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Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Reviews 4 Insertion Ratios 5 Checklist 5.1 Promos 5.2 Base Set 5.2.1 Rookies 5.3 Parallels 5.4 Inserts 5.4.1 Future Foundations Mach I 5.4.2 Franchise Best Mach I 5.4.3 Franchise Favorites 5.4.4 Mirror Image 5.4.5 Rookie of the Year 5.5 Autographs & Game-Used 5.5.1 Rookie Locker Room Autographs 5.5.2 Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bats 5.5.3 Rookie Locker Room Game Worn Jerseys 5.5.4 Rookie of the Year Autograph

Description

1999 Bowman's Best is a 200-card chromium stock set released in August, 1999. The set is subdivided into four subsets: 85 veterans (gold), 15 Best Performers (bronze), 50 prospects (silver) and 50 rookies (blue). The 50 rookies (cards 151-200) were short-printed and seeded at a rate of one-per-pack, the first time this brand had SPed RCs.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, Alfonso Soriano, C.C. Sabathia, Matt Holliday, and Brad Lidge.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	150	-	5:1
Rookies	50	-	one-per-pack
Refractors	200	400	1:15
Atomic Refractors	200	100	1:62
Franchise Best Mach I	10	3000	1:41
Franchise Best Mach II	10	1000	1:124
Franchise Best Mach III	10	500	1:248
Future Foundations Mach I	10	3000	1:41
Future Foundations Mach II	10	1000	1:124
Future Foundations Mach III	10	500	1:248
Mirror Image	10	-	1:24
Mirror Image Refractors	10	-	1:96
Mirror Image Atomic Refractors	10	-	1:192
Franchise Favorites	6	-	1:40
Rookie of the Year	2	-	1:95
Rookie Locker Room Autographs	5	-	1:248
Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bats	6	-	1:517
Rookie Locker Room Game Worn Jerseys	4	-	1:538
Rookie of the Year Autograph	1	-	1:1239
Franchise Favorites Autographs A	2	-	1:1550
Franchise Favorites Autographs B	2	-	1:1550
Franchise Favorites Autographs C	2	-	1:6174

