1985 Donruss

Description

The 1985 Donruss baseball card set consists of 660 baseball cards numbered 1-653, and seven un-numbered checklists. Cards 1-26 of the set feature Diamond Kings, and cards 27-46 make up the Rated Rookies. Significant rookies include Roger Clemens, Eric Davis, Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser, Kirby Puckett and Bret Saberhagen.

Each pack includes three pieces of a 63-piece Lou Gehrig jigsaw puzzle.

'85 Donruss is infamous for their wear-showing black-borders, and as a result is considered condition sensitive.

Because of quality-control issues, collectors seeking cards suitable for professional grading should consider purchasing a factory set.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one puzzle piece per pack. 20 boxes per wax case.

Racks: 24 racks per box, 45 cards plus three puzzle pieces per pack. Three boxes per rack case.

Factory Sets: 12 sets per case. Hobby only.

NOTE: Boxes are not factory-sealed.

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Checklist

Base Set

Diamond Kings

A 28-card Jumbo Diamond Kings set (all 26 DK's plus the Checklist and a card of DK artist Dick Perez) was available via a wrapper redemption program. To acquire the set, collectors had to send in $9 plus three 1985 Donruss Baseball wrappers. The Jumbo Diamond Kings (which measure 5" X 7") are tough to find as singles, and have become a favorite of autograph collectors.

