2011 Topps Chrome

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2011 Topps Chrome Hobby box

Description

2011 Topps Chrome, a 220-card parallel brand, was released on September 7, 2011. As with previous years, the set features 170 cards recycled from the 2011 Topps Baseball base set, with 50 rookies -- some of which are autographed. Each Hobby box should yield two rookie autographs. Refractor parallels return, along with the addition of a 100-card Black-bordered Refractor partial parallel.

The usual slew of Refractor parallels return, along with the addition of a 100-card Black-bordered Refractor partial parallel.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, 4 cards per pack (MSRP: $3.00)

Retail: 4 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Rack packs: Three, 4-card retail packs plus three Orange Refractors (MSRP: $8.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Retail Rack Odds
Base	220	-	?	?	?
Orange Refractor	220	-	N/A	N/A	3:1
XFractor	220	225	N/A	?	?
Refractor	220	-	1:3	1:3	?
Topps Chrome Heritage	100	1962	1:7	?	?
Vintage Chrome	50	-	1:8	?	?
Autographed Chrome Rookies	20	-	1:12	?	?
Topps Chrome Heritage Refractor	100	562	1:18	1:12	?
Atomic Refractor	220	225	1:19	?	?
Sepia-Tome Refractor	220	99	1:43	N/A	N/A
Blue Refractor	220	99	1:57	?	?
Purple Refractor	220	499	1:57	?	?
Autographed Chrome Rookies Refractor	20	499	1:72	?	?
Black-Bordered Refractor	110	100	1:84	N/A	N/A
Gold Refractor	220	50	1:111	?	?
Topps Chrome Heritage Black-Bordered Refractor	100	62	1:148	N/A	N/A
Red Refractor	220	25	1:167	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Blue Refractor	20	199	1:181	?	?
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autograph Redemptions	22	-	1:184	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Black-Bordered Refractor	20	100	1:328	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Sepia-Tone Refractor	20	99	1:350	?	?
Autographed Chrome Rookies Gold Refractor	20	50	1:694	?	?
Printing Plates	220	four-for-each	1:718	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Refractor Redemption Card	1	?	1:964	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Refractor Redemptions	22	199	1:1,173	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Red Refractor	20	25	1:1,314	?	?
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Blue Refractor Redemption Card	1	?	1:2,025	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Blue Refractor Redemptions	22	99	1:2,397	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Atomic Refractor	20	10	1:3,310	?	?
Super-Fractor	220	one-of-one	1:4,182	N/A	N/A
Canary Diamond Refractor	220	one-of-one	1:4,220	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Gold Refractor Redemptions	22	50	1:4,900	N/A	N/A
60th Anniversary Autographs	3	60	1:5,112	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Printing Plates	20	one-of-one	1:8,217	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Redemption Card	1	-	?	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Gold Refractor Redemption Card	1	50	1:18,400	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Diamond Die-Cut Atomic Refractor Redemptions	22	10	1:25,600	N/A	N/A
Autographed Chrome Rookies Super-Fractor	20	one-of-one	1:32,800	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Red Refractor Redemptions	22	5	1:57,725	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Atomic Refractor Redemption Card	1	50	1:92,000	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Red Refractor Redemption Card	1	5	1:184,000	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Printing Plate Redemption Card	1	four-for-each	1:230,000	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Printing Plate Redemptions	20	four-for-each	1:230,000	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autographed Super-Fractor Redemptions	22	one-of-one	?	N/A	N/A
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set Super-Fractor Redemption Card	1	one-of-one	1:920,000	N/A	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

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2011 Topps Chrome #70: Robinson Cano (Front)

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2011 Topps Chrome #70: Robinson Cano (Back)