Checklist

Promos

PP1 Javy Lopez

PP2 Marlon Anderson

PP3 J.M. Gold

Base Set

1 Chipper Jones

2 Brian Jordan

3 Dave Justice

4 Jason Kendall

5 Mo Vaughn

6 Jim Edmonds

7 Wade Boggs

8 Jeromy Burnitz

9 Todd Hundley

10 Rondell White

11 Cliff Floyd

12 Sean Casey

13 Bernie Williams

14 Dante Bichette

15 Greg Vaughn

16 Andres Galarraga

17 Ray Durham

18 Jim Thome

19 Gary Sheffield

20 Frank Thomas

21 Orlando Hernandez

22 Ivan Rodriguez

23 Jose Cruz

24 Jason Giambi

25 Craig Biggio

26 Kerry Wood

27 Manny Ramirez

28 Curt Schilling

29 Mike Mussina

30 Tim Salmon

31 Mike Piazza

32 Roberto Alomar

33 Larry Walker

34 Barry Larkin

35 Nomar Garciaparra

36 Paul O'Neill

37 Todd Walker

38 Eric Karros

39 Brad Fullmer

40 John Olerud

41 Todd Helton

42 Raul Mondesi

43 Jose Canseco

44 Matt Williams

45 Ray Lankford

46 Carlos Delgado

47 Darin Erstad

48 Vladimir Guerrero

49 Robin Ventura

50 Alex Rodriguez

51 Vinny Castilla

52 Tony Clark

53 Pedro Martinez

54 Rafael Palmeiro

55 Scott Rolen

56 Tino Martinez

57 Tony Gwynn

58 Barry Bonds

59 Kenny Lofton

60 Javy Lopez

61 Mark Grace

62 Travis Lee

63 Kevin Brown

64 Al Leiter

65 Albert Belle

66 Sammy Sosa

67 Greg Maddux

68 Mark Kotsay

69 Dmitri Young

70 Mark McGwire

71 Juan Gonzalez

72 Andruw Jones

73 Derek Jeter

74 Randy Johnson

75 Cal Ripken, Jr.

76 Shawn Green

77 Moises Alou

78 Tom Glavine

79 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

80 Ken Griffey, Jr.

81 Ryan Klesko

82 Jeff Bagwell

83 Ben Grieve

84 John Smoltz

85 Roger Clemens

86 Ken Griffey, Jr. BP

87 Roger Clemens BP

88 Derek Jeter BP

89 Nomar Garciaparra BP

90 Mark McGwire BP

91 Sammy Sosa BP

92 Alex Rodriguez BP

93 Greg Maddux BP

94 Vladimir Guerrero BP

95 Chipper Jones BP

96 Kerry Wood BP

97 Ben Grieve BP

98 Tony Gwynn BP

99 Juan Gonzalez BP

100 Mike Piazza BP

101 Eric Chavez

102 Billy Koch

103 Dernell Stenson

104 Marlon Anderson

105 Ron Belliard

106 Bruce Chen

107 Carlos Beltran

108 Chad Hermansen

109 Ryan Anderson

110 Michael Barrett

111 Matt Clement

112 Ben Davis

113 Calvin Pickering

114 Brad Penny

115 Paul Konerko

116 Alex Gonzalez

117 George Lombard

118 John Patterson

119 Rob Bell

120 Ruben Mateo

121 Troy Glaus

122 Ryan Bradley

123 Carlos Lee

124 Gabe Kapler

125 Ramon Hernandez

126 Carlos Febles

127 Mitch Meluskey

128 Michael Cuddyer

129 Pablo Ozuna

130 Jayson Werth

131 Ricky Ledee

132 Jeremy Giambi

133 Danny Klassen

134 Mark DeRosa

135 Randy Wolf

136 Roy Halladay

137 Derrick Gibson

138 Ben Petrick

139 Warren Morris

140 Lance Berkman

141 Russell Branyan

142 Adrian Beltre

143 Juan Encarnacion

144 Fernando Seguignol

145 Corey Koskie

146 Preston Wilson

147 Homer Bush

148 Daryle Ward

149 Joe McEwing RC

150 Peter Bergeron RC

Rookies

Each Rookie card was short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.

151 Pat Burrell RC

152 Choo Freeman RC

153 Matt Belisle RC

154 Carlos Pena RC

155 A.J. Burnett RC

156 Doug Mientkiewicz RC

157 Sean Burroughs RC

158 Mike Zywica RC

159 Corey Patterson RC

160 Austin Kearns RC

161 Chip Ambres RC

162 Kelly Dransfeldt RC

163 Mike Nannini RC

164 Mark Mulder RC

165 Jason Tyner RC

166 Bobby Seay RC

167 Alex Escobar RC

168 Nick Johnson RC

169 Alfonso Soriano RC

170 Clayton Andrews RC

171 C.C. Sabathia RC

172 Matt Holliday RC

173 Brad Lidge RC

174 Kit Pellow RC

175 J.M. Gold RC

176 Roosevelt Brown RC

177 Eric Valent RC

178 Adam Everett RC

179 Jorge Toca RC

180 Matt Roney RC

181 Andy Brown RC

182 Phil Norton RC

183 Mickey Lopez RC

184 Chris George RC

185 Arturo McDowell RC

186 Jose Fernandez RC

187 Seth Etherton RC

188 Josh McKinley RC

189 Nate Cornejo RC

190 Giuseppe Chiaramonte RC

191 Mamon Tucker RC

192 Ryan Mills RC

193 Chad Moeller RC

194 Tony Torcato RC

195 Jeff Winchester RC

196 Rick Elder RC

197 Matt Burch RC

198 Jeff Urban RC

199 Chris Jones RC

200 Masao Kida RC

Parallels

• Refractors (serial-numbered to 400 copies)

• Atomic Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Future Foundations Mach I

Each card is serial-numbered to 3000 copies and available in the following parallels.

• Mach II (serial-numbered to 1000 copies)

• Mach III (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

FF1 Ruben Mateo

FF2 Troy Glaus

FF3 Eric Chavez

FF4 Pat Burrell

FF5 Adrian Beltre

FF6 Ryan Anderson

FF7 Alfonso Soriano

FF8 Brad Penny

FF9 Derrick Gibson

FF10 Bruce Chen

Franchise Best Mach I

Each card is serial-numbered to 3000 copies and available in the following parallels.

• Mach II (serial-numbered to 1000 copies)

• Mach III (serial-numbered to 500 copies)

FB1 Mark McGwire

FB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

FB3 Sammy Sosa

FB4 Nomar Garciaparra

FB5 Alex Rodriguez

FB6 Derek Jeter

FB7 Mike Piazza

FB8 Frank Thomas

FB9 Chipper Jones

FB10 Juan Gonzalez

Franchise Favorites

FR1A Derek Jeter

FR1B Don Mattingly

FR1C Derek Jeter / Don Mattingly

FR2A Scott Rolen

FR2B Mike Schmidt

FR2C Scott Rolen / Mike Schmidt

Mirror Image

Each Mirror Image insert is also available in a Refractor and Atomic Refractor parallel.

M1 Alex Rodriguez / Alex Gonzalez

M2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

M3 Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano

M4 Sammy Sosa / Corey Patterson

M5 Greg Maddux / Bruce Chen

M6 Chipper Jones / Eric Chavez

M7 Vladimir Guerrero / Carlos Beltran

M8 Frank Thomas / Nick Johnson

M9 Nomar Garciaparra / Pablo Ozuna

M10 Mark McGwire / Pat Burrell

Rookie of the Year

ROY1 Ben Grieve

ROY2 Kerry Wood

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Locker Room Autographs

RA1 Pat Burrell

RA2 Michael Barrett

RA3 Troy Glaus

RA4 Gabe Kapler

RA5 Eric Chavez

Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bats

RB1 Pat Burrell

RB2 Michael Barrett

RB3 Troy Glaus

RB4 Gabe Kapler

RB5 Eric Chavez

RB6 Richie Sexson

Rookie Locker Room Game Worn Jerseys

RJ1 Richie Sexson

RJ2 Michael Barrett

RJ3 Troy Glaus

RJ4 Eric Chavez

Rookie of the Year Autograph

ROY1A Ben Grieve