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=Description=
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2008 Bowman Chrome is a 220-card set supplemented by a 155-card Prospects set, released by Topps on August 14th, 2008. The last 45 cards in the Prospects set are autographed.
  
=Description=
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Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph.
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
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Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3)
  
 
=Reviews=
 
=Reviews=
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!Retail Odds
 
!Retail Odds
 
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||220||-||2:1||2:1
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|Refractors||221|||-||?||?
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|X-Fractors||221||250||1:40||?
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|Blue Refractors||221||150||1:66||?
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|Gold Refractors||221||50||1:197||?
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|Orange Refractors||221||25||1:393||?
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|Red Refractors||221||5||1:1972||?
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|SuperFractors||221||one-of-one||1:8308||N/A
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|Printing Plates||221||four for each||1:1382||N/A
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|Prospects||110||-||2:1||2:1
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|Prospects Refractors||110|||500||1:40||?
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|Prospects X-Fractors||110||250||1:79||?
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|Prospects Blue Refractors||110||150||1:131||?
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|Prospects Gold Refractors||110||50||1:393||?
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|Prospects Orange Refractors||110||25||1:785||?
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|Prospects Red Refractors||110||5||1:3924||?
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|Prospects SuperFractors||110||one-of-one||1:16,694||N/A
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|Prospects Printing Plates||110||four for each||1:1132||N/A
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|Autographed Prospects||45||-||1:31||?
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|Autographed Prospects Refractors||45|||500||1:88||?
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|Autographed Prospects X-Fractors||45||250||1:175||?
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|Autographed Prospects Blue Refractors||45||150||1:295||?
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|Autographed Prospects Gold Refractors||45||50||1:953||?
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|Autographed Prospects Orange Refractors||45||25||1:1784||?
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|Autographed Prospects Red Refractors||45||5||1:8549||?
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|Autographed Prospects SuperFractors||45||one-of-one||1:40,216||N/A
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|Autographed Prospects Printing Plates||45||four for each||1:10,471||N/A
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|Head of the Class Dual Autograph||3||350||1:1773||?
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|Head of the Class Dual Autograph Refractor||3||99||1:6298||?
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|Head of the Class Dual Autograph Gold Fractor||3||50||1:12,823||?
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|Head of the Class Dual Autograph SuperFractor||3||one-of-one||1:589,824||N/A
 
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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
  
1 Ryan Braun
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/194/Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/194/Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
2 David Dejesus
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2008) AND (setname = 'Bowman Chrome')
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</sql2wiki>
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===Gimmicks===
  
3 Brandon Phillips
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1552/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Japan).jpg?id=6eec4a64-4a1c-4878-ad67-e30e2a026e97&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1552/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Japan).jpg?id=6eec4a64-4a1c-4878-ad67-e30e2a026e97&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
4 Mark Teixeira
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In an early instance of the kind of gimmickry Topps would, sadly, be known for in the late-00s/early-10s, Topps inserted two previously unannounced cards of flavor-of-the-moment rookie Kosuke Fukudome into packs of Bowman Chrome. 
  
5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
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The first features Fukudome playing for the Japan national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.  This card doubled as Topps' announcement that they had acquired the 2009 WBC license from Upper Deck.
  
6 Justin Upton
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1553/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Unsigned-Error).jpg?id=a48a495c-f45a-4499-8b1e-01394db9e717&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base/1553/Kosuke-Fukudome-(Unsigned-Error).jpg?id=a48a495c-f45a-4499-8b1e-01394db9e717&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
7 Jered Weaver
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The other gimmick is an "unautographed/autograph" card.  The front of the card is without the facsimile autograph that is (except for cards meant to be autographed) part of the design of the BowChro base set, and sports the "CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPHED ISSUE" logo that has been on just about every Topps autographed card for at least a decade.  The reverse side has a white box with the words "NOT VALID WITHOUT STICKER." The "Not Valid" box is where the now-familiar black hologram sticker Topps uses for authentication purposes on autographed cards is meant to be affixed.
  
8 Todd Helton
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A few days after the release of BowChro, Topps released the following statement to the Hobby media.
  
