1986 Donruss
Description
1986 Donruss set consists of 660 cards. The card fronts feature thinly striped blue and black borders, around a parallelogram-shaped photo; a standard team logo, player name & position, and a Donruss logo. For the fifth year in a row, the first 26 cards of the set are Diamond Kings; the artwork was again produced by the Perez-Steele Galleries. Cards 27-46 make up the Rated Rookies. There are seven checklists which are numbered 1-6 with an unnumbered Diamond King checklist.
Rookie Cards in this set include Jose Canseco, Darren Daulton, Len Dykstra, Cecil Fielder, Andres Galarraga, Fred McGriff and Paul O'Neill.
'86 Donruss also features the only true rookie card of future Oakland A's General Manager Billy "Moneyball" Beane.
Jose Canseco's card was one of the hottest rookie cards of the late-80s, and at one time was selling for as much as $100 right out of the pack. Needless to say, this card has been heavily counterfeited.
Distribution
Wax: 36 packs per box; 15 cards plus one Hank Aaron puzzle panel per pack; 20 boxes per case.
Rack: 45 cards plus three Hank Aaron puzzle panels per pack; 72 packs per case. Advertised as "Value Pack"
Factory Sets: 15 sets per case.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 660 | - | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
Diamond Kings
1 Kirk Gibson
2 Goose Gossage
3 Willie McGee
4 George Bell
5 Tony Armas
6 Chili Davis
7 Cecil Cooper
8 Mike Boddicker
9 Davey Lopes
10 Bill Doran
11 Bret Saberhagen
12 Brett Butler
13 Harold Baines
14 Mike Davison
15 Tony Perez
16 Willie Randolph
17 Bob Boone
18 Orel Hershiser
19 Johnny Ray
20 Gary Ward
21 Rick Mahler
22 Phil Bradley
23 Jerry Koosman
24 Tom Brunansky
25 Andre Dawson
26 Dwight Gooden
Rated Rookies
27 Kal Daniels RC
28 Fred McGriff RC
29 Cory Snyder
30 Jose Guzman RC
31 Ty Gainey RC
32 Johnny Abrego RC
33 Andres Galarraga RC, COR
34 Dave Shipanoff RC
35 Mark McLemore RC
36 Marty Clary RC
37 Paul O'Neill RC
38 Danny Tartabull
39 Jose Canseco RC
40 Juan Nieves RC
41 Lance McCullers RC
42 Rich Surhoff RC
43 Todd Worrell RC
44 Bob Kipper RC
45 John Habyan RC
46 Mike Woodard RC
Veterans
47 Mike Boddicker
48 Robin Yount
49 Lou Whitaker
50 Oil Can Boyd
51 Rickey Henderson
52 Mike Marshall
53 George Brett
54 Dave Kingman
55 Hubie Brooks
56 Oddibe McDowell
57 Doug DeCinces
58 Britt Burns
59 Ozzie Smith
60 Jose Cruz
61 Mike Schmidt
62 Pete Rose
63 Steve Garvey
64 Tony Pena
65 Chili Davis
66 Dale Murphy
67 Ryne Sandberg
68 Gary Carter
69 Alvin Davis
70 Kent Hrbek
71 George Bell
72 Kirby Puckett
73 Lloyd Moseby
74 Bob Kearney
75 Dwight Gooden
76 Gary Matthews
77 Rick Mahler
78 Benny Distefano
79 Jeffrey Leonard
80 Kevin McReynolds
81 Ron Oester
82 John Russell
83 Tom Herr
84 Jerry Mumphrey
85 Ron Romanick
86 Daryl Boston
87 Andre Dawson
88 Eddie Murray
89 Dion James
90 Chet Lemon
91 Bob Stanley
92 Willie Randolph
93 Mike Scioscia
94 Tom Waddell
