2000 Bowman's Best

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Description

2000 Bowman's Best was released in early August of 2000. The set features 200 cards with the last 50 short-printed and serial-numbered to 2999 copies.

Distribution

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

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 200 - 5:1
short set 150 - ?
Rookie 50 2999 1:7
Best Bets 10 - 1:15
Franchise Favorites 6 - 1:17
Franchise 2000 25 - 1:18
Year By Year 15 - 1:23
Best Selections 15 - 1:30
Locker Room Collection Jerseys 5 - 1:206
Locker Room Collection Bats 11 - 1:376
Locker Room Collection Autographs 19 - 1:57
Franchise Favorites Autographs 6 - 1:574
Autographed Baseball Redemption 5 - 1:688

Checklist

Promos

Pre-Production

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These three cards were distributed in a clear cello pack to dealers and The Hobby media to promote 2000 Bowman's Best.

  • PP1 Larry Walker
  • PP2 Adam Dunn
  • PP3 Brett Myers

Previews

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This ten-card set was randomly seeded into packs of 2000 Bowman.

  • BB1 Derek Jeter
  • BB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • BB3 Nomar Garciaparra
  • BB4 Mike Piazza
  • BB5 Alex Rodriguez
  • BB6 Sammy Sosa
  • BB7 Mark McGwire
  • BB8 Pat Burrell
  • BB9 Josh Hamilton
  • BB10 Adam Piatt

Base Set

NOTE: ALL base cards in this set are Refractors.

Veterans (gold)

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  • 1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Tony Clark
  • 4 Bernie Williams
  • 5 Barry Bonds
  • 6 Jermaine Dye
  • 7 John Olerud
  • 8 Mike Hampton
  • 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Jeff Bagwell
  • 11 Troy Glaus
  • 12 J.D. Drew
  • 13 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 14 Carlos Delgado
  • 15 Shawn Green
  • 16 Kevin Millwood
  • 17 Rondell White
  • 18 Scott Rolen
  • 19 Jeff Cirillo
  • 20 Barry Larkin
  • 21 Brian Giles
  • 22 Roger Clemens
  • 23 Manny Ramirez
  • 24 Alex Gonzalez
  • 25 Mark Grace
  • 26 Fernando Tatis
  • 27 Randy Johnson
  • 28 Roger Cedeno
  • 29 Brian Jordan
  • 30 Kevin Brown
  • 31 Greg Vaughn
  • 32 Roberto Alomar
  • 33 Larry Walker
  • 34 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 35 Curt Schilling
  • 36 Orlando Hernandez
  • 37 Todd Walker
  • 38 Juan Gonzalez
  • 39 Sean Casey
  • 40 Tony Gwynn
  • 41 Albert Belle
  • 42 Gary Sheffield
  • 43 Michael Barrett
  • 44 Preston Wilson
  • 45 Jim Thome
  • 46 Shannon Stewart
  • 47 Mo Vaughn
  • 48 Ben Grieve
  • 49 Adrian Beltre
  • 50 Sammy Sosa
  • 51 Bob Abreu
  • 52 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 53 Carlos Febles
  • 54 Frank Thomas
  • 55 Alex Rodriguez
  • 56 Cliff Floyd
  • 57 Jose Canseco
  • 58 Erubiel Durazo
  • 59 Tim Hudson
  • 60 Craig Biggio
  • 61 Eric Karros
  • 62 Mike Mussina
  • 63 Robin Ventura
  • 64 Carlos Beltran
  • 65 Pedro Martinez
  • 66 Gabe Kapler
  • 67 Jason Kendall
  • 68 Derek Jeter
  • 69 Magglio Ordonez
  • 70 Mike Piazza
  • 71 Mike Lieberthal
  • 72 Andres Galarraga
  • 73 Raul Mondesi
  • 74 Eric Chavez
  • 75 Greg Maddux
  • 76 Matt Williams
  • 77 Kris Benson
  • 78 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 79 Pokey Reese
  • 80 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 81 Mark McGwire
  • 82 Vinny Castilla
  • 83 Todd Helton
  • 84 Andruw Jones
  • 85 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Best Performers

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  • 86 Mark McGwire
  • 87 Derek Jeter
  • 88 Chipper Jones
  • 89 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 90 Sammy Sosa
  • 91 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 92 Juan Gonzalez
  • 93 Alex Rodriguez
  • 94 Barry Bonds
  • 95 Sean Casey
  • 96 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 97 Mike Piazza
  • 98 Shawn Green
  • 99 Jeff Bagwell
  • 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Prospects (silver)

