1992 Donruss The Rookies

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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 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 The card design is the same as the 1992 Donruss regular issue except that the two-tone blue color bars have been replaced by green.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

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  • 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 Bien Figueroa
  • 37 John Flaherty RC
  • 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
  • 51 Butch Henry RC
  • 52 Cesar Hernandez RC
  • 53 Vince Horsman
  • 54 Steve Hosey
  • 55 Pat Howell
  • 56 Peter Hoy
  • 57 Jonathan 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
  • 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 Bill 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 1-66
  • 132 Checklist CL
  • 87 Jerry Nielson
  • 50 Bert Hefferman

Inserts

Phenoms

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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 Wilfredo Cordero