2005 Bowman Chrome

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Description[edit]

2005 Bowman Chrome is a 353-card set released in August, 2005. The set is divided into four parts: Veterans (cards #1-#140), Prospects (#141-#165), First Year Players (#166-#330), and Autographed First Year Players (#331-#353). Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph, four Refractors, and an X-Fractor.

Distribution[edit]

Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 353 - ? ?
short set 330 - 3:1 3:1
Autographs 23 - 1:28 1:83
Refractor 330 - 1:4 1:6
Autographed Refractor 23 500 1:88 1:259
X-Fractor 330 225 1:13 1:61
Autographed X-Fractor 23 225 1:196 1:573
Blue Refractor 330 150 1:20 1:69
Autographed Blue Refractor 23 150 1:294 1:866
Gold Refractor 330 50 1:61 1:206
Autographed Gold Refractor 23 50 1:880 1:2610
Red Refractor 330 5 1:606 1:2112
Autographed Red Refractor 23 5 1:8773 1:32,100
SuperFractor 330 one-of-one 1:3117 N/A
Autographed SuperFractor 23 one-of-one 1:47,238 N/A
Printing Plates 330 four for each 1:779 N/A
Autographed Printing Plates 23 four for each 1:10,996 N/A
A-Rod Throwback 4 - 1:9 1:12
A-Rod Throwback Refractor 4 499 1:445 N/A
A-Rod Throwback X-Fractor 4 99 1:2441 N/A
A-Rod Throwback SuperFractor 4 one-of-one 1:226,044 N/A
A-Rod Throwback Autographs 4 varies varies N/A
Two of a Kind Autographs 1 13 1:76,761 N/A

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

Veterans (Reds)[edit]

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  • 1 Gavin Floyd
  • 2 Eric Chavez
  • 3 Miguel Tejada
  • 4 Dmitri Young
  • 5 Hank Blalock
  • 6 Kerry Wood
  • 7 Andy Pettitte
  • 8 Pat Burrell
  • 9 Johnny Estrada
  • 10 Frank Thomas
  • 11 Juan Pierre
  • 12 Tom Glavine
  • 13 Lyle Overbay
  • 14 Jim Edmonds
  • 15 Steve Finley
  • 16 Jermaine Dye
  • 17 Omar Vizquel
  • 18 Nick Johnson
  • 19 Brian Giles
  • 20 Justin Morneau
  • 21 Preston Wilson
  • 22 Wily Mo Pena
  • 23 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 24 Scott Kazmir
  • 25 Derek Jeter
  • 26 Barry Zito
  • 27 Mike Lowell
  • 28 Jason Bay
  • 29 Ken Harvey
  • 30 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 31 Roy Halladay
  • 32 Todd Helton
  • 33 Mark Kotsay
  • 34 Jake Peavy
  • 35 David Wright
  • 36 Dontrelle Willis
  • 37 Marcus Giles
  • 38 Chone Figgins
  • 39 Sidney Ponson
  • 40 Randy Johnson
  • 41 John Smoltz
  • 42 Kevin Millar
  • 43 Mark Teixeira
  • 44 Alex Rios
  • 45 Mike Piazza
  • 46 Victor Martinez
  • 47 Jeff Bagwell
  • 48 Shawn Green
  • 49 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 50 Alex Rodriguez
  • 51 Kazuo Matsui
  • 52 Mark Mulder
  • 53 Michael Young
  • 54 Javy Lopez
  • 55 Johnny Damon
  • 56 Jeff Francis
  • 57 Rich Harden
  • 58 Bobby Abreu
  • 59 Mark Loretta
  • 60 Gary Sheffield
  • 61 Jamie Moyer
  • 62 Garret Anderson
  • 63 Vernon Wells
  • 64 Orlando Cabrera
  • 65 Magglio Ordonez
  • 66 Ronnie Belliard
  • 67 Carlos Lee
  • 68 Carl Pavano
  • 69 Jon Lieber
  • 70 Aubrey Huff
  • 71 Rocco Baldelli
  • 72 Jason Schmidt
  • 73 Bernie Williams
  • 74 Hideki Matsui
  • 75 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 76 Josh Beckett
  • 77 Mark Buehrle
  • 78 David Ortiz
  • 79 Luis Gonzalez
  • 80 Scott Rolen
  • 81 Joe Mauer
  • 82 Jose Reyes
  • 83 Adam Dunn
  • 84 Greg Maddux
  • 85 Bartolo Colon
  • 86 Bret Boone
  • 87 Mike Mussina
  • 88 Ben Sheets
  • 89 Lance Berkman
  • 90 Miguel Cabrera
  • 91 C.C. Sabathia
  • 92 Mike Maroth
  • 93 Andruw Jones
  • 94 Jack Wilson
  • 95 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 96 Geoff Jenkins
  • 97 Zack Greinke
  • 98 Jorge Posada
  • 99 Travis Hafner
  • 100 Barry Bonds
  • 101 Aaron Rowand
  • 102 Aramis Ramirez
  • 103 Curt Schilling
  • 104 Melvin Mora
  • 105 Albert Pujols
  • 106 Austin Kearns
  • 107 Shannon Stewart
  • 108 Carl Crawford
  • 109 Carlos Zambrano
  • 110 Roger Clemens
  • 111 Javier Vazquez
  • 112 Randy Wolf
  • 113 Chipper Jones
  • 114 Larry Walker
  • 115 Alfonso Soriano
  • 116 Brad Wilkerson
  • 117 Bobby Crosby
  • 118 Jim Thome
  • 119 Oliver Perez
  • 120 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 121 Roy Oswalt
  • 122 Torii Hunter
  • 123 Rafael Furcal
  • 124 Luis Castillo
  • 125 Carlos Beltran
  • 126 Mike Sweeney
  • 127 Johan Santana
  • 128 Tim Hudson
  • 129 Troy Glaus
  • 130 Manny Ramirez
  • 131 Jeff Kent
  • 132 Jose Vidro
  • 133 Edgar Renteria
  • 134 Russ Ortiz
  • 135 Sammy Sosa
  • 136 Carlos Delgado
  • 137 Richie Sexson
  • 138 Pedro Martinez
  • 139 Adrian Beltre
  • 140 Mark Prior

