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=Description=
 
2008 Bowman Chrome is a 220-card set supplemented by a 155-card Prospects set, released by Topps on August 14th, 2008.  The last 45 cards in the Prospects set are autographed.


=Description=
Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3)


=Reviews=
=Reviews=
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!Retail Odds
!Retail Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||?||-||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||220||-||2:1||2:1
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|Gimmicks||2||-||?||?
|-
|Refractors||221|||-||?||?
|-
|X-Fractors||221||250||1:40||?
|-
|Blue Refractors||221||150||1:66||?
|-
|Gold Refractors||221||50||1:197||?
|-
|Orange Refractors||221||25||1:393||?
|-
|Red Refractors||221||5||1:1972||?
|-
|SuperFractors||221||one-of-one||1:8308||N/A
|-
|Printing Plates||221||four for each||1:1382||N/A
|-
|Prospects||110||-||2:1||2:1
|-
|Prospects Refractors||110|||500||1:40||?
|-
|Prospects X-Fractors||110||250||1:79||?
|-
|Prospects Blue Refractors||110||150||1:131||?
|-
|Prospects Gold Refractors||110||50||1:393||?
|-
|Prospects Orange Refractors||110||25||1:785||?
|-
|Prospects Red Refractors||110||5||1:3924||?
|-
|Prospects SuperFractors||110||one-of-one||1:16,694||N/A
|-
|Prospects Printing Plates||110||four for each||1:1132||N/A
|-
|Autographed Prospects||45||-||1:31||?
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|Autographed Prospects Refractors||45|||500||1:88||?
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|Autographed Prospects X-Fractors||45||250||1:175||?
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|Autographed Prospects Blue Refractors||45||150||1:295||?
|-
|Autographed Prospects Gold Refractors||45||50||1:953||?
|-
|Autographed Prospects Orange Refractors||45||25||1:1784||?
|-
|Autographed Prospects Red Refractors||45||5||1:8549||?
|-
|Autographed Prospects SuperFractors||45||one-of-one||1:40,216||N/A
|-
|Autographed Prospects Printing Plates||45||four for each||1:10,471||N/A
|-
|Head of the Class Dual Autograph||3||350||1:1773||?
|-
|Head of the Class Dual Autograph Refractor||3||99||1:6298||?
|-
|Head of the Class Dual Autograph Gold Fractor||3||50||1:12,823||?
|-
|Head of the Class Dual Autograph SuperFractor||3||one-of-one||1:589,824||N/A
|}
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==Base Set==
==Base Set==


1 Ryan Braun
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2 David Dejesus
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===Gimmicks===


3 Brandon Phillips
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1552/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Japan).jpg?id=6eec4a64-4a1c-4878-ad67-e30e2a026e97&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1552/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Japan).jpg?id=6eec4a64-4a1c-4878-ad67-e30e2a026e97&size=original&side=back&.jpg


4 Mark Teixeira
In an early instance of the kind of gimmickry Topps would, sadly, be known for in the late-00s/early-10s, Topps inserted two previously unannounced cards of flavor-of-the-moment rookie Kosuke Fukudome into packs of Bowman Chrome. 


5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
The first features Fukudome playing for the Japan national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.  This card doubled as Topps' announcement that they had acquired the 2009 WBC license from Upper Deck.


6 Justin Upton
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1553/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Unsigned-Error).jpg?id=a48a495c-f45a-4499-8b1e-01394db9e717&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1553/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Unsigned-Error).jpg?id=a48a495c-f45a-4499-8b1e-01394db9e717&size=original&side=back&.jpg


7 Jered Weaver
The other gimmick is an "unautographed/autograph" card.  The front of the card is without the facsimile autograph that is (except for cards meant to be autographed) part of the design of the BowChro base set, and sports the "CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPHED ISSUE" logo that has been on just about every Topps autographed card for at least a decade.  The reverse side has a white box with the words "NOT VALID WITHOUT STICKER." The "Not Valid" box is where the now-familiar black hologram sticker Topps uses for authentication purposes on autographed cards is meant to be affixed.


8 Todd Helton
A few days after the release of BowChro, Topps released the following statement to the Hobby media.


9 Adam Jones
''“Topps inadvertently inserted a Bowman Chrome Kosuke Fukudome Autographed Rookie Card (which is not autographed) into packs of the recently-released 2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball. A total of 1900 copies were issued. Fukudome is not a subject on the Autographed Rookie Card checklist nor was he ever solicited as one.”''


10 Erik Bedard
All of which begs the question: If Topps never intended to include an autographed KosFu in BowChro, why did they print a KosFu card with the Certified Autograph label on the front, and the Not Valid text on the back?


