Description

2014 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set, supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" insert set, released December 31, 2014. Each four-card pack will yield three autographs.

Distribution

Six packs plus one Purple Wave Refractor per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	50	-	?
Refractor	50	199	?
Magenta Refractor	50	50	?
Purple Refractor	50	50	?
Japan-Fractor	50	25	J
Blue Refractor	50	25	?
Black Atomic Refractor	50	10	?
Canary Diamond Refractor	50	3	?
Red Refractor	50	one-of-one	?
SuperFractor	50	one-of-one	?
Japan Atomic Refractor	50	one-of-one	J
Printing Plates	50	four for each	?
Prospects	50	-	?
Prospects Refractor	50	199	?
Prospects Magenta Refractor	50	50	?
Prospects Purple Refractor	50	50	?
Prospects Japan-Fractor	50	25	J
Prospects Blue Refractor	50	25	?
Prospects Black Atomic Refractor	50	10	?
Prospects Canary Diamond Refractor	50	3	?
Prospects Red Refractor	50	one-of-one	?
Prospects SuperFractor	50	one-of-one	?
Prospects Japan Atomic Refractor	50	one-of-one	J
Prospects Printing Plates	50	four for each	?
Purple Wave Refractors Box Toppers	20	50	*
Black Wave Refractors Box Toppers	20	35	*
Blue Wave Refractors Box Toppers	20	5	*
Red Wave Refractors Box Toppers	20	one-of-one	*
1989 Bowman Is Back Silver Diamond Refractors	25	-	1:6
Rookie Autographs	22	-	?
Rookie Autographs Refractor	22	150	?
Rookie Autographs Green Refractor	22	125	?
Rookie Autographs Magenta Refractor	22	99	?
Rookie Autographs Orange Refractor	22	75	?
Rookie Autographs Purple Refractor	22	50	?
Rookie Autographs Blue Refractor	22	25	?
Rookie Autographs Black Atomic Refractor	22	10	?
Rookie Autographs Japan-Fractor	22	5	J
Rookie Autographs Canary Diamond Refractor	22	3	?
Rookie Autographs Red Refractor	22	one-of-one	?
Rookie Autographs SuperFractor	22	one-of-one	?
Rookie Autographs Japan Atomic Refractor	22	one-of-one	J
Rookie Autographs Printing Plates	22	four for each	?
Prospect Autographs	78	-	?
Prospect Autographs Refractor	78	150	?
Prospect Autographs Green Refractor	78	125	?
Prospect Autographs Magenta Refractor	78	99	?
Prospect Autographs Orange Refractor	78	75	?
Prospect Autographs Purple Refractor	78	50	?
Prospect Autographs Blue Refractor	78	25	?
Prospect Autographs Black Atomic Refractor	78	10	?
Prospect Autographs Japan-Fractor	78	5	J
Prospect Autographs Canary Diamond Refractor	78	3	?
Prospect Autographs Red Refractor	78	one-of-one	?
Prospect Autographs SuperFractor	78	one-of-one	?
Prospect Autographs Japan Atomic Refractor	78	one-of-one	J
Prospect Autographs Printing Plates	78	four for each	?
1989 Bowman is Back Autographs	7	?	?
Bowman Black Collection	12	25	?
Dual Refractor Autographs	5	35	?
Autograph Showcase	8	25	?
Die-Cut Autographs	19	50	?
Die-Cut Autographs Blue Refractor	19	30	?
Die-Cut Autographs Japan-Fractor	19	5	J
Die-Cut Autographs Red Refractor	19	5	?
Die-Cut Autographs SuperFractor	19	one-of-one	?
Silver Autographs	8	one-of-one	?
Tanaka/Darvish Die-Cut Autograph	2	25	J
Tanaka/Darvish Die-Cut Autographed Relic	2	10	J

* One per sealed box. J Distributed exclusively to Japanese/Asian markets.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Jose Abreu
2 Alex Guerrero
3 Andrew Heaney
4 Eddie Butler
5 Joe Panik
6 Luis Sardinas
7 Taijuan Walker
8 Yordano Ventura
9 Andrew Susac
10 Billy Hamilton
11 Chase Anderson
12 Jesse Hahn
13 Arismendy Alcantara
14 Cam Bedrosian
15 Erisbel Arruebarrena
16 Rougned Odor
17 Mookie Betts
18 Xander Bogaerts
19 Michael Choice
20 George Springer
21 Jonathan Schoop
22 Rafael Montero
23 Tommy La Stella
24 Jacob deGrom
25 Masahiro Tanaka
26 Nick Castellanos
27 James Paxton
28 Kennys Vargas
29 Travis d'Arnaud
30 Oscar Taveras
31 Danny Santana
32 Kolten Wong
33 Aaron Sanchez
34 Matt Davidson
35 Jimmy Nelson
36 Chris Owings
37 Kyle Parker
38 Josmil Pinto
39 Stefen Romero
40 Jon Singleton
41 C.J. Cron
42 Marcus Stroman
43 Yangervis Solarte
44 Zach Walters
45 Jake Marisnick
46 Ken Giles
47 Christian Bethancourt
48 Roenis Elias
49 Garin Cecchini
50 Gregory Polanco

