Description

2003 Topps Chrome is a 440-card chromium-stock partial-parallel of the 2003 Topps set. Series One was released in late January, 2002; while Series Two wasn't released until May.

Distribution

24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Ten boxes per case

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	440	-	4:1	4:1
Refractor	440	699	1:5	1:5
Silver Refractor	220	-	N/A	?
Gold Refractor (S1)	220	449	1:8	1:8
Gold Refractor (S2)	220	449	1:4	1:4
Black Refractor (S1)	220	199	1:20	1:20
Black Refractor (S2)	220	199	1:17	1:17
Uncirculated X-Fractor (S1)	220	50	one-per-box	N/A
Uncirculated X-Fractor (S2)	220	57	one-per-box	N/A
Record Breaker Relics	40	-	varies	varies
Blue Back Relics (S1)	20	-	varies	varies
Red Back Relics (S2)	20	-	varies	varies

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Eddie Guardado
3 Curt Schilling
4 Andruw Jones
5 Magglio Ordonez
6 Todd Helton
7 Odalis Perez
8 Edgardo Alfonzo
9 Eric Hinske
10 Danny Bautista
11 Sammy Sosa
12 Roberto Alomar
13 Roger Clemens
14 Austin Kearns
15 Luis Gonzalez
16 Mo Vaughn
17 Alfonso Soriano
18 Orlando Cabrera
19 Hideo Nomo
20 Omar Vizquel
21 Greg Maddux
22 Fred McGriff
23 Frank Thomas
24 Shawn Green
25 Jacque Jones
26 Bernie Williams
27 Corey Patterson
28 Cesar Izturis
29 Larry Walker
30 Darren Dreifort
31 Al Leiter
32 Jason Marquis
33 Sean Casey
34 Craig Counsell
35 Albert Pujols
36 Kyle Lohse
37 Paul Lo Duca
38 Roy Oswalt
39 Danny Graves
40 Kevin Millwood
41 Lance Berkman
42 Denny Hocking
43 Jose Valentin
44 Josh Beckett
45 Nomar Garciaparra
46 Craig Biggio
47 Omar Daal
48 Jimmy Rollins
49 Jermaine Dye
50 Edgar Renteria
51 Brandon Duckworth
52 Luis Castillo
53 Andy Ashby
54 Mike Williams
55 Benito Santiago
56 Bret Boone
57 Randy Wolf
58 Ivan Rodriguez
59 Shannon Stewart
60 Jose Cruz
61 Billy Wagner
62 Alex Gonzalez
63 Ichiro
64 Joe McEwing
65 Mark Mulder
66 Mike Cameron
67 Corey Koskie
68 Marlon Anderson
69 Jason Kendall
70 J.T. Snow
71 Edgar Martinez
72 Vernon Wells
73 Vladimir Guerrero
74 Adam Dunn
75 Barry Zito
76 Jeff Kent
77 Russ Ortiz
78 Phil Nevin
79 Carlos Beltran
80 Mike Lowell
81 Bob Wickman
82 Junior Spivey
83 Melvin Mora
84 Derrek Lee
85 Chuck Knoblauch
86 Eric Gagne
87 Orlando Hernandez
88 Robert Person
89 Elmer Dessens
90 Wade Miller
