2005 Bowman Chrome
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 |
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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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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