2007 Bowman's Best

Description

2007 Bowman's Best is a 99-card set, supplemented by a 60-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January, 2008. After a one year hiatus, Topps brought back Bowman's Best and structured it as a hybrid of their Bowman and Finest brands -- much like the original Bowman Best set. Like Finest, each Hobby box contained three smaller five-pack miniboxes.

Each minibox will yield one veteran autograph, one Rookie Autograph, one Prospect Autograph and two serial-numbered Rookie base/Prospect insert cards.

This would be the last Bowman's Best set until its 2015 revival.

Distribution

Three five-pack "miniboxes" per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $20/pack). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	99	-	?
short set	33	-	?
Autographed Veterans	18	-	VA
Autographed Veteran Variation	10	-	VA
2007 Rookies	30	799	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies	16	-	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies Variation	10	-	1:11
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	-	1:35
Green short set	33	249	1:5
Green 2007 Rookies	30	249	1:5
Blue short set	33	99	1:11
Blue Autographed Veterans	28	99	1:14
Blue 2007 Rookies	30	99	1:12
Blue Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	99	1:15
Blue Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	99	1:361
Gold short set	33	50	1:22
Gold Autographed Veterans	28	50	1:28
Gold 2007 Rookies	30	50	1:24
Gold Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	50	1:29
Gold Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	50	1:715
Red short set	33	one-of-one	1:1073
Red Autographed Veterans	28	one-of-one	1:1325
Red 2007 Rookies	30	one-of-one	1:1221
Red Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	one-of-one	1:1376
Red Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	one-of-one	1:27,456
Prospects	40	499	1:2
Autographed Prospects	20	-	PA
Autographed Prospects Variation	4	-	PA
Green Prospects	40	249	1:4
Blue Prospects	40	99	1:9
Blue Autographed Prospects	24	99	1:16
Gold Prospects	40	50	1:18
Gold Autographed Prospects	24	50	1:31
Red Prospects	40	one-of-one	1:908
Red Autographed Prospects	24	one-of-one	1:1453
Printing Plates	104*	four for each	1:88
Autographed Printing Plates	56*	four for each	1:173
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945
Alex Rodriguez 500	1	-	?
Alex Rodriguez 500 Green	1	99	1:361
Alex Rodriguez 500 Blue	1	33	1:1107
Alex Rodriguez 500 Gold	1	15	1:2532
Barry Bonds 756	1	-	1:20
Barry Bonds 756 Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945

* Includes cards from the base set and Prospect inserts.
VA Odds of finding a Veteran Autograph of Veteran Autograph Variation: 1:2/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Jose Reyes
• 2 Derek Jeter
• 3 Vladimir Guerrero
• 4 Ichiro
• 5 Jason Bay
• 6 Joe Mauer
• 7 Alfonso Soriano
• 8 David Ortiz
• 9 Andruw Jones
• 10 Roger Clemens
• 11 Grady Sizemore
• 12 Magglio Ordonez
• 13 Carl Crawford
• 14 Chase Utley
• 15 Mark Teixeira
• 16 Ryan Zimmerman
• 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 18 Derrek Lee
• 19 Barry Bonds
• 20 Chipper Jones
• 21 Vernon Wells
• 22 Manny Ramirez
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Ryan Howard
• 25 Tom Glavine
• 26 Gary Sheffield
• 27 Miguel Cabrera
• 28 Robinson Cano
• 29 David Wright
• 30 Jim Thome
• 31 Albert Pujols
• 32 Jorge Posada
• 33 Brian McCann

Autographed Veteran Variations

Ten veteran players have both an autographed and unautographed version of their base card. The set is skip-numbered as card #32 is not available in an autograph.

The stated odds of finding a specific Autographed Veteran Variation are as follows.

• Group A: 1:15/packs
  
• Group B: 1:122/packs
  
• Group C: 1:381/packs
  
• Group D: 1:113/packs
  

• 23 Alex Rodriguez AU A
• 24 Ryan Howard AU B
• 25 Tom Glavine AU D
• 26 Gary Sheffield AU A
• 27 Miguel Cabrera AU A
• 28 Robinson Cano AU A
• 29 David Wright AU A
• 30 Jim Thome AU A
• 31 Albert Pujols AU C
• 33 Brian McCann AU A

Autographed Veterans

NOTE: Card #45 (on the provisional checklist as John Maine) does not exist.

• 34 Josh Barfield
• 35 Melky Cabrera
• 36 Bill Hall
• 37 Cole Hamels
• 38 Adam LaRoche
• 39 Matt Holiday
• 40 Jeremy Hermida
• 41 Jonathan Papelbon
• 42 Hanley Ramirez
• 43 Justin Verlander
• 44 Andre Ethier
• 46 Eric Bedard
• 47 Freddy Sanchez
• 48 Adrian Gonzalez
• 49 Russell Martin
• 50 B.J. Upton
• 51 Prince Fielder

2007 Rookies

Each 2007 Rookie is serial-numbered to 799 copies.

