2012 Bowman Sterling
Description
2012 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set, supplemented by a 50-card Prospects "insert," released the week of December 12, 2012. Each four-card pack will contain a minimum of three autographs - an increase from two in the previous year's product.
Japan Edition
For the first time since 1994 Upper Deck, a baseball card set was released for a specific geographic region. The 2012 Bowman Sterling Japan Edition was distributed exclusively to the Asian market and contains special "Japan-Fractors." Every six-pack Japan Edition box will contain two Japan-Fractors, each serial-numbered to 25 copies. The design of the Japan-Fractors is similar to the Row 0 cards in 1998 Flair Showcase. Approximately ten percent of the overall 2012 Bowman Sterling production run was shipped to Japan.
Each Japan-Fractor base card and Prospect insert was serial-numbered to 25 copies with a one-of-one Japan SuperFractor also available. Japan-Fractor Autographs were numbered to only five.
In addition, every other Japan Edition case (1:16 boxes or 1:96 packs) will yield an autograph of one of three Japanese players - each serial-numbered to 75 copies, and an Ichiro Die-Cut Manufactured Relic serial-numbered to 100.
In an effort to satisfy American collectors, one-of-one SuperFractor parallels were inserted at the last minute, exclusive to the non-Japan boxes.
Distribution
Six packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $50). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 50 | - | 1:2 |
| Refractors | 50 | 199 | 1:6 |
| Gold Refractors | 50 | 50 | 1:24 |
| Black Refractors | 50 | 25 | 1:48 |
| Purple Refractors | 50 | 10 | 1:120 |
| SuperFractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1160 |
| Red Refractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1200 |
| Canary Diamond Refractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1200 |
| Prospects | 50 | - | 1:2 |
| Prospects Refractors | 50 | 199 | 1:6 |
| Prospects Gold Refractors | 50 | 50 | 1:24 |
| Prospects Black Refractors | 50 | 25 | 1:48 |
| Prospects Japan-Fractors | 50 | 25 | 1:3 J |
| Prospects Purple Refractors | 50 | 10 | 1:120 |
| Prospects SuperFractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1160 |
| Prospects Japan SuperFractors | 50 | one-of-one | J |
| Prospects Red Refractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1200 |
| Prospects Canary Diamond Refractors | 50 | one-of-one | 1:1200 |
| Printing Plates | 100 | four for each | 1:150 |
| Next in Line | 10 | - | 1:6 |
| Ichiro Die-Cut Refractor | ? | 25 | J |
| Ichiro Yankees Commemorative Logo Patch | 1 | 100 | J |
| Rookie Autographs | 20 | - | one-per-pack |
| Rookie Autographs Refractors | 18 | 199 | 1:18 |
| Rookie Autographs Gold Refractors | 20 | 50 | 1:63 |
| Rookie Autographs Black Refractors | 20 | 25 | 1:125 |
| Rookie Autographs Purple Refractors | 20 | 10 | 1:313 |
| Rookie Autographs SuperFractors | 20 | 10 | 1:2750 |
| Rookie Autographs Red Refractors | 20 | one-of-one | 1:3147 |
| Rookie Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors | 20 | one-of-one | 1:3147 |
| Rookie Autographs Printing Plates | 20 | four for each | 1:777 |
| Prospect Autographs | 68 | - | one-per-pack |
| Prospect Autographs Refractors | 68 | 199 | 1:5 |
| Prospect Autographs Gold Refractors | 68 | 50 | 1:20 |
| Prospect Autographs Black Refractors | 68 | 25 | 1:40 |
| Prospect Autographs Purple Refractors | 68 | 10 | 1:99 |
| Prospect Autographs Japan-Fractors | 68 | 5 | J |
| Prospect Autographs Red Refractors | 68 | one-of-one | 1:984 |
| Prospect Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors | 68 | one-of-one | 1:984 |
| Prospect Autographs Printing Plates | 68 | four for each | 1:246 |
| Dual Autographs Refractors | 11 | 99 | 1:69 |
| Dual Autographs Gold Refractors | 9 | 50 | 1:146 |
| Dual Autographs Black Refractors | 13 | 25 | 1:239 |
| Dual Autographs Purple Refractors | 13 | 10 | 1:508 |
| Dual Autographs SuperFractors | 13 | one-of-one | 1:4400 |
| Dual Autographs Red Refractor | 13 | one-of-one | 1:4842 |
| Dual Autographs Canary Diamond Refractor | 13 | one-of-one | 1:4842 |
| Dual Autographs Printing Plates | 13 | four for each | 1:1284 |
| Yu Darvish Autographed Baseball Redemption | 1 | 25 | ? |
| Bowman Black | 25 | 25 | 1:105 |
| Sterling Showcase Autographs | 10 | 25 | 1:263 |
| Sterling Silver | 10 | one-of-one | 1:6300 |
| Nickname Autographs | 10 | 15 | 1:440 |
| Next in Line Autographs | 5 | 5 | 1:2623 |
| Box Topper Triple Autographs | 5 | - | * |
| Japanese Player Autographs | 3 | 75 | J |
J: Exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.
