2007 Bowman's Best

Description

2007 Bowman's Best is a 99-card set, supplemented by a 60-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January, 2008. After a one year hiatus, Topps brought back Bowman's Best and structured it as a hybrid of their Bowman and Finest brands -- much like the original Bowman Best set. Like Finest, each Hobby box contained three smaller five-pack miniboxes.

Each minibox will yield one veteran autograph, one Rookie Autograph, one Prospect Autograph and two serial-numbered Rookie base/Prospect insert cards.

This would be the last Bowman's Best set until its 2015 revival.

Distribution

Three five-pack "miniboxes" per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $20/pack). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	99	-	?
short set	33	-	?
Autographed Veterans	18	-	VA
Autographed Veteran Variation	10	-	VA
2007 Rookies	30	799	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies	16	-	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies Variation	10	-	1:11
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	-	1:35
Green short set	33	249	1:5
Green 2007 Rookies	30	249	1:5
Blue short set	33	99	1:11
Blue Autographed Veterans	28	99	1:14
Blue 2007 Rookies	30	99	1:12
Blue Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	99	1:15
Blue Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	99	1:361
Gold short set	33	50	1:22
Gold Autographed Veterans	28	50	1:28
Gold 2007 Rookies	30	50	1:24
Gold Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	50	1:29
Gold Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	50	1:715
Red short set	33	one-of-one	1:1073
Red Autographed Veterans	28	one-of-one	1:1325
Red 2007 Rookies	30	one-of-one	1:1221
Red Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	one-of-one	1:1376
Red Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	one-of-one	1:27,456
Prospects	40	499	1:2
Autographed Prospects	20	-	PA
Autographed Prospects Variation	4	-	PA
Green Prospects	40	249	1:4
Blue Prospects	40	99	1:9
Blue Autographed Prospects	24	99	1:16
Gold Prospects	40	50	1:18
Gold Autographed Prospects	24	50	1:31
Red Prospects	40	one-of-one	1:908
Red Autographed Prospects	24	one-of-one	1:1453
Printing Plates	104*	four for each	1:88
Autographed Printing Plates	56*	four for each	1:173
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945
Alex Rodriguez 500	1	-	?
Alex Rodriguez 500 Green	1	99	1:361
Alex Rodriguez 500 Blue	1	33	1:1107
Alex Rodriguez 500 Gold	1	15	1:2532
Barry Bonds 756	1	-	1:20
Barry Bonds 756 Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945

* Includes cards from the base set and Prospect inserts.

Checklist

• 1 Jose Reyes
• 2 Derek Jeter
• 3 Vladimir Guerrero
• 4 Ichiro
• 5 Jason Bay
• 6 Joe Mauer
• 7 Alfonso Soriano
• 8 David Ortiz
• 9 Andruw Jones
• 10 Roger Clemens
• 11 Grady Sizemore
• 12 Magglio Ordonez
• 13 Carl Crawford
• 14 Chase Utley
• 15 Mark Teixeira
• 16 Ryan Zimmerman
• 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 18 Derrek Lee
• 19 Barry Bonds
• 20 Chipper Jones
• 21 Vernon Wells
• 22 Manny Ramirez
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 23 Alex Rodriguez AU A
• 24 Ryan Howard
• 24 Ryan Howard AU B
• 25 Tom Glavine
• 25 Tom Glavine AU D
• 26 Gary Sheffield
• 26 Gary Sheffield AU A
• 27 Miguel Cabrera
• 27 Miguel Cabrera AU A
• 28 Robinson Cano
• 28 Robinson Cano AU A
• 29 David Wright
• 29 David Wright AU A
• 30 Jim Thome
• 30 Jim Thome AU A
• 31 Albert Pujols
• 31 Albert Pujols AU C
• 32 Jorge Posada
• 33 Brian McCann
• 33 Brian McCann AU A
• 34 Josh Barfield AU
• 35 Melky Cabrera AU
• 36 Bill Hall AU
• 37 Cole Hamels AU
• 38 Adam LaRoche AU
• 39 Matt Holiday AU
• 40 Jeremy Hermida AU
• 41 Jonathan Papelbon AU
• 42 Hanley Ramirez AU
• 43 Justin Verlander AU
• 44 Andre Ethier AU
• 46 Eric Bedard AU
• 47 Freddy Sanchez AU
• 48 Adrian Gonzalez AU
• 49 Russell Martin AU
• 50 B.J. Upton AU
• 51 Prince Fielder AU
• 52 Tony Abreu RC 799
• 53 Ben Francisco (RC) 799
• 54 Billy Butler (RC) 799
• 55 Philip Hughes (RC) 799
• 56 Josh Fields (RC) 799
• 57 Carlos Gomez RC 799
• 58 Akinori Iwamura RC 799
• 59 Matt Brown (RC) 799
• 60 Jesus Flores RC 799
• 61 Mike Fontenot (RC) 799
• 62 Ryan Feierabend (RC) 799
• 63 Miguel Montero (RC) 799
• 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka RC 799
• 64 Daisuke Matsuzaka JSY
• 65 Kei Igawa RC 799
• 66 Shawn Riggans (RC) 799
• 67 Masumi Kuwata RC 799
• 68 Kevin Slowey (RC) 799
• 69 Josh Hamilton (RC) 799
• 70 Curtis Thigpen (RC) 799
• 71 Justin Upton RC 799
• 71 Justin Upton AU
• 72 Delmon Young (RC) 799
• 72 Delmon Young AU
• 73 Brandon Wood (RC) 799
• 73 Brandon Wood AU
• 74 Felix Pie (RC) 799
• 74 Felix Pie AU
• 75 Alex Gordon RC 799
• 75 Alex Gordon AU
• 76 Mark Reynolds RC 799
• 76 Mark Reynolds AU
• 77 Tyler Clippard (RC) 799
• 77 Tyler Clippard AU
• 78 Adam Lind (RC) 799
• 78 Adam Lind AU
• 79 Hunter Pence (RC) 799
• 79 Hunter Pence AU
• 80 Micah Owings (RC) 799
• 80 Micah Owings AU
• 81 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (RC) 799
• 81 Jarrod Saltalamacchia AU
• 82 Kevin Kouzmanoff AU (RC)
• 83 Glen Perkins AU (RC)
• 84 Michael Bourn AU (RC)
• 85 Andrew Miller AU RC
• 86 Fred Lewis AU (RC)
• 88 Joba Chamberlain AU RC
• 89 Hideki Okajima AU RC
• 90 Troy Tulowitzki AU (RC)
• 91 Ryan Sweeney AU (RC)
• 92 Matt Lidstrom AU (RC)
• 93 Tim Lincecum AU RC UER
• 94 Homer Bailey AU (RC)
• 95 Matt Desalvo AU (RC)
• 96 Alejandro De Aza AU RC
• 97 Ryan Braun AU (RC)
• 99 Andy LaRoche AU (RC)