95 Darrell Jackson
96 Mike Davison
97 Justin Fitzgerald
98 Gary Ward
99 Pete O'Brien
100 Bret Saberhagen
101 Alfredo Griffin
102 Brett Butler
103 Ron Guidry
104 Jerry Reuss
105 Jack Morrissey
106 Rick Dempsey
107 Ray Burris
108 Brian Downing
109 Willie McGee
110 Bill Doran
111 Kent Tekulve
112 Tony Gwynn
113 Marvell Wynne
114 David Green
115 Jim Gantner
116 George Foster
117 Steve Trout
118 Mark Langston
119 Tony Fernandez
120 John Butcher
121 Ron Robinson
122 Dan Spillner
123 Mike Young
124 Paul Molitor
125 Kirk Gibson
126 Ken Griffey, Sr.
127 Tony Armas
128 Mariano Duncan RC
129 Pat Tabler "Mr. Clutch"
130 Frank White
131 Carney Lansford
132 Vance Law
133 Dick Schofield
134 Wayne Tolleson
135 Greg Walker
136 Denny Walling
137 Ozzie Virgil
138 Ricky Horton
139 La Marr Hoyt
140 Wayne Krenchicki
141 Glenn Hubbard
142 CeciIio Guante
143 Mike Krukow
144 Lee Smith
145 Edwin Nunez
146 Dave Stieb
147 Mike Smithson
148 Ken Dixon
149 Danny Darwin
150 Chris Pittaro RC
151 Bill Buckner
152 Mike Pagliarulo
153 Bill Russell
154 Brook Jacoby
155 Pat Sheridan
156 Mike Gallego RC
157 Jim Wohlford
158 Gary Pettis
159 Toby Harrah
160 Richard Dotson
161 Bob Knepper
162 Dave Dravecky
163 Greg Gross
164 Eric Davis
165 Gerald Perry
166 Rick Rhoden
167 Keith Moreland
168 Jack Clark
169 Storm Davis
170 Cecil Cooper
171 Alan Trammell
172 Roger Clemens
173 Don Mattingly
174 Pedro Guerrero
175 Willie Wilson
176 Dwayne Murphy
177 Tim Raines
178 Larry Parrish
179 Mike Witt
180 Harold Baines
181 Vince Coleman RC, UER
182 Jeff Heath RC
183 Steve Carlton
184 Mario Soto
185 Goose Gossage
186 Johnny Ray
187 Dan Gladden
188 Bob Horner
189 Rick Sutcliffe
190 Keith Hernandez
191 Phil Bradley
192 Tom Brunansky
193 Jesse Barfield
194 Frank Viola
195 Willie Upshaw
196 Jim Beattie
197 Darryl Strawberry
198 Ron Cey
199 Steve Bedrosian
200 Steve Kemp
201 Manny Trillo
202 Garry Templeton
203 Dave Parker
204 John Denny
205 Terry Pendleton
206 Terry Puhl
207 Bobby Grich
208 Ozzie Guillen RC
209 Jeff Reardon
210 Cal Ripken, Jr.
211 Bill Schroeder
212 Dan Petry
213 Jim Rice
214 Dave Righetti
215 Fernando Valenzuela
216 Julio Franco
217 Darryl Motley
218 Dan Collins
219 Tim Wallach
220 George Wright
221 Tom Dunbar
222 Steve Balboni
223 Jay Howell
224 Joe Carter
225 Ed Whitson
226 Orel Hershiser
227 Willie Hernandez
228 Lee Lacy
229 Rollie Fingers
230 Bob Boone
231 Joaquin Andujar
232 Craig Reynolds
233 Shane Rawley
234 Eric Show
235 Jose DeLeon
236 Jose Uribe RC
237 Moose Haas
238 Wally Backman
239 Dennis Eckersley
240 Mike Moore
241 Damaso Garcia
242 Tim Teufel
243 Dave Concepcion
244 Floyd Bannister
245 Fred Lynn
246 Charlie Moore
247 Walt Terrell
248 Dave Winfield
249 Dwight Evans
250 Dennis Powell RC
251 Andre Thornton
252 Onix Concepcion
253 Mickey Heath
254 Dave Palmer COR, (Listed as "P")
255 Donnie Moore
256 Curtis Wilkerson
257 Julio Cruz
258 Nolan Ryan
259 Jeff Stone
260 John Tudor
261 Mark Thurmond