91 Adrian Beltre
92 Kazuhiro Sasaki
93 Timo Perez
94 Jose Vidro
95 Geronimo Gil
96 Trot Nixon
97 Denny Neagle
98 Roberto Hernandez
99 David Ortiz
100 Robb Nen
101 Sidney Ponson
102 Kevin Appier
103 Javy Lopez
104 Jeff Conine
105 Mark Buehrle
106 Jason Simontacchi
107 Jose Jimenez
108 Brian Jordan
109 Brad Wilkerson
110 Scott Hatteberg
111 Matt Morris
112 Miguel Tejada
113 Rafael Furcal
114 Steve Cox
115 Roy Halladay
116 David Eckstein
117 Tomo Ohka
118 Jack Wilson
119 Randall Simon
120 Jamie Moyer
121 Andy Benes
122 Tino Martinez
123 Esteban Yan
124 Jason Isringhausen
125 Chris Carpenter
126 Aaron Rowand
127 Brandon Inge
128 Jose Vizcaino
129 Jose Mesa
130 Troy Percival
131 Jon Lieber
132 Brian Giles
133 Aaron Boone
134 Bobby Higginson
135 Luis Rivas
136 Troy Glaus
137 Jim Thome
138 Ramon Martinez
139 Jay Gibbons
140 Mike Lieberthal
141 Juan Uribe
142 Gary Sheffield
143 Ramon Santiago
144 Ben Sheets
145 Tony Armas
146 Kazuhisa Ishii
147 Erubiel Durazo
148 Jerry Hairston
149 Byung-Hyun Kim
150 Marcus Giles
151 Johnny Damon
152 Terrence Long
153 Juan Pierre
154 Aramis Ramirez
155 Brent Abernathy
156 Ismael Valdes
157 Mike Mussina
158 Ramon Hernandez
159 Adam Kennedy
160 Tony Womack
161 Tony Batista
162 Kip Wells
163 Jeromy Burnitz
164 Todd Hundley
165 Tim Wakefield
166 Derek Lowe
167 Jorge Posada
168 Ramon Ortiz
169 Brent Butler
170 Shane Halter
171 Matt Lawton
172 Alex Sanchez
173 Eric Milton
174 Vicente Padilla
175 Steve Karsay
176 Mark Prior
177 Kerry Wood
178 Jason LaRue
179 Danys Baez
180 Nick Neugebauer
181 Andres Galarraga
182 Jason Giambi
183 Aubrey Huff
184 Juan Gonzalez
185 Ugueth Urbina
186 Rickey Henderson
187 Brad Fullmer
188 Todd Zeile
189 Jason Jennings
190 Vladimir Nunez
191 David Justice
192 Brian Lawrence
193 Pat Burrell
194 Pokey Reese
195 Robert Fick
196 C.C. Sabathia
197 Fernando Vina
198 Sean Burroughs
199 Ellis Burks
200 Joe Randa
201 Chris Duncan RC
202 Franklin Gutierrez RC
203 Adam LaRoche
204 Manuel Ramirez RC*
205 Il Kim RC*
206 Daryl Clark RC*
207 Sean Pierce
208 Andy Marte RC
209 Bernie Castro RC
210 Jason Perry RC
211 Jaime Bubela RC
212 Alexis Rios
213 Brendan Harris RC
214 Ramon Nivar RC
215 Terry Tiffee RC
216 Kevin Youkilis RC
217 Derell McCall RC
218 Scott Tyler RC
219 Craig Brazell RC
220 Walter Young

