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Description

2012 Bowman Platinum is a 100-card set tentatively scheduled for release the week of July 25, 2012. The 100-card base set will be supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 20-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two Autographed Prospects, one Autographed Relic, five Prospect and four Top Prospect inserts, a pair of Cutting Edge die-cut inserts, and seven base set parallels.

Distribution

Hobby: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	100	-	5:1	?
Gold	100	-	1:5	?
Emerald	100	-	1:10	?
Ruby	100	-	1:20	?
Prospects	100	-	1:4	?
Prospects X-Fractor	100	-	1:20	?
Prospects Green Refractor	100	399	1:16	?
Prospects Blue Refractor	100	199	1:31	?
Prospects Gold Refractor	100	50	1:123	?
Prospects Red Refractor	100	25	1:249	?
Prospects Atomic Refractor	100	5	1:895	N/A
Prospects SuperFractor	100	one-of-one	1:4475	N/A
Top Prospects	50	-	1:5	?
Top Prospects Die-Cut	50	25	1:490	?
Cutting Edge	50	-	1:10	?
Cutting Edge Relics	25	50	1:490	?
Cutting Edge Autographs	25	25	1:1700	?
Jumbo Patches	35	5	1:2556	N/A
Autographed Prospects	35	-	1:10	?
Autographed Prospects Green Refractor	35	399	1:74	?
Autographed Prospects Blue Refractor	35	199	1:145	?
Autographed Prospects Gold Refractor	35	50	1:450	?
Autographed Prospects Red Refractor	35	25	1:900	?
Autographed Prospects Atomic Refractor	35	5	1:2180	N/A
Autographed Prospects SuperFractor	35	one-of-one	1:10900	N/A
Autographed Prospects Printing Plates	35	four-for-each	1:2728	N/A
Autographed Relics	35	-	1:43	?
Autographed Relics Blue Refractor	35	199	1:101	?
Autographed Relics Gold Refractor Patch	35	50	1:297	?
Autographed Relics Red Refractor Patch	35	25	1:594	?
Autographed Relics Atomic Refractor Patch	35	5	1:3060	N/A
Autographed Relics SuperFractor Patch	35	one-of-one	1:14400	N/A
Autographed Relics Printing Plates Patch	35	four-for-each	1:3608	N/A
Purely Platinum Autographs	35	one-of-one	1:12784	N/A
Dual Autographs	10	50	1:1066	?
Triple Autographs	10	10	1:5360	?
Hexagraphs	3	10	1:14915	N/A
Bowman Black	25	50	1:716	N/A
Bryce Harper Bat Barrel	1	1	1:457000	N/A
Arizona Fall League In-Tact Game-Used Redemptions	53	-	1:14000	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Michael Pineda
2 Joe Mauer
3 Liam Hendricks RC
4 Adrian Beltre
5 Josh Johnson
6 Miguel Cabrera
7 Matt Kemp
8 Ichiro
9 Yu Darvish RC
10 Carlos Gonzalez
11 Jose Reyes
12 Eric Hosmer
13 Jay Bruce
14 Derek Jeter
15 Lance Berkman
16 Mike Trout
17 Tyler Pastornicky RC
18 Tommy Hanson
19 Dustin Pedroia
20 Prince Fielder
21 Yoenis Cespedes RC
22 Jose Bautista
23 Ian Kennedy
24 Chipper Jones
25 Jeremy Hellickson
26 James Shields
27 Brian McCann
28 David Price
29 Mike Napoli
30 Adrian Gonzalez
31 Andre Ethier
32 Giancarlo Stanton
33 Adam Jones
34 Ryan Braun
35 Joey Votto
36 Alex Rodriguez
37 Justin Verlander
38 Ian Kinsler
39 Justin Upton
40 Ubaldo Jimenez
41 Carlos Santana
42 Rickie Weeks
43 Mark Teixeira
44 Leonys Martin RC
45 Mariano Rivera
46 Andrew McCutchen
47 Ryan Howard
48 Kirk Nieuwenhuis RC
49 Robinson Cano
50 Josh Beckett
51 Troy Tulowitzki
52 Addison Reed RC
53 Desmond Jennings
54 Evan Longoria
55 Clayton Kershaw
56 Bryce Harper RC
57 Buster Posey
58 Paul Konerko
59 Josh Hamilton
60 Brad Peacock RC
61 C.J. Wilson
62 Alex Gordon
63 Dan Uggla
64 David Ortiz
65 Jesus Montero
66 Michael Morse
67 Cole Hamels
68 Albert Pujols
69 Drew Pomeranz RC
70 Jon Lester
71 Tim Hudson
72 Curtis Granderson
73 Madison Bumgarner
74 Nelson Cruz
75 Kevin Youkilis
76 Tim Lincecum
77 Pablo Sandoval
78 Jered Weaver
79 Starlin Castro
80 Stephen Strasburg
81 Hisashi Iwakuma RC
82 David Freese
83 Devin Mesoraco RC
84 Justin Morneau
85 Felix Hernandez
86 Ryan Zimmerman
87 Zack Greinke
88 CC Sabathia
89 Hanley Ramirez
90 David Wright
91 Cliff Lee
92 Wilin Rosario RC
93 Roy Halladay
94 Mat Latos
95 Asdrubal Cabrera
96 Jarrod Parker RC
97 Matt Holliday
98 Freddie Freeman
99 Matt Moore RC
100 Jacoby Ellsbury