11 Jason Bay
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12 Cole Hamels
===Prospects===
 
13 Bobby Abreu
 
14 Carlos Zambrano
 
15 Vladimir Guerrero
 
16 Joe Blanton
 
17 Paul Maholm
 
18 Adrian Gonzalez
 
19 Brandon Webb
 
20 Carl Crawford
 
21 A.J. Burnett
 
22 Dmitri Young
 
23 Jeremy Hermida
 
24 C.C. Sabathia
 
25 Adam Dunn
 
26 Matt Garza
 
27 Adrian Beltre
 
28 Kevin Milwood
 
29 Manny Ramirez
 
30 Javier Vazquez
 
31 Carlos Delgado
 
32 Torii Hunter
 
33 Ivan Rodriguez
 
34 Nick Markakis
 
35 Gil Meche
 
36 Garrett Atkins
 
37 Fausto Carmona
 
38 Joe Mauer
 
39 Tom Glavine
 
40 Hideki Matsui
 
41 Scott Rolen
 
42 Tim Lincecum
 
43 Prince Fielder
 
44 Kazuo Matsui
 
45 Tom Gorzelanny
 
46 Lance Berkman
 
47 David Ortiz
 
48 Dontrelle Willis
 
49 Travis Hafner
 
50 Aaron Harang
 
51 Chris Young
 
52 Vernon Wells
 
53 Francisco Liriano
 
54 Eric Chavez
 
55 Phil Hughes
 
56 Melvin Mora
 
57 Johan Santana
 
58 Brian Mccann
 
59 Pat Burrell
 
60 Chris Carpenter
 
61 Brian Giles
 
62 Jose Reyes
 
63 Hanley Ramirez
 
64 Ubaldo Jimenez
 
65 Felix Pie
 
66 Jeremy Bonderman
 
67 Jimmy Rollins
 
68 Miguel Tejada
 
69 Derek Lowe
 
70 Alex Gordon
 
71 John Maine
 
72 Alfonso Soriano
 
73 Ben Sheets
 
74 Hunter Pence
 
75 Magglio Ordonez
 
76 Josh Beckett
 
77 Victor Martinez
 
78 Mark Buehrle
 
79 Jason Varitek
 
80 Chien-Ming Wang
 
81 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
82 Billy Butler
 
83 Brad Penny
 
84 Carlos Beltran
 
85 Curt Schilling
 
86 Jorge Posada
 
87 Andruw Jones
 
88 Bobby Crosby
 
89 Freddy Sanchez
 
90 Barry Zito
 
91 Miguel Cabrera
 
92 B.J. Upton
 
93 Matt Cain
 
94 Lyle Overbay
 
95 Austin Kearns
 
96 Alex Rodriguez
 
97 Yulieski Gourriel
 
98 Justin Morneau
 
99 Oliver Perez
 
100 Gary Matthews
 
101 Matt Holliday
 
102 Justin Verlander
 
103 Orlando Cabrera
 
104 Rich Hill
 
105 Tim Hudson
 
106 Ryan Zimmerman
 
107 Roy Oswalt
 
108 Nick Swisher
 
109 Raul Ibanez
 
110 Kelly Johnson
 
111 Alex Rios
 
112 John Lackey
 
113 Robinson Cano
 
114 Michael Young
 
115 Jeff Francis
 
116 Grady Sizemore
 
117 Mike Lowell
 
118 Aramis Ramirez
 
119 Stephen Drew
 
120 Yovani Gallardo
 
121 Chase Utley
 
122 Dan Haren
 
123 Yunel Escobar
 
124 Greg Maddux
 
125 Garret Anderson
 
126 Aubrey Huff
 
127 Paul Konerko
 
128 Dan Uggla
 
129 Roy Halladay
 
130 Andre Ethier
 
131 Orlando Hernandez
 
132 Troy Tulowitzki
 
133 Carlos Guillen
 
134 Scott Kazmir
 
135 Aaron Rowand
 
136 Jim Edmonds
 
137 Jermaine Dye
 
138 Orlando Hudson
 
139 Derrek Lee
 
140 Travis Buck
 
141 Zack Greinke
 
142 Jeff Kent
 
143 John Smoltz
 
144 David Wright
 
145 Joba Chamberlain
 
146 Adam Laroche
 
147 Kevin Youkilis
 
148 Troy Glaus
 
149 Nick Johnson
 
150 J.J. Hardy
 
151 Felix Hernandez
 
152 Gary Sheffield
 
153 Albert Pujols
 
154 Chuck James


155 Kosuke Fukudome
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156 Eric Byrnes
Prospect cards fall 2 per hobby pack and are numbered BC131-BC285. The first 130 cards in the Chrome Prospects set were inserted into packs of [[2008 Bowman]].


