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=Description=
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1997 Bowman is a 441-card set.  For the first time, ''Bowman Baseball'' was released in two series (Series One: Cards 1-221; Series Two: 222-441).  This was also the first year of the, now familiar, "Red/Blue" design convention.  The 301 top prospects have blue borders while the 140 veteran stars are designated by red borders. Players that were featured for the first time on a Bowman card also carried a blue foil "1st Bowman Card" logo on the card front.
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Rookie Cards in this set include Adrian Beltre, Kerry Wood, Brad Penny, and Eric Chavez in the first series; and Roy Halladay, Aramis Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Vernon Wells, Jayson Werth, and Lance Berkman in Series Two.  An unannounced Hideki Irabu card (#221) was added late to the Series One set, but was produced at the same rate as any other Series One base card.
  
=Description=
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Please note that cards 155 and 158 don't exist. Calvin "Pokey" Reese and George Arias are both numbered 156 (Reese is an uncorrected error - should be numbered 155). Chris Carpenter and Eric Milton are both numbered 159 (Carpenter is an uncorrected error - should be numbered 158).
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==$125 Guarantee==
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For the second year, Topps offered collectors the right to purchase an option that, when exercised, would allow collectors to sell a complete 441-card ''1997 Bowman Baseball'' set back to Topps for $125 -- an increase of $25 from the year before. To get the option, collectors had to mail in the Guaranteed Certificate Request Form which was found in every three packs of either series along with a $5 registration and processing fee.  Topps would then send back a serial-numbered certificate.
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To exercise the buyback option, collectors had to send a complete 1997 Bowman base set along with the certificate to Topps between August 31st and December 31st, 2000.  Topps would then mail the collector a check for $125.
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
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24 packs per box, ten cards per pack.
  
 
=Reviews=
 
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!Total Cards
 
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!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
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!Odds
!Retail Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||441||-||?
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|Internationals||441||-||one-per-pack
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|Bowman's Best Preview (S1)||20||-||1:12
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|Bowman's Best Preview Refractor (S1)||20||-||1:48
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|Bowman's Best Preview Atomic Refractor (S1)||20||-||1:96
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|Scout's Honor Roll (S1)||15||-||1:12
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|1998 ROY Favorites (S2)||15||-||1:12
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|International Best (S2)||20||-||1:12
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|International Best Refractor (S2)||20||-||1:48
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|International Best Atomic Refractor (S2)||20||-||1:96
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|Blue Ink Autograph (S1, S2)||89||-||1:96
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|Black Ink Autograph (S1, S2)||89||-||1:503
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|Gold Ink Autograph (S1, S2)||89||-||1:1509
 
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||?||-||?||?
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|Derek Jeter Blue (S1) / Green Ink (S2) Autograph||1||-||1:1928
 
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=Checklist=
 
=Checklist=
  
==Base Set==
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==Promos==
  
1 Derek Jeter  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Pre-Production/PP3/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=bf0d3084-44e3-4292-b6bb-2d0bfbcb2c15&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Pre-Production/PP3/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=bf0d3084-44e3-4292-b6bb-2d0bfbcb2c15&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
2 Edgar Renteria
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman Pre-Production')
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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==Base Set==
  
3 Chipper Jones
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===Series One===
  
4 Hideo Nomo
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====Veterans (Reds)====
  
5 Tim Salmon
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/53/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=92cfd139-9063-418b-a631-68dcba8eae66&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/53/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=92cfd139-9063-418b-a631-68dcba8eae66&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
6 Jason Giambi
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman') AND (num < 71)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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====Prospects (Blues)====
  
7 Robin Ventura
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/94/Bartolo-Colon.jpg?id=6b2d9005-20ee-410a-897c-8f65ad9061b7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/94/Bartolo-Colon.jpg?id=6b2d9005-20ee-410a-897c-8f65ad9061b7&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
8 Tony Clark
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman') AND (num BETWEEN 71 AND 221);
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</sql2wiki>
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===Series Two===
  
9 Barry Larkin
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====Veterans (Reds)====
  
10 Paul Molitor
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/254/Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=df24ba59-dafa-4058-a3e5-fbf9ab6d2875&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/254/Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=df24ba59-dafa-4058-a3e5-fbf9ab6d2875&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
11 Bernard Gilkey
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman') AND (num BETWEEN 222 AND 290);
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</sql2wiki>
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====Prospects (Blues)====
  
12 Jack McDowell
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/308/Roy-Halladay.jpg?id=a448bcd6-67c5-4897-978c-32e36b75991a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base/308/Roy-Halladay.jpg?id=a448bcd6-67c5-4897-978c-32e36b75991a&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
13 Andy Benes
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman') AND (num > 290);
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</sql2wiki>
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==Parallels==
  
14 Ryan Klesko
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base---International/246/Jim-Thome.jpg?id=45a7e85b-68a0-4838-967d-6eded35d0e1c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Base---International/246/Jim-Thome.jpg?id=45a7e85b-68a0-4838-967d-6eded35d0e1c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
15 Mark McGwire
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All 441 cards are available in a one-per-pack "International" parallel.  The Internationals are printing on foil-board and have the player's national flag in the background.
  
16 Ken Griffey Jr.
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==Inserts==
 
 
17 Robb Nen
 
 
 
18 Cal Ripken
 
 
 
19 John Valentin
 
 
 
20 Ricky Bottalico
 
 
 
21 Mike Lansing
 
 
 
22 Ryne Sandberg
 
 
 
23 Carlos Delgado
 
 
 
24 Craig Biggio
 
 
 
25 Eric Karros
 
 
 
26 Kevin Appier
 
 
 
27 Mariano Rivera
 
 
 
28 Vinny Castilla
 
 
 
29 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
 
30 Al Martin
 
 
 
31 Jeff Cirillo
 
 
 
32 Eddie Murray
 
 
 
33 Ray Lankford
 
 
 
34 Manny Ramirez
 
 
 
35 Roberto Alomar
 
 
 
36 Will Clark
 
 
 
37 Chuck Knoblauch
 
 
 
38 Harold Baines
 
 
 
39 Trevor Hoffman
 
 
 
40 Edgar Martinez
 
 
 
41 Geronimo Berroa
 
 
 
42 Rey Ordonez
 
 
 