Prospects

BSP-1 Kris Bryant
BSP-2 Francisco Lindor
BSP-3 Aaron Nola
BSP-4 J.P. Crawford
BSP-5 Miguel Sano
BSP-6 Alex Meyer
BSP-7 Nick Howard
BSP-8 Kodi Medeiros
BSP-9 Jon Gray
BSP-10 Joey Gallo
BSP-11 Braden Shipley
BSP-12 Robert Stephenson
BSP-13 Luis Severino
BSP-14 Alex Jackson
BSP-15 Hunter Harvey
BSP-16 Sean Newcomb
BSP-17 Nick Gordon
BSP-18 Colin Moran
BSP-19 Mark Appel
BSP-20 Carlos Correa
BSP-21 Jorge Soler
BSP-22 Michael Conforto
BSP-23 Tyler Glasnow
BSP-24 Jorge Alfaro
BSP-25 Jeff Hoffman
BSP-26 Joc Pederson
BSP-27 Clint Frazier
BSP-28 David Dahl
BSP-29 Tyler Kolek
BSP-30 Addison Russell
BSP-31 Henry Owens
BSP-32 Julio Urias
BSP-33 Maikel Franco
BSP-34 Blake Swihart
BSP-35 Tyler Beede
BSP-36 Trea Turner
BSP-37 Erick Fedde
BSP-38 Kohl Stewart
BSP-39 Austin Meadows
BSP-40 Kyle Schwarber
BSP-41 Kyle Zimmer
BSP-42 Max Pentecost
BSP-43 Brandon Finnegan
BSP-44 Javier Baez
BSP-45 Noah Syndergaard
BSP-46 Archie Bradley
BSP-47 Dominic Smith
BSP-48 Lucas Giolito
BSP-49 Kyle Freeland
BSP-50 Byron Buxton

Parallels

All 50 base cards and all 50 Prospects are available in the following parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Magenta Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Black Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
Canary Diamond Refractor (serial-numbered to three copies)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Japan Atomic Refractor (one-of-one; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Printing Plates (set of four for each)

Inserts

Purple Wave Refractors Box Toppers

Each Purple Wave Refractor Box Topper is serial-numbered to 50 copies, and available in the following parallels.

Black Wave (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
Blue Wave (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
Red Wave (one-of-one)

BBT-AB Archie Bradley
BBT-AJ Alex Jackson
BBT-AR Addison Russell
BBT-BB Byron Buxton
BBT-CC Carlos Correa
BBT-FL Francisco Lindor
BBT-HH Hunter Harvey
BBT-JB Javier Baez
BBT-JG Jon Gray
BBT-JS Jorge Soler
BBT-KB Kris Bryant
BBT-KS Kyle Schwarber
BBT-LG Lucas Giolito
BBT-NG Nick Gordon
BBT-TK Tyler Kolek
BBT-GP Gregory Polanco
BBT-GS George Springer
BBT-JA Jose Abreu
BBT-MT Masahiro Tanaka
BBT-OT Oscar Taveras

1989 Bowman Is Back Silver Diamond Refractors

See 2014 Bowman 1989 Bowman is Back.

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Autographs

Each Rookie Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
Magenta Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Black Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Canary Diamond Refractor (serial-numbered to 3 copies)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Japan Atomic Refractor (one-of-one; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Printing Plates (set of four for each)

BSRA-AA Arismendy Alcantara
BSRA-AH Andrew Heaney
BSRA-ASU Andrew Susac
BSRA-BH Billy Hamilton
BSRA-CB Cam Bedrosian
BSRA-CC C.J. Cron
BSRA-CO Chris Owings
BSRA-GC Garin Cecchini
BSRA-GP Gregory Polanco
BSRA-GS George Springer
BSRA-JA Jose Abreu
BSRA-JAG Jesus Aguilar
BSRA-JN Jimmy Nelson
BSRA-JPA Joe Panik
BSRA-MB Mookie Betts
BSRA-NC Nick Castellanos
BSRA-OT Oscar Taveras
BSRA-RE Roenis Elias
BSRA-RO Rougned Odor
BSRA-TL Tommy La Stella
BSRA-YS Yangervis Solarte
BSRA-YV Yordano Ventura

Prospect Autographs

Each Prospect Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
Magenta Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Black Atomic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Canary Diamond Refractor (serial-numbered to 3 copies)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Japan Atomic Refractor (one-of-one; exclusive to packs distributed to Asia)
Printing Plates (set of four for each)

