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Description

1997 Bowman Chrome was a 300-card, single series set, issued in November, 1997. Like the Topps Chrome brand, the Bowman Chrome brand was a parallel of its base, parent set - 1997 Bowman. 1997 was inaugural year for the Bowman Chrome brand and the featured a selection of top cards 300 players from the 441-card Bowman base (Paper) set from that year.

Bowman Chrome sets are distinct from the Bowman sets due to their Chromium finish to the card front. This finish and higher price point per-pack established the brand as a higher-end alternative for collectors. Specifically, card fronts for 1997 Bowman Chrome featured the chrome finish and a light-gray and dark-gray vertical pinstripe background pattern (instead of the simple black background on 1997 Bowman cards).

Keeping with the identity of the Bowman flagship brand, this set was intended to create a deluxe version of the Bowman base set while still holding true to the brand's essence of focusing primarily on the players in the set - established stars and rookies/rookie cards. This approach was different from many of the sets during this era which focused on inserts and card design. This approach with the Bowman and Bowman Chrome brands still remains in the current Modern era.

Notable Rookie Cards of Adrian Beltre, Lance Berkman, Roy Halladay, Aramis Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Jayson Werth and Kerry Wood were in this set.

Distribution

24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3.00).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	300	-	?
International	300	-	1:4
Refractors	300	-	1:12
International Refractor	300	-	1:24
1998 ROY Favorites	15	-	1:24
1998 ROY Favorites Refractor	15	-	1:36
Scout's Honor Roll	15	-	1:12
Scout's Honor Roll Refractor	15	-	1:36

