2012 Bowman Chrome

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Description

2012 Bowman Chrome, a 220-card set supplemented with a 110-card Prospects insert set, was scheduled to be released to the hobby on October 17th, 2012, however some cases and boxes surfaced on Friday, October 12. As in past years, every 18-pack Hobby box will contain an autograph. New for 2012, every third Hobby box will contain a second autograph. Based on extrapolation, approximately 6,027 hobby cases were produced.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - 2:1 ?
Prospects 110 - 2:1 2:1
Refractors 330 - 1:4 1:4
Franchise All-Stars 20 - 1:18 1:18
Futures Game 45 - 1:18 1:18
Autographed Prospects 30+ - 1:19 ?
Blue Refractor 330 250 1:19 ?
Purple Refractor 330 199 1:24 ?
Legends in the Making Die-Cuts 25 - 1:24 1:24
Autograph Prospects Refractor 30+ 500 1:75 ?
Gold Refractor 330 50 1:96 ?
Orange Refractor 330 25 1:192 ?
Autograph Prospects Blue Refractor 30+ 150 1:252 ?
Autograph Prospects Gold Refractor 30+ 50 1:755 ?
Red Refractor 330 5 1:961 ?
Printing Plates 330 four for each 1:986 N/A
Autograph Prospects Orange Refractor 30+ 25 1:1,510 ?
Autograph Prospects Purple Refractor 30+ 10 1:3,250 N/A
SuperFractor 330 one-of-one 1:3,946 N/A
Autograph Prospects Red Refractor 30+ five 1:6,500 N/A
Autograph Prospects Printing Plates 30+ four for each 1:8,125 N/A
Autograph Prospects SuperFractor 30+ one-of-one 1:32,500 N/A
Legends in the Making Die-Cut Autographs 15 15 ? ?
Franchise All-Stars Dual Autographs 5 25 ? N/A
Futures Game Patch Relics 45 10 ? ?
Futures Game Autographed Patch Relics 10 5 ? N/A
Bowman Black 25 25 ? N/A

