2004 Bowman Sterling

Description

2004 Bowman Sterling was a new 138-card product released by Topps in December, 2004. Each five card pack contained two First Year Player cards, one Veteran Relic, one First Year Player Autograph, and one First Year Player Relic.

Each six-pack Hobby box also included a one-card Box Topper pack containing either a low-numbered Refractor parallel or a Bowman Originals buyback autograph.

Distribution

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

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	138	-	?
First Year Players	50	-	two-per-pack
Veteran Relics	50	-	one-per-pack
Autographed First Year Players	14	-	one-per-pack
Autographed Relics	24	-	one-per-pack
First Year Players Refractors	50	199	1:4
Veteran Relics Refractors	50	199	1:5
Autographed First Year Players Refractors	14	199	1:8
Autographed Relics Refractors	24	199	1:9
First Year Players Black Refractors	50	16	1:28/boxes*
Veteran Relics Black Refractors	50	16	1:28/boxes*
Autographed First Year Players Black Refractors	14	25	1:64/boxes*
Autographed Relics Black Refractors	24	25	1:37/boxes*
First Year Players Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:449/boxes*
Veteran Relics Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:449/boxes*
Autographed First Year Players Red Refractors	14	one-of-one	1:1507/boxes*
Autographed Relics Red Refractors	24	one-of-one	1:917/boxes*
Bowman Originals Autographs	46	varies	*

* Black and Red Rafractors and Bowman Originals Autographs are exclusive to the one-per-box Box Topper pack

