2003 Diamond Kings

Description

2003 Diamond Kings is a 200-card set released in two series. The first 176 cards were issued as part of the regular Diamond Kings product, with the last 26 cards in the base set short-printed. Card #176 was a late addition to the product as is also SPed at a rate even scarcer than that of the other SPs. A typical 24-pack Hobby box should yield eight SPs, six parallels, two inserts, and either an autograph or a game-used memorabilia card.

The final 24 cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2003 DLP Rookie/Traded at the rate of one-per-box.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Diamond Kings Series	176	-	?	?
short set	150	-	?	?
Rookies	9	-	1:6	1:6
Retired Players	16	-	1:6	1:6
DLP Rookie/Traded Series	24	-	1:24*	1:24*
Framed White (DK Series)	176	-	?	?
Framed White (DLP Series)	24	200	?	?
Framed Grey (DK Series)	176	400	?	?
Framed Grey (DLP Series)	24	100	?	?
Framed Black (DK Series)	176	100	?	?
Framed Black (DLP Series)	24	50	?	?
DK Evolution	25	-	1:18	1:36
Heritage Collection	25	-	1:23	1:23
HOF Heroes Reprints	10	-	1:43	1:67
Team Timeline	10	1000	?	?
Recollection	14	varies	?	?
Diamond Cut Collection	110	varies	?	?
Team Timeline Jerseys	10	100	?	?
HOF Heroes Reprints Materials	10	50	?	?
Recollection Autographs	78	varies	?	?

Checklist

Promos

Beckett Samples

Inserted into each January, 2003 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was a 2003 Diamond Kings promo card. These cards partially-parallel the first 100 cards in the base set, but have the word "SAMPLE" stamped in silver foil on the back. On about 10% of the cards, SAMPLE is stamped in gold foil.

