Description

2000 Bowman Chrome is a 440-card parallel brand released in July, 2000. The first 140 cards feature veteran players, and the remaining 300 cards rookies and prospects. Like 2000 Bowman, the set reverted back to a single-series release.

Like the regular Bowman set, the prominent rookie cards are all pitchers: Ben Sheets, Carlos Zambrano, Francisco Rodriguez, Roy Oswalt, and Barry Zito.

Topps designated five prospects as Bowman Chrome "exclusives" whereby their only appearance in a Topps brand for the year 2000 would be in this set -- none of whom are particularly notable.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	440	-	?
Retro/Future	440	-	1:6
Refractors	440	-	1:12
Retro/Future Refractors	440	-	1:60
Bidding for the Call	15	-	1:16
Bidding for the Call Refractors	15	-	1:160
Teen Idols	15	-	1:16
Teen Idols Refractors	15	-	1:160
Meteoric Rise	10	-	1:24
Meteoric Rise Refractors	10	-	1:240
Rookie Class 2000	10	-	1:24
Rookie Class 2000 Refractors	10	-	1:240

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans (reds)

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1 Vladimir Guerrero
2 Chipper Jones
3 Todd Walker
4 Barry Larkin
5 Bernie Williams
6 Todd Helton
7 Jermaine Dye
8 Brian Giles
9 Freddy Garcia
10 Greg Vaughn
11 Alex Gonzalez
12 Luis Gonzalez
13 Ron Belliard
14 Ben Grieve
15 Carlos Delgado
16 Brian Jordan
17 Fernando Tatis
18 Ryan Rupe
19 Miguel Tejada
20 Mark Grace
21 Kenny Lofton
22 Eric Karros
23 Cliff Floyd
24 John Halama
25 Cristian Guzman
26 Scott Williamson
27 Mike Lieberthal
28 Tim Hudson
29 Warren Morris
30 Pedro Martinez
31 John Smoltz
32 Ray Durham
33 Chad Allen
34 Tony Clark
35 Tino Martinez
36 J.T. Snow
37 Kevin Brown
38 Bartolo Colon
39 Rey Ordonez
40 Jeff Bagwell
41 Ivan Rodriguez
42 Eric Chavez
43 Eric Milton
44 Jose Canseco
45 Shawn Green
46 Rich Aurilia
47 Roberto Alomar
48 Brian Daubach
49 Magglio Ordonez
50 Derek Jeter
51 Kris Benson
52 Albert Belle
53 Rondell White
54 Justin Thompson
55 Nomar Garciaparra
56 Chuck Finley
57 Omar Vizquel
58 Luis Castillo
59 Richard Hidalgo
60 Barry Bonds
61 Craig Biggio
62 Doug Glanville
63 Gabe Kapler
64 Johnny Damon
65 Pokey Reese
66 Andy Pettitte
67 B.J. Surhoff
68 Richie Sexson
69 Javy Lopez
70 Raul Mondesi
71 Darin Erstad
72 Kevin Millwood
73 Ricky Ledee
74 John Olerud
75 Sean Casey
76 Carlos Febles
77 Paul O'Neill
78 Bob Abreu
79 Neifi Perez
80 Tony Gwynn
81 Russ Ortiz
82 Matt Williams
83 Chris Carpenter
84 Roger Cedeno
85 Tim Salmon
86 Billy Koch
87 Jeromy Burnitz
88 Edgardo Alfonzo
89 Jay Bell
90 Manny Ramirez
91 Frank Thomas
92 Mike Mussina
93 J.D. Drew
94 Adrian Beltre
95 Alex Rodriguez
96 Larry Walker
97 Juan Encarnacion
98 Mike Sweeney
99 Rusty Greer
100 Randy Johnson
101 Jose Vidro
102 Preston Wilson
103 Greg Maddux
104 Jason Giambi
105 Cal Ripken, Jr.
106 Carlos Beltran
107 Vinny Castilla
108 Mariano Rivera
109 Mo Vaughn
110 Rafael Palmeiro
111 Shannon Stewart
112 Mike Hampton
113 Joe Nathan
114 Ben Davis
115 Andruw Jones
116 Robin Ventura
117 Damion Easley
118 Jeff Cirillo
119 Kerry Wood
120 Scott Rolen
121 Sammy Sosa
122 Ken Griffey, Jr.
123 Shane Reynolds
124 Troy Glaus
125 Tom Glavine
126 Michael Barrett
127 Al Leiter
128 Jason Kendall
129 Roger Clemens
130 Juan Gonzalez
131 Corey Koskie
132 Curt Schilling
133 Mike Piazza
134 Gary Sheffield
135 Jim Thome
136 Orlando Hernandez
137 Ray Lankford
138 Geoff Jenkins
139 Jose Lima
140 Mark McGwire