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Derek Jeter
2 Chipper Jones
3 Hideo Nomo
4 Tim Salmon
5 Robin Ventura
6 Tony Clark
7 Barry Larkin
8 Paul Molitor
9 Andy Benes
10 Ryan Klesko
11 Mark McGwire
12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
13 Robb Nen
14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 John Valentin
16 Ricky Bottalico
17 Mike Lansing
18 Ryne Sandberg
19 Carlos Delgado
20 Craig Biggio
21 Eric Karros
22 Kevin Appier
23 Mariano Rivera
24 Vinny Castilla
25 Juan Gonzalez
26 Al Martin
27 Jeff Cirillo
28 Ray Lankford
29 Manny Ramirez
30 Roberto Alomar
31 Will Clark
32 Chuck Knoblauch
33 Harold Baines
34 Edgar Martinez
35 Mike Mussina
36 Kevin Brown
37 Dennis Eckersley
38 Tino Martinez
39 Raul Mondesi
40 Sammy Sosa
41 John Smoltz
42 Billy Wagner
43 Ken Caminiti
44 Wade Boggs
45 Andres Galarraga
46 Roger Clemens
47 Matt Williams
48 Albert Belle
49 Jeff King
50 John Wetteland
51 Deion Sanders
52 Ellis Burks
53 Pedro Martinez
54 Kenny Lofton
55 Randy Johnson
56 Bernie Williams
57 Marquis Grissom
58 Gary Sheffield
59 Curt Schilling
60 Reggie Sanders
61 Bob Higginson
62 Moises Alou
63 Tom Glavine
64 Mark Grace
65 Rafael Palmeiro
66 John Olerud
67 Dante Bichette
68 Jeff Bagwell
69 Barry Bonds
70 Pat Hentgen
71 Jim Thome
72 Andy Pettitte
73 Jay Bell
74 Jim Edmonds
75 Ron Gant
76 David Cone
77 Jose Canseco
78 Jay Buhner
79 Greg Maddux
80 Lance Johnson
81 Travis Fryman
82 Paul O'Neill
83 Ivan Rodriguez
84 Fred McGriff
85 Mike Piazza
86 Brady Anderson
87 Marty Cordova
88 Joe Carter
89 Brian Jordan
90 Dave Justice
91 Tony Gwynn
92 Larry Walker
93 Mo Vaughn
94 Sandy Alomar
95 Rusty Greer
96 Roberto Hernandez
97 Hal Morris
98 Todd Hundley
99 Rondell White
100 Frank Thomas
101 Bubba Trammell
102 Sidney Ponson
103 Ricky Ledee
104 Brett Tomko
105 Braden Looper
106 Jason Dickson
107 Chad Green
108 R.A. Dickey RC
109 Jeff Liefer
110 Richard Hidalgo
111 Chad Hermansen
112 Felix Martinez
113 J.J. Johnson
114 Todd Dunwoody
115 Katsuhiro Maeda
116 Darin Erstad
117 Eli Marrero
118 Bartolo Colon
119 Ugueth Urbina
120 Jaime Bluma
121 Seth Greisinger
122 Jose Cruz, Jr.
123 Todd Dunn
124 Justin Towle
125 Brian Rose
126 Jose Guillen
127 Andruw Jones
128 Mark Kotsay
129 Wilton Guerrero
130 Jacob Cruz
131 Mike Sweeney
132 Matt Morris
133 John Thomson
134 Javier Valentin
135 Mike Drumright
136 Michael Barrett
137 Tony Saunders
138 Kevin Brown
139 Anthony Sanders
140 Jeff Abbott
141 Eugene Kingsale
142 Paul Konerko
143 Randall Simon
144 Freddy Adrian Garcia
145 Karim Garcia
146 Carlos Guillen
147 Aaron Boone
148 Donnie Sadler
149 Brooks Kieschnick
150 Scott Spiezio
151 Kevin Orie
152 Russ Johnson
153 Livan Hernandez
154 Vladimir Nunez
155 Pokey Reese
156 Chris Carpenter
157 Eric Milton
158 Richie Sexson
159 Carl Pavano
160 Pat Cline
161 Ron Wright
162 Dante Powell
163 Mark Bellhorn
164 George Lombard
165 Paul Wilder
166 Brad Fullmer
167 Kris Benson
168 Torii Hunter
169 D.T. Cromer
170 Nelson Figueroa
171 Hiram Bocachica
172 Shane Monahan
173 Juan Melo
174 Calvin Pickering
175 Reggie Taylor
176 Geoff Jenkins
177 Steve Rain
178 Nerio Rodriguez
179 Derrick Gibson
180 Darin Blood
181 Ben Davis
182 Adrian Beltre
183 Kerry Wood
184 Nate Rolison
185 Fernando Tatis
186 Jake Westbrook
187 Edwin Diaz
188 Joe Fontenot
189 Matt Halloran
190 Matt Clement
191 Todd Greene
192 Eric Chavez
193 Edgard Velazquez
194 Bruce Chen
195 Jason Brester
196 Chris Reitsma
197 Neifi Perez
198 Hideki Irabu
199 Don Denbow
200 Derrek Lee
201 Todd Walker
202 Scott Rolen
203 Wes Helms
204 Bob Abreu
205 John Patterson
206 Alex Gonzalez
207 Grant Roberts
208 Jeff Suppan
209 Luke Wilcox
210 Marlon Anderson
211 Mike Caruso
212 Roy Halladay
213 Jeremi Gonzalez
214 Aramis Ramirez
215 Dee Brown
216 Justin Thompson
217 Danny Clyburn
218 Bruce Aven
219 Keith Foulke
220 Shannon Stewart
221 Larry Barnes
222 Mark Johnson
223 Randy Winn
224 Nomar Garciaparra
225 Jacque Jones
226 Chris Clemons
227 Todd Helton
228 Ryan Brannan
229 Alex Sanchez
230 Russell Branyan
231 Daryle Ward
232 Kevin Witt
233 Gabby Martinez
234 Preston Wilson
235 Donzell McDonald
236 Orlando Cabrera
237 Brian Banks
238 Robbie Bell
239 Brad Rigby
240 Scott Elarton
241 Donny Leon
242 Abraham Nunez
243 Adam Eaton
244 Octavio Dotel
245 Sean Casey
246 Joe Lawrence
247 Adam Johnson
248 Ronnie Belliard
249 Bobby Estalella
250 Corey Lee
251 Mike Cameron
252 Kerry Robinson
253 A.J. Zapp RC*
254 Jarrod Washburn
255 Ben Grieve
256 Javier Vazquez
257 Travis Lee
258 Dennis Reyes
259 Danny Buxbaum
260 Kelvim Escobar
261 Danny Klassen
262 Ken Cloude
263 Gabe Alvarez
264 Clayton Bruner
265 Jason Marquis
266 Jamey Wright
267 Matt Snyder
268 Josh Garrett
269 Juan Encarnacion
270 Heath Murray
271 Brent Butler
272 Danny Peoples
273 Miguel Tejada
274 Jim Pittsley
275 Dmitri Young
276 Vladimir Guerrero
277 Cole Liniak
278 Ramon Hernandez
279 Cliff Politte
280 Mel Rosario
281 Jorge Carrion
282 John Barnes
283 Chris Stowe
284 Vernon Wells
285 Brett Caradonna
286 Scott Hodges
287 Jon Garland
288 Nathan Haynes
289 Geoff Goetz
290 Adam Kennedy
291 T.J. Tucker
292 Aaron Akin
293 Jayson Werth
294 Glenn Davis
295 Mark Mangum
296 Troy Cameron
297 J.J. Davis
298 Lance Berkman
299 Jason Standridge
300 Jason Dellaero

