Revision as of 21:47, 8 February 2015

Description

2002 Bowman Chrome is a 450-card set released by Topps, exclusively to Hobby outlets, in June, 2002.

As with the previous year's product, all of the "true" rookies are short-printed. The 22 autographed rookies are also easier to find, with each 18-pack Hobby box yielding one.

Distribution

18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	405	-	?
short set	220	-	3:1
Rookies	165	-	1:3
Autographed Rookies	20	-	1:18
Facsimile Autograph Variations	20	-	?
Autograph Variations	2	-	1:1290
Refractors short set	385	500	1:6
Refractors Autographed Rookies	20	500	?
Refractors Autograph Variations	2	100	1:4392
X-Fractors short set	385	250	1:10
X-Fractors Autographed Rookies	20	250	?
X-Fractors Autograph Variations	2	50	1:9072
Gold Refractors short set	385	50	1:56
Gold Refractors Autographed Rookies	20	50	1:879
Gold Refractors Autograph Variations	2	10	1:59,600
Uncirculated	165	350	one-per-box
Uncirculated Autographed Rookies	22	10	?
Reprints	20	-	1:6
Reprints Refractors	20	-	1:18

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans (Reds)

1 Adam Dunn
2 Derek Jeter
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Miguel Tejada
5 Nomar Garciaparra
6 Toby Hall
7 Brandon Duckworth
8 Paul LoDuca
9 Brian Giles
10 C.C. Sabathia
11 Curt Schilling
12 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
13 Ramon Hernandez
14 Jose Cruz
15 Albert Pujols
16 Joe Mays
17 Javy Lopez
18 J.T. Snow
19 David Segui
20 Jorge Posada
21 Doug Mientkiewicz
22 Jerry Hairston
23 Bernie Williams
24 Mike Sweeney
25 Jason Giambi
26 Ryan Dempster
27 Ryan Klesko
28 Mark Quinn
29 Jeff Kent
30 Eric Chavez
31 Adrian Beltre
32 Andruw Jones
33 Alfonso Soriano
34 Aramis Ramirez
35 Greg Maddux
36 Andy Pettitte
37 Bartolo Colon
38 Ben Sheets
39 Bob Higginson
40 Ivan Rodriguez
41 Brad Penny
42 Carlos Lee
43 Damion Easley
44 Preston Wilson
45 Jeff Bagwell
46 Eric Milton
47 Rafael Palmeiro
48 Gary Sheffield
49 J.D. Drew
50 Jim Thome
51 Ichiro Suzuki
52 Bud Smith
53 Chan Ho Park
54 D'Angelo Jimenez
55 Ken Griffey, Jr.
56 Wade Miller
57 Vladimir Guerrero
58 Troy Glaus
59 Shawn Green
60 Kerry Wood
61 Jack Wilson
62 Kevin Brown
63 Marcus Giles
64 Pat Burrell
65 Larry Walker
66 Sammy Sosa
67 Raul Mondesi
68 Tim Hudson
69 Lance Berkman
70 Mike Mussina
71 Barry Zito
72 Jimmy Rollins
73 Barry Bonds
74 Craig Biggio
75 Todd Helton
76 Roger Clemens
77 Frank Catalanotto
78 Josh Towers
79 Roy Oswalt
80 Chipper Jones
81 Cristian Guzman
82 Darin Erstad
83 Freddy Garcia
84 Jason Tyner
85 Carlos Delgado
86 Jon Lieber
87 Juan Pierre
88 Matt Morris
89 Phil Nevin
90 Jim Edmonds
91 Magglio Ordonez
92 Mike Hampton
93 Rafael Furcal
94 Richie Sexson
95 Luis Gonzalez
96 Scott Rolen
97 Tim Redding
98 Moises Alou
99 Jose Vidro
100 Mike Piazza
101 Pedro Martinez
102 Geoff Jenkins
103 Johnny Damon
104 Mike Cameron
105 Randy Johnson
106 David Eckstein
107 Javier Vazquez
108 Mark Mulder
109 Robert Fick

Rookies & Prospects (Blues)