1 Ryne Sandberg

2 Doug DeCinces

3 Richard Dotson

4 Bert Blyleven

5 Lou Whitaker

6 Dan Quisenberry

7 Don Mattingly

8 Carney Lansford

9 Frank Tanana

10 Willie Upshaw

11 Claudell Washington

12 Mike Marshall

13 Joaquin Andujar

14 Cal Ripken, Jr.

15 Jim Rice

16 Don Sutton

17 Frank Viola

18 Alvin Davis

19 Mario Soto

20 Jose Cruz

21 Charlie Lea

22 Jesse Orosco

23 Juan Samuel

24 Tony Pena

25 Tony Gwynn

26 Bob Brenly

Rated Rookies

27 Danny Tartabull

28 Mike Bielecki

29 Steve Lyons (RC)

30 Jeff Reed

31 Tom Brewer

32 John Morris

33 Daryl Boston (RC)

34 Alfonso Pulido

35 Steve Kiefer

36 Larry Sheets

37 Scott Bradley

38 Calvin Schiraldi

39 Shawon Dunston

40 Charlie Mitchell

41 Billy Hatcher (RC)

42 Russ Stephens

43 Alejandro Sanchez

44 Steve Jeltz

45 Jim Traber

46 Doug Loman

Commons

47 Eddie Murray

48 Ross Youngs

49 Lance Parrish

50 Jim Rice

51 Dave Winfield

52 Fernando Valenzuela

53 George Brett

54 Dave Kingman

55 Gary Carter

56 Buddy Bell

57 Reggie Jackson

58 Harold Baines

59 Ozzie Smith

60 Nolan Ryan UER (SO record set in 1972)

61 Mike Schmidt

62 Dave Parker

63 Tony Gwynn

64 Tony Pena

65 Jack Clark

66 Dale Murphy

67 Ryne Sandberg

68 Keith Hernandez

69 Alvin Davis

70 Kent Hrbek

71 Willie Upshaw

72 Dave Engle

73 Alfredo Griffin

74 Jack Perconte COR (Career Highlights takes three lines)

75 Jesse Orosco

76 Jody Davis

77 Bob Horner

78 Larry McWilliams

79 Joel Youngblood

80 Alan Wiggins

81 Ron Oester

82 Ozzie Virgil

83 Ricky Horton

84 Bill Doran

85 Rod Carew

86 La Marr Hoyt

87 Tim Wallach

88 Mike Flanagan

89 Jim Sundberg

90 Chet Lemon

91 Bob Stanley

92 Willie Randolph

93 Bill Russell

94 Julio Franco

95 Dan Quisenberry

96 Bill Caudill

97 Bill Gullickson

98 Danny Darwin

99 Curtis Wilkerson

100 Bud Black

101 Tom Phillips

102 Tony Bernazard

103 Jay Howell

104 Burt Hooton

105 Milt Wilcox

106 Rich Dauer

107 Don Sutton

108 Mike Witt

109 Bruce Sutter

110 Enos Cabell

111 John Denny

112 Dave Dravecky

113 Marvell Wynne

114 Johnnie LeMaster

115 Chuck Porter

116 Joe Gibbon

117 Keith Moreland

118 Darnell Coles

119 Dennis Lamp

120 Ron Davis

121 Nick Esasky

122 Vance Law

123 Gary Roenicke

124 Bill Schroeder

125 Dave Rozema

126 Bob Meacham

127 Marty Barrett

128 R.J. Reynolds

129 Ernie Camacho UER (Photo is of Rich Thompson)

130 Jorge Orta

131 Lary Sorensen

132 Terry Francona

133 Fred Lynn

134 Bob Jones

135 Jerry Hairston

136 Kevin Bass

137 Garry Maddox

138 Dave LaPoint

139 Kevin McReynolds

140 Wayne Krenchicki

141 Rafael Ramirez

142 Rod Scurry

143 Greg Minton

144 Tim Stoddard

145 Steve Henderson

146 George Bell

147 Dave Meier

148 Sammy Stewart

149 Mark Brouhard

150 Larry Herndon

151 Oil Can Boyd

152 Brian Dayett

153 Tom Niedenfuer

154 Brook Jacoby

155 Onix Concepcion

156 Tim Conroy

157 Joe Hesketh

158 Brian Downing

159 Tom Dunbar

160 Marc Hill

161 Phil Garner

162 Jerry Davis

163 Bill Campbell

164 John Franco (RC)

165 Len Barker

166 Benny Distefano

167 George Frazier

168 Tito Landrum

169 Cal Ripken, Jr.

170 Cecil Cooper

171 Alan Trammell

172 Wade Boggs

173 Don Baylor

174 Pedro Guerrero

175 Frank White

176 Rickey Henderson

177 Charlie Lea

178 Pete O'Brien

