30 Most Valuable 1987 Donruss Baseball Cards
Some sets in this hobby are instantly recognizable and the 1987 Donruss baseball card set is certainly one of them.
How can we forget those black borders and those little baseball-laden stripes that flank the player images?
The set is notable for its long line-up of rookie cards in Greg Maddux, Bo Jackson, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin, and Rafael Palmeiro, among others.
But the set design is unforgettable…
While many of the cards in this set sadly no longer have any value, you might be surprised by what some of these cards are selling for these days.
And in this guide, I’ll run through the 30 most valuable.
Let’s jump right in!
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1987 Donruss #35 Bo Jackson Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $400
Total PSA Population: 9,479
PSA 10 Population: 1,585
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 16.7% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Before the 1986 MLB season, budding two-sport star Bo Jackson signed on for three years at $1 million to join the Kansas City Royals.
In turn, Jackson declined a multi-year deal with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Bucs.
Jackson was fast-tracked to the Majors after just 78 games on the farm, and he seemed a perfect fit in KC.
The honeymoon, however, ended quickly.
Although Jackson was among the most dynamic and popular players in the game in 1987, his decision to sign with the NFL’s Los Angeles Raiders in July of that year was met with immediate pushback.
Royals fans and executives worried about how Jackson’s split focus would affect his maturation as a hitter, particularly in reducing his sky-high strikeout rate.
Perhaps more importantly to the fans, Jackson decided to join the one team that Kansas City fans loathed more than any.
A healthy smattering of home boos followed him for a while.
Still, Jackson made strides in his first full MLB year.
He hit 22 home runs in 396 at-bats and patched together a highlight reel of buzz-worthy throws and catches.
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1987 Donruss #36 Greg Maddux Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $350
Total PSA Population: 35,637
PSA 10 Population: 2,847
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 8.0% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
You wouldn’t have thought Maddux end up as one of the greatest pitchers of all-time by his performance in the 1987 season.
After going 6-14 with a 5.61 ERA, he was looking like anything but that.
However, he’d flip the script the following year as he finished 18-8 with a 3.18 ERA.
And the rest is history.
It’s amazing how masterful Maddux was all those years, especially that stretch of four consecutive Cy Young seasons from 1992-1995.
The guy practically owned the 1990s and early 2000s during an era when many opposing hitters were jacked up on PEDs.
Selling right around $100 these days, Maddux’s rookie card is the key to the set.
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1987 Donruss #361 Barry Bonds Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $235
Total PSA Population: 31,146
PSA 10 Population: 1,995
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 6.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The Pittsburgh Pirates identified a gaping hole in Barry Bonds’ game during his rookie season.
They made a roster change accordingly.
Before the 1987 MLB season, the Pirates dealt catcher Tony Pena to St. Louis in exchange for new starting center fielder Andy Van Slyke and two other players.
In the two seasons before the trade, the veteran Van Slyke jumped from an average fielder to one of the best at the position.
The trade for Van Slyke was an open admission that Bonds just wasn’t good enough in center field.
He often ignored instructions, played too shallowly, and struggled to get assists due to a weak throwing arm.
Bonds was moved to left field, where he’d play for the next 21 years.
The shift to left was tricky, but it did not dull Bonds’ evolution as a hitter.
The 22-year-old upped his OPS by 75 points (.821) and posted the first of ten career 25/30 seasons (25 homers, 32 stolen bases).
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1987 Donruss #46 Mark McGwire Rated Rookie
PSA 10 Value: $150
There are great rookie seasons.
And then there’s whatever the heck Mark McGwire was on about during the 1987 campaign.
The brand-new Oakland A’s first baseman put on the most outstanding rookie power display in history thus far, one that would go unmatched until Aaron Judge’s monster 2017 campaign.
Standing side-by-side with reigning Rookie-of-the-Year Jose Canseco, McGwire used Canseco’s protection to historic effect.
The 23-year-old set a new record with 33 home runs before the All-Star break and ended the year with a new rookie record 49 bombs, an MLB best, and an improvement of 11 over the previous mark.
