2001 Bowman Chrome

Description

2001 Bowman Chrome is a 352-card set consisting of 110 leading hitters and pitchers (1-110), 110 rising young stars (201-310), 110 top rookies including 20 not found in the regular Bowman set (111-200, 311-330), 20 autographed rookie Refractor cards (331-350) each serial numbered to 500 copies and two Ichiro Suzuki Rookie Cards (351) in available in English and Japanese text variations. Both Ichiro cards were only available via mail redemption whereby exchange cards were seeded into packs. In addition, an exchange card was seeded into packs for the Albert Pujols signed Rookie Card. The deadline to send these cards in was June 30th, 2003. Cards 111-200 and 311-330 are short-printed, seeded into packs at the rate of 1:4, and are available exclusively as Refractors.

This marked the first year Bowman Chrome had autographed base set cards.

According to publicly available population reports, at least three-quarters of print run of the Albert Pujols card has been slabbed by the three major professional grading services (PSA, BGS, and SGC).

Distribution

24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	352	-	?
short set	220	-	?
Rookie SP Refractors	110	-	1:4
Autographed Rookie Refractors	20	500	1:147
X-Fractors	332	-	1:23
Gold Refractor	332	99	1:47
Rookie Reprints	25	-	1:12
Rookie Reprint Refractors	25	299	1:203
Rookie Reprint Relics	6	-	varies
Futures Game Relics	30	-	1:460

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Jason Giambi
• 2 Rafael Furcal
• 3 Bernie Williams
• 4 Kenny Lofton
• 5 Al Leiter
• 6 Albert Belle
• 7 Craig Biggio
• 8 Mark Mulder
• 9 Carlos Delgado
• 10 Darin Erstad
• 11 Richie Sexson
• 12 Randy Johnson
• 13 Greg Maddux
• 14 Orlando Hernandez
• 15 Javier Vazquez
• 16 Jeff Kent
• 17 Jim Thome
• 18 John Olerud
• 19 Jason Kendall
• 20 Scott Rolen
• 21 Tony Gwynn
• 22 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 23 Pokey Reese
• 24 Todd Helton
• 25 Mark Quinn
• 26 Dean Palmer
• 27 Ray Durham
• 28 Rafael Palmeiro
• 29 Carl Everett
• 30 Vladimir Guerrero
• 31 Livan Hernandez
• 32 Preston Wilson
• 33 Jose Vidro
• 34 Fred McGriff
• 35 Kevin Brown
• 36 Miguel Tejada
• 37 Chipper Jones
• 38 Edgar Martinez
• 39 Tony Batista
• 40 Jorge Posada
• 41 Sammy Sosa
• 42 Gary Sheffield
• 43 Bartolo Colon
• 44 Pat Burrell
• 45 Jay Payton
• 46 Mike Mussina
• 47 Nomar Garciaparra
• 48 Darren Dreifort
• 49 Richard Hidalgo
• 50 Troy Glaus
• 51 Ben Grieve
• 52 Jim Edmonds
• 53 Raul Mondesi
• 54 Andruw Jones
• 55 Mike Sweeney
• 56 Derek Jeter
• 57 Ruben Mateo
• 58 Cristian Guzman
• 59 Mike Hampton
• 60 J.D. Drew
• 61 Matt Lawton
• 62 Moises Alou
• 63 Terrence Long
• 64 Geoff Jenkins
• 65 Manny Ramirez
• 66 Johnny Damon
• 67 Pedro Martinez
• 68 Juan Gonzalez
• 69 Roger Clemens
• 70 Carlos Beltran
• 71 Roberto Alomar
• 72 Barry Bonds
• 73 Tim Hudson
• 74 Tom Glavine
• 75 Jeromy Burnitz
• 76 Adrian Beltre
• 77 Mike Piazza
• 78 Kerry Wood
• 79 Steve Finley
• 80 Bob Abreu
• 81 Neifi Perez
• 82 Mark Redman
• 83 Paul Konerko
• 84 Jermaine Dye
• 85 Brian Giles
• 86 Ivan Rodriguez
• 87 Adam Kennedy
• 88 Eric Chavez
• 89 Billy Koch
• 90 Shawn Green
• 91 Matt Williams
• 92 Greg Vaughn
• 93 Jeff Cirillo
• 94 Frank Thomas
• 95 Dave Justice
• 96 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 97 Curt Schilling
• 98 Barry Zito
• 99 Brian Jordan
• 100 Chan Ho Park
• 101 J.T. Snow
• 102 Kazuhiro Sasaki
• 103 Alex Rodriguez
• 104 Mariano Rivera
• 105 Eric Milton
• 106 Andy Pettitte
• 107 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 108 Bengie Molina
• 109 Jeff Bagwell
• 110 Mark McGwire

Rookie Refractors

NOTE: Cards #111-#200 are short-printed and only available as Refractors.