Prospects (Greens)[edit]

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  • 141 Omar Quintanilla
  • 142 Carlos Quentin
  • 143 Dan Johnson
  • 144 Jake Stevens
  • 145 Nate Schierholtz
  • 146 Neil Walker
  • 147 Bill Bray
  • 148 Taylor Tankersley
  • 149 Trevor Plouffe
  • 150 Felix Hernandez
  • 151 Philip Hughes
  • 152 James Houser
  • 153 David Murphy
  • 154 Ervin Santana
  • 155 Anthony Whittington
  • 156 Chris Lambert
  • 157 Jeremy Sowers
  • 158 Giovanny Gonzalez
  • 159 Blake DeWitt
  • 160 Thomas Diamond
  • 161 Greg Golson
  • 162 David Aardsma
  • 163 Paul Maholm
  • 164 Mark Rogers
  • 165 Homer Bailey

First Year Players (Blues)[edit]

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  • 166 Elvin Puello
  • 167 Tony Giarratano RC
  • 168 Darren Fenster RC*
  • 169 Elvys Quezada RC*
  • 170 Glen Perkins RC
  • 171 Ian Kinsler RC
  • 172 Adam Bostick
  • 173 Jeremy West RC*
  • 174 Brett Harper RC*
  • 175 Kevin West RC*
  • 176 Luis Hernandez RC
  • 177 Matt Campbell RC*
  • 178 Nate McLouth RC
  • 179 Ryan Goleski RC*
  • 180 Matthew Lindstrom RC
  • 181 Matt DeSalvo RC
  • 182 Kole Strayhorn RC*
  • 183 Jose Vaquedano RC*
  • 184 James Jurries RC*
  • 185 Ian Bladergroen RC*
  • 186 Kila Kaaihue
  • 187 Luke Scott RC
  • 188 Chris Denorfia RC
  • 189 Jai Miller RC
  • 190 Melky Cabrera RC
  • 191 Ryan Sweeney RC
  • 192 Sean Marshall RC
  • 193 Erick Abreu
  • 194 Tyler Pelland
  • 195 Cole Armstrong
  • 196 John Hudgins
  • 197 Wade Robinson RC*
  • 198 Dan Santin RC*
  • 199 Steve Doetsch RC*
  • 200 Shane Costa RC
  • 201 Scott Mathieson RC
  • 202 Ben Jones RC*
  • 203 Michael Rogers RC*
  • 204 Matt Rogelstad RC*
  • 205 Luis Ramirez RC*
  • 206 Landon Powell RC
  • 207 Erik Cordier
  • 208 Chris Seddon RC
  • 209 Chris Roberson RC
  • 210 Thomas Oldham RC*
  • 211 Dana Eveland RC
  • 212 Cody Haerther RC*
  • 213 Danny Core
  • 214 Craig Tatum RC
  • 215 Elliot Johnson RC
  • 216 Ender Chavez
  • 217 Errol Simonitsch RC*
  • 218 Matt Van Der Bosch
  • 219 Eulogio De La Cruz
  • 220 Drew Toussaint
  • 221 Adam Boeve RC*
  • 222 Adam Harben RC*
  • 223 Baltazar Lopez RC*
  • 224 Russell Martin RC
  • 225 Brian Bannister RC
  • 226 Chris Walker
  • 227 Casey McGehee RC
  • 228 Humberto Sanchez RC
  • 229 Javon Moran
  • 230 Brandon McCarthy RC
  • 231 Danny Zell RC*
  • 232 Kevin Barry
