1987 Donruss
Contents
Description
1987 Donruss is a 660-card set. All packs included three pieces of a Roberto Clemente puzzle and the factory sets contained a complete puzzle.
Considered last set in the "Golden Age of Donruss," the regular-issue cards feature a black and gold border on the front that is very condition sensitive. Quality control issues plague the wax edition of the product. Collectors seeking Gem Mint copies of '87 Donruss cards are advised to look for a factory set.
The backs of the cards in the factory sets are oriented differently than cards taken from wax packs, giving the appearance that one version or the other is upside down when sorting from the card backs. There are no premiums or discounts for either version.
The popular Diamond King subset returns for the sixth consecutive year. Some of the Diamond King (1-26) selections are repeats from prior years; Perez-Steele Galleries had indicated in 1987 that a five-year rotation would be maintained in order to avoid depleting the pool of available worthy "kings" on some of the teams. The rich selection of Rookie Cards in this set include Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Kevin Brown, Will Clark, David Cone, Chuck Finley, Bo Jackson, Wally Joyner, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux and Rafael Palmeiro.
Distribution
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 660 | - | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Wally Joyner DK
2 Roger Clemens DK
3 Dale Murphy DK
4 Darryl Strawberry DK
5 Ozzie Smith DK
6 Jose Canseco DK
7 Charlie Hough DK
8 Brook Jacoby DK
9 Fred Lynn DK
10 Rick Rhoden DK
11 Chris Brown DK
12 Von Hayes DK
13 Jack Morris DK
14 Kevin McReynolds DK COR
15 George Brett DK
16 Teddy Higuera DK
17 Hubie Brooks DK
18 Milt Scott DK
19 Kirby Puckett DK
20 Dave Winfield DK
21 Lloyd Moseby DK
22 Eric Davis DK COR
23 Jim Presley DK
24 Keith Moreland DK
25 Greg Walker DK COR
26 Steve Sax DK
27 Diamond Kings Checklist
28 B.J. Surhoff RR RC
29 Randy Myers RR
30 Ken Gerhart RR RC
31 Benito Santiago RR RC
32 Greg Swindell RR RC
33 Mike Birkbeck RR RC
34 Terry Steinbach RR RC
35 Bo Jackson RR RC
36 Greg Maddux RR RC
37 Jim Lindeman RR
38 Devon White RR RC
39 Eric Bell Rated RR
40 Willie Fraser RR
41 Jerry Browne RR
42 Chris James RR
43 Rafael Palmeiro RR RC
44 Pat Dodson RR
45 Duane Ward RR
46 Mark McGwire RR
47 Bruce Fields UER RR RC
48 Eddie Murray
49 Teddy Higuera
50 Kirk Gibson
51 Oil Can Boyd
52 Don Mattingly
53 Pedro Guerrero
54 George Brett
55 Jose Rijo
56 Tim Raines
57 Ed Correa
58 Mike Witt
59 Greg Walker
60 Ozzie Smith
61 Glenn Davis
62 Glenn Wilson
63 Tom Browning
64 Tony Gwynn
65 R.J. Reynolds
66 Will Clark RC
67 Ozzie Virgil
68 Rick Sutcliffe
69 Gary Carter
70 Mike Moore
71 Bert Blyleven
72 Tony Fernandez
73 Kent Hrbek
74 Lloyd Moseby
75 Alvin Davis
76 Keith Hernandez
77 Ryne Sandberg
