2005 Topps Chrome
Description
2005 Topps Chrome is a 472-card set released in two series. The first 234 cards were released in January, 2005, while the final 238 cards were issued as part of Series Two in May. 32 cards (14 in S1, and 18 in S2) make up an Autographed First-Year Player subset.
Series Two Hobby boxes were packaged in Finest-style mini boxes.
Distribution
Series One Hobby, Series One retail, and Series Two retail: 20 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Eight boxes per case.
Series Two Hobby: Two, ten-pack miniboxes per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Base | 472 | - | ? | ? |
short set | 440 | - | 4:1 | 4:1 |
Autographed First Year Player (S1) | 14 | 1771 | 1:28 | 1:33 |
Autographed First Year Player (S2) | 18 | 1770 | 1:20 | 1:55 |
Refractor short set (S1) | 220 | - | 1:6 | 1:4 |
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor (S1) | 14 | 500 | 1:100 | ? |
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor (S2) | 18 | 500 | 1:50 | 1:199 |
Refractor short set (S2) | 220 | - | 1:5 | ? |
Black Refractor short set (S1) | 220 | 225 | 1:10 | 1:20 |
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor (S1) | 14 | 200 | 1:250 | 1:290 |
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor (S2) | 18 | 200 | 1:120 | ? |
Black Refractor short set (S2) | 220 | 225 | 1:10 | ? |
Red X-Fractor short set (S1) | 220 | 25 | 1:50 | N/A |
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor (S1) | 14 | 25 | 1:779 | N/A |
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor (S2) | 18 | 25 | 1:910 | 1:4042 |
Red X-Fractor short set (S2) | 220 | 25 | 1:3/boxes | N/A |
Gold SuperFractor short set (S1) | 220 | one-of-one | 1:1234 | N/A |
Autographed First-Year Player Gold SuperFractor (S2) | 18 | one-of-one | 1:13,970 | N/A |
Gold SuperFractor short set (S2) | 220 | one-of-one | 1:56/boxes | N/A |
Printing Plate short set (S1) | 220 | four for each | 1:310 | N/A |
Autographed First-Year Player Printing Plates (S1) | 14 | four for each | 1:4960 | N/A |
Autographed First-Year Player Printing Plates (S2) | 18 | four for each | 1:3500 | N/A |
Printing Plate short set (S2) | 220 | four for each | 1:290 | N/A |
Alex Rodriguez Throwback (S2) | 4 | - | 1:5 | 1:5 |
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Refractor (S2) | 4 | - | 1:3/boxes | N/A |
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Black Refractor (S2) | 4 | 225 | 1:14/boxes | N/A |
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Red Refractor (S2) | 4 | 25 | 1:124/boxes | N/A |
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Gold SuperFractor (S2) | 4 | one-of-one | 1:2968/boxes | N/A |
The Game Relics (S1) | 11 | - | varies | N/A |
The Game Patch Relics (S1) | 24 | 70 | 1:8/boxes | N/A |
Dem Bums Autographs (S1) | 5 | 50 | 1:1816 | 1:7270 |
Checklist
Base Set
Series One
- 1 Alex Rodriguez
- 2 Placido Polanco
- 3 Torii Hunter
- 4 Lyle Overbay
- 5 Johnny Damon
- 6 Johnny Estrada
- 7 Rich Harden
- 8 Francisco Rodriguez
- 9 Jarrod Washburn
- 10 Sammy Sosa
- 11 Randy Wolf
- 12 Jason Bay
- 13 Tom Glavine
- 14 Michael Tucker
- 15 Brian Giles
- 16 Chad Tracy
- 17 Jim Edmonds
- 18 John Smoltz
- 19 Roy Halladay
- 20 Hank Blalock
- 21 Darin Erstad
- 22 Todd Walker
- 23 Mike Hampton
- 24 Mark Bellhorn
- 25 Jim Thome
- 26 Shingo Takatsu
- 27 Jody Gerut
- 28 Vinny Castilla
- 29 Luis Castillo
- 30 Ivan Rodriguez
- 31 Craig Biggio
- 32 Joe Randa
- 33 Adrian Beltre
- 34 Scott Podsednik
- 35 Cliff Floyd
- 36 Livan Hernandez
- 37 Eric Byrnes
- 38 Jose Acevedo
- 39 Jack Wilson
- 40 Gary Sheffield
- 41 Chan Ho Park
- 42 Carl Crawford
- 43 Shawn Estes