262 Jay Tibbs
263 Rafael Ramirez
264 Larry McWilliams
265 Mark Davis
266 Bob Dernier
267 Matt Young
268 Jim Clancy
269 Mickey Hatcher
270 Sammy Stewart
271 Bob Gibson
272 Nelson Simmons RC
273 Rich Gedman
274 Butch Wynegar
275 Ken Howell
276 Mel Hall
277 Jim Sundberg
278 Chris Codiroli
279 Herm Winningham RC
280 Rod Carew
281 Don Slaught
282 Scott Fletcher
283 Bill Dawley
284 Andy Hawkins
285 Glenn Wilson
286 Nick Esasky
287 Claudell Washington
288 Lee Mazzilli
289 John Davis
290 Dan Porter
291 Scott McGregor
292 Ted Simmons
293 Aurelio Lopez
294 Marty Barrett
295 Dale Berra
296 Greg Brock
297 Charlie Leibrandt
298 Bill Krueger
299 Bryn Smith
300 Burt Hooton
301 Stan Cliburn RC
302 Luis Salazar
303 Ken Dayley
304 Frank DiPino
305 Von Hayes
306 Gary Redus
307 Craig Lefferts
308 Sam Khalifa RC
309 Scott Garrelts
310 Rick Cerone
311 Shawon Dunston
312 Howard Johnson
313 Jim Presley
314 Gary Gaetti
315 Luis Leal
316 Mark Salas
317 Bill Caudill
318 Dave Henderson
319 Rafael Santana
320 Leon Durham
321 Bruce Sutter
322 Jason Thompson
323 Bob Brenly
324 Carmelo Martinez
325 Eddie Milner
326 Juan Samuel
327 Tom Nieto
328 Dave Smith
329 Urbano Lugo RC
330 Joel Skinner
331 Bill Gullickson
332 Floyd Rayford
333 Ben Oglivie
334 Lance Parrish
335 Jackie Gutierrez
336 Dennis Rasmussen
337 Terry Whitfield
338 Neal Heaton
339 Jorge Orta
340 Donnie Hill
341 Joe Hesketh
342 Charlie Hough
343 Dave Rozema
344 Greg Pryor
345 Mickey Tettleton RC
346 George Vukovich
347 Don Baylor
348 Carlos Diaz
349 Barbaro Garbey
350 Larry Sheets
351 Teddy Higuera RC
352 Juan Beniquez
353 Bob Forsch
354 Mark Bailey
355 Larry Andersen
356 Terry Kennedy
357 Don Robinson
358 Jim Gott
359 Ernest Riles RC
360 John Christensen RC
361 Ray Fontenot
362 Spike Owen
363 Jim Acker
364 Ron Davis
365 Tom Hume
366 Carlton Fisk
367 Nate Snell RC
368 Rick Manning
369 Darrell Evans
370 Ron Hassey
371 Wade Boggs
372 Rick Honeycutt
373 Chris Bando
374 Bud Black
375 Steve Henderson
376 Charlie Lea
377 Reggie Jackson
378 Dave Schmidt
379 Bob James
380 Glenn Davis
381 Tim Corcoran
382 Danny Cox
383 Tim Flannery
384 Tom Browning
385 Rick Camp
386 Jim Morrison
387 Dave LaPoint
388 Davey Lopes
389 Al Cowens
390 Doyle Alexander
391 Tim Laudner
392 Don Aase
393 Jaime Cocanower
394 Randy O'Neal
395 Mike Easler
396 Scott Bradley
397 Tom Niedenfuer
398 Jerry Willard
399 Lonnie Smith
400 Bruce Bochte
401 Terry Francona
402 Jim Slaton
403 Bill Stein
404 Tim Hulett
405 Alan Ashby
406 Tim Stoddard
407 Garry Maddox
408 Ted Power
409 Len Barker
410 Denny Gonzalez
411 George Frazier
412 Andy Van Slyke
413 Jim Dwyer
414 Pat House
415 Alejandro Sanchez
416 Steve Crawford
417 Dan Pasqua
418 Enos Cabell
419 Mike Jones
420 Steve Kiefer
421 Tim Burke RC
422 Mike Mason
423 Ruppert Jones
424 Jerry Hairston
425 Tito Landrum
426 Jeff Calhoun RC
427 Don Carman RC
428 Tony Perez
429 Gerry Davis
430 Bob Walk
431 Brad Wellman
432 Terry Forster