111 Wilson Betemit
112 Chris Tritle SP RC*
113 Ed Rogers
114 Juan Pena
115 Josh Beckett
116 Juan Cruz
117 Noochie Varner SP RC*
118 Blake Williams
119 Mike Rivera
120 Hank Blalock
121 Hansel Izquierdo SP RC
122 Orlando Hudson
123 Bill Hall
124 Jose Reyes
125 Juan Rivera
126 Eric Valent
127 Scotty Layfield SP RC*
128 Austin Kearns
129 Nic Jackson SP RC*
130 Scott Chiasson
131 Chad Qualls SP RC
132 Marcus Thames
133 Nathan Haynes
134 Joe Borchard
135 Josh Hamilton
136 Corey Patterson
137 Travis Wilson
138 Alex Escobar
139 Alexis Gomez
140 Nick Johnson
141 Marlon Byrd
142 Kory DeHaan
143 Carlos Hernandez
144 Sean Burroughs
145 Angel Berroa
146 Aubrey Huff
147 Travis Hafner
148 Brandon Berger
149 J.R. House
150 Dewon Brazelton
151 Jayson Werth
152 Larry Barnes
153 Ruben Gotay SP RC
154 Tommy Marx SP RC*
155 John Suomi SP RC*
156 Javier Colina SP
157 Greg Sain SP RC*
158 Robert Cosby SP RC*
159 Angel Pagan SP RC
160 Ralph Santana SP RC*
161 Joe Orloski SP RC*
162 Shayne Wright SP RC*
163 Jay Caligiuri SP RC*
164 Greg Montalbano SP RC*
165 Rich Harden SP RC
166 Rich Thompson SP RC
167 Fred Bastardo SP RC*
168 Alejandro Giron SP RC*
169 Jesus Medrano SP RC*
170 Kevin Deaton SP RC*
171 Mike Rosamond SP RC*
172 Jon Guzman SP RC*
173 Gerard Oakes SP RC*
174 Francisco Liriano SP RC
175 Matt Allegra SP RC*
176 Mike Snyder SP RC*
177 James Shanks SP RC*
178 Anderson Hernandez SP RC
179 Dan Trumble SP RC*
180 Luis DePaula SP RC*
181 Randall Shelley SP RC*
182 Richard Lane SP RC*
183 Antwon Rollins SP RC*
184 Ryan Bukvich SP RC
185 Derrick Lewis SP
186 Eric Miller SP RC*
187 Justin Schuda SP RC*
188 Brian West SP RC*
189 Brad Wilkerson
190 Neal Frendling SP RC*
191 Jeremy Hill SP RC
192 James Barrett SP RC*
193 Brett Kay SP RC*
194 Ryan Mottl SP RC*
195 Brad Nelson SP RC
196 Juan M. Gonzalez SP RC*
197 Curtis Legendre SP RC*
198 Ronald Acuña, Sr. SP RC*
199 Chris Flinn SP RC*
200 Nick Alvarez SP RC*
201 Jason Ellison SP RC*
202 Blake McGinley SP RC*
203 Dan Phillips SP RC*
204 Demetrius Heath SP RC*
205 Eric Bruntlett SP RC*
206 Joe Jiannetti SP RC*
207 Mike Hill SP RC*
208 Ricardo Cordova SP RC*
209 Mark Hamilton SP RC*
210 David Mattox SP RC*
211 Jose Morban SP RC
212 Scott Wiggins SP RC
213 Steve Green
214 Brian Rogers SP
215 Kenny Baugh
216 Anastacio Martinez SP RC
217 Richard Lewis
218 Tim Kalita SP RC*
219 Edwin Almonte SP RC
220 Hee Seop Choi
221 Ty Howington
222 Victor Alvarez SP RC
223 Morgan Ensberg
224 Jeff Austin SP RC
225 Clint Weibl SP RC*
226 Eric Cyr
227 Marlyn Tisdale SP RC*
228 John VanBenschoten
229 David Krynzel
230 Raul Chavez SP RC
231 Brett Evert
232 Joe Rogers SP RC*
233 Adam Wainwright
234 Matt Herges RC
235 Matt Childers SP RC
236 Nick Neugebauer
237 Carl Crawford
238 Seung Song
239 Randy Flores
240 Jason Lane
241 Chase Utley
242 Ben Howard SP RC
243 Eric Glaser SP RC*
244 Josh Wilson RC
245 Jose Valverde SP RC
246 Chris Smith
247 Mark Prior
248 Brian Mallette SP RC
249 Chone Figgins SP RC
250 Jimmy Alvarez SP RC*
