Description

2001 Bowman Heritage is a 440-card set released by Topps in late 2001. It was the first of the Bowman Heritage sets, the set would become part of Topps' annual product line until 2007.

There are no special subsets or card variations in the base set. The card design is based on the 1948 Bowman set. A black and white photograph is surrounded by a white border is displayed on the front of the card with no other information, not even the player’s name. The back of the card features player biographical information but little to no statistics. The main change from the original 1948 Bowman design was a re-sizing from the original card dimensions (2-1/16” x 2-1/2”) to the standard card dimensions (2-1/2” x 3-1/2”) as well increasing the number of cards in the set from 48 to 440. Additionally the Bowman Heritage logo printed on the card front and a slightly modified Bowman Heritage logo was printed on the card front for rookie cards.

Cards numbered 331-440 were short printed as homage to the original 1948 Bowman set. Both the Albert Pujols and Ichiro Suzuki rookie cards are included in the short prints.

Key cards include: Albert Pujols, Ichiro, Chase Utley, Justin Morneau, Miguel Cabrera, Jake Peavy, Josh Beckett and Travis Hafner.

Card #319 Tim Salmon is an uncorrected error as it has a photo of Troy Glaus.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $3). 24 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby/Retail Odds
Base	440	-	?
short set	330	-	9:1
Short Print	110	-	1:2
Chrome	110	-	1:12
1948 Reprints	13	-	1:2
1948 Reprint Relics	12	-	1:53
1948 Reprint Autographs	2	-	1:1523
Autographs	3	-	1:358
Team Topps Legends Autograph	?	-	1:332

Checklist

Promos

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This five-card set was distributed to attendees of the 2001 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. The cards were to serve as a promotion and preview of the upcoming 2001 Bowman Heritage set that Topps would soon release to the public.

A total of 500 sets were produced according to Topps. Single cards were packaged with a piece of gun and distributed during the show. The cards are distinguishable from the regular set as the photos on the front are also different than the standard set. The cards are sequentially-numbered "X of 5" on the reverse side which also has a promotional message.

The Pujols card is particularly in demand as it is one of the more rare rookie-year cards of the future Hall of Famer.

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Albert Pujols
3 C.C. Sabathia
4 Mark McGwire
5 Juan Gonzalez

