2006

2006 was a year of great change in the baseball card landscape. Donruss had lost its license to produce Major League Baseball cards. Fleer had been lost to bankrupcy (but picked up by Upper Deck. And Major League Baseball imposed its "Not a Rookie Til We Say So" policy and created the RC logo. Thus Bowman (as well as Bowman Chrome, Bowman Sterling, Bowman Heritage and Bowman Draft) began including Prospect insert sets to be able to include the minor league players and prospects who could no longer be included in base sets.

New Sets

Fleer, Fleer Tradition, Ultra, Greats of the Game, Flair, and Flair Showcase were all new to Upper Deck's product line as part of the purchase of Fleer. Upper Deck also introduced Epic, Future Stars, Special F/X, and the ultra high-end Exquisite. Topps introduced the extremely popular Allen and Ginter as a new retro set, as well as Topps 52 (a new rookie set), Topps Co-Signers (previously only an insert set) and two new high end sets Triple Threads and Topps Sterling. Topps also produced the 2006 Bowman Originals set, a single year release that proved to be a dud.

Topps Sets

• 2006 Bowman
• 2006 Bowman Chrome
• 2006 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects
• 2006 Bowman Heritage
• 2006 Bowman Originals
• 2006 Bowman Sterling
• 2006 Topps
• 2006 Topps 52
• 2006 Topps Finest
• 2006 Topps Chrome
• 2006 Topps Heritage
• 2006 Topps Opening Day
• 2006 Topps Turkey Red
• 2006 Topps Triple Threads
• 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter
• 2006 Topps Co-Signers
• 2006 Topps Sterling
• 2006 Bazooka
• 2006 Topps Update

Upper Deck Sets

• 2006 Fleer
• 2006 Fleer Tradition
• 2006 Ultra
• 2006 Flair
• 2006 Flair Showcase
• 2006 Greats of the Game
• 2006 Sweet Spot
• 2006 SP Authentic
• 2006 SP Legendary Cuts
• 2006 SPx
• 2006 Upper Deck
• 2006 Upper Deck Epic
• 2006 Ultimate Collection
• 2006 Upper Deck Update
• 2006 Upper Deck Future Stars
• 2006 Upper Deck Special FX
• 2006 Upper Deck First Pitch
• 2006 Exquisite Collection
• 2006 Upper Deck World Baseball Classic
• 2006 Upper Deck Ovation
• 2006 Artifacts

Fleer

• 2006 Ultra