2003 Topps Chrome

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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 plus one Uncirculated X-Fractor per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Ten boxes per case

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - 4:1 4:1
Refractor 220 699 1:5 1:5
Gold Refractor 220 449 1:8 1:8
Black Refractor 220 199 1:20 1:20
Uncirculated X-Fractor 220 50 one-per-box N/A
Record Breaker Relics 20 - varies varies
Blue Back Relics 20 - varies varies

Series Two

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

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

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  • 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

First-Year Players

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  • 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

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  • 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

Draft Picks

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  • 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

Prospects

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  • 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

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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

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All 220 Series Two base cards were available in a retail-exclusive Silver Refractor. Unfortunately, all Silver Refractors packed out as redemptions. Each redemption card featured a number on the front which represented the card in the set that one would receive in exchange for mailing in the card. These cards expired May 31st, 2005.

The redemption cards were not returned to the sender once mailed in. While there was no official print run on these, the retail-only redemption distribution made these scarce.

Uncirculated X-Fractor

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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.

Game-Used

Record Breakers Relics

Series One

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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

  • AR1 Alex Rodriguez UNI B1
  • 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
  • JB1 Jeff Bagwell UNI B1
  • JG Juan Gonzalez UNI B1
  • JM Joe Morgan BAT 1
  • KS Kazuhiro Sasaki UNI B1
  • LB Lou Brock BAT 1
  • LG1 Luis Gonzalez BAT 1
  • LW Larry Walker BAT 1
  • MP Mike Piazza UNI B1
  • MS Mike Schmidt UNI A1
  • RH1 Rickey Henderson BAT 1
  • RJ1 Randy Johnson UNI B1
  • RY Robin Yount UNI B1
  • SM Stan Musial UNI A1
  • TH Todd Helton BAT 1

Series Two

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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

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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

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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