Base Set

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1 Chipper Jones
2 Pete Harnisch
3 Brian Giles
4 J.T. Snow
5 Bartolo Colon
6 Jorge Posada
7 Shawn Green
8 Derek Jeter
9 Benito Santiago
10 Ramon Hernandez
11 Bernie Williams
12 Greg Maddux
13 Barry Bonds
14 Roger Clemens
15 Miguel Tejada
16 Pedro Feliz
17 Jim Edmonds
18 Tom Glavine
19 Dave Justice
20 Rich Aurilia
21 Jason Giambi
22 Orlando Hernandez
23 Shawn Estes
24 Nelson Figueroa
25 Terrence Long
26 Mike Mussina
27 Eric Davis
28 Jimmy Rollins
29 Andy Pettitte
30 Shawon Dunston
31 Tim Hudson
32 Jeff Kent
33 Scott Brosius
34 Livan Hernandez
35 Alfonso Soriano
36 Mark McGwire
37 Russ Ortiz
38 Fernando Vina
39 Ken Griffey, Jr.
40 Edgar Renteria
41 Kevin Brown
42 Robb Nen
43 Paul LoDuca
44 Bob Abreu
45 Adam Dunn
46 Osvaldo Fernandez
47 Marvin Benard
48 Mark Gardner
49 Alex Rodriguez
50 Preston Wilson
51 Roberto Alomar
52 Ben Davis
53 Derek Bell
54 Ken Caminiti
55 Barry Zito
56 Scott Rolen
57 Geoff Jenkins
58 Mike Cameron
59 Ben Grieve
60 Chuck Knoblauch
61 Matt Lawton
62 Chan Ho Park
63 Lance Berkman
64 Carlos Beltran
65 Dean Palmer
66 Alex Gonzalez
67 Larry Walker
68 Magglio Ordonez
69 Ellis Burks
70 Mark Mulder
71 Randy Johnson
72 John Smoltz
73 Jerry Hairston
74 Pedro Martinez
75 Fred McGriff
76 Sean Casey
77 C.C. Sabathia
78 Todd Helton
79 Brad Penny
80 Mike Sweeney
81 Billy Wagner
82 Mark Buehrle
83 Cristian Guzman
84 Jose Vidro
85 Pat Burrell
86 Jermaine Dye
87 Brandon Inge
88 David Wells
89 Mike Piazza
90 Jose Cabrera
91 Cliff Floyd
92 Matt Morris
93 Raul Mondesi
94 Joe Kennedy RC
95 Jack Wilson RC
96 Andruw Jones
97 Mariano Rivera
98 Mike Hampton
99 Roger Cedeno
100 Jose Cruz
101 Mike Lowell
102 Pedro Astacio
103 Joe Mays
104 John Franco
105 Tim Redding
106 Sandy Alomar
107 Bret Boone
108 Josh Towers RC
109 Matt Stairs
110 Chris Truby
111 Jeff Suppan
112 J.C. Romero
113 Felipe Lopez
114 Ben Sheets
115 Frank Thomas
116 A.J. Burnett
117 Tony Clark
118 Mac Suzuki
119 Brad Radke
120 Jeff Shaw
121 Nick Neugebauer RC
122 Kenny Lofton
123 Jacque Jones
124 Brent Mayne
125 Carlos Hernandez
126 Shane Spencer
127 John Lackey
128 Sterling Hitchcock
129 Darren Dreifort
130 Rusty Greer
131 Michael Cuddyer
132 Tyler Houston
133 Chin-Feng Chen
134 Ken Harvey
135 Marquis Grissom
136 Russell Branyan
137 Eric Karros
138 Josh Beckett
139 Todd Zeile
140 Corey Koskie
141 Steve Sparks
142 Bobby Seay
143 Tim Raines
144 Julio Zuleta
145 Jose Lima
146 Dante Bichette
147 Randy Keisler
148 Brent Butler
149 Antonio Alfonseca
150 Bryan Rekar
151 Jeffrey Hammonds
152 Larry Bigbie
153 Blake Stein
154 Robin Ventura
155 Rondell White
156 Juan Silvestre
157 Marcus Thames
158 Sidney Ponson
159 Juan A. Pena RC*
160 C.J. Nitkowski
161 Adam Everett
162 Eric Munson
163 Jason Isringhausen
164 Brad Fullmer
165 Miguel Olivo
166 Fernando Tatis
167 Freddy Garcia
168 Tom Goodwin
169 Armando Benitez
170 Paul Konerko
171 Jeff Cirillo
172 Shane Reynolds
173 Kevin Tapani
174 Joe Crede
175 Omar Infante RC
176 Jake Peavy RC
177 Corey Patterson
178 Mike Penney RC*
179 Jeromy Burnitz
180 David Segui
181 Marcus Giles
182 Paul O'Neill
183 John Olerud
184 Andy Benes
185 Brad Cresse
186 Ricky Ledee
187 Allen Levrault
188 Royce Clayton
189 Kelly Johnson RC
190 Quilvio Veras
191 Mike Williams
192 Jason Lane RC
193 Rick Helling
194 Tim Wakefield
195 James Baldwin
196 Cody Ransom RC
197 Bobby Kielty
198 Bobby Jones
199 Steve Cox
200 Jamal Strong RC
201 Steve Lomasney
202 Brian Cardwell RC*
203 Mike Matheny
204 Jeff Randazzo RC*
205 Aubrey Huff
206 Chuck Finley
207 Denny Bautista RC
208 Terry Mulholland
209 Rey Ordonez
210 Keith Surkont RC*
211 Orlando Cabrera
212 Juan Encarnacion
213 Dustin Hermanson
214 Luis Rivas
215 Mark Quinn
216 Randy Velarde
217 Billy Koch
218 Ryan Rupe
219 Keith Ginter
220 Woody Williams
221 Ryan Franklin
222 Aaron Myette
223 Joe Borchard RC
224 Nate Cornejo
225 Julian Tavarez
226 Kevin Millwood
227 Travis Hafner RC
228 Charles Nagy
229 Mike Lieberthal
230 Jeff Nelson
231 Ryan Dempster
232 Andres Galarraga
233 Chad Durbin
234 Timo Perez
235 Troy O'Leary