The unanimous pick for AL Rookie-of-the-Year also paced baseball in slugging percentage (.618), posted an OPS near 1.000 (.987), scored nearly 100 runs (97), and crossed the 100-RBI mark for the first of seven times during his career.
The A’s were a .500 team, but McGwire’s Herculean efforts were still plenty enough for an All-Star selection and a 6th-place MVP finish.
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1987 Donruss #138 Nolan Ryan
PSA 10 Value: $150
Total PSA Population: 2,219
PSA 10 Population: 522
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 23.5% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Of all the seasons that Nolan Ryan pitched in his storied career, the 1987 season sticks out as one of his most interesting.
But, not for the reasons you might think.
No, he didn’t through any no-hitters that year.
It’s interesting because of how great he was yet how terrible his record was.
After leading the league in strikeouts (270), ERA (2.76), H/9 (6.5), K/9 (11.5), K/W (3.10), and FIP (2.47) he wound up with a record of 8-16 which was good enough for a .333 winning percentage, the lowest of his career.
Houston had a terrible bullpen that year and the bats provided him with next to no run support.
Even though this photo was taken before the start of the season, it’s almost as if Ryan has a “Are you kidding me?” expression on his face.
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1987 Donruss #52 Don Mattingly
PSA 10 Value: $65
Total PSA Population: 898
PSA 10 Population: 290
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 32.3% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The last of Don Mattingly’s truly great seasons came in 1987, shortly before injuries created one of the biggest “what ifs” of the era.
Two years removed from an AL MVP and the reigning MVP runner-up, Mattingly was once again the best hitter in the Bronx.
Not yet a captain in name, Mattingly led by example and taught younger players the ropes.
The numbers bore it out.
Mattingly posted an OPS over .900 for the fourth consecutive season (.937) and went 30/100 (30 homers, 115 RBIs) for the third time in a row.
The 26-year-old first baseman kept the Gold Gloves rolling in as well, capturing his third in a row with an MLB-best .996 fielding percentage.
As always seemed to be the case, though, it wasn’t enough to lift New York back to the postseason.
The Yankees finished fourth in the AL East at 89-73, nine games behind the pennant-winning Detroit Tigers.
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1987 Donruss #558 Bobby Bonilla Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $65
Total PSA Population: 180
PSA 10 Population: 44
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 24.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
It took two tries and a detour to the Southside of Chicago for Bobby Bonilla to reach his Big-League potential with the Pirates.
Originally signed by Pittsburgh in late 1980, Bonilla scratched and clawed through slumps and growing pains to move up the team’s minor-league ladder.
However, personality conflicts and a broken leg interrupted his path to the Majors, and the Pirates ultimately exposed him to the Rule 5 Draft before the ’86 season.
The White Sox picked Bonillia up, promoted him, and enjoyed some solid production (.269 avg, .361 on-base) before returning the young slugger to Pittsburgh via a summer trade.
It was a convoluted path, but it worked out by the next campaign.
Less rough around the edges and much more open to coaching, Bonilla made significant strides in ’87, slashing .300/.351/.481 with 15 home runs and 87 RBIs in 141 games.
He also provided valuable defensive flexibility to the fourth-place Pirates, playing both corner outfield spots and third base.
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1987 Donruss #5 Ozzie Smith Diamond Kings
PSA 10 Value: $60
Total PSA Population: 143
PSA 10 Population: 62
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 43.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
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1987 Donruss #19 Kirby Puckett Diamond Kings
PSA 10 Value: $60
Total PSA Population: 219
PSA 10 Population: 91
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 41.6% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The 1987 Minnesota Twins weren’t just a collection of top talent playing the best baseball of their careers.
They were also a tight-knit group who genuinely enjoyed each other’s company.
“After games, you’d see like 14 or 15 of us at the same place eating together,” Twins Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett said.
“We loved being around each other.” Puckett was one of the leaders who kept the club loose and engaged.
He was also the perfect MVP-level, 5-tool centerpiece.
The 27-year-old captured his second consecutive Gold Glove in center field to go along with another Silver Slugger and All-Star appearance.
He also led the American League in hits (207), slashing .332/.367/.534 with 28 home runs, 96 runs, 99 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 157 games.