43 Mike Stanley
 
 
 
44 Mike Mussina
 
 
 
45 Kevin Brown
 
 
 
46 Dennis Eckersley
 
 
 
47 Henry Rodriguez
 
 
 
48 Tino Martinez
 
 
 
49 Eric Young
 
 
 
50 Bret Boone
 
 
 
51 Raul Mondesi
 
 
 
52 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
53 John Smoltz
 
 
 
54 Billy Wagner
 
 
 
55 Jeff D'Amico
 
 
 
56 Ken Caminiti
 
 
 
57 Jason Kendall
 
 
 
58 Wade Boggs
 
 
 
59 Andres Galarraga
 
 
 
60 Jeff Brantley
 
 
 
61 Mel Rojas
 
 
 
62 Brian L. Hunter
 
 
 
63 Bobby Bonilla
 
 
 
64 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
65 Jeff Kent
 
 
 
66 Matt Williams
 
 
 
67 Albert Belle
 
 
 
68 Jeff King
 
 
 
69 John Wetteland
 
 
 
70 Deion Sanders
 
 
 
71 Bubba Trammell RC
 
 
 
72 Felix Heredia RC
 
 
 
73 Billy Koch
 
 
 
74 Sidney Ponson RC
 
 
 
75 Ricky Ledee RC
 
 
 
76 Brett Tomko
 
 
 
77 Braden Looper RC
 
 
 
78 Damian Jackson
 
 
 
79 Jason Dickson
 
 
 
80 Chad Green RC
 
 
 
81 R.A. Dickey RC
 
 
 
82 Jeff Liefer
 
 
 
83 Matt Wagner
 
 
 
84 Richard Hidalgo
 
 
 
85 Adam Riggs
 
 
 
86 Robert Smith
 
 
 
87 Chad Hermansen RC
 
 
 
88 Felix Martinez
 
 
 
89 J.J. Johnson
 
 
 
90 Todd Dunwoody
 
 
 
91 Katsuhiro Maeda
 
 
 
92 Darin Erstad
 
 
 
93 Elieser Marrero
 
 
 
94 Bartolo Colon
 
 
 
95 Chris Fussell
 
 
 
96 Ugueth Urbina
 
 
 
97 Josh Paul RC
 
 
 
98 Jaime Bluma
 
 
 
99 Seth Greisinger RC
 
 
 
100 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
 
 
 
101 Todd Dunn
 
 
 
102 Joe Young
 
 
 
103 Jonathan Johnson
 
 
 
104 Justin Towle RC
 
 
 
105 Brian Rose
 
 
 
106 Jose Guillen
 
 
 
107 Andruw Jones
 
 
 
108 Mark Kotsay RC
 
 
 
109 Wilton Guerrero
 
 
 
110 Jacob Cruz
 
 
 
111 Mike Sweeney
 
 
 
112 Julio Mosquera
 
 
 
113 Matt Morris
 
 
 
114 Wendell Magee
 
 
 
115 John Thomson
 
 
 
116 Javier Valentin
 
 
 
117 Tom Fordham
 
 
 
118 Ruben Rivera
 
 
 
119 Mike Drumright RC
 
 
 
120 Chris Holt
 
 
 
121 Sean Maloney
 
 
 
122 Michael Barrett
 
 
 
123 Tony Saunders RC
 
 
 
124 Kevin Brown C
 
 
 
125 Richard Almanzar
 
 
 
126 Mark Redman
 
 
 
127 Anthony Sanders RC
 
 
 
128 Jeff Abbott
 
 
 
129 Eugene Kingsale
 
 
 
130 Paul Konerko
 
 
 
131 Randall Simon RC
 
 
 
132 Andy Larkin
 
 
 
133 Rafael Medina
 
 
 
134 Mendy Lopez
 
 
 
135 Freddy Adrian Garcia
 
 
 
136 Karim Garcia
 
 
 
137 Larry Rodriguez RC
 
 
 
138 Carlos Guillen
 
 
 
139 Aaron Boone
 
 
 
140 Donnie Sadler
 
 
 
141 Brooks Kieschnick
 
 
 
142 Scott Spiezio
 
 
 
143 Everett Stull
 
 
 
144 Enrique Wilson
 
 
 
145 Milton Bradley RC
 
 
 
146 Kevin Orie
 
 
 
147 Derek Wallace
 
 
 
148 Russ Johnson
 
 
 
149 Joe Lagarde RC
 
 
 
150 Luis Castillo
 
 
 
151 Jay Payton
 
 
 
152 Joe Long
 
 
 
153 Livan Hernandez
 
 
 
154 Vladimir Nunez RC
 
 
 
155 Pokey Reese UER (actually numbered 156, should be 155)
 
 
 
156 George Arias
 
 
 
157 Homer Bush
 
 
 
158 Chris Carpenter UER (actually numbered 159, should be 158)
 
 
 
159 Eric Milton RC
 
 
 
160 Richie Sexson
 
 
 
161 Carl Pavano
 
 
 
162 Chris Gissell RC
 
 
 
163 Mac Suzuki
 
 
 
164 Pat Cline
 
 
 
165 Ron Wright
 
 
 
166 Dante Powell
 
 
 
167 Mark Bellhorn
 
 
 
168 George Lombard
 
 
 
169 Pee Wee Lopez RC
 
 
 
170 Paul Wilder RC
 
 
 
171 Brad Fullmer
 
 
 
172 Willie Martinez RC
 
 
 
173 Dario Veras RC
 
 
 
174 Dave Coggin
 
 
 
175 Kris Benson RC
 
 
 
176 Torii Hunter
 
 
 
177 D.T. Cromer
 
 
 
178 Nelson Figueroa RC
 
 
 
179 Hiram Bocachica RC
 
 
 
180 Shane Monahan
 
 
 
181 Jimmy Anderson RC
 
 
 
182 Juan Melo
 
 
 
183 Pablo Ortega RC
 
 
 
184 Calvin Pickering RC
 
 
 
185 Reggie Taylor
 
 
 
186 Jeff Farnsworth RC
 
 
 
187 Terrence Long
 
 
 
188 Geoff Jenkins
 
 
 
189 Steve Rain RC
 
 
 
190 Nerio Rodriguez
 
 
 