179 Doug DeCinces

180 Ron Kittle

181 George Hendrick

182 Joe Niekro

183 Juan Samuel

184 Mario Soto

185 Goose Gossage

186 Johnny Ray

187 Bob Brenly

188 Craig McMurtry

189 Leon Durham

190 Dwight Gooden (RC)

191 Barry Bonnell

192 Tim Teufel

193 Dave Stieb

194 Mickey Hatcher

195 Jesse Barfield

196 Al Cowens

197 Hubie Brooks

198 Steve Trout

199 Glenn Hubbard

200 Bill Madlock

201 Jeff Robinson

202 Eric Show

203 Dave Concepcion

204 Ivan DeJesus

205 Neil Allen

206 Jerry Mumphrey

207 Mike Brown

208 Carlton Fisk

209 Bryn Smith

210 Tippy Martinez

211 Dion James

212 Willie Hernandez

213 Mike Easler

214 Ron Guidry

215 Rick Honeycutt

216 Brett Butler

217 Larry Gura

218 Ray Burris

219 Steve Rogers

220 Frank Tanana UER ("Bats: Left" listed twice on back)

221 Ned Yost

222 Bret Saberhagen (RC) UER (18 IP on back)

223 Mike Davis

224 Bert Blyleven

225 Steve Kemp

226 Jerry Reuss

227 Darrell Evans UER (80 HRs in 1980)

228 Wayne Gross

229 Jim Gantner

230 Bob Boone

231 Lonnie Smith

232 Frank DiPino

233 Jerry Koosman

234 Graig Nettles

235 John Tudor

236 John Rabb

237 Rick Manning

238 Justin Fitzgerald

239 Gary Matthews

240 Jim Presley

241 Dave Collins

242 Gary Gaetti

243 Dann Bilardello

244 Rudy Law

245 John Lowenstein

246 Tom Tellmann

247 Howard Johnson

248 Ray Fontenot

249 Tony Armas

250 Candy Maldonado

251 Mike Jeffcoat

252 Dane Iorg

253 Bruce Bochte

254 Pete Rose (Expos, no stats on back)

255 Don Aase

256 George Wright

257 Britt Burns

258 Milt Scott

259 Len Matuszek

260 Dave Rucker

261 Craig Lefferts

262 Jay Tibbs

263 Bruce Benedict

264 Don Robinson

265 Gary Lavelle

266 Scott Sanderson

267 Matt Young

268 Ernie Whitt

269 Houston Jimenez

270 Ken Dixon

271 Pete Ladd

272 Juan Berenguer

273 Roger Clemens (RC)

274 Rick Cerone

275 Dave Anderson

276 George Vukovich

277 Greg Pryor

278 Mike Warren

279 Bob James

280 Bobby Grich

281 Mike Mason (RC)

282 Ron Reed

283 Alan Ashby

284 Mark Thurmond

285 Jim Lefebvre

286 Ted Power

287 Chris Chambliss

288 Lee Tunnell

289 Rich Bordi

290 Glenn Brummer

291 Mike Boddicker

292 Rollie Fingers

293 Lou Whitaker

294 Dwight Evans

295 Don Mattingly

296 Mike Marshall

297 Willie Wilson

298 Mickey Heath

299 Tim Raines

300 Larry Parrish

301 Geoff Zahn

302 Richard Dotson

303 David Green

304 Jose Cruz

305 Steve Carlton

306 Gary Redus

307 Steve Garvey

308 Jose DeLeon

309 Randy Lerch

310 Claudell Washington

311 Lee Smith

312 Darryl Strawberry

313 Jim Beattie

314 John Butcher

315 Damaso Garcia

316 Mike Smithson

317 Luis Leal

318 Ken Phelps

319 Wally Backman

320 Ron Cey

321 Brad Komminsk

322 Jason Thompson

323 Frank Williams

324 Tim Lollar

325 Eric Davis (RC)

326 Von Hayes

327 Andy Van Slyke

328 Craig Reynolds

329 Dick Schofield

330 Scott Fletcher

331 Jeff Reardon

332 Rick Dempsey

333 Ben Oglivie

334 Dan Petry

335 Jackie Gutierrez

336 Dave Righetti

337 Alejandro Pena

338 Mel Hall

339 Pat Sheridan

340 Keith Atherton

341 Dave Palmer

342 Gary Ward

343 Dave Stewart

344 Mark Gubicza

345 Carney Lansford

346 Jerry Willard

347 Ken Griffey

348 Franklin Stubbs

349 Aurelio Lopez

350 Al Bumbry

351 Charlie Moore

352 Luis Sanchez

353 Darrell Porter