Rookies and Prospects (blues)

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NOTE: Five cards from the 2000 Bowman base set were replaced with "Exclusive Rookies" for the Chrome edition. Those cards were: #159, #192, #259, #329, and #373. The five Exclusive Rookies were to be the only card of that player Topps would issue in 2000; however, Topps did include a card of Chin-Hui Tsao (#192) in 2000 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects. So much for that idea.

141 Adam Piatt
142 Pat Manning RC*
143 Marcos Castillo
144 Lesli Brea
145 Humberto Cota
146 Ben Petrick
147 Kip Wells
148 Wily Mo Pena
149 Chris Wakeland RC
150 Brad Baker RC*
151 Robbie Morrison
152 Reggie Taylor
153 Matt Ginter RC
154 Peter Bergeron
155 Roosevelt Brown
156 Matt Cepicky RC
157 Ramon Castro
158 Brad Baisley RC*
159 Jason Hart
160 Mitch Meluskey
161 Chad Harville
162 Brian Cooper
163 Marcus Giles
164 Jim Morris
165 Geoff Goetz
166 Bobby Bradley RC*
167 Rob Bell
168 Joe Crede
169 Michael Restovich
170 Quincy Foster RC*
171 Enrique Cruz
172 Mark Quinn
173 Nick Johnson
174 Jeff Liefer
175 Kevin Mench
176 Steve Lomasney
177 Jayson Werth
178 Tim Drew
179 Chip Ambres
180 Ryan Anderson
181 Matt Blank
182 Giuseppe Chiaramonte
183 Corey Myers RC*
184 Jeff Yoder
185 Craig Dingman RC
186 Jon Hamilton
187 Toby Hall
188 Russell Branyan
189 Brian Falkenborg
190 Aaron Harang
191 Juan Pena
192 Chin-Hui Tsao
193 Alfonso Soriano
194 Alejandro Diaz
195 Carlos Pena
196 Kevin Nicholson
197 Mo Bruce
198 C.C. Sabathia
199 Carl Crawford
200 Rafael Furcal
201 Andrew Beinbrink
202 Jimmy Osting
203 Aaron McNeal RC*
204 Brett Laxton
205 Chris George
206 Felipe Lopez
207 Ben Sheets
208 Mike Meyers RC*
209 Jason Conti
210 Milton Bradley
211 Chris Mears RC
212 Carlos Hernandez
213 Jason Romano
214 Geofrey Tomlinson
215 Jimmy Rollins
216 Pablo Ozuna
217 Steve Cox
218 Terrence Long
219 Jeff DaVanon RC
220 Rick Ankiel
221 Jason Standridge
222 Tony Armas
223 Jason Tyner
224 Ramon Ortiz
225 Daryle Ward
226 Enger Veras
227 Chris Jones
228 Eric Cammack
229 Ruben Mateo
230 Ken Harvey RC
231 Jake Westbrook
232 Rob Purvis RC*
233 Choo Freeman
234 Aramis Ramirez
235 A.J. Burnett
236 Kevin Barker
237 Chance Caple RC*
238 Jarrod Washburn
239 Lance Berkman
240 Michael Wenner
241 Alex Sanchez
242 Pat Daneker
243 Grant Roberts
244 Mark Ellis
245 Donny Leon
246 David Eckstein
247 Dicky Gonzalez
248 John Patterson
249 Chad Green
250 Scot Shields
251 Troy Cameron
252 Jose Molina
253 Rob Pugmire
254 Rick Elder
255 Sean Burroughs
256 Josh Kalinowski RC*
257 Matt LeCroy
258 Alex Graman
259 Juan Silvestre
260 Brady Clark
261 Rico Washington
262 Gary Matthews
263 Matt Wise
264 Keith Reed RC
265 Santiago Ramirez
266 Ben Broussard RC
267 Ryan Langerhans
268 Juan Rivera
269 Shawn Gallagher
270 Jorge Toca
271 Brad Lidge
272 Leo Estrella
273 Ruben Quevedo
274 Jack Cust
275 T.J. Tucker
276 Mike Colangelo
277 Brian Schneider
278 Calvin Murray
279 Josh Girdley
280 Mike Paradis RC*
281 Chad Hermansen
282 Ty Howington RC*
283 Aaron Myette
284 D'Angelo Jimenez
285 Dernell Stenson
286 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
