2006 Bowman

Description

2006 Bowman is a 231-card set was released in May, 2006. The first 200 cards in the set consist of veterans while the last 31 cards in the set are players who were Rookie Cards under the then-new rules used in 2006. Cards number 219 and 220 come either signed or unsigned.

'06 Bowman was highlighted by the first-ever mainstream signed card for Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima. In addition, the product features a 12-card signed subset of green-bordered major league prospect cards, all of which feature the new MLBPA Rookie Card logo and a 14-card signed subset of blue-bordered minor leaguers.

In addition to (unsigned) rookie cards of Adam Wainwright and Hanley Ramirez, top talents like Washington Nationals infielder Ryan Zimmerman and Texas Rangers infielder Ian Kinsler are featured within the green-bordered (RC) autograph-subject subset. Alex Gordon's first Bowman rookie and blue chip prospects including Tigers outfielder Cameron Maybin , Astros infielder Koby Clemens . . . yes, Roger's son, and Angels infielder Kendry Morales are the top hits in the blue-bordered prospects insert set.

Distribution

Hobby/retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 12 boxes per case. HTA: 12 packs per box, 21 cards per pack (MSRP: $6). Eight boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	231	-	?	?	?
short set	220	-	?	?	?
Autographed Rookies	11	1375	1:82	?	1:40
Autographed Rookie variations	2	500	1:1150	?	?
Prospects	110	-	two per pack	two per pack	four per pack
Autographed Prospects	14	-	1:62	?	1:35
Gold	330*	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Blue	330*	500	1:8	1:8	1:4
White	330*	120	1:32	1:32	1:15
Red	330*	one-of-one	1:3750	1:3750	1:1754
Printing Plates	330*	four for each	1:588	N/A	?
Chrome Prospects	110	-	two-per-pack	two-per-pack	four-per-pack
Chrome Prospects Refractor	110	500	1:36	1:36	1:12
Chrome Prospects X-Fractor	110	250	1:72	1:72	1:23
Chrome Prospects Blue Refractor	110	150	1:118	1:118	1:39
Chrome Prospects Gold Refractor	110	50	1:355	1:355	1:116
Chrome Prospects Orange Refractor	110	25	1:710	1:710	1:233
Chrome Prospects Red Refractor	110	5	1:3000	N/A	1:690
Chrome Prospects SuperFractor	110	one-of-one	1:15,425	N/A	1:3370
Chrome Prospects Printing Plates	110	four for each	1:588	N/A	1:575
Autographed Blue	11	500	1:225	?	?
Autographed White	11	120	1:1020	?	?
Autographed Red	11	one-of-one	1:114,583	?	?
Autographed Printing Plates	11	four for each	1:15,700	N/A	?
Autographed Prospects Blue	14	500	1:170	?	1:100
Autographed Prospects White	14	120	1:750	?	1:450
Autographed Prospects Red	14	one-of-one	1:80,208	?	?
Autographed Prospects Printing Plates	14	four for each	1:15,700	N/A	?
Signs of the Future	21	-	N/A	N/A	one per box
Base of the Future	1	-	N/A	N/A	1:173/boxes
Base of the Future Red Ink	1	-	N/A	N/A	1:7800/boxes

* Includes all 220 non-autographed base cards and all 110 non-autographed Prospects.

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans (Reds)