• 3 Carl Crawford
• 20 Derek Jeter
• 30 Miguel Cabrera
• 65 Jason Bartlett
• 154 Justin Morneau
• 176 Brandon Beachy RC
• 1 Buster Posey
• 2 Chipper Jones
• 4 Andre Ethier
• 5 David Wright
• 6 Zack Greinke
• 7 Mickey Mantle
• 8 Andrew McCutchen
• 9 Prince Fielder
• 10 Hanley Ramirez
• 11 Ryan Zimmerman
• 12 David Ortiz
• 13 Evan Longoria
• 14 Adam Dunn
• 15 Tim Lincecum
• 16 Jason Heyward
• 17 Starlin Castro
• 18 Ian Kinsler
• 19 Joey Votto
• 21 Carlos Ruiz
• 22 Nick Markakis
• 23 Russell Martin
• 24 Matt Kemp
• 25 Adrian Gonzalez
• 26 Dan Uggla
• 27 Orlando Hudson
• 28 Austin Jackson
• 29 Phil Hughes
• 31 Tommy Hunter
• 32 Yadier Molina
• 33 Danny Espinosa
• 34 Josh Beckett
• 35 Chase Utley
• 36 Rafael Soriano
• 37 Mike Leake
• 38 Justin Upton
• 39 Travis Wood
• 40 Cliff Lee
• 41 Danny Valencia
• 42 Mariano Rivera
• 43 Josh Johnson
• 44 David Price
• 45 Ryan Howard
• 46 Billy Butler
• 47 James Loney
• 48 Jay Bruce
• 49 Jonathan Papelbon
• 50 Ichiro
• 51 Gordon Beckham
• 52 CC Sabathia
• 53 Carlos Santana
• 54 Ryan Braun
• 55 Jon Lester
• 56 Gio Gonzalez
• 57 John Jaso
• 58 Jason Bay
• 59 Joe Nathan
• 60 Josh Hamilton
• 61 Yovani Gallardo
• 62 Brian Wilson
• 63 Neil Walker
• 64 Vernon Wells
• 66 Neftali Feliz
• 67 Aaron Hill
• 68 Bobby Abreu
• 69 Michael Young
• 70 Robinson Cano
• 71 Colby Rasmus
• 72 Brian McCann
• 73 James Shields
• 74 Nelson Cruz
• 75 Roy Halladay
• 76 Jose Bautista
• 77 David DeJesus
• 78 Sean Rodriguez
• 79 Jonathan Sanchez
• 80 Joe Mauer
• 81 Mat Latos
• 82 Franklin Gutierrez
• 83 Adam Jones
• 84 Jorge Posada
• 85 Mike Stanton
• 86 Drew Stubbs
• 87 Todd Helton
• 88 Joakim Soria
• 89 Gaby Sanchez
• 90 Kevin Youkilis
• 91 Alfonso Soriano
• 92 Jake Peavy
• 93 Pablo Sandoval
• 94 Shane Victorino
• 95 Daisuke Matsuzaka
• 96 Hunter Pence
• 97 Ubaldo Jimenez
• 98 Heath Bell
• 99 Kendry Morales
• 100 Alex Rodriguez
• 101 Tim Hudson
• 102 Jordan Zimmerman
• 103 Shin-Soo Choo
• 104 Matt Garza
• 105 Felix Hernandez
• 106 Ike Davis
• 107 Clayton Kershaw
• 108 Mike Morse
• 109 Ricky Romero
• 110 Carlos Gonzalez
• 111 Marlon Byrd
• 112 Carlos Pena
• 113 Jayson Werth
• 114 Carlos Beltran
• 115 Justin Verlander
• 117 Jimmy Rollins
• 118 Francisco Liriano
• 119 Ryan Ludwick
• 120 Stephen Strasburg
• 121 Chris Carpenter
• 122 Adam Lind
• 123 B.J. Upton
• 124 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 125 Roy Oswalt
• 126 Johan Santana
• 127 Madison Bumgarner
• 128 Manny Ramirez
• 129 Mark Reynolds
• 130 Matt Holliday
• 131 Tyler Colvin
• 132 Matt Cain
• 133 Drew Storen
• 134 Grady Sizemore
• 135 Martin Prado
• 136 C.J. Wilson
• 137 Chris Young
• 138 Jose Reyes
• 139 Clayton Richard
• 140 Mark Teixeira
• 141 Lance Berkman
• 142 John Buck
• 143 Brett Anderson
• 144 Johnny Damon
• 145 Rickie Weeks
• 146 Brett Myers
• 147 Chone Figgins
• 148 Derrek Lee
• 149 Ian Desmond
• 150 Albert Pujols
• 151 Pedro Alvarez
• 152 Josh Thole
• 153 Jonathan Broxton
• 155 Tommy Hanson
• 156 Cole Hamels
• 157 Hideki Matsui
• 158 Curtis Granderson
• 159 Paul Konerko
• 160 Troy Tulowitzki
• 161 Dustin Pedroia
• 162 Elvis Andrus
• 163 Logan Morrison
• 164 Jered Weaver
• 165 Adrian Beltre
• 166 Victor Martinez
• 167 Chad Billingsley
• 168 J.A. Happ
• 169 Rafael Furcal
• 170 Vladimir Guerrero
• 171 Tsuyoshi Nishioka RC
• 172 Brandon Belt RC
• 173 Freddie Freeman RC
• 174 Michael Pineda RC
• 177 Aneury Rodriguez RC
• 178 Mark Trumbo RC
• 180 Hank Conger RC
• 181 Jake McGee RC
• 182 J.P. Arencibia RC
• 183 Jordan Walden RC
• 184 Eric Sogard RC
• 185 Matt Young RC
• 186 Domonic Brown RC
• 187 Scott Cousins RC
• 188 Alexi Ogando RC
• 189 Mike Nickeas RC
• 190 Wilson Ramos RC
• 191 Andrew Cashner RC
• 193 Darwin Barney RC
• 195 Craig Kimbrel RC
• 196 Aroldis Chapman RC
• 197 Bobby Cramer RC
• 198 Eduardo Nunez RC
• 199 Pedro Beato RC
• 200 Jeremy Hellickson RC
• 201 Vinnie Pestano RC
• 202 Tom Wilhelmsen RC
• 203 Brett Wallace RC
• 204 Chris Pettit RC
• 205 Chris Sale RC
• 206 Brandon Kintzler RC
• 207 Samuel Deduno RC
• 208 Michael Kohn RC
• 209 Cory Luebke RC
• 210 Pedro Strop RC
• 212 Brian Broderick RC
• 213 Joe Paterson RC
• 214 Brent Morel RC
• 215 Kyle Drabek RC
• 216 Zach Britton RC
• 217 Mike Minor RC
• 218 Hector Noesi RC
• 219 Carlos Peguero RC
• 220 Aaron Crow RC
• 211 Brad Eamus RC
• 194 Mason Tobin RC
• 192 Josh Lueke RC
• 179 Marcos Mateo RC
• 175 Micahel Crotta RC
• 116 Clay Buchholz