Parallels

Each of the 300 base cards are available in the following parallels:

International

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Card front is similar to the base version except the background behind the player photo was a flag of the country the player was born. Additionally, the card back featured a gradient flag background design as well.

Refractor

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Card front is identical to the base but features a holographic shine.

International Refractor

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Card front is the same as the International parallel but features a holographic shine.

Inserts

Both inserts are also available in a Refractor parallel.

1998 ROY Favorites

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This 15-card set highlighted potential candidates for the 1998 Rookie of the Year award. Each card was also available as a refractor parallel.

ROY1 Jeff Abbott
ROY2 Karim Garcia
ROY3 Todd Helton
ROY4 Richard Hidalgo
ROY5 Geoff Jenkins
ROY6 Russ Johnson
ROY7 Paul Konerko
ROY8 Mark Kotsay
ROY9 Ricky Ledee
ROY10 Travis Lee
ROY11 Derrek Lee
ROY12 Eli Marrero
ROY13 Juan Melo
ROY14 Brian Rose
ROY15 Fernando Tatis

Scout's Honor Roll

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This 15-card set highlighted the top young stars in the game. Each card was also available as a refractor parallel.

SHR1 Dmitri Young
SHR2 Bob Abreu
SHR3 Vladimir Guerrero
SHR4 Paul Konerko
SHR5 Kevin Orie
SHR6 Todd Walker
SHR7 Ben Grieve
SHR8 Darin Erstad
SHR9 Derrek Lee
SHR10 Jose Cruz
SHR11 Scott Rolen
SHR12 Travis Lee
SHR13 Andruw Jones
SHR14 Wilton Guerrero
SHR15 Nomar Garciaparra

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 Bowman Chrome was a 300-card, single series set, issued in November, 1997.  Like the Topps Chrome brand, the Bowman Chrome brand was a parallel of its base, parent set - [[1997 Bowman|1997 Bowman]].  1997 was inaugural year for the Bowman Chrome brand and the featured a selection of top cards 300 players from the 441-card Bowman base (Paper) set from that year.
-Bowman Chrome sets are distinct from the Bowman sets due to their [http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/Chromium| "chrome"] finish to the card front.  This finish and higher price point per-pack established the brand as a higher-end alternative for collectors.  Specifically, card fronts for 1997 Bowman Chrome featured the chrome finish and a light-gray and dark-gray vertical pinstripe background pattern (instead of the simple black background on 1997 Bowman cards).
+Bowman Chrome sets are distinct from the Bowman sets due to their [[Chromium]] finish to the card front.  This finish and higher price point per-pack established the brand as a higher-end alternative for collectors.  Specifically, card fronts for 1997 Bowman Chrome featured the chrome finish and a light-gray and dark-gray vertical pinstripe background pattern (instead of the simple black background on 1997 Bowman cards).
 Keeping with the identity of the Bowman flagship brand, this set was intended to create a deluxe version of the Bowman base set while still holding true to the brand's essence of focusing primarily on the players in the set - established stars and rookies/rookie cards.  This approach was different from many of the sets during this era which focused on inserts and card design.  This approach with the Bowman and Bowman Chrome brands still remains in the current Modern era.