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2006 Topps Chrome hobby box

Description

2006 Topps Chrome is a 354-card parallel brand and was released in July, 2006. For the first time since 1997, Topps released Chrome in a single series.

The first 252 cards in this set feature veterans done in the style of the 2006 Topps Baseball set; while cards numbered #253-#275 feature Award Winners and #276-#330 feature rookies. The final 24 cards (#331-#354) are all autographed rookies.

2006 was the first year of the MLBPA's new "Rookie Card" guidelines, and although all of the autographed and un-autographed "rookies" sport the standardized "ROOKIE CARD" icon, there are very few actual "true" rookie cards in 2006 ToppChro. One of the few true rookies, Kenji Johjima (Card #285), is also the sole player available on either an autographed or non-autographed card.

Each 24-pack Hobby box should yield two autographs, 14 Refractors, and a Box Topper containing a card serial-numbered to 90 or less.

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Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	354	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Alex Rodriguez

2 Garrett Atkins

3 Carl Crawford

4 Clint Barmes

5 Tadahito Iguchi

6 Brian Roberts

7 Mickey Mantle

8 David Wright

9 Jeremy Reed

10 Bobby Abreu

11 Lance Berkman

12 Jonny Gomes

13 Jason Marquis

14 Chipper Jones

15 Jon Garland

16 Brad Wilkerson

17 Rickie Weeks

18 Jorge Posada

19 Greg Maddux

20 Jeff Francis

21 Felipe Lopez

22 Dan Johnson

23 Manny Ramirez

24 Joe Mauer

25 Randy Winn

26 Pedro Feliz

27 Kenny Rogers

28 Rocco Baldelli

29 Nomar Garciaparra

30 Carlos Lee

31 Tom Glavine

32 Craig Biggio

33 Steve Finley

34 Eric Gagne

35 Dallas Mcpherson

36 Mark Kotsay

37 Kerry Wood

38 Huston Street

39 Hank Blalock

40 Brad Radke

41 Chien-Ming Wang

42 Mark Buehrle

43 Andy Pettitte

44 Bernie Williams

45 Victor Martinez

46 Darin Erstad

47 Gustavo Chacin

48 Carlos Guillen

49 Lyle Overbay

50 Barry Bonds

51 Nook Logan

52 Mark Teahen

53 Mike Lamb

54 Jayson Werth

55 Mariano Rivera

56 Julio Lugo

57 Adam Dunn

58 Troy Percival

59 Chad Tracy

60 Edgar Renteria

61 Jason Giambi

62 Justin Morneau

63 Carlos Delgado

64 John Buck

65 Shannon Stewart

66 Mike Cameron

67 Richie Sexson

68 Russ Adams

69 Josh Beckett

70 Ryan Freel

71 Victor Zambrano

72 Ronnie Belliard

73 Brian Giles

74 Randy Wolf

75 Robinson Cano

76 Joe Blanton

77 Esteban Loaiza

78 Troy Glaus

79 Matt Clement

80 Geoff Jenkins

81 Roy Oswalt

82 A.J. Pierzynski

83 Pedro Martinez

84 Roger Clemens

85 Jack Wilson

86 Mike Piazza

87 Paul Lo Duca

88 Jeff Bagwell

89 Carlos Zambrano

90 Brandon Claussen

91 Travis Hafner

92 Chris Shelton

93 Rafael Furcal

94 Frank Thomas

95 Noah Lowry

96 Jhonny Peralta

97 Vernon Wells

98 Jorge Cantu

99 Willy Taveras

100 Ivan Rodriguez

101 Jose Reyes

102 Barry Zito

103 Mark Teixeira

104 Chone Figgins

105 Todd Helton

106 Tim Wakefield

107 Mike Maroth

108 Johnny Damon

109 David Dejesus

110 Ryan Klesko

111 Nick Johnson

112 Freddy Garcia

113 Torii Hunter

114 Mike Sweeney

115 Scott Rolen

116 Jim Thome

117 Adam Kennedy

118 Albert Pujols

119 Kazuo Matsui

120 Zack Greinke

121 Jimmy Rollins

122 Edgardo Alfonzo

123 Billy Wagner

124 B.J. Ryan

125 Orlando Hudson

126 Preston Wilson