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Garret Anderson
• 3 Troy Glaus
• 4 David Eckstein
• 5 Jarrod Washburn
• 6 Adam Kennedy
• 7 Jay Gibbons
• 8 Tony Batista
• 9 Melvin Mora
• 10 Rodrigo Lopez
• 11 Manny Ramirez
• 12 Pedro Martinez
• 13 Nomar Garciaparra
• 14 Rickey Henderson
• 15 Johnny Damon
• 16 Derek Lowe
• 17 Cliff Floyd
• 18 Frank Thomas
• 19 Magglio Ordonez
• 20 Paul Konerko
• 21 Mark Buehrle
• 22 C.C. Sabathia
• 23 Omar Vizquel
• 24 Jim Thome
• 25 Ellis Burks
• 26 Robert Fick
• 27 Bobby Higginson
• 28 Randall Simon
• 29 Carlos Pena
• 30 Carlos Beltran
• 31 Paul Byrd
• 32 Raul Ibanez
• 33 Mike Sweeney
• 34 Torii Hunter
• 35 Corey Koskie
• 36 A.J. Pierzynski
• 37 Cristian Guzman
• 38 Jacque Jones
• 39 Derek Jeter
• 40 Bernie Williams
• 41 Roger Clemens
• 42 Mike Mussina
• 43 Jorge Posada
• 44 Alfonso Soriano
• 45 Jason Giambi
• 46 Robin Ventura
• 47 David Wells
• 48 Tim Hudson
• 49 Barry Zito
• 50 Mark Mulder
• 51 Miguel Tejada
• 52 Eric Chavez
• 53 Jermaine Dye
• 54 Ichiro
• 55 Edgar Martinez
• 56 John Olerud
• 57 Dan Wilson
• 58 Joel Pineiro
• 59 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 60 Freddy Garcia
• 61 Aubrey Huff
• 62 Steve Cox
• 63 Randy Winn
• 64 Alex Rodriguez
• 65 Juan Gonzalez
• 66 Rafael Palmeiro
• 67 Ivan Rodriguez
• 68 Kenny Rogers
• 69 Carlos Delgado
• 70 Eric Hinske
• 71 Roy Halladay
• 72 Vernon Wells
• 73 Shannon Stewart
• 74 Curt Schilling
• 75 Randy Johnson
• 76 Luis Gonzalez
• 77 Mark Grace
• 78 Junior Spivey
• 79 Greg Maddux
• 80 Tom Glavine
• 81 John Smoltz
• 82 Chipper Jones
• 83 Gary Sheffield
• 84 Andruw Jones
• 85 Kerry Wood
• 86 Fred McGriff
• 87 Sammy Sosa
• 88 Mark Prior
• 89 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 90 Barry Larkin
• 91 Adam Dunn
• 92 Sean Casey
• 93 Austin Kearns
• 94 Aaron Boone
• 95 Larry Walker
• 96 Todd Helton
• 97 Jason Jennings
• 98 Jay Payton
• 99 Josh Beckett
• 100 Mike Lowell
• 101 A.J. Burnett
• 102 Jeff Bagwell
• 103 Craig Biggio
• 104 Lance Berkman
• 105 Roy Oswalt
• 106 Wade Miller
• 107 Shawn Green
• 108 Adrian Beltre
• 109 Hideo Nomo
• 110 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 111 Odalis Perez
• 112 Paul Lo Duca
• 113 Ben Sheets
• 114 Richie Sexson
• 115 Jose Hernandez
• 116 Vladimir Guerrero
• 117 Jose Vidro
• 118 Tomo Ohka
• 119 Andres Galarraga
• 120 Bartolo Colon
• 121 Mike Piazza
• 122 Roberto Alomar
• 123 Mo Vaughn
• 124 Al Leiter
• 125 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 126 Pat Burrell
• 127 Bob Abreu
• 128 Mike Lieberthal
• 129 Vicente Padilla
• 130 Marlon Byrd
• 131 Jason Kendall
• 132 Brian Giles
• 133 Aramis Ramirez
• 134 Kip Wells
• 135 Ryan Klesko
• 136 Phil Nevin
• 137 Brian Lawrence
• 138 Sean Burroughs
• 139 Mark Kotsay
• 140 Barry Bonds
• 141 Jeff Kent
• 142 Benito Santiago
• 143 Kirk Rueter
• 144 Jason Schmidt
• 145 Jim Edmonds
• 146 J.D. Drew
• 147 Albert Pujols
• 148 Tino Martinez
• 149 Matt Morris
• 150 Scott Rolen
• 151 Joe Borchard
• 152 Cliff Lee
• 153 Brian Tallet
• 154 Freddy Sanchez
• 155 Chone Figgins
• 156 Kevin Cash
• 157 Justin Wayne
• 158 Ben Kozlowski
• 159 Babe Ruth
• 160 Jackie Robinson
• 161 Ozzie Smith
• 162 Lou Gehrig
• 163 Stan Musial
• 164 Mike Schmidt
• 165 Carlton Fisk
• 166 George Brett
• 167 Dale Murphy
• 168 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 169 Tony Gwynn
• 170 Don Mattingly
• 171 Jack Morris
• 172 Ty Cobb
• 173 Nolan Ryan
• 174 Ryne Sandberg
• 175 Thurman Munson
• 176 Jose Contreras RC

• 177 Hideki Matsui RC
• 178 Jeremy Bonderman RC
• 179 Brandon Webb RC
• 180 Adam Loewen RC
• 181 Chien-Ming Wang RC
• 182 Hong-Chih Kuo RC
• 183 Clint Barmes RC
• 184 Guillermo Quiroz RC
• 185 Edgar Gonzalez RC
• 186 Todd Wellemeyer RC
• 187 Dan Haren RC
• 188 Dustin McGowan RC
• 189 Preston Larrison
• 191 Kevin Youkilis
• 192 Bubba Nelson RC*
• 193 Chris Burke RC
• 194 J.D. Durbin RC
• 195 Ryan Howard
• 196 Jason Kubel RC
• 197 Brendan Harris RC
• 198 Brian Bruney
• 199 Ramon Nivar RC
• 200 Rickie Weeks RC
• 201 Delmon Young RC

Parallels

Framed

All 200 base cards are available in the following Framed parallels.