251 Luis Terrero
252 Josh Bonifay SP RC*
253 Garrett Guzman SP RC*
254 Jeff Verplancke SP RC*
255 Nate Espy SP RC*
256 Jeff Lincoln SP RC*
257 Ryan Snare SP RC
258 Jose Ortiz
259 Denny Bautista
260 Willy Aybar
261 Kelly Johnson
262 Shawn Fagan
263 Yurendell DeCaster SP RC
264 Mike Peeples SP RC*
265 Joel Guzman
266 Ryan Vogelsong
267 Jorge Padilla SP RC
268 Joe Jester SP RC*
269 Ryan Church SP RC
270 Mitch Jones
271 Travis Foley SP RC*
272 Bobby Crosby
273 Adrian Gonzalez
274 Ronnie Merrill
275 Joel Pineiro
276 John-Ford Griffin
277 Brian Forystek SP RC*
278 Sean Douglass
279 Manny Delcarmen SP RC
280 Jim Kavourias SP RC*
281 Gabe Gross
282 Bill Ortega
283 Joey Hammond SP RC
284 Brett Myers
285 Carlos Pena
286 Ezequiel Astacio SP RC
287 Edwin Yan SP RC*
288 Chris Duffy SP RC
289 Jason Kinchen
290 Rafael Soriano
291 Colin Young SP RC*
292 Eric Byrnes
293 Chris Narveson SP RC
294 John Rheinecker
295 Mike Wilson SP RC
296 Justin Sherrod SP RC*
297 Deivi Mendez
298 Wily Mo Pena
299 Brett Roneberg SP RC*
300 Trey Lunsford SP RC
301 Christian Parker
302 Brent Butler
303 Aaron Heilman
304 Wilkin Ruan
305 Kenny Kelly
306 Cody Ransom
307 Koyie Hill SP
308 Tony Fontana SP RC*
309 Mark Teixeira
310 Doug Sessions SP RC*
311 Josh Cisneros SP RC*
312 Carlos Brackley SP RC*
313 Tim Raines, Jr.
314 Ross Peeples SP RC*
315 Alex Requena SP RC*
316 Chin-Hui Tsao
317 Tony Alvarez
318 Craig Kuzmic SP RC*
319 Pete Zamora SP RC*
320 Matt Parker SP RC*
321 Keith Ginter
322 Gary Cates, Jr. SP RC*
323 Matt Belisle
324a Ben Broussard
324b Jake Mauer AU RC* EXCH
325 Dennis Tankersley
326 Juan Silvestre
327 Henry Pichardo SP RC*
328 Michael Floyd SP RC*
329 Clint Nageotte SP RC
330 Raymond Cabrera SP RC*
331 Mauricio Lara SP RC*
332 Alejandro Cadena SP RC*
333 Jonny Gomes SP RC
334 Jason Bulger SP RC
335 Nate Teut
336 David Gil SP RC*
337 Joel Crump SP RC*
338 Brandon Phillips
339 Macay McBride
340 Brandon Claussen
341 Josh Phelps
342 Freddie Money SP RC*
343 Cliff Bartosh SP RC
344 Terrance Hill SP RC*
345 John Rodriguez SP RC
346 Chris Latham SP RC
347 Alfredo Simon SP RC (Listed as "Carlos Cabrera")
348 Jose Bautista SP RC
349 Kevin Frederick SP RC
350 Jerome Williams
351 Napoleon Calzado SP RC
352 Benito Baez SP
353 Xavier Nady
354 Jason Botts SP RC
355 Steve Bechler SP RC
356 Reed Johnson SP RC
357 Mark Outlaw SP RC*
358 Jake Peavy
359 Josh Shaffer SP RC
360 Dan Wright SP
361 Ryan Gripp SP RC*
362 Nelson Castro SP RC*
363 Jason Bay SP RC
364 Franklyn German SP RC
365 Corwin Malone SP RC*
366 Kelly Ramos SP RC*
367 John Ennis SP RC
368 George Perez SP
369 Rene Reyes SP RC
370 Rolando Viera SP RC*
371 Earl Snyder SP RC
372 Kyle Kane SP RC*
373 Mario Ramos SP RC
374 Tyler Yates SP RC
375 Jason Young SP RC
376 Chris Bootcheck SP RC
377 Jesus Cota SP RC*
378 Corky Miller SP
379 Matt Erickson SP RC
380 Justin Huber SP RC
381 Felix Escalona SP RC
382 Kevin Cash SP RC
383 J.J. Putz SP RC
403 Kazuhisa Ishii SP RC
404 So Taguchi SP RC