191 Derrick Gibson RC
 
 
 
192 Darin Blood
 
 
 
193 Ben Davis
 
 
 
194 Adrian Beltre RC
 
 
 
195 Damian Sapp RC
 
 
 
196 Kerry Wood RC
 
 
 
197 Nate Rolison RC
 
 
 
198 Fernando Tatis RC
 
 
 
199 Brad Penny RC
 
 
 
200 Jake Westbrook RC
 
 
 
201 Edwin Diaz
 
 
 
202 Joe Fontenot RC
 
 
 
203 Matt Halloran RC
 
 
 
204 Blake Stein RC
 
 
 
205 Onan Masaoka
 
 
 
206 Ben Petrick
 
 
 
207 Matt Clement RC
 
 
 
208 Todd Greene
 
 
 
209 Ray Ricken
 
 
 
210 Eric Chavez RC
 
 
 
211 Edgard Velazquez
 
 
 
212 Bruce Chen RC
 
 
 
213 Danny Patterson
 
 
 
214 Jeff Yoder
 
 
 
215 Luis Ordaz RC
 
 
 
216 Chris Widger
 
 
 
217 Jason Brester
 
 
 
218 Carlton Loewer
 
 
 
219 Chris Reitsma RC
 
 
 
220 Neifi Perez
 
 
 
221 Hideki Irabu RC
 
 
 
222 Ellis Burks
 
 
 
223 Pedro Martinez
 
 
 
224 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
225 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
226 Terry Steinbach
 
 
 
227 Bernie Williams
 
 
 
228 Dean Palmer
 
 
 
229 Alan Benes
 
 
 
230 Marquis Grissom
 
 
 
231 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
232 Curt Schilling
 
 
 
233 Reggie Sanders
 
 
 
234 Bobby Higginson
 
 
 
235 Moises Alou
 
 
 
236 Tom Glavine
 
 
 
237 Mark Grace
 
 
 
238 Ramon Martinez
 
 
 
239 Rafael Palmeiro
 
 
 
240 John Olerud
 
 
 
241 Dante Bichette
 
 
 
242 Greg Vaughn
 
 
 
243 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
244 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
245 Pat Hentgen
 
 
 
246 Jim Thome
 
 
 
247 Jermaine Allensworth
 
 
 
248 Andy Pettitte
 
 
 
249 Jay Bell
 
 
 
250 John Jaha
 
 
 
251 Jim Edmonds
 
 
 
252 Ron Gant
 
 
 
253 David Cone
 
 
 
254 Jose Canseco
 
 
 
255 Jay Buhner
 
 
 
256 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
257 Brian McRae
 
 
 
258 Lance Johnson
 
 
 
259 Travis Fryman
 
 
 
260 Paul O'Neill
 
 
 
261 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
 
262 Gregg Jefferies
 
 
 
263 Fred McGriff
 
 
 
264 Derek Bell
 
 
 
265 Jeff Conine
 
 
 
266 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
267 Mark Grudzielanek
 
 
 
268 Brady Anderson
 
 
 
269 Marty Cordova
 
 
 
270 Ray Durham
 
 
 
271 Joe Carter
 
 
 
272 Brian Jordan
 
 
 
273 David Justice
 
 
 
274 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
275 Larry Walker
 
 
 
276 Cecil Fielder
 
 
 
277 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
278 Alex Fernandez
 
 
 
279 Michael Tucker
 
 
 
280 Jose Valentin
 
 
 
281 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
 
 
282 Todd Hollandsworth
 
 
 
283 Rico Brogna
 
 
 
284 Rusty Greer
 
 
 
285 Roberto Hernandez
 
 
 
286 Hal Morris
 
 
 
287 Johnny Damon
 
 
 
288 Todd Hundley
 
 
 
289 Rondell White
 
  
290 Frank Thomas
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===Bowman's Best Preview===
  
291 Don Denbow RC
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See [[1997 Bowman's Best]].
  
292 Derrek Lee
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===Scout's Honor Roll===
  
293 Todd Walker
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = "Bowman Scout's Honor Roll");
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</sql2wiki>
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===1998 ROY Favorites===
  
294 Scott Rolen
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---1998-Rookie-of-the-Year-Favorites/ROY3/Todd-Helton.jpg?id=61b4c21f-3ac6-482f-abeb-535187bc7e8e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---1998-Rookie-of-the-Year-Favorites/ROY3/Todd-Helton.jpg?id=61b4c21f-3ac6-482f-abeb-535187bc7e8e&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
295 Wes Helms
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'''NOTE:''' The actual 1998 Rookies of the Year (Ben Grieve and Kerry Wood) were not included in this set.
  
296 Bob Abreu
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman 1998 ROY Favorites');
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</sql2wiki>
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===International Best===
  
297 John Patterson RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Bowmans-Best-International-Preview/BBI-11/Nomar-Garciaparra.jpg?id=e0c52189-3452-4e73-b0d3-ed159e76e8dd&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Bowmans-Best-International-Preview/BBI-11/Nomar-Garciaparra.jpg?id=e0c52189-3452-4e73-b0d3-ed159e76e8dd&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
298 Alex Gonzalez RC
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This 20-card chromium-stock set features a variety of players, mostly from overseas.  The design is identical to the [[1997 Bowman's Best]] set.  Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.
  
299 Grant Roberts RC
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* Refractor
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* Atomic Refractor
  
300 Jeff Suppan
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman International Best');
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</sql2wiki>
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==Autographs==
  
301 Luke Wilcox
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Autograph---Blue-Ink/CA45/Paul-Konerko.jpg?id=02de67cf-8722-4a6e-b5da-1b996b573fee&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Bowman---Autograph---Blue-Ink/CA45/Paul-Konerko.jpg?id=02de67cf-8722-4a6e-b5da-1b996b573fee&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
302 Marlon Anderson
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This 90-card set features top prospects with on-card autographs with the Topps Certified Autograph Issue Stamp.  All cards are available in three different color parallels. 
  
303 Ray Brown
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* Blue Ink
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* Black Ink
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* Gold Ink
  
304 Mike Caruso RC
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The Blue Ink cards are the easiest to find while the Golds are the scarcest.
  