* Exclusive to Box Topper packs.
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Bryce Harper RC
- 2 Wade Miley RC
- 3 Brian Dozier RC
- 4 Brett Jackson RC
- 5 Edwar Cabrera RC
- 6 A.J. Griffin RC
- 7 Leonys Martin RC
- 8 Casey Crosby RC
- 9 Anthony Gose RC
- 10 Yu Darvish RC
- 11 Jarrod Parker RC
- 12 Yasmani Grandal RC
- 13 Addison Reed RC
- 14 Matt Moore RC
- 15 Tyler Thornburg RC
- 16 Jordany Valdespin RC
- 17 Jordan Danks RC
- 18 Martin Perez RC
- 19 Steve Clevenger RC
- 20 Trevor Bauer RC
- 21 Derek Norris RC
- 22 Tommy Milone RC
- 23 Quintin Berry RC
- 24 Wilin Rosario RC
- 25 Kole Calhoun RC
- 26 Wily Peralta RC
- 27 A.J. Pollock RC
- 28 Wei-Yin Chen RC
- 29 Jeremy Hefner RC
- 30 Yoenis Cespedes RC
- 31 Drew Smyly RC
- 32 Drew Pomeranz RC
- 33 Kirk Nieuwenhuis RC
- 34 Jose Quintana RC
- 35 Stephen Pryor RC
- 36 Drew Hutchison RC
- 37 Joe Kelly RC
- 38 Andrelton Simmons RC
- 39 Norichika Aoki RC
- 40 Jesus Montero RC
- 41 Matt Adams RC
- 42 Xavier Avery RC
- 43 Chris Archer RC
- 44 Jean Segura RC
- 45 Devin Mesoraco RC
- 46 Liam Hendriks RC
- 47 Jordan Pacheco RC
- 48 Starling Marte RC
- 49 Matt Harvey RC
- 50 Will Middlebrooks RC
Parallels
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one; exclusive to non-Asian boxes)
- Red Refractor (one-of-one)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
Inserts
Prospects
All 50 Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies; exclusive to Asian boxes)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one; exclusive to non-Asian boxes)
- Red Refractor (one-of-one)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- Japan SuperFractor (one-of-one; exclusive to Asian boxes)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- BSP1 Nolan Arenado
- BSP2 Tyler Austin
- BSP3 Matt Barnes
- BSP4 Dante Bichette, Jr.
- BSP5 Xander Bogaerts
- BSP6 Archie Bradley
- BSP7 Jackie Bradley, Jr.
- BSP8 Gary Brown
- BSP9 Cody Buckel
- BSP10 Dylan Bundy
- BSP11 Jose Campos
- BSP12 Nick Castellanos
- BSP13 Tony Cingrani
- BSP14 Gerrit Cole
- BSP15 Travis d'Arnaud
- BSP16 Matt Davidson
- BSP17 Corey Dickerson
- BSP18 Jose Fernandez
- BSP19 Nick Franklin
- BSP20 Billy Hamilton
- BSP21 Miles Head
- BSP22 Danny Hultzen
- BSP23 Francisco Lindor
- BSP24 Rymer Liriano
- BSP25 Austin Barnes
- BSP26 Shelby Miller
- BSP27 Brad Miller
- BSP28 Sean Nolin
- BSP29 Jonathan Galvez
- BSP30 Chris Owings
- BSP31 Marcell Ozuna
- BSP32 James Paxton
- BSP33 Alen Hanson
- BSP34 Jurickson Profar
- BSP35 Eddie Rosario
- BSP36 Miguel Sano
- BSP37 Daniel Vogelbach
- BSP38 Travis Shaw
- BSP39 Jonathan Singleton
- BSP40 Tyler Skaggs
- BSP41 George Springer
- BSP42 Bubba Starling
- BSP43 Jameson Taillon
- BSP44 Oscar Taveras
- BSP45 Keury de la Cruz
- BSP46 Taijuan Walker
- BSP47 Zack Wheeler
- BSP48 Mason Williams
- BSP49 Kolten Wong
- BSP50 Christian Yelich
Next in Line
- NIL1 Tyler Skaggs / Trevor Bauer
- NIL2 Mike Zunino / Jesus Montero
- NIL3 Anthony Rendon / Bryce Harper
- NIL4 Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Will Middlebrooks
- NIL5 Jean Segura / Mike Trout
- NIL6 Oscar Taveras / Matt Adams ?
