2007 Bowman's Best

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Description

2007 Bowman's Best is a 99-card set, supplemented by a 60-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January, 2008. After a one year hiatus, Topps brought back Bowman's Best and structured it as a hybrid of their Bowman and Finest brands -- much like the original Bowman Best set. Like Finest, each Hobby box contained three smaller five-pack miniboxes.

Each minibox will yield one veteran autograph, one Rookie Autograph, one Prospect Autograph and two serial-numbered Rookie base/Prospect insert cards.

This would be the last Bowman's Best set until its 2015 revival.

Distribution

Three five-pack "miniboxes" per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $20/pack). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 99 - ?
short set 33 - ?
Autographed Veterans 18 - VA
Autographed Veteran Variation 10 - VA
2007 Rookies 30 799 1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies 16 - 1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies Variation 10 - 1:11
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey 1 - 1:35
Green short set 33 249 1:5
Green 2007 Rookies 30 249 1:5
Blue short set 33 99 1:11
Blue Autographed Veterans 28 99 1:14
Blue 2007 Rookies 30 99 1:12
Blue Autographed 2007 Rookies 26 99 1:15
Blue Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey 1 99 1:361
Gold short set 33 50 1:22
Gold Autographed Veterans 28 50 1:28
Gold 2007 Rookies 30 50 1:24
Gold Autographed 2007 Rookies 26 50 1:29
Gold Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey 1 50 1:715
Red short set 33 one-of-one 1:1073
Red Autographed Veterans 28 one-of-one 1:1325
Red 2007 Rookies 30 one-of-one 1:1221
Red Autographed 2007 Rookies 26 one-of-one 1:1376
Red Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey 1 one-of-one 1:27,456
Prospects 40 499 1:2
Autographed Prospects 20 - PA
Autographed Prospects Variation 4 - PA
Green Prospects 40 249 1:4
Blue Prospects 40 99 1:9
Blue Autographed Prospects 24 99 1:16
Gold Prospects 40 50 1:18
Gold Autographed Prospects 24 50 1:31
Red Prospects 40 one-of-one 1:908
Red Autographed Prospects 24 one-of-one 1:1453
Printing Plates 104* four for each 1:88
Autographed Printing Plates 56* four for each 1:173
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey Printing Plates 1 four for each 1:8945
Alex Rodriguez 500 1 - ?
Alex Rodriguez 500 Green 1 99 1:361
Alex Rodriguez 500 Blue 1 33 1:1107
Alex Rodriguez 500 Gold 1 15 1:2532
Barry Bonds 756 1 - 1:20
Barry Bonds 756 Printing Plates 1 four for each 1:8945

* Includes cards from the base set and Prospect inserts.
VA Odds of finding a Veteran Autograph of Veteran Autograph Variation: 1:2/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Jose Reyes
  • 2 Derek Jeter
  • 3 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 4 Ichiro
  • 5 Jason Bay
  • 6 Joe Mauer
  • 7 Alfonso Soriano
  • 8 David Ortiz
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Roger Clemens
  • 11 Grady Sizemore
  • 12 Magglio Ordonez
  • 13 Carl Crawford
  • 14 Chase Utley
  • 15 Mark Teixeira
  • 16 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 18 Derrek Lee
  • 19 Barry Bonds
  • 20 Chipper Jones
  • 21 Vernon Wells
  • 22 Manny Ramirez
  • 23 Alex Rodriguez
  • 24 Ryan Howard
  • 25 Tom Glavine
  • 26 Gary Sheffield
  • 27 Miguel Cabrera
  • 28 Robinson Cano
  • 29 David Wright
  • 30 Jim Thome
  • 31 Albert Pujols
  • 32 Jorge Posada
  • 33 Brian McCann

Autographed Veteran Variations

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Ten veteran players have both an autographed and unautographed version of their base card. The set is skip-numbered as card #32 is not available in an autograph.

The stated odds of finding a specific Autographed Veteran Variation are as follows.

  • Group A: 1:15/packs
  • Group B: 1:122/packs
  • Group C: 1:381/packs
  • Group D: 1:113/packs
  • 23 Alex Rodriguez AU A
  • 24 Ryan Howard AU B
  • 25 Tom Glavine AU D
  • 26 Gary Sheffield AU A
  • 27 Miguel Cabrera AU A
  • 28 Robinson Cano AU A
  • 29 David Wright AU A
  • 30 Jim Thome AU A
  • 31 Albert Pujols AU C
  • 33 Brian McCann AU A

Autographed Veterans

NOTE: Card #45 (on the provisional checklist as John Maine) does not exist.

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  • 34 Josh Barfield
  • 35 Melky Cabrera
  • 36 Bill Hall
  • 37 Cole Hamels
  • 38 Adam LaRoche
  • 39 Matt Holiday
  • 40 Jeremy Hermida
  • 41 Jonathan Papelbon
  • 42 Hanley Ramirez
  • 43 Justin Verlander
  • 44 Andre Ethier
  • 46 Eric Bedard
  • 47 Freddy Sanchez
  • 48 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 49 Russell Martin
  • 50 B.J. Upton
  • 51 Prince Fielder

2007 Rookies

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Each 2007 Rookie is serial-numbered to 799 copies.