127 Melvin Mora

128 Alfonso Soriano

129 Javy Lopez

130 Wilson Betemit

131 Garret Anderson

132 Jason Bay

133 Adam Laroche

134 C.C. Sabathia

135 Bartolo Colon

136 Ichiro

137 Jim Edmonds

138 David Eckstein

139 Cristian Guzman

140 Jeff Kent

141 Chris Capuano

142 Cliff Floyd

143 Zach Duke

144 Matt Morris

145 Jose Vidro

146 David Wells

147 John Smoltz

148 Felix Hernandez

149 Orlando Cabrera

150 Mark Prior

151 Ted Lilly

152 Michael Young

153 Livan Hernandez

154 Yadier Molina

155 Eric Chavez

156 Miguel Batista

157 Ben Sheets

158 Oliver Perez

159 Doug Davis

160 Andruw Jones

161 Hideki Matsui

162 Reggie Sanders

163 Joe Nathan

164 John Lackey

165 Matt Murton

166 Grady Sizemore

167 Brad Thompson

168 Kevin Millwood

169 Orlando Hernandez

170 Mark Mulder

171 Chase Utley

172 Moises Alou

173 Wily Mo Pena

174 Brian Mccann

175 Jermaine Dye

176 Ryan Madson

177 Aramis Ramirez

178 Khalil Greene

179 Mike Hampton

180 Mike Mussina

181 Rich Harden

182 Woody Williams

183 Chris Carpenter

184 Brady Clark

185 Luis Gonzalez

186 Raul Ibanez

187 Magglio Ordonez

188 Adrian Beltre

189 Marcus Giles

190 Odalis Perez

191 Derek Jeter

192 Jason Schmidt

193 Toby Hall

194 Danny Haren

195 Tim Hudson

196 Jake Peavy

197 Casey Blake

198 J.D. Drew

199 Ervin Santana

200 J.J. Hardy

201 Austin Kearns

202 Pat Burrell

203 Jason Vargas

204 Ryan Howard

205 Joe Crede

206 Vladimir Guerrero

207 Roy Halladay

208 David Dellucci

209 Brandon Webb

210 Ryan Church

211 Miguel Tejada

212 Mark Loretta

213 Kevin Youkilis

214 Jon Lieber

215 Miguel Cabrera

216 A.J. Burnett

217 David Bell

218 Conor Jackson

219 Lance Niekro

220 Shawn Green

221 Ken Griffey Jr.

222 Johnny Estrada

223 Omar Vizquel

224 Gary Sheffield

225 Brad Halsey

226 Aaron Cook

227 David Ortiz

228 Scott Kazmir

229 Dustin Mcgowan

230 Gregg Zaun

231 Carlos Beltran

232 Bob Wickman

233 Brett Myers

234 Casey Kotchman

235 Jeff Francoeur

236 Paul Konerko

237 Juan Rivera

238 Bobby Crosby

239 Derrek Lee

240 Curt Schilling

241 Jake Westbrook

242 Dontrelle Willis

243 Brad Lidge

244 Randy Johnson

245 Nick Swisher

246 Johan Santana

247 Jeremy Bonderman

248 Ramon Hernandez

249 Mike Lowell

250 Javier Vazquez

251 Jose Contreras

252 Aubrey Huff

Award Winners

253 Kenny Rogers

254 Mark Teixeira

255 Orlando Hudson

256 Derek Jeter

257 Eric Chavez

258 Torii Hunter

259 Vernon Wells

260 Ichiro Suzuki

261 Greg Maddux

262 Mike Matheny

263 Derrek Lee

264 Luis Castillo

265 Omar Vizquel

266 Mike Lowell

267 Andruw Jones

268 Jim Edmonds

269 Bobby Abreu

270 Bartolo Colon

271 Chris Carpenter

272 Alex Rodriguez

273 Albert Pujols

274 Huston Street

275 Ryan Howard

Rookies

276 Chris Denorfia

277 John Van Benschoten

278 Russ Martin

279 Fausto Carmona

280 Freddie Bynum

281 Kelly Shoppach

282 Chris Demaria RC

283 Jordan Tata RC

284 Ryan Zimmerman

285 Kenji Johjima RC

286 Ruddy Lugo

287 Tommy Murphy

288 Bobby Livingston

289 Anderson Hernandez

290 Brian Slocum

291 Sendy Rleal RC

292 Ryan Spilborghs

293 Brandon Fahey RC

294 Jason Kubel

295 James Loney

296 Jeremy Accardo RC

297 Fabio Castro RC

298 Matt Capps

299 Casey Janssen RC

300 Martin Prado

301 Ronny Paulino

302 Josh Barfield

303 Joel Zumaya

304 Matt Cain

305 Conor Jackson

306 Brian Anderson