• 52 Tony Abreu RC
• 53 Ben Francisco (RC)
• 54 Billy Butler (RC)
• 55 Philip Hughes (RC)
• 56 Josh Fields (RC)
• 57 Carlos Gomez RC
• 58 Akinori Iwamura RC
• 59 Matt Brown (RC)
• 60 Jesus Flores RC
• 61 Mike Fontenot (RC)
• 62 Ryan Feierabend (RC)
• 63 Miguel Montero (RC)
• 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka RC
• 65 Kei Igawa RC
• 66 Shawn Riggans (RC)
• 67 Masumi Kuwata RC
• 68 Kevin Slowey (RC)
• 69 Josh Hamilton (RC)
• 70 Curtis Thigpen (RC)
• 71 Justin Upton RC
• 72 Delmon Young (RC)
• 73 Brandon Wood (RC)
• 74 Felix Pie (RC)
• 75 Alex Gordon RC
• 76 Mark Reynolds RC
• 77 Tyler Clippard (RC)
• 78 Adam Lind (RC)
• 79 Hunter Pence (RC)
• 80 Micah Owings (RC)
• 81 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (RC)

Autographed 2007 Rookies

Cards #87 and #98 (on the provisional checklist as John Danks and Jesse Litsch, respectively) do not exist.

• 82 Kevin Kouzmanoff AU (RC)
• 83 Glen Perkins AU (RC)
• 84 Michael Bourn AU (RC)
• 85 Andrew Miller AU RC
• 86 Fred Lewis AU (RC)
• 88 Joba Chamberlain AU RC
• 89 Hideki Okajima AU RC
• 90 Troy Tulowitzki AU (RC)
• 91 Ryan Sweeney AU (RC)
• 92 Matt Lidstrom AU (RC)
• 93 Tim Lincecum AU RC UER
• 94 Homer Bailey AU (RC)
• 95 Matt Desalvo AU (RC)
• 96 Alejandro De Aza AU RC
• 97 Ryan Braun AU (RC)
• 99 Andy LaRoche AU (RC)

Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey

This card features a slice of a Daisuke Matsuzaka game-worn rookie season Red Sox jersey.

• 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka

Parallels

All 97 base cards and all 20 Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)

Green

All 63 non-autographed base cards (Cards#1-#33 and #52-#81) are available in a Green parallel, which is serial-numbered to 249 copies.

Printing Plates

A set of four Printing Plates are available for all 97 base cards. This includes all Autographs and the Daisuke Matsuzaka Jersey card, but NOT the Autographed Variations.

Inserts

Prospects

Each Prospect is serial-numbered to 499 copies and available in the following parallels.

• Green (serial-numbered to 249 copies; non-autographs only)
• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; card #BBP40 does not exist)

• BBP1 Greg Smith
• BBP2 J.R. Towles
• BBP3 Jeff Locke
• BBP4 Henry Sosa
• BBP5 Ivan DeJesus, Jr.
• BBP6 Brad Lincoln
• BBP7 Josh Papelbon
• BBP8 Mark Hamilton
• BBP9 Sam Fuld
• BBP10 Thomas Fairchild
• BBP11 Chris Carter
• BBP12 Charles Lofgren
• BBP13 Joe Gaetti
• BBP14 Zach McAllister
• BBP15 Cole Gillespie
• BBP16 Jeremy Papelbon
• BBP17 Mike Carp
• BBP18 Cody Strait
• BBP19 Gorkys Hernandez
• BBP20 Andrew Fie
• BBP21 Erik Lis
• BBP22 Chance Douglass
• BBP23 Vasili Spanos
• BBP24 Desmond Jennings
• BBP25 Vic Buttler
• BBP26 Cedric Hunter
• BBP27 Emerson Frostad
• BBP28 Michael Devaney
• BBP29 Eric Young, Jr.
• BBP30 Evan Englebrook
• BBP31 Aaron Cunningham
• BBP32 Dellin Betances
• BBP33 Michael Saunders
• BBP34 Deolis Guerra
• BBP35 Brian Bocock
• BBP36 Rich Thompson
• BBP37 Greg Reynolds
• BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
• BBP39 Evan Longoria
• BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Autographed Prospects

Each Autographed Prospect is also available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

• BBP41 James Avery
• BBP42 Joe Mather
• BBP43 Hank Conger
• BBP44 Adam Miller
• BBP45 Clayton Kershaw
• BBP46 Adam Ottavino
• BBP47 Jason Place
• BBP48 Billy Rowell
• BBP49 Brett Sinkbeil
• BBP50 Colton Willems
• BBP51 Cameron Maybin
• BBP52 Jeremy Jeffress
• BBP53 Fernando Martinez
• BBP54 Chris Marrero
• BBP55 Kyle McCulloch
• BBP56 Chris Parmelee
• BBP57 Emmanuel Burriss
• BBP58 Chris Coghlan
• BBP59 Chris Perez
• BBP60 David Huff

Autographed Prospects Variation

Each Autographed Prospects Variation is also available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

• BBP37 Greg Reynolds
• BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
• BBP39 Evan Longoria
• BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Alex Rodriguez 500

This one-card tribute to Alex Rodriguez's 500th Home Run is also available in the following parallels.

• Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Blue (serial-numbered to 33 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

• AR Alex Rodriguez

Barry Bonds 756

A set of four Printing Plates are also available for this one-card tribute to Barry Bonds's record-breaking 756th Home Run.

• BB Barry Bonds

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