157 Brad Hawpe
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====Autographed Prospects====


158 Delmon Young
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects/BCP251/Prospect-Autographs---Brandon-Hicks.jpg?id=5d769f3d-7ed9-42ba-8c05-360113342c1e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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159 Brian Roberts
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160 Russ Martin
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161 Hank Blalock
 
162 Yadier Molina
 
163 Jeremy Guthrie
 
164 Chipper Jones
 
165 Johnny Damon
 
166 Ryan Garko
 
167 Jake Peavy
 
168 Chone Figgins
 
169 Edgar Renteria
 
170 Jim Thome
 
171 Carlos Pena
 
172 Dustin Pedroia
 
173 Brett Myers
 
174 Josh Hamilton
 
175 Randy Johnson
 
176 Ichiro
 
177 Aaron Hill
 
178 Corey Hart
 
179 Tomoya Satozaki
 
180 Jeff Francoeur
 
181 Derek Jeter
 
182 Curtis Granderson
 
183 James Loney
 
184 Brian Bannister
 
185 Carlos Lee
 
186 Pedro Martinez
 
187 Asdrubal Cabrera
 
188 Kenji Johjima
 
189 Jacoby Ellsbury
 
===Rookies===
 
190 Ryan Howard
 
191 Sean Rodriguez
 
192 Justin Ruggiano
 
193 Jed Lowrie
 
194 Joey Votto
 
195 Denard Span
 
196 Brad Harman
 
197 Jeff Niemann
 
198 Chin-Lung Hu
 
199 Luke Hochevar
 
200 German Duran
 
201 Troy Patton
 
202 Hiroki Kuroda
 
203 David Purcey
 
204 Armando Galarraga
 
205 John Bowker
 
206 Nick Blackburn
 
207 Hernan Iribarren
 
208 Greg Smith
 
209 Alberto Gonzalez
 
210 Justin Masterson
 
211 Brian Barton
 
212 Robinzon Diaz
 
213 Clete Thomas
 
214 Kazuo Fukumori
 
215 Jayson Nix
 
216 Evan Longoria
 
217 Johnny Cueto
 
218 Matt Tolbert
 
219 Masahide Kobayashi
 
220 Callix Crabbe


==Parallels==
==Parallels==


==Inserts==
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects---X-Fractor/BCP258/Danny-Rams.jpg?id=395101b1-fd15-47d3-ba87-492079b75ffb&size=original&side=front&.jpg
===Prospects===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Blue-Refractor/179/Jarrod-Saltalamacchia.jpg?id=53498bfc-f204-472a-a019-d8cfc413d1cf&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Gold-Refractor/217/Johnny-Cueto.jpg?id=588377ae-d919-42ad-b42e-2a466ae6f558&size=original&side=front&.jpg
Prospect cards fall 2 per hobby pack and are numbered BC131-BC285. Cards 1-130 can be in [[2008 Bowman]]. Cards 241-285 are autographed.  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Red-Refractor/23/Jeremy-Hermida.jpg?id=efb0251e-aec1-46e0-8027-5957d30dc9c9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
BCP132 Chris Nash
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects---Printing-Plate-Yellow/BCP199/Dominic-Brown.jpg?id=879581c0-ab47-4675-849c-da4604e2c335&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 
BCP133 Sergio Morales
 
BCP134 Carlos Santana
 
BCP135 Carlos Monasterios
 
BCP136 Quincy Latimore
 
BCP137 Yamaico Navarro
 
BCP138 Ryan Mullins
 
BCP139 Collin DeLome
 
BCP140 Hector Correa
 
BCP141 Mitch Canham
 
BCP142 Robert Fish
 
BCP143 Ryan Royster
 
BCP144 Eric Barrett
 
BCP145 Deibinson Romero
 
BCP146 Jeff Gerbe
 
BCP147 Lucas Duda
 
BCP148 Bryan Morris
 
BCP149 Andrew Romine
 
BCP150 Glenn Gibson
 
BCP151 Danny Brezeale
 
BCP152 Shairon Martis
 
BCP153 Helder Velazquez
 
BCP154 Alan Farina
 
BCP155 Brandon Barnes
 
BCP156 Waldis Joaquin
 
BCP157 Luis De La Cruz
 
BCP158 Yunesky Sanchez
 
BCP159 Mitch Hilligross
 
BCP160 Vin Mazzaro
 
BCP161 Marcus Davis
 
BCP162 Tony Barnette
 
BCP163 Joe Benson
 
BCP164 Jake Arrieta
 
BCP165 Alfredo Silverio
 
BCP166 Duane Below


BCP167 Kai Liu
All 220 base cards, the Kosuke Fukudome Japan Gimmick card, all 110 Prospects and all 45 Autographed Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.