• 111 Dan Tosca SP RC*
• 112 Sergio Contreras SP RC*
• 113 Mitch Jones SP RC
• 114 Ramon Carvajal SP RC*
• 115 Ryan Madson SP RC
• 116 Hank Blalock SP RC
• 117 Ben Washburn SP RC*
• 118 Erick Almonte SP RC
• 119 Shawn Fagan SP RC*
• 120 Gary Johnson SP RC
• 121 Brett Evert SP RC*
• 122 Joe Hamer SP RC*
• 123 Yhency Brazoban SP RC
• 124 Domingo Guante SP RC*
• 125 Deivi Mendez SP RC*
• 126 Adrian Hernandez SP RC
• 127 Reggie Abercrombie SP RC
• 128 Steve Bennett SP RC*
• 129 Matt White SP RC*
• 130 Brian Hitchcox SP RC*
• 131 Deivis Santos SP RC
• 132 Luis Montanez SP RC
• 133 Eric Reynolds SP RC*
• 134 Denny Bautista SP RC
• 135 Hector Garcia SP RC*
• 136 Joe Thurston SP RC
• 137 Tsuyoshi Shinjo SP RC
• 138 Elpidio Guzman SP RC*
• 139 Brian Bass SP RC
• 140 Mark Burnett SP RC*
• 141 Russ Jacobson SP UER (spelled "Jacobsen" on front)
• 142 Travis Hafner SP RC
• 143 Wilson Betemit SP RC
• 144 Luke Lockwood SP RC*
• 145 Noel Devarez SP RC*
• 146 Doug Gredvig SP RC*
• 147 Seung Song SP RC*
• 148 Andy Van Hekken SP RC
• 149 Ryan Kohlmeier SP
• 150 Dee Haynes SP RC*
• 151 Jim Journell SP RC
• 152 Chad Petty SP RC*
• 153 Danny Borrell SP RC*
• 154 Dave Krynzel SP
• 155 Octavio Martinez SP RC*
• 156 David Parrish SP RC*
• 157 Jason Miller SP RC
• 158 Corey Spencer SP RC*
• 159 Maxim St. Pierre SP RC
• 160 Pat Magness SP RC*
• 161 Ranier Olmedo SP RC
• 162 Brandon Mims SP RC*
• 163 Phil Wilson SP RC*
• 164 Jose Reyes SP RC
• 165 Matt Butler SP RC*
• 166 Joel Pineiro SP
• 167 Ken Chenard SP
• 168 Alexis Gomez SP RC
• 169 Justin Morneau SP RC
• 170 Josh Fogg SP RC
• 171 Charles Frazier SP RC*
• 172 Ryan Ludwick SP RC
• 173 Seth McClung SP RC
• 174 Justin Wayne SP RC
• 175 Rafael Soriano SP RC
• 176 Jared Abruzzo SP RC*
• 177 Jason Richardson SP RC*
• 178 Darwin Cubillan SP RC
• 179 Blake Williams SP RC*
• 180 Valentino Pascucci SP RC
• 181 Ryan Hannaman SP RC*
• 182 Steve Smyth SP RC
• 183 Jake Peavy SP RC
• 184 Onix Mercado SP RC*
• 185 Luis Torres SP RC*
• 186 Casey Fossum SP RC
• 187 Eduardo Figueroa SP RC*
• 188 Bryan Barnowski SP RC*
• 189 Jason Standridge SP
• 190 Marvin Seale SP RC*
• 191 Steve Smitherman SP RC*
• 192 Rafael Boitel SP RC*
• 193 Dany Morban SP RC*
• 194 Justin Woodrow SP RC*
• 195 Ed Rogers SP RC
• 196 Ben Hendrickson SP RC
• 197 Thomas Mitchell SP
• 198 Adam Pettyjohn SP RC
• 199 Doug Nickle SP RC
• 200 Jason Jones SP RC