433 Billy Hatcher
434 Clint Hurdle
435 Ivan Calderon RC
436 Pete Filson
437 Tom Henke
438 Dave Engle
439 Tom Filer
440 Gorman Thomas
441 Rick Aguilera RC
442 Scott Sanderson
443 Jeff Dedmon
444 Joe Orsulak RC
445 Atlee Hammaker
446 Jerry Royster
447 Buddy Bell
448 Dave Rucker
449 Ivan DeJesus
450 Jim Pankovits
451 Jerry Narron
452 Bryan Little
453 Gary Lucas
454 Dennis Martinez
455 Ed Romero
456 Bob Melvin RC
457 Glenn Hoffman
458 Bob Shirley
459 Bob Welch
460 Carmen Castillo
461 Dave Leeper RC
462 Tim Birtsas RC
463 Randy St. Claire
464 Chris Welsh
465 Greg Harris
466 Lynn Jones
467 Dusty Baker
468 Roy Smith
469 Andre Robertson
470 Ken Landreaux
471 Dave Bergman
472 Gary Roenicke
473 Pete Vuckovich
474 Kirk McCaskill RC
475 Jeff Lahti
476 Milt Scott
477 Darren Daulton RC
478 Graig Nettles
479 Bill Almon
480 Greg Minton
481 Randy Ready
482 Lenny Dykstra RC
483 Thad Bosley
484 Harold Reynolds RC
485 Al Oliver
486 Roy Smalley
487 John Franco
488 Juan Agosto
489 Al Pardo RC
490 Bill Wegman RC
491 Frank Tanana
492 Brian Fisher RC
493 Mark Clear
494 Len Matuszek
495 Ramon Romero RC
496 John Wathan
497 Rob Picciolo
498 U.L. Washington
499 John Candelaria
500 Duane Walker
501 Gene Nelson
502 John Mizerock
503 Luis Aguayo
504 Kurt Kepshire
505 Ed Wojna RC
506 Joe Price
507 Milt Thompson RC
508 Junior Ortiz
509 Vida Blue
510 Steve Engel RC
511 Karl Best RC
512 Cecil Fielder RC
513 Frank Eufemia RC
514 Tippy Martinez
515 Billy Jo Robidoux RC
516 Bill Scherrer
517 Bruce Hurst
518 Rich Bordi
519 Steve Yeager
520 Tony Bernazard
521 Hal McRae
522 Jose Rijo
523 Mitch Webster RC
524 Jack Howell RC
525 Alan Bannister
526 Ron Kittle
527 Phil Garner
528 Kurt Bevacqua
529 Kevin Gross
530 Bo Diaz
531 Ken Oberkfell
532 Rick Reuschel
533 Ron Meridith RC
534 Steve Braun
535 Wayne Gross
536 Ray Searage
537 Tom Brookens
538 Al Nipper
539 Billy Sample
540 Steve Sax
541 Dan Quisenberry
542 Tom Phillips
543 Floyd Youmans RC
544 Steve Buechele RC
545 Craig Gerber RC
546 Joe DeSa RC
547 Brian Harper
548 Kevin Bass
549 Tom Foley
550 Dave Van Gorder
551 Bruce Bochy
552 R.J. Reynolds
553 Chris Brown RC
554 Bruce Benedict
555 Warren Brusstar
556 Danny Heep
557 Darnell Coles
558 Greg Gagne
559 Ernie Whitt
560 Ron Washington
561 Jimmy Key
562 Bill Swift
563 Ron Darling
564 Dick Ruthven
565 Zane Smith
566 Sid Bream
567 Joel Youngblood COR (Listed as "IF")
568 Mario Ramirez
569 Tom Runnells RC
570 Rick Schu
571 Bill Campbell
572 Dickie Thon
573 Al Holland
574 Reid Nichols
575 Bert Roberge
576 Mike Flanagan
577 Tim Leary
578 Mike Laga
579 Steve Lyons
580 Phil Niekro
581 Gilberto Reyes RC
582 Jamie Easterly
583 Mark Gubicza
584 Stan Javier RC
585 Bill Laskey
586 Jeff Russell
587 Dickie Noles
588 Steve Farr
589 Steve Ontiveros RC
590 Mike Hargrove
591 Marty Bystrom
592 Franklin Stubbs
593 Larry Herndon
594 Bill Swaggerty
595 Carlos Ponce RC
596 Pat Perry RC
597 Ray Knight
598 Steve Lombardozzi RC
599 Brad Havens