BCP168 Zach Britton
* Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Prospects and Autographed Prospects: serial-numbered to 500 copies.
* X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (set of four for each; Hobby only)


BCP169 Jamie Pedroza
==Autographs==
 
BCP170 Frank Herrmann
 
BCP171 Justin Turner
 
BCP172 Jeff Manship
 
BCP173 Paul Winterling
 
BCP174 Nathan Vineyard
 
BCP175 Jason Delaney
 
BCP176 Ivan Nova
 
BCP177 Esmailyn Gonzalez
 
BCP178 Brett Cecil
 
BCP179 Jose Martinez
 
BCP180 Brad Peacock
 
BCP181 Justin Snyder
 
BCP182 Steve Garrison
 
BCP183 Joe Mahoney
 
BCP184 Graham Godfrey
 
BCP185 Larry Wiliams
 
BCP186 Jeremy Haynes
 
BCP187 Brent Brewer
 
BCP188 Jhoulys Chacin
 
BCP189 Nevin Ashley
 
BCP190 Justin Cassel
 
BCP191 Jon Jay
 
BCP192 Chris Huseby
 
BCP193 D.J. Jones
 
BCP194 David Bromberg
 
BCP195 Juan Francisco
 
BCP196 Zach Jevne
 
BCP197 Darwin Barney
 
BCP198 Jose Ortegano
 
BCP199 Dominic Brown
 
BCP200 Kyle Ginley
 
BCP201 David Wood
 
BCP202 Jhonny Nunez
 
BCP203 Carlos Rivero
 
BCP204 Anthony Varvaro
 
BCP205 Christian Lopez
 
BCP206 Travis Banwart
 
BCP207 Rhyne Hughes
 
BCP208 Heath Rollins
 
BCP209 Zack Cozart
 
BCP210 Mike Dunn
 
BCP211 Chris Pettit
 
BCP212 Dan Berlind
 
BCP213 Ernesto Mejia
 
BCP214 Hector Rondon
 
BCP215 Jose Vallejo
 
BCP216 Kyle Schmidt
 
BCP217 Bubba Bell
 
BCP218 Charlie Furbush
 
BCP219 Pedro Baez
 
BCP220 Brandon MaGee
 
BCP221 Clint Robinson
 
BCP222 Fabio Castillo
 
BCP223 Brad Emaus
 
BCP224 Mike DeJesus
 
BCP225 Brandon Laird
 
BCP226 R.J. Seidel
 
BCP227 Agustin Murillo
 
BCP228 Trevor Reckling
 
BCP229 Hector Gomez
 
BCP230 Jordan Norberto
 
BCP231 Steve Hill
 
BCP232 Hassan Pena
 
BCP233 Justin Henry
 
BCP234 Chase Lirette
 
BCP235 Christian Marrero
 
BCP236 Will Kline
 
BCP237 Johan Limonta
 
BCP238 Duke Welker
 
BCP239 Jeudy Valdez
 
BCP240 Elvin Ramirez
 
==Autographs & Game-Used==
 
===Autographed Prospect===
 
BCP241 Josh Kreuzer AU
 
BCP242 Ryan Zink AU
 
BCP243 Matt Harrison AU
 
BCP244 Dustin Richardson AU
 
BCP245 Fautino De Los Santos AU
 
BCP246 Austin Jackson AU 
 
BCP247 Jordan Schafer AU 
 
BCP248 Daryl Thompson AU 
 
BCP249 Lars Anderson AU 
 
BCP250 Tim Bascom AU 
 
BCP251 Brandon Hicks AU 
 
BCP252 David Kopp AU 
 
BCP253 Danny Lehmann AU 
 
BCP254 Jordan Zimmerman AU
 
BCP255 Cale Iorg AU 
 
BCP256 Austin Romine AU 
 
BCP257 Chaz Roe AU 
 
BCP258 Danny Rams AU 
 
BCP259 Daniel Bard AU 
 
BCP260 Engel Beltre AU 
 
BCP261 Michael Watt AU 
 
BCP262 Brennan Boesch AU 
 
BCP263 Matt Latos AU 
 
BCP264 John Jaso AU 
 
BCP265 Adrian Alaniz AU 
 
BCP266 Matt Green AU 
 
BCP267 Andrew Lambo AU 
 
BCP268 Michael McCardell AU 
 
BCP269 Chris Valaika AU 
 
BCP270 Cole Rohrbough AU 
 
BCP271 Andrew Brackman AU 
 
BCP272 Bud Norris AU 
 
BCP273 Ryan Kalish AU 
 
BCP274 Jake McGee AU 
 
BCP275 Aaron Cunningham AU 
 
BCP276 Mitch Boggs AU 
 