Parallels

All 220-cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractors (1:3 packs)

• Orange Refractor (three per retail-exclusive rack packs)

• Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 225 copies)

• Blue Refractors (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

• Sepia-Tone Refractors (serial-numbered to 99 copies, Hobby only)

• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies, Hobby only)

• Purple Refractors (serial-numbered to 499 copies)

• Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)

• Super-Fractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)

• X-fractors

• Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

Black-Bordered Refractors

New for 2011 are the Black-Bordered Refractors, a 110-card, Hobby exclusive, partial parallel. Each Black-Bordered Refractor is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

• 1 Buster Posey
• 2 Chipper Jones
• 3 Carl Crawford
• 4 Andre Ethier
• 5 David Wright
• 6 Zack Greinke
• 7 Mickey Mantle
• 8 Andrew McCutchen
• 9 Prince Fielder
• 10 Hanley Ramirez
• 11 Ryan Zimmerman
• 12 David Ortiz
• 13 Evan Longoria
• 14 Adam Dunn
• 15 Tim Lincecum
• 16 Jason Heyward
• 19 Joey Votto
• 20 Derek Jeter
• 22 Nick Markakis
• 24 Matt Kemp
• 25 Adrian Gonzalez
• 26 Dan Uggla
• 28 Austin Jackson
• 30 Miguel Cabrera
• 31 Tommy Hunter
• 120 Stephen Strasburg
• 121 Chris Carpenter
• 34 Josh Beckett
• 35 Chase Utley
• 40 Cliff Lee
• 42 Mariano Rivera
• 43 Josh Johnson
• 44 David Price
• 45 Ryan Howard
• 48 Jay Bruce
• 49 Jonathan Papelbon
• 50 Ichiro
• 52 CC Sabathia
• 54 Ryan Braun
• 55 Jon Lester
• 56 Gio Gonzalez
• 58 Jason Bay
• 60 Josh Hamilton
• 63 Neil Walker
• 64 Vernon Wells
• 69 Michael Young
• 70 Robinson Cano
• 71 Colby Rasmus
• 72 Brian McCann
• 74 Nelson Cruz
• 75 Roy Halladay
• 76 Jose Bautista
• 80 Joe Mauer
• 85 Mike Stanton
• 86 Drew Stubbs
• 89 Gaby Sanchez
• 90 Kevin Youkilis
• 91 Alfonso Soriano
• 95 Daisuke Matsuzaka
• 97 Ubaldo Jimenez
• 100 Alex Rodriguez
• 101 Tim Hudson
• 105 Felix Hernandez
• 106 Ike Davis
• 107 Clayton Kershaw
• 109 Ricky Romero
• 110 Carlos Gonzalez
• 112 Carlos Pena
• 113 Jayson Werth
• 115 Justin Verlander
• 116 Clay Buchholz
• 124 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 125 Roy Oswalt
• 126 Johan Santana
• 127 Madison Bumgarner
• 128 Manny Ramirez
• 130 Matt Holliday
• 135 Martin Prado
• 138 Jose Reyes
• 140 Mark Teixeira
• 150 Albert Pujols
• 154 Justin Morneau
• 155 Tommy Hanson
• 156 Cole Hamels
• 157 Hideki Matsui
• 159 Paul Konerko
• 160 Troy Tulowitzki
• 161 Dustin Pedroia
• 165 Adrian Beltre
• 166 Victor Martinez
• 170 Vladimir Guerrero
• 171 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
• 172 Brandon Belt
• 173 Freddie Freeman
• 174 Michael Pineda
• 176 Brandon Beachy
• 178 Mark Trumbo
• 181 Jake McGee
• 182 J.P. Arencibia
• 186 Domonic Brown
• 191 Andrew Cashner
• 195 Craig Kimbrel
• 196 Aroldis Chapman
• 200 Jeremy Hellickson
• 203 Brett Wallace
• 205 Chris Sale
• 214 Brent Morel
• 215 Kyle Drabek
• 216 Zach Britton
• 217 Mike Minor