  • 52 Tony Abreu RC
  • 53 Ben Francisco (RC)
  • 54 Billy Butler (RC)
  • 55 Philip Hughes (RC)
  • 56 Josh Fields (RC)
  • 57 Carlos Gomez RC
  • 58 Akinori Iwamura RC
  • 59 Matt Brown (RC)
  • 60 Jesus Flores RC
  • 61 Mike Fontenot (RC)
  • 62 Ryan Feierabend (RC)
  • 63 Miguel Montero (RC)
  • 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka RC
  • 65 Kei Igawa RC
  • 66 Shawn Riggans (RC)
  • 67 Masumi Kuwata RC
  • 68 Kevin Slowey (RC)
  • 69 Josh Hamilton (RC)
  • 70 Curtis Thigpen (RC)
  • 71 Justin Upton RC
  • 72 Delmon Young (RC)
  • 73 Brandon Wood (RC)
  • 74 Felix Pie (RC)
  • 75 Alex Gordon RC
  • 76 Mark Reynolds RC
  • 77 Tyler Clippard (RC)
  • 78 Adam Lind (RC)
  • 79 Hunter Pence (RC)
  • 80 Micah Owings (RC)
  • 81 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (RC)

Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey

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This card features a slice of a Daisuke Matsuzaka game-worn rookie season Red Sox jersey.

  • 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka

Autographed 2007 Rookies

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Cards #87 and #98 (on the provisional checklist as John Danks and Jesse Litsch, respectively) do not exist.

  • 82 Kevin Kouzmanoff AU (RC)
  • 83 Glen Perkins AU (RC)
  • 84 Michael Bourn AU (RC)
  • 85 Andrew Miller AU RC
  • 86 Fred Lewis AU (RC)
  • 88 Joba Chamberlain AU RC
  • 89 Hideki Okajima AU RC
  • 90 Troy Tulowitzki AU (RC)
  • 91 Ryan Sweeney AU (RC)
  • 92 Matt Lidstrom AU (RC)
  • 93 Tim Lincecum AU RC UER
  • 94 Homer Bailey AU (RC)
  • 95 Matt Desalvo AU (RC)
  • 96 Alejandro De Aza AU RC
  • 97 Ryan Braun AU (RC)
  • 99 Andy LaRoche AU (RC)

Parallels

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All 97 base cards and all 20 Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

  • Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (one-of-one)

Green

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All 63 non-autographed base cards (Cards#1-#33 and #52-#81) are available in a Green parallel, which is serial-numbered to 249 copies.

Printing Plates

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A set of four Printing Plates are available for all 97 base cards. This includes all Autographs and the Daisuke Matsuzaka Jersey card, but NOT the Autographed Variations.

Inserts

Prospects

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Each Prospect is serial-numbered to 499 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Green (serial-numbered to 249 copies)
  • Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card; card #BBP40 does not exist)
  • BBP1 Greg Smith
  • BBP2 J.R. Towles
  • BBP3 Jeff Locke
  • BBP4 Henry Sosa
  • BBP5 Ivan DeJesus, Jr.
  • BBP6 Brad Lincoln
  • BBP7 Josh Papelbon
  • BBP8 Mark Hamilton
  • BBP9 Sam Fuld
  • BBP10 Thomas Fairchild
  • BBP11 Chris Carter
  • BBP12 Charles Lofgren
  • BBP13 Joe Gaetti
  • BBP14 Zach McAllister
  • BBP15 Cole Gillespie
  • BBP16 Jeremy Papelbon
  • BBP17 Mike Carp
  • BBP18 Cody Strait
  • BBP19 Gorkys Hernandez
  • BBP20 Andrew Fie
  • BBP21 Erik Lis
  • BBP22 Chance Douglass
  • BBP23 Vasili Spanos
  • BBP24 Desmond Jennings
  • BBP25 Vic Buttler
  • BBP26 Cedric Hunter
  • BBP27 Emerson Frostad
  • BBP28 Michael Devaney
  • BBP29 Eric Young, Jr.
  • BBP30 Evan Englebrook
  • BBP31 Aaron Cunningham
  • BBP32 Dellin Betances
  • BBP33 Michael Saunders
  • BBP34 Deolis Guerra
  • BBP35 Brian Bocock
  • BBP36 Rich Thompson
  • BBP37 Greg Reynolds
  • BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
  • BBP39 Evan Longoria
  • BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Autographed Prospects

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Each Autographed Prospect is also available in the following parallels.

  • Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
  • BBP41 James Avery
  • BBP42 Joe Mather
  • BBP43 Hank Conger
  • BBP44 Adam Miller
  • BBP45 Clayton Kershaw
  • BBP46 Adam Ottavino
  • BBP47 Jason Place
  • BBP48 Billy Rowell
  • BBP49 Brett Sinkbeil
  • BBP50 Colton Willems
  • BBP51 Cameron Maybin
  • BBP52 Jeremy Jeffress
  • BBP53 Fernando Martinez
  • BBP54 Chris Marrero
  • BBP55 Kyle McCulloch
  • BBP56 Chris Parmelee
  • BBP57 Emmanuel Burriss
  • BBP58 Chris Coghlan
  • BBP59 Chris Perez
  • BBP60 David Huff

Autographed Prospects Variation

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Each Autographed Prospects Variation is also available in the following parallels.

  • Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card; card #BBP40 does not exist)
  • BBP37 Greg Reynolds
  • BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
  • BBP39 Evan Longoria
  • BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Alex Rodriguez 500

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This one-card tribute to Alex Rodriguez's 500th Home Run is also available in the following parallels.

  • Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Blue (serial-numbered to 33 copies)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
  • AR Alex Rodriguez

Barry Bonds 756

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A set of four Printing Plates are also available for this one-card tribute to Barry Bonds's record-breaking 756th Home Run.

  • BB Barry Bonds