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  • 101 Rick Ankiel
  • 102 John Patterson
  • 103 David Walling
  • 104 Michael Restovich
  • 105 A.J. Burnett
  • 106 Pablo Ozuna
  • 107 Chad Hermansen
  • 108 Choo Freeman
  • 109 Mark Quinn
  • 110 Corey Patterson
  • 111 Ramon Ortiz
  • 112 Vernon Wells
  • 113 Milton Bradley
  • 114 Gookie Dawkins
  • 115 Sean Burroughs
  • 116 Wily Mo Pena
  • 117 Dee Brown
  • 118 C.C. Sabathia
  • 119 Adam Kennedy
  • 120 Octavio Dotel
  • 121 Kip Wells
  • 122 Ben Petrick
  • 123 Mark Mulder
  • 124 Jason Standridge
  • 125 Adam Piatt
  • 126 Steve Lomasney
  • 127 Jayson Werth
  • 128 Alex Escobar
  • 129 Ryan Anderson
  • 130 Adam Dunn
  • 131 Ted Lilly
  • 132 Brad Penny
  • 133 Daryle Ward
  • 134 Eric Munson
  • 135 Nick Johnson
  • 136 Jason Jennings
  • 137 Tim Raines
  • 138 Ruben Mateo
  • 139 Jack Cust
  • 140 Rafael Furcal
  • 141 Eric Gagne
  • 142 Tony Armas
  • 143 Mike Paradis RC*
  • 144 Peter Bergeron
  • 145 Alfonso Soriano
  • 146 Josh Hamilton
  • 147 Michael Cuddyer
  • 148 Jay Gehrke
  • 149 Josh Girdley
  • 150 Pat Burrell

Rookies (blue)

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NOTES

  • Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 2999 copies.
  • The last five cards in the set (#196-#200) are "Exclusive Rookies" who appeared in no other 2000-issued Topps product.
  • 151 Brett Myers RC
  • 152 Scott Seabol RC
  • 153 Keith Reed RC
  • 154 Francisco Rodriguez RC
  • 155 Barry Zito RC
  • 156 Pat Manning RC*
  • 157 Ben Christensen RC*
  • 158 Corey Myers RC*
  • 159 Wascar Serrano RC
  • 160 Wes Anderson RC*
  • 161 Andy Tracy RC
  • 162 Cesar Saba RC*
  • 163 Mike Lamb RC
  • 164 Bobby Bradley RC*
  • 165 Vince Faison RC*
  • 166 Ty Howington RC*
  • 167 Ken Harvey RC
  • 168 Josh Kalinowski RC*
  • 169 Ruben Salazar RC*
  • 170 Aaron Rowand RC
  • 171 Ramon Santiago RC
  • 172 Scott Sobkowiak RC
  • 173 Lyle Overbay RC
  • 174 Rico Washington RC
  • 175 Rick Asadoorian RC*
  • 176 Matt Ginter RC
  • 177 Jason Stumm RC*
  • 178 B.J. Garbe RC*
  • 179 Mike MacDougal RC
  • 180 Ryan Christianson RC*
  • 181 Kurt Ainsworth RC
  • 182 Brad Baisley RC*
  • 183 Ben Broussard RC
  • 184 Aaron McNeal RC*
  • 185 John Sneed RC*
  • 186 Junior Brignac RC*
  • 187 Chance Caple RC*
  • 188 Scott Downs RC
  • 189 Matt Cepicky RC
  • 190 Chin-Feng Chen RC
  • 191 Johan Santana RC
  • 192 Brad Baker RC*
  • 193 Jason Repko RC
  • 194 Craig Dingman RC
  • 195 Chris Wakeland RC
  • 196 Rogelio Arias RC*
  • 197 Luis Matos RC
  • 198 Rob Ramsay RC
  • 199 Willie Bloomquist RC
  • 200 Tony Pena, Jr. RC

Parallels

There are no parallels. All 200 base cards are Refractors.