Autographed Rookies

Card #388 (Jake Mauer) packed out as an exchange card; however, the fulfilled card was sequentially-numbered #324. Therefore, there are two cards in the set numbered #324, but none numbered #388.

383 J.J. Putz SP RC
384 Chris Snelling AU RC
385 David Wright AU RC
386 Brian Wolfe AU RC
387 Justin Reid AU RC*
389 Ryan Raburn AU RC
390 Josh Barfield AU RC
391 Joe Mauer AU RC
392 Bobby Jenks AU RC
393 Rob Henkel AU RC*
394 Jimmy Gobble AU RC
395 Jesse Foppert AU RC
396 Gavin Floyd AU RC
397 Nate Field AU RC
398 Ryan Doumit AU RC
399 Ron Calloway AU RC
400 Taylor Buchholz AU RC
401 Adam Roller AU RC*
402 Cole Barthel AU RC*
405 Chris Baker AU RC*

Facsimile Autograph Variations

20 players who signed for the Autographed Rookies subset (see above), had an unautographed version randomly inserted. These cards look like any ordinary Bowman Chrome base card, in that, the "Certified Autograph Issue" logo in the upper-left corner on the front is replaced by a "Bowman Chrome" logo. Also, the area where the player would have signed is covered by a facsimile signature -- just like all other base cards.

It is unknown why these cards exist and why they were inserted into packs. Although the cards are not serial-numbered, it is believed that less then 50 copies of each were produced.

118 Taylor Buchholz
130 Chris Baker
189 Adam Roller
229 Ryan Raburn
231 Chris Snelling
233 Nate Field
237 Ron Calloway
239 Cole Barthel
244 Rob Henkel
251 Gavin Floyd
301 Jimmy Gobble
305 Brian Wolfe
313 Jesse Foppert
316 Joe Mauer
317 David Wright
323 Justin Reid
324b Jake Mauer
326 Josh Barfield
335 Bobby Jenks
338 Ryan Doumit

Autograph Variations

Topps produced both autographed and unautographed versions of cards #403 and #404. Unlike the Facsimile Autograph Variations (see above), the unautographed cards were produced in the same quantities as any other base rookie card -- that is, they are among the 165 "Blue" cards that were short-printed and seeded into packs at the rate of 1:3.

The autographed versions of #403 and #404 were produced in smaller quantities than the other 20 Autographed Rookies (see above); however, are not considered "true" RCs, and a set is considered complete without them.

403 Kazuhisa Ishii SP RC
404 So Taguchi SP RC

Parallels

All 405 base cards (to include all 165 base set Rookie short-prints AND all 20 Autographed Rookies) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)
X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Autographed Variation Refractors

The two Autographed Variations (Cards #403 & #404) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)

Uncirculated

Inserted into each sealed Hobby box was a redemption card good for one "Uncirculated" Bowman Chrome parallel. Collectors could then redeem the card by entering a code on thepit.com -- which Topps owned at the time. Each card was uncased in a plastic holder -- similar to an eTopps card.

Unautographed cards were serial-numbered to 350 copies, while the 20 Autographed Rookies and 2 Autographed Variations were numbered to 10.