BCP277 Bradley Suttle AU 
 
BCP278 Henry Rodriguez AU 
 
BCP279 Mario Lisson AU 
 
BCP280 Ludovicus Van Mil AU 
 
BCP281 Angel Villalona AU 
 
BCP282 Mark Melancon AU 
 
BCP283 Brian Dinkelman AU 
 
BCP284 Daniel McCutchen AU 
 
BCP285 Rene Tosoni AU


===Head of the Class Dual Autograph===
===Head of the Class Dual Autograph===


Base Version /350
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Head-of-the-Class-Autographs/HOC-LP/Evan-Longoria-David-Price.jpg?id=8ffc2c8a-a3f6-4ccd-a1a7-2c0c9419f250&size=original&side=back&.jpg
Refractor Parallel /99
 
Gold Refractor /50
 
SuperFractor /1


CH Joba Chamberlain/Phil Hughes
Each Head of the Class Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 350 copies and available in the following parallels.


FL Prince Fielder/Matt LaPorta
* Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one)


LP Evan Longoria/David Price
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[[Category:2008]]
[[Category:Bowman]]
[[Category:Topps]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 20 January 2020

Description

2008 Bowman Chrome is a 220-card set supplemented by a 155-card Prospects set, released by Topps on August 14th, 2008. The last 45 cards in the Prospects set are autographed.

Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - 2:1 2:1
Gimmicks 2 - ? ?
Refractors 221 - ? ?
X-Fractors 221 250 1:40 ?
Blue Refractors 221 150 1:66 ?
Gold Refractors 221 50 1:197 ?
Orange Refractors 221 25 1:393 ?
Red Refractors 221 5 1:1972 ?
SuperFractors 221 one-of-one 1:8308 N/A
Printing Plates 221 four for each 1:1382 N/A
Prospects 110 - 2:1 2:1
Prospects Refractors 110 500 1:40 ?
Prospects X-Fractors 110 250 1:79 ?
Prospects Blue Refractors 110 150 1:131 ?
Prospects Gold Refractors 110 50 1:393 ?
Prospects Orange Refractors 110 25 1:785 ?
Prospects Red Refractors 110 5 1:3924 ?
Prospects SuperFractors 110 one-of-one 1:16,694 N/A
Prospects Printing Plates 110 four for each 1:1132 N/A
Autographed Prospects 45 - 1:31 ?
Autographed Prospects Refractors 45 500 1:88 ?
Autographed Prospects X-Fractors 45 250 1:175 ?
Autographed Prospects Blue Refractors 45 150 1:295 ?
Autographed Prospects Gold Refractors 45 50 1:953 ?
Autographed Prospects Orange Refractors 45 25 1:1784 ?
Autographed Prospects Red Refractors 45 5 1:8549 ?
Autographed Prospects SuperFractors 45 one-of-one 1:40,216 N/A
Autographed Prospects Printing Plates 45 four for each 1:10,471 N/A
Head of the Class Dual Autograph 3 350 1:1773 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph Refractor 3 99 1:6298 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph Gold Fractor 3 50 1:12,823 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph SuperFractor 3 one-of-one 1:589,824 N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=front&.jpg Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=back&.jpg

