2006 Bowman Sterling

Description

2006 Bowman Sterling is a 117-card set, supplemented by a 110-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January 2, 2007. Each five-card Hobby-exclusive pack will contain one of the following: a Rookie, a Prospect, a Veteran Relic, an Autographed Rookie or Prospect, and an Autographed Rookie or Prospect Relic Card. Each six-pack Hobby box will also come with a box loader pack containing either a low-numbered Refractor parallel, or a buyback autograph from the 2006 Bowman Originals set.

Distribution

Six packs plus one box topper pack per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	117	-	?
Rookies	50	-	one-per-pack
Veteran Relics	45	-	1:4
Autographed Rookies	9	-	1:4
Autographed Rookie Relics	11	-	1:4
Rookies Refractors	50	199	1:6
Veteran Relics Refractors	45	199	1:7
Autographed Rookies Refractors	9	199	1:5
Autographed Rookie Relics Refractors	11	199	1:20
Rookies Black Refractors	50	25	1:8/boxes*
Veteran Relics Black Refractors	45	25	1:8/boxes*
Autographed Rookies Black Refractors	9	25	?
Autographed Rookie Relics Black Refractors	11	25	1:26/boxes*
Rookies Gold Refractors	50	10	1:18/boxes*
Rookies Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:182/boxes*
Veteran Relics Red Refractors	45	one-of-one	1:199/boxes*
Autographed Rookies Red Refractors	9	one-of-one	?
Autographed Rookie Relics Red Refractors	11	one-of-one	1:610/boxes*
Encased Printing Plates Rookies	49	four for each	1:23/boxes**
Encased Printing Plates Autographed Rookies	9	four for each	1:23/boxes**
Prospects	51	-	one-per-pack
Autographed Prospects	59	-	one-per-pack
Prospects Refractor	51	199	1:6
Autographed Prospects Refractor	59	199	1:5
Prospects Black Refractor	51	25	1:8/boxes*
Autographed Prospects Black Refractor	59	25	1:6/boxes*
Prospects Gold Refractor	51	10	1:18/boxes*
Prospects Red Refractor	51	one-of-one	1:182/boxes*
Autographed Prospects Red Refractor	59	one-of-one	1:133/boxes*
Encased Printing Plates Prospects	51	four for each	1:23/boxes**
Encased Printing Plates Autographed Prospects	59	four for each	1:23/boxes**
Original Autographs	45	varies	1:8/boxes*

* Black, Gold, Red Refractors, Encased Printing Plates, and Original Autographs are exclusive to the one-per-box Box Topper pack.
** The aggregate odds of finding either a base set or Prospects Encase Printing Plate is 1:23/boxes.