Checklist

Base Set

  • 185 Wri-Yin Chen RC
  • 1 Roy Halladay
  • 2 Josh Johnson
  • 3 Buster Posey
  • 4 Jeremy Hellickson
  • 5 Giancarlo Stanton
  • 6 Alex Liddi RC
  • 7 Mat Latos
  • 8 Anibal Sanchez
  • 9 Hanley Ramirez
  • 10 Derek Jeter
  • 11 Derek Norris RC
  • 12 Daniel Hudson
  • 13 Brandon Morrow
  • 14 Pablo Sandoval
  • 15 Josh Beckett
  • 16 David Price
  • 17 Tim Hudson
  • 18 Joe Benson RC
  • 19 Doug Fister
  • 20 Nick Markakis
  • 21 Brad Peacock
  • 22 Adam Jones
  • 23 Billy Butler
  • 24 Kirk Nieuwenhuis
  • 25 Jordan Danks RC
  • 26 CC Sabathia
  • 27 Zack Greinke
  • 28 Mark Reynolds
  • 29 Jose Bautista
  • 30 Brett Lawrie RC
  • 31 Cole Hamels
  • 32 Jayson Werth
  • 33 Carl Crawford
  • 34 Chipper Jones
  • 35 Ervin Santana
  • 36 Miguel Cabrera
  • 37 Michael Pineda
  • 38 Brandon Beachy
  • 39 Liam Hendriks
  • 40 Alex Gordon
  • 41 Martin Prado
  • 42 Tim Lincecum
  • 43 Vance Worley
  • 44 Yoenis Cespedes RC
  • 45 Clayton Kershaw
  • 46 Devin Mesoraco
  • 47 Andrelton Simmons RC
  • 48 B.J. Upton
  • 49 Ivan Nova
  • 50 Nyjer Morgan
  • 51 Carlos Santana
  • 52 Norichika Aoki RC
  • 53 David Wright
  • 54 Joey Votto
  • 55 Felix Hernandez
  • 56 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 57 Dellin Betances
  • 58 Evan Longoria
  • 59 Addison Reed
  • 60 Derek Holland
  • 61 Gio Gonzalez
  • 62 Shin-Soo Choo
  • 63 Jose Reyes
  • 64 Ian Kinsler
  • 65 Jimmy Rollins
  • 66 Alex Rodriguez
  • 67 Cory Luebke
  • 68 J.D. Martinez
  • 69 Carlos Gonzalez
  • 70 Chris Archer RC
  • 71 Yovani Gallardo
  • 72 Kevin Youkilis
  • 73 Neftali Feliz
  • 74 Xavier Avery RC
  • 75 Jemile Weeks
  • 76 Matt Hague RC
  • 77 Drew Smyly RC
  • 78 Yadier Molina
  • 79 Yunel Escobar
  • 80 Jason Motte
  • 81 Drew Hutchinson RC
  • 82 Jordany Valdespin RC
  • 83 Justin Masterson
  • 84 Yu Darvish RC
  • 85 Alex Avila
  • 86 Nick Swisher
  • 87 Mark Teixeira
  • 88 Dan Haren
  • 89 Jaime Garcia
  • 90 Melky Cabrera
  • 91 Brian Dozier RC
  • 92 Matt Garza
  • 93 Hunter Pence
  • 94 Brandon Phillips
  • 95 Ubaldo Jimenez
  • 96 Prince Fielder
  • 97 Matt Kemp
  • 98 Freddie Freeman
  • 99 Jarrod Parker
  • 100 Daniel Bard
  • 101 Corey Hart
  • 102 Ike Davis
  • 103 Curtis Granderson
  • 104 Eric Hosmer
  • 105 Madison Bumgarner
  • 106 Michael Bourn
  • 107 Albert Pujols
  • 108 Matt Moore
  • 109 Matt Holliday
  • 110 Tyler Pastornicky
  • 111 Colby Rasmus
  • 112 Nelson Cruz
  • 113 Craig Kimbrel
  • 114 Desmond Jennings
  • 115 Irving Falu RC
  • 116 Jon Lester
  • 117 John Axford
  • 118 Wilin Rosario
  • 119 Todd Helton
  • 120 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 121 Josh Hamilton
  • 122 Paul Konerko
  • 123 Dee Gordon
  • 124 J.P. Arencibia
  • 125 J.J. Hardy
  • 126 David Ortiz
  • 127 Shane Victorino
  • 128 James Shields
  • 129 Mariano Rivera
  • 130 Jon Niese
  • 131 Paul Goldschmidt
  • 132 Aramis Ramirez
  • 133 Emilio Bonifacio
  • 134 Salvador Perez
  • 135 C.J. Wilson
  • 136 Jhonny Peralta
  • 137 Chris Parmelee
  • 138 Ryan Howard
  • 139 Mark Trumbo
  • 140 Asdrubal Cabrera
  • 141 Lucas Duda
  • 142 Dan Uggla
  • 143 Rickie Weeks
  • 144 Johnny Cueto
  • 145 Shaun Marcum
  • 146 Elvis Andrus
  • 147 Michael Young
  • 148 Donovan Solano RC
  • 149 Adrian Beltre
  • 150 Drew Pomeranz
  • 151 Lance Berkman
  • 152 Heath Bell
  • 153 Dustin Ackley
  • 154 Stephen Strasburg
  • 155 Ichiro
  • 156 Michael Cuddyer
  • 157 Mike Trout
  • 158 Brett Gardner
  • 159 Wade Miley RC
  • 160 Chris Young
  • 161 Jordan Zimmermann
  • 162 Matt Dominguez
  • 163 Jay Bruce
  • 164 Max Scherzer
  • 165 Ricky Romero
  • 166 Brandon McCarthy
  • 167 Brian McCann
  • 168 Jordan Pacheco
  • 169 Chris Carpenter
  • 170 Joe Mauer
  • 171 Carlos Ruiz
  • 172 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 173 Trevor Bauer RC
  • 174 Ryan Braun
  • 175 Torii Hunter
  • 176 Tommy Hanson
  • 177 Elian Herrera RC
  • 178 Quintin Berry RC
  • 179 Adam Lind
  • 180 Andrew McCutchen
  • 181 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 182 Jose Valverde
  • 183 Justin Upton
  • 184 Hisashi Iwakuma RC
  • 186 Ted Lilly
  • 187 Jeremy Hefner RC
  • 188 Kole Calhoun RC
  • 189 Will Middlebrooks RC
  • 190 Starlin Castro
  • 191 Adam Wainwright
  • 192 Ian Kennedy
  • 193 Michael Morse
  • 194 Mike Moustakas
  • 195 Matt Cain
  • 196 Tom Milone
  • 197 Chase Utley
  • 198 Ryan Vogelsong
  • 199 Wily Peralta RC
  • 200 Jered Weaver
  • 201 Cliff Lee
  • 202 Jason Heyward
  • 203 Jesus Montero
  • 204 Clay Buchholz
  • 205 David Freese
  • 206 Justin Morneau
  • 207 Christian Friedrich RC
  • 208 Mike Napoli
  • 209 Robinson Cano
  • 210 Aroldis Chapman
  • 211 Alexi Ogando
  • 212 Brennan Boesch
  • 213 R.A. Dickey
  • 214 Bryce Harper RC
  • 215 Matt Adams RC
  • 216 Jamie Moyer
  • 217 Dustin Pedroia
  • 218 Justin Verlander
  • 219 Miguel Montero
  • 220 Ben Zobrist

Parallels

Each of the 220 base cards AND all of the 110 Prospects "inserts" (see below) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractors
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each)

Inserts

All Insert checklists are TBD.

