2005 Bowman Chrome

Description

2005 Bowman Chrome is a 353-card set released in August, 2005. The set is divided into four parts: Veterans (cards #1-#140), Prospects (#141-#165), First Year Players (#166-#330), and Autographed First Year Players (#331-#353). Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph, four Refractors, and an X-Fractor.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	353	-	?	?
short set	330	-	3:1	3:1
Autographs	23	-	1:28	1:83
Refractor	330	-	1:4	1:6
Autographed Refractor	23	500	1:88	1:259
X-Fractor	330	225	1:13	1:61
Autographed X-Fractor	23	225	1:196	1:573
Blue Refractor	330	150	1:20	1:69
Autographed Blue Refractor	23	150	1:294	1:866
Gold Refractor	330	50	1:61	1:206
Autographed Gold Refractor	23	50	1:880	1:2610
Red Refractor	330	5	1:606	1:2112
Autographed Red Refractor	23	5	1:8773	1:32,100
SuperFractor	330	one-of-one	1:3117	N/A
Autographed SuperFractor	23	one-of-one	1:47,238	N/A
Printing Plates	330	four for each	1:779	N/A
Autographed Printing Plates	23	four for each	1:10,996	N/A
A-Rod Throwback	4	-	1:9	1:12
A-Rod Throwback Refractor	4	499	1:445	N/A
A-Rod Throwback X-Fractor	4	99	1:2441	N/A
A-Rod Throwback SuperFractor	4	one-of-one	1:226,044	N/A
A-Rod Throwback Autographs	4	varies	varies	N/A
Two of a Kind Autographs	1	13	1:76,761	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans (Reds)

• 1 Gavin Floyd
• 2 Eric Chavez
• 3 Miguel Tejada
• 4 Dmitri Young
• 5 Hank Blalock
• 6 Kerry Wood
• 7 Andy Pettitte
• 8 Pat Burrell
• 9 Johnny Estrada
• 10 Frank Thomas
• 11 Juan Pierre
• 12 Tom Glavine
• 13 Lyle Overbay
• 14 Jim Edmonds
• 15 Steve Finley
• 16 Jermaine Dye
• 17 Omar Vizquel
• 18 Nick Johnson
• 19 Brian Giles
• 20 Justin Morneau
• 21 Preston Wilson
• 22 Wily Mo Pena
• 23 Rafael Palmeiro
• 24 Scott Kazmir
• 25 Derek Jeter
• 26 Barry Zito
• 27 Mike Lowell
• 28 Jason Bay
• 29 Ken Harvey
• 30 Nomar Garciaparra
• 31 Roy Halladay
• 32 Todd Helton
• 33 Mark Kotsay
• 34 Jake Peavy
• 35 David Wright
• 36 Dontrelle Willis
• 37 Marcus Giles
• 38 Chone Figgins
• 39 Sidney Ponson
• 40 Randy Johnson
• 41 John Smoltz
• 42 Kevin Millar
• 43 Mark Teixeira
• 44 Alex Rios
• 45 Mike Piazza
• 46 Victor Martinez
• 47 Jeff Bagwell
• 48 Shawn Green
• 49 Ivan Rodriguez
• 50 Alex Rodriguez
• 51 Kazuo Matsui
• 52 Mark Mulder
• 53 Michael Young
• 54 Javy Lopez
• 55 Johnny Damon
• 56 Jeff Francis
• 57 Rich Harden
• 58 Bobby Abreu
• 59 Mark Loretta
• 60 Gary Sheffield
• 61 Jamie Moyer
• 62 Garret Anderson
• 63 Vernon Wells
• 64 Orlando Cabrera
• 65 Magglio Ordonez
• 66 Ronnie Belliard
• 67 Carlos Lee
• 68 Carl Pavano
• 69 Jon Lieber
• 70 Aubrey Huff
• 71 Rocco Baldelli
• 72 Jason Schmidt
• 73 Bernie Williams
• 74 Hideki Matsui
• 75 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 76 Josh Beckett
• 77 Mark Buehrle
• 78 David Ortiz
• 79 Luis Gonzalez
• 80 Scott Rolen
• 81 Joe Mauer
• 82 Jose Reyes
• 83 Adam Dunn
• 84 Greg Maddux
• 85 Bartolo Colon
• 86 Bret Boone
• 87 Mike Mussina
• 88 Ben Sheets
• 89 Lance Berkman
• 90 Miguel Cabrera
• 91 C.C. Sabathia
• 92 Mike Maroth
• 93 Andruw Jones
• 94 Jack Wilson
• 95 Ichiro Suzuki
• 96 Geoff Jenkins
• 97 Zack Greinke
• 98 Jorge Posada
• 99 Travis Hafner
• 100 Barry Bonds
• 101 Aaron Rowand
• 102 Aramis Ramirez
• 103 Curt Schilling
• 104 Melvin Mora
• 105 Albert Pujols
• 106 Austin Kearns
• 107 Shannon Stewart
• 108 Carl Crawford
• 109 Carlos Zambrano
• 110 Roger Clemens
• 111 Javier Vazquez
• 112 Randy Wolf
• 113 Chipper Jones
• 114 Larry Walker
• 115 Alfonso Soriano
• 116 Brad Wilkerson
• 117 Bobby Crosby
• 118 Jim Thome
• 119 Oliver Perez
• 120 Vladimir Guerrero
• 121 Roy Oswalt
• 122 Torii Hunter
• 123 Rafael Furcal
• 124 Luis Castillo
• 125 Carlos Beltran
• 126 Mike Sweeney
• 127 Johan Santana
• 128 Tim Hudson
• 129 Troy Glaus
• 130 Manny Ramirez
• 131 Jeff Kent
• 132 Jose Vidro
• 133 Edgar Renteria
• 134 Russ Ortiz
• 135 Sammy Sosa
• 136 Carlos Delgado
• 137 Richie Sexson
• 138 Pedro Martinez
• 139 Adrian Beltre
• 140 Mark Prior