- 44 David Bell
- 45 Jeff DaVanon
- 46 Brandon Webb
- 47 Lance Berkman
- 48 Melvin Mora
- 49 David Ortiz
- 50 Andruw Jones
- 51 Chone Figgins
- 52 Danny Graves
- 53 Preston Wilson
- 54 Jeremy Bonderman
- 55 Carlos Guillen
- 56 Cesar Izturis
- 57 Kazuo Matsui
- 58 Jason Schmidt
- 59 Jason Marquis
- 60 Jose Vidro
- 61 Al Leiter
- 62 Javier Vazquez
- 63 Erubiel Durazo
- 64 Scott Spiezio
- 65 Scot Shields
- 66 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 67 Miguel Tejada
- 68 Francisco Cordero
- 69 Brett Myers
- 70 Curt Schilling
- 71 Matt Kata
- 72 Bartolo Colon
- 73 Rodrigo Lopez
- 74 Tim Wakefield
- 75 Frank Thomas
- 76 Jimmy Rollins
- 77 Barry Zito
- 78 Hideo Nomo
- 79 Brad Wilkerson
- 80 Adam Dunn
- 81 Derrek Lee
- 82 Joe Crede
- 83 Nate Robertson
- 84 John Thomson
- 85 Mike Sweeney
- 86 Kip Wells
- 87 Eric Gagne
- 88 Zach Day
- 89 Alex Sanchez
- 90 Bret Boone
- 91 Mark Loretta
- 92 Miguel Cabrera
- 93 Randy Winn
- 94 Adam Everett
- 95 Aubrey Huff
- 96 Kevin Mench
- 97 Frank Catalanotto
- 98 Flash Gordon
- 99 Scott Hatteberg
- 100 Albert Pujols
- 101 Jose Molina / Ben Molina
- 102 Jason Johnson
- 103 Jay Gibbons
- 104 Byung-Hyun Kim
- 105 Joe Borowski
- 106 Mark Grudzielanek
- 107 Mark Buehrle
- 108 Paul Wilson
- 109 Ronnie Belliard
- 110 Reggie Sanders
- 111 Tim Redding
- 112 Brian Lawrence
- 113 Travis Hafner
- 114 Jose Hernandez
- 115 Ben Sheets
- 116 Johan Santana
- 117 Billy Wagner
- 118 Mariano Rivera
- 119 Steve Trachsel
- 120 Akinori Otsuka
- 121 Jose Valentin
- 122 Orlando Hernandez
- 123 Raul Ibanez
- 124 Mike Matheny
- 125 Vernon Wells
- 126 Jason Isringhausen
- 127 Jose Guillen
- 128 Danny Bautista
- 129 Marcus Giles
- 130 Javy Lopez
- 131 Kevin Millar
- 132 Kyle Farnsworth
- 133 Carl Pavano
- 134 Rafael Furcal
- 135 Casey Blake
- 136 Matt Holliday
- 137 Bobby Higginson
- 138 Adam Kennedy
- 139 Alex Gonzalez
- 140 Jeff Kent
- 141 Aaron Guiel
- 142 Shawn Green
- 143 Bill Hall
- 144 Shannon Stewart
- 145 Juan Rivera
- 146 Coco Crisp
- 147 Mike Mussina
- 148 Eric Chavez
- 149 Jon Lieber
- 150 Vladimir Guerrero
- 151 Alex Cintron
- 152 Luis Matos
- 153 Sidney Ponson
- 154 Trot Nixon
- 155 Greg Maddux
- 156 Edgar Renteria
- 157 Ryan Freel
- 158 Matt Lawton
- 159 Mark Prior
- 160 Josh Beckett
- 161 Ken Harvey
- 162 Angel Berroa
- 163 Juan Encarnacion
- 164 Wes Helms
- 165 Brad Radke
- 166 Phil Nevin
- 167 Mike Cameron
- 168 Billy Koch
- 169 Bobby Crosby
- 170 Mike Lieberthal
- 171 Rob MacKowiak
- 172 Sean Burroughs
- 173 J.T. Snow
- 174 Paul Konerko
- 175 Luis Gonzalez
- 176 John Lackey
- 177 Oliver Perez
- 178 Brian Roberts
- 179 Bill Mueller
- 180 Carlos Lee
- 181 Corey Patterson
- 182 Sean Casey
- 183 Cliff Lee
- 184 Jason Jennings
- 185 Dmitri Young
- 186 Juan Uribe
- 187 Andy Pettitte
- 188 Juan Gonzalez
- 189 Orlando Hudson
- 190 Jason Phillips
- 191 Braden Looper
- 192 Lew Ford
- 193 Mark Mulder
- 194 Bobby Abreu
- 195 Jason Kendall
- 196 Khalil Greene
- 197 A.J. Pierzynski
- 198 Tim Worrell
- 199 So Taguchi
- 200 Jason Giambi
- 201 Tony Batista
- 202 Carlos Zambrano
- 203 Trevor Hoffman
- 204 Odalis Perez
- 205 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 206 Michael Barrett
- 207 Chris Carpenter
- 208 Michael Young UER
- 209 Toby Hall
- 210 Woody Williams
- 211 Chris Denorfia RC
- 212 Darren Fenster RC*
- 213 Elvys Quezada RC*
- 214 Ian Kinsler RC
- 215 Matthew Lindstrom RC
- 216 Ryan Goleski RC*
- 217 Ryan Sweeney RC
- 218 Sean Marshall RC
- 219 Steve Doetsch RC*
- 220 Wade Robinson RC*
Autographed First-Year Players
Each Autographed First-Year Player is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1771 copies.