78 Dale Murphy
79 Sid Bream
80 Chris Brown
81 Steve Garvey
82 Mario Soto
83 Shane Rawley
84 Willie McGee
85 Jose Cruz
86 Brian Downing
87 Ozzie Guillen
88 Hubie Brooks
89 Cal Ripken, Jr.
90 Juan Nieves
91 Lance Parrish
92 Jim Rice
93 Ron Guidry
94 Fernando Valenzuela
95 Andy Allanson RC
96 Willie Wilson
97 Jose Canseco
98 Jeff Reardon
99 Bobby Witt
100 Checklist 28-133
101 Jose Guzman
102 Steve Balboni
103 Tom Phillips
104 Brook Jacoby
105 Dave Winfield
106 Orel Hershiser
107 Lou Whitaker
108 Fred Lynn
109 Bill Wegman
110 Donnie Moore
111 Jack Clark
112 Bob Knepper
113 Von Hayes
114 Bip Roberts RC
115 Tony Pena
116 Scott Garrelts
117 Paul Molitor
118 Darryl Strawberry
119 Shawon Dunston
120 Jim Presley
121 Jesse Barfield
122 Gary Gaetti
123 Kurt Stillwell
124 Joel Davis
125 Mike Boddicker
126 Robin Yount
127 Alan Trammell
128 Dave Righetti
129 Dwight Evans
130 Mike Scioscia
131 Julio Franco
132 Bret Saberhagen
133 Mike Davis
134 Joe Hesketh
135 Wally Joyner RC
136 Don Slaught
137 Daryl Boston
138 Nolan Ryan
139 Mike Schmidt
140 Tom Herr
141 Garry Templeton
142 Kal Daniels
143 Billy Sample
144 Johnny Ray
145 Robby Thompson
146 Bob Dernier
147 Danny Tartabull
148 Ernie Whitt
149 Kirby Puckett
150 Mike Young
151 Ernest Riles
152 Frank Tanana
153 Rich Gedman
154 Willie Randolph
155 Bill Madlock
156 Joe Carter
157 Danny Jackson
158 Carney Lansford
159 Bryn Smith
160 Gary Pettis
161 Oddibe McDowell
162 John Cangelosi
163 Milt Scott
164 Eric Show
165 Juan Samuel
166 Nick Esasky
167 Zane Smith
168 Mike Brown
169 Keith Moreland
170 John Tudor
171 Ken Dixon
172 Jim Gantner
173 Jack Morris
174 Bruce Hurst
175 Dennis Rasmussen
176 Mike Marshall
177 Dan Quisenberry
178 Eric Plunk
179 Tim Wallach
180 Steve Buechele
181 Don Sutton
182 Dave Schmidt
183 Terry Pendleton
184 Jim Deshaies
185 Steve Bedrosian
186 Pete Rose
187 Dave Dravecky
188 Rick Reuschel
189 Dan Gladden
190 Rick Mahler
191 Thad Bosley
192 Ron Darling
193 Matt Young
194 Tom Brunansky
195 Dave Stieb
196 Frank Viola
197 Tom Henke
198 Karl Best
199 Dwight Gooden
200 Checklist 134-209
201 Steve Trout
202 Rafael Ramirez
203 Bob Walk
204 Roger Mason
205 Terry Kennedy
206 Ron Oester
207 Jeff Russell
208 Greg Mathews
209 Charlie Kerfeld
210 Reggie Jackson
211 Floyd Bannister
212 Vance Law
213 Rich Bordi
214 Dan Plesac
215 Dan Collins
216 Bob Stanley
217 Joe Niekro
218 Tom Niedenfuer
219 Brett Butler
220 Charlie Leibrandt
221 Steve Ontiveros
222 Tim Burke
223 Curtis Wilkerson
224 Pete Incaviglia RC
225 Lonnie Smith
226 Chris Codiroli
227 Scott Bailes
228 Rickey Henderson
229 Ken Howell
230 Darnell Coles
231 Don Aase
232 Tim Leary
233 Bob Boone
234 Ricky Horton
235 Mark Bailey
236 Kevin Gross
237 Lance McCullers
238 CeciIio Guante
239 Bob Melvin
240 Billy Jo Robidoux
241 Roger McDowell
242 Leon Durham
243 Edwin Nunez
244 Jimmy Key
245 Mike Smithson
246 Bo Diaz