Prospects

Rob Rasmussen

Maikel Franco

Granden Goetzman

Will Lamb

Sam Stafford

Boss Moanaroa

Shawon Dunston Jr.

Matt Dean

Kevin Pillar

Jorge Soler

Ravel Santana

Felipe Rivero

Drew Leachman

Julio Morban

Donald Lutz

Christian Bergman

Michael Earley

Jeremy Nowak

Tyler Kelly

Kyle Hendricks

Mike O'Neill

Garrett Wittels

Jon Talley

Daniel Santana

Starlin Rodriguez

Gregory Hopkins

Colin Walsh

Chris Hawkins

Lane Adams

Brent Keys

Hanser Alberto

Tyler Massey

Alen Hanson

Blair Walters

Jordan Scott

Jamal Austin

Joel Caminero

JaDamion Williams

Mike Gallic

Kenny Vargas

Camden Maron

Roberto De La Cruz

Luis Mateo

William Beckwith

Art Charles

Guillermo Pimentel

Cameron Seitzer

Anthony Garcia

Tyler Rahmatulla

Gary Apelian

Derek Christensen

Tim Shibuya

Wilsen Palacios


Brandon Eckerle

Carlos Valenzuela

Wander Ramos

Juaner Aguasvivas

Willy Garcia

Brian Pointer

Austin Brice

Matthew Summers

O'Koyea Dickson

David Kandilas

Francisco Arcia

Taylor Siemens

Aaron Brooks

Yeison Hernandez

Jesus Solorzano

Narciso Mesa

Brian Humphries

Estarlin Martinez

Gregory Polanco

Garrett Buechele

Austin Barnes

Logan Pevny

Frank Lafreniere

Joshua Magee

Michael Antonio

Julio Concepcion

Daniel Paolini

Danny Winkler

Felix Munoz

Evan Marshall

Manuel Hernandez

Ben Alsup

Montreal Robertson

Miguel Chalas

Bobby Bundy

Gabriel Lino

Eduardo Rodriguez

Matt Benedict

Nate Jones

Marcos Camarena

Matt Hoffman

Kenny Faulk

Jordan Shipers

Forrest Snow

Theo Bowe

David Freitas

Carlos Alonso

Domingo Tapia

Juan Lagares

Junior Lake

Kevin Chapman

Jake Buchanan

Wilfredo Tovar

Manny Machado

John Hellweg

Matthew Neil

Ruben Alaniz

Prospect Variations

Maikel Franco

Will Lamb

Matt Dean

Kevin Pillar

Jeremy Nowak

Kyle Hendricks

Colin Walsh

Chris Hawkins

Blair Walters

Jordan Scott

Brian Pointer

Joshua Magee

Michael Antonio

Julio Concepcion

Bobby Bundy

Eduardo Rodriguez

Kenny Faulk

Domingo Tapia

Junior Lake

Jake Buchanan

Legends in the Making Die-Cuts

Aroldis Chapman

Albert Pujols

Bryce Harper

Brett Lawrie

Buster Posey

Carlos Gonzalez

Clayton Kershaw

Dylan Bundy David Freese

Dustin Pedroia

Felix Hernandez

Jacoby Ellsbury

Justin Verlander

Jered Weaver

Miguel Cabrera

Matt Kemp

Matt Moore

Prince Fielder

Ryan Braun

Robinson Cano

Stephen Strasburg

Trevor Bauer

Troy Tulowitzki

Yoenis Cespedes

Yu Darvish

Franchise All-Stars

Jurickson Profar

Elvis Andrus

Ryan Braun

Scooter Gennett

Anthony Gose

Jose Bautista

Wil Myers

Billy Butler

Carlos Beltran

Oscar Taveras

Robinson Cano

Tyler Austin

Miguel Cabrera

Nick Castellanos

Asdrubal Cabrera

Francisco Lindor

Nolan Arenado

Carlos Gonzalez

Felix Hernandez

Danny Hultzen

Mike Olt

Josh Hamilton

Dylan Bundy

Adam Jones

Gerrit Cole

Andrew McCutchen

Xander Bogaerts

David Ortiz

Tommy Joseph

Buster Posey

Jose Fernandez

Giancarlo Stanton

Jean Segura

Mike Trout

Billy Hamilton

Joey Votto

Bruce Rondon

Justin Verlander

Zack Wheeler

David Wright

Futures Game

Anthony Gose

Alfredo Marte

Ariel Pena

Ali Solis

Billy Hamilton

Bruce Rondon

Christian Bethancourt

Christian Yelich

Dylan Bundy

Danny Hultzen

Enny Romero

Francisco Lindor

Felipe Rivero

Gerrit Cole

Jose Fernandez

Jae-Hoon Ha

Jake Odorizzi