  • 1 Ryan Braun
  • 2 David DeJesus
  • 3 Brandon Phillips
  • 4 Mark Teixeira
  • 5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • 6 Justin Upton
  • 7 Jered Weaver
  • 8 Todd Helton
  • 9 Adam Jones
  • 10 Erik Bedard
  • 11 Jason Bay
  • 12 Cole Hamels
  • 13 Bobby Abreu
  • 14 Carlos Zambrano
  • 15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 16 Joe Blanton
  • 17 Paul Malholm
  • 18 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 19 Brandon Webb
  • 20 Carl Crawford
  • 21 A.J. Burnett
  • 22 Dmitri Young
  • 23 Jeremy Hermida
  • 24 C.C. Sabathia
  • 25 Adam Dunn
  • 26 Matt Garza
  • 27 Adrian Beltre
  • 28 Kevin Milwood
  • 29 Manny Ramirez
  • 30 Javier Vazquez
  • 31 Carlos Delgado
  • 32 Torii Hunter
  • 33 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 34 Nick Markakis
  • 35 Gil Meche
  • 36 Garrett Atkins
  • 37 Fausto Carmona
  • 38 Joe Mauer
  • 39 Tom Glavine
  • 40 Hideki Matsui
  • 41 Scott Rolen
  • 42 Tim Linecum
  • 43 Prince Fielder
  • 44 Kazuo Matsui
  • 45 Tom Gorzelanny
  • 46 Lance Berkman
  • 47 David Ortiz
  • 48 Dontrelle Willis
  • 49 Travis Hafner
  • 50 Aaron Harang
  • 51 Chris Young
  • 52 Vernon Wells
  • 53 Francisco Liriano
  • 54 Eric Chavez
  • 55 Phil Hughes
  • 56 Melvin Mora
  • 57 Johan Santana
  • 58 Brian McCann
  • 59 Pat Burrell
  • 60 Chris Carpenter
  • 61 Brian Giles
  • 62 Jose Reyes
  • 63 Hanley Ramirez
  • 64 Ubaldo Jimenez
  • 65 Felix Pie
  • 66 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 67 Jimmy Rollins
  • 68 Miguel Tejada
  • 69 Derek Lowe
  • 70 Alex Gordon
  • 71 John Maine
  • 72 Alfonso Soriano
  • 73 Ben Sheets
  • 74 Hunter Pence
  • 75 Magglio Ordonez
  • 76 Josh Beckett
  • 77 Victor Martinez
  • 78 Mark Buehrle
  • 79 Jason Varitek
  • 80 Chien-Ming Wang
  • 81 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 82 Billy Butler
  • 83 Brad Penny
  • 84 Carlos Beltran
  • 85 Curt Schilling
  • 86 Jorge Posada
  • 87 Andruw Jones
  • 88 Bobby Crosby
  • 89 Freddy Sanchez
  • 90 Barry Zito
  • 91 Miguel Cabrera
  • 92 B.J. Upton
  • 93 Matt Cain
  • 94 Lyle Overbay
  • 95 Austin Kearns
  • 96 Alex Rodriguez
  • 97 Rich Harden
  • 98 Justin Morneau
  • 99 Oliver Perez
  • 100 Gary Matthews, Jr.
  • 101 Matt Holliday
  • 102 Justin Verlander
  • 103 Orlando Cabrera
  • 104 Rich Hill
  • 105 Tim Hudson
  • 106 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 107 Roy Oswalt
  • 108 Nick Swisher
  • 109 Raul Ibanez
  • 110 Kelly Johnson
  • 111 Alex Rios
  • 112 John Lackey
  • 113 Robinson Cano
  • 114 Michael Young
  • 115 Jeff Francis
  • 116 Grady Sizemore
  • 117 Mike Lowell
  • 118 Aramis Ramirez
  • 119 Stephen Drew
  • 120 Yovani Gallardo
  • 121 Chase Utley
  • 122 Dan Haren
  • 123 Yunel Escobar
  • 124 Greg Maddux
  • 125 Garrett Anderson
  • 126 Aubrey Huff
  • 127 Paul Konerko
  • 128 Dan Uggla
  • 129 Roy Halladay
  • 130 Andre Ethier
  • 131 Orlando Hernandez
  • 132 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 133 Carlos Guillen
  • 134 Scott Kazmir
  • 135 Aaron Rowand
  • 136 Jim Edmonds
  • 137 Jermaine Dye
  • 138 Orlando Hudson
  • 139 Derrek Lee
  • 140 Travis Buck
  • 141 Zack Greinke
  • 142 Jeff Kent
  • 143 John Smoltz
  • 144 David Wright
  • 145 Joba Chamberlain
  • 146 Adam LaRoche
  • 147 Kevin Youkilis
  • 148 Troy Glaus
  • 149 Nick Johnson
  • 150 J.J. Hardy
  • 151 Felix Hernandez
  • 152 Gary Sheffield
  • 153 Albert Pujols
  • 154 Chuck James
  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome RC
  • 156 Eric Byrnes
  • 157 Brad Hawpe
  • 158 Delmon Young
  • 159 Brian Roberts
  • 160 Russell Martin
  • 161 Hank Blalock
  • 162 Yadier Molina
  • 163 Jeremy Guthrie
  • 164 Chipper Jones
  • 165 Johnny Damon
  • 166 Ryan Garko
  • 167 Jake Peavy
  • 168 Chone Figgins
  • 169 Edgar Renteria
  • 170 Jim Thome
  • 171 Carlos Pena
  • 172 Dustin Pedroia
  • 173 Brett Meyers
  • 174 Josh Hamilton
  • 175 Randy Johnson
  • 176 Ichiro
  • 177 Aaron Hill
  • 178 Corey Hart
  • 179 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
  • 180 Jeff Francoeur
  • 181 Derek Jeter
  • 182 Curtis Granderson
  • 183 James Loney
  • 184 Brian Bannister
  • 185 Carlos Lee
  • 186 Pedro Martinez
  • 187 Asdrubal Cabrera
  • 188 Kenji Johjima
  • 189 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 190 Ryan Howard
  • 191 Sean Rodriguez (RC)
  • 192 Justin Ruggiano RC
  • 193 Jed Lowrie (RC)
  • 194 Joey Votto (RC)
  • 195 Denard Span (RC)
  • 196 Brad Harman RC
  • 197 Jeff Niemann (RC)
  • 198 Chin-Lung Hu (RC)
  • 199 Luke Hochevar RC
  • 200 German Duran (RC)
  • 201 Troy Patton (RC)
  • 202 Hiroki Kuroda RC
  • 203 David Purcey (RC)
  • 204 Armando Galarraga RC
  • 205 John Bowker (RC)
  • 206 Nick Blackburn RC
  • 207 Hernan Iribarren (RC)
  • 208 Greg Smith RC
  • 209 Alberto Gonzalez RC
  • 210 Justin Masterson RC
  • 211 Brian Barton RC
  • 212 Robinzon Diaz (RC)
  • 213 Clete Thomas RC
  • 214 Kazuo Fukumori RC
  • 215 Jayson Nix (RC)
  • 216 Evan Longoria (RC)
  • 217 Johnny Cueto RC
  • 218 Matt Tolbert RC
  • 219 Masahide Kobayashi RC
  • 220 Callix Crabbe (RC)