Prospects (Greens)

• 141 Omar Quintanilla
• 142 Carlos Quentin
• 143 Dan Johnson
• 144 Jake Stevens
• 145 Nate Schierholtz
• 146 Neil Walker
• 147 Bill Bray
• 148 Taylor Tankersley
• 149 Trevor Plouffe
• 150 Felix Hernandez
• 151 Philip Hughes
• 152 James Houser
• 153 David Murphy
• 154 Ervin Santana
• 155 Anthony Whittington
• 156 Chris Lambert
• 157 Jeremy Sowers
• 158 Giovanny Gonzalez
• 159 Blake DeWitt
• 160 Thomas Diamond
• 161 Greg Golson
• 162 David Aardsma
• 163 Paul Maholm
• 164 Mark Rogers
• 165 Homer Bailey

First Year Players (Blues)

• 166 Elvin Puello
• 167 Tony Giarratano RC
• 168 Darren Fenster RC*
• 169 Elvys Quezada RC*
• 170 Glen Perkins RC
• 171 Ian Kinsler RC
• 172 Adam Bostick
• 173 Jeremy West RC*
• 174 Brett Harper RC*
• 175 Kevin West RC*
• 176 Luis Hernandez RC
• 177 Matt Campbell RC*
• 178 Nate McLouth RC
• 179 Ryan Goleski RC*
• 180 Matthew Lindstrom RC
• 181 Matt DeSalvo RC
• 182 Kole Strayhorn RC*
• 183 Jose Vaquedano RC*
• 184 James Jurries RC*
• 185 Ian Bladergroen RC*
• 186 Kila Kaaihue
• 187 Luke Scott RC
• 188 Chris Denorfia RC
• 189 Jai Miller RC
• 190 Melky Cabrera RC
• 191 Ryan Sweeney RC
• 192 Sean Marshall RC
• 193 Erick Abreu
• 194 Tyler Pelland
• 195 Cole Armstrong
• 196 John Hudgins
• 197 Wade Robinson RC*
• 198 Dan Santin RC*
• 199 Steve Doetsch RC*
• 200 Shane Costa RC
• 201 Scott Mathieson RC
• 202 Ben Jones RC*
• 203 Michael Rogers RC*
• 204 Matt Rogelstad RC*
• 205 Luis Ramirez RC*
• 206 Landon Powell RC
• 207 Erik Cordier
• 208 Chris Seddon RC
• 209 Chris Roberson RC
• 210 Thomas Oldham RC*
• 211 Dana Eveland RC
• 212 Cody Haerther RC*
• 213 Danny Core
• 214 Craig Tatum RC
• 215 Elliot Johnson RC
• 216 Ender Chavez
• 217 Errol Simonitsch RC*
• 218 Matt Van Der Bosch
• 219 Eulogio De La Cruz
• 220 Drew Toussaint
• 221 Adam Boeve RC*
• 222 Adam Harben RC*
• 223 Baltazar Lopez RC*
• 224 Russell Martin RC
• 225 Brian Bannister RC
• 226 Chris Walker
• 227 Casey McGehee RC
• 228 Humberto Sanchez RC
• 229 Javon Moran
• 230 Brandon McCarthy RC
• 231 Danny Zell RC*
• 232 Kevin Barry
• 233 Juan Tejeda
• 234 Keith Ramsey
• 235 Lorenzo Scott RC*
• 236 Jon Barratt
• 237 Martin Prado RC
• 238 Matt Albers RC
• 239 Brian Schweiger
• 240 Raul Tablado RC*
• 241 Pat Misch
• 242 Pat Osborn
• 243 Ryan Feierabend RC
• 244 Shaun Marcum RC
• 245 Kevin Collins RC*
• 246 Stuart Pomeranz RC
• 247 Tetsu Yofu
• 248 Hernan Iribarren RC
• 249 Mike Spidale RC*
• 250 Tony Arnerich RC*
• 251 Manny Parra RC
• 252 Drew Anderson RC*
• 253 T.J. Beam
• 254 Claudio Arias
• 255 Andy Sides RC*
• 256 Bear Bay
• 257 Bill McCarthy RC*
• 258 Daniel Haigwood RC*
• 259 Brian Sprout
• 260 Bryan Triplett
• 261 Steven Bondurant RC*
• 262 Darwinson Salazar RC*
• 263 David Shepard RC*
• 264 Johan Silva RC*
• 265 J.B. Thurmond RC*
• 266 Brandon Moorhead RC
• 267 Kyle Nichols
• 268 Jonathan Sanchez RC
• 269 Mike Esposito RC
• 270 Erik Schindewolf RC*
• 271 Peeter Ramos
• 272 Juan Senreiso RC*
• 273 Travis Chick RC
• 274 Vinny Rottino RC
• 275 Micah Furtado RC*
• 276 George Kottaras RC
• 277 Abel Gomez
• 278 Buck Coats RC
• 279 Kenny Durost RC*
• 280 Nick Touchstone RC*
• 281 Jerry Owens RC
• 282 Stefan Bailie RC*
• 283 Jesse Gutierrez RC*
• 284 Chuck Tiffany RC*
• 285 Brendan Ryan RC
• 286 Julio Pimentel
• 287 Shawn Bowman
• 288 Alexander Smit
• 289 Micah Schnurstein RC*
• 290 Jared Gothreaux RC*
• 291 Jair Jurrjens RC
• 292 Bobby Livingston RC
• 293 Ryan Speier RC
• 294 Zach Parker
• 295 Christian Colonel
• 296 Scott Mitchinson RC*
• 297 Neil Wilson
• 298 Chuck James RC
• 299 Heath Totten RC*
• 300 Sean Tracey RC
• 301 Tadahito Iguchi RC
• 302 Matt Brown RC
• 303 Franklin Morales RC
• 304 Brandon Sing RC*
• 305 D.J. Houlton RC
• 306 Jayce Tingler RC*
• 307 Mitchell Arnold
• 308 Jim Burt RC*
• 309 Jason Motte RC
• 310 Dave Gassner RC
• 311 Andy Santana RC*
• 312 Kelvin Pichardo RC*
• 313 Carlos Carrasco
• 314 Willy Mota RC*
• 315 Frank Mata RC
• 316 Carlos Gonzalez RC
• 317 Jesse Floyd
• 318 Chris B. Young RC
• 319 Billy Sadler RC
• 320 Ricky Barrett RC*
• 321 Ben Harrison
• 322 Steve Nelson RC*
• 323 Daryl Thompson
• 324 Davis Romero
• 325 Jeremy Harts RC*
• 326 Nick Masset RC
• 327 Thomas Pauly
• 328 Mike Garber
• 329 Kennard Bibbs RC*
• 330 Colter Bean RC

