2015 Bowman's Best

Description

2015 Bowman's Best is a 100-card set supplemented with a 50-card Top Prospects insert, scheduled for release exclusively to Hobby outlets December 23rd. This marks the return of Bowman's Best after a eight year hiatus.

Much like how the original Bowman's Best was conceived as a hybrid of the Bowman and Finest brands, 2015 Bowman's Best can be seen as a hybrid of 2015 Bowman and 2015 Finest. Each Hobby box will contain two Finest-style six-pack mini-boxes, with each mini-box yielding two autographs.

Distribution

Two six-pack mini-boxes per Hobby box, five cards per pack. (MSRP: $55/mini-box) Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	100	-	?
Top Prospects	50	-	?
Refractor	150	-	?
Atomic Refractor	150	-	1:12
Blue Refractor	150	150	1:24
Green Refractor	150	99	1:36
Gold Refractor	150	50	1:66
Orange Refractor	150	25	1:132
Red Refractor	150	5	1:642
SuperFractor	150	one-of-one	1:3192
Printing Plates	150	four for each	1:798
Mirror Image	20	-	?
Juan LeBron / Juan Gonzalez Mirror Image Error	1	-	1:2034
First Impressions	15	-	1:12
First Impressions Atomic Refractor	15	50	1:642
First Impressions Orange Refractor	15	25	1:2123
First Impressions Red Refractor	15	5	?
First Impressions SuperFractor	15	one-of-one	1:30,420
Hi-Def Heritage	50	-	?
Hi-Def Heritage Atomic Refractor	50	-	1:96
Hi-Def Heritage Orange Refractor	50	25	1:384
Hi-Def Heritage Red Refractor	50	5	?
Hi-Def Heritage SuperFractor	50	one-of-one	1:9510
Best of 2015 Autographs	84	-	1:3
Best of 2015 Autographs Refractor	84	-	?
Best of 2015 Autographs Green Refractor	84	99	1:66
Best of 2015 Autographs Atomic Refractor	84	50	1:120
Best of 2015 Autographs Orange Refractor	84	25	1:228
Best of 2015 Autographs Red Refractor	84	5	1:1116
Best of 2015 Autographs SuperFractor	84	one-of-one	1:5568
Best of 2015 Autographs Printing Plates	84	four for each	1:1398
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs	22	50	1:396
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs Orange Refractor	22	25	1:792
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs Red Refractor	22	5	1:3714
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs SuperFractor	22	one-of-one	1:18,252
First Impressions Autographs	15	99	1:318
First Impressions Autographs Orange Refractor	15	25	1:1248
First Impressions Autographs Red Refractor	15	5	1:6168
First Impressions Autographs SuperFractor	15	one-of-one	1:30,420
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs	32	50	1:330
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs Orange Refractor	32	25	1:696
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs Red Refractor	32	5	1:2910
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs SuperFractor	32	one-of-one	1:14,724
Bowman Black Collection	10	25	1:1878
Bowman Black Collection Violet	10	10	?
Bowman Black Collection Red	10	5	1:9312

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Mike Trout
• 2 James Shields
• 3 Francisco Lindor RC
• 4 Chi Chi Gonzalez RC
• 5 Felix Hernandez
• 6 Addison Russell RC
• 7 Joey Votto
• 8 Michael Brantley
• 9 Robinson Cano
• 10 Yasiel Puig
• 11 Edwin Encarnacion
• 12 Joey Gallo RC
• 13 Troy Tulowitzki
• 14 Nelson Cruz
• 15 Maikel Franco RC
• 16 Jake Arrieta
• 17 Chris Archer
• 18 Jacob deGrom
• 19 Adam Jones
• 20 Daniel Norris RC
• 21 Jose Abreu
• 22 Masahiro Tanaka
• 23 Yoenis Cespedes
• 24 Anthony Rizzo
• 25 Bryce Harper
• 26 Starling Marte
• 27 Byron Buxton RC
• 28 Joc Pederson RC
• 29 Adrian Gonzalez
• 30 Buster Posey
• 31 Dee Gordon
• 32 Noah Syndergaard RC
• 33 Michael Pineda
• 34 Giancarlo Stanton
• 35 Freddie Freeman
• 36 George Springer
• 37 Jose Bautista
• 38 Brian Dozier
• 39 Paul Goldschmidt
• 40 Eddie Rosario
• 41 Matt Wisler RC
• 42 Johnny Cueto
• 43 Dustin Pedroia
• 44 Alex Meyer RC
• 45 Chris Sale
• 46 Yasmany Tomas RC
• 47 Mookie Betts
• 48 Zack Greinke
• 49 Jung Ho Kang RC
• 50 Kris Bryant RC
• 51 Kyle Seager
• 52 Sonny Gray
• 53 Eric Hosmer
• 54 Devon Travis RC
• 55 Rusney Castillo RC
• 56 Jose Altuve
• 57 Matt Harvey
• 58 Carlos Correa RC
• 59 Anthony Rendon
• 60 Michael Wacha
• 61 Miguel Cabrera
• 62 Ryan Braun
• 63 Garrett Richards
• 64 Justin Upton
• 65 Brett Gardner
• 66 Todd Frazier
• 67 Archie Bradley RC
• 68 Dallas Keuchel
• 69 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 70 Adam Wainwright
• 71 Eduardo Rodriguez RC
• 72 Carlos Beltran
• 73 Cole Hamels
• 74 Charlie Blackmon
• 75 Josh Donaldson
• 76 Jose Reyes
• 77 Corey Kluber
• 78 Prince Fielder
• 79 Carlos Rodon RC
• 80 A.J. Cole RC
• 81 Jason Kipnis
• 82 Albert Pujols
• 83 Max Scherzer
• 84 Blake Swihart RC
• 85 Aroldis Chapman
• 86 Adrian Beltre
• 87 Trevor Rosenthal
• 88 Madison Bumgarner
• 89 Carlos Gomez
• 90 Andrew McCutchen
• 91 Hanley Ramirez
• 92 Steven Matz RC
• 93 Jorge Soler RC
• 94 David Price
• 95 Billy Hamilton
• 96 Nolan Arenado
• 97 Gerrit Cole
• 98 Craig Kimbrel
• 99 Manny Machado
• 100 Clayton Kershaw