Inserts

This 50-card set is done in the style of the 1996 Topps Chrome set.

Vintage Chrome

• VC1 Buster Posey
• VC2 Chipper Jones
• VC3 Carl Crawford
• VC4 David Wright
• VC5 Prince Fielder
• VC6 Hanley Ramirez
• VC7 Ryan Zimmerman
• VC8 David Ortiz
• VC9 Evan Longoria
• VC10 Tim Lincecum
• VC11 Jason Heyward
• VC12 Joey Votto
• VC13 Derek Jeter
• VC14 Matt Kemp
• VC15 Adrian Gonzalez
• VC16 Dan Uggla
• VC17 Austin Jackson
• VC18 Starlin Castro
• VC19 Chase Utley
• VC20 David Price
• VC21 Ryan Howard
• VC22 Ichiro
• VC23 CC Sabathia
• VC24 Ryan Braun
• VC25 Josh Hamilton
• VC26 Robinson Cano
• VC27 Brian McCann
• VC28 Nelson Cruz
• VC29 Roy Halladay
• VC30 Jose Bautista
• VC31 Joe Mauer
• VC32 Mike Stanton
• VC33 Troy Tulowitzki
• VC34 Kevin Youkilis
• VC35 Miguel Cabrera
• VC36 Alex Rodriguez
• VC37 Felix Hernandez
• VC38 Stephen Strasburg
• VC39 Mark Teixeira
• VC40 Albert Pujols
• VC41 Carlos Gonzalez
• VC42 Dustin Pedroia
• VC43 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
• VC44 Brandon Belt
• VC45 Freddie Freeman
• VC46 J.P. Arencibia
• VC47 Domonic Brown
• VC48 Aroldis Chapman
• VC49 Jeremy Hellickson
• VC50 Kyle Drabek

2011 Topps Heritage Chrome

See 2011 Topps Heritage

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Set

Randomly inserted into Hobby packs will be redemption cards good for a pack of six cards from a 22-card set of the 2011 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. The set will also be available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor

• XFractor

• Blue Refractor

• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

• Diamond Die-Cut Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

• Super-Fractor (one-of-one)

• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Chrome Rookie Variations

20 of the 50 base set rookies have been chosen by Topps to autograph a limited number of cards. Each 24-pack Hobby box promises two autographs. Each autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)

• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

• Black-Bordered Refractor (serial-numbered to 100 copies, Hobby only)

• Sepia Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

• Super-Fractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)

• Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

• 171 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
• 172 Brandon Belt
• 173 Freddie Freeman
• 174 Michael Pineda
• 178 Mark Trumbo
• 182 J.P. Arencibia
• 183 Jordan Walden
• 184 Eric Sogard
• 188 Alexi Ogando
• 191 Andrew Cashner
• 195 Craig Kimbrel
• 198 Eduardo Nunez
• 205 Chris Sale
• 214 Brent Morel
• 215 Kyle Drabek
• 216 Zach Britton
• 217 Mike Minor
• 218 Hector Noesi
• 219 Carlos Peguero
• 220 Aaron Crow

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Autograph Redemptions

Randomly inserted into Hobby packs are redemption cards good for a pack of five or six autographed cards from the 22-card USA Baseball Collegiate National Team set. The cards will also be available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

• Diamond Die-Cut Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

• Super-Fractor (one-of-one)

• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

60th Anniversary Autographs

See 2011 Topps 60th Anniversary Autographs