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