1986 Donruss The Rookies

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Description

1986 Donruss The Rookies 56-card set. The Rookies was Donruss's second attempt at a post-season "update" set, following on the heels of the successful debut of Donruss Highlights the previous year. Unlike Topps Traded or Fleer Update, "DTR" focused exclusively on players who made their Major League debut during the 1986 season.

Like Highlights, each 56-card set was set was wrapped in cellophane and distributed in a box that resembled a deck of playing cards and came packaged with a 15-piece mini puzzle of Hank Aaron. Unfortunately, the cellophane wrap caused a percentage of the Wally Joyner cards arriving in less than perfect condition as he was the top card in each "deck." Donruss was able to fix the problem after it was called to their attention and even went so far as to include a card with their customer services department's phone number in their second printing.

The design is similar 1986 Donruss set except for the presence of "The Rookies" logo in the lower left corner, a bluish green border, and the application of a glossy coating to the front of each card.

Key XRCs in this set include Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Will Clark, Bo Jackson, Wally Joyner, John Kruk, and, of course Bip Roberts.

Distribution

Factory set: 56 cards plus one Hank Aaron mini puzzle. Hobby only. 60 sets per case.

Reviews

Checklist

  • 1 Wally Joyner XRC
  • 2 Tracy Jones
  • 3 Allan Anderson
  • 4 Ed Correa
  • 5 Reggie Williams
  • 6 Charlie Kerfeld
  • 7 Andres Galarraga
  • 8 Bob Tewksbury XRC
  • 9 Al Newman
  • 10 Andres Thomas
  • 11 Barry Bonds XRC
  • 12 Juan Nieves
  • 13 Mark Eichhorn
  • 14 Dan Plesac
  • 15 Cory Snyder
  • 16 Kelly Gruber
  • 17 Kevin Mitchell XRC
  • 18 Steve Lombardozzi
  • 19 Mitch Williams XRC
  • 20 John Cerutti
  • 21 Todd Worrell
  • 22 Jose Canseco XRC
  • 23 Pete Incaviglia XRC
  • 24 Jose Guzman XRC
  • 25 Scott Bailes
  • 26 Greg Mathews
  • 27 Eric King
  • 28 Paul Assenmacher
  • 29 Jeff Sellers
  • 30 Bobby Bonilla XRC
  • 31 Doug Drabek
  • 32 Will Clark XRC
  • 33 Bip Roberts XRC
  • 34 Jim Deshaies
  • 35 Mike LaValliere
  • 36 Scott Bankhead
  • 37 Dale Sveum
  • 38 Bo Jackson XRC
  • 39 Robby Thompson XRC
  • 40 Eric Plunk
  • 41 Bill Bathe
  • 42 John Kruk XRC
  • 43 Andy Allanson XRC
  • 44 Mark Portugal
  • 45 Danny Tartabull
  • 46 Bob Kipper
  • 47 Gene Walter
  • 49 Bobby Witt XRC
  • 50 Bill Mooneyham
  • 51 John Cangelosi
  • 52 Ruben Sierra
  • 53 Rob Woodward
  • 54 Ed Hearn
  • 55 Joel McKeon
  • 56 Checklist 1-56
  • 48 Rey Quinones (Misspelled Quinonez)