Parallels

All 100 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold
Emerald
Ruby

Blue

Collectors who purchased and opened a box of 2012 Bowman Platinum at Topps' table at the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention, received a 25-card Blue partial parallel set. Each set is serial-numbered to 499 and a maximum of 100 sets will be distributed over the five-day long event.

In addition, autograph cards of selected players were randomly inserted.

9 Yu Darvish

17 Tyler Pastornicky

21 Yoenis Cespedes

44 Leonys Martin

52 Addison Reed

56 Bryce Harper

60 Brad Peacock

65 Jesus Montero

69 Drew Pomeranz

81 Norichika Aoki

83 Devin Mesoraco

92 Wilin Rosario

96 Jarrod Parker

99 Matt Moore

BPP4 Trevor Bauer

BPP23 Manny Machado

BPP27 Shelby Miller

BPP35 Jurickson Profar

BPP39 Miguel Sano

BPP42 Tyler Skaggs

BPP45 Jameson Taillon

BPP52 A.J. Cole

BPP64 Dylan Bundy

BPP69 Gerrit Cole

BPP100 Bubba Sterling

Inserts

Prospects

All 100 Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Prospects X-Fractor
Prospects Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
Prospects Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Prospects Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Prospects Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Prospects Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies, Hobby only)
Prospects SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)