9 Adam Jones
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''“Topps inadvertently inserted a Bowman Chrome Kosuke Fukudome Autographed Rookie Card (which is not autographed) into packs of the recently-released 2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball. A total of 1900 copies were issued. Fukudome is not a subject on the Autographed Rookie Card checklist nor was he ever solicited as one.”''
  
10 Erik Bedard
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All of which begs the question: If Topps never intended to include an autographed KosFu in BowChro, why did they print a KosFu card with the Certified Autograph label on the front, and the Not Valid text on the back?
  
11 Jason Bay
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2008) AND (setname = 'Bowman Chrome Gimmicks')
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</sql2wiki>
  
12 Cole Hamels
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===Prospects===
  
13 Bobby Abreu
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects/BCP171/Justin-Turner.jpg?id=72b21838-720e-4e0a-84af-a1e56b00efbb&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects/BCP171/Justin-Turner.jpg?id=72b21838-720e-4e0a-84af-a1e56b00efbb&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
14 Carlos Zambrano
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Prospect cards fall 2 per hobby pack and are numbered BC131-BC285. The first 130 cards in the Chrome Prospects set were inserted into packs of [[2008 Bowman]].
  
15 Vladimir Guerrero
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2008) AND (setname = 'Bowman Chrome Prospects') AND (SUBSTRING(num FROM 4) BETWEEN 131 AND 240)
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</sql2wiki>
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====Autographed Prospects====
  
16 Joe Blanton
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects/BCP251/Prospect-Autographs---Brandon-Hicks.jpg?id=5d769f3d-7ed9-42ba-8c05-360113342c1e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects/BCP251/Prospect-Autographs---Brandon-Hicks.jpg?id=5d769f3d-7ed9-42ba-8c05-360113342c1e&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
17 Paul Maholm
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2008) AND (setname = 'Bowman Chrome Prospects') AND (SUBSTRING(num FROM 4) > 240)
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</sql2wiki>
  
18 Adrian Gonzalez
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==Parallels==
 
 
19 Brandon Webb
 
  
20 Carl Crawford
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects---Refractor/BCP255/Cale-Iorg.jpg?id=cfce8512-aaa7-4821-bde6-60551b3e8a73&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects---X-Fractor/BCP258/Danny-Rams.jpg?id=395101b1-fd15-47d3-ba87-492079b75ffb&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Blue-Refractor/179/Jarrod-Saltalamacchia.jpg?id=53498bfc-f204-472a-a019-d8cfc413d1cf&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Gold-Refractor/217/Johnny-Cueto.jpg?id=588377ae-d919-42ad-b42e-2a466ae6f558&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Orange-Refractor/143/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=12542483-ea4d-48de-ab77-9c710b495d05&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Base---Red-Refractor/23/Jeremy-Hermida.jpg?id=efb0251e-aec1-46e0-8027-5957d30dc9c9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Prospects---Printing-Plate-Yellow/BCP199/Dominic-Brown.jpg?id=879581c0-ab47-4675-849c-da4604e2c335&size=original&side=front&.jpg
  
21 A.J. Burnett
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All 220 base cards, the Kosuke Fukudome Japan Gimmick card, all 110 Prospects and all 45 Autographed Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.
  
22 Dmitri Young
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* Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Prospects and Autographed Prospects: serial-numbered to 500 copies.
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* X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
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* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
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* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
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* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
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* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
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* SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
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* Printing Plates (set of four for each; Hobby only)
  
23 Jeremy Hermida
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==Autographs==
  
24 C.C. Sabathia
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===Head of the Class Dual Autograph===
  
25 Adam Dunn
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Head-of-the-Class-Autographs/HOC-LP/Evan-Longoria-David-Price.jpg?id=8ffc2c8a-a3f6-4ccd-a1a7-2c0c9419f250&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2008/Bowman-Chrome---Head-of-the-Class-Autographs/HOC-LP/Evan-Longoria-David-Price.jpg?id=8ffc2c8a-a3f6-4ccd-a1a7-2c0c9419f250&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
26 Matt Garza
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Each Head of the Class Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 350 copies and available in the following parallels.
 