Top Prospects

• TP-1 Corey Seager
• TP-2 Miguel Sano
• TP-3 Robert Stephenson
• TP-4 Raul Mondesi
• TP-5 Luis Severino
• TP-6 Henry Owens
• TP-7 Alex Reyes
• TP-8 Hunter Harvey
• TP-9 Dillon Tate
• TP-10 Carson Fulmer
• TP-11 Tyler Stephenson
• TP-12 Kolby Allard
• TP-13 Kevin Newman
• TP-14 Beau Burrows
• TP-15 Frankie Montas
• TP-16 Kyle Schwarber
• TP-17 Braden Shipley
• TP-18 Mark Appel
• TP-19 Austin Meadows
• TP-20 Jesse Winker
• TP-21 Aaron Judge
• TP-22 Nick Gordon
• TP-23 Ian Happ
• TP-24 Josh Naylor
• TP-25 Lucas Giolito
• TP-26 James Kaprielian
• TP-27 Ashe Russell
• TP-28 Michael Conforto
• TP-29 Rafael Devers
• TP-30 Tyler Glasnow
• TP-31 Jon Gray
• TP-32 Jameson Taillon
• TP-33 Aaron Nola
• TP-34 Tyler Kolek
• TP-35 Dansby Swanson
• TP-36 Tyler Jay
• TP-37 Andrew Benintendi
• TP-38 Garrett Whitley
• TP-39 Phil Bickford
• TP-40 Richie Martin
• TP-41 Bradley Zimmer
• TP-42 J.P. Crawford
• TP-43 Aaron Blair
• TP-44 Brandon Nimmo
• TP-45 Brendan Rodgers
• TP-46 Kyle Tucker
• TP-47 Cornelius Randolph
• TP-48 Trent Clark
• TP-49 Josh Bell
• TP-50 Julio Urias

Parallels

All 100 base cards and all 50 Top Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor
• Atomic Refractor
• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 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)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

Mirror Image

NOTE: Card #MI-LG was an unannounced short-print. It is a nod to the Carlos Beltran/Juan Gonzalez error card from 1995 Bowman's Best which featured a photo of fellow Royals draft pick Juan LeBron (who never played a Major League game) instead of Beltran.

• MI-1 Giancarlo Stanton / Aaron Judge
• MI-2 Corey Seager / Troy Tulowitzki
• MI-3 Kyle Schwarber / Buster Posey
• MI-4 Stephen Strasburg / Lucas Giolito
• MI-5 Josh Bell / Eric Hosmer
• MI-6 Julio Urias / Clayton Kershaw
• MI-7 Kris Bryant / Nolan Arenado
• MI-8 Byron Buxton / Charlie Blackmon
• MI-9 Carlos Correa / Alex Rodriguez
• MI-10 Joey Gallo / Josh Donaldson
• MI-11 Joc Pederson / Ryan Braun
• MI-12 Miguel Sano / Todd Frazier
• MI-13 Carlos Rodon / David Price
• MI-14 Aaron Nola / James Shields
• MI-15 Dansby Swanson / Brandon Crawford
• MI-16 Brendan Rodgers / Xander Bogaerts
• MI-17 Dillon Tate / Felix Hernandez
• MI-18 Preston Tucker / Kyle Tucker
• MI-19 Mike Trout / Andrew Benintendi
• MI-20 Brian McCann / Tyler Stephenson
• MI-LG Juan LeBron / Juan Gonzalez UER