247 Carlton Fisk
248 Larry Sheets
249 Juan Castillo RC
250 Eric King
251 Doug Drabek
252 Wade Boggs
253 Mariano Duncan
254 Pat Tabler
255 Frank White
256 Alfredo Griffin
257 Floyd Youmans
258 Rob Wilfong
259 Pete O'Brien
260 Tim Hulett
261 Dickie Thon
262 Darren Daulton
263 Vince Coleman
264 Andy Hawkins
265 Eric Davis
266 Andres Thomas
267 Mike Diaz
268 Chili Davis
269 Jody Davis
270 Phil Bradley
271 George Bell
272 Keith Atherton
273 Storm Davis
274 Rob Deer
275 Walt Terrell
276 Roger Clemens
277 Mike Easler
278 Steve Sax
279 Andre Thornton
280 Jim Sundberg
281 Bill Bathe
282 Jay Tibbs
283 Dick Schofield
284 Mike Mason
285 Jerry Hairston
286 Bill Doran
287 Tim Flannery
288 Gary Redus
289 John Franco
290 Paul Assenmacher
291 Joe Orsulak
292 Lee Smith
293 Mike Laga
294 Rick Dempsey
295 Mike Felder
296 Tom Brookens
297 Al Nipper
298 Mike Pagliarulo
299 Franklin Stubbs
300 Checklist 240-345
301 Steve Farr
302 Bill Mooneyham
303 Andres Galarraga
304 Scott Fletcher
305 Jack Howell
306 Russ Morman
307 Todd Worrell
308 Dave Smith
309 Jeff Stone
310 Ron Robinson
311 Bruce Bochy
312 Jim Winn
313 Mark Davis
314 Jeff Dedmon
315 Jamie Moyer RC
316 Wally Backman
317 Ken Phelps
318 Steve Lombardozzi
319 Rance Mulliniks
320 Tim Laudner
321 Mark Eichhorn
322 Lee Guetterman
323 Sid Fernandez
324 Jerry Mumphrey
325 Dave Palmer
326 Bill Almon
327 Candy Maldonado
328 John Kruk RC
329 John Denny
330 Mike Thompson
331 Mike LaValliere
332 Alan Ashby
333 Doug Corbett
334 Ron Karkovice
335 Mitch Webster
336 Lee Lacy
337 Glenn Braggs RC
338 Dwight Lowry
339 Don Baylor
340 Brian Fisher
341 Reggie Williams
342 Tom Candiotti
343 Rudy Law
344 Curt Young
345 Justin Fitzgerald
346 Ruben Sierra RC
347 Mitch Williams
348 Jorge Orta
349 Mickey Tettleton
350 Ernie Camacho
351 Ron Kittle
352 Ken Landreaux
353 Chet Lemon
354 John Shelby
355 Mark Clear
356 Doug DeCinces
357 Ken Dayley
358 Phil Garner
359 Steve Jeltz
360 Ed Whitson
361 Barry Bonds RC
362 Vida Blue
363 Cecil Cooper
364 Bob Ojeda
365 Dennis Eckersley
366 Mike Morgan
367 Willie Upshaw
368 Alf Anderson RC
369 Bill Gullickson
370 Bobby Thigpen
371 Juan Beniquez
372 Charlie Moore
373 Dan Petry
374 Rod Scurry
375 Tom Seaver
376 Ed Vande Berg
377 Tony Bernazard
378 Greg Pryor
379 Dwayne Murphy
380 Andy McGaffigan
381 Kirk McCaskill
382 Greg Harris
383 Richard Dotson
384 Craig Reynolds
385 Greg Gross
386 Tito Landrum
387 Craig Lefferts
388 Dave Parker
389 Bob Horner
390 Pat Clements
391 Jeffrey Leonard
392 Chris Speier
393 John Moses
394 Garth Iorg
395 Greg Gagne
396 Nate Snell
397 Bryan Clutterbuck
398 Darrell Evans
399 Steve Crawford
400 Checklist 346-451
401 Phil Lombardi
402 Rick Honeycutt
403 Ken Schrom
404 Bud Black
405 Donnie Hill
406 Wayne Krenchicki
407 Chuck Finley
408 Toby Harrah
409 Steve Lyons
410 Kevin Bass
411 Marvell Wynne
412 Ron Roenicke
413 Tracy Jones
414 Gene Garber