Jurickson Profar

Julio Rodriguez

Jonathan Singleton

Jean Segura

Jameson Taillon

Kyle Lotzkar

Kolten Wong

Matt Barnes

Michael Choice

Manny Machado

Mike Olt

Nolan Arenado

Nick Castellanos

Oswaldo Arcia

Oscar Taveras

Rob Brantly

Rymer Liriano

Scooter Gennett

Tyler Austin

Tommy Joseph

Tyler Skaggs

Taijuan Walker

Wilmer Flores

Wil Myers

Xander Bogaerts

Zack Wheeler

Autographs & Game-Used

Autograph Prospects

  • Refractors (serial-numbered to 500 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each)

Billy Hamilton

Tyler Austin

Ronald Guzman

Ravel Santana

Christian Villanueva

Marcell Ozuna

Tyler Skaggs

Jorge Soler

Jonathan Singleton

Boss Moanaroa

Shawon Dunston Jr.

Nick Castellanos

Jake Marisnick

Matt Szczur

Brad Miller

Jose Campos

Jonathan Griffin

Felix Sterling

James Paxton

Chase Davidson

Tony Cingrani

John Hellweg

Scooter Gennett

Avisail Garcia

Cody Buckel

Felipe Rivero

Adam Conley

Andrew Chafin

Nomar Mazara

Trevor May

Miles Head

Williams Jerez

J.R. Graham

Rougned Odor

Pratt Maynard

Kevan Smith

Zeke DeVoss

Bobby Crocker

Frazier Hall

Josh Rutledge

Sean Nolin

Hat Redemption

Julio Rodriguez

Enny Romero

Christian Bethancourt

Felipe Rivero

Ariel Pena

Christian Yelich

Jose Fernandez

Kyle Lotzkar

Ali Solis

Wilmer Flores

Rymer Liriano

Alfredo Marte

Oscar Taveras

Jae-Hoon Ha

Oswaldo Arcia

Francisco Lindor

Jurickson Profar

Jean Segura

Wil Myers

Anthony Gose

Jameson Taillon

Taijuan Walker

Zack Wheeler

Tyler Skaggs

Jake Odorizzi

Dylan Bundy

Gerrit Cole

Danny Hultzen

Tommy Joseph

Nolan Arenado

Jonathan Singleton

Kolten Wong

Michael Choice

Mike Olt

Manny Machado

Nick Castellanos

Scooter Gennett

Billy Hamilton

Matt Barne

Legends in the Making Die-Cut Autographs

Each card is serial-numbered to 15 copies.

Aroldis Chapman

Albert Pujols

Bryce Harper

Buster Posey

Clayton Kershaw

Dylan Bundy

Justin Verlander

Miguel Cabrera

Matt Kemp

Prince Fielder

Ryan Braun

Robinson Cano

Trevor Bauer

Yoenis Cespedes

Yu Darvish

Franchise All-Stars Dual Autographs

Each card is serial-numbered to to 25 copies.

Miguel Cabrera

Nick Castellanos

Nolan Arenado

Carlos Gonzalez

Felix Hernandez

Danny Hultzen

Adam Jones

Dylan Bundy

Andrew McCutchen

Gerrit Cole

Futures Game Patch Relics

Each card is serial-numbered to ten copies.

Anthony Gose

Alfredo Marte

Ariel Pena

Ali Solis

Billy Hamilton

Bruce Rondon

Christian Bethancourt

Christian Yelich

Dylan Bundy

Danny Hultzen

Enny Romero

Francisco Lindor

Felipe Rivero

Gerrit Cole

Jose Fernandez

Jae-Hoon Ha

Jake Odorizzi

Jurickson Profar

Julio Rodriguez

Jonathan Singleton

Jean Segura

Jameson Taillon

Kyle Lotzkar

Kolten Wong

Matt Barnes

Michael Choice

Manny Machado

Mike Olt

Nolan Arenado

Nick Castellanos

Oswaldo Arcia

Oscar Taveras

Rob Brantly

Rymer Liriano

Scooter Gennett

Tommy Joseph

Tyler Skaggs

Taijuan Walker

Wilmer Flores

Wil Myers

Xander Bogaerts

Zack Wheeler

Futures Game Autographed Patch Relics

Each card is serial-numbered to five copies.

1 Billy Hamilton

2 Dylan Bundy

3 Francisco Lindor

4 Gerrit Cole

5 Jonathan Singleton

6 Jameson Taillon

7 Matt Barnes

8 Manny Machado

9 Nick Castellanos

10 Oscar Taveras

Bowman Black

See 2012 Bowman Black.