Puckett was essential in the postseason, too, hitting .288 with eight runs and six RBIs.
Minnesota won its first-ever World Series championship, ousting the Tigers in five and the Cardinals in seven to close it out.
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1987 Donruss #22 Eric Davis Diamond Kings
PSA 10 Value: $60
Unless an error is caught and corrected in this hobby, it usually won’t impact the value of a card that much and winds up being nothing more than an interesting side note.
Well, Donruss did catch the error on this card and eventually corrected it making the uncorrected version worth something.
A staple of Donruss sets for years, the Diamond Kings cards in this set featured a yellow stripe over the “Donruss Diamond Kings” phrase on the cards’ reverse sides.
However, Davis’ card can be found without that yellow stripe making the error version worth much more.
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1987 Donruss #77 Ryne Sandberg
PSA 10 Value: $60
Total PSA Population: 383
PSA 10 Population: 203
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 53.0% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The 1987 season was a nightmare for Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg.
Sandberg’s father, Derwin, passed away in early July following an extended battle with pneumonia.
The Cubs legend left the team for multiple games, returning later in the month with a heavy heart.
This was also the year that Sandberg’s body finally began to show signs of wear.
From 1982 to 1986, the Cooperstown inductee missed an average of 6.6 games a year for scheduled reSt. It wasn’t until 1987 that Sandberg took his first trip to the injured list with a badly sprained ankle.
Luckily for the Cubs, it was a one-off.
Sandberg would go on to average 156.6 games played per season over the next half-decade.
All in all, ’87 was a rough go for both Sandberg and the Cubs.
The 27-year-old posted his lowest WAR thus far (2.4) and his worst until the 1994 strike-shortened campaign.
As Sandberg struggled, the Cubs did too,finishing 75-86 for their first last-place finish since 1981.
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1987 Donruss #6 Jose Canseco Diamond Kings
PSA 10 Value: $50
Total PSA Population: 234
PSA 10 Population: 66
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 28.2% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
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1987 Donruss #29 Randy Myers Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $50
Total PSA Population: 70
PSA 10 Population: 32
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 45.7% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Myers was called up to the Bigs for two brief stints in 1986 and was used sparingly in lefty-lefty matchups.
He wasn’t rostered for the team’s World Series run. (In fact, Myers spent years lobbying for a World Series ring before his wish was finally granted.) The southpaw once again opened 1987 in the Minors, yet it took only five outings for the Mets to promote him for good.
Myers functioned as a set-up guy for dual closers Jesse Orosco and Roger McDowell and was serviceable in the role, finishing 3-6 with a 3.96 ERA and 96 ERA+ in 54 appearances.
The real draw to Myers was his strikeout power.
The 24-year-old K’d 92 batters across 75 innings, a tantalizing stretch that ultimately earned Myers a closing role in ’88.
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1987 Donruss #66 Will Clark Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $50
Total PSA Population: 1,949
PSA 10 Population: 673
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 34.5% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
In the mid-1980s, the San Francisco Giants organization was in dire need of a jump start.
They finally got it in 1986 with the arrival of former first-round pick Will Clark.
The pugnacious first baseman was the final piece to the team’s hitting puzzle, and his hot streak at the end of the ’86 campaign helped lift SF to just its second winning season in a decade.
In 1987, Clark took off into the stratosphere and rocketed the Giants to the franchise’s first division title since 1971.
Clark placed 5th for NL MVP after finishing 5th for NL Rookie-of-the-Year in ’86.
He slashed .308/.371/.580 in 150 games with 4.2 WAR, 89 runs, 91 RBIs, and a career-best 35 home runs.
He also kept it rolling in the playoffs, hitting .360 with a homer in San Francisco’s grueling seven-game NLCS loss to St. Louis.
It was the beginning of the Will Clark era of Giants baseball, one complete with multiple All-Star appearances and top-five MVP finishes.
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1987 Donruss #228 Rickey Henderson
PSA 10 Value: $50
Total PSA Population: 467
PSA 10 Population: 157
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 33.6% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The New York City spotlight shone its harshest on the great Rickey Henderson during the 1987 MLB season.