Prospects

• 201 Larry Barnes
• 202 Ben Diggins
• 203 Dee Brown
• 204 Rocco Baldelli
• 205 Luis Terrero
• 206 Milton Bradley
• 207 Kurt Ainsworth
• 208 Sean Burroughs
• 209 Rick Asadoorian
• 210 Ramon Castro
• 211 Nick Neugebauer RC
• 212 Aaron Myette
• 213 Luis Matos
• 214 Donnie Bridges
• 215 Alex Cintron
• 216 Bobby Kielty
• 217 Matt Belisle
• 218 Adam Everett
• 219 John Lackey
• 220 Adam Wainwright
• 221 Jerry Hairston
• 222 Mike Bynum
• 223 Ryan Christianson
• 224 J.J. Davis
• 225 Alex Graman
• 226 Abraham Nunez
• 227 Sun Woo Kim
• 228 Jimmy Rollins
• 229 Ruben Salazar
• 230 Josh Girdley
• 231 Carl Crawford
• 232 Ben Davis
• 233 Jason Grabowski
• 234 Chris George
• 235 Roy Oswalt
• 236 Brian Cole
• 237 Corey Patterson
• 238 Vernon Wells
• 239 Brad Baker
• 240 Gookie Dawkins
• 241 Michael Cuddyer
• 242 Ricardo Aramboles
• 243 Ben Sheets
• 244 Toby Hall
• 245 Jack Cust
• 246 Pedro Feliz
• 247 Josh Beckett
• 248 Alex Escobar
• 249 Marcus Giles
• 250 Jon Rauch
• 251 Kevin Mench
• 252 Shawn Sonnier
• 253 Aaron Rowand
• 254 C.C. Sabathia
• 255 Bubba Crosby
• 256 Josh Hamilton
• 257 Carlos Hernandez
• 258 Carlos Pena
• 259 Miguel Cabrera
• 260 Brandon Phillips
• 261 Tony Pena
• 262 Cristian Guerrero
• 263 Jin Ho Cho
• 264 Aaron Herr
• 265 Keith Ginter
• 266 Felipe Lopez
• 267 Travis Harper
• 268 Joe Torres
• 269 Eric Byrnes
• 270 Ben Christensen
• 271 Aubrey Huff
• 272 Lyle Overbay
• 273 Vince Faison
• 274 Bobby Bradley
• 275 Joe Crede
• 276 Matt Wheatland
• 277 Grady Sizemore
• 278 Adrian Gonzalez
• 279 Tim Raines
• 280 Phil Dumatrait
• 281 Jason Hart
• 282 David Kelton
• 283 David Walling
• 284 J.R. House
• 285 Kenny Kelly
• 286 Aaron McNeal
• 287 Nick Johnson
• 288 Scott Heard
• 289 Brad Wilkerson
• 290 Allen Levrault
• 291 Chris Richard
• 292 Jared Sandberg
• 293 Tike Redman
• 294 Adam Dunn
• 295 Josh Pressley
• 296 Jose Ortiz
• 297 Jason Romano
• 298 Tim Redding
• 299 Alex Gordon
• 300 Ben Petrick
• 301 Eric Munson
• 302 Luis Rivas
• 303 Matt Ginter
• 304 Alfonso Soriano
• 305 Wilfredo Rodriguez
• 306 Brett Myers
• 307 Scott Seabol
• 308 Tony Alvarez
• 309 Donzell McDonald
• 310 Austin Kearns

Exclusive Rookie Refractors

NOTE: Like cards #111-200, cards #311-#330 are short-printed and only available as Refractors. Before the product's release, Topps announced that these 20 players would have their sole Topps-issued rookie card in 2001 Bowman Chrome Baseball and in no other Topps/Bowman product. Some players wound up having cards in 2001 Bowman Heritage and/or 2001 Topps Traded & Rookies -- so much for that.

• 311 Will Ohman SP RC
• 312 Ryan Soules SP RC*
• 313 Cody Ross SP RC
• 314 Bill Whitecotton SP RC*
• 315 Mike Burns SP RC
• 316 Manuel Acosta SP RC
• 317 Lance Niekro SP RC
• 318 Travis Thompson SP RC*
• 319 Zach Sorensen SP RC
• 320 Austin Evans SP RC*
• 321 Brad Stiles SP RC*
• 322 Joe Kennedy SP RC
• 323 Luke Martin SP RC*
• 324 Juan Diaz SP RC
• 325 Pat Hallmark SP RC*
• 326 Christian Parker SP RC
• 327 Ronny Corona SP RC*
• 328 Jermaine Clark SP RC
• 329 Scott Dunn SP RC
• 330 Scott Chiasson SP RC

Autographed Rookie Refractors

Each Autographed Rookie Refractor is hand-numbered to 500 copies. This was the first year BowChro had autographs in the base set, and with one massive exception, the player selection did not age well.

That one exception, of course, is the Albert Pujols card, which has become one of the landmark cards of the 21st Century. Unfortunately, the Pujols packed out as a redemption (the only one in the set) which expired June 30th, 2003. Buyer beware when opening packs.

In the years following 2001 Bowman Chrome Baseball's release, a family member of Blue Jays prospect Ron Davenport (#347), who never played a game above Class-AA, attempted to corner the market on his own card. For a while in the late 00s/early 10s, Davenport's card was the second most valuable in the set.

