Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A Look at All of the Diamond King Cubs

 Donruss has included a Diamond King subset in almost each one of their sets.  It debuted in 1982, their second year and has been a stable for each set with the exception of 1997 and 1998.  It seemed that early on, at least for the Cubs, a different player was selected each year.  The first Cub repeat king was Ryne Sandberg.  He was the king in 1985 and again in 1991.  Ryno was named a third time in 1993 and at that point, it doesn't seem like Donruss tried to spread the wealth.

Mark Grace was a repeat, with both 1989 and 1996.  Sammy Sosa was named king five times, in 1995, 2001 - 2003, and 2005.  The modern sets saw Anthony Rizzo getting names five times also, in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2021.

Below is the complete court of Cubs Diamond Kings.



1 comment:

  1. Don't forget the 1990 Donruss Learning Series. They snuck in another DK in there for Ryne Sandberg.

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