After finishing runner-up in the AL East in 1985 and 1986, the New York Yankees looked to Henderson to carry them back to the postseason for the first time in six years.
Rickey made the All-Star team in each of his first two years with the Bombers and did it again in 1987.
There was one problem, however.
His hamstring.
Henderson was bedeviled by a perpetual hamstring injury all year long, prompting a ton of “will he, won’t he” speculation before lineups were announced.
All told, Henderson missed 67 games, and New York dove from second in the division to fourth.
Rickey’s constant absence wore on fans, executives, and especially on manager Lou Piniella.
Even Henderson’s 41 stolen bases and .920 OPS weren’t enough to get the Bronx vultures off his back.
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1987 Donruss #612 Roberto Clemente
PSA 10 Value: $50
Total PSA Population: 389
PSA 10 Population: 113
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 29.0% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
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1987 Donruss #64 Tony Gwynn
PSA 10 Value: $45
Total PSA Population: 561
PSA 10 Population: 187
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 33.3% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Tony Gwynn was an outlier.
He wasn’t just a hitting machine.
He was a hitting genius with top muscle control, twitch instincts, and intelligence to diagnose pitching sequences and maximize results.
Gwynn jumped on the videotape craze before most, recording his at-bats to make minute adjustments.
The San Diego Padres outfielder thought about baseball on a different plane, and he parlayed his ample knowledge and intellect into hit after hit after hit… …after hit. 1987 was the peak of Gwynn’s powers.
Not only did the 27-year-old win his second batting title with a .370 average, but he also set a variety of new career highs, including in hits (218), doubles (36), triples (13), stolen bases (56), walks (82), and runs (119).
Gwynn also snagged a second Gold Glove in right, a Silver Slugger, and an 8th-place NL MVP placement for his efforts.
His 8.6 WAR led all position players and stands as the best of his 20-year Hall of Fame career.
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1987 Donruss #149 Kirby Puckett
PSA 10 Value: $45
Total PSA Population: 410
PSA 10 Population: 145
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 35.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The Twins finally overcame the hump in 1987, winning the team’s first World Championship of the Minnesota era and the franchise’s first title since 1924 as the Washington Nationals.
It was an offense-first effort that propelled the Twins to their first division title since 1979.
More accurately, it was the one-two punch of first baseman Kent Hrbek and center fielder Kirby Puckett that inched 85-win Minnesota out of the AL West muck and into a playoff crapshoot.
Puckett was the beloved darling of the two, always good for smiles and hits in equal measure.
He tore the cover off the ball through the All-Star break, swooned for six weeks, and caught flames with a record ten consecutive hits late in the year.
The Hall-of-Famer ended the season third for AL MVP with a .332 average, a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger, and an AL-best 207 hits.
In the playoffs, Puckett delivered a bushel of clutch at-bats, including seven times on base and four runs in the deciding Games 6 and 7.
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1987 Donruss #186 Pete Rose
PSA 10 Value: $45
Total PSA Population: 896
PSA 10 Population: 392
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 43.8% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Pete Rose led the Cincinnati Reds to within an eyelash of a division title in his two years as player/manager, settling for second-place finishes in 1985 and 1986.
After retiring from active play before the 1987 season, a refreshed perspective from the bench would help Rose vault the Reds over the top.
Instead, baseball’s hit king was once again saddled with a runner-up squad.
The Reds finished just above league average in offense and just below average in the field.
They won close and relied on a deep bullpen to stay around, but they didn’t have enough to bypass the eventual division champion Giants.
The losing didn’t sit well with Rose.
It never had.
Without the ability to do damage with his bat, there were times when Charlie Hustle seemed lost for ideas.
All of this would become moot very soon when Rose’s off-field exploits (most importantly, his gambling ways) finally caught up to him.
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1987 Donruss #97 Jose Canseco
PSA 10 Value: $40
Total PSA Population: 918
PSA 10 Population: 307
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 33.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
1987 marked the beginning of the “Bash Brothers” and their reign of terror over the American League.
