2002 Bowman Heritage
Description
2002 Bowman Heritage is a baseball card set produced and distributed by Topps. The card set is based on the 1954 Bowman set.
Distribution
The cards were distributed in boxes that came 10-cards per pack and 24 packs per box. Hobby boxes are still available for $80-$125.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | ? | - | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
The master set of 2002 Bowman Heritage is made up of 324 base cards and an additional 116 short prints that were inserted 1 per 2 packs. There are no special subsets within the base set. It should be noted that two versions of the card number 66 exist, one of Pedro Martinez and the other of Nomar Garciaparra. This was done on purpose as homage to the original 1954 set that also had two versions of card #66 (Ted Williams and Jimmy Piersall). A full color, grainy photograph is surrounded by a white border is displayed on the front of the card with either the player’s name in block letters or a facsimile signature on the bottom of the card. The back of the card features player biographical information and some 2001 and career statistics. The main change from the original 1954 Bowman design was a resizing from the original card dimensions to the modern card dimensions. Additionally the Bowman Heritage logo printed on the card front.
Key Cards
This set includes rookie cards of David Wright, Jason Bay, and Joe Mauer. Both the Wright and Mauer cards sell for around $10.
Checklist
1 Brent Abernathy
2 Jermaine Dye
3 James Shanks RC
4 Chris Flinn RC
5 Mike Peeples RC SP
6 Gary Sheffield
7 Livan Hernandez SP
8 Jeff Austin RC
9 Jeremy Giambi
10 Adam Roller RC
11 Sandy Alomar Jr. SP
12 Matt Williams SP
13 Hee Seop Choi
14 Jose Offerman
15 Robin Ventura
16 Craig Biggio
17 David Wells
18 Rob Henkel RC
19 Edgar Martinez
20 Matt Morris SP
21 Jose Valentin
22 Barry Bonds
23 Justin Schuda RC
24 Josh Phelps
25 John Rodriguez RC
26 Angel Pagan RC
27 Aramis Ramirez
28 Jack Wilson
29 Roger Clemens
30 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
31 Carlos Beltran
32 Drew Henson SP
33 Kevin Young SP
34 Juan Cruz SP
35 Curtis Legendre RC
36 Jose Morban RC
37 Ricardo Cordova RC SP
38 Adam Everett
39 Mark Prior
40 Jose Bautista RC
41 Travis Foley RC
42 Kerry Wood
43 B.J. Surhoff
44 Moises Alou
45 Joey Hammond
46 Eric Bruntlett RC
47 Carlos Guillen
48 Joe Crede
49 Dan Phillips RC
50 Jason LaRue
51 Javy Lopez
52 Larry Bigbie SP
53 Chris Baker RC
54 Marty Cordova
55 C.C. Sabathia
56 Mike Piazza
57 Brian Giles
58 Mike Bordick SP
59 Tyler Houston SP
60 Gabe Kapler
61 Ben Broussard
62 Steve Finley SP
63 Koyie Hill
64 Jeff D'Amico
65 Edwin Almonte RC
66 Pedro Martinez
66 Nomar Garciaparra
67 Travis Fryman SP
68 Brady Clark SP
69 Reed Johnson RC SP
70 Mark Grace SP
71 Tony Batista SP
72 Roy Oswalt
73 Pat Burrell SP
74 Dennis Tankersley
75 Ramon Ortiz
76 Neal Frendling RC SP
77 Omar Vizquel SP
78 Hideo Nomo
79 Orlando Hernandez SP
80 Andy Pettitte
81 Cole Barthel RC
82 Bret Boone
83 Alfonso Soriano
84 Brandon Duckworth
85 Ben Grieve
86 Mike Rosamond RC SP