305 Sam Marsonek RC
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'''NOTE:''' In addition to signing Blue, Black, and Gold Ink Autographs, Derek Jeter (#CA41) also signed a Green Ink card -- the only player to do so. Jeter's Blue Ink Autograph is exclusive to Series One packs while the Green Ink is only in Series Two. Black and Gold Ink Jeter Autographs were inserted into both series packs.
 
 
306 Brady Raggio RC
 
 
 
307 Kevin McGlinchy RC
 
 
 
308 Roy Halladay RC
 
 
 
309 Jeremi Gonzalez RC
 
 
 
310 Aramis Ramirez RC
 
 
 
311 Dee Brown RC
 
 
 
312 Justin Thompson
 
 
 
313 Jay Tessmer RC
 
 
 
314 Mike Johnson RC
 
 
 
315 Danny Clyburn
 
 
 
316 Bruce Aven
 
 
 
317 Keith Foulke RC
 
 
 
318 Jimmy Osting RC
 
 
 
319 Valerio De Los Santos RC
 
 
 
320 Shannon Stewart
 
 
 
321 Willie Adams
 
 
 
322 Larry Barnes RC
 
 
 
323 Mark Johnson RC
 
 
 
324 Chris Stowers RC
 
 
 
325 Brandon Reed
 
 
 
326 Randy Winn
 
 
 
327 Steve Chavez RC
 
 
 
328 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
 
329 Jacque Jones RC
 
 
 
330 Chris Clemons
 
 
 
331 Todd Helton
 
 
 
332 Ryan Brannan RC
 
 
 
333 Alex Sanchez RC
 
 
 
334 Arnold Gooch
 
 
 
335 Russell Branyan
 
 
 
336 Daryle Ward
 
 
 
337 John LeRoy RC
 
 
 
338 Steve Cox
 
 
 
339 Kevin Witt
 
 
 
340 Norm Hutchins
 
 
 
341 Gabby Martinez
 
 
 
342 Kris Detmers
 
 
 
343 Mike Villano RC
 
 
 
344 Preston Wilson
 
 
 
345 James Manias RC
 
 
 
346 Deivi Cruz RC
 
 
 
347 Donzell McDonald RC
 
 
 
348 Rod Myers RC
 
 
 
349 Shawn Chacon RC
 
 
 
350 Elvin Hernandez RC
 
 
 
351 Orlando Cabrera RC
 
 
 
352 Brian Banks
 
 
 
353 Robbie Bell
 
 
 
354 Brad Rigby
 
 
 
355 Scott Elarton
 
 
 
356 Kevin Sweeney RC
 
 
 
357 Steve Soderstrom
 
 
 
358 Ryan Nye
 
 
 
359 Marlon Allen RC
 
 
 
360 Donny Leon RC
 
 
 
361 Garrett Neubart RC
 
 
 
362 Abraham Nunez RC
 
 
 
363 Adam Eaton RC
 
 
 
364 Octavio Dotel RC
 
 
 
365 Dean Crow RC
 
 
 
366 Jason Baker RC
 
 
 
367 Sean Casey
 
 
 
368 Joe Lawrence RC
 
 
 
369 Adam Johnson RC
 
 
 
370 Scott Schoeneweis RC
 
 
 
371 Gerald Witasick Jr. RC
 
 
 
372 Ronnie Belliard RC
 
 
 
373 Russ Ortiz
 
 
 
374 Robert Stratton RC
 
 
 
375 Bobby Estalella
 
 
 
376 Corey Lee RC
 
 
 
377 Carlos Beltran
 
 
 
378 Mike Cameron
 
 
 
379 Scott Randall RC
 
 
 
380 Corey Erickson RC
 
 
 
381 Jay Canizaro
 
 
 
382 Kerry Robinson RC
 
 
 
383 Todd Noel RC
 
 
 
384 A.J. Zapp RC
 
 
 
385 Jarrod Washburn
 
 
 
386 Ben Grieve
 
 
 
387 Javier Vazquez RC
 
 
 
388 Tony Graffanino
 
 
 
389 Travis Lee RC
 
 
 
390 DaRond Stovall
 
 
 
391 Dennis Reyes RC
 
 
 
392 Danny Buxbaum
 
 
 
393 Marc Lewis
 
 
 
394 Kelvim Escobar RC
 
 
 
395 Danny Klassen
 
 
 
396 Ken Cloude RC
 
 
 
397 Gabe Alvarez
 
 
 
398 Jaret Wright RC
 
 
 
399 Raul Casanova
 
 
 
400 Clayton Bruner RC
 
 
 
401 Jason Marquis RC
 
 
 
402 Marc Kroon
 
 
 
403 Jamey Wright
 
 
 
404 Matt Snyder RC
 
 
 
405 Josh Garrett RC
 
 
 
406 Juan Encarnacion
 
 
 
407 Heath Murray
 
 
 
408 Brett Herbison RC
 
 
 
409 Brent Butler RC
 
 
 
410 Danny Peoples RC
 
 
 
411 Miguel Tejada RC
 
 
 
412 Damian Moss
 
 
 
413 Jim Pittsley
 
 
 
414 Dmitri Young
 
 
 
415 Glendon Rusch
 
 
 
416 Vladimir Guerrero
 
 
 
417 Cole Liniak RC
 
 
 
418 Ramon Hernandez
 
 
 
419 Cliff Politte RC
 
 
 
420 Mel Rosario RC
 
 
 
421 Jorge Carrion RC
 
 
 
422 John Barnes RC
 
 
 
423 Chris Stowe RC
 
 
 
424 Vernon Wells RC
 
 
 
425 Brett Caradonna RC
 
 
 
426 Scott Hodges RC
 
 
 
427 Jon Garland RC
 
 
 
428 Nathan Haynes RC
 
 
 
429 Geoff Goetz RC
 
 
 
430 Adam Kennedy RC
 
 
 
431 T.J. Tucker RC
 
 
 
432 Aaron Akin RC
 
 
 
433 Jayson Werth RC
 
 
 
434 Glenn Davis RC
 
 
 
435 Mark Mangum RC
 
 
 
436 Troy Cameron RC
 
 
 
437 J.J. Davis RC
 
 
 
438 Lance Berkman RC
 
 
 
439 Jason Standridge RC
 
 
 
440 Jason Dellaero RC
 
 
 
441 Hideki Irabu
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
 
 
==Inserts==
 
  
==Autographs & Game-Used==
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
 +
SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1997) AND (setname = 'Bowman Certified Blue Ink Autographs');
 +
</sql2wiki>
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{{Bowman}}
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[[Category:1997]]
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[[Category:Topps]]
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[[Category:Bowman]]

Revision as of 14:40, 24 April 2019

Description

1997 Bowman is a 441-card set. For the first time, Bowman Baseball was released in two series (Series One: Cards 1-221; Series Two: 222-441). This was also the first year of the, now familiar, "Red/Blue" design convention. The 301 top prospects have blue borders while the 140 veteran stars are designated by red borders. Players that were featured for the first time on a Bowman card also carried a blue foil "1st Bowman Card" logo on the card front.