One year after winning AL Rookie-of-the-Year going away, Oakland A’s corner outfielder Jose Canseco was joined by rookie first baseman Mark McGwire in the middle of the team’s lineup.
Canseco kept the power/speed combo coming, posting his second consecutive 30/15 season (31 home runs, 15 stolen bases) to open his career.
However, Canseco’s star seemed to dull as McGwire ripped through the league with a historic home run barrage.
By the time the ’87 campaign was over, McGwire was dogged by interviewers and cameras, while Canseco was bit as McGwire ripped through the league with a historic home run barrage.
By the time the ’87 campaign was over, McGwire was dogged by interviewers and cameras, while Canseco was mainly left to his own devices.
Regardless, the two got along well, alternating bombs and bicep bashes with frequency.
As for the team itself, Oakland lifted itself to the .500 mark and a third-place finish.
It was a significant step forward and a precursor to a mini-dynasty by the Bay.
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1987 Donruss #492 Barry Larkin Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $40
Total PSA Population: 3,823
PSA 10 Population: 1,345
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 35.2% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Over his 19-year career, Larkin would appear in 12 All-Star games, win 9 Silver Slugger awards, 3 Gold Gloves and was named the MVP of the 1995 season.
He also helped lead the Reds to that stunning sweep in the 1990 World Series over the Oakland Athletics, who everyone thought at the time was transforming into a baseball dynasty.
Larkin was one of the greatest players of his era and for his efforts, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Prior to that induction, Larkin might not have appeared on this list so that shows you what being a Hall of Famer can do to a card’s value.
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1987 Donruss #502 David Cone Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $40
Total PSA Population: 2,210
PSA 10 Population: 340
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 15.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
David Cone wasn’t supposed to be the marquee piece of the 1987 deal that sent him to the New York Mets, at least in the collective minds of his former team.
The Kansas City Royals knew they had a valuable trade chip in Cone, especially after he ripped the Puerto Rican Winter League apart and lifted his Caguas Criollos to the 1986-87 Caribbean Championship.
A former third-round pick, Cone now had two devastating pitches on offer: a frisbee-like side-armed slider and a sharp splitter.
You’d think the Royals would have stood pat with a future ace in hand.
Instead, they marked him as trade bait to secure a new starting catcher.
Kansas City sent Cone with two minor-league pitchers to NY in the spring of 1987 to get their hands on Ed Hearn, a prospect they had big, big plans for.
Those plans ended up being scrapped.
Hearn played just 13 more MLB games, and Cone went on to become a Cy Young and five-time World Series winner.
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1987 Donruss #43 Rafael Palmeiro Rookie Card
PSA 10 Value: $35
Total PSA Population: 11,032
PSA 10 Population: 873
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 7.9% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Although Palmeiro made his rookie debut as a member of the Cubs in 1987, it would take him several years and a trade to the Texas Rangers before he transformed into one of the best hitters in the game.
Known as one of the most feared hitters from the mid-1990s through the early 2000s, Palmeiro went on an 11-season streak from 1993 to 2003 when consistently hit around 40 home runs and rove in well over 100 RBI.
But, as we’d later learn, he too would be tied to the PED scandal and his reputation would forever suffer as a result.
His rookie card can still be worth around $35 in top condition.
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1987 Donruss #89 Cal Ripken Jr.
PSA 10 Value: $35
Total PSA Population: 1,128
PSA 10 Population: 433
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 38.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The Streak will be tied to Cal Ripken Jr. long after he’s gone and will endure through generations of baseball to come.
There’s one other streak, however, that tends to get lost in all the Ironman talk.
On September 14th, 1987, Ripken Jr. appeared to be pressing just to keep up.
He was mired in a 1-for-12 slump, and the weight of a brutal 67-win campaign seemed to be crashing down on him.
Ripken’s swing looked long, and his eyes had bags under them.
Rather than leaving his son out there to muddle through it, Orioles manager Cal Ripken Sr. asked Junior to bow out before an at-bat in the top of the eighth inning.
The move ended Ripken’s consecutive innings played streak at 8,264, by far an MLB record.
The future Hall-of-Famer wasn’t just an everyday guy.