BSPA-AA Albert Almora
BSPA-AB Archie Bradley
BSPA-ABL Alex Blandino
BSPA-AC A.J. Cole
BSPA-AH Alen Hanson
BSPA-AJ Alex Jackson
BSPA-AME Austin Meadows
BSPA-AN Aaron Northcraft
BSPA-ANO Aaron Nola
BSPA-BB Byron Buxton
BSPA-BD Braxton Davidson
BSPA-BF Brandon Finnegan
BSPA-BS Blake Swihart
BSPA-BZ Bradley Zimmer
BSPA-CC Carlos Correa
BSPA-CE C.J. Edwards
BSPA-CF Clint Frazier
BSPA-CM Colin Moran
BSPA-CT Cole Tucker
BSPA-CV Chase Vallot
BSPA-DDE Delino DeShields Jr.
BSPA-DF Derek Fisher
BSPA-DH Derek Hill
BSPA-DS Dominic Smith
BSPA-EF Erick Fedde
BSPA-ER Eduardo Rodriguez
BSPA-ERO Eddie Rosario
BSPA-FG Foster Griffin
BSPA-FL Francisco Lindor
BSPA-GCE Gavin Cecchini
BSPA-GH Grant Holmes
BSPA-GM Gareth Morgan
BSPA-GS Gary Sanchez
BSPA-HH Hunter Harvey
BSPA-HO Henry Owens
BSPA-JA Jorge Alfaro
BSPA-JAG Jacob Gatewood
BSPA-JB Jorge Bonifacio
BSPA-JBA Javier Baez
BSPA-JC J.P. Crawford
BSPA-JF Jack Flaherty
BSPA-JGA Joey Gallo
BSPA-JH Jason Hursh
BSPA-JHO Jeff Hoffman
BSPA-JN Justin Nicolino
BSPA-JPE Jose Peraza
BSPA-JS Justus Sheffield
BSPA-KC Kyle Crick
BSPA-KF Kyle Freeland
BSPA-KSC Kyle Schwarber
BSPA-KV Kennys Vargas
BSPA-LG Lucas Giolito
BSPA-LO Luis Ortiz
BSPA-LS Luis Severino
BSPA-LSI Lucas Sims
BSPA-LW Luke Weaver
BSPA-MBA Matt Barnes
BSPA-MC Michael Conforto
BSPA-MF Michael Foltynewicz
BSPA-MG Mitch Gueller
BSPA-MIC Michael Chavis
BSPA-MJ Micah Johnson
BSPA-MK Michael Kopech
BSPA-MP Max Pentecost
BSPA-MPA Mike Papi
BSPA-MS Miguel Sano
BSPA-NG Nick Gordon
BSPA-NH Nick Howard
BSPA-NS Noah Syndergaard
BSPA-RA Raul Alcantara
BSPA-RS Robert Stephenson
BSPA-SC Sean Coyle
BSPA-SN Sean Newcomb
BSPA-SP Stephen Piscotty
BSPA-TB Tyler Beede
BSPA-TG Tyler Glasnow
BSPA-TK Tyler Kolek
BSPA-TM Tom Murphy

1989 Bowman is Back Autographs

See 2014 Bowman 1989 Bowman is Back.

Bowman Black Collection

See 2014 Bowman Black Collection.

Dual Refractor Autographs

Each Dual Refractor Autograph is serial-numbered to 35 copies.

BDA-BT Byron Buxton / Oscar Taveras
BDA-GS Miguel Sano / Nick Gordon
BDA-KH Andrew Heaney / Tyler Kolek
BDA-SC George Springer / Carlos Correa
BDA-SP Yasiel Puig / Jorge Soler

Autograph Showcase

Each Autograph Showcase is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Die-Cut Autographs

Each Die-Cut Autograph is serial-numbered to 50 copies and available in the following parallels.

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies; exclusive to packs distributed in Asia)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

SA-AB Archie Bradley
SA-AJ Alex Jackson
SA-AN Aaron Nola
SA-BB Byron Buxton
SA-CC Carlos Correa
SA-CF Clint Frazier
SA-FL Francisco Lindor
SA-GP Gregory Polanco
SA-GS George Springer
SA-JA Jose Abreu
SA-JB Javier Baez
SA-JSO Jorge Soler
SA-KS Kyle Schwarber
SA-LG Lucas Giolito
SA-MB Mookie Betts
SA-MS Miguel Sano
SA-NG Nick Gordon
SA-NS Noah Syndergaard
SA-TK Tyler Kolek

Silver Autographs

Each Silver Autograph is a one-of-one.

Tanaka/Darvish Die-Cut Autograph

These two die-cut autographed cards were inserted into packs distributed to the Japanese/Asian market. Each is serial-numbered to 25 copies, with an Autographed Relic parallel (serial-numbered to ten) also available.

YD-1 Yu Darvish

MT-3 Masato Tanaka