600 Pat Clements RC
601 Joe Niekro
602 Hank Aaron Puzzle
603 Dwayne Henry RC
604 Mookie Wilson
605 Buddy Biancalana
606 Rance Mulliniks
607 Alan Wiggins
608 Joe Cowley
609 Tom Seaver
610 Neil Allen
611 Don Sutton
612 Freddie Toliver RC
613 Jay Baller RC
614 Marty Sullivan RC
615 Johnny Grubb
616 Bruce Kison
617 Bill Madlock
618 Chris Chambliss
619 Dave Stewart
620 Tim Lollar
621 Gary Lavelle
622 Charlie Hudson
623 Joel Davis RC
624 Joe Johnson RC
625 Sid Fernandez
626 Dennis Lamp
627 Terry Harper
628 Jack Lazorko
629 Roger McDowell RC
630 Mark Funderburk RC
631 Ed Lynch
632 Rudy Law
633 Roger Mason RC
634 Mike Felder RC
635 Ken Schrom
636 Bob Ojeda
637 Ed Vande Berg
638 Bob Meacham
639 Cliff Johnson
640 Garth Iorg
641 Dan Driessen
642 Mike Brown
643 John Shelby
644 Pete Rose "Tie-Breaking"
645 "Knuckle Brothers" P. Niekro/J. Niekro
646 Jesse Orosco
647 Billy Beane RC
648 Cesar Cedeno
649 Bert Blyleven
650 Max Venable
651 "Fleet Feet" V. Coleman/W. McGee
652 Calvin Schiraldi
653 Pete Rose "King of Kings"
Checklists
NNO Diamond Kings Checklist
CL1 Checklist #1 COR (#45 Habyan)
CL2 Checklist #2
CL3 Checklist #3
CL4 Checklist #4
CL5 Checklist #5
CL6 Checklist #6
Errors & Variations
33 Andres Galarraga RC, ERR (Spelled "Andre's")
254 David Palmer ERR (Position listed as "2B" on front)
567 Joel Youngblood ERR (Position listed as "P")
609 Tom Seaver (Yellow lines framing name)
CL1 Checklist #1 ERR (#45 Beane)
Parallels
Super Diamond Kings
This 29-card set parallels the Diamond Kings subset and was available exclusively from Perez-Steele Galleries through a wrapper redemption offer. Collector's could obtain the set for $9 and three 1986 Donruss wrappers. Each card measures 4 7/8" by 6 13/16". In addition to the 26 Diamond Kings, the set also includes the Hank Aaron Puzzle card (#602), the Pete Rose "King of Kings" card (#653), and the unnumbered Diamond King checklist. The Super Diamond Kings are tough to find as singles, and have became a favorite of 1980s autograph collectors.
Inserts
Hank Aaron Puzzle
In order to get around the MLB licensing requirement that all baseball cards be tied with "something," Donruss created a 63-piece jigsaw puzzle of Hank Aaron. Each wax pack contained one, three-piece, panel; and factory sets had the full set of 21 panels.
Box Bottoms
This four-card set was printed on the underside of each waxbox. The four cards (sequentially-numbered #PC4-PC6 plus an unnumbered a Hank Aaron puzzle card) are considered a separate set in their own right and are not typically included in a complete set of the regular issue 1986 Donruss cards. The three cards are sequentially-numbered as a continuation of the previous year's Box Bottom set. The value of the panel uncut is slightly greater, perhaps by 25 percent greater, than the value of the individual cards cut up carefully.
PC4 Kirk Gibson
PC5 Willie Hernandez
PC6 Doug DeCinces
NNO Hank Aaron Puzzle