  • 233 Juan Tejeda
  • 234 Keith Ramsey
  • 235 Lorenzo Scott RC*
  • 236 Jon Barratt
  • 237 Martin Prado RC
  • 238 Matt Albers RC
  • 239 Brian Schweiger
  • 240 Raul Tablado RC*
  • 241 Pat Misch
  • 242 Pat Osborn
  • 243 Ryan Feierabend RC
  • 244 Shaun Marcum RC
  • 245 Kevin Collins RC*
  • 246 Stuart Pomeranz RC
  • 247 Tetsu Yofu
  • 248 Hernan Iribarren RC
  • 249 Mike Spidale RC*
  • 250 Tony Arnerich RC*
  • 251 Manny Parra RC
  • 252 Drew Anderson RC*
  • 253 T.J. Beam
  • 254 Claudio Arias
  • 255 Andy Sides RC*
  • 256 Bear Bay
  • 257 Bill McCarthy RC*
  • 258 Daniel Haigwood RC*
  • 259 Brian Sprout
  • 260 Bryan Triplett
  • 261 Steven Bondurant RC*
  • 262 Darwinson Salazar RC*
  • 263 David Shepard RC*
  • 264 Johan Silva RC*
  • 265 J.B. Thurmond RC*
  • 266 Brandon Moorhead RC
  • 267 Kyle Nichols
  • 268 Jonathan Sanchez RC
  • 269 Mike Esposito RC
  • 270 Erik Schindewolf RC*
  • 271 Peeter Ramos
  • 272 Juan Senreiso RC*
  • 273 Travis Chick RC
  • 274 Vinny Rottino RC
  • 275 Micah Furtado RC*
  • 276 George Kottaras RC
  • 277 Abel Gomez
  • 278 Buck Coats RC
  • 279 Kenny Durost RC*
  • 280 Nick Touchstone RC*
  • 281 Jerry Owens RC
  • 282 Stefan Bailie RC*
  • 283 Jesse Gutierrez RC*
  • 284 Chuck Tiffany RC*
  • 285 Brendan Ryan RC
  • 286 Julio Pimentel
  • 287 Shawn Bowman
  • 288 Alexander Smit
  • 289 Micah Schnurstein RC*
  • 290 Jared Gothreaux RC*
  • 291 Jair Jurrjens RC
  • 292 Bobby Livingston RC
  • 293 Ryan Speier RC
  • 294 Zach Parker
  • 295 Christian Colonel
  • 296 Scott Mitchinson RC*
  • 297 Neil Wilson
  • 298 Chuck James RC
  • 299 Heath Totten RC*
  • 300 Sean Tracey RC
  • 301 Tadahito Iguchi RC
  • 302 Matt Brown RC
  • 303 Franklin Morales RC
  • 304 Brandon Sing RC*
  • 305 D.J. Houlton RC
  • 306 Jayce Tingler RC*
  • 307 Mitchell Arnold
  • 308 Jim Burt RC*
  • 309 Jason Motte RC
  • 310 Dave Gassner RC
  • 311 Andy Santana RC*
  • 312 Kelvin Pichardo RC*
  • 313 Carlos Carrasco
  • 314 Willy Mota RC*
  • 315 Frank Mata RC
  • 316 Carlos Gonzalez RC
  • 317 Jesse Floyd
  • 318 Chris B. Young RC
  • 319 Billy Sadler RC
  • 320 Ricky Barrett RC*
  • 321 Ben Harrison
  • 322 Steve Nelson RC*
  • 323 Daryl Thompson
  • 324 Davis Romero
  • 325 Jeremy Harts RC*
  • 326 Nick Masset RC
  • 327 Thomas Pauly
  • 328 Mike Garber
  • 329 Kennard Bibbs RC*
  • 330 Colter Bean RC