Rookie Cards in this set include Adrian Beltre, Kerry Wood, Brad Penny, and Eric Chavez in the first series; and Roy Halladay, Aramis Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Vernon Wells, Jayson Werth, and Lance Berkman in Series Two. An unannounced Hideki Irabu card (#221) was added late to the Series One set, but was produced at the same rate as any other Series One base card.

Please note that cards 155 and 158 don't exist. Calvin "Pokey" Reese and George Arias are both numbered 156 (Reese is an uncorrected error - should be numbered 155). Chris Carpenter and Eric Milton are both numbered 159 (Carpenter is an uncorrected error - should be numbered 158).

$125 Guarantee

For the second year, Topps offered collectors the right to purchase an option that, when exercised, would allow collectors to sell a complete 441-card 1997 Bowman Baseball set back to Topps for $125 -- an increase of $25 from the year before. To get the option, collectors had to mail in the Guaranteed Certificate Request Form which was found in every three packs of either series along with a $5 registration and processing fee. Topps would then send back a serial-numbered certificate.

To exercise the buyback option, collectors had to send a complete 1997 Bowman base set along with the certificate to Topps between August 31st and December 31st, 2000. Topps would then mail the collector a check for $125.

Distribution

24 packs per box, ten cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 441 - ?
Internationals 441 - one-per-pack
Bowman's Best Preview (S1) 20 - 1:12
Bowman's Best Preview Refractor (S1) 20 - 1:48
Bowman's Best Preview Atomic Refractor (S1) 20 - 1:96
Scout's Honor Roll (S1) 15 - 1:12
1998 ROY Favorites (S2) 15 - 1:12
International Best (S2) 20 - 1:12
International Best Refractor (S2) 20 - 1:48
International Best Atomic Refractor (S2) 20 - 1:96
Blue Ink Autograph (S1, S2) 89 - 1:96
Black Ink Autograph (S1, S2) 89 - 1:503
Gold Ink Autograph (S1, S2) 89 - 1:1509
Derek Jeter Blue (S1) / Green Ink (S2) Autograph 1 - 1:1928

Checklist

Promos

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    Base Set

    Series One

    Veterans (Reds)

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    • 1 Derek Jeter
    • 2 Edgar Renteria
    • 3 Chipper Jones
    • 4 Hideo Nomo
    • 5 Tim Salmon
    • 6 Jason Giambi
    • 7 Robin Ventura
    • 8 Tony Clark
    • 9 Barry Larkin
    • 10 Paul Molitor
    • 11 Bernard Gilkey
    • 12 Jack McDowell
    • 13 Andy Benes
    • 14 Ryan Klesko
    • 15 Mark McGwire
    • 16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • 17 Robb Nen
    • 18 Cal Ripken, Jr.
    • 19 John Valentin
    • 20 Ricky Bottalico
    • 21 Mike Lansing
    • 22 Ryne Sandberg
    • 23 Carlos Delgado
    • 24 Craig Biggio
    • 25 Eric Karros
    • 26 Kevin Appier
    • 27 Mariano Rivera
    • 28 Vinny Castilla
    • 29 Juan Gonzalez
    • 30 Al Martin
    • 31 Jeff Cirillo
    • 32 Eddie Murray
    • 33 Ray Lankford
    • 34 Manny Ramirez
    • 35 Roberto Alomar
    • 36 Will Clark
    • 37 Chuck Knoblauch
    • 38 Harold Baines
    • 39 Trevor Hoffman
    • 40 Edgar Martinez
    • 41 Geronimo Berroa
    • 42 Rey Ordonez
    • 43 Mike Stanley
    • 44 Mike Mussina
    • 45 Kevin Brown
    • 46 Dennis Eckersley
    • 47 Henry Rodriguez
    • 48 Tino Martinez
    • 49 Eric Young
    • 50 Bret Boone
    • 51 Raul Mondesi
    • 52 Sammy Sosa
    • 53 John Smoltz
    • 54 Billy Wagner
    • 55 Jeff D'Amico
    • 56 Ken Caminiti
    • 57 Jason Kendall
    • 58 Wade Boggs
    • 59 Andres Galarraga
    • 60 Jeff Brantley
    • 61 Mel Rojas
    • 62 Brian L. Hunter
    • 63 Bobby Bonilla
    • 64 Roger Clemens
    • 65 Jeff Kent
    • 66 Matt Williams
    • 67 Albert Belle
    • 68 Jeff King
    • 69 John Wetteland
    • 70 Deion Sanders

    Prospects (Blues)