287 Gary Majewski
288 Derrin Ebert
289 Steve Fish
290 Carlos E. Hernandez
291 Allen Levrault
292 Sean McNally
293 Randey Dorame
294 Wes Anderson RC*
295 B.J. Ryan
296 Alan Webb
297 Brandon Inge
298 David Walling
299 Sun Woo Kim RC
300 Pat Burrell
301 Rick Guttormson
302 Gil Meche
303 Carlos Zambrano
304 Eric Byrnes
305 Robb Quinlan
306 Jackie Rexrode
307 Nate Bump
308 Sean DePaula
309 Matt Riley
310 Ryan Minor
311 J.J. Davis
312 Randy Wolf
313 Jason Jennings
314 Scott Seabol RC
315 Doug Davis
316 Todd Moser
317 Rob Ryan
318 Bubba Crosby
319 Lyle Overbay RC
320 Mario Encarnacion
321 Francisco Rodriguez RC
322 Michael Cuddyer
323 Ed Yarnall
324 Cesar Saba RC*
325 Gookie Dawkins
326 Alex Escobar
327 Julio Zuleta RC
328 Josh Hamilton
329 Carlos Urquiola
330 Matt Belisle
331 Kurt Ainsworth RC
332 Tim Raines
333 Eric Munson
334 Donzell McDonald
335 Larry Bigbie RC
336 Matt Watson
337 Aubrey Huff
338 Julio Ramirez
339 Jason Grabowski
340 Jon Garland
341 Austin Kearns
342 Josh Pressley
343 Miguel Olivo
344 Julio Lugo
345 Roberto Vaz
346 Ramon Soler
347 Brandon Phillips
348 Vince Faison RC*
349 Mike Venafro
350 Rick Asadoorian RC*
351 B.J. Garbe RC*
352 Dan Reichert
353 Jason Stumm RC*
354 Ruben Salazar RC*
355 Francisco Cordero
356 Juan Guzman
357 Mike Bacsik
358 Jared Sandberg
359 Rod Barajas
360 Junior Brignac RC*
361 J.M. Gold
362 Octavio Dotel
363 David Kelton
364 Scott Morgan
365 Wascar Serrano
366 Wilton Veras
367 Eugene Kingsale
368 Ted Lilly
369 George Lombard
370 Chris Haas
371 Wilton Pena
372 Vernon Wells
373 Keith Ginter RC
374 Jeff Heaverlo
375 Calvin Pickering
376 Mike Lamb RC
377 Kyle Snyder
378 Javier Cardona
379 Aaron Rowand RC
380 Dee Brown
381 Brett Myers RC
382 Abraham Nunez
383 Eric Valent
384 Jody Gerut
385 Adam Dunn
386 Jay Gehrke
387 Omar Ortiz
388 Darnell McDonald
389 Tony Schrager
390 J.D. Closser
391 Ben Christensen RC*
392 Adam Kennedy
393 Nick Green
394 Ramon Hernandez
395 Roy Oswalt
396 Andy Tracy RC
397 Eric Gagne
398 Michael Tejera RC
399 Adam Everett
400 Corey Patterson
401 Gary Knotts
402 Ryan Christianson RC*
403 Eric Ireland
404 Andrew Good
405 Brad Penny
406 Jason LaRue
407 Kit Pellow
408 Kevin Beirne
409 Kelly Dransfeldt
410 Jason Grilli
411 Scott Downs RC
412 Jesus Colome
413 John Sneed RC*
414 Tony McKnight
415 Luis Rivera
416 Adam Eaton
417 Mike MacDougal RC
418 Mike Nannini
419 Barry Zito RC
420 Dewayne Wise
421 Jason Dellaero
422 Chad Moeller
423 Jason Marquis
424 Tim Redding
425 Mark Mulder
426 Josh Paul
427 Chris Enochs
428 Wilfredo Rodriguez RC
429 Kevin Witt
430 Scott Sobkowiak RC
431 McKay Christensen
432 Jung Bong
433 Keith Evans
434 Garry Maddox
435 Ramon Santiago RC
436 Alex Cora
437 Carlos Lee
438 Jason Repko RC
439 Matt Burch
440 Shawn Sonnier

Parallels

All 440 base cards are available in the following parallels.

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Oversize

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Randomly inserted into Hobby boxes as a chip-topper at one per box, this eight-card oversized set features some of the Major Leagues most promising young players.