Revision as of 05:58, 27 February 2011

Description

After six years of issuing "The Rookies" as a 56-card boxed set, 1992 Donruss The Rookies was expanded to 132-cards and distributed exclusively in packs. The card design is the same as the 1992 Donruss regular issue except that the two-tone blue color bars have been replaced by green. The set is arranged in alphabetical order and numbered on the back.

Prominent rookie cards in this set include Jeff Kent, Manny Ramirez, Matt Stairs, Tim Wakefield and Eric Young. In addition, an early card of Pedro Martinez is featured. The rookie selection was hindered by Donruss' decision to pull 20 players from the base set and include them in the "Phenoms" insert set -- one of the 20 was Mike Piazza. Piazza's Phenoms insert is one of only three cards issued of him in 1992, and the only one NOT a "true" rookie.

This would be the last Donruss The Rookies set issued until Donruss-Playoff revived the set in 2001.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack.

Jumbo: 30 cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	132	-	?	?
Phenoms (Wax)	12	-	?	N/A
Phenoms (Jumbo)	8	-	N/A	1:1

Checklist

Base Set

1 Kyle Abbott

2 Troy Afenir

3 Rich Amaral RC

4 Ruben Amaro

5 Billy Ashley RC

6 Pedro Astacio RC

7 Jim Austin

8 Robert Ayrault

9 Kevin Baez

10 Esteban Beltre

11 Brian Bohanon

12 Kent Bottenfield RC

13 Jeff Branson

14 Brad Brink

15 John Briscoe

16 Doug Brocail RC

17 Rico Brogna

18 J.T. Bruett

19 Jacob Brumfield

20 Jim Bullinger

21 Kevin Campbell

22 Pedro Castellano RC

23 Mike Christopher

24 Archi Cianfrocco RC

25 Mark Clark RC

26 Craig Colbert

27 Victor Cole RC

28 Steve Cooke RC

29 Tim Costo

30 Chad Curtis RC

31 Doug Davis

32 Gary DiSarcina

33 John Doherty RC

34 Mike Draper

35 Monty Fariss

36 Ben Figueroa

37 John Flaherty

38 Tim Fortugno

39 Eric Fox RC

40 Jeff Frye RC

41 Ramon Garcia

42 Brent Gates RC

43 Tom Goodwin

44 Buddy Groom RC

45 Jeff Grotewold

46 Juan Guerrero

47 Johnny Guzman RC

48 Shawn Hare RC

49 Ryan Hawblitzel RC

50 Bert Hefferman

51 Butch Henry

52 Cesar Hernandez RC

53 Vince Horsman

54 Steve Hosey

55 Pat Howell

56 Peter Hoy

57 Jon Hurst RC

58 Mark Hutton RC

59 Shawn Jeter RC

60 Joel Johnston

61 Jeff Kent RC

62 Kurt Knudsen RC

63 Kevin Koslofski

64 Danny Leon

65 Jesse Levis

66 Tom Marsh

67 Ed Martel

68 Al Martin RC

69 Pedro Martinez

70 Derrick May

71 Matt Maysey

72 Russ McGinnis

73 Tim McIntosh

74 Jim McNamara

75 Jeff McNeely

76 Rusty Meacham

77 Tony Menendez

78 Henry Mercedes

79 Paul Miller

80 Joe Millette

81 Blas Minor

82 Dennis Moeller

83 Raul Mondesi

84 Rob Natal

85 Troy Neel RC

86 David Nied RC

87 Jerry Nielsen

88 Donovan Osborne

89 John Patterson RC

90 Roger Pavlik RC

91 Dan Peltier

92 Jim Pena

93 William Pennyfeather

94 Mike Perez

95 Hipolito Pichardo RC

96 Greg Pirkl RC

97 Harvey Pulliam

98 Manny Ramirez RC

99 Pat Rapp RC

100 Jeff Reboulet

101 Darren Reed

102 Shane Reynolds RC

103 Billy Risley

104 Ben Rivera

105 Henry Rodriguez

106 Rico Rossy

107 Johnny Ruffin

108 Steve Scarsone

109 Tim Scott

110 Steve Shifflett

111 Dave Silvestri

112 Matt Stairs RC

113 William Suero

114 Jeff Tackett

115 Eddie Taubensee

116 Rick Trlicek RC

117 Scooter Tucker

118 Shane Turner

119 Julio Valera

120 Paul Wagner RC

121 Tim Wakefield RC

122 Mike Walker

123 Bruce Walton

124 Lenny Webster

125 Bob Wickman

126 Mike Williams RC

127 Kerry Woodson

128 Eric Young RC

129 Kevin Young RC

130 Pete Young

131 Checklist

132 Checklist

Inserts

Phenoms

Phenoms is a 20-card set featuring Donruss' picks of the very best rookies and young prospects. The first twelve cards were randomly inserted into 1992 Donruss The Rookies 12-card packs; while the last eight were inserted one per 1992 Donruss Rookies 30-card jumbo pack.

One of only three MLB-licensed cards of Mike Piazza issued in 1992 is featured within this set. However of the three (Bowman and Fleer Update), this is the only one that is not a "true" rookie card.

BC1 Moises Alou

BC2 Bret Boone

BC3 Jeff Conine

BC4 Dave Fleming

BC5 Tyler Green

BC6 Eric Karros

BC7 Pat Listach

BC8 Kenny Lofton

BC9 Mike Piazza

BC10 Tim Salmon

BC11 Andy Stankiewicz

BC12 Dan Walters

BC13 Ramon Caraballo

BC14 Brian Jordan

BC15 Ryan Klesko

BC16 Sam Militello

BC17 Frank Seminara

BC18 Salomon Torres

BC19 John Valentin

BC20 Wil Cordero

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 =Description=
-After six years of issuing "The Rookies" as a 56-card boxed set, 1992 Donruss The Rookies was expanded to a 132-cards and distributed in foil packs. The card design is the same as the 1992 Donruss regular issue except that the two-tone blue color bars have been replaced by green, as in the previous six Donruss Rookies sets. The set is arranged in alphabetical order and numbered on the back.
+After six years of issuing "The Rookies" as a 56-card boxed set, 1992 Donruss The Rookies was expanded to 132-cards and distributed exclusively in packs. The card design is the same as the [[1992 Donruss]] regular issue except that the two-tone blue color bars have been replaced by green. The set is arranged in alphabetical order and numbered on the back.
-Rookie Cards in this set include Jeff Kent, Manny Ramirez, Matt Stairs, Tim Wakefield and Eric Young. In addition an early card of Pedro Martinez is featured.  The rookie selection was hindered by Donruss' decision to pull 20 players from the base set and include them in the "Phenoms" insert set.
+Prominent rookie cards in this set include Jeff Kent, Manny Ramirez, Matt Stairs, Tim Wakefield and Eric Young. In addition, an early card of Pedro Martinez is featured.  The rookie selection was hindered by Donruss' decision to pull 20 players from the base set and include them in the "Phenoms" insert set -- one of the 20 was Mike Piazza.  Piazza's Phenoms insert is one of only three cards issued of him in 1992, and the only one NOT a "true" rookie.
 This would be the last Donruss The Rookies set issued until Donruss-Playoff revived the set in [[2001 Donruss The Rookies | 2001]].