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    • 71 Bubba Trammell RC
    • 72 Felix Heredia RC
    • 73 Billy Koch
    • 74 Sidney Ponson RC
    • 75 Ricky Ledee RC
    • 76 Brett Tomko
    • 77 Braden Looper RC
    • 78 Damian Jackson
    • 79 Jason Dickson
    • 80 Chad Green RC
    • 81 R.A. Dickey RC
    • 82 Jeff Liefer
    • 83 Matt Wagner
    • 84 Richard Hidalgo
    • 85 Adam Riggs
    • 86 Robert Smith
    • 87 Chad Hermansen RC
    • 88 Felix Martinez
    • 89 J.J. Johnson
    • 90 Todd Dunwoody
    • 91 Katsuhiro Maeda
    • 92 Darin Erstad
    • 93 Eli Marrero
    • 94 Bartolo Colon
    • 95 Chris Fussell
    • 96 Ugueth Urbina
    • 97 Josh Paul RC
    • 98 Jaime Bluma
    • 99 Seth Greisinger RC
    • 100 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
    • 101 Todd Dunn
    • 102 Joe Young
    • 103 Jonathan Johnson
    • 104 Justin Towle RC
    • 105 Brian Rose
    • 106 Jose Guillen
    • 107 Andruw Jones
    • 108 Mark Kotsay RC
    • 109 Wilton Guerrero
    • 110 Jacob Cruz
    • 111 Mike Sweeney
    • 112 Julio Mosquera
    • 113 Matt Morris
    • 114 Wendell Magee, Jr.
    • 115 John Thomson
    • 116 Javier Valentin
    • 117 Tom Fordham
    • 118 Ruben Rivera
    • 119 Mike Drumright RC
    • 120 Chris Holt
    • 121 Sean Maloney
    • 122 Michael Barrett
    • 123 Tony Saunders RC
    • 124 Kevin Brown
    • 125 Richard Almanzar
    • 126 Mark Redman
    • 127 Anthony Sanders RC
    • 128 Jeff Abbott
    • 129 Eugene Kingsale
    • 130 Paul Konerko
    • 131 Randall Simon RC
    • 132 Andy Larkin
    • 133 Rafael Medina
    • 134 Mendy Lopez
    • 135 Freddy Adrian Garcia
    • 136 Karim Garcia
    • 137 Larry Rodriguez RC
    • 138 Carlos Guillen
    • 139 Aaron Boone
    • 140 Donnie Sadler
    • 141 Brooks Kieschnick
    • 142 Scott Spiezio
    • 143 Everett Stull
    • 144 Enrique Wilson
    • 145 Milton Bradley RC
    • 146 Kevin Orie
    • 147 Derek Wallace
    • 148 Russ Johnson
    • 149 Joe Lagarde RC
    • 150 Luis Castillo
    • 151 Jay Payton
    • 152 Joe Long
    • 153 Livan Hernandez
    • 154 Vladimir Nunez RC
    • 156 Pokey Reese UER (should be numbered 155
    • 156 George Arias
    • 157 Homer Bush
    • 159 Chris Carpenter UER (should be numbered 158
    • 159 Eric Milton RC
    • 160 Richie Sexson
    • 161 Carl Pavano
    • 162 Chris Gissell RC
    • 163 Mac Suzuki
    • 164 Pat Cline
    • 165 Ron Wright
    • 166 Dante Powell
    • 167 Mark Bellhorn
    • 168 George Lombard
    • 169 Pee Wee Lopez RC
    • 170 Paul Wilder RC
    • 171 Brad Fullmer
    • 172 Willie Martinez RC
    • 173 Dario Veras RC
    • 174 Dave Coggin
    • 175 Kris Benson RC
    • 176 Torii Hunter
    • 177 D.T. Cromer
    • 178 Nelson Figueroa RC
    • 179 Hiram Bocachica RC
    • 180 Shane Monahan
    • 181 Jimmy Anderson RC
    • 182 Juan Melo
    • 183 Pablo Ortega RC
    • 184 Calvin Pickering RC
    • 185 Reggie Taylor
    • 186 Jeff Farnsworth RC
    • 187 Terrence Long
    • 188 Geoff Jenkins
    • 189 Steve Rain RC
    • 190 Nerio Rodriguez
    • 191 Derrick Gibson RC
    • 192 Darin Blood
    • 193 Ben Davis
    • 194 Adrian Beltre RC
    • 195 Damian Sapp RC
    • 196 Kerry Wood RC
    • 197 Nate Rolison RC
    • 198 Fernando Tatis RC
    • 199 Brad Penny RC
    • 200 Jake Westbrook RC
    • 201 Edwin Diaz
    • 202 Joe Fontenot RC
    • 203 Matt Halloran RC
    • 204 Blake Stein RC
    • 205 Onan Masaoka
    • 206 Ben Petrick
    • 207 Matt Clement RC
    • 208 Todd Greene
    • 209 Ray Ricken
    • 210 Eric Chavez RC
    • 211 Edgard Velazquez
    • 212 Bruce Chen RC
    • 213 Danny Patterson
    • 214 Jeff Yoder
    • 215 Luis Ordaz RC
    • 216 Chris Widger
    • 217 Jason Brester
    • 218 Carlton Loewer
    • 219 Chris Reitsma RC
    • 220 Neifi Perez
    • 221 Hideki Irabu RC

    Series Two

    Veterans (Reds)

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    • 222 Ellis Burks
    • 223 Pedro Martinez
    • 224 Kenny Lofton
    • 225 Randy Johnson
    • 226 Terry Steinbach
    • 227 Bernie Williams
    • 228 Dean Palmer
    • 229 Alan Benes
    • 230 Marquis Grissom
    • 231 Gary Sheffield
    • 232 Curt Schilling
    • 233 Reggie Sanders
    • 234 Bob Higginson
    • 235 Moises Alou
    • 236 Tom Glavine
    • 237 Mark Grace
    • 238 Ramon Martinez
    • 239 Rafael Palmeiro
    • 240 John Olerud
    • 241 Dante Bichette
    • 242 Greg Vaughn
    • 243 Jeff Bagwell
    • 244 Barry Bonds
    • 245 Pat Hentgen
    • 246 Jim Thome
    • 247 Jermaine Allensworth
    • 248 Andy Pettitte
    • 249 Jay Bell
    • 250 John Jaha
    • 251 Jim Edmonds
    • 252 Ron Gant
    • 253 David Cone
    • 254 Jose Canseco
    • 255 Jay Buhner
    • 256 Greg Maddux
    • 257 Brian McRae
    • 258 Lance Johnson
    • 259 Travis Fryman
    • 260 Paul O'Neill
    • 261 Ivan Rodriguez
    • 262 Gregg Jefferies
    • 263 Fred McGriff
    • 264 Derek Bell
    • 265 Jeff Conine
    • 266 Mike Piazza
    • 267 Mark Grudzielanek
    • 268 Brady Anderson
    • 269 Marty Cordova
    • 270 Ray Durham
    • 271 Joe Carter
    • 272 Brian Jordan
    • 273 Dave Justice
    • 274 Tony Gwynn
    • 275 Larry Walker
    • 276 Cecil Fielder
    • 277 Mo Vaughn
    • 278 Alex Fernandez
    • 279 Michael Tucker
    • 280 Jose Valentin
    • 281 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
    • 282 Todd Hollandsworth
    • 283 Rico Brogna
    • 284 Rusty Greer
    • 285 Roberto Hernandez
    • 286 Hal Morris
    • 287 Johnny Damon
    • 288 Todd Hundley
    • 289 Rondell White
    • 290 Frank Thomas