Inserts

Best Bets

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  • BBB1 Pat Burrell
  • BBB2 Alfonso Soriano
  • BBB3 Corey Patterson
  • BBB4 Eric Munson
  • BBB5 Sean Burroughs
  • BBB6 Rafael Furcal
  • BBB7 Rick Ankiel
  • BBB8 Nick Johnson
  • BBB9 Ruben Mateo
  • BBB10 Josh Hamilton

Best Selections

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  • BBS1 Alex Rodriguez
  • BBS2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • BBS3 Pat Burrell
  • BBS4 Mark McGwire
  • BBS5 Derek Jeter
  • BBS6 Nomar Garciaparra
  • BBS7 Mike Piazza
  • BBS8 Josh Hamilton
  • BBS9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • BBS10 Jeff Bagwell
  • BBS11 Chipper Jones
  • BBS12 Jose Canseco
  • BBS13 Carlos Beltran
  • BBS14 Kerry Wood
  • BBS15 Ben Grieve

Franchise Favorites

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  • FR1A Sean Casey
  • FR1B Johnny Bench
  • FR1C Sean Casey / Johnny Bench
  • FR2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FR2B Brooks Robinson
  • FR2C Cal Ripken / Brook Robinson

Franchise 2000

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  • F1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • F2 Nomar Garciaparra
  • F3 Frank Thomas
  • F4 Manny Ramirez
  • F5 Juan Gonzalez
  • F6 Carlos Beltran
  • F7 Derek Jeter
  • F8 Alex Rodriguez
  • F9 Ben Grieve
  • F10 Jose Canseco
  • F11 Ivan Rodriguez
  • F12 Mo Vaughn
  • F13 Randy Johnson
  • F14 Chipper Jones
  • F15 Sammy Sosa
  • F16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • F17 Larry Walker
  • F18 Preston Wilson
  • F19 Jeff Bagwell
  • F20 Shawn Green
  • F21 Vladimir Guerrero
  • F22 Mike Piazza
  • F23 Scott Rolen
  • F24 Tony Gwynn
  • F25 Barry Bonds

Year By Year

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  • YY1 Sammy Sosa / Ken Griffey
  • YY2 Nomar Garciaparra / Vladimir Guerrero
  • YY3 Alex Rodriguez / Jeff Cirillo
  • YY4 Mike Piazza / Pedro Martinez
  • YY5 Derek Jeter / Edgardo Alfonzo
  • YY6 Alfonso Soriano / Rick Ankiel
  • YY7 Mark McGwire / Barry Bonds
  • YY8 Juan Gonzalez / Larry Walker
  • YY9 Ivan Rodriguez / Jeff Bagwell
  • YY10 Shawn Green / Manny Ramirez


Autographs & Game-Used

Locker Room Collection

Jerseys

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  • LRCJ1 Carlos Beltran
  • LRCJ2 Rick Ankiel
  • LRCJ3 Mark Quinn
  • LRCJ4 Ben Petrick
  • LRCJ5 Adam Piatt

Bats

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  • LRCL-BP Ben Petrick / Brad Penny
  • LRCL-AP Adam Piatt
  • LRCL-CB Carlos Beltran
  • LRCL-DB Dee Brown
  • LRCL-EM Eric Munson
  • LRCL-JD J.D. Drew
  • LRCL-PB Pat Burrell
  • LRCL-RA Rick Ankiel
  • LRCL-RF Rafael Furcal
  • LRCL-VW Vernon Wells

Locker Room Collection Autographs

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  • LRCA1 Carlos Beltran
  • LRCA2 Rick Ankiel
  • LRCA3 Vernon Wells
  • LRCA4 Ruben Mateo
  • LRCA5 Ben Petrick
  • LRCA6 Adam Piatt
  • LRCA7 Eric Munson
  • LRCA8 Alfonso Soriano
  • LRCA9 Kerry Wood
  • LRCA10 Jack Cust
  • LRCA11 Rafael Furcal
  • LRCA12 Josh Hamilton
  • LRCA13 Brad Penny
  • LRCA14 Dee Brown
  • LRCA15 Milton Bradley
  • LRCA16 Ryan Anderson
  • LRCA17 John Patterson
  • LRCA18 Nick Johnson
  • LRCA19 Peter Bergeron

Franchise Favorites Autographs

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  • FR1A Sean Casey
  • FR1B Johnny Bench
  • FR1C Sean Casey / Johnny Bench
  • FR2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FR2B Brooks Robinson
  • FR2C Cal Ripken / Brook Robinson

Autographed Baseball Redemption

The Autographed Baseball Redemption cards expired June 30, 2001.

  • 1 Josh Hamilton
  • 2 Rick Ankiel
  • 3 Alfonso Soriano
  • 4 Nick Johnson
  • 5 Corey Patterson