Autographed First Year Players[edit]

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  • 331 Justin Verlander RC
  • 332 Chip Cannon RC*
  • 333 Kevin Melillo RC
  • 334 Jake Postlewait RC*
  • 335 Wes Swackhamer RC*
  • 336 Mike Rodriguez RC*
  • 337 Philip Humber RC
  • 338 Jeff Niemann RC
  • 339 Brian Miller RC*
  • 340 Chris Vines RC*
  • 341 Andy LaRoche RC
  • 342 Michael Bourn RC
  • 343 Eric Nielsen RC*
  • 344 Wladimir Balentien RC
  • 345 Ismael Ramirez RC*
  • 346 Pedro Lopez RC
  • 347 Shawn Bowman
  • 348 Hayden Penn RC
  • 349 Matt Kemp RC
  • 350 Brian Stavisky RC*
  • 351 C.J. Smith RC*
  • 352 Mike Morse RC
  • 353 Billy Butler RC

Parallels[edit]

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All 353 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Autographed First Year Players: serial-numbered to 500 copies)
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 225 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

Uncirculated Green Refractors[edit]

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Cards #166-#330 are available as a Uncirculated Green Refractor. These cards, which were exclusively distributed on the website thepit.com (which Topps owned at the time), are uncased in a plastic holder similar to the eTopps cards of the era. Each card is serial-numbered to 225 copies.

Inserts[edit]

A-Rod Throwback[edit]

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In 2005 Alex Rodriguez signed an endorsement deal with Topps. To celebrate, 2005 Bowman Chrome included these "cards that never were" from mid-90s Bowman sets. From his MLB debut in 1994 through 1997, Topps was unable to come to terms with A-Rod. (Please refer to our 1993 Topps Traded page for more information on A-Rod's mid-90s Topps exclusion.)

NOTE: The Bowman Chrome brand did not debut until 1997, so the 1994-96 mock-ups are for a card brand that didn't exist.

Each card is also available in the following parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • 94-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 95-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 96-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 97-AR Alex Rodriguez

Autographs[edit]

A-Rod Throwback Autograph[edit]

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Each A-Rod Throwback Autograph is produced in different quantities and exclusive to Hobby packs. The odds of finding each are as follows.

  • 1994 SuperFractor: (1:614,088 packs; one-of-one)
  • 1995 X-Fractor: (1:36,122 packs; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • 1996 Refractor: (1:18,061 packs; serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • 1997: (1:9042 packs; serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • 94-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 95-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 96-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • 97-AR Alex Rodriguez

Two of a Kind Autograph[edit]

This Alex Rodriguez/Cal Ripken, Jr. dual autograph is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 13 copies.

  • ARCR Alex Rodriguez / Cal Ripken