Gimmicks

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In an early instance of the kind of gimmickry Topps would, sadly, be known for in the late-00s/early-10s, Topps inserted two previously unannounced cards of flavor-of-the-moment rookie Kosuke Fukudome into packs of Bowman Chrome.

The first features Fukudome playing for the Japan national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. This card doubled as Topps' announcement that they had acquired the 2009 WBC license from Upper Deck.

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The other gimmick is an "unautographed/autograph" card. The front of the card is without the facsimile autograph that is (except for cards meant to be autographed) part of the design of the BowChro base set, and sports the "CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPHED ISSUE" logo that has been on just about every Topps autographed card for at least a decade. The reverse side has a white box with the words "NOT VALID WITHOUT STICKER." The "Not Valid" box is where the now-familiar black hologram sticker Topps uses for authentication purposes on autographed cards is meant to be affixed.

A few days after the release of BowChro, Topps released the following statement to the Hobby media.

“Topps inadvertently inserted a Bowman Chrome Kosuke Fukudome Autographed Rookie Card (which is not autographed) into packs of the recently-released 2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball. A total of 1900 copies were issued. Fukudome is not a subject on the Autographed Rookie Card checklist nor was he ever solicited as one.”

All of which begs the question: If Topps never intended to include an autographed KosFu in BowChro, why did they print a KosFu card with the Certified Autograph label on the front, and the Not Valid text on the back?

  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome Japan
  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome NoSig 1900

Prospects

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Prospect cards fall 2 per hobby pack and are numbered BC131-BC285. The first 130 cards in the Chrome Prospects set were inserted into packs of 2008 Bowman.