415 Mike Bielecki
416 Frank DiPino
417 Andy Van Slyke
418 Jim Dwyer
419 Ben Oglivie
420 Dave Bergman
421 Joe Sambito
422 Bob Tewksbury
423 Len Matuszek
424 Mike Kingery RC
425 Dave Kingman
426 Al Newman RC
427 Gary Ward
428 Ruppert Jones
429 Harold Baines
430 Parson Perryman
431 Terry Puhl
432 Don Carman
433 Eddie Milner
434 La Marr Hoyt
435 Rick Rhoden
436 Jose Uribe
437 Ken Oberkfell
438 Ron Davis
439 Jesse Orosco
440 Scott Bradley
441 Randy Bush
442 John Cerutti
443 Roy Smalley
444 Kelly Gruber
445 Bob Kearney
446 Ed Hearne
447 Scott Sanderson
448 Bruce Benedict
449 Junior Ortiz
450 Mike Aldrete
451 Kevin McReynolds
452 Rob Murphy
453 Kent Tekulve
454 Curt Ford
455 Davey Lopes
456 Bobby Grich
457 Jose DeLeon
458 Andre Dawson
459 Mike Flanagan
460 Joey Meyer
461 Chuck Cary
462 Bill Buckner
463 Bob Shirley
464 Jeff Hamilton
465 Phil Niekro
466 Mark Gubicza
467 Jerry Willard
468 Bob Sebra
469 Larry Parrish
470 Charlie Hough
471 Hal McRae
472 Dave Leiper
473 Mel Hall
474 Dan Pasqua
475 Bob Welch
476 Johnny Grubb
477 Jim Traber
478 Chris Bosio RC
479 Mark McLemore
480 John Morris
481 Billy Hatcher
482 Dan Schatzeder
483 Goose Gossage
484 Jim Morrison
485 Bob Brenly
486 Bill Schroeder
487 Mookie Wilson
488 Dave Martinez RC
489 Harold Reynolds
490 Jeff Hearron
491 Mickey Hatcher
492 Barry Larkin RC
493 Bob James
494 John Habyan
495 Jim Adduci
496 Mickey Heath
497 Tim Stoddard
498 Tony Armas
499 Dennis Powell
500 Checklist 452-557
501 Chris Bando
502 David Cone RC
503 Jay Howell
504 Tom Foley
505 Ray Chadwick
506 Mike Loynd RC
507 Neil Allen
508 Danny Darwin
509 Rick Schu
510 Jose Oquendo
511 Gene Walter
512 Terry McGriff
513 Ken Griffey
514 Benny Distefano
515 Terry Mulholland
516 Ed Lynch
517 Bill Swift
518 Manuel Lee
519 Andre David
520 Scott McGregor
521 Rick Manning
522 Willie Hernandez
523 Marty Barrett
524 Wayne Tolleson
525 Joe Gonzales RC
526 Cory Snyder
527 Buddy Biancalana
528 Moose Haas
529 Wilfredo Tejada
530 Stan Cliburn
531 Dale Mohorcic
532 Ron Hassey
533 Ty Gainey
534 Jerry Royster
535 Mike Maddux
536 Ted Power
537 Ted Simmons
538 Rafael Belliard
539 Chico Walker
540 Bob Forsch
541 John Stefero
542 Dale Sveum
543 Mark Thurmond
544 Jeff Sellers
545 Joel Skinner
546 Alex Trevino
547 Randy Kutcher
548 Joaquin Andujar
549 Casey Candaele
550 Jeff Russell
551 John Candelaria
552 Joe Cowley
553 Danny Cox
554 Denny Walling
555 Bruce Ruffin RC
556 Buddy Bell
557 Jimmy Jones
558 Bobby Bonilla RC
559 Jeff Robinson
560 Ed Olwine
561 Glenallen Hill
562 Lee Mazzilli
563 Mike Brown
564 George Frazier
565 Mike Sharperson RC
566 Mark Portugal
567 Rick Leach
568 Mark Langston
569 Rafael Santana
570 Manny Trillo
571 Cliff Speck
572 Bob Kipper
573 Kelly Downs
574 Randy Asadoor
575 Dave Magadan RC
576 Marvin Freeman RC
577 Jeff Lahti
578 Jeff Calhoun
579 Gus Polidor
580 Gene Nelson
581 Tim Teufel
582 Odell Jones
583 Mark Ryal