BPP1 Matt Adams
BPP2 Nolan Arenado
BPP3 Manny Banuelos
BPP4 Trevor Bauer
BPP5 Chad Bettis
BPP6 Gary Brown
BPP7 Garin Cecchini
BPP8 Michael Choice
BPP9 Travis d'Arnaud
BPP10 Brandon Drury
BPP11 Robbie Erlin
BPP12 Wilmer Flores
BPP13 Anthony Gose
BPP14 Robbie Grossman
BPP15 Jedd Gyorko
BPP16 Billy Hamilton
BPP17 Joe Terdoslavich
BPP18 Matt Harvey
BPP19 Brett Jackson
BPP20 Hak-Ju Lee
BPP21 Taylor Lindsey
BPP22 Rymer Liriano
BPP23 Manny Machado
BPP24 Starling Marte
BPP25 Trevor May
BPP26 Will Middlebrooks
BPP27 Shelby Miller
BPP28 Mike Montgomery
BPP29 Jake Odorizzi
BPP30 Mike Olt
BPP31 Marcell Ozuna
BPP32 Joe Panik
BPP33 Wily Peralta
BPP34 Martin Perez
BPP35 Jurickson Profar
BPP36 Eddie Rosario
BPP37 Keenyn Walker
BPP38 Gary Sanchez
BPP39 Miguel Sano
BPP40 Jonathan Schoop
BPP41 Jonathan Singleton
BPP42 Tyler Skaggs
BPP43 Alexi Amarista
BPP44 Noah Syndergaard
BPP45 Jameson Taillon
BPP46 Taijuan Walker
BPP47 Allen Webster
BPP48 Zack Wheeler
BPP49 Christian Yelich
BPP50 Drew Hutchison
BPP51 Oscar Taveras
BPP52 A.J. Cole
BPP53 Jake Marisnick
BPP54 Nick Franklin
BPP55 Nestor Molina
BPP56 Jeurys Familia
BPP57 Tim Wheeler
BPP58 Jonathan Galvez
BPP59 Vincent Catricala
BPP60 Keyvius Sampson
BPP61 Archie Bradley
BPP62 Brian Dozier
BPP63 John Lamb
BPP64 Dylan Bundy
BPP65 Jean Segura
BPP66 Daniel Corcino
BPP67 Tyler Thornburg
BPP68 Yorman Rodriguez
BPP69 Gerrit Cole
BPP70 Tyler Pastornicky
BPP71 Zach Cone
BPP72 Brandon Jacobs
BPP73 Kevin Matthews
BPP74 Jake Hager
BPP75 Sean Buckley
BPP76 Andrelton Simmons
BPP77 Julio Rodriguez
BPP78 Sonny Gray
BPP79 Jabari Blash
BPP80 Wil Myers
BPP81 Jarred Cosart
BPP82 Chris Archer
BPP83 Guillermo Pimentel
BPP84 Tyler Matzek
BPP85 Javier Baez
BPP86 Cory Spangenberg
BPP87 John Hellweg
BPP88 Chad James
BPP89 Telvin Nash
BPP90 Mason Williams
BPP91 Heath Hembree
BPP92 Bryce Brentz
BPP93 Anthony Ranaudo
BPP94 Tommy Joseph
BPP95 Trey McNutt
BPP96 Matt Davidson
BPP97 Nick Castellanos
BPP98 Jordan Swagerty
BPP99 Sebastian Valle
BPP100 Bubba Starling

Top Prospects

Also available in a Die-Cut parallel, serial-numbered to 25 copies.

TP-CY Christian Yelich
TP-MW Mason Williams
TP-ZW Zack Wheeler
TP-TW Tim Wheeler
TP-TJW Taijuan Walker
TP-TT Tyler Thornburg
TP-OT Oscar Taveras
TP-JT Jameson Taillon
TP-NS Noah Syndergaard
TP-JSW Jordan Swagerty
TP-BS Bubba Starling
TP-CS Cory Spangenberg
TP-TS Tyler Skaggs
TP-JSN Jonathan Singleton
TP-MA Matt Adams
TP-JS Jean Segura
TP-MS Miguel Sano
TP-KS Keyvius Sampson
TP-ER Eddie Rosario
TP-JR Julio Rodriguez
TP-JP Jurickson Profar
TP-JPK Joe Panik
TP-WM Wil Myers
TP-SM Shelby Miller
TP-WMK Will Middlebrooks
TP-TM Trevor May
TP-SME Starling Marte
TP-JM Jake Marisnick
TP-MM Manny Machado
TP-RL Rymer Liriano
TP-TL Taylor Lindsey
TP-JL John Lamb
TP-BJ Brett Jackson
TP-MH Matt Harvey
TP-BH Billy Hamilton
TP-JG Jedd Gyorko
TP-AG Anthony Gose
TP-JGZ Jonathan Galvez
TP-RE Robbie Erlin
TP-BD Brian Dozier
TP-Td Travis d'Arnaud
TP-GC Gerrit Cole
TP-MC Michael Choice
TP-VC Vincent Catricala
TP-NC Nick Castellanos
TP-GB Gary Brown
TP-BB Bryce Brentz
TP-TB Trevor Bauer
TP-MB Manny Banuelos
TP-NA Nolan Arenado

Autographs & Game-Used

Cutting Edge Stars Relics

Each Cutting Edge Stars Relic is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

CES-AG Adrian Gonzalez
CES-AM Andrew McCutchen
CES-AP Albert Pujols
CES-BM Brian McCann
CES-BP Buster Posey
CES-CJ Chipper Jones
CES-DJ Derek Jeter
CES-DO David Ortiz
CES-DU Dan Uggla
CES-DW David Wright
CES-EH Eric Hosmer
CES-EL Evan Longoria
CES-FF Freddie Freeman
CES-HR Hanley Ramirez
CES-IK Ian Kinsler
CES-JS James Shields
CES-JU Justin Upton
CES-JV Justin Verlander
CES-NC Nelson Cruz
CES-RB Ryan Braun
CES-RR Ricky Romero
CES-TT Troy Tulowitzki
CES-YG Yovani Gallardo
CES-ZG Zack Greinke
CES-JBA Jose Bautista