87 Luke Prokopec
88 Chone Figgins RC
89 Rick Ankiel SP
90 David Eckstein
91 Corey Koskie
92 David Justice
93 Jimmy Alvarez RC
94 Jason Schmidt
95 Reggie Sanders
96 Victor Alvarez RC
97 Brett Roneberg RC
98 D'Angelo Jimenez
99 Hank Blalock
100 Juan Rivera
101 Mark Buehrle SP
102 Juan Uribe
103 Royce Clayton SP
104 Brett Kay RC
105 John Olerud
106 Richie Sexson
107 Chipper Jones
108 Adam Dunn
109 Tim Salmon SP
110 Eric Karros
111 Jose Vidro
112 Jerry Hairston Jr.
113 Anastacio Martinez RC
114 Robert Fick SP
115 Randy Johnson
116 Trot Nixon SP
117 Nick Bierbrodt SP
118 Jim Edmonds
119 Rafael Palmeiro
120 Jose Macias
121 Josh Beckett
122 Sean Douglass
123 Jeff Kent
124 Tim Redding
125 Xavier Nady
126 Carl Everett
127 Joe Randa
128 Luke Hudson SP
129 Eric Miller RC
130 Melvin Mora
131 Adrian Gonzalez
132 Larry Walker SP
133 Nic Jackson RC SP
134 Mike Lowell SP
135 Jim Thome
136 Eric Milton
137 Rich Thompson RC SP
138 Placido Polanco SP
139 Juan Pierre
140 David Segui
141 Chuck Finley
142 Felipe Lopez
143 Toby Hall
144 Fred Bastardo RC
145 Troy Glaus
146 Todd Helton
147 Ruben Gotay RC SP
148 Darin Erstad
149 Ryan Gripp RC
150 Orlando Cabrera
151 Jason Young RC
152 Sterling Hitchcock SP
153 Miguel Tejada
154 Al Leiter
155 Taylor Buchholz RC
156 Juan M. Gonzalez RC
157 Damion Easley
158 Jimmy Gobble RC
159 Dennis Ulacia RC SP
160 Shane Reynolds SP
161 Javier Colina
162 Frank Thomas
163 Chuck Knoblauch
164 Sean Burroughs
165 Greg Maddux
166 Jason Ellison RC
167 Tony Womack
168 Randall Shelley RC SP
169 Jason Marquis
170 Brian Jordan
171 Vicente Padilla
172 Barry Zito
173 Matt Allegra RC SP
174 Ralph Santana RC SP
175 Carlos Lee
176 Richard Hidalgo SP
177 Kevin Deaton RC
178 Juan Encarnacion
179 Mark Quinn
180 Rafael Furcal
181 Garrett Anderson
182 David Wright RC
183 Jose Reyes
184 Mario Ramos RC SP
185 J.D. Drew
186 Juan Gonzalez
187 Nick Neugebauer
188 Alejandro Giron RC
189 John Burkett
190 Ben Sheets
191 Vinny Castilla SP
192 Cory Lidle
193 Fernando Vina
194 Russell Branyan SP
195 Ben Davis
196 Angel Berroa
197 Alex Gonzalez
198 Jared Sandberg
199 Travis Lee SP
200 Luis DePaula RC SP
201 Ramon Hernandez SP
202 Brandon Inge
203 Aubrey Huff
204 Mike Rivera
205 Brad Nelson RC
206 Colt Griffin RC SP
207 Joel Pineiro
208 Adam Pettyjohn
209 Mark Redman
210 Roberto Alomar SP
211 Denny Neagle
212 Adam Kennedy
213 Jason Arnold RC SP
214 Jamie Moyer
215 Aaron Boone
216 Doug Glanville
217 Nick Johnson SP
218 Mike Cameron SP
219 Tim Wakefield SP
220 Todd Stottlemyre SP
221 Mo Vaughn SP
222 Vladimir Guerrero
223 Bill Ortega
224 Kevin Brown
225 Peter Bergeron SP
226 Shannon Stewart SP
227 Eric Chavez
228 Clint Weibl RC
229 Todd Hollandsworth SP
230 Jeff Bagwell
231 Chad Qualls RC
232 Ben Howard RC
233 Rondell White SP
234 Fred McGriff
235 Steve Cox SP
236 Chris Tritle RC
237 Eric Valent
238 Joe Mauer RC
239 Shawn Green
240 Jimmy Rollins
241 Edgar Renteria
242 Edwin Yan RC
243 Noochie Varner RC
244 Kris Benson SP
245 Mike Hampton
246 So Taguchi RC
247 Sammy Sosa
248 Terrence Long
249 Jason Bay RC
250 Kevin Millar SP
251 Albert Pujols
252 Chris Latham RC