236 Kevin Young
237 Gabe Kapler
238 Juan Cruz RC
239 Masato Yoshii
240 Aramis Ramirez
241 Matt Cooper RC*
242 Randy Flores RC
243 Rafael Furcal
244 David Eckstein
245 Matt Clement
246 Craig Biggio
247 Rick Reed
248 Jose Macias
249 Alex Escobar
250 Roberto Hernandez
251 Andy Ashby
252 Tony Armas
253 Jamie Moyer
254 Jason Tyner
255 Charles Kegley RC*
256 Jeff Conine
257 Francisco Cordova
258 Ted Lilly
259 Joe Randa
260 Jeff D'Amico
261 Albie Lopez
262 Kevin Appier
263 Richard Hidalgo
264 Omar Daal
265 Ricky Gutierrez
266 John Rocker
267 Ray Lankford
268 Beau Hale RC*
269 Tony Blanco RC
270 Derrek Lee
271 Jamey Wright
272 Alex Gordon
273 Jeff Weaver
274 Jaret Wright
275 Jose Hernandez
276 Bruce Chen
277 Todd Hollandsworth
278 Wade Miller
279 Luke Prokopec
280 Rafael Soriano RC
281 Damion Easley
282 Darren Oliver
283 Brandon Duckworth RC
284 Aaron Herr
285 Ray Durham
286 Wilmy Caceras RC*
287 Ugueth Urbina
288 Scott Seabol
289 Lance Niekro RC
290 Trot Nixon
291 Adam Kennedy
292 Brian Schmitt RC*
293 Grant Roberts
294 Benny Agbayani
295 Travis Lee
296 Erick Almonte RC
297 Jim Thome
298 Eric Young
299 Dan Denham RC*
300 Boof Bonser RC
301 Denny Neagle
302 Kenny Rogers
303 J.D. Closser
304 Chase Utley RC
305 Rey Sanchez
306 Sean McGowan
307 Justin Pope RC*
308 Torii Hunter
309 B.J. Surhoff
310 Aaron Heilman RC
311 Gabe Gross RC
312 Lee Stevens
313 Todd Hundley
314 Macay McBride RC
315 Edgar Martinez
316 Omar Vizquel
317 Reggie Sanders
318 John-Ford Griffin RC
319 Tim Salmon UER (Photo is Troy Glaus)
320 Pokey Reese
321 Jay Payton
322 Doug Glanville
323 Greg Vaughn
324 Ruben Sierra
325 Kip Wells
326 Carl Everett
327 Garret Anderson
328 Jay Bell
329 Barry Larkin
330 Jeff Mathis RC
331 Adrian Gonzalez SP
332 Juan Rivera SP
333 Tony Alvarez SP
334 Xavier Nady SP
335 Josh Hamilton SP
336 Will Smith SP RC*
337 Israel Alcantara SP
338 Chris George SP
339 Sean Burroughs SP
340 Jack Cust SP
341 Henry Mateo SP RC
342 Carlos Pena SP
343 J.R. House SP
344 Carlos Silva SP
345 Mike Rivera SP RC
346 Adam Johnson SP
347 Scott Heard SP
348 Alex Cintron SP
349 Miguel Cabrera SP
350 Nick Johnson SP
351 Albert Pujols SP RC
352 Ichiro Suzuki SP RC
353 Carlos Delgado SP
354 Troy Glaus SP
355 Sammy Sosa SP
356 Ivan Rodriguez SP
357 Vladimir Guerrero SP
358 Manny Ramirez SP
359 Luis Gonzalez SP
360 Roy Oswalt SP
361 Moises Alou SP
362 Juan Gonzalez SP
363 Tony Gwynn SP
364 Hideo Nomo SP
365 Tsuyoshi Shinjo SP RC
366 Kazuhiro Sasaki SP
367 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
368 Rafael Palmeiro SP
369 J.D. Drew SP
370 Doug Mientkiewicz SP
371 Jeff Bagwell SP
372 Darin Erstad SP
373 Tom Gordon SP
374 Ben Petrick SP
375 Eric Milton SP
376 Nomar Garciaparra SP
377 Julio Lugo SP
378 Tino Martinez SP
379 Javier Vazquez SP
380 Jeremy Giambi SP
381 Marty Cordova SP
382 Adrian Beltre SP
383 John Burkett SP
384 Aaron Boone SP
385 Eric Chavez SP
386 Curt Schilling SP
387 Cory Lidle SP
388 Jason Schmidt SP
389 Johnny Damon SP
390 Steve Finley SP
391 Edgardo Alfonzo SP
392 Jose Valentin SP
393 Jose Canseco SP
394 Ryan Klesko SP
395 David Cone SP
396 Jason Kendall SP
397 Placido Polanco SP
398 Glendon Rusch SP
399 Aaron Sele SP
400 D'Angelo Jimenez SP
401 Mark Grace SP
402 Al Leiter SP
403 Brian Jordan SP
404 Phil Nevin SP
405 Brent Abernathy SP
406 Kerry Wood SP
407 Alex Gonzalez SP
408 Robert Fick SP
409 Dmitri Young SP
410 Wes Helms SP
411 Trevor Hoffman SP
412 Rickey Henderson SP
413 Bob Higginson SP
414 Gary Sheffield SP
415 Darryl Kile SP
416 Richie Sexson SP
417 Frank Menechino SP RC
418 Javy Lopez SP
419 Carlos Lee SP
420 Jon Lieber SP
421 Hank Blalock SP RC
422 Marlon Byrd SP RC
423 Jason Kinchen SP RC*
424 Morgan Ensberg SP RC
425 Greg Nash SP RC*
426 Dennis Tankersley SP RC
427 Nate Murphy SP RC*
428 Chris Smith SP RC*
429 Jake Gautreau SP RC*
430 John Van Benschoten SP RC
431 Travis Thompson SP RC*
432 Orlando Hudson SP RC
433 Jerome Williams SP RC
434 Kevin Reese SP RC
435 Ed Rogers SP RC
436 Ryan Jamison SP RC*
437 Adam Pettyjohn SP RC
438 Hee Seop Choi SP RC
439 Justin Morneau SP RC
440 Mitch Jones SP RC

