Description

1999 Bowman's Best is a 200-card chromium stock set released in August, 1999. The set is subdivided into four subsets: 85 veterans (gold), 15 Best Performers (bronze), 50 prospects (silver) and 50 rookies (blue). The 50 rookies (cards 151-200) were short-printed and seeded at a rate of one-per-pack, the first time this brand had SPed RCs.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, Alfonso Soriano, C.C. Sabathia, Matt Holliday, and Brad Lidge.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	150	-	5:1
Rookies	50	-	one-per-pack
Refractors	200	400	1:15
Atomic Refractors	200	100	1:62
Franchise Best Mach I	10	3000	1:41
Franchise Best Mach II	10	1000	1:124
Franchise Best Mach III	10	500	1:248
Future Foundations Mach I	10	3000	1:41
Future Foundations Mach II	10	1000	1:124
Future Foundations Mach III	10	500	1:248
Mirror Image	10	-	1:24
Mirror Image Refractors	10	-	1:96
Mirror Image Atomic Refractors	10	-	1:192
Franchise Favorites	6	-	1:40
Rookie of the Year	2	-	1:95
Rookie Locker Room Autographs	?	-	1:248
Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bats	?	-	1:517
Rookie Locker Room Game Worn Jerseys	?	-	1:538
Rookie of the Year Autograph	1	-	1:1239
Franchise Favorites Autographs A	2	-	1:1550
Franchise Favorites Autographs B	2	-	1:1550
Franchise Favorites Autographs C	2	-	1:6174

Checklist

Promos

PP1 Javy Lopez
PP2 Marlon Anderson
PP3 J.M. Gold

Base Set

1 Chipper Jones
2 Brian Jordan
3 Dave Justice
4 Jason Kendall
5 Mo Vaughn
6 Jim Edmonds
7 Wade Boggs
8 Jeromy Burnitz
9 Todd Hundley
10 Rondell White
11 Cliff Floyd
12 Sean Casey
13 Bernie Williams
14 Dante Bichette
15 Greg Vaughn
16 Andres Galarraga
17 Ray Durham
18 Jim Thome
19 Gary Sheffield
20 Frank Thomas
21 Orlando Hernandez
22 Ivan Rodriguez
23 Jose Cruz
24 Jason Giambi
25 Craig Biggio
26 Kerry Wood
27 Manny Ramirez
28 Curt Schilling
29 Mike Mussina
30 Tim Salmon
31 Mike Piazza
32 Roberto Alomar
33 Larry Walker
34 Barry Larkin
35 Nomar Garciaparra
36 Paul O'Neill
37 Todd Walker
38 Eric Karros
39 Brad Fullmer
40 John Olerud
41 Todd Helton
42 Raul Mondesi
43 Jose Canseco
44 Matt Williams
45 Ray Lankford
46 Carlos Delgado
47 Darin Erstad
48 Vladimir Guerrero
49 Robin Ventura
50 Alex Rodriguez
51 Vinny Castilla
52 Tony Clark
53 Pedro Martinez
54 Rafael Palmeiro
55 Scott Rolen
56 Tino Martinez
57 Tony Gwynn
58 Barry Bonds
59 Kenny Lofton
60 Javy Lopez
61 Mark Grace
62 Travis Lee
63 Kevin Brown
64 Al Leiter
65 Albert Belle
66 Sammy Sosa
67 Greg Maddux
68 Mark Kotsay
69 Dmitri Young
70 Mark McGwire
71 Juan Gonzalez
72 Andruw Jones
73 Derek Jeter
74 Randy Johnson
75 Cal Ripken, Jr.
76 Shawn Green
77 Moises Alou
78 Tom Glavine
79 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
80 Ken Griffey, Jr.
81 Ryan Klesko
82 Jeff Bagwell
83 Ben Grieve
84 John Smoltz
85 Roger Clemens
86 Ken Griffey, Jr. BP
87 Roger Clemens BP
88 Derek Jeter BP
89 Nomar Garciaparra BP
90 Mark McGwire BP
91 Sammy Sosa BP
92 Alex Rodriguez BP
93 Greg Maddux BP
94 Vladimir Guerrero BP
95 Chipper Jones BP
96 Kerry Wood BP
97 Ben Grieve BP
98 Tony Gwynn BP
99 Juan Gonzalez BP
100 Mike Piazza BP
101 Eric Chavez
102 Billy Koch
103 Dernell Stenson
104 Marlon Anderson
105 Ron Belliard
106 Bruce Chen
107 Carlos Beltran
108 Chad Hermansen
109 Ryan Anderson
110 Michael Barrett
111 Matt Clement
112 Ben Davis
113 Calvin Pickering
114 Brad Penny
115 Paul Konerko
116 Alex Gonzalez
117 George Lombard
118 John Patterson
119 Rob Bell
120 Ruben Mateo
121 Troy Glaus
122 Ryan Bradley
123 Carlos Lee
124 Gabe Kapler
125 Ramon Hernandez
126 Carlos Febles
127 Mitch Meluskey
128 Michael Cuddyer
129 Pablo Ozuna
130 Jayson Werth
131 Ricky Ledee
132 Jeremy Giambi
133 Danny Klassen
134 Mark DeRosa
135 Randy Wolf
136 Roy Halladay
137 Derrick Gibson
138 Ben Petrick
139 Warren Morris
140 Lance Berkman
141 Russell Branyan
142 Adrian Beltre
143 Juan Encarnacion
144 Fernando Seguignol
145 Corey Koskie
146 Preston Wilson
147 Homer Bush
148 Daryle Ward
149 Joe McEwing RC
150 Peter Bergeron RC