First Impressions

Each First Impressions is a Refractor and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

• FI-AB Andrew Benintendi
• FI-BR Brendan Rodgers
• FI-CF Carson Fulmer
• FI-CR Cornelius Randolph
• FI-DS Dansby Swanson
• FI-DT Dillon Tate
• FI-GW Garrett Whitley
• FI-IH Ian Happ
• FI-JK James Kaprielian
• FI-JN Josh Naylor
• FI-KA Kolby Allard
• FI-KT Kyle Tucker
• FI-PB Phil Bickford
• FI-TJ Tyler Jay
• FI-TS Tyler Stephenson

Hi-Def Heritage

Hi-Def Heritage is a nod to the 1955 Bowman set as it is designed to look like a modern HDTV set. Each card is printed on a thick gauge of cardstock with a Refractor sheen. Each is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Atomic Refractor
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

• HDH-AB Archie Bradley
• HDH-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• HDH-AJ Alex Jackson
• HDH-AJO Adam Jones
• HDH-AP Albert Pujols
• HDH-AR Addison Russell
• HDH-ARI Anthony Rizzo
• HDH-BB Byron Buxton
• HDH-BH Bryce Harper
• HDH-BP Buster Posey
• HDH-BS Blake Swihart
• HDH-CC Carlos Correa
• HDH-CK Corey Kluber
• HDH-CKE Clayton Kershaw
• HDH-CR Carlos Rodon
• HDH-CS Corey Seager
• HDH-CSA Chris Sale
• HDH-DO David Ortiz
• HDH-FL Francisco Lindor
• HDH-GS Giancarlo Stanton
• HDH-HH Hunter Harvey
• HDH-HO Henry Owens
• HDH-JA Jose Abreu
• HDH-JB Jose Bautista
• HDH-JC J.P. Crawford
• HDH-JD Jacob deGrom
• HDH-JG Joey Gallo
• HDH-JL Jon Lester
• HDH-JP Joc Pederson
• HDH-JS Jorge Soler
• HDH-JU Julio Urias
• HDH-JV Joey Votto
• HDH-KB Kris Bryant
• HDH-KP Kevin Plawecki
• HDH-KS Kyle Schwarber
• HDH-LG Lucas Giolito
• HDH-LS Luis Severino
• HDH-MC Miguel Cabrera
• HDH-MS Miguel Sano
• HDH-MSC Max Scherzer
• HDH-MT Mike Trout
• HDH-NC Nelson Cruz
• HDH-NG Nick Gordon
• HDH-NS Noah Syndergaard
• HDH-PG Paul Goldschmidt
• HDH-RC Robinson Cano
• HDH-RD Rafael Devers
• HDH-TG Tyler Glasnow
• HDH-TT Touki Toussaint
• HDH-YT Yasmany Tomas

Autographs

Best of 2015 Autographs

Each Best of 2015 Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor
• Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each)

• B15-AB Alex Blandino
• B15-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• B15-AJ Alex Jackson
• B15-ANB Andrew Benintendi
• B15-ANO Aaron Nola
• B15-AR Alex Reyes
• B15-ARI Anthony Rizzo
• B15-ASR Ashe Russell
• B15-BB Byron Buxton
• B15-BD Braxton Davidson
• B15-BEB Beau Burrows
• B15-BH Bryce Harper
• B15-BP Buster Posey
• B15-BR Brendan Rodgers
• B15-BSN Blake Snell
• B15-BZ Bradley Zimmer
• B15-CC Carlos Correa
• B15-CD Chase De Jong
• B15-CF Carson Fulmer
• B15-CH Chris Heston
• B15-CR Carlos Rodon
• B15-CRA Cornelius Randolph
• B15-CT Cole Tucker
• B15-DF Derek Fisher
• B15-DM Dixon Machado
• B15-DS Dansby Swanson
• B15-DST D.J. Stewart
• B15-DTA Dillon Tate
• B15-ER Eduardo Rodriguez
• B15-FL Francisco Lindor
• B15-FM Frankie Montas
• B15-GH Grant Holmes
• B15-GW Garrett Whitley
• B15-HR Hanley Ramirez
• B15-IH Ian Happ
• B15-JAL Jose Altuve
• B15-JG Joey Gallo
• B15-JHK Jung Ho Kang
• B15-JK James Kaprielian
• B15-JM Jorge Mateo
• B15-JNA Josh Naylor
• B15-JP Joc Pederson
• B15-JW Jacob Wilson
• B15-KA Kolby Allard
• B15-KB Kris Bryant
• B15-KM Kevonte Mitchell
• B15-KME Kodi Medeiros
• B15-KN Kevin Newman
• B15-KS Kyle Schwarber
• B15-KT Kyle Tucker
• B15-LG Lucas Giolito
• B15-LW Luke Weaver
• B15-MC Michael Chavis
• B15-MCH Matt Chapman
• B15-MMA Manuel Margot
• B15-MN Mike Nikorak
• B15-MO Matt Olson
• B15-MP Max Pentecost
• B15-MR Mariano Rivera
• B15-MS Miguel Sano
• B15-MSC Max Scherzer
• B15-MT Mike Trout
• B15-MWI Matt Wisler
• B15-NG Nick Gordon
• B15-NP Nick Plummer
• B15-NS Noah Syndergaard
• B15-OA Orlando Arcia
• B15-PB Phil Bickford
• B15-PV Pat Venditte
• B15-RD Rafael Devers
• B15-RM Richie Martin
• B15-SG Stephen Gonsalves
• B15-SGR Sonny Gray
• B15-SMA Steven Matz
• B15-SN Sean Newcomb
• B15-TC Trent Clark
• B15-TJ Tyler Jay
• B15-TS Tyler Stephenson
• B15-TT Trea Turner
• B15-TTO Touki Toussaint
• B15-TWA Taylor Ward
• B15-WB Walker Buehler
• B15-WD Wilmer Difo
• B15-YL Yoan Lopez

