1998 Bowman's Best

1998 Bowman's Best hobby box

Description

1998 Bowman's Best is a 200-card set released in August, 1998.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
Refractors	200	400	1:20
Atomic Refractors	200	100	1:82
Best Performers	10	-	1:6
Best Performers Refractors	10	200	1:809
Best Performers Atomic Refractors	10	50	1:3237
Mirror Image Fusion	20	-	1:12
Mirror Image Fusion Refractors	20	100	1:809
Mirror Image Fusion Atomic Refractors	20	25	1:3237
Autographs	10	-	1:180
Autographs Refractors	10	-	1:2158
Autographs Atomic Refractors	10	-	1:6437

Checklist

Base Set

The base set consists of 200 cards.

1 Mark McGwire

2 Jeromy Burnitz

3 Barry Bonds

4 Dante Bichette

5 Chipper Jones

6 Frank Thomas

7 Kevin Brown

8 Juan Gonzalez

9 Jay Buhner

10 Chuck Knoblauch

11 Cal Ripken, Jr.

12 Matt Williams

13 Jim Edmonds

14 Manny Ramirez

15 Tony Clark

16 Mo Vaughn

17 Bernie Williams

18 Scott Rolen

19 Gary Sheffield

20 Albert Belle

21 Mike Piazza

22 John Olerud

23 Tony Gwynn

24 Jay Bell

25 Jose Cruz, Jr.

26 Justin Thompson

27 Ken Griffey, Jr.

28 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

29 Mark Grudzielanek

30 Mark Grace

31 Ron Gant

32 Javy Lopez

33 Jeff Bagwell

34 Fred McGriff

35 Rafael Palmeiro

36 Vinny Castilla

37 Andy Benes

38 Pedro Martinez

39 Andy Pettitte

40 Marty Cordova

41 Rusty Greer

42 Kevin Orie

43 Chan Ho Park

44 Ryan Klesko

45 Alex Rodriguez

46 Travis Fryman

47 Jeff King

48 Roger Clemens

49 Darin Erstad

50 Brady Anderson

51 Jason Kendall

52 John Valentin

53 Ellis Burks

54 Brian Hunter

55 Paul O'Neill

56 Ken Caminiti

57 Dave Justice

58 Eric Karros

59 Pat Hentgen

60 Greg Maddux

61 Craig Biggio

62 Edgar Martinez

63 Mike Mussina

64 Larry Walker

65 Tino Martinez

66 Jim Thome

67 Tom Glavine

68 Raul Mondesi

69 Marquis Grissom

70 Randy Johnson

71 Steve Finley

72 Jose Guillen

73 Nomar Garciaparra

74 Wade Boggs

75 Bob Higginson

76 Robin Ventura

77 Derek Jeter

78 Andruw Jones

79 Ray Lankford

80 Vladimir Guerrero

81 Kenny Lofton

82 Ivan Rodriguez

83 Neifi Perez

84 John Smoltz

85 Tim Salmon

86 Carlos Delgado

87 Sammy Sosa

88 Jaret Wright

89 Roberto Alomar

90 Paul Molitor

91 Dean Palmer

92 Barry Larkin

93 Jason Giambi

94 Curt Schilling

95 Eric Young

96 Denny Neagle

97 Moises Alou

98 Livan Hernandez

99 Todd Hundley

100 Andres Galarraga

101 Travis Lee

102 Lance Berkman

103 Orlando Cabrera

104 Mike Lowell RC

105 Ben Grieve

106 Jae Weong Seo RC

107 Richie Sexson

108 Eli Marrero

109 Aramis Ramirez

110 Paul Konerko

111 Carl Pavano

112 Brad Fullmer

113 Matt Clement

114 Donzell McDonald

115 Todd Helton

116 Mike Caruso

117 Donnie Sadler

118 Bruce Chen

119 Jarrod Washburn

120 Adrian Beltre

121 Ryan Jackson RC

122 Kevin Millar RC

123 Corey Koskie RC

124 Dermal Brown

125 Kerry Wood

126 Juan Melo

127 Ramon Hernandez

128 Roy Halladay

129 Ron Wright

130 Darnell McDonald RC

131 Odalis Perez RC

132 Alex Cora RC

133 Justin Towle