Checklist

Base Set

• BS-AD Adam Dunn JSY
• BS-AE Andre Ethier AU (RC)
• BS-AER Alex Rodriguez BAT
• BS-AJ Andruw Jones JSY
• BS-ALR Anthony Reyes AU (RC)
• BS-ALS Alay Soler RC
• BS-AP Albert Pujols JSY
• BS-AP2 Albert Pujols BAT
• BS-APS Alfonso Soriano BAT
• BS-AR Aramis Ramirez BAT UER
• BS-AS Anibal Sanchez (RC)
• BS-BA Brian Anderson (RC)
• BS-BB Brian Bannister (RC)
• BS-BL Bobby Livingston AU JSY (RC)
• BS-BLB Barry Bonds BAT
• BS-BON Boof Bonser (RC)
• BS-BR Brian Roberts JSY
• BS-BZ Ben Zobrist (RC)
• BS-CB Carlos Beltran JSY
• BS-CB2 Carlos Beltran BAT
• BS-CC Chris Carpenter JSY
• BS-CH Cole Hamels AU JSY (RC)
• BS-CHJ Chuck James (RC)
• BS-CI Chris Iannetta AU JSY RC
• BS-CJ Conor Jackson (RC)
• BS-CJJ Casey Janssen RC
• BS-CQ Carlos Quentin (RC)
• BS-CRB Chad Billingsley (RC)
• BS-CRH Craig Hansen RC
• BS-CS Curt Schilling JSY
• BS-DG David Gassner (RC)
• BS-DO David Ortiz BAT
• BS-DP David Pauley (RC)
• BS-DU Dan Uggla (RC)
• BS-DW David Wright JSY
• BS-DWW Dontrelle Willis JSY
• BS-EC Eric Chavez PANTS
• BS-EG Enrique Gonzalez (RC)
• BS-FG Franklin Gutierrez (RC)
• BS-FL Francisco Liriano (RC)
• BS-GS Grady Sizemore JSY
• BS-HB Hank Blalock JSY
• BS-HK1 Howie Kendrick (RC)
• BS-HK2 Howie Kendrick AU JSY
• BS-HM Hideki Matsui BAT
• BS-HP Hayden Penn (RC)
• BS-HR Hanley Ramirez (RC)
• BS-IK Ian Kinsler AU (RC)
• BS-IR Ivan Rodriguez JSY
• BS-IS Ichiro JSY
• BS-JAS Johan Santana JSY
• BS-JBS Jason Bulger AU JSY (RC)
• BS-JBS Jeremy Sowers (RC)
• BS-JCB Jason Botts AU (RC)
• BS-JD Joey Devine RC
• BS-JDD Johnny Damon BAT
• BS-JHT Jim Thome BAT
• BS-JI Joe Inglett AU RC
• BS-JJ Josh Johnson (RC)
• BS-JK Jeff Karstens RC
• BS-JL James Loney (RC)
• BS-JLB Josh Barfield AU (RC)
• BS-JM Jeff Mathis (RC)
• BS-JP Jonathan Papelbon (RC)
• BS-JRH Rich Harden JSY
• BS-JS James Shields RC
• BS-JT Jack Taschner AU JSY (RC)
• BS-JTA Jordan Tata RC
• BS-JTL Jon Lester AU JSY RC
• BS-JV Justin Verlander (RC)
• BS-JW Jered Weaver (RC)
• BS-JZ Joel Zumaya (RC)
• BS-KF Kevin Frandsen (RC)
• BS-KJ Kenji Johjima RC
• BS-LB Lance Berkman JSY
• BS-LM Lastings Milledge AU (RC)
• BS-LWJ Chipper Jones JSY
• BS-MC Miguel Cabrera JSY
• BS-MC2 Miguel Cabrera BAT
• BS-MCC Melky Cabrera (RC)
• BS-MCM Mickey Mantle BAT
• BS-MCT Mark Teixeira BAT
• BS-ME Morgan Ensberg JSY
• BS-MJP Mike Piazza BAT
• BS-MK Matt Kemp (RC)
• BS-MM Mark Mulder PANTS
• BS-MN Mike Napoli AU JSY RC
• BS-MP Martin Prado AU JSY (RC)
• BS-MPP Mike Pelfrey RC
• BS-MR Manny Ramirez JSY
• BS-MR2 Manny Ramirez BAT
• BS-MS Matt Smith (RC)
• BS-MT Miguel Tejada PANTS
• BS-NM Nick Markakis (RC)
• BS-PF Prince Fielder AU (RC)
• BS-PK Paul Konerko BAT
• BS-PM Pedro Martinez PANTS
• BS-RC Robinson Cano BAT
• BS-RH Ryan Howard JSY
• BS-RK Ryan Garko (RC)
• BS-RM Russ Martin (RC)
• BS-RN Ricky Nolasco AU (RC)
• BS-RP Ronny Paulino AU JSY (RC)
• BS-RZ Ryan Zimmerman (RC)
• BS-SD Stephen Drew (RC)
• BS-SM Scott Mathieson (RC)
• BS-SO Scott Olsen (RC)
• BS-SR Scott Rolen PANTS
• BS-ST Scott Thorman AU JSY (RC) EXCH
• BS-TGJ Tony Gwynn, Jr (RC)
• BS-TH Todd Helton JSY
• BS-TT Taylor Tankersley (RC)
• BS-VG Vladimir Guerrero JSY
• BS-WA Willy Aybar (RC)
• BS-YP Yusmeiro Petit AU JSY (RC)
• BS-ZM Zach Miner AU (RC)

Parallels

All 117 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies; exclusive to Hobby box topper packs)
• Red Refractor (one-of-one; exclusive to Hobby box topper packs)
• Encased Printing Plates (set of four for each card; exclusive to Hobby box topper packs)

Gold Refractor

All 50 base Rookie cards (i.e. all non-autographed, and non Relics) are available in a Hobby box topper-exclusive Gold Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to ten copies.