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1993 Pinnacle Home Run Club Set Review and Checklist

Michael Sommer

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The 1993 Pinnacle Home Run Club was released as a 48 card box set and printed with Dufex technology.

In the early 90’s, the number of baseball card brands and products was exploding. Major League Marketing was the company behind Sportlics, and Score. In 1992, they released Pinnacle which was intended to be a “higher end” product. In 1993, they expanded the Pinnacle brand even more by adding several different box sets to the product mix.

My favorite of these box sets is the Home Run Club!

My appreciation of comes from both the Dufex finish and the checklist which is stacked with some of my favorite players of the era. Maybe others have a better description, but I say Dufex cards are a cross between a standard card and a chromium card. They have more of a metallic shimmery finish which I find really attractive.

The checklist is printed on the back of the outer cardboard sleeve which surrounded the padded clamshell case the set was packaged in. This allowed collectors to know exactly who they would find inside. Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Ryne Sandberg, Bo Jackson, and Frank Thomas were the primary draws for me, but there are plenty of other stars and young prospects included.

Here’s what the front and back of the 1993 Pinnacle Home Run Club cards look like.

As you might expect, the retail prices of these are pretty affordable. Sets can be picked up on eBay for about $15, and singles can be found on COMC and Sportlots between $.25 and $1.50. If you haven’t seen one of these cards in person, I’d recommend tracking one down!

Checklist

The sets came in this padded clamshell case and included COA with Serial Number.

  1. Juan Gonzalez

  2. Fred McGriff

  3. Cecil Fielder

  4. Barry Bonds

  5. Albert Belle

  6. Gary Sheffield

  7. Joe Carter

  8. Mark McGwire

  9. Darren Daulton

  10. Jose Canseco

  11. Dave Hollins

  12. Ryne Sandberg

  13. Ken Griffey Jr.

  14. Larry Walker

  15. Rob Deer

  16. Andre Dawson

  17. Frank Thomas

  18. Mickey Tettleton

  19. Charlie Hayes

  20. Ron Gant

  21. Rickey Henderson

  22. Matt Williams

  23. Kevin Mitchell

  24. Robin Ventura

  25. Dean Palmer

  26. Mike Piazza

  27. J.T. Snow

  28. Jeff Bagwell

  29. John Olerud

  30. Greg Vaughn

  31. Dave Justice

  32. Dave Winfield

  33. Danny Tartabull

  34. Eric Anthony

  35. Eddie Murray

  36. Jay Buhner

  37. Derek Bell

  38. Will Clark

  39. Carlos Baerga

  40. Mo Vaughn

  41. Bobby Bonilla

  42. Tim Salmon

  43. Bo Jackson

  44. Howard Johnson

  45. Kent Hrbek

  46. Ruben Sierra

  47. Cal Ripken Jr.

  48. Travis Fryman