 
27 Adrian Beltre
 
 
 
28 Kevin Milwood
 
 
 
29 Manny Ramirez
 
 
 
30 Javier Vazquez
 
 
 
31 Carlos Delgado
 
 
 
32 Torii Hunter
 
 
 
33 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
 
34 Nick Markakis
 
 
 
35 Gil Meche
 
 
 
36 Garrett Atkins
 
 
 
37 Fausto Carmona
 
 
 
38 Joe Mauer
 
 
 
39 Tom Glavine
 
 
 
40 Hideki Matsui
 
 
 
41 Scott Rolen
 
 
 
42 Tim Lincecum
 
 
 
43 Prince Fielder
 
 
 
44 Kazuo Matsui
 
 
 
45 Tom Gorzelanny
 
 
 
46 Lance Berkman
 
 
 
47 David Ortiz
 
 
 
48 Dontrelle Willis
 
 
 
49 Travis Hafner
 
 
 
50 Aaron Harang
 
 
 
51 Chris Young
 
 
 
52 Vernon Wells
 
 
 
53 Francisco Liriano
 
 
 
54 Eric Chavez
 
 
 
55 Phil Hughes
 
 
 
56 Melvin Mora
 
 
 
57 Johan Santana
 
 
 
58 Brian Mccann
 
 
 
59 Pat Burrell
 
 
 
60 Chris Carpenter
 
 
 
61 Brian Giles
 
 
 
62 Jose Reyes
 
 
 
63 Hanley Ramirez
 
 
 
64 Ubaldo Jimenez
 
 
 
65 Felix Pie
 
 
 
66 Jeremy Bonderman
 
 
 
67 Jimmy Rollins
 
 
 
68 Miguel Tejada
 
 
 
69 Derek Lowe
 
 
 
70 Alex Gordon
 
 
 
71 John Maine
 
 
 
72 Alfonso Soriano
 
 
 
73 Ben Sheets
 
 
 
74 Hunter Pence
 
 
 
75 Magglio Ordonez
 
 
 
76 Josh Beckett
 
 
 
77 Victor Martinez
 
 
 
78 Mark Buehrle
 
 
 
79 Jason Varitek
 
 
 
80 Chien-Ming Wang
 
 
 
81 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
82 Billy Butler
 
 
 
83 Brad Penny
 
 
 
84 Carlos Beltran
 
 
 
85 Curt Schilling
 
 
 
86 Jorge Posada
 
 
 
87 Andruw Jones
 
 
 
88 Bobby Crosby
 
 
 
89 Freddy Sanchez
 
 
 
90 Barry Zito
 
 
 
91 Miguel Cabrera
 
 
 
92 B.J. Upton
 
 
 
93 Matt Cain
 
 
 
94 Lyle Overbay
 
 
 
95 Austin Kearns
 
 
 
96 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
 
97 Yulieski Gourriel
 
 
 
98 Justin Morneau
 
 
 
99 Oliver Perez
 
 
 
100 Gary Matthews
 
 
 
101 Matt Holliday
 
 
 
102 Justin Verlander
 
 
 
103 Orlando Cabrera
 
 
 
104 Rich Hill
 
 
 
105 Tim Hudson
 
 
 
106 Ryan Zimmerman
 
 
 
107 Roy Oswalt
 
 
 
108 Nick Swisher
 
 
 
109 Raul Ibanez
 
 
 
110 Kelly Johnson
 
 
 
111 Alex Rios
 
 
 
112 John Lackey
 
 
 
113 Robinson Cano
 
 
 
114 Michael Young
 
 
 
115 Jeff Francis
 
 
 
116 Grady Sizemore
 
 
 
117 Mike Lowell
 
 
 
118 Aramis Ramirez
 
 
 
119 Stephen Drew
 
 
 
120 Yovani Gallardo
 
 
 
121 Chase Utley
 
 
 
122 Dan Haren
 
 
 
123 Yunel Escobar
 
 
 
124 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
125 Garret Anderson
 
 
 
126 Aubrey Huff
 
 
 
127 Paul Konerko
 
 
 
128 Dan Uggla
 
 
 
129 Roy Halladay
 
 
 
130 Andre Ethier
 
 
 