253 Eric Byrnes
254 Napoleon Calzado RC SP
255 Bobby Higginson
256 Ben Molina
257 Torii Hunter SP
258 Jason Giambi
259 Bartolo Colon
260 Benito Baez
261 Ichiro Suzuki
262 Mike Sweeney
263 Brian West RC
264 Brad Penny
265 Kevin Millwood SP
266 Orlando Hudson
267 Doug Mientkiewicz
268 Luis Gonzalez SP
269 Jay Caligiuri RC
270 Nate Cornejo SP
271 Lee Stevens
272 Eric Hinske
273 Antwon Rollins RC
274 Bobby Jenks RC
275 Joe Mays
276 Josh Shaffer RC RC
277 Jonny Gomes RC
278 Bernie Williams
279 Ed Rogers
280 Carlos Delgado
281 Raul Mondesi SP
282 Jose Ortiz
283 Cesar Izturis
284 Ryan Dempster SP
285 Brian Daubach
286 Hansel Izquierdo RC
287 Mike Lieberthal SP
288 Marcus Thames
289 Nomar Garciaparra
290 Brad Fullmer
291 Tino Martinez
292 James Barrett RC
293 Jacque Jones
294 Nick Alvarez RC SP
295 Jason Grove RC SP
296 Mike Wilson RC SP
297 J.T. Snow
298 Cliff Floyd
299 Todd Hundley SP
300 Tony Clark
301 Demetrius Heath RC
302 Morgan Ensberg
303 Cristian Guzman
304 Frank Catalanotto
305 Jeff Weaver
306 Tim Hudson
307 Scott Wiggins RC SP
308 Shea Hillenbrand SP
309 Todd Walker SP
310 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
311 Adrian Beltre
312 Craig Kuzmic RC
313 Paul Konerko
314 Scott Hairston RC
315 Chan Ho Park
316 Jorge Posada
317 Chris Snelling RC
318 Keith Foulke
319 John Smoltz
320 Ryan Church RC SP
321 Mike Mussina
322 Tony Armas Jr. SP
323 Craig Counsell
324 Marcus Giles
325 Greg Vaughn
326 Curt Schilling
327 Jeromy Burnitz
328 Eric Byrnes
329 Johnny Damon
330 Michael Floyd RC SP
331 Edgardo Alfonzo
332 Jeremy Hill RC
333 Josh Bonifay RC
334 Byung-Hyun Kim
335 Keith Ginter
336 Ronald Acuna RC SP
337 Mike Hill
338 Sean Casey
339 Matt Anderson SP
340 Dan Wright
341 Ben Petrick
342 Mike Sirotka SP
343 Alex Rodriguez
344 Einar Diaz
345 Derek Jeter
346 Jeff Conine
347 Ray Durham SP
348 Wilson Betemit SP
349 Jeffrey Hammonds
350 Dan Trumble RC
351 Phil Nevin SP
352 A.J. Burnett
353 Bill Mueller
354 Charles Nagy
355 Rusty Greer SP
356 Jason Botts RC
357 Magglio Ordonez
358 Kevin Appier
359 Brad Radke
360 Chris George
361 Chris Piersoll RC
362 Ivan Rodriguez
363 Jim Kavourias RC
364 Rick Helling SP
365 Dean Palmer
366 Rich Aurilia SP
367 Ryan Vogelsong
368 Matt Lawton
369 Wade Miller
370 Dustin Hermanson
371 Craig Wilson
372 Todd Zeile SP
373 Jon Guzman RC
374 Ellis Burks
375 Robert Cosby RC SP
376 Jason Kendall
377 Scott Rolen SP
378 Andruw Jones
379 Greg Sain RC
380 Paul LoDuca
381 Scotty Layfield RC
382 Tomo Ohka
383 Garrett Guzman RC
384 Jack Cust SP
385 Shayne Wright RC
386 Derrek Lee
387 Jesus Medrano RC
388 Javier Vazquez
389 Preston Wilson SP
390 Gavin Floyd RC
391 Sidney Ponson SP
392 Jose Hernandez
393 Scott Erickson SP
394 Jose Valverde RC
395 Mark Hamilton RC SP
396 Brad Cresse
397 Danny Bautista
398 Ray Lankford SP
399 Miguel Batista SP
400 Brent Butler
401 Manny Delcarmen RC SP
402 Kyle Farnsworth SP
403 Freddy Garcia
404 Joe Jiannetti RC
405 Josh Barfield RC
406 Corey Patterson
407 Josh Towers
408 Carlos Pena
409 Jeff Cirillo
410 Jon Lieber
411 Woody Williams SP
412 Richard Lane RC SP
413 Alex Gonzalez