Cutting Edge Stars Autographs

Each Cutting Edge Stars Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

CES-AP Albert Pujols
CES-BH Bryce Harper
CES-BL Brett Lawrie
CES-CJ Chipper Jones
CES-DA Dustin Ackley
CES-DH Daniel Hudson
CES-DU Dan Uggla
CES-EH Eric Hosmer
CES-HB Heath Bell
CES-IN Ivan Nova
CES-JB Jose Bautista
CES-JM Jason Motte
CES-JV Justin Verlander
CES-MM Matt Moore
CES-MP Michael Pineda
CES-NC Nelson Cruz
CES-PF Prince Fielder
CES-PG Paul Goldschmidt
CES-RB Ryan Braun
CES-RC Robinson Cano
CES-SC Starlin Castro
CES-YA Yonder Alonso
CES-YD Yu Darvish
CES-JDM J. D. Martinez
CES-JMO Jesus Montero
CES-MMS Michael Morse

Jumbo Patches

Each Jumbo Patch is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to five copies.

JP-AG Anthony Gose
JP-TB Tim Beckham
JP-MA Matt Adams
JP-MD Matt Dominguez
JP-MT Mike Trout
JP-NA Nolan Arenado
JP-TW Tim Wheeler
JP-JS Jean Segura
JP-MC Michael Choice
JP-BH Bryce Harper
JP-DH Danny Hultzen
JP-JPK Joe Panik
JP-GC Gerrit Cole
JP-AH Aaron Hicks
JP-GB Gary Brown
JP-MMO Manny Machado
JP-JP Jurickson Profar
JP-MH Matt Harvey
JP-WMK Will Middlebrooks
JP-SM Starling Marte
JP-TS Tyler Skaggs
JP-RH Roy Halladay
JP-EL Evan Longoria
JP-BP Buster Posey
JP-MM Matt Moore
JP-DP Drew Pomeranz
JP-RB Ryan Braun
JP-TT Troy Tulowitzki
JP-RHD Ryan Howard
JP-JVO Joey Votto
JP-SS Stephen Strasburg
JP-JV Justin Verlander
JP-AP Albert Pujols
JP-HL Hak-Ju Lee
JP-JHA Josh Hamilton

Autograph Prospects

Each Autographed Prospect is available in the following Refractor parallels.

Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies, Hobby only)
SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
Printing Plates (set of four-for-each, Hobby only)

Autographed Relics

Each Autographed Relic is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold Refractor Patch (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Red Refractor Patch (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Atomic Refractor Patch (serial-numbered to five copies, Hobby only)
SuperFractor Patch (one-of-one, Hobby only)
Printing Plates Patch (set of four-for-each, Hobby only)

AR-MT Mike Trout
AR-DH Daniel Hudson
AR-PG Paul Goldschmidt
AR-BL Brett Lawrie
AR-EH Eric Hosmer
AR-JW Jered Weaver EXCH
AR-FH Felix Hernandez EXCH
AR-NC Nelson Cruz
AR-MM Matt Moore
AR-JM J. D. Martinez
AR-CG Carlos Gonzalez
AR-DP Dustin Pedroia
AR-DU Dan Uggla
AR-AG Adrian Gonzalez
AR-RZ Ryan Zimmerman
AR-AE Andre Ethier EXCH
AR-AR Anthony Rizzo
AR-CM Carlos Martinez
AR-DM Devin Mesoraco
AR-FM Francisco Martinez
AR-JA Jose Altuve EXCH
AR-JB Jay Bruce EXCH
AR-JD Jaff Decker
AR-JJ Jon Jay
AR-MD Matt Dominguez EXCH
AR-MO Mike Olt
AR-MS Matt Szczur
AR-SM Starling Marte
AR-TT Tyler Thornburg EXCH
AR-YD Yu Darvish EXCH
AR-JMO Jesus Montero
AR-JPX James Paxton EXCH
AR-MMS Mike Morse

Purely Platinum Autographs

Each Purely Platinum Autograph is a one-of-one and exclusive to Hobby packs.