• 331 Greg Nash AU RC*
• 332 Brad Cresse AU
• 333 John Buck AU RC
• 334 Freddie Bynum AU RC
• 335 Felix Diaz AU RC
• 336 Jason Belcher AU RC*
• 337 Troy Farnsworth AU RC*
• 338 Roberto Miniel AU RC*
• 339 Esix Snead AU RC
• 340 Albert Pujols AU RC EXCH
• 341 Jeff Andra AU RC*
• 342 Victor Hall AU RC*
• 343 Pedro Liriano AU RC
• 344 Andy Beal AU RC*
• 345 Bob Keppel AU RC
• 346 Brian Schmitt AU RC*
• 347 Ron Davenport AU RC*
• 348 Tony Blanco AU RC
• 349 Reggie Griggs AU RC*
• 350 Derrick Van Dusen AU RC*

Ichiro Suzuki Rookie Refractor Redemptions

Before the 2001 season, Topps signed Ichiro Suzuki to a short-term contract that expired in the middle of the year (which is why he wasn't included in 2001 Bowman or 2001 Topps Chrome). Topps came to terms with Ichiro before Bowman Chrome's release, but was unable to add him to the set. In order to get him into the product, Topps had to resort to redemption cards.

Topps announced that the Ichiro redemption cards would be produced at around the same level as the 110 short-printed rookie Refractor base cards; but half the redemptions were good for an Ichiro rookie printed in English, the other half in Japanese. All redemptions expired June 30th, 2003.

In other words, the two best rookie cards in 2001 BowChro (Ichiro and Albert Pujols), both packed out as redemptions.

• 351a Ichiro Suzuki RC EXCH (English)
• 351b Ichiro Suzuki RC EXCH (Japanese)

Parallels

All base cards EXCEPT the 20 autographs (331-350) are available in the following parallels.

• X-Fractor
• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Exchange cards for both the English and Japanese Ichiro Suzuki X-Fractor and Gold Refractor were randomly inserted. 50 copies of the Ichiro Gold card are in English, the other 49 in Japanese.

Inserts

Bowman Rookie Reprints

This 25-card set reprints 25 cards from the Classic era of Bowman (1948-55). The checklist is the same as the Rookie Reprints insert from 2001 Bowman. Each is also available as a Refractor which is serial-numbered to 299 copies.

Some of these cards were reprinted three years earlier.

• 1 Yogi Berra
• 2 Ralph Kiner
• 3 Stan Musial
• 4 Warren Spahn
• 5 Roy Campanella
• 6 Bob Lemon
• 7 Robin Roberts 49B
• 8 Duke Snider 49B
• 9 Early Wynn 49B
• 10 Richie Ashburn
• 11 Gil Hodges
• 12 Hank Bauer
• 13 Don Newcombe
• 14 Al Rosen
• 15 Willie Mays 51B
• 16 Joe Garagiola
• 17 Whitey Ford
• 18 Lew Burdette 52B
• 19 Gil McDougald 52B
• 20 Minnie Minoso 52B
• 21 Eddie Mathews
• 22 Harvey Kuenn
• 23 Don Larsen
• 24 Elston Howard
• 25 Don Zimmer

Game-Used

Bowman Rookie Reprint Relics

This six-card insert set features color player photos with pieces of their Rookie Season game-worn jerseys or game-used bats embedded in the cards. The insertion rate for the Mike Piazza Bat card is 1:3674 and 1:244 for the jersey cards. Three cards are Bowman Rookie card reprints and three cards are re-created "cards that never were."

• 1 Dave Justice
• 2 Richie Sexson
• 3 Sean Casey
• 4 Mike Piazza
• 5 Carlos Delgado
• 6 Chipper Jones

Future Game Relics

This 30-card set features pieces of game-worn uniform numbers and letters of players who participated in the 2000 All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta.

• FGR-AE Alex Escobar
• FGR-AM Aaron Myette
• FGR-BB Bobby Bradley
• FGR-BP Ben Petrick
• FGR-BS Ben Sheets
• FGR-BW Brad Wilkerson
• FGR-BZ Barry Zito
• FGR-CA Craig Anderson
• FGR-CC Chin-Feng Chen
• FGR-CG Chris George
• FGR-CH Carlos Hernandez
• FGR-CP Carlos Pena
• FGR-CT Chin-Hui Tsao
• FGR-DCP Corey Patterson
• FGR-EM Eric Munson
• FGR-FL Felipe Lopez
• FGR-JC Jack Cust
• FGR-JH Josh Hamilton
• FGR-JR Jason Romano
• FGR-JZ Julio Zuleta
• FGR-KA Kurt Ainsworth
• FGR-MB Mike Bynum
• FGR-MG Marcus Giles
• FGR-NN Ntema Ndungidi
• FGR-RA Ryan Anderson
• FGR-RC Ramon Castro
• FGR-RD Randey Dorame
• FGR-SK Sun Woo Kim
• FGR-TO Tomo Ohka
• FGR-TW Travis Wilson

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