- NIL7 Cody Buckel / Yu Darvish ?
- NIL8 Javier Baez / Anthony Rizzo
- NIL9 Brett Lawrie / Travis d'Arnaud
- NIL10 Rymer Liriano / Yasmani Grandal
Ichiro Die-Cut Refractors
Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies and exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.
- IDC-1 Ichiro
- IDC-2 Ichiro
- IDC-3 Ichiro
- IDC-4 Ichiro
Manufactured Relics
Ichiro Yankees Commemorative Logo Patch
This special manufactured patch "Relic" was serial-numbered to 100 and exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.
- MPR1 Ichiro
Autographs
Rookie Autographs
Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Red Refractor (one-of-one)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- BSAR-AG Anthony Gose
- BSAR-BH Bryce Harper
- BSAR-BJ Brett Jackson
- BSAR-CA Chris Archer
- BSAR-DN Derek Norris
- BSAR-JM Jesus Montero
- BSAR-JP Jarrod Parker
- BSAR-JS Jean Segura
- BSAR-KN Kirk Nieuwenhuis
- BSAR-MA Matt Adams
- BSAR-MM Matt Moore
- BSAR-MT Mike Trout
- BSAR-SC Steve Clevenger
- BSAR-SM Starling Marte
- BSAR-TB Trevor Bauer
- BSAR-WM Will Middlebrooks
- BSAR-WMI Wade Miley
- BSAR-WR Wilin Rosario
- BSAR-YC Yoenis Cespedes
- BSAR-YD Yu Darvish
Prospect Autographs
Each Prospect Autograph is available in the following parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to five copies; exclusive to Japan Edition packs)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Red Refractor (one-of-one)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- BSAP-AA Albert Almora
- BSAP-AAU Austin Aune
- BSAP-AH Andrew Heaney
- BSAP-AR Addison Russell
- BSAP-BB Barrett Barnes
- BSAP-BH Billy Hamilton
- BSAP-BJ Brian Johnson
- BSAP-BM Bruce Maxwell
- BSAP-BS Bubba Starling
- BSAP-CH Courtney Hawkins
- BSAP-CHE Chris Heston
- BSAP-CK Carson Kelly
- BSAP-CO Chris Owings
- BSAP-CS Corey Seager
- BSAP-DB Dylan Bundy
- BSAP-DD David Dahl
- BSAP-DDA D.J. Davis
- BSAP-DM Deven Marrero
- BSAP-DS Daniel Straily
- BSAP-DV David Vidal
- BSAP-EB Eddie Butler
- BSAP-FL Francisco Lindor
- BSAP-GC Gavin Cecchini
- BSAP-GCO Gerrit Cole
- BSAP-JC Jamie Callahan
- BSAP-JGA Joey Gallo
- BSAP-JJ Jamie Jarmon
- BSAP-JR James Ramsey
- BSAP-JS Jonathan Singleton
- BSAP-JSC Jonathan Schoop
- BSAP-JV Jesmuel Valentin
- BSAP-JWI Jesse Winker
- BSAP-KB Keon Barnum
- BSAP-KG Kevin Gausman
- BSAP-KP Kevin Plawecki
- BSAP-KZ Kyle Zimmer
- BSAP-LB Lewis Brinson
- BSAP-LBA Luke Bard
- BSAP-LS Lucas Sims
- BSAP-MF Max Fried
- BSAP-MH Mitch Haniger
- BSAP-MN Mitch Nay
- BSAP-MO Matthew Olson
- BSAP-MS Marcus Stroman
- BSAP-MSM Matthew Smoral
- BSAP-MZ Mike Zunino
- BSAP-NC Nick Castellanos
- BSAP-NF Nolan Fontana
- BSAP-NT Nicholas Travieso
- BSAP-PB Paul Blackburn
- BSAP-PJ Pierce Johnson
- BSAP-PL Pat Light
- BSAP-PO Peter O'Brien
- BSAP-PW Patrick Wisdom
- BSAP-RL Rymer Liriano
- BSAP-RS Richard Shaffer
- BSAP-SB Steve Bean
- BSAP-SN Sean Nolin
- BSAP-SP Stephen Piscotty
- BSAP-ST Stryker Trahan
- BSAP-TH Ty Hensley
- BSAP-TJ Travis Jankowski
- BSAP-TN Tyler Naquin
- BSAP-TRE Tony Renda
- BSAP-TS Tyler Skaggs
- BSAP-TT Tyrone Taylor
- BSAP-TW Taijuan Walker
- BSAP-VR Victor Roache
Japanese Player Autographs
These three autographs were exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market. Each is serial-numbered to 75 copies. Two cards packed out as redemptions that expired December 31st, 2014.