NNO Exchange Card
112 Chris Tritle
117 Noochie Varner
121 Hansel Izquierdo
123 Bill Hall
127 Scotty Layfield
129 Nic Jackson
131 Chad Qualls
153 Ruben Gotay
154 Tommy Marx
155 John Suomi
156 Javier Colina
157 Greg Sain
158 Robert Crosby
159 Angel Pagan
162 Shayne Wright
163 Jay Caliguiri
164 Greg Montalbano
165 Rich Harden
166 Rich Thompson
167 Fred Bastardo
168 Alejandro Giron
169 Jesus Medrano
170 Kevin Deaton
172 Jon Guzman
173 Gerard Oakes
174 Francisco Liriano
175 Matt Allegra
176 Mike Snyder
178 Anderson Hernandez
179 Dan Trumble
180 Luis DePaula
181 Randall Shelley
182 Richard Lane
183 Antwon Rollins
184 Ryan Bukvich
185 Derrick Lewis
186 Eric Miller
187 Justin Schuda
188 Brian West
190 Neal Frendling
191 Jeremy Hill
192 James Barrett
193 Brett Kay
194 Ryan Mottl
195 Brad Nelson
196 Juan M. Gonzalez
197 Curtis Legendre
198 Ronald Acuña, Sr.
199 Chris Flinn
200 Nick Alvarez
201 Jason Ellison
202 Blake McGinley
203 Dan Phillips
204 Demetrius Heath
205 Eric Bruntlett
206 Joe Jiannetti
207 Mike Hill
208 Ricardo Cordova
209 Mark Hamilton
210 David Mattox
211 Jose Morban
212 Scott Wiggins
214 Brian Rogers
216 Anastacio Martinez
218 Tim Kalita
219 Edwin Almonte
222 Victor Alvarez
224 Jeff Austin
225 Clint Weibl
227 Marlyn Tisdale
230 Raul Chavez
232 Joe Rogers
235 Matt Childers
242 Ben Howard
243 Eric Glaser
245 Jose Valverde
248 Brian Mallette
249 Chone Figgins
250 Jimmy Alvarez
252 Josh Bonifay
253 Garrett Guzman
254 Jeff Verplancke
255 Nate Espy
256 Jeff Lincoln
257 Ryan Snare
263 Yurendell DeCaster
264 Mike Peeples
267 Jorge Padilla
268 Joe Jester
269 Ryan Church
271 Travis Foley
277 Brian Forystek
279 Manny Delcarmen
280 Jim Kavourias
283 Joey Hammond
286 Ezequiel Astacio
287 Edwin Yan
288 Chris Duffy
293 Chris Narveson
295 Mike Wilson
296 Justin Sherrod
299 Brett Roneberg
300 Trey Lunsford
307 Koyie Hill
308 Tony Fontana
310 Doug Sessions
311 Josh Cisneros
312 Carlos Brackley
314 Ross Peeples
315 Alex Requena
318 Craig Kuzmic
319 Pete Zamora
320 Matt Parker
322 Gary Cates, Jr.
324b Jake Mauer AU
327 Henry Pichardo
328 Michael Floyd
329 Clint Nageotte
330 Raymond Cabrera
331 Mauricio Lara
332 Alejandro Cadena
333 Jonny Gomes
334 Jason Bulger
336 David Gil
337 Joel Crump
342 Freddie Money
343 Cliff Bartosh
344 Terrance Hill
345 John Rodriguez
346 Chris Latham
347 Alfredo Simon (Listed as Carlos Cabrera)
348 Jose Bautista
349 Kevin Frederick
351 Napolean Calzado
352 Benito Baez
354 Jason Botts
355 Steve Bechler
356 Reed Johnson
357 Mark Outlaw
359 Josh Shaffer
360 Dan Wright
361 Ryan Gripp
362 Nelson Castro
363 Jason Bay
364 Franklyn German
365 Corwin Malone
366 Kelly Ramos
367 John Ennis
368 George Perez
369 Rene Reyes
370 Rolando Viera
371 Earl Snyder
372 Kyle Kane
373 Mario Ramos
374 Tyler Yates
375 Jason Young
376 Chris Bootcheck
377 Jesus Cota
378 Corky Miller
379 Matt Erickson
380 Justin Huber
381 Felix Escalona
382 Kevin Cash
383 J.J. Putz
384 Chris Snelling AU
385 David Wright AU
386 Brian Wolfe AU
387 Justin Reid AU
389 Ryan Raburn AU
390 Josh Barfield AU
391 Joe Mauer AU
392 Bobby Jenks AU
393 Rob Henkel AU
394 Jimmy Gobble AU
395 Jesse Foppert AU
396 Gavin Floyd AU
397 Nate Field AU
398 Ryan Doumit AU
399 Ron Calloway AU
400 Taylor Buchholz AU
401 Adam Roller AU
402 Cole Barthel AU
403 Kazuhisa Ishii
404 So Taguchi
405 Chris Baker AU

Inserts

Reprints

This set features Chrome reprints of prominent rookie cards from the Pre-Chrome, Modern Bowman era (1989-1996). Each is also available in a Refractor parallel. Many of these cards were also reprinted [[1998 Bowman Chrome#Reprints|four years earlier.]

BCR-AJ Andruw Jones 95
BCR-BC Bartolo Colon 95
BCR-BW Bernie Williams 90
BCR-CD Carlos Delgado 92
BCR-CJ Chipper Jones 91
BCR-DJ Derek Jeter 93
BCR-FT Frank Thomas 90
BCR-GS Gary Sheffield 89
BCR-IR Ivan Rodriguez 91
BCR-JB Jeff Bagwell 91
BCR-JG Juan Gonzalez 90
BCR-JK Jason Kendall 93
BCR-JP Jorge Posada 94
BCR-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 89
BCR-LG Luis Gonzalez 91
BCR-LW Larry Walker 90
BCR-MP Mike Piazza 92
BCR-MS Mike Sweeney 95
BCR-SR Scott Rolen 95
BCR-VG Vladimir Guerrero 95

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 ===Reprints===
-This set features Chrome reprints of prominent rookie cards from the Pre-Chrome, Modern Bowman era (1989-1996).  Each is also available in a Refractor parallel.
+This set features Chrome reprints of prominent rookie cards from the Pre-Chrome, Modern Bowman era (1989-1996).  Each is also available in a Refractor parallel.  Many of these cards were also reprinted [[1998 Bowman Chrome#Reprints|four years earlier.]
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