• 1 Nick Swisher
• 2 Ted Lilly
• 3 John Smoltz
• 4 Lyle Overbay
• 5 Alfonso Soriano
• 6 Javier Vazquez
• 7 Ronnie Belliard
• 8 Jose Reyes
• 9 Brian Roberts
• 10 Curt Schilling
• 11 Adam Dunn
• 12 Zack Greinke
• 13 Carlos Guillen
• 14 Jon Garland
• 15 Robinson Cano
• 16 Chris Burke
• 17 Barry Zito
• 18 Russ Adams
• 19 Chris Capuano
• 20 Scott Rolen
• 21 Kerry Wood
• 22 Scott Kazmir
• 23 Brandon Webb
• 24 Jeff Kent
• 25 Albert Pujols
• 26 C.C. Sabathia
• 27 Adrian Beltre
• 28 Brad Wilkerson
• 29 Randy Wolf
• 30 Jason Bay
• 31 Austin Kearns
• 32 Clint Barmes
• 33 Mike Sweeney
• 34 Justin Verlander
• 35 Justin Morneau
• 36 Scott Podsednik
• 37 Jason Giambi
• 38 Steve Finley
• 39 Morgan Ensberg
• 40 Eric Chavez
• 41 Roy Halladay
• 42 Horacio Ramirez
• 43 Ben Sheets
• 44 Chris Carpenter
• 45 Andruw Jones
• 46 Carlos Zambrano
• 47 Jonny Gomes
• 48 Shawn Green
• 49 Moises Alou
• 50 Ichiro Suzuki
• 51 Juan Pierre
• 52 Grady Sizemore
• 53 Kazuo Matsui
• 54 Jose Vidro
• 55 Jake Peavy
• 56 Dallas McPherson
• 57 Ryan Howard
• 58 Zach Duke
• 59 Michael Young
• 60 Todd Helton
• 61 David DeJesus
• 62 Ivan Rodriguez
• 63 Johan Santana
• 64 Danny Haren
• 65 Derek Jeter
• 66 Greg Maddux
• 67 Jorge Cantu
• 68 Conor Jackson
• 69 Victor Martinez
• 70 David Wright
• 71 Ryan Church
• 72 Khalil Greene
• 73 Jimmy Rollins
• 74 Hank Blalock
• 75 Pedro Martinez
• 76 Jon Papelbon
• 77 Felipe Lopez
• 78 Jeff Francis
• 79 Andy Sisco
• 80 Hideki Matsui
• 81 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 82 Nomar Garciaparra
• 83 Kevin Millwood
• 84 Paul Konerko
• 85 A.J. Burnett
• 86 Mike Piazza
• 87 Brian Giles
• 88 Johnny Damon
• 89 Jim Thome
• 90 Roger Clemens
• 91 Aaron Rowand
• 92 Rafael Furcal
• 93 Gary Sheffield
• 94 Mike Cameron
• 95 Carlos Delgado
• 96 Jorge Posada
• 97 Denny Bautista
• 98 Mike Maroth
• 99 Brad Radke
• 100 Alex Rodriguez
• 101 Freddy Garcia
• 102 Oliver Perez
• 103 Jon Lieber
• 104 Melvin Mora
• 105 Travis Hafner
• 106 Matt Cain
• 107 Derek Lowe
• 108 Luis Castillo
• 109 Livan Hernandez
• 110 Tadahito Iguchi
• 111 Shawn Chacon
• 112 Frank Thomas
• 113 Josh Beckett
• 114 Aubrey Huff
• 115 Derrek Lee
• 116 Chien-Ming Wang
• 117 Joe Crede
• 118 Torii Hunter
• 119 J.D. Drew
• 120 Troy Glaus
• 121 Sean Casey
• 122 Edgar Renteria
• 123 Craig Wilson
• 124 Adam Eaton
• 125 Jeff Francoeur
• 126 Bruce Chen
• 127 Cliff Floyd
• 128 Jeremy Reed
• 129 Jake Westbrook
• 130 Wily Mo Pena
• 131 Toby Hall
• 132 David Ortiz
• 133 David Eckstein
• 134 Brady Clark
• 135 Marcus Giles
• 136 Aaron Hill
• 137 Mark Kotsay
• 138 Carlos Lee
• 139 Roy Oswalt
• 140 Chone Figgins
• 141 Mike Mussina
• 142 Orlando Hernandez
• 143 Magglio Ordonez
• 144 Jim Edmonds
• 145 Bobby Abreu
• 146 Nick Johnson
• 147 Carlos Beltran
• 148 Jhonny Peralta
• 149 Pedro Feliz
• 150 Miguel Tejada
• 151 Luis Gonzalez
• 152 Carl Crawford
• 153 Yadier Molina
• 154 Rich Harden
• 155 Tim Wakefield
• 156 Rickie Weeks
• 157 Johnny Estrada
• 158 Gustavo Chacin
• 159 Dan Johnson
• 160 Willy Taveras
• 161 Garret Anderson
• 162 Randy Johnson
• 163 Jermaine Dye
• 164 Joe Mauer
• 165 Ervin Santana
• 166 Jeremy Bonderman
• 167 Garrett Atkins
• 168 Manny Ramirez
• 169 Brad Eldred
• 170 Chase Utley
• 171 Mark Loretta
• 172 John Patterson
• 173 Tom Glavine
• 174 Dontrelle Willis
• 175 Mark Teixeira
• 176 Felix Hernandez
• 177 Cliff Lee
• 178 Jason Schmidt
• 179 Chad Tracy
• 180 Rocco Baldelli
• 181 Aramis Ramirez
• 182 Andy Pettitte
• 183 Mark Mulder
• 184 Geoff Jenkins
• 185 Chipper Jones
• 186 Vernon Wells
• 187 Bobby Crosby
• 188 Lance Berkman
• 189 Vladimir Guerrero
• 190 Jose Capellan
• 191 Brad Penny
• 192 Jose Guillen
• 193 Brett Myers
• 194 Miguel Cabrera
• 195 Bartolo Colon
• 196 Craig Biggio
• 197 Tim Hudson
• 198 Mark Prior
• 199 Mark Buehrle
• 200 Barry Bonds