131 Orlando Hernandez
 
 
 
132 Troy Tulowitzki
 
 
 
133 Carlos Guillen
 
 
 
134 Scott Kazmir
 
 
 
135 Aaron Rowand
 
 
 
136 Jim Edmonds
 
 
 
137 Jermaine Dye
 
 
 
138 Orlando Hudson
 
 
 
139 Derrek Lee
 
 
 
140 Travis Buck
 
 
 
141 Zack Greinke
 
 
 
142 Jeff Kent
 
 
 
143 John Smoltz
 
 
 
144 David Wright
 
 
 
145 Joba Chamberlain
 
 
 
146 Adam Laroche
 
 
 
147 Kevin Youkilis
 
 
 
148 Troy Glaus
 
 
 
149 Nick Johnson
 
 
 
150 J.J. Hardy
 
 
 
151 Felix Hernandez
 
 
 
152 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
153 Albert Pujols
 
 
 
154 Chuck James
 
 
 
155 Kosuke Fukudome
 
 
 
156 Eric Byrnes
 
 
 
157 Brad Hawpe
 
 
 
158 Delmon Young
 
 
 
159 Brian Roberts
 
 
 
160 Russ Martin
 
 
 
161 Hank Blalock
 
 
 
162 Yadier Molina
 
 
 
163 Jeremy Guthrie
 
 
 
164 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
165 Johnny Damon
 
 
 
166 Ryan Garko
 
 
 
167 Jake Peavy
 
 
 
168 Chone Figgins
 
 
 
169 Edgar Renteria
 
 
 
170 Jim Thome
 
 
 
171 Carlos Pena
 
 
 
172 Dustin Pedroia
 
 
 
173 Brett Myers
 
 
 
174 Josh Hamilton
 
 
 
175 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
176 Ichiro
 
 
 
177 Aaron Hill
 
 
 
178 Corey Hart
 
 
 
179 Tomoya Satozaki
 
 
 
180 Jeff Francoeur
 
 
 
181 Derek Jeter
 
 
 
182 Curtis Granderson
 
 
 
183 James Loney
 
 
 
184 Brian Bannister
 
 
 
185 Carlos Lee
 
 
 
186 Pedro Martinez
 
 
 
187 Asdrubal Cabrera
 
 
 
188 Kenji Johjima
 
 
 
189 Jacoby Ellsbury
 
 
 
190 Ryan Howard
 
 
 
191 Sean Rodriguez
 
 
 
192 Justin Ruggiano
 
 
 
193 Jed Lowrie
 
 
 
194 Joey Votto
 
 
 
195 Denard Span
 
 
 
196 Brad Harman
 
 
 
197 Jeff Niemann
 
 
 
198 Chin-Lung Hu
 
 
 
199 Luke Hochevar
 
 
 
200 German Duran
 
 
 
201 Troy Patton
 
 
 
202 Hiroki Kuroda
 
 
 
203 David Purcey
 
 
 
204 Armando Galarraga
 
 
 
205 John Bowker
 
 
 
206 Nick Blackburn
 
 
 
207 Hernan Iribarren
 
 
 
208 Greg Smith
 
 
 
209 Alberto Gonzalez
 
 
 
210 Justin Masterson
 
 
 
211 Brian Barton
 
 
 
212 Robinzon Diaz
 
 
 
213 Clete Thomas
 
 
 
214 Kazuo Fukumori
 
 
 
215 Jayson Nix
 
 
 
216 Evan Longoria
 
 
 
217 Johnny Cueto
 
 
 
218 Matt Tolbert
 
 
 
219 Masahide Kobayashi
 
 
 
220 Callix Crabbe
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
  
==Inserts==
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* Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
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* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
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* SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  
==Autographs & Game-Used==
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2008) AND (setname = 'Bowman Chrome Head of the Class Dual Autograph')
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{{Bowman}}
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[[Category:2008]]
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[[Category:Bowman]]
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[[Category:Topps]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 20 January 2020

Description

2008 Bowman Chrome is a 220-card set supplemented by a 155-card Prospects set, released by Topps on August 14th, 2008. The last 45 cards in the Prospects set are autographed.

Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - 2:1 2:1
Gimmicks 2 - ? ?
Refractors 221 - ? ?
X-Fractors 221 250 1:40 ?
Blue Refractors 221 150 1:66 ?
Gold Refractors 221 50 1:197 ?
Orange Refractors 221 25 1:393 ?
Red Refractors 221 5 1:1972 ?
SuperFractors 221 one-of-one 1:8308 N/A
Printing Plates 221 four for each 1:1382 N/A
Prospects 110 - 2:1 2:1
Prospects Refractors 110 500 1:40 ?
Prospects X-Fractors 110 250 1:79 ?
Prospects Blue Refractors 110 150 1:131 ?
Prospects Gold Refractors 110 50 1:393 ?
Prospects Orange Refractors 110 25 1:785 ?
Prospects Red Refractors 110 5 1:3924 ?
Prospects SuperFractors 110 one-of-one 1:16,694 N/A
Prospects Printing Plates 110 four for each 1:1132 N/A
Autographed Prospects 45 - 1:31 ?
Autographed Prospects Refractors 45 500 1:88 ?
Autographed Prospects X-Fractors 45 250 1:175 ?
Autographed Prospects Blue Refractors 45 150 1:295 ?
Autographed Prospects Gold Refractors 45 50 1:953 ?
Autographed Prospects Orange Refractors 45 25 1:1784 ?
Autographed Prospects Red Refractors 45 5 1:8549 ?
Autographed Prospects SuperFractors 45 one-of-one 1:40,216 N/A
Autographed Prospects Printing Plates 45 four for each 1:10,471 N/A
Head of the Class Dual Autograph 3 350 1:1773 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph Refractor 3 99 1:6298 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph Gold Fractor 3 50 1:12,823 ?
Head of the Class Dual Autograph SuperFractor 3 one-of-one 1:589,824 N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=front&.jpg Joey-Votto.jpg?id=0905f4ff-b1d3-40af-ab0b-844835fd4990&size=original&side=back&.jpg