414 Wilkin Ruan
415 Geoff Jenkins
416 Carlos Hernandez
417 Matt Clement SP
418 Jose Cruz Jr.
419 Jake Mauer RC
420 Matt Childers RC
421 Tom Glavine SP
422 Ken Griffey Jr.
423 Anderson Hernandez RC
424 John Suomi RC
425 Doug Sessions RC
426 Jaret Wright
427 Rolando Viera RC SP
428 Aaron Sele
429 Dmitri Young
430 Ryan Klesko
431 Kevin Tapani SP
432 Joe Kennedy
433 Austin Kearns
434 Roger Cedeno SP
435 Lance Berkman
436 Frank Menechino
437 Brett Myers
438 Bob Abreu
439 Shawn Estes SP
Parallels
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Black Box
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Chrome Refractor
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Gold Chrome Refractor
There were three partial parallel sets inserted into packs. On avarage a single box will yield 12 Black Box and 2 Chrome Refractors.
Black Box
A 55-card partial parallel set was inserted 1 per 2 packs. The card front differ from the base set with the black box containing the "signature" of the player. But the card backs are identical to the base set.
Chrome Refractors
There were two Chrome partial parallel sets also produced for the 2002 Heritage set. Each set had 110 cards featuring the same players and checklist. The Chrome Refractor set was seeded at 1:16 packs and had a serial numbered print run of 350. A gold refractor set was also produced, seeded at half the rate and half the print run; 1:32 packs and a serial numbered run of 175 copies per card.
Inserts
1954 Reprints
The main insert set was a series of 20 reprints from the original 1954 Bowman Set. Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Yogi Berra, Duke Snider, Whitey Ford, Eddie Mathews are the main highlights. The cards were resized to standard size otherwise they would have been oversized for the packs. The card number shown in the biographical box on the back of the card box is the original card number from the 1954 Bowman set. The actual card number, as represented in the 2002 Bowman Heritage set, can be found along the edge of the card, beginning with the prefix BRH.
BHR-AR Allie Reynolds BHR-BF Bob Feller BHR-CL Clem Labine BHR-DL Don Larsen BHR-DM Don Mueller BHR-DS Duke Snider BHR-DW Davey Williams BHR-EM Eddie Mathews BHR-ES Enos Slaughter BHR-GM Gil McDougald BHR-HW Hoyt Wilhelm BHR-JL Johnny Logan BHR-NF Nellie (Nelson) Fox BHR-PR Phil Rizzuto BHR-RA Richie Ashburn BHR-WF Whitey Ford BHR-WM Willie Mays BHR-WW Wes Westrum BHR-YB Yogi Berra
Autographs & Game-Used
1954 Reprint Autographs
Following the tradition set in the 2001 Bowman Heritage set, a number of the players in the reprint card set signed some copies of cards for insertion. The base Reprint Auto set featured 6 players (including Yogi Berra) and were seeded 1 in 26 packs. Approximately 815 of each card were printed. A Special Edition Autograph (signed in red ink) was also released serial numbered to 54 and seeded at 1 in 1910 packs. It should also be noted that the Don Mueller, Johnny Logan, Del Crandell, and Dave Williams autographs in this set are their only autograph issued cards as of Feb 2007.