Rookies (greens)

• 201 Anderson Hernandez (RC)
• 202 Charlton Jimerson (RC)
• 203 Jeremy Accardo RC
• 204 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
• 205 Matt Capps (RC)
• 206 John-Ford Griffin (RC)
• 207 Chuck James (RC)
• 208 Jaime Bubela (RC)
• 209 Mark Woodyard (RC)
• 210 Jason Botts (RC)
• 211 Chris DeMaria RC
• 212 Miguel Perez (RC)
• 213 Tom Gorzelanny (RC)
• 214 Adam Wainwright (RC)
• 215 Ryan Garko (RC)
• 216 Jason Bergmann RC
• 217 J.J. Furmaniak (RC)
• 218 Francisco Liriano (RC)
• 219 Kenji Johjima RC
• 220 Craig Hansen RC

Autographed Rookie Variations

Each is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 500 copies.

• 219a Kenji Johjima
• 220a Craig Hansen

Rookie Autographs

Each is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1375 copies.

• 221 Ryan Zimmerman AU (RC)
• 222 Joey Devine AU RC
• 223 Scott Olsen AU (RC)
• 224 Darrel Rasner AU (RC)
• 225 Craig Breslow AU RC
• 226 Reggie Abercrombie AU (RC)
• 227 Dan Uggla AU (RC)
• 228 Willie Eyre AU (RC)
• 229 Joel Zumaya AU (RC)
• 230 Ricky Nolasco AU (RC)
• 231 Ian Kinsler AU (RC)

Prospects (blues)

