Description

2001 Bowman's Best is a 200-card set. The last 50 cards in the set make up a rookie subset with every card serial-numbered to 2999 copies. Fifteen of the 50 rookies are exclusive to Bowman's Best, and not available in any other 2001 Topps product.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	150	-	?
Rookies	35	2999	1:7
Exclusive Rookies	15	2999	1:15
Impact Players	20	-	1:7
Rookie Fever	10	-	1:10
Franchise Favorites	9	-	1:16
Franchise Futures	12	-	1:24
Locker Room Collection Lumber	?	-	1:267
Locker Room Collection Jerseys	?	-	1:133
Franchise Favorites Jersey Relics	?	-	1:139
Franchise Favorites Pants Relics	?	-	1:307
Franchise Favorites Jersey Combo Relics	?	-	1:1114
Franchise Favorites Pants Combo Relics	?	-	1:2456
Exclusive Rookie Autographs	?	-	1:50
Team Topps Legends Autographs	?	-	1:71
Bowman's Best Autographs	?	-	1:95
Franchise Favorites Autographs	?	-	1:556
Franchise Favorites Combo Autographs	?	-	1:4436

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: All base cards are Refractors.

1 Vladimir Guerrero
2 Miguel Tejada
3 Geoff Jenkins
4 Jeff Bagwell
5 Todd Helton
6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Nomar Garciaparra
8 Chipper Jones
9 Darin Erstad
10 Frank Thomas
11 Jim Thome
12 Preston Wilson
13 Kevin Brown
14 Derek Jeter
15 Scott Rolen
16 Ryan Klesko
17 Jeff Kent
18 Raul Mondesi
19 Greg Vaughn
20 Bernie Williams
21 Mike Piazza
22 Richard Hidalgo
23 Dean Palmer
24 Roberto Alomar
25 Sammy Sosa
26 Randy Johnson
27 Manny Ramirez
28 Roger Clemens
29 Terrence Long
30 Jason Kendall
31 Richie Sexson
32 David Wells
33 Andruw Jones
34 Pokey Reese
35 Juan Gonzalez
36 Carlos Beltran
37 Shawn Green
38 Mariano Rivera
39 John Olerud
40 Jim Edmonds
41 Andres Galarraga
42 Carlos Delgado
43 Kris Benson
44 Andy Pettitte
45 Jeff Cirillo
46 Magglio Ordonez
47 Tom Glavine
48 Garret Anderson
49 Cal Ripken, Jr.
50 Pedro Martinez
51 Barry Bonds
52 Alex Rodriguez
53 Ben Grieve
54 Edgar Martinez
55 Jason Giambi
56 Jeromy Burnitz
57 Mike Mussina
58 Moises Alou
59 Sean Casey
60 Greg Maddux
61 Tim Hudson
62 Mark McGwire
63 Rafael Palmeiro
64 Tony Batista
65 Kazuhiro Sasaki
66 Jorge Posada
67 Johnny Damon
68 Brian Giles
69 Jose Vidro
70 Jermaine Dye
71 Craig Biggio
72 Larry Walker
73 Eric Chavez
74 David Segui
75 Tim Salmon
76 Javy Lopez
77 Paul Konerko
78 Barry Larkin
79 Mike Hampton
80 Bob Higginson
81 Mark Mulder
82 Pat Burrell
83 Kerry Wood
84 J.T. Snow
85 Ivan Rodriguez
86 Edgardo Alfonzo
87 Orlando Hernandez
88 Gary Sheffield
89 Mike Sweeney
90 Carlos Lee
91 Rafael Furcal
92 Troy Glaus
93 Bartolo Colon
94 Cliff Floyd
95 Barry Zito
96 J.D. Drew
97 Eric Karros
98 Jose Valentin
99 Ellis Burks
100 Dave Justice
101 Larry Barnes
102 Rod Barajas
103 Tony Pena
104 Jerry Hairston
105 Keith Ginter
106 Corey Patterson
107 Aaron Rowand
108 Miguel Olivo
109 Gookie Dawkins
110 C.C. Sabathia
111 Ben Petrick
112 Eric Munson
113 Ramon Castro
114 Alex Escobar
115 Josh Hamilton
116 Jason Marquis
117 Ben Davis
118 Alex Cintron
119 Julio Zuleta
120 Ben Broussard
121 Adam Everett
122 Ramon Carvajal RC*
123 Felipe Lopez
124 Alfonso Soriano
125 Jayson Werth
126 Donzell McDonald
127 Jason Hart
128 Joe Crede
129 Sean Burroughs
130 Jack Cust
131 Corey Smith
132 Adrian Gonzalez
133 J.R. House
134 Steve Lomasney
135 Tim Raines
136 Tony Alvarez
137 Doug Mientkiewicz
138 Rocco Baldelli
139 Jason Romano
140 Vernon Wells
141 Mike Bynum
142 Xavier Nady
143 Brad Wilkerson
144 Ben Diggins
145 Aubrey Huff
146 Eric Byrnes
147 Alex Gordon
148 Roy Oswalt
149 Brian Esposito
150 Scott Seabol

Rookies

Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 2999 copies.