• White (DK Series: un-numbered; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 200 copies)
• Grey (DK Series: serial-numbered to 400 copies; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 100 copies)
• Black (DK Series: serial-numbered to 100 copies; DLP Series: serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Atlantic City National

Collectors who attended the 2003 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, NJ, and ripped three packs of Diamond Kings at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth would be entitled to receive a special parallel from the 176 Diamond King Series base cards. Each card is serial-numbered to five copies and has an "Atlantic City National" logo embossed.

Chicago Collection

Similar to the Atlantic City set, collectors who attended the March, 2003 Chicago Sun-Times card show and opened three packs of 2003 Diamond Kings at the Donruss-Playoff corporate booth would receive a "Chicago Collection" parallel. Like the Atlantic City set, each card is serial-numbered to five copies and is embossed with a special logo.

Inserts

DK Evolution

DK Evolution is a lenticular set which shows the original Diamond King artwork along with the photograph it was based on.

• DK-1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• DK-2 Ichiro
• DK-3 Randy Johnson
• DK-4 Pedro Martinez
• DK-5 Nolan Ryan
• DK-6 Derek Jeter
• DK-7 Kerry Wood
• DK-8 Alex Rodriguez
• DK-9 Magglio Ordonez
• DK-10 Greg Maddux
• DK-11 Todd Helton
• DK-12 Sammy Sosa
• DK-13 Lou Gehrig
• DK-14 Lance Berkman
• DK-15 Barry Zito
• DK-16 Barry Bonds
• DK-17 Tom Glavine
• DK-18 Shawn Green
• DK-19 Roger Clemens
• DK-20 Nomar Garciaparra
• DK-21 Tony Gwynn
• DK-22 Vladimir Guerrero
• DK-23 Albert Pujols
• DK-24 Chipper Jones
• DK-25 Alfonso Soriano

Heritage Collection

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 20 copies.

• HC-1 Ozzie Smith
• HC-2 Lou Gehrig
• HC-3 Stan Musial
• HC-4 Mike Schmidt
• HC-5 Carlton Fisk
• HC-6 George Brett
• HC-7 Dale Murphy
• HC-8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HC-9 Tony Gwynn
• HC-10 Don Mattingly
• HC-11 Jack Morris
• HC-12 Ty Cobb
• HC-13 Nolan Ryan
• HC-14 Ryne Sandberg
• HC-15 Thurman Munson
• HC-16 Ichiro
• HC-17 Derek Jeter
• HC-18 Greg Maddux
• HC-19 Sammy Sosa
• HC-20 Pedro Martinez
• HC-21 Alex Rodriguez
• HC-22 Roger Clemens
• HC-23 Barry Bonds
• HC-24 Lance Berkman
• HC-25 Vladimir Guerrero

HOF Heroes Reprints

This set features reprints of ten cards from the 1983 Donruss HOF Heroes set.

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• 1 Bob Feller
• 2 Al Kaline
• 3 Lou Boudreau
• 4 Duke Snider
• 5 Jackie Robinson
• 6 Early Wynn
• 7 Yogi Berra
• 8 Stan Musial
• 9 Ty Cobb
• 10 Ted Williams

Team Timeline

Each Team Timeline card is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

A special parallel distributed to attendees of the 2003 Hawaii Trade Show was distributed. These cards are embossed with a special logo and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• TT-1 Nolan Ryan / Roy Oswalt
• TT-2 Dale Murphy / Chipper Jones
• TT-3 Stan Musial / Jim Edmonds
• TT-4 George Brett / Mike Sweeney
• TT-5 Tony Gwynn / Ryan Klesko
• TT-6 Carlton Fisk / Magglio Ordonez
• TT-7 Mike Schmidt / Pat Burrell
• TT-8 Don Mattingly / Bernie Williams
• TT-9 Ryne Sandberg / Kerry Wood
• TT-10 Lou Gehrig / Alfonso Soriano

Recollection

Each Recollection card is a buy-back of a Diamond King from a 1980s Donruss set. Each card is serial-numbered to the figures listed below.