1995 Bowman's Best Autograph Refractors

Each 1995 Bowman's Best Autograph Refractor is done in the style of the 1995 Bowman's Best set and serial-numbered to 50 copies. Each is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: Cards #95BB-DO and #95BB-MT are serial-numbered to 30 copies.

• 95BB-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• 95BB-AJ Adam Jones
• 95BB-AR Anthony Rizzo
• 95BB-BP Buster Posey
• 95BB-CH Cole Hamels
• 95BB-CR Carlos Rodon
• 95BB-CY Christian Yelich
• 95BB-DO David Ortiz
• 95BB-EE Edwin Encarnacion
• 95BB-FF Freddie Freeman
• 95BB-GS George Springer
• 95BB-JA Jose Abreu
• 95BB-JD Jacob deGrom
• 95BB-JM Joe Mauer
• 95BB-JV Joey Votto
• 95BB-KB Kris Bryant
• 95BB-MT Mike Trout
• 95BB-PS Pablo Sandoval
• 95BB-RB Ryan Braun
• 95BB-RC Robinson Cano
• 95BB-SG Sonny Gray
• 95BB-SM Shelby Miller

First Impressions Autographs

Each First Impressions Autograph is serial-numbered to 99 copies and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

• FI-AB Andrew Benintendi
• FI-BR Brendan Rodgers
• FI-CF Carson Fulmer
• FI-CR Cornelius Randolph
• FI-DS Dansby Swanson
• FI-DT Dillon Tate
• FI-GW Garrett Whitley
• FI-IH Ian Happ
• FI-JK James Kaprielian
• FI-JN Josh Naylor
• FI-KA Kolby Allard
• FI-KT Kyle Tucker
• FI-PB Phil Bickford
• FI-TJ Tyler Jay
• FI-TS Tyler Stephenson

Hi-Def Heritage Autographs

Each Hi-Def Heritage Autograph Refractor is serial-numbered to 50 copies and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: Cards #DO and #MT are serial-numbered to 15 copies.

• HDH-AB Archie Bradley
• HDH-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• HDH-AJ Alex Jackson
• HDH-AJO Adam Jones
• HDH-AP Albert Pujols
• HDH-ARI Anthony Rizzo
• HDH-BB Byron Buxton
• HDH-BH Bryce Harper
• HDH-BP Buster Posey
• HDH-BS Blake Swihart
• HDH-CC Carlos Correa
• HDH-CK Corey Kluber
• HDH-CKE Clayton Kershaw
• HDH-CR Carlos Rodon
• HDH-DO David Ortiz
• HDH-FL Francisco Lindor
• HDH-HO Henry Owens
• HDH-JG Joey Gallo
• HDH-JL Jon Lester
• HDH-JP Joc Pederson
• HDH-JS Jorge Soler
• HDH-JV Joey Votto
• HDH-KB Kris Bryant
• HDH-KP Kevin Plawecki
• HDH-LG Lucas Giolito
• HDH-LS Luis Severino
• HDH-MS Miguel Sano
• HDH-MSC Max Scherzer
• HDH-MT Mike Trout
• HDH-NS Noah Syndergaard
• HDH-PG Paul Goldschmidt
• HDH-RD Rafael Devers

Bowman Black Collection

See 2015 Bowman Black Collection.

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