354 Bill Dawley

355 Charles Hudson

356 Garry Templeton

357 Cecilio Guante

358 Jeffrey Leonard

359 Paul Molitor

360 Ron Gardenhire

361 Larry Bowa

362 Bob Kearney

363 Garth Iorg

364 Tom Brunansky

365 Brad Gulden

366 Greg Walker

367 Mike Young

368 Rick Waits

369 Doug Bair

370 Bob Shirley

371 Bob Ojeda

372 Bob Welch

373 Neal Heaton

374 Danny Jackson UER (Photo is of Frank Wills)

375 Donnie Hill

376 Mike Stenhouse

377 Bruce Kison

378 Wayne Tolleson

379 Floyd Bannister

380 Vern Ruhle

381 Tim Corcoran

382 Kurt Kepshire

383 Bobby Brown

384 Dave Van Gorder

385 Rick Mahler

386 Lee Mazzilli

387 Bill Laskey

388 Thad Bosley

389 Al Chambers

390 Tony Fernandez

391 Ron Washington

392 Bill Swaggerty

393 Bob Gibson

394 Manny Castillo

395 Steve Crawford

396 Clay Christiansen

397 Bob Bailor

398 Mike Hargrove

399 Charlie Leibrandt

400 Tom Burgmeier

401 Razor Shines

402 Rob Wilfong

403 Tom Henke

404 Al Jones

405 Mike LaCoss

406 Luis DeLeon

407 Greg Gross

408 Tom Hume

409 Rick Camp

410 Milt May

411 Henry Cotto (RC)

412 Dave Von Ohlen

413 Scott McGregor

414 Ted Simmons

415 Jack Morris

416 Bill Buckner

417 Butch Wynegar

418 Steve Sax

419 Steve Balboni

420 Dwayne Murphy

421 Andre Dawson

422 Charlie Hough

423 Tommy John

424 Tom Seaver COR

425 Tom Herr

426 Terry Puhl

427 Al Holland

428 Eddie Milner

429 Terry Kennedy

430 John Candelaria

431 Manny Trillo

432 Ken Oberkfell

433 Rick Sutcliffe

434 Ron Darling

435 Spike Owen

436 Frank Viola

437 Lloyd Moseby

438 Kirby Puckett (RC)

439 Jim Clancy

440 Mike Moore

441 Doug Sisk

442 Dennis Eckersley

443 Gerald Perry

444 Dale Berra

445 Dusty Baker

446 Ed Whitson

447 Cesar Cedeno

448 Rick Schu

449 Joaquin Andujar

450 Mark Bailey

451 Ron Romanick

452 Julio Cruz

453 Miguel Dilone

454 Storm Davis

455 Jaime Cocanower

456 Barbaro Garbey

457 Rich Gedman

458 Phil Niekro

459 Mike Scioscia

460 Pat Tabler

461 Darryl Motley

462 Chris Codiroli

463 Doug Flynn

464 Billy Sample

465 Mickey Rivers

466 John Wathan

467 Bill Krueger

468 Andre Thornton

469 Rex Hudler

470 Sid Bream (RC)

471 Kirk Gibson

472 John Shelby

473 Moose Haas

474 Doug Corbett

475 Willie McGee

476 Bob Knepper

477 Kevin Gross

478 Carmelo Martinez

479 Kent Tekulve

480 Chili Davis

481 Bob Clark

482 Mookie Wilson

483 Dave Owen

484 Edwin Nunez

485 Rance Mulliniks

486 Ken Schrom

487 Jeff Russell

488 Tom Paciorek

489 Dan Ford

490 Mike Caldwell

491 Scott Earl

492 Jose Rijo (RC)

493 Bruce Hurst

494 Ken Landreaux

495 Mike Fischlin

496 Don Slaught

497 Steve McCatty

498 Gary Lucas

499 Gary Pettis

500 Marv Foley

501 Mike Squires

502 Jim Pankovits

503 Luis Aguayo

504 Ralph Citarella

505 Bruce Bochy

506 Bob Owchinko

507 Pascual Perez

508 Lee Lacy

509 Atlee Hammaker

510 Bob Dernier

511 Ed Vande Berg

512 Cliff Johnson

513 Len Whitehouse

514 Dennis Martinez

515 Ed Romero

516 Rusty Kuntz

517 Rick Miller

518 Dennis Rasmussen

519 Steve Yeager

520 Chris Bando

521 U.L. Washington

522 Curt Young

523 Angel Salazar

524 Curt Kaufman

525 Odell Jones

526 Juan Agosto

527 Denny Walling

528 Andy Hawkins

529 Sixto Lezcano

530 Skeeter Barnes (RC)

531 Randy Johnson

532 Jim Morrison

