but weren't included in the factory sets. The reason for their exclusion from the factory sets was that Donruss printed their factory sets on a 56-card sheet (784 cards / 56-card sheet = 14 sheets), whereas the pack-inserted cards were printed on a 132-card sheet (388 cards plus eight Bonus cards = 396 / 132-card sheet = 3 sheets).

The first six cards are of the previous year's award winners while cards #BC7 and #BC8 are of the two expansion teams entering the National League in 1993.

  • BC1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • BC2 Terry Pendleton
  • BC3 Roger Clemens
  • BC4 Tom Glavine
  • BC5 Chuck Knoblauch
  • BC6 Jeff Bagwell
  • BC7 Colorado Rockies
  • BC8 Florida Marlins

Diamond Kings

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The 1992 edition of Donruss Diamond Kings were featured as insert cards for the first time ever and randomly inserted in both Series One (cards 1-13 and checklist) and Series Two (cards 14-26) packs. As usual, the set featured artwork from famed artist Dick Perez and some minor card technology upgrades as the words "Donruss Diamond Kings" were surrounded in a gold-trimmed, blue and black banner, with the player nameplate in a similarly designed black stripe at the card bottom. This transformation from a subset to an insert was met with applause and resistance as Beckett Price Guide stated, "The decision at the time to transform the popular Diamond King subset into an insert set created notable groups of supporters and dissenters...".

  • DK1 Paul Molitor
  • DK2 Will Clark
  • DK3 Joe Carter
  • DK4 Julio Franco
  • DK5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • DK6 Dave Justice
  • DK7 George Bell
  • DK8 Frank Thomas
  • DK9 Wade Boggs
  • DK10 Scott Sanderson
  • DK11 Jeff Bagwell
  • DK12 John Kruk
  • DK13 Felix Jose
  • DK14 Harold Baines
  • DK15 Dwight Gooden
  • DK16 Brian McRae
  • DK17 Jay Bell
  • DK18 Brett Butler
  • DK19 Hal Morris
  • DK20 Mark Langston
  • DK21 Scott Erickson
  • DK22 Randy Johnson
  • DK23 Greg Swindell
  • DK24 Dennis Martinez
  • DK25 Tony Phillips
  • DK26 Fred McGriff
  • DK27 Checklist 1-26

Super

A very limited amount of oversized, 5" X 7" Diamond Kings were produced (similar to the Super DKs from the previous year). Unlike previous years, these were never intended for public release. Instead, it is believed that the set was given to Donruss executives who attended a staff meeting.

The 1992 Super Diamond Kings are one of the rarest sets of the era and rarely emerge on the open market.

The Elite Series

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For the second straight year, Donruss created a limited - by early-1990s standards - serial-numbered insert that highlighted the best players in the game at the time on a gold holofoil, diamond-shaped spiral border design with green borders around the color player photo. Each card is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies and sequentially numbered as a continuation of the original 1991 Elite Series set.

  • 9 Wade Boggs
  • 10 Joe Carter
  • 11 Will Clark
  • 12 Dwight Gooden
  • 13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 14 Tony Gwynn
  • 15 Howard Johnson
  • 16 Terry Pendleton
  • 17 Kirby Puckett
  • 18 Frank Thomas

Legends Series

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This special Elite Series card honored Rickey Henderson. The Legends Series card featured a silver holofoil, triangle-designed pattern that repeated around the borders of a Dick Perez rendition of Rickey Henderson, surrounded by a red-orange border. Each card was serial-numbered to 7,500 copies.

  • Rickey Henderson

1992 Leaf Previews

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This 26-card set previewed the 1992 Leaf set. Cards resembled what the 1992 base set would look like on the front and back, but each preview card was sequentially-numbered "X of 26" on the back to differentiate them from the regular Leaf base cards. Four cards were randomly inserted into each Hobby (Blue Box) factory set.

NOTE: A Black Gold parallel of this set exists; however, it was distributed separately.

  • 1 Steve Avery
  • 2 Ryne Sandberg
  • 3 Chris Sabo
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Darryl Strawberry
  • 6 Bret Barberie
  • 7 Howard Johnson
  • 8 John Kruk
  • 9 Andy Van Slyke
  • 10 Felix Jose
  • 11 Fred McGriff
  • 12 Will Clark
  • 13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 14 Phil Plantier
  • 15 Lee Stevens
  • 16 Frank Thomas
  • 17 Mark Whiten
  • 18 Cecil Fielder
  • 19 George Brett
  • 20 Robin Yount
  • 21 Scott Erickson
  • 22 Don Mattingly
  • 23 Jose Canseco
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 25 Nolan Ryan
  • 26 Joe Carter
  • NNO Cover Card

Update

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Four cards from this 22-card set were randomly inserted into retail (Red Box) factory sets. These Update cards featured the same design as the regular issue base cards, but had a U-prefixed numbering on back. Card numbers U1-U6 are Rated Rookie cards, while card numbers U7-U9 are Highlights cards.

  • U-1 Pat Listach RR
  • U-2 Andy Stankiewicz RR
  • U-3 Brian Jordan RR
  • U-4 Dan Walters RR
  • U-5 Chad Curtis RR
  • U-6 Kenny Lofton RR
  • U-7 Mark McGwire HL
  • U-8 Eddie Murray HL
  • U-9 Jeff Reardon HL
  • U-10 Frank Viola
  • U-11 Gary Sheffield
  • U-12 George Bell
  • U-13 Rick Sutcliffe
  • U-14 Wally Joyner
  • U-15 Kevin Seitzer
  • U-16 Bill Krueger
  • U-17 Danny Tartabull
  • U-18 Dave Winfield
  • U-19 Gary Carter
  • U-20 Bobby Bonilla
  • U-21 Cory Snyder
  • U-22 Bill Swift

Autographs

Elite Signature Series

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As part of The Elite Series, Donruss also inserted an Elite Signature Series autographed card of Cal Ripken, Jr. in all 1992 Donruss packs. Each card was serial-numbered to 5000.

  • Cal Ripken, Jr.


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