- 221 Andre Ethier AU RC
- 222 Brandon Moss AU RC
- 223 Chadd Blasko AU RC*
- 224 Chris Roberson AU RC
- 225 Chris Seddon AU RC
- 226 Ian Bladergroen AU RC*
- 227 Jake Dittler AU
- 228 Jose Vaquedano AU RC*
- 229 Jeremy West AU RC*
- 230 Kole Strayhorn AU RC*
- 231 Kevin West AU RC*
- 232 Luis Ramirez AU RC*
- 233 Melky Cabrera AU RC
- 234 Nate Schierholtz AU RC
Series Two
Autographed First-Year Players
Each Autographed First-Year Player is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1770 copies.
- 235 Billy Butler AU RC
- 236 B.J. Szymanski AU EXCH
- 237 Chad Orvella AU RC
- 238 Chip Cannon AU RC*
- 239 Eric Nielsen AU RC*
- 240 Erik Cordier AU RC
- 241 Glen Perkins AU RC
- 242 Justin Verlander AU RC
- 243 Kevin Melillo AU RC
- 244 Landon Powell AU RC
- 245 Matt Campbell AU RC*
- 246 Michael Rogers AU RC*
- 247 Nate McLouth AU RC
- 248 Scott Mathieson AU RC
- 249 Shane Costa AU RC
- 250 Tony Giarratano AU RC
- 251 Tyler Pelland AU RC
- 252 Wes Swackhamer AU RC*
Base Set
- 253 Garret Anderson
- 254 Randy Johnson
- 255 Charles Thomas
- 256 Rafael Palmeiro
- 257 Kevin Youkilis
- 258 Freddy Garcia
- 259 Magglio Ordonez
- 260 Aaron Harang
- 261 Grady Sizemore
- 262 Chin-Hui Tsao
- 263 Eric Munson
- 264 Juan Pierre
- 265 Brad Lidge
- 266 Brian Anderson RC
- 267 Todd Helton
- 268 Chad Cordero
- 269 Kris Benson
- 270 Brad Halsey
- 271 Jermaine Dye
- 272 Manny Ramirez
- 273 Adam Eaton
- 274 Brett Tomko
- 275 Bucky Jacobsen
- 276 Dontrelle Willis
- 277 B.J. Upton
- 278 Rocco Baldelli
- 279 Ryan Drese
- 280 Ichiro
- 281 Brandon Lyon
- 282 Nick Green
- 283 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
- 284 Mike Lowell
- 285 Kerry Wood
- 286 Omar Vizquel
- 287 Carlos Beltran
- 288 Carlos Pena
- 289 Jeff Weaver
- 290 Chad Moeller
- 291 Joe Mays
- 292 Terrmel Sledge
- 293 Richard Hidalgo
- 294 Justin Duchscherer
- 295 Eric Milton
- 296 Ramon Hernandez
- 297 Jose Reyes
- 298 Joel Pineiro
- 299 Matt Morris
- 300 John Halama
- 301 Gary Matthews, Jr.