151 Erick Almonte RC
152 Gary Johnson RC
153 Pedro Liriano RC
154 Matt White RC*
155 Luis Montanez RC
156 Brad Cresse
157 Wilson Betemit RC
158 Octavio Martinez RC*
159 Adam Pettyjohn RC
160 Corey Spencer RC*
161 Mark Burnett RC*
162 Ichiro Suzuki RC
163 Alexis Gomez RC
164 Greg Nash RC*
165 Roberto Miniel RC*
166 Justin Morneau RC
167 Ben Washburn RC*
168 Bob Keppel RC
169 Deivi Mendez RC*
170 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
171 Jared Abruzzo RC*
172 Derrick Van Dusen RC*
173 Hee Seop Choi RC
174 Albert Pujols RC
175 Travis Hafner RC
176 Ron Davenport RC*
177 Luis Torres RC*
178 Jake Peavy RC
179 Elvis Corporan RC*
180 Dave Krynzel
181 Tony Blanco RC
182 Elpidio Guzman RC*
183 Matt Butler RC*
184 Joe Thurston RC
185 Andy Beal RC*

Exclusive Rookies

Each Exclusive Rookie is serial-numbered to 2999 copies, and available in no other 2001 Topps baseball product.

186 Kevin Nulton RC*
187 Sneideer Santos RC*
188 Joe Dillon RC
189 Jeremy Blevins RC*
190 Chris Amador RC*
191 Mark Hendrickson RC
192 Willy Aybar RC
193 Antoine Cameron RC*
194 J.J. Johnson RC*
195 Ryan Ketchner RC*
196 Bjorn Ivy RC*
197 Josh Kroeger RC
198 Ty Wigginton RC
199 Stubby Clapp RC
200 Jerrod Riggan RC

Inserts

Impact Players

IP1 Mark McGwire
IP2 Sammy Sosa
IP3 Manny Ramirez
IP4 Troy Glaus
IP5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
IP6 Gary Sheffield
IP7 Vladimir Guerrero
IP8 Carlos Delgado
IP9 Jason Giambi
IP10 Frank Thomas
IP11 Vernon Wells
IP12 Carlos Pena
IP13 Joe Crede
IP14 Keith Ginter
IP15 Aubrey Huff
IP16 Brad Cresse
IP17 Austin Kearns
IP18 Nick Johnson
IP19 Josh Hamilton
IP20 Corey Patterson

Rookie Fever

RF1 Chipper Jones
RF2 Preston Wilson
RF3 Todd Helton
RF4 Jay Payton
RF5 Ivan Rodriguez
RF6 Manny Ramirez
RF7 Derek Jeter
RF8 Orlando Hernandez
RF9 Mark Quinn
RF10 Terrence Long

Franchise Favorites

FF-AR Alex Rodriguez
FF-DE Darin Erstad
FF-DM Don Mattingly
FF-DW Dave Winfield
FF-EJ Darin Erstad / Reggie Jackson
FF-MW Don Mattingly / Dave Winfield
FF-NR Nolan Ryan
FF-RJ Reggie Jackson
FF-RR Nolan Ryan / Alex Rodriguez

Franchise Futures

FF1 Josh Hamilton
FF2 Wes Helms
FF3 Alfonso Soriano
FF4 Nick Johnson
FF5 Jose Ortiz
FF6 Ben Sheets
FF7 Sean Burroughs
FF8 Ben Petrick
FF9 Corey Patterson
FF10 J.R. House
FF11 Alex Escobar
FF12 Travis Hafner

Autographs & Game-Used

Locker Room Collection

Lumber

LRCL-AG Adrian Gonzalez
LRCL-CP Corey Patterson
LRCL-EM Eric Munson
LRCL-PB Pat Burrell
LRCL-SB Sean Burroughs

Jerseys

LRCJ-EC Eric Chavez
LRCJ-JP Jay Payton
LRCJ-MM Mark Mulder
LRCJ-PR Pokey Reese
LRCJ-PW Preston Wilson

Franchise Favorites Relics

FFR-AR Alex Rodriguez JSY
FFR-BB Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell UNI / UNI
FFR-CB Craig Biggio UNI
FFR-DE Darin Erstad JSY
FFR-DM Don Mattingly JSY
FFR-DW Dave Winfield JSY
FFR-EJ Darin Erstad / Reggie Jackson JSY / JSY
FFR-JB Jeff Bagwell UNI
FFR-MW Don Mattingly / Dave Winfield JSY / JSY
FFR-NR Nolan Ryan JSY
FFR-RJ Reggie Jackson JSY
FFR-RR Nolan Ryan / Alex Rodriguez JSY / JSY

Autographs

FFA-AR Alex Rodriguez
FFA-DE Darin Erstad
FFA-DM Don Mattingly
FFA-DW Dave Winfield
FFA-EJ Darin Erstad / Reggie Jackson
FFA-MW Don Mattingly / Dave Winfield
FFA-NR Nolan Ryan
FFA-RJ Reggie Jackson
FFA-RR Nolan Ryan / Alex Rodriguez

Exclusive Rookie Autographs

Team Topps Legends Autographs

Bowman's Best Autographs

BBA-AG Adrian Gonzalez
BBA-BC Brad Cresse
BBA-JH Josh Hamilton
BBA-JR Jon Rauch
BBA-JRH J.R. House
BBA-SB Sean Burroughs
BBA-TL Terrence Long