• 5 Lou Boudreau
• 15 Roberto Clemente
• 18 Ty Cobb
• 44 Monte Irvin
• 48 Bob Lemon
• 66 Diamond King - Dan Quisenberry
• 69 Jackie Robinson
• 82 Diamond King - Willie Stargell
• 83 Diamond King - Willie Stargell
• 90 Ted Williams
• 92 Early Wynn
• 16 Roberto Clemente DK
• 34 Lou Gehrig DK
• 17 Ty Cobb DK

• 1 Barry Zito
• 2 Edgar Martinez
• 3 Jay Gibbons
• 4 Joe Borchard
• 5 Marlon Byrd
• 6 Adam Dunn
• 7 Torii Hunter
• 8 Vladimir Guerrero
• 9 Wade Miller
• 10 Alfonso Soriano
• 11 Brian Lawrence
• 12 Cliff Floyd
• 13 Dale Murphy
• 14 Jack Morris
• 15 Eric Hinske
• 16 Jason Jennings
• 17 Mark Buehrle
• 18 Mark Prior
• 19 Mark Mulder
• 20 Mike Sweeney
• 21 Nolan Ryan
• 22 Don Mattingly
• 23 Andruw Jones
• 24 Aubrey Huff
• 25 Rickey Henderson
• 26 Nolan Ryan
• 27 Ozzie Smith
• 28 Rickey Henderson
• 29 Jack Morris
• 30 George Brett
• 31 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 32 Ryne Sandberg
• 33 Don Mattingly
• 34 Tony Gwynn
• 35 Dale Murphy
• 36 Carlton Fisk
• 37 Stan Musial
• 38 Lou Gehrig
• 39 Garret Anderson
• 40 Pedro Martinez
• 41 Nomar Garciaparra
• 42 Magglio Ordonez
• 43 C.C. Sabathia
• 44 Omar Vizquel
• 45 Jim Thome
• 46 Torii Hunter
• 47 Roger Clemens
• 48 Alfonso Soriano
• 49 Tim Hudson
• 50 Barry Zito
• 51 Mark Mulder
• 52 Miguel Tejada
• 53 John Olerud
• 54 Alex Rodriguez
• 55 Rafael Palmeiro
• 56 Curt Schilling
• 57 Randy Johnson
• 58 Greg Maddux
• 59 John Smoltz
• 60 Chipper Jones
• 61 Andruw Jones
• 62 Kerry Wood
• 63 Mark Prior
• 64 Adam Dunn
• 65 Larry Walker
• 66 Todd Helton
• 67 Jeff Bagwell
• 68 Roy Oswalt
• 69 Hideo Nomo
• 70 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 71 Vladimir Guerrero
• 72 Mike Piazza
• 73 Joe Borchard
• 74 Ryan Klesko
• 75 Shawn Green
• 76 George Brett
• 77 Ozzie Smith
• 78 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 79 Don Mattingly
• 80 Babe Ruth
• 81 Dale Murphy
• 82 Rickey Henderson
• 83 Ivan Rodriguez
• 84 Marlon Byrd
• 85 Eric Chavez
• 86 Nomar Garciaparra
• 87 Alex Rodriguez
• 88 Vladimir Guerrero
• 89 Paul Lo Duca
• 90 Richie Sexson
• 91 Mike Piazza
• 92 J.D. Drew
• 93 Juan Gonzalez
• 94 Pat Burrell
• 95 Adam Dunn
• 96 Mike Schmidt
• 97 Ryne Sandberg
• 98 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 99 Andruw Jones
• 100 Carlos Beltran
• 101 Jeff Bagwell
• 102 Lance Berkman
• 103 Luis Gonzalez
• 104 Carlos Delgado
• 105 Jim Edmonds
• 106 Alfonso Soriano
• 107 Greg Maddux
• 108 Ty Cobb
• 109 Adam Dunn
• 110 Rickey Henderson