Rookies

Each Rookie card was short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.

151 Pat Burrell RC
152 Choo Freeman RC
153 Matt Belisle RC
154 Carlos Pena RC
155 A.J. Burnett RC
156 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
157 Sean Burroughs RC
158 Mike Zywica RC
159 Corey Patterson RC
160 Austin Kearns RC
161 Chip Ambres RC
162 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
163 Mike Nannini RC*
164 Mark Mulder RC
165 Jason Tyner RC
166 Bobby Seay RC*
167 Alex Escobar RC
168 Nick Johnson RC
169 Alfonso Soriano RC
170 Clayton Andrews RC
171 C.C. Sabathia RC
172 Matt Holliday RC
173 Brad Lidge RC
174 Kit Pellow RC
175 J.M. Gold RC*
176 Roosevelt Brown RC
177 Eric Valent RC
178 Adam Everett RC
179 Jorge Toca RC
180 Matt Roney RC
181 Andy Brown RC*
182 Phil Norton RC
183 Mickey Lopez RC
184 Chris George RC
185 Arturo McDowell RC*
186 Jose Fernandez RC
187 Seth Etherton RC
188 Josh McKinley RC*
189 Nate Cornejo RC
190 Giuseppe Chiaramonte RC*
191 Mamon Tucker RC*
192 Ryan Mills RC*
193 Chad Moeller RC
194 Tony Torcato RC
195 Jeff Winchester RC*
196 Rick Elder RC*
197 Matt Burch RC*
198 Jeff Urban RC*
199 Chris Jones RC*
200 Masao Kida RC

Parallels

Refractors (serial-numbered to 400 copies)

Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Future Foundations Mach I

Each card is serial-numbered to 3000 copies and available in the following parallels.

Mach II (serial-numbered to 1000 copies)

Mach III (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

FF1 Ruben Mateo
FF2 Troy Glaus
FF3 Eric Chavez
FF4 Pat Burrell
FF5 Adrian Beltre
FF6 Ryan Anderson
FF7 Alfonso Soriano
FF8 Brad Penny
FF9 Derrick Gibson
FF10 Bruce Chen

Franchise Best Mach I

Each card is serial-numbered to 3000 copies and available in the following parallels.

Mach II (serial-numbered to 1000 copies)

Mach III (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

FB1 Mark McGwire
FB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FB3 Sammy Sosa
FB4 Nomar Garciaparra
FB5 Alex Rodriguez
FB6 Derek Jeter
FB7 Mike Piazza
FB8 Frank Thomas
FB9 Chipper Jones
FB10 Juan Gonzalez

Franchise Favorites

FR1A Derek Jeter
FR1B Don Mattingly
FR1C Derek Jeter / Don Mattingly
FR2A Scott Rolen
FR2B Mike Schmidt
FR2C Scott Rolen / Mike Schmidt

Mirror Image

Each Mirror Image insert is also available in a Refractor and Atomic Refractor parallel.

M1 Alex Rodriguez / Alex Gonzalez
M2 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Ruben Mateo
M3 Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano
M4 Sammy Sosa / Corey Patterson
M5 Greg Maddux / Bruce Chen
M6 Chipper Jones / Eric Chavez
M7 Vladimir Guerrero / Carlos Beltran
M8 Frank Thomas / Nick Johnson
M9 Nomar Garciaparra / Pablo Ozuna
M10 Mark McGwire / Pat Burrell

Rookie of the Year

ROY1 Ben Grieve
ROY2 Kerry Wood

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Locker Room Autographs

RA1 Pat Burrell
RA2 Michael Barrett
RA3 Troy Glaus
RA4 Gabe Kapler
RA5 Eric Chavez

Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bats

RB1 Pat Burrell
RB2 Michael Barrett
RB3 Troy Glaus
RB4 Gabe Kapler
RB5 Eric Chavez
RB6 Richie Sexson

Rookie Locker Room Game Worn Jerseys

RJ1 Richie Sexson
RJ2 Michael Barrett
RJ3 Troy Glaus
RJ4 Eric Chavez

Rookie of the Year Autograph

ROY1A Ben Grieve