    Prospects (Blues)

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    • 291 Don Denbow RC
    • 292 Derrek Lee
    • 293 Todd Walker
    • 294 Scott Rolen
    • 295 Wes Helms
    • 296 Bob Abreu
    • 297 John Patterson RC
    • 298 Alex Gonzalez RC
    • 299 Grant Roberts RC
    • 300 Jeff Suppan
    • 301 Luke Wilcox
    • 302 Marlon Anderson
    • 303 Ray Brown
    • 304 Mike Caruso RC
    • 305 Sam Marsonek RC
    • 306 Brady Raggio RC
    • 307 Kevin McGlinchy RC
    • 308 Roy Halladay RC
    • 309 Jeremi Gonzalez RC
    • 310 Aramis Ramirez RC
    • 311 Dee Brown RC
    • 312 Justin Thompson
    • 313 Jay Tessmer RC
    • 314 Mike Johnson RC
    • 315 Danny Clyburn
    • 316 Bruce Aven
    • 317 Keith Foulke RC
    • 318 Jimmy Osting RC
    • 319 Valerio De Los Santos RC
    • 320 Shannon Stewart
    • 321 Willie Adams
    • 322 Larry Barnes RC
    • 323 Mark Johnson RC
    • 324 Chris Stowers RC
    • 325 Brandon Reed
    • 326 Randy Winn
    • 327 Steve Chavez RC
    • 328 Nomar Garciaparra
    • 329 Jacque Jones RC
    • 330 Chris Clemons
    • 331 Todd Helton
    • 332 Ryan Brannan RC
    • 333 Alex Sanchez RC
    • 334 Arnold Gooch
    • 335 Russell Branyan
    • 336 Daryle Ward
    • 337 John LeRoy RC
    • 338 Steve Cox
    • 339 Kevin Witt
    • 340 Norm Hutchins
    • 341 Gabby Martinez
    • 342 Kris Detmers
    • 343 Mike Villano RC
    • 344 Preston Wilson
    • 345 James Manias RC
    • 346 Deivi Cruz RC
    • 347 Donzell McDonald RC
    • 348 Rod Myers RC
    • 349 Shawn Chacon RC
    • 350 Elvin Hernandez RC
    • 351 Orlando Cabrera RC
    • 352 Brian Banks
    • 353 Robbie Bell
    • 354 Brad Rigby
    • 355 Scott Elarton
    • 356 Kevin Sweeney RC
    • 357 Steve Soderstrom
    • 358 Ryan Nye
    • 359 Marlon Allen RC
    • 360 Donny Leon RC
    • 361 Garrett Neubart RC
    • 362 Abraham Nunez RC
    • 363 Adam Eaton RC
    • 364 Octavio Dotel RC
    • 365 Dean Crow RC
    • 366 Jason Baker RC
    • 367 Sean Casey
    • 368 Joe Lawrence RC
    • 369 Adam Johnson RC
    • 370 Scott Schoeneweis RC
    • 372 Ronnie Belliard RC
    • 373 Russ Ortiz
    • 374 Robert Stratton RC
    • 375 Bobby Estalella
    • 376 Corey Lee RC
    • 377 Carlos Beltran
    • 378 Mike Cameron
    • 379 Scott Randall RC
    • 380 Corey Erickson RC
    • 381 Jay Canizaro
    • 382 Kerry Robinson RC
    • 383 Todd Noel RC
    • 384 A.J. Zapp RC
    • 385 Jarrod Washburn
    • 386 Ben Grieve
    • 387 Javier Vazquez RC
    • 388 Tony Graffanino
    • 389 Travis Lee RC
    • 390 DaRond Stovall
    • 391 Dennis Reyes RC
    • 392 Danny Buxbaum
    • 393 Marc Lewis
    • 394 Kelvim Escobar RC
    • 395 Danny Klassen
    • 396 Ken Cloude RC
    • 397 Gabe Alvarez
    • 398 Jaret Wright RC
    • 399 Raul Casanova
    • 400 Clayton Bruner RC
    • 401 Jason Marquis RC
    • 402 Marc Kroon
    • 403 Jamey Wright
    • 404 Matt Snyder RC
    • 405 Josh Garrett RC
    • 406 Juan Encarnacion
    • 407 Heath Murray
    • 408 Brett Herbison RC
    • 409 Brent Butler RC
    • 410 Danny Peoples RC
    • 411 Miguel Tejada RC
    • 412 Damian Moss
    • 413 Jim Pittsley
    • 414 Dmitri Young
    • 415 Glendon Rusch
    • 416 Vladimir Guerrero
    • 417 Cole Liniak RC
    • 418 Ramon Hernandez
    • 419 Cliff Politte RC
    • 420 Mel Rosario RC
    • 421 Jorge Carrion RC
    • 422 John Barnes RC
    • 423 Chris Stowe RC
    • 424 Vernon Wells RC
    • 425 Brett Caradonna RC
    • 426 Scott Hodges RC
    • 427 Jon Garland RC
    • 428 Nathan Haynes RC
    • 429 Geoff Goetz RC
    • 430 Adam Kennedy RC
    • 431 T.J. Tucker RC
    • 432 Aaron Akin RC
    • 433 Jayson Werth RC
    • 434 Glenn Davis RC
    • 435 Mark Mangum RC
    • 436 Troy Cameron RC
    • 437 J.J. Davis RC
    • 438 Lance Berkman RC
    • 439 Jason Standridge RC
    • 440 Jason Dellaero RC
    • 441 Hideki Irabu
    • 371 Gerald Witasick, Jr. RC

    Parallels

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    All 441 cards are available in a one-per-pack "International" parallel. The Internationals are printing on foil-board and have the player's national flag in the background.