PP-CK Clayton Kershaw
PP-JV Justin Verlander
PP-BS Bubba Starling
PP-MM Matt Moore
PP-JM Jesus Montero
PP-NC Nelson Cruz
PP-BL Brett Lawrie
PP-EH Eric Hosmer
PP-RZ Ryan Zimmerman
PP-GC Gerrit Cole
PP-DH Danny Hultzen
PP-TB Trevor Bauer
PP-DP Dustin Pedroia
PP-FH Felix Hernandez
PP-AG Adrian Gonzalez
PP-MC Miguel Cabrera
PP-JB Jose Bautista
PP-RC Robinson Cano
PP-AP Albert Pujols
PP-PF Prince Fielder
PP-MT Mike Trout
PP-BH Bryce Harper
PP-BP Buster Posey
PP-EL Evan Longoria
PP-CJ Chipper Jones
PP-AR Anthony Rendon
PP-DB Dylan Bundy
PP-DW David Wright
PP-GS Giancarlo Stanton
PP-JW Jered Weaver
PP-MK Matt Kemp
PP-MP Michael Pineda
PP-RB Ryan Braun
PP-SC Starlin Castro
PP-YD Yu Darvish

Dual Autographs

Each Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

DA-ST Andrelton Simmons / Joe Terdoslavich
DA-HM Jake Hager / Brandon Martin
DA-JP Tommy Joseph / Joe Panik
DA-BJ Jed Bradley / Taylor Jungmann
DA-TT Charlie Tilson / Oscar Taveras
DA-BS Blake Swihart / Matt Barnes
DA-CT Jameson Taillon / Gerrit Cole
DA-HP James Paxton / Danny Hultzen EXCH
DA-LB Javier Baez / Francisco Lindor
DA-SB Josh Bell / Bubba Starling EXCH

Triple Autographs

Each Triple Autograph is serial-numbered to ten copies.

TA-RPH Anthony Rendon / Matt Purke / Bryce Harper
TA-BBJ Xander Bogaerts / Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Brandon Jacobs
TA-BCH Trevor Bauer / Gerrit Cole / Danny Hultzen
TA-BMG Josh Bell / Starling Marte / Robbie Grossman
TA-HPW Danny Hultzen / James Paxton / Taijuan Walker
TA-LBP Francisco Lindor / Javier Baez / Joe Panik
TA-MAT Carlos Martinez / Matt Adams / Oscar Taveras
TA-SRS Bubba Starling / Anthony Rendon / Cory Spangenberg
TA-SSB Bubba Starling / Brandon Nimmo / Josh Bell
TA-WHF Zack Wheeler / Matt Harvey / Jeurys Familia

Hexagraphs

Each Hexagraph is serial-numbered to ten copies and exclusive to Hobby packs.

HBC-1 Trevor Bauer / Danny Hultzen / Gerrit Cole / Archie Bradley / Taylor Jungman / Dylan Bundy
HBC-2 Trevor Bauer / Gerrit Cole / Danny Hultzen / Felix Hernandez / Justin Verlander / Clayton Kershaw
HBC-3 Anthony Rendon / Josh Bell / Javier Baez / Ryan Zimmerman / Andrew McCutchen / Starlin Castro

Bowman Black

See 2012 Bowman Black.

Bryce Harper Bat Barrel

This one-of-one card features the nameplate of a bat used by Bryce Harper in a 2011 Arizona Fall League game.

BHBP Bryce Harper 1

Arizona Fall League In-Tact Game-Used Redemptions

Randomly inserted into packs are 53 redemption cards good for in-tact items used/worn in a 2011 Arizona Fall League game.

Blue National Promo Autographs

These four autographs were randomly inserted into the Bowman Platinum Blue redemption sets that were only available at the 2012 NSCC. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

BPP4 Trevor Bauer 5

BPP64 Dylan Bundy 10

BPP69 Gerrit Cole 5

BPP100 Bubba Starling 5