Autographs
The Autograph set in 2002 Bowman Heritage was a hand-signed insert set. Overall odds of pulling an autographed card were 1 in 45 packs or approximately 1 per two boxes. The cards were split into three groups, A, B and C with each group being inserted at slightly different odds.
Insertion Rates
- Group A STATED ODDS 1:620
- Group B STATED ODDS 1:89
- Group C STATED ODDS 1:103
Price Report
- June 2009
- Mauer - $70
- Prior - $7, $11
- Berkman - $10
- Blalock - $8
| Number | Player | Team | Group |
| BHA-AP | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | A |
| BHA-CI | Cesar Izturis | Blue Jays | B |
| BHA-DH | Drew Henson | Yankees | B |
| BHA-HB | Hank Blalock | Rangers | C |
| BHA-JM | Joe Mauer | Twins | C |
| BHA-JR | Juan Rivera | Yankees | C |
| BHA-KG | Keith Ginter | Astros | B |
| BHA-KI | Kazuhisa Ishii | Dodgers | A |
| BHA-LB | Lance Berkman | Astros | B |
| BHA-MP | Mark Prior | Cubs | B |
| BHA-PL | Paul LoDuca | Ddogers | C |
| BHA-RO | Roy Oswalt | Astros | B |
| BHA-TH | Toby Hall | Devil Rays | B |
Relics
A game used Relics was included in 2002 Bowman Heritage, a standard to come in all future Bowman Heritage releases. A number of current players (veterans) were featured in this Relics insert set. Jerseys and Unis were inserted into packs at overall rates of 1:47 and 1:75 respectively. There were four different Uni groups and 7 different Jersey groups at differing rates. Most of these jersey and uniform swatches are single color swatches, but occasionally one is discovered with a pinstripe.
Insertion Odds
- GROUP A JSY ODDS 1:1910
- GROUP B JSY ODDS 1:1551
- GROUP C JSY ODDS 1:138
- GROUP D JSY ODDS 1:207
- GROUP E JSY ODDS 1:165
- GROUP F JSY ODDS 1:2072
- GROUP G JSY ODDS 1:653
- GROUP A UNI ODDS 1:1551
- GROUP B UNI ODDS 1:855
- GROUP C UNI ODDS 1:124
- GROUP D UNI ODDS 1:284
| Number | Player | Team | Group |
| BH-AP | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | Uni C |
| BH-BB | Barry Bonds | Giants | Uni D |
| BH-CD | Carlos Delgado | Blue Jays | Jsy G |
| BH-CJ | Chipper Jones | Braves | Jsy C |
| BH-DE | Darin Erstad | Angels | Uni C |
| BH-EA | Edgardo Alfonzo | Mets | Jsy C |
| BH-EC | Eric Chavez | A's | Jsy C |
| BH-EM | Edgar Martinez | Mariners | Jsy C |
| BH-FT | Frank Thomas | White Sox | Jsy F |
| BH-GM | Greg Maddux | Braves | Jsy C |
| BH-IR | Ivan Rodriguez | Rangers | Uni B |
| BH-JB | Josh Beckett | Marlins | Jsy E |
| BH-JE | Jim Edmonds | Cardinals | Jsy D |
| BH-JS | John Smoltz | Braves | Jsy C |
| BH-JT | Jim Thome | Indians | Jsy E |
| BH-KS | Kazuhiro Sasaki | Mariners | Jsy C |
| BH-LW | Larry Walker | Rockies | Jsy C |
| BH-MP | Mike Piazza | Mets | Uni A |
| BH-MR | Mariano Rivera | Yankees | Uni C |
| BH-NG | Nomar Garciaparra | Red Sox | Jsy A |
| BH-PK | Paul Konerko | White Sox | Jsy E |
| BH-PW | Preston Wilson | Marlins | Jsy B |
| BH-SR | Scott Rolen | Cardinals | Jsy C |
| BH-TG | Tony Gwynn | Padres | Jsy D |
| BH-TH | Todd Helton | Rockies | Jsy D |
| BH-TS | Tim Salmon | Angels | Uni C |