- 302 Ryan Madson
- 303 Mark Kotsay
- 304 Carlos Delgado
- 305 Casey Kotchman
- 306 Greg Aquino
- 307 LaTroy Hawkins
- 308 Jose Contreras
- 309 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 310 C.C. Sabathia
- 311 Brandon Inge
- 312 John Buck
- 313 Hee Seop Choi
- 314 Chris Capuano
- 315 Jesse Crain
- 316 Geoff Jenkins
- 317 Mike Piazza
- 318 Jorge Posada
- 319 Nick Swisher
- 320 Kevin Millwood
- 321 Mike Gonzalez
- 322 Jake Peavy
- 323 Dustin Hermanson
- 324 Jeremy Reed
- 325 Alfonso Soriano
- 326 Alexis Rios
- 327 David Eckstein
- 328 Shea Hillenbrand
- 329 Russ Ortiz
- 330 Kurt Ainsworth
- 331 Orlando Cabrera
- 332 Carlos Silva
- 333 Ross Gload
- 334 Josh Phelps
- 335 Mike Maroth
- 336 Guillermo Mota
- 337 Chris Burke
- 338 David DeJesus
- 339 Jose Lima
- 340 Cristian Guzman
- 341 Nick Johnson
- 342 Victor Zambrano
- 343 Rod Barajas
- 344 Damian Miller
- 345 Chase Utley
- 346 Sean Burnett
- 347 David Wells
- 348 Dustan Mohr
- 349 Bobby Madritsch
- 350 Reed Johnson
- 351 R.A. Dickey
- 352 Scott Kazmir
- 353 Tony Womack
- 354 Tomas Perez
- 355 Esteban Loaiza
- 356 Tomokazu Ohka
- 357 Ramon Ortiz
- 358 Richie Sexson
- 359 J.D. Drew
- 360 Barry Bonds
- 361 Aramis Ramirez
- 362 Wily Mo Pena
- 363 Jeromy Burnitz
- 364 Nomar Garciaparra
- 365 Brandon Backe
- 366 Derek Lowe
- 367 Doug Davis
- 368 Joe Mauer
- 369 Endy Chavez
- 370 Bernie Williams
- 371 Jason Michaels
- 372 Craig Wilson
- 373 Ryan Klesko
- 374 Ray Durham
- 375 Jose Lopez
- 376 Jeff Suppan
- 377 David Bush
- 378 Marlon Byrd
- 379 Roy Oswalt
- 380 Rondell White
- 381 Troy Glaus
- 382 Scott Hairston
- 383 Chipper Jones
- 384 Daniel Cabrera
- 385 Jon Garland
- 386 Austin Kearns
- 387 Jake Westbrook
- 388 Aaron Miles
- 389 Omar Infante
- 390 Paul Lo Duca
- 391 Morgan Ensberg
- 392 Tony Graffanino
- 393 Milton Bradley
- 394 Keith Ginter
- 395 Justin Morneau
- 396 Tony Armas, Jr.
- 397 Kevin Brown
- 398 Marco Scutaro
- 399 Tim Hudson
- 400 Pat Burrell
- 401 Jeff Cirillo
- 402 Larry Walker
- 403 Dewon Brazelton
- 404 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
- 405 Octavio Dotel
- 406 Michael Cuddyer
- 407 Junior Spivey
- 408 Zack Greinke
- 409 Roger Clemens
- 410 Chris Shelton
- 411 Ugueth Urbina
- 412 Rafael Betancourt
- 413 Willie Harris
- 414 Keith Foulke
- 415 Larry Bigbie
- 416 Paul Byrd
- 417 Troy Percival
- 418 Pedro Martinez
- 419 Matt Clement
- 420 Ryan Wagner
- 421 Jeff Francis
- 422 Jeff Conine
- 423 Wade Miller
- 424 Gavin Floyd
- 425 Kazuhisa Ishii
- 426 Victor Santos
- 427 Jacque Jones
- 428 Hideki Matsui
- 429 Cory Lidle
- 430 Jose Castillo
- 431 Alex Gonzalez
- 432 Kirk Rueter
- 433 Jolbert Cabrera
- 434 Erik Bedard
- 435 Ricky Ledee
- 436 Mark Hendrickson
- 437 Laynce Nix
- 438 Jason Frasor
- 439 Kevin Gregg
- 440 Derek Jeter
- 441 Jaret Wright
- 442 Edwin Jackson
- 443 Moises Alou
- 444 Aaron Rowand
- 445 Kazuhito Tadano
- 446 Luis Gonzalez
- 447 A.J. Burnett
- 448 Jeff Bagwell
- 449 Brad Penny
- 450 Corey Koskie
- 451 Mark Ellis
- 452 Hector Luna
- 453 Miguel Olivo
- 454 Scott Rolen
- 455 Ricardo Rodriguez
- 456 Eric Hinske
- 457 Tim Salmon
- 458 Adam LaRoche
- 459 B.J. Ryan
- 460 Steve Finley
- 461 Joe Nathan
- 462 Vicente Padilla
- 463 Yadier Molina
- 464 Tino Martinez
- 465 Mark Teixeira
- 466 Kelvim Escobar
- 467 Pedro Feliz
- 468 Ryan Garko RC
- 469 Bobby Livingston RC
- 470 Yorman Bazardo RC
- 471 Michael Bourn RC
- 472 Andy LaRoche RC
Parallels
Refractor
Printing Plate
Red Refractor
Black Refractor
SuperFractor
Inserts
Alex Rodriguez Throwbacks
TSA1 Alex Rodriguez
TSA2 Alex Rodriguez
TSA3 Alex Rodriguez
TSA4 Alex Rodriguez
TSA1 Alex Rodriguez
TSA2 Alex Rodriguez
TSA3 Alex Rodriguez
TSA4 Alex Rodriguez