Autographed First Year Players

• 331 Justin Verlander RC
• 332 Chip Cannon RC*
• 333 Kevin Melillo RC
• 334 Jake Postlewait RC*
• 335 Wes Swackhamer RC*
• 336 Mike Rodriguez RC*
• 337 Philip Humber RC
• 338 Jeff Niemann RC
• 339 Brian Miller RC*
• 340 Chris Vines RC*
• 341 Andy LaRoche RC
• 342 Michael Bourn RC
• 343 Eric Nielsen RC*
• 344 Wladimir Balentien RC
• 345 Ismael Ramirez RC*
• 346 Pedro Lopez RC
• 347 Shawn Bowman
• 348 Hayden Penn RC
• 349 Matt Kemp RC
• 350 Brian Stavisky RC*
• 351 C.J. Smith RC*
• 352 Mike Morse RC
• 353 Billy Butler RC

Parallels

All 353 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Autographed First Year Players: serial-numbered to 500 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 225 copies)
• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

Uncirculated Green Refractors

Cards #166-#330 are available as a Uncirculated Green Refractor. These cards, which were exclusively distributed on the website thepit.com (which Topps owned at the time), are uncased in a plastic holder similar to the eTopps cards of the era. Each card is serial-numbered to 225 copies.

Inserts

A-Rod Throwback

In 2005 Alex Rodriguez signed an endorsement deal with Topps. To celebrate, 2005 Bowman Chrome included these "cards that never were" from mid-90s Bowman sets. From his MLB debut in 1994 through 1997, Topps was unable to come to terms with A-Rod. (Please refer to our 1993 Topps Traded page for more information on A-Rod's mid-90s Topps exclusion.)

NOTE: The Bowman Chrome brand did not debut until 1997, so the 1994-96 mock-ups are for a card brand that didn't exist.

Each card is also available in the following parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)

• 94-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 95-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 96-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 97-AR Alex Rodriguez

Autographs

A-Rod Throwback Autograph

Each A-Rod Throwback Autograph is produced in different quantities and exclusive to Hobby packs. The odds of finding each are as follows.

• 1994 SuperFractor: (1:614,088 packs; one-of-one)
• 1995 X-Fractor: (1:36,122 packs; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• 1996 Refractor: (1:18,061 packs; serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• 1997: (1:9042 packs; serial-numbered to 99 copies)

• 94-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 95-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 96-AR Alex Rodriguez
• 97-AR Alex Rodriguez

Two of a Kind Autograph

This Alex Rodriguez/Cal Ripken, Jr. dual autograph is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 13 copies.

• ARCR Alex Rodriguez / Cal Ripken

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