Series Two

221 Francisco Rodriguez
222 Chipper Jones
223 Chris Singleton
224 Cliff Floyd
225 Bobby Hill
226 Antonio Osuna
227 Barry Larkin
228 Dean Palmer
229 Eric Owens
230 Randy Johnson
231 Jeff Suppan
232 Eric Karros
233 Johan Santana
234 Javier Vazquez
235 John Thomson
236 Nick Johnson
237 Mark Ellis
238 Doug Glanville
239 Ken Griffey, Jr.
240 Bubba Trammell
241 Livan Hernandez
242 Desi Relaford
243 Eli Marrero
244 Jared Sandberg
245 Barry Bonds
246 Aaron Sele
247 Derek Jeter
248 Eric Byrnes
249 Rich Aurilia
250 Joel Pineiro
251 Chuck Finley
252 Bengie Molina
253 Steve Finley
254 Marty Cordova
255 Shea Hillenbrand
256 Milton Bradley
257 Carlos Pena
258 Brad Ausmus
259 Carlos Delgado
260 Kevin Mench
261 Joe Kennedy
262 Mark McLemore
263 Bill Mueller
264 Ricky Ledee
265 Ted Lilly
266 Sterling Hitchcock
267 Scott Strickland
268 Damion Easley
269 Torii Hunter
270 Brad Radke
271 Geoff Jenkins
272 Paul Byrd
273 Morgan Ensberg
274 Mike Maroth
275 Mike Hampton
276 Flash Gordon
277 John Burkett
278 Rodrigo Lopez
279 Tim Spooneybarger
280 Quinton McCracken
281 Tim Salmon
282 Jarrod Washburn
283 Pedro Martinez
284 Julio Lugo
285 Armando Benitez
286 Raul Mondesi
287 Robin Ventura
288 Bob Abreu
289 Josh Fogg
290 Ryan Klesko
291 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
292 Jim Edmonds
293 Chan Ho Park
294 John Mabry
295 Woody Williams
296 Scott Schoeneweis
297 Brian Anderson
298 Brett Tomko
299 Scott Erickson
300 Kevin Millar
301 Dan Wright
302 Jason Schmidt
303 Scott Williamson
304 Einar Diaz
305 Jay Payton
306 Juan Acevedo
307 Ben Grieve
308 Raul Ibanez
309 Richie Sexson
310 Rick Reed
311 Pedro Astacio
312 Bud Smith
313 Tomas Perez
314 Rafael Palmeiro
315 Jason Tyner
316 Scott Rolen
317 Randy Winn
318 Ryan Jensen
319 Trevor Hoffman
320 Craig Wilson
321 Jeremy Giambi
322 Andy Pettitte
323 John Franco
324 Felipe Lopez
325 Mike Piazza
326 Cristian Guzman
327 Jose Hernandez
328 Octavio Dotel
329 Brad Penny
330 Dave Veres
331 Ryan Dempster
332 Joe Crede
333 Chad Hermansen
334 Gary Matthews
335 Frank Catalanotto
336 Darin Erstad
337 Matt Williams
338 B.J. Surhoff
339 Kerry Ligtenberg
340 Mike Bordick
341 Joe Girardi
342 D'Angelo Jimenez
343 Paul Konerko
344 Joe Mays
345 Marquis Grissom
346 Neifi Perez
347 Preston Wilson
348 Jeff Weaver
349 Eric Chavez
350 Placido Polanco
351 Matt Mantei
352 James Baldwin
353 Toby Hall
354 Benji Gil
355 Damian Moss
356 Jorge Julio
357 Matt Clement
358 Lee Stevens
359 Dave Roberts
360 J.C. Romero
361 Bartolo Colon
362 Roger Cedeno
363 Mariano Rivera
364 Billy Koch
365 Manny Ramirez
366 Travis Lee
367 Oliver Perez
368 Tim Worrell
369 Damian Miller
370 John Smoltz
371 Willis Roberts
372 Tim Hudson
373 Moises Alou
374 Corky Miller
375 Ben Broussard
376 Gabe Kapler
377 Chris Woodward
378 Todd Hollandsworth
379 So Taguchi
380 John Olerud
381 Reggie Sanders
382 Jake Peavy
383 Kris Benson
384 Ray Durham
385 Boomer Wells
386 Tom Glavine
387 Antonio Alfonseca
388 Keith Foulke
389 Shawn Estes
390 Mark Grace
391 Dmitri Young
392 A.J. Burnett
393 Richard Hidalgo
394 Mike Sweeney
395 Doug Mientkiewicz
396 Cory Lidle
397 Jeff Bagwell
398 Steve Sparks
399 Sandy Alomar
400 John Lackey
401 Rick Helling
402 Carlos Lee
403 Garret Anderson
404 Vinny Castilla
405 David Bell
406 Freddy Garcia
407 Scott Spiezio
408 Russell Branyan
409 Jose Contreras RC
410 Kevin Brown
411 Tyler Houston
412 A.J. Pierzynski
413 Peter Bergeron
414 Brett Myers
415 Kenny Lofton
416 Ben Davis
417 J.D. Drew
418 Ricky Gutierrez
419 Mark Redman
420 Juan Encarnacion
421 Bryan Bullington RC
422 Jeremy Guthrie
423 Joey Gomes RC*
424 Evel Bastida-Martinez RC*
425 Brian Wright RC*
426 B.J. Upton
427 Jeff Francis
428 Jeremy Hermida
429 Khalil Greene
430 Darrell Rasner RC
431 Brandon Phillips / Victor Martinez
432 Hee Seop Choi / Nic Jackson
433 Dontrelle Willis / Jason Stokes
434 Chad Tracy / Lyle Overbay
435 Joe Borchard / Corwin Malone
436 Joe Mauer / Justin Morneau
437 Drew Henson / Brandon Claussen
438 Chase Utley / Gavin Floyd
439 Taggert Bozied / Xavier Nady
440 Aaron Heilman / Jose Reyes

Parallels

All 440 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 699 copies)
Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 449 copies)
Black Refractors (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

Silver Refractors

All 220 Series Two base cards are available in a retail-exclusive Silver Refractor.