533 Warren Brusstar

534 Terry Pendleton COR (RC)

535 Vic Rodriguez

536 Bob McClure

537 Dave Bergman

538 Mark Clear

539 Mike Pagliarulo

540 Terry Whitfield

541 Joe Beckwith

542 Jeff Burroughs

543 Dan Schatzeder

544 Donnie Scott

545 Jim Slaton

546 Greg Luzinski

547 Mark Salas

548 Dave Smith

549 John Wockenfuss

550 Frank Pastore

551 Tim Flannery

552 Rick Rhoden

553 Mark Davis

554 Jeff Dedmon

555 Gary Woods

556 Danny Heep

557 Mark Langston (RC)

558 Darrell Brown

559 Jimmy Key (RC)

560 Rick Lysander

561 Doyle Alexander

562 Mike Stanton

563 Sid Fernandez

564 Richie Hebner

565 Alex Trevino

566 Brian Harper

567 Dan Gladden (RC)

568 Luis Salazar

569 Tom Foley

570 Larry Andersen

571 Danny Cox

572 Joe Sambito

573 Juan Beniquez

574 Joel Skinner

575 Randy St. Claire

576 Floyd Rayford

577 Roy Howell

578 Johnny Grubb

579 Ed Jurak

580 John Montefusco

581 Orel Hershiser (RC)

582 Tom Waddell

583 Mark Huismann

584 Joe Morgan

585 Jim Wohlford

586 Dave Schmidt

587 Jeff Kunkel

588 Hal McRae

589 Bill Almon

590 Carmen Castillo

591 Omar Moreno

592 Ken Howell

593 Tom Brookens

594 Joe Nolan

595 Willie Lozado

596 Tom Nieto

597 Walt Terrell

598 Al Oliver

599 Shane Rawley

600 Denny Gonzalez

601 Mark Grant

602 Mike Armstrong

603 George Foster

604 Davey Lopes

605 Salome Barojas

606 Roy Lee Jackson

607 Pete Filson

608 Duane Walker

609 Glenn Wilson

610 Rafael Santana

611 Roy Smith

612 Ruppert Jones

613 Joe Cowley

614 Al Nipper UER (Photo is of Mike Brown)

615 Gene Nelson

616 Joe Carter

617 Ray Knight

618 Chuck Rainey

619 Dan Driessen

620 Daryl Sconiers

621 Bill Stein

622 Roy Smalley

623 Ed Lynch

624 Jeff Stone

625 Bruce Berenyi

626 Kelvin Chapman

627 Joe Price

628 Steve Bedrosian

629 Victor Mata

630 Mike Krukow

631 Phil Bradley

632 Jim Gott

633 Randy Bush

634 Tom Browning (RC)

635 Lou Gehrig Puzzle Card

636 Reid Nichols

637 Dan Pasqua

638 German Rivera

639 Don Schulze

640 Mike Jones COR (Career Highlights take 4 lines)

641 Pete Rose

642 Wade Rowdon

643 Jerry Narron

644 Darrell Miller

645 Tim Hulett (RC)

646 Andy McGaffigan

647 Kurt Bevacqua

648 John Russell

649 Ron Robinson

650 Donnie Moore

651 "Two for the Title" D. Winfield/D. Mattingly COR (Yellow Letters)

652 Tim Laudner

653 Steve Farr (RC)

Checklists

NNO Diamond Kings Checklist

1 Checklist 27-130

2 Checklist 131-234

3 Checklist 235-338

4 Checklist 339-442

5 Checklist 443-546

6 Checklist 546-653

Corrected Errors

74 Jack Perconte ERR (Career Highlights take four lines)

424 Tom Seaver ERR (Photo is of Floyd Bannister)

534 Terry Pendelton ERR (First name is listed as "Jeff" on front)

640 Mike Jones ERR (Career Highlights take five lines)

651 "Two for the Title" D. Winfield/D. Mattingly ERR (White Letters)

Box Bottoms

Each wax box had four "cards" printed on the bottom. With the exception of the Lou Gehrig Puzzle, each is a full reproduction of their regular 1985 Donruss card. Collector's who bought the full wax box had the choice of cutting up the panel into individual cards, or keeping the panel in-tact.

Individual cards are extremely difficult to find in mint condition.

PC1 Dwight Gooden

PC2 Ryne Sandberg

PC3 Ron Kittle

NNO Lou Gehrig Puzzle Card