    Inserts

    Bowman's Best Preview

    See 1997 Bowman's Best.

    Scout's Honor Roll

    • SHR1 Dmitri Young
    • SHR2 Bob Abreu
    • SHR3 Vladimir Guerrero
    • SHR4 Paul Konerko
    • SHR5 Kevin Orie
    • SHR6 Todd Walker
    • SHR7 Ben Grieve
    • SHR8 Darin Erstad
    • SHR9 Derrek Lee
    • SHR10 Jose Cruz, Jr.
    • SHR11 Scott Rolen
    • SHR12 Travis Lee
    • SHR13 Andruw Jones
    • SHR14 Wilton Guerrero
    • SHR15 Nomar Garciaparra

    1998 ROY Favorites

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    NOTE: The actual 1998 Rookies of the Year (Ben Grieve and Kerry Wood) were not included in this set.

    • ROY1 Jeff Abbott
    • ROY2 Karim Garcia
    • ROY3 Todd Helton
    • ROY4 Richard Hidalgo
    • ROY5 Geoff Jenkins
    • ROY6 Russ Johnson
    • ROY7 Paul Konerko
    • ROY8 Mark Kotsay
    • ROY9 Ricky Ledee
    • ROY10 Travis Lee
    • ROY11 Derrek Lee
    • ROY12 Eli Marrero
    • ROY13 Juan Melo
    • ROY14 Brian Rose
    • ROY15 Fernando Tatis

    International Best

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    This 20-card chromium-stock set features a variety of players, mostly from overseas. The design is identical to the 1997 Bowman's Best set. Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.

    • Refractor
    • Atomic Refractor

    • BBI1 Frank Thomas
    • BBI2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • BBI3 Juan Gonzalez
    • BBI4 Bernie Williams
    • BBI5 Hideo Nomo
    • BBI6 Sammy Sosa
    • BBI7 Larry Walker
    • BBI8 Vinny Castilla
    • BBI9 Mariano Rivera
    • BBI10 Rafael Palmeiro
    • BBI11 Nomar Garciaparra
    • BBI12 Todd Walker
    • BBI13 Andruw Jones
    • BBI14 Vladimir Guerrero
    • BBI15 Ruben Rivera
    • BBI16 Bob Abreu
    • BBI17 Karim Garcia
    • BBI18 Katsuhiro Maeda
    • BBI19 Jose Cruz
    • BBI20 Damian Moss

    Autographs

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    This 90-card set features top prospects with on-card autographs with the Topps Certified Autograph Issue Stamp. All cards are available in three different color parallels.

    • Blue Ink
    • Black Ink
    • Gold Ink

    The Blue Ink cards are the easiest to find while the Golds are the scarcest.

    NOTE: In addition to signing Blue, Black, and Gold Ink Autographs, Derek Jeter (#CA41) also signed a Green Ink card -- the only player to do so. Jeter's Blue Ink Autograph is exclusive to Series One packs while the Green Ink is only in Series Two. Black and Gold Ink Jeter Autographs were inserted into both series packs.

    • CA1 Jeff Abbott
    • CA2 Bob Abreu
    • CA3 Willie Adams
    • CA4 Brian Banks
    • CA5 Kris Benson
    • CA6 Darin Blood
    • CA7 Jaime Bluma
    • CA8 Kevin L. Brown
    • CA9 Ray Brown
    • CA10 Homer Bush
    • CA11 Mike Cameron
    • CA12 Jay Canizaro
    • CA13 Luis Castillo
    • CA14 Dave Coggin
    • CA15 Bartolo Colon
    • CA16 Rocky Coppinger
    • CA17 Jacob Cruz
    • CA18 Jose Cruz
    • CA19 Jeff D'Amico
    • CA20 Ben Davis
    • CA21 Mike Drumright
    • CA22 Scott Elarton
    • CA23 Darin Erstad
    • CA24 Bobby Estalella
    • CA25 Joe Fontenot
    • CA26 Tom Fordham
    • CA27 Brad Fullmer
    • CA28 Chris Fussell
    • CA29 Karim Garcia
    • CA30 Kris Detmers
    • CA31 Todd Greene
    • CA32 Ben Grieve
    • CA33 Vladimir Guerrero
    • CA34 Jose Guillen
    • CA35 Roy Halladay
    • CA36 Wes Helms
    • CA37 Chad Hermansen
    • CA38 Richard Hidalgo
    • CA39 Todd Hollandsworth
    • CA40 Damian Jackson
    • CA41 Derek Jeter
    • CA42 Andruw Jones
    • CA43 Brooks Kieschnick
    • CA44 Eugene Kingsale
    • CA45 Paul Konerko
    • CA46 Marc Kroon
    • CA47 Derrek Lee
    • CA48 Travis Lee
    • CA49 Terrence Long
    • CA50 Curt Lyons
    • CA51 Eli Marrero
    • CA52 Rafael Medina
    • CA53 Juan Melo
    • CA54 Shane Monahan
    • CA55 Julio Mosquera
    • CA56 Heath Murray
    • CA57 Ryan Nye
    • CA58 Kevin Orie
    • CA59 Russ Ortiz
    • CA60 Carl Pavano
    • CA61 Jay Payton
    • CA62 Neifi Perez
    • CA63 Sidney Ponson
    • CA64 Pokey Reese
    • CA65 Ray Ricken
    • CA66 Brad Rigby
    • CA67 Adam Riggs
    • CA68 Ruben Rivera
    • CA69 J.J. Johnson
    • CA70 Scott Rolen
    • CA71 Tony Saunders
    • CA72 Donnie Sadler
    • CA73 Richie Sexson
    • CA74 Scott Spiezio
    • CA75 Everett Stull
    • CA76 Mike Sweeney
    • CA77 Fernando Tatis
    • CA78 Miguel Tejada
    • CA79 Justin Thompson
    • CA80 Justin Towle
    • CA81 Billy Wagner
    • CA82 Todd Walker
    • CA83 Luke Wilcox
    • CA84 Paul Wilder
    • CA85 Enrique Wilson
    • CA86 Kerry Wood
    • CA87 Jamey Wright
    • CA88 Ron Wright
    • CA89 Dmitri Young
    • CA90 Nelson Figueroa