584 Randy O'Neal
585 Mike Greenwell RC
586 Ray Knight
587 Ralph Bryant
588 Carmen Castillo
589 Ed Wojna
590 Stan Javier
591 Jeff Musselman
592 Mickey Stanley
593 Dan Porter
594 Drew Hall
595 Rocky Nelson
596 Bryan Oelkers
597 Scott Nielsen
598 Brian Holton
599 Kevin Mitchell
600 Checklist 558-660
601 Jackie Gutierrez
602 Barry Jones
603 Jerry Narron
604 Steve Lake
605 Jim Pankovits
606 Ed Romero
607 Dave LaPoint
608 Don Robinson
609 Mike Krukow
610 Dave Valle RC
611 Lenny Dykstra
612 Roberto Clemente PC
613 Mike Trujillo
614 Damaso Garcia
615 Neal Heaton
616 Juan Berenguer
617 Steve Carlton
618 Gary Lucas
619 Geno Petralli
620 Rick Aguilera
621 Fred McGriff
622 Dave Henderson
623 Dad Clarke RC
624 Angel Salazar
625 Randy Hunt
626 Joe Gibbon
627 Kevin Brown RC
628 Bill Dawley
629 Aurelio Lopez
630 Charlie Hudson
631 Ray Soff
632 Ray Hayward
633 Spike Owen
634 Glenn Hubbard
635 Kevin Elster
636 Mike LaCoss
637 Dwayne Henry
638 Rey Quinones
639 Jim Clancy
640 Larry Anderson
641 Calvin Schiraldi
642 Stan Jefferson
643 Marty Sullivan
644 Mark Grant
645 Cliff Johnson
646 Howard Johnson
647 Dave Sax
648 Dave Stewart
649 Danny Heep
650 Joe Johnson
651 Bob Brower
652 Rob Woodward
653 John Mizerock
654 Tim Pyznarski
655 Luis Aquino
656 Mickey Brantley
657 Doyle Alexander
658 Sammy Stewart
659 Jim Acker
660 Pete Ladd
Errors and Variations
14A Kevin McReynolds DK ERR (no color Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back)
14B Kevin McReynolds DK COR (Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back in yellow)
22A Eric Davis DK ERR (no color Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back)
22B Eric Davis DK COR (Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back in yellow)
25A Greg Walker DK ERR (no color Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back)
25B Greg Walker DK COR (Donruss Diamond Kings Ribbon on back in yellow)
47 Bruce Fields UER (Photo actually Darnell Coles)
Parallels
Inserts
Super DK's
This 28-card set parallels the Diamond King subset and was available through a mail-in offer detailed on the wax packs. The set was available for $8.00 and three 1987 Donruss Baseball wrappers plus $1.50 postage and handling. The set features all 26 Donruss Diamond Kings, the Diamond King Checklist, and the Roberto Clemente Puzzle Card in large (approximately 4 7/8" X 6 13/16") form.
Box Bottoms
These four cards were printed on the bottoms of '87 Donruss wax boxes. The four cards (PC10 to PC12 plus a Roberto Clemente puzzle card) are considered a separate set in their own right and are not typically included in a complete set of the regular issue 1987 Donruss cards. The value of the panel uncut is slightly greater, perhaps by 25 percent greater, than the value of the individual cards cut up carefully.
PC10 Dale Murphy
PC11 Jeff Reardon
PC12 Jose Canseco
PUZ Roberto Clemente