Team Timeline Jerseys

Each Team Timeline Jersey is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

HOF Heroes Reprints Materials

Each HOF Heroes Reprints Materials is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

• 1 Bob Feller
• 2 Al Kaline
• 3 Lou Boudreau
• 4 Duke Snider
• 5 Jackie Robinson
• 6 Early Wynn
• 7 Yogi Berra
• 8 Stan Musial
• 9 Ty Cobb
• 10 Ted Williams

Recollection Autographs

Each Recollection Autograph is signed on a buy-back from a 1980s Donruss set, and serial-numbered to the figures listed below.

• 1 Diamond King - Adrian Beltre
• 3 Diamond King - Lance Berkman
• 4 Diamond King - Lance Berkman
• 5 Diamond King - George Brett
• 6 Diamond King - George Brett
• 7 Diamond King - George Brett
• 8 Diamond King - George Brett
• 10 Diamond King - Jose Canseco
• 11 Diamond King - Gary Carter
• 12 Diamond King - Gary Carter
• 13 Diamond King - Will Clark
• 14 Eric Davis DK
• 15 Diamond King - Andre Dawson
• 16 Diamond King - Andre Dawson
• 17 Diamond King - Andre Dawson
• 18 Diamond King - Andre Dawson
• 21 Lenny Dykstra DK
• 22 Diamond King - Jim Edmonds
• 25 Diamond King - Carlton Fisk
• 26 Diamond King - Carlton Fisk
• 27 Diamond King - Carlton Fisk
• 28 Diamond King - Carlton Fisk
• 29 Diamond King - Dwight Gooden
• 30 Diamond King - Dwight Gooden
• 31 Diamond King - Shawn Green
• 32 Diamond King - Tony Gwynn
• 33 Diamond King - Tony Gwynn
• 34 Diamond King - Tony Gwynn
• 35 Diamond King - Tony Gwynn
• 36 Diamond King - Orel Hershiser
• 37 Diamond King - Tim Hudson
• 38 Diamond King - Kazuhisa Ishii
• 39 Al Kaline
• 43 Diamond King - Greg Maddux
• 44 Diamond King - Greg Maddux
• 45 Diamond King - Greg Maddux
• 46 Diamond King - Don Mattingly
• 47 Diamond King - Don Mattingly
• 48 Diamond King - Don Mattingly
• 49 Diamond King - Don Mattingly
• 51 Diamond King - Paul Molitor
• 52 Diamond King - Jack Morris
• 53 Diamond King - Dale Murphy
• 54 Diamond King - Dale Murphy
• 55 Diamond King - Roy Oswalt
• 56 Diamond King - Roy Oswalt
• 57 Diamond King - Tony Perez
• 58 Diamond King - Manny Ramirez
• 59 Diamond King - Harold Reynolds
• 60 Diamond King - Alex Rodriguez
• 61 Diamond King - Alex Rodriguez
• 62 Diamond King - Nolan Ryan
• 63 Diamond King - Nolan Ryan
• 64 Diamond King - Nolan Ryan
• 65 Diamond King - Mike Schmidt
• 66 Diamond King - Mike Schmidt
• 67 Diamond King - Mike Schmidt
• 69 Diamond King - Gary Sheffield
• 71 Diamond King - Ozzie Smith
• 72 Diamond King - Shannon Stewart
• 73 Diamond King - Don Sutton
• 78 Diamond King - Dave Winfield
• 76 Mark Teixeira DK
• 77 Bernie Williams DK
• 74 So Taguchi DK
• 75 Dennis Tankersley DK
• 70 Bud Smith DK
• 68 Mike Schmidt TL
• 50 Don Mattingly TL
• 42 Ryan Ludwick DK
• 41 Kenny Lofton DK
• 40 Al Kaline DK
• 24 Robert Fick DK
• 23 Mark Ellis DK
• 20 J.D. Drew DK
• 19 Jorge DeLaRosa DK
• 2 Brandon Berger DK
• 9 Mark Buehrle DK