Parallels

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Chrome parallel set of the first 110 cards in the set was also inserted into packs at a rate of 1 per 12 packs.

Inserts

1948 Reprints

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13 cards from the original 1948 set were reprinted in their original size (2-1/16” x 2-1/2”) and inserted at a rate of 1 per 2 packs; effectively one reprint or short print card per pack. The cards selected were the rookie cards from the 1948 set.

1 Ralph Kiner
2 Johnny Mize
3 Bobby Thomson
4 Yogi Berra
5 Phil Rizzuto
6 Bob Feller
7 Enos Slaughter
8 Stan Musial
9 Hank Sauer
10 Ferris Fain
11 Red Schoendienst
12 Allie Reynolds
13 Johnny Sain

Autographs & Game-Used

1948 Reprint Relics

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11 of the 13 players featured in the reprint set also were depicted on cards with game used relics. Yogi Berra had two different relic cards. 10 of the 12 cards were game used seat relics, one of the Berra cards featured a swatch of jersey and the Red Schoendienst card featured a bat piece. The seat cards were inserted at an overall rate of 1 per 53 packs while the bat and jersey card were inserted at 1:2113 and 1:2905 respectively.

BHM-BF Bob Feller SEAT A
BHM-BT Bobby Thomson SEAT C
BHM-ES Enos Slaughter SEAT C
BHM-FF Ferris Fain SEAT A
BHM-HS Hank Sauer SEAT A
BHM-JM Johnny Mize SEAT C
BHM-PR Phil Rizzuto SEAT B
BHM-RK Ralph Kiner SEAT B
BHM-RS Red Schoendienst BAT
BHM-SM1 Stan Musial SEAT C
BHM-YB1 Yogi Berra SEAT B
BHM-YB2 Yogi Berra JSY

1948 Reprint Autographs

Warren Spahn, Bob Feller, and Yogi Berra autographed a number of their reprint cards for inclusion in the product. Spahn’s card was inserted 1:3,018 and Feller’s 1:3,074. It is also believed that there is an unlisted autograph of Ralph Kiner on his reprint card numbered to 100.

1 Warren Spahn
2 Bob Feller

Autographs

Three contemporary players were also included at autographed cards. Alex Rodriguez (1:775), Barry Bonds (1:1,328) and Roger Clemens (1:1,328) cards were inserted at different rates. Overall, the cards were inserted at about 1 per case. The autographed cards also feature different photographs than the base set counterparts.

HA-AR Alex Rodriguez B
HA-BB Barry Bonds A
HA-RC Roger Clemens A

Team Topps Legends Autographs

As with most other Topps releases in 2001, The Team Topps Legends Autographs were also randomly inserted into packs.