Checklist

Base Set

• BS-AB Angel Berroa BAT
• BS-ABA Aarom Baldiris RC*
• BS-AC Alberto Callaspo AU RC
• BS-AD Adam Dunn BAT
• BS-AER Alex Rodriguez BAT
• BS-AJ Andruw Jones JSY
• BS-AK Austin Kearns JSY
• BS-ANR Aramis Ramirez BAT
• BS-AP Albert Pujols JSY
• BS-AR Alex Romero AU RC
• BS-AW Adam Wainwright AU JSY
• BS-AWH Anthony Whittington RC*
• BS-AZ Alec Zumwalt AU RC*
• BS-BB Brian Bixler AU JSY RC
• BS-BBR Bill Bray RC
• BS-BBU Billy Buckner RC
• BS-BC2 Bobby Crosby JSY
• BS-BD Blake DeWitt AU JSY RC
• BS-BE Brad Eldred RC
• BS-BH Blake Hawksworth AU RC
• BS-BT Brad Thompson RC
• BS-BU B.J. Upton AU BAT
• BS-BW Bernie Williams JSY
• BS-CA Chris Aguila AU RC
• BS-CB Craig Biggio JSY
• BS-CC Chad Cordero AU JSY
• BS-CG Christian Garcia AU JSY RC
• BS-CH Chin-Lung Hu RC
• BS-CIB Carlos Beltran BAT
• BS-CJ Conor Jackson RC
• BS-CL Chris Lubanski AU BAT
• BS-CLA Chris Lambert RC
• BS-CN Chris Nelson RC
• BS-CQ Carlos Quentin AU RC
• BS-CT Curtis Thigpen RC
• BS-DD David DeJesus AU JSY
• BS-DP Danny Putnam AU JSY RC
• BS-DPU David Purcey RC
• BS-DW David Wright AU JSY
• BS-DWW Dontrelle Willis JSY
• BS-DY Delmon Young AU BAT
• BS-EG Eric Gagne JSY
• BS-EH Eric Hurley RC
• BS-ESP Erick San Pedro RC*
• BS-FC Fausto Carmona RC
• BS-FG Freddy Guzman RC
• BS-FH Felix Hernandez RC
• BS-FP Felix Pie AU JSY
• BS-FT Frank Thomas BAT
• BS-GG Greg Golson RC
• BS-GH Gaby Hernandez RC*
• BS-GIG Gio Gonzalez RC
• BS-GS Gary Sheffield BAT
• BS-HB Homer Bailey AU JSY RC
• BS-HC Hee Seop Choi BAT
• BS-HG Hector Gimenez AU RC
• BS-HJB Hank Blalock BAT
• BS-HM Hector Made RC*
• BS-HS Huston Street AU JSY RC
• BS-IR Ivan Rodriguez BAT
• BS-JB Jeff Bagwell JSY
• BS-JC Jose Capellan RC
• BS-JCR Jesse Crain RC
• BS-JD Johnny Damon BAT
• BS-JE Johnny Estrada BAT
• BS-JFI Josh Fields RC
• BS-JG Joey Gathright RC
• BS-JH Jesse Hoover RC*
• BS-JK Jason Kendall BAT
• BS-JM Jeff Marquez AU JSY RC
• BS-JO Justin Orenduff RC*
• BS-JP Juan Pierre BAT
• BS-JPH J.P. Howell RC
• BS-JR Jay Rainville AU RC*
• BS-JS Jeremy Sowers AU RC
• BS-JZ Jon Zeringue RC*
• BS-KCH K.C. Herren RC*
• BS-KS Kurt Suzuki RC
• BS-KT Kazuhito Tadano RC
• BS-KW Kerry Wood JSY
• BS-KWA Kyle Waldrop AU JSY RC
• BS-LB Lance Berkman JSY
• BS-LC Luis Castillo JSY
• BS-LH Linc Holdzkom AU RC
• BS-LN Laynce Nix BAT
• BS-MA Moises Alou BAT
• BS-MAM Mark Mulder JSY
• BS-MAR Manny Ramirez BAT
• BS-MB Matt Bush AU JSY RC
• BS-MC Miguel Cabrera BAT
• BS-MCT Mark Teixeira BAT
• BS-ME Mitch Einertson RC*
• BS-MF Mike Ferris RC*
• BS-MFO Matt Fox RC
• BS-MJP Mike Piazza BAT
• BS-MM Matt Moses AU RC*
• BS-MMC Matt Macri RC
• BS-MP Mark Prior JSY
• BS-MR Mike Rouse AU RC
• BS-MRO Mark Rogers RC
• BS-MT Matt Tuiasosopo AU BAT RC
• BS-MT1 Miguel Tejada BAT
• BS-MT2 Miguel Tejada JSY
• BS-MW Marland Williams RC*
• BS-MY Michael Young BAT
• BS-NJ Nick Johnson BAT
• BS-NM Nyjer Morgan RC
• BS-NS Nate Schierholtz RC
• BS-NW Neil Walker RC
• BS-OQ Omar Quintanilla RC
• BS-PGM Paul Maholm RC
• BS-PH Philip Hughes RC
• BS-PL Paul LoDuca BAT
• BS-PR Pokey Reese BAT
• BS-RB Rocco Baldelli BAT
• BS-RBR Reid Brignac RC
• BS-RC Robinson Cano AU JSY
• BS-RH Ryan Harvey AU BAT
• BS-RJH Richard Hidalgo BAT
• BS-RM Ryan Meaux AU RC*
• BS-RO Russ Ortiz JSY
• BS-RP Rafael Palmeiro BAT
• BS-SK Scott Kazmir AU JSY RC
• BS-SO Scott Olsen AU JSY RC
• BS-SS Sammy Sosa JSY
• BS-SSM Seth Smith RC
• BS-TD Thomas Diamond RC
• BS-TG Troy Glaus BAT
• BS-TLH Todd Helton BAT
• BS-TM Tino Martinez BAT
• BS-TMG Tom Glavine JSY
• BS-TP Trevor Plouffe AU JSY RC
• BS-TT Taylor Tankersley AU JSY RC
• BS-VG Vladimir Guerrero BAT
• BS-VP Vince Perkins AU RC*
• BS-YP Yusmeiro Petit RC
• BS-ZD Zach Duke RC
• BS-ZJ Zach Jackson RC

Parallels

All 138 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractors (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Black Refractors (First Year Players and Veteran Relics: serial-numbered to 16 copies; Autographed First Year Players and Autographed Relics: serial-numbered to 25. Exclusive to Hobby Box Topper packs)
• Red Refractors (one-of-one; exclusive to Hobby Box Topper packs)

Autographs & Game-Used

Bowman Originals Autographs

Bowman Originals Autographs are slabbed buyback autographs from previously-released Bowman products and were exclusive to the one-per Hobby box Box Topper pack. Some, but not all, autographs are hand-numbered to the production figures listed below. The stated odds of finding a Bowman Originals Autograph are as follows.

• Alex Rodriguez or Barry Bonds: 1:221 boxes
• Eric Chavez, Jose Reyes, or Alfonso Soriano: 1:25 boxes

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