Parallels

All 97 base cards and all 20 Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)

Green

All 63 non-autographed base cards (Cards#1-#33 and #52-#81) are available in a Green parallel, which is serial-numbered to 249 copies.

Printing Plates

A set of four Printing Plates are available for all 97 base cards. This includes all Autographs and the Daisuke Matsuzaka Jersey card, but NOT the Autographed Variations.

Inserts

Prospects

All 60 base cards and all four Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

• Green (serial-numbered to 249 copies; non-autographs only)
• Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; card #BBP40 does not exist)

• BBP1 Greg Smith
• BBP2 J.R. Towles
• BBP3 Jeff Locke
• BBP4 Henry Sosa
• BBP5 Ivan DeJesus, Jr.
• BBP6 Brad Lincoln
• BBP7 Josh Papelbon
• BBP8 Mark Hamilton
• BBP9 Sam Fuld
• BBP10 Thomas Fairchild
• BBP11 Chris Carter
• BBP12 Charles Lofgren
• BBP13 Joe Gaetti
• BBP14 Zach McAllister
• BBP15 Cole Gillespie
• BBP16 Jeremy Papelbon
• BBP17 Mike Carp
• BBP18 Cody Strait
• BBP19 Gorkys Hernandez
• BBP20 Andrew Fie
• BBP21 Erik Lis
• BBP22 Chance Douglass
• BBP23 Vasili Spanos
• BBP24 Desmond Jennings
• BBP25 Vic Buttler
• BBP26 Cedric Hunter
• BBP27 Emerson Frostad
• BBP28 Michael Devaney
• BBP29 Eric Young, Jr.
• BBP30 Evan Englebrook
• BBP31 Aaron Cunningham
• BBP32 Dellin Betances
• BBP33 Michael Saunders
• BBP34 Deolis Guerra
• BBP35 Brian Bocock
• BBP36 Rich Thompson
• BBP37 Greg Reynolds
• BBP37 Greg Reynolds AU
• BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
• BBP38 Jeff Samardzija AU
• BBP39 Evan Longoria
• BBP39 Evan Longoria AU
• BBP40 Luke Hochevar
• BBP40 Luke Hochevar AU
• BBP41 James Avery AU
• BBP42 Joe Mather AU
• BBP43 Hank Conger AU
• BBP44 Adam Miller AU
• BBP45 Clayton Kershaw AU
• BBP46 Adam Ottavino AU
• BBP47 Jason Place AU
• BBP48 Billy Rowell AU
• BBP49 Brett Sinkbeil AU
• BBP50 Colton Willems AU
• BBP51 Cameron Maybin AU
• BBP52 Jeremy Jeffress AU
• BBP53 Fernando Martinez AU
• BBP54 Chris Marrero AU
• BBP55 Kyle McCulloch AU
• BBP56 Chris Parmelee AU
• BBP57 Emmanuel Burriss AU
• BBP58 Chris Coghlan AU
• BBP59 Chris Perez AU
• BBP60 David Huff AU

Alex Rodriguez 500

This one-card tribute to Alex Rodriguez's 500th Home Run is also available in the following parallels.

• Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Blue (serial-numbered to 33 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

• AR Alex Rodriguez

Barry Bonds 756

A set of four Printing Plates are also available for this one-card tribute to Barry Bonds's record-breaking 756th Home Run.

• BB Barry Bonds