He was also an every-minute guy, playing every inning of Orioles baseball from June 5th, 1982, until that fateful late-season outing.
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1987 Donruss #139 Mike Schmidt
PSA 10 Value: $35
Total PSA Population: 400
PSA 10 Population: 197
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 49.3% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
The final great season of Mike Schmidt’s Hall-of-Fame career came complete with entry into one of baseball’s most exclusive clubs.
From 1974 through 1986, the Philadelphia Phillies’ third baseman did it all.
Schmidt registered a WAR of at least 6.0 in all but one of those thirteen years (1985), topped the NL in homers eight times, and won three MVP awards.
No matter what injuries and slumps came his way, Schmidt kept slugging away as the most prolific and consistent power hitter of the 1970s and 1980s.
He kept the balls flying in ’87, spitting in the face of Father Time one more time before injuries took their share.
The 37-year-old and reigning Most Valuable Player posted over 6.0 WAR yet again (6.1), slashing .293/.388/.548 with 35 home runs and 113 RBIs in 147 games played.
Schmidt’s fifth homer of the year, a go-ahead three-run blast at Pittsburgh, made him the 14th hitter to join the hallowed 500 Home Run Club.
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1987 Donruss #54 George Brett
PSA 10 Value: $30
Total PSA Population: 390
PSA 10 Population: 171
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 43.8% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
If there’s ever a case for why artificial turf should be barred from baseball, George Brett’s 1987 season may be it.
Forced to play on the fake stuff at Kansas City’s Kaufman Stadium, Brett suffered through multiple injuries, often at the same time.
In ’87, the future Hall-of-Fame first baseman was taken out for 16 games by a ribcage problem before losing another 30 with a partial knee ligament tear.
By the end of ’87, Brett had played over 1,000 games on Kauffman’s turf.
Its unforgiving nature and lack of give undoubtedly contributed to the litany of lower-body ailments he suffered during his career.
Still, Brett remained an elite hitter.
The 34-year-old slashed .290/.388/.496 with 22 home runs and 78 RBIs in 115 games.
He was also named to his 12th All-Star team despite missing nearly two months of action.
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1987 Donruss #60 Ozzie Smith
PSA 10 Value: $30
Total PSA Population: 243
PSA 10 Population: 121
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 49.8% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
Was Ozzie Smith robbed of the 1987 MVP award?
Well, it depends on how you define the “V” for “Valuable.” The beloved St. Louis Cardinals shortstop was the most indispensable piece for the NL’s best team.
“The Wizard” cruised to his eighth consecutive Gold Glove while pacing the Majors in fielding percentage (.987), assists (516), and double plays turned (111).
Without his exceptional glove work, the Cardinals could easily have fallen back into the NL East pack.
And for once, Smith was also a net-positive with the bat.
He hit .300 for the only time in his Hall-of-Fame career, and his .392 on-base was also a career high.
If there was ever a year to give Ozzie his due, ’87 was it.
However, he was ultimately bumped to MVP runner-up in favor of Chicago Cubs slugger Andre Dawson.
Dawson’s MLB-best 49 home runs and 137 RBIs were hard to deny.
Yet, how valuable were they to a 76-win Cubs team that finished last in the division?
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1987 Donruss #78 Dale Murphy
PSA 10 Value: $30
Total PSA Population: 193
PSA 10 Population: 107
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 55.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
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1987 Donruss #252 Wade Boggs
PSA 10 Value: $30
Total PSA Population: 250
PSA 10 Population: 94
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 37.6% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
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1987 Donruss #621 Fred McGriff
PSA 10 Value: $25
Total PSA Population: 377
PSA 10 Population: 126
PSA 10 Grade Rate: 33.4% (Set Avg.: 13.5%)
1987 Donruss Baseball Cards In Review
So there you have it, the ten most valuable 1987 Donruss baseball cards.
While lacking in subsets, the 660-card checklist does contain a run of 27 Diamond Kings created by hobby icon, Dick Perez, and some big name rookie cards.
If you’re looking for a cheap set with lots of stars and Hall of Famers that’s packed with nostalgia, then this one’s for you.