  • BCP131 Zhenwang Zhang
  • BCP132 Chris Nash
  • BCP133 Sergio Morales
  • BCP134 Carlos Santana
  • BCP135 Carlos Monasterios
  • BCP136 Quincy Latimore
  • BCP137 Yamaico Navarro
  • BCP138 Ryan Mullins
  • BCP139 Collin DeLome
  • BCP140 Hector Correa
  • BCP141 Mitch Canham
  • BCP142 Robert Fish
  • BCP143 Ryan Royster
  • BCP144 Eric Barrett
  • BCP145 Deibinson Romero
  • BCP146 Jeff Gerbe
  • BCP147 Lucas Duda
  • BCP148 Bryan Morris
  • BCP149 Andrew Romine
  • BCP150 Glenn Gibson
  • BCP151 Danny Brezeale
  • BCP152 Shairon Martis
  • BCP153 Helder Velazquez
  • BCP154 Alan Farina
  • BCP155 Brandon Barnes
  • BCP156 Waldis Joaquin
  • BCP157 Luis De La Cruz
  • BCP158 Yunesky Sanchez
  • BCP159 Mitch Hilligross
  • BCP160 Vin Mazzaro
  • BCP161 Marcus Davis
  • BCP162 Tony Barnette
  • BCP163 Joe Benson
  • BCP164 Jake Arrieta
  • BCP165 Alfredo Silverio
  • BCP166 Duane Below
  • BCP167 Kai Liu
  • BCP168 Zach Britton
  • BCP169 Jamie Pedroza
  • BCP170 Frank Herrmann
  • BCP171 Justin Turner
  • BCP172 Jeff Manship
  • BCP173 Paul Winterling
  • BCP174 Nathan Vineyard
  • BCP175 Jason Delaney
  • BCP176 Ivan Nova
  • BCP177 Esmailyn Gonzalez
  • BCP178 Brett Cecil
  • BCP179 Jose Martinez
  • BCP180 Brad Peacock
  • BCP181 Justin Snyder
  • BCP182 Steve Garrison
  • BCP183 Joe Mahoney
  • BCP184 Graham Godfrey
  • BCP185 Larry Wiliams
  • BCP186 Jeremy Haynes
  • BCP187 Brent Brewer
  • BCP188 Jhoulys Chacin
  • BCP189 Nevin Ashley
  • BCP190 Justin Cassel
  • BCP191 Jon Jay
  • BCP192 Chris Huseby
  • BCP193 D.J. Jones
  • BCP194 David Bromberg
  • BCP195 Juan Francisco
  • BCP196 Zach Jevne
  • BCP197 Darwin Barney
  • BCP198 Jose Ortegano
  • BCP199 Dominic Brown
  • BCP200 Kyle Ginley
  • BCP201 David Wood
  • BCP202 Jhonny Nunez
  • BCP203 Carlos Rivero
  • BCP204 Anthony Varvaro
  • BCP205 Christian Lopez
  • BCP206 Travis Banwart
  • BCP207 Rhyne Hughes
  • BCP208 Heath Rollins
  • BCP209 Zack Cozart
  • BCP210 Mike Dunn
  • BCP211 Chris Pettit
  • BCP212 Dan Berlind
  • BCP213 Ernesto Mejia
  • BCP214 Hector Rondon
  • BCP215 Jose Vallejo
  • BCP216 Kyle Schmidt
  • BCP217 Bubba Bell
  • BCP218 Charlie Furbush
  • BCP219 Pedro Baez
  • BCP220 Brandon MaGee
  • BCP221 Clint Robinson
  • BCP222 Fabio Castillo
  • BCP223 Brad Emaus
  • BCP224 Mike DeJesus
  • BCP225 Brandon Laird
  • BCP226 R.J. Seidel
  • BCP227 Agustin Murillo
  • BCP228 Trevor Reckling
  • BCP229 Hector Gomez
  • BCP230 Jordan Norberto
  • BCP231 Steve Hill
  • BCP232 Hassan Pena
  • BCP233 Justin Henry
  • BCP234 Chase Lirette
  • BCP235 Christian Marrero
  • BCP236 Will Kline
  • BCP237 Johan Limonta
  • BCP238 Duke Welker
  • BCP239 Jeudy Valdez
  • BCP240 Elvin Ramirez

Autographed Prospects

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  • BCP241 Josh Kreuzer
  • BCP242 Ryan Zink
  • BCP243 Matt Harrison
  • BCP244 Dustin Richardson
  • BCP245 Fautino De Los Santos
  • BCP246 Austin Jackson
  • BCP247 Jordan Schafer
  • BCP248 Daryl Thompson
  • BCP249 Lars Anderson
  • BCP250 Tim Bascom
  • BCP251 Brandon Hicks
  • BCP252 David Kopp
  • BCP253 Danny Lehmann
  • BCP254 Jordan Zimmerman
  • BCP255 Cale Iorg
  • BCP256 Austin Romine
  • BCP257 Chaz Roe
  • BCP258 Danny Rams
  • BCP259 Daniel Bard
  • BCP260 Engel Beltre
  • BCP261 Michael Watt
  • BCP262 Brennan Boesch
  • BCP263 Mat Latos
  • BCP264 John Jaso
  • BCP265 Adrian Alaniz
  • BCP266 Matt Green
  • BCP267 Andrew Lambo
  • BCP268 Michael McCardell
  • BCP269 Chris Valaika
  • BCP270 Cole Rohrbough
  • BCP271 Andrew Brackman
  • BCP272 Bud Norris
  • BCP273 Ryan Kalish
  • BCP274 Jake McGee
  • BCP275 Aaron Cunningham
  • BCP276 Mitch Boggs
  • BCP277 Bradley Suttle
  • BCP278 Henry Rodriguez
  • BCP279 Mario Lisson
  • BCP280 Ludovicus Van Mil
  • BCP281 Angel Villalona
  • BCP282 Mark Melancon
  • BCP283 Brian Dinkelman
  • BCP284 Daniel McCutchen
  • BCP285 Rene Tosoni

Parallels

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All 220 base cards, the Kosuke Fukudome Japan Gimmick card, all 110 Prospects and all 45 Autographed Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Prospects and Autographed Prospects: serial-numbered to 500 copies.
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each; Hobby only)

Autographs

Head of the Class Dual Autograph

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Each Head of the Class Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 350 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • CH Joba Chamberlain / Phil Hughes
  • FL Prince Fielder / Matt LaPorta
  • LP Evan Longoria / David Price
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