• B1 Alex Gordon
• B2 Jonathan George
• B3 Scott Walter
• B4 Brian Holliday
• B5 Ben Copeland
• B6 Bobby Wilson
• B7 Mayker Sandoval
• B8 Alejandro de Aza
• B9 David Munoz
• B10 Josh LeBlanc
• B11 Philippe Valiquette
• B12 Edwin Bellorin
• B13 Jason Quarles
• B14 Mark Trumbo
• B15 Steve Kelly
• B16 Jamie Hoffman
• B17 Joe Bauserman
• B18 Nick Adenhart
• B19 Mike Butia
• B20 Jon Weber
• B21 Luis Valdez
• B22 Rafael Rodriguez
• B23 Wyatt Toregas
• B24 John Vanden Berg
• B25 Mike Connolly
• B26 Mike O'Connor
• B27 Garrett Mock
• B28 Bill Layman
• B29 Luis Pena
• B30 Billy Killian
• B31 Ross Ohlendorf
• B32 Mark Kaiser
• B33 Ryan Costello
• B34 Dale Thayer
• B35 Steve Garrabrants
• B36 Samuel Deduno
• B37 Juan Portes
• B38 Javier Martinez
• B39 Clint Sammons
• B40 Andrew Kown
• B41 Matt Tolbert
• B42 Michael Ekstrom
• B43 Shawn Norris
• B44 Diory Hernandez
• B45 Chris Maples
• B46 Aaron Hathaway
• B47 Steven Baker
• B48 Greg Creek
• B49 Collin Mahoney
• B50 Corey Ragsdale
• B51 Ariel Nunez
• B52 Max Ramirez
• B53 Eric Rodland
• B54 Dante Brinkley
• B55 Casey Craig
• B56 Ryan Spilborghs
• B57 Fredy Deza
• B58 Jeff Frazier
• B59 Vince Cordova
• B60 Oswaldo Navarro
• B61 Jarod Rine
• B62 Jordan Tata
• B63 Ben Julianel
• B64 Yung-Chi Chen
• B65 Carlos Torres
• B66 Juan Francia
• B67 Brett Smith
• B68 Francisco Leandro
• B69 Chris Turner
• B70 Matt Joyce
• B71 Jason Jones
• B72 Jose Diaz
• B73 Kevin Ool
• B74 Nate Bumstead
• B75 Omir Santos
• B76 Shawn Riggans
• B77 Ofilio Castro
• B78 Mike Rozier
• B79 Wilkin Ramirez
• B80 Yobal Duenas
• B81 Adam Bourassa
• B82 Tony Granadillo
• B83 Brad McCann
• B84 Dustin Majewski
• B85 Kelvin Jimenez
• B86 Mark Reed
• B87 Asdrubal Cabrera
• B88 James Barthmaier
• B89 Brandon Boggs
• B90 Raul Valdez
• B91 Jose Campusano
• B92 Henry Owens
• B93 Tug Hulett
• B94 Nate Gold
• B95 Lee Mitchell
• B96 John Hardy
• B97 Aaron Wideman
• B98 Brandon Roberts
• B99 Lou Santangelo
• B100 Kyle Kendrick
• B101 Michael Collins
• B102 Camilo Vazquez
• B103 Mark McLemore
• B104 Alexander Peralta
• B105 Josh Whitesell
• B106 Carlos Guevara
• B107 Michael Aubrey
• B108 Brandon Chaves
• B109 Leonard Davis
• B110 Kendry Morales

Autographed Prospects

• B111 Koby Clemens
• B112 Lance Broadway
• B113 Cameron Maybin
• B114 Mike Aviles
• B115 Kyle Blanks
• B116 Chris Dickerson
• B117 Sean Gallagher
• B118 Jamar Hill
• B119 Garrett Mock
• B120 Kendry Morales
• B121 Russ Rohlicek
• B122 Clete Thomas
• B123 Josh Kinney
• B124 Justin Huber

Parallels

All 231 base set cards (including the 11 autographs) and all 124 Prospect inserts (including the 14 autographs) are available in the following parallels.

• Blue (numbered to 500)
• White (numbered to 120)
• Red (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Gold

The first 220 base set cards, and the first 110 Prospects inserts are available in a Gold parallel. Every pack (Hobby, retail, and HTA) had one Gold card.

Chrome

The first 110 Prospect inserts (NOT including the 14 autographs) are available in the following Chrome parallels.

• Chrome (two-per-Hobby pack; four-per-HTA pack)
• Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)
• X-Fractors (numbered to 250)
• Blue refractor (numbered to 150)
• Gold refractor (numbered to 50)
• Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Autographs & Game-Used

Signs of the Future

• AT Aaron Thompson
• BB Brian Bogusevic
• BC Ben Copeland
• CR Cesar Ramos
• DS Denard Span
• GO Garrett Olson
• HS Henry Sanchez
• JC Jeff Clement
• JD John Drennen
• JE Jacoby Ellsbury
• JM John Mayberry
• MB Michael Bowden
• MC Mike Costanzo
• RB Ryan Braun
• RR Ricky Romero
• RT Ryan Tucker
• SW Sean West
• TB Travis Buck
• TC Trevor Crowe
• TT Troy Tulowitzki
• YE Yunel Escobar

Base of the Future

This card features a piece of a base used in the 2005 All-Star Futures Game along with the signature of the game's MVP. A Red Ink parallel is also available.

• JH Justin Huber

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