307 Prince Fielder

308 Jeremy Hermida

309 Justin Verlander

310 Brian Bannister

311 Josh Willingham

312 John Rheinecker

313 Nick Markakis

314 Jonathan Papelbon

315 Mike Jacobs

316 Jose Capellan

317 Mike Napoli RC

318 Ricky Nolasco

319 Ben Johnson

320 Paul Maholm

321 Drew Meyer

322 Jeff Mathis

323 Fernando Nieve

324 John Koronka

325 Wil Nieves

326 Nate McLouth

327 Howie Kendrick

328 Sean Marshall

329 Brandon Watson

330 Skip Schumaker

Autographed Rookie Cards

331 Ryan Garko

332 Jason Bergmann RC

333 Chuck James

334 Adam Wainwright

335 Dan Ortmeier

336 Francisco Liriano

337 Craig Breslow RC

338 Darrell Rasner

339 Jason Botts

340 Ian Kinsler

341 Joey Devine RC

342 Miguel Perez

343 Scott Olsen

344 Tyler Johnson

345 Anthony Lerew

346 Nelson Cruz

347 Willie Eyre

348 Josh Johnson

349 Shawn Marcum

350 Dustin Nippert

351 Josh Wilson

352 Hanley Ramirez

353 Reggie Abercrombie

354 Dan Uggla

Autographed Variations

285 Kenji Johjima AU

Parallels

Base card Refractors

All 330 non-autographed cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor

X-Fractor (retail-exclusive)

Blue Refractor (retail-exclusive)

Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 549 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 90 copies, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Printing Plate (four-for-each, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Autographed Rookie Refractors

All 24 Autographed Rookies are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 200 copies)

Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Printing Plates (one-of-one, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

Inserts

Mantle Home Run History

This set, like the set of the same name it parallels in Topps Baseball, commemorates Mickey Mantle's most prolific home runs; and like the set in Topps' flagship, stretches out over three years (2006-08). Fortunately, Topps spared The Hobby another 536-card monstrosity and only chose to celebrate 59 of The Mick's milestone homers. The cards checklisted below are for the 13 Chrome Mantle Home Run Histories issued in 2006.

Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 200 copies)

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Red X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Printing Plates (four-for-each, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

MHRC1 Mickey Mantle

MHRC7 Mickey Mantle

MHRC10 Mickey Mantle

MHRC20 Mickey Mantle

MHRC30 Mickey Mantle

MHRC40 Mickey Mantle

MHRC50 Mickey Mantle

MHRC60 Mickey Mantle

MHRC70 Mickey Mantle

MHRC80 Mickey Mantle

MHRC90 Mickey Mantle

MHRC100 Mickey Mantle

MHRC110 Mickey Mantle

Bonds Home Run History

Like the similar Mickey Mantle set (see above); this set commemorates Barry Bonds's most prolific home runs. And like the Mantle set, only Bonds' milestone homers are celebrated. The first 15 cards were inserted into packs of 2005 Topps Chrome Update. The 14 cards checklisted below finish the set and are the Chrome Bonds Home Run Histories issued in 2006.

In 2005, Barry Bonds became the first established Major League player to voluntarily withdraw from the MLBPA's group licensing agreement. Topps signed Bonds to a two-year exclusive contract (reportedly worth $2 million) and during this period, Bonds was only on Topps cards.

Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 200 copies)

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Red X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Printing Plates (four-for-each, exclusive to Hobby Box Topper)

BBC375 Barry Bonds

BBC400 Barry Bonds

BBC425 Barry Bonds

BBC450 Barry Bonds

BBC475 Barry Bonds

BBC500 Barry Bonds

BBC525 Barry Bonds

BBC550 Barry Bonds

BBC575 Barry Bonds

BBC600 Barry Bonds

BBC625 Barry Bonds

BBC650 Barry Bonds

BBC675 Barry Bonds

BBC700 Barry Bonds

Chase to 715

BBC1 Barry Bonds 700

BBC2 Barry Bonds 701

BBC3 Barry Bonds 702

BBC4 Barry Bonds 703

BBC5 Barry Bonds 704

BBC6 Barry Bonds 705

BBC7 Barry Bonds 706

BBC8 Barry Bonds 707

BBC9 Barry Bonds 708

BBC10 Barry Bonds 709

BBC11 Barry Bonds 710

BBC12 Barry Bonds 711

BBC13 Barry Bonds 712

BBC14 Barry Bonds 713

BBC15 Barry Bonds 714

BBC16 Barry Bonds 715

Signers of the Constitution

Each card is also available as a Refractor.

SCC-AB Abraham Baldwin

SCC-AH Alexander Hamilton

SCC-BF Benjamin Franklin

SCC-CCP Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

SCC-CP Charles Pinckney

SCC-DC Daniel Carroll

SCC-DJ Daniel Of St. Thomas Jenifer

SCC-DB David Brearly

SCC-GC George Clymer

SCC-GR George Read

SCC-GW George Washington

SCC-GM Gouverneur Morris

SCC-GB Gunning Bedford Jr.

SCC-HW Hugh Williamson

SCC-JBR Jacob Broom

SCC-JM James Madison

SCC-JMC James Mchenry

SCC-JW James Wilson

SCC-JI Jared Ingersoll

SCC-JB John Blair

SCC-JDI John Dickinson

SCC-JL John Langdon

SCC-JR John Rutledge

SCC-JD Jonathan Dayton

SCC-NGO Nathaniel Gorham

SCC-NG Nicholas Gilman

SCC-PB Pierce Butler

SCC-RB Richard Bassett

SCC-RDS Richard Dobbs Spaight

SCC-RM Robert Morris

SCC-RS Roger Sherman

SCC-RK Rufus King

SCC-TF Thomas Fitzsimons

SCC-TM Thomas Mifflin

SCC-WB William Blount

SCC-WF William Few

SCC-WL William Livingston

SCC-WP William Paterson

SCC-WJ William Samuel Johnson

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Each card is also available as a Refractor.

SDC-AC Abraham Clark

SDC-AM Arthur Middleton

SDC-BF Benjamin Franklin

SDC-BH Benjamin Harrison

SDC-BR Benjamin Rush

SDC-BG Button Gwinnett

SDC-CR Caesar Rodney

SDC-CB Carter Braxton

SDC-CC Charles Carroll

SDC-ER Edward Rutledge

SDC-EG Elbridge Gerry

SDC-FH Francis Hopkinson

SDC-FL Francis Lewis

SDC-FLL Francis Lightfoot Lee

SDC-GC George Clymer

SDC-GRE George Read

SDC-GR George Ross

SDC-GT George Taylor

SDC-GW George Walton

SDC-GWY George Wythe

SDC-JS James Smith

SDC-JW James Wilson

SDC-JA John Adams

SDC-JH John Hancock

SDC-JHA John Hart

SDC-JM John Morton

SDC-JP John Penn

SDC-JWI John Witherspoon

SDC-JHE Joseph Hewes

SDC-JB Josiah Bartlett

SDC-LM Lewis Morris

SDC-LH Lyman Hall

SDC-MT Matthew Thornton

SDC-OW Oliver Wolcott

SDC-PL Philip Livingston

SDC-RHL Richard Henry Lee

SDC-RST Richard Stockton

SDC-RM Robert Morris

SDC-RTP Robert Treat Paine

SDC-RS Roger Sherman

SDC-SA Samuel Adams

SDC-SC Samuel Chase

SDC-SHU Samuel Huntington

SDC-SH Stephen Hopkins

SDC-TH Thomas Heyward, Jr.

SDC-TJ Thomas Jefferson

SDC-TL Thomas Lynch, Jr.

SDC-TM Thomas Mckean

SDC-TN Thomas Nelson, Jr.

SDC-TS Thomas Stone

SDC-WE William Ellery

SDC-WF William Floyd

SDC-WH William Hooper

SDC-WP William Paca

SDC-WW William Whipple

SDC-WWI William Williams