134 Juan Encarnacion

135 Brian Rose

136 Russell Branyan

137 Cesar King RC

138 Ruben Rivera

139 Ricky Ledee

140 Vernon Wells

141 Luis Rivas RC

142 Brent Butler

143 Karim Garcia

144 George Lombard

145 Masato Yoshii RC

146 Braden Looper

147 Alex Sanchez

148 Kris Benson

149 Mark Kotsay

150 Richard Hidalgo

151 Scott Elarton

152 Ryan Minor RC

153 Troy Glaus RC

154 Carlos Lee RC

155 Michael Coleman

156 Jason Grilli RC

157 Julio Ramirez RC

158 Randy Wolf RC

159 Ryan Brannan

160 Edgard Clemente

161 Miguel Tejada

162 Chad Hermansen

163 Ryan Anderson RC

164 Ben Petrick

165 Alex Gonzalez

166 Ben Davis

167 John Patterson

168 Cliff Politte

169 Randall Simon

170 Javier Vazquez

171 Kevin Witt

172 Geoff Jenkins

173 David Ortiz

174 Derrick Gibson

175 Abraham Nunez

176 A.J. Hinch

177 Ruben Mateo RC

178 Magglio Ordonez RC

179 Todd Dunwoody

180 Daryle Ward

181 Mike Kinkade RC

182 Willie Martinez

183 Orlando Hernandez RC

184 Eric Milton

185 Eric Chavez

186 Damian Jackson

187 Jim Parque RC

188 Dan Reichert RC

189 Mike Drumright

190 Todd Walker

191 Shane Monahan

192 Derrek Lee

193 Jeremy Giambi RC

194 Dan McKinley RC

195 Tony Armas, Jr. RC

196 Matt Anderson RC

197 Jim Chamblee RC

198 Francisco Cordero RC

199 Calvin Pickering

200 Reggie Taylor

Parallels

There are 2 parallel sets

• Refractors (serial-numbered to 400 copies)

• Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Best Performers

Each Best Performer is also available in the following parallels.

• Refractors (serial-numbered to 200 copies)

• Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

BP1 Ben Grieve

BP2 Travis Lee

BP3 Ryan Minor

BP4 Todd Helton

BP5 Brad Fullmer

BP6 Paul Konerko

BP7 Adrian Beltre

BP8 Richie Sexson

BP9 Aramis Ramirez

BP10 Russell Branyan

Mirror Image Fusion

Each Best Performer is also available in the following parallels.

• Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
• Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

MI1 Frank Thomas / David Ortiz

MI2 Chuck Knoblauch / Enrique Wilson

MI3 Nomar Garciaparra / Miguel Tejada

MI4 Alex Rodriguez / Mike Caruso

MI5 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Ryan Minor

MI6 Ken Griffey, Jr.

MI7 Juan Gonzalez / Juan Encarnacion

MI8 Jose Cruz, Jr. / Ruben Mateo

MI9 Randy Johnson / Ryan Anderson

MI10 Ivan Rodriguez / A.J. Hinch

MI11 Jeff Bagwell / Paul Konerko

MI12 Mark McGwire / Travis Lee

MI13 Craig Biggio / Chad Hermansen

MI14 Mark Grudzielanek / Alex Gonzalez

MI15 Chipper Jones / Adrian Beltre

MI16 Larry Walker / Mark Kotsay

MI17 Tony Gwynn / George Lombard

MI18 Barry Bonds / Richard Hidalgo

MI19 Greg Maddux / Kerry Wood

MI20 Mike Piazza / Ben Petrick

Autographs & Game-Used

Each Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

• Refractors
• Atomic Refractors

5 Chipper Jones

10 Chuck Knoblauch

15 Tony Clark

20 Albert Belle

25 Jose Cruz, Jr.

105 Ben Grieve

110 Paul Konerko

115 Todd Helton

120 Adrian Beltre

125 Kerry Wood