Uncirculated X-Fractor

Each sealed Hobby box contained one Uncirculated X-Fractor. Available for all 440 base cards, each X-Fractor came uncased in a plastic holder (not unlike an eTopps card) and was serial-numbered. Series One X-Fractors are serial-numbered to 50 copies; while Series Two cards are numbered to 57 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Record Breakers Relics

Series One

The stated odds of finding a Record Breakers Relics is as follows.

BAT 1: 1:364/packs
UNI A1: 1:413/packs
UNI B1: 1:50/packs

CB Craig Biggio UNI B1
CD Carlos Delgado UNI B1
CF Cliff Floyd BAT 1
FT Frank Thomas UNI B1
HK Harmon Killebrew UNI B1
JG Juan Gonzalez UNI B1
JM Joe Morgan BAT 1
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki UNI B1
LB Lou Brock BAT 1
LW Larry Walker BAT 1
MP Mike Piazza UNI B1
MS Mike Schmidt UNI A1
RY Robin Yount UNI B1
SM Stan Musial UNI A1
TH Todd Helton BAT 1
AR1 Alex Rodriguez UNI B1
JB1 Jeff Bagwell UNI B1
LG1 Luis Gonzalez BAT 1
RH1 Rickey Henderson BAT 1
RJ1 Randy Johnson UNI B1

Series Two

The stated odds of finding a Record Breakers Relics is as follows.

BAT 2: 1:131/packs
UNI A2: 1:1707/packs
UNI B2: 1:127/packs

AR Alex Rodriguez BAT 2
BB Barry Bonds UNI B2
BB2 Barry Bonds UNI B2
BB3 Barry Bonds BAT 2
DE Darin Erstad BAT 2
DLE Dennis Eckersley UNI A2
DM Don Mattingly BAT 2
HR Harold Reynolds BAT 2
JB2 Jeff Bagwell UNI B2
JC Jose Canseco BAT 2
JS John Smoltz UNI B2
LG2 Luis Gonzalez BAT 2
MR Manny Ramirez BAT 2
PM Paul Molitor BAT 2
RC Rod Carew BAT 2
RC2 Rod Carew BAT 2
RH2 Rickey Henderson BAT 2
RJ2 Randy Johnson UNI B2
SS Sammy Sosa BAT 2
TS Tom Seaver UNI B2

Blue Backs Relics

The odds of finding a Blue Back Relic are as follows.

BAT: 1:236/packs
UNI A: 1:69/packs
UNI B: 1:662/packs

AD Adam Dunn UNI B
AP Albert Pujols UNI A
AR Alex Rodriguez BAT
AS Alfonso Soriano BAT
BW Bernie Williams BAT
EC Eric Chavez UNI A
FT Frank Thomas UNI A
JB Josh Beckett UNI A
JBA Jeff Bagwell UNI A
JR Jimmy Rollins UNI A
KW Kerry Wood UNI A
LB Lance Berkman BAT
MO Magglio Ordonez UNI A
MP Mike Piazza UNI A
NG Nomar Garciaparra BAT
NJ Nick Johnson BAT
PK Paul Konerko UNI A
RA Roberto Alomar BAT
SG Shawn Green UNI A
TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo BAT

Red Backs Relics

Odds of finding a Red Back Relic are as follows.

BAT A: 1:342/packs
BAT B: 1:383/packs
JSY: 1:49/packs

AD Adam Dunn JSY
AJ Andruw Jones JSY
AP Albert Pujols BAT B
AR Alex Rodriguez JSY
AS Alfonso Soriano BAT A
CJ Chipper Jones JSY
CS Curt Schilling JSY
GA Garrett Anderson BAT A
JB Jeff Bagwell JSY
MP Mike Piazza JSY
MR Manny Ramirez BAT B
MS Mike Sweeney JSY
NG Nomar Garciaparra BAT A
PB Pat Burrell BAT A
PM Pedro Martinez JSY
RA Roberto Alomar JSY
RJ Randy Johnson JSY
SR Scott Rolen BAT A
TH Todd Helton JSY
TKH Torii Hunter JSY