- HI Hisashi Iwakuma EXCH
- TW Tsuyoshi Wada EXCH
- YD Yu Darvish
Autograph Showcase
Each Autograph Showcase is serial-numbered to 25 copies, with a Sterling Silver (unautographed and made of solid silver) one-of-one parallel also available.
- SAS-BH Bryce Harper
- SAS-BHA Billy Hamilton
- SAS-DB Dylan Bundy
- SAS-GC Gerrit Cole
- SAS-MT Mike Trout
- SAS-NC Nick Castellanos
- SAS-TB Trevor Bauer
- SAS-WM Will Middlebrooks
- SAS-WMY Wil Myers
- SAS-YD Yu Darvish
Nickname Autographs
Each Nickname Autograph is serial-numbered to 15 copies.
- NNA-AP Albert Pujols
- NNA-BH Bryce Harper
- NNA-BHA Billy Hamilton
- NNA-DB Dylan Bundy
- NNA-KG Kevin Gausman
- NNA-MT Mike Trout
- NNA-MZ Mike Zunino
- NNA-TB Trevor Bauer
- NNA-YC Yoenis Cespedes
- NNA-YD Yu Darvish
Dual Autograph Refractors
Each Dual Autograph Refractor is serial-numbered to 99 copies and available in the following parallels.
Each Autograph is available in the follow parallels.
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Red Refractor (one-of-one)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- DA-AB Javier Baez / Albert Almora
- DA-AD Albert Almora / David Dahl
- DA-BB Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Xander Bogaerts
- DA-CT Gerrit Cole / Jameson Taillon
- DA-GB Dylan Bundy / Kevin Gausman
- DA-HB Keon Barnum / Courtney Hawkins
- DA-HF Andrew Heaney / Jose Fernandez
- DA-JL Joey Gallo / Lewis Brinson
- DA-OA Austin Aune / Peter O'Brien
- DA-PC Gavin Cecchini / Kevin Plawecki
- DA-SV Jesmuel Valentin / Corey Seager
Next in Line Autographs
Each Next in Line Autograph is serial-numbered to five copies.
- NIL-BS Trevor Bauer / Tyler Skaggs
- NIL-HR Anthony Rendon / Bryce Harper
- NIL-MB Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Will Middlebrooks
- NIL-MZ Mike Zunino / Jesus Montero
- NIL-RB Javier Baez / Anthony Rizzo
Yu Darvish Autographed Baseball Redemption
25 redemption cards good for an autographed Yu Darvish baseball were randomly inserted into packs. Each card expired December 31st, 2014.
perfectgame.com/Under Armour Autographs
See Bowman AFLAC and Bowman Under Armour.
Bowman Black
See 2012 Bowman Black.
Box Topper Triple Autographs
- BOX-ADH Courtney Hawkins / Albert Almora / David Dahl
- BOX-BHC Dylan Bundy / Gerrit Cole / Danny Hultzen
- BOX-DBA Matt Moore / Yu Darvish / Trevor Bauer
- BOX-GFH Andrew Heaney / Kevin Gausman / Max Fried
- BOX-THM Bryce Harper / Will Middlebrooks / Mike Trout
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