  • 1 Ryan Braun
  • 2 David DeJesus
  • 3 Brandon Phillips
  • 4 Mark Teixeira
  • 5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • 6 Justin Upton
  • 7 Jered Weaver
  • 8 Todd Helton
  • 9 Adam Jones
  • 10 Erik Bedard
  • 11 Jason Bay
  • 12 Cole Hamels
  • 13 Bobby Abreu
  • 14 Carlos Zambrano
  • 15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 16 Joe Blanton
  • 17 Paul Malholm
  • 18 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 19 Brandon Webb
  • 20 Carl Crawford
  • 21 A.J. Burnett
  • 22 Dmitri Young
  • 23 Jeremy Hermida
  • 24 C.C. Sabathia
  • 25 Adam Dunn
  • 26 Matt Garza
  • 27 Adrian Beltre
  • 28 Kevin Milwood
  • 29 Manny Ramirez
  • 30 Javier Vazquez
  • 31 Carlos Delgado
  • 32 Torii Hunter
  • 33 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 34 Nick Markakis
  • 35 Gil Meche
  • 36 Garrett Atkins
  • 37 Fausto Carmona
  • 38 Joe Mauer
  • 39 Tom Glavine
  • 40 Hideki Matsui
  • 41 Scott Rolen
  • 42 Tim Linecum
  • 43 Prince Fielder
  • 44 Kazuo Matsui
  • 45 Tom Gorzelanny
  • 46 Lance Berkman
  • 47 David Ortiz
  • 48 Dontrelle Willis
  • 49 Travis Hafner
  • 50 Aaron Harang
  • 51 Chris Young
  • 52 Vernon Wells
  • 53 Francisco Liriano
  • 54 Eric Chavez
  • 55 Phil Hughes
  • 56 Melvin Mora
  • 57 Johan Santana
  • 58 Brian McCann
  • 59 Pat Burrell
  • 60 Chris Carpenter
  • 61 Brian Giles
  • 62 Jose Reyes
  • 63 Hanley Ramirez
  • 64 Ubaldo Jimenez
  • 65 Felix Pie
  • 66 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 67 Jimmy Rollins
  • 68 Miguel Tejada
  • 69 Derek Lowe
  • 70 Alex Gordon
  • 71 John Maine
  • 72 Alfonso Soriano
  • 73 Ben Sheets
  • 74 Hunter Pence
  • 75 Magglio Ordonez
  • 76 Josh Beckett
  • 77 Victor Martinez
  • 78 Mark Buehrle
  • 79 Jason Varitek
  • 80 Chien-Ming Wang
  • 81 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 82 Billy Butler
  • 83 Brad Penny
  • 84 Carlos Beltran
  • 85 Curt Schilling
  • 86 Jorge Posada
  • 87 Andruw Jones
  • 88 Bobby Crosby
  • 89 Freddy Sanchez
  • 90 Barry Zito
  • 91 Miguel Cabrera
  • 92 B.J. Upton
  • 93 Matt Cain
  • 94 Lyle Overbay
  • 95 Austin Kearns
  • 96 Alex Rodriguez
  • 97 Rich Harden
  • 98 Justin Morneau
  • 99 Oliver Perez
  • 100 Gary Matthews, Jr.
  • 101 Matt Holliday
  • 102 Justin Verlander
  • 103 Orlando Cabrera
  • 104 Rich Hill
  • 105 Tim Hudson
  • 106 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 107 Roy Oswalt
  • 108 Nick Swisher
  • 109 Raul Ibanez
  • 110 Kelly Johnson
  • 111 Alex Rios
  • 112 John Lackey
  • 113 Robinson Cano
  • 114 Michael Young
  • 115 Jeff Francis
  • 116 Grady Sizemore
  • 117 Mike Lowell
  • 118 Aramis Ramirez
  • 119 Stephen Drew
  • 120 Yovani Gallardo
  • 121 Chase Utley
  • 122 Dan Haren
  • 123 Yunel Escobar
  • 124 Greg Maddux
  • 125 Garrett Anderson
  • 126 Aubrey Huff
  • 127 Paul Konerko
  • 128 Dan Uggla
  • 129 Roy Halladay
  • 130 Andre Ethier
  • 131 Orlando Hernandez
  • 132 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 133 Carlos Guillen
  • 134 Scott Kazmir
  • 135 Aaron Rowand
  • 136 Jim Edmonds
  • 137 Jermaine Dye
  • 138 Orlando Hudson
  • 139 Derrek Lee
  • 140 Travis Buck
  • 141 Zack Greinke
  • 142 Jeff Kent
  • 143 John Smoltz
  • 144 David Wright
  • 145 Joba Chamberlain
  • 146 Adam LaRoche
  • 147 Kevin Youkilis
  • 148 Troy Glaus
  • 149 Nick Johnson
  • 150 J.J. Hardy
  • 151 Felix Hernandez
  • 152 Gary Sheffield
  • 153 Albert Pujols
  • 154 Chuck James
  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome RC
  • 156 Eric Byrnes
  • 157 Brad Hawpe
  • 158 Delmon Young
  • 159 Brian Roberts
  • 160 Russell Martin
  • 161 Hank Blalock
  • 162 Yadier Molina
  • 163 Jeremy Guthrie
  • 164 Chipper Jones
  • 165 Johnny Damon
  • 166 Ryan Garko
  • 167 Jake Peavy
  • 168 Chone Figgins
  • 169 Edgar Renteria
  • 170 Jim Thome
  • 171 Carlos Pena
  • 172 Dustin Pedroia
  • 173 Brett Meyers
  • 174 Josh Hamilton
  • 175 Randy Johnson
  • 176 Ichiro
  • 177 Aaron Hill
  • 178 Corey Hart
  • 179 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
  • 180 Jeff Francoeur
  • 181 Derek Jeter
  • 182 Curtis Granderson
  • 183 James Loney
  • 184 Brian Bannister
  • 185 Carlos Lee
  • 186 Pedro Martinez
  • 187 Asdrubal Cabrera
  • 188 Kenji Johjima
  • 189 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 190 Ryan Howard
  • 191 Sean Rodriguez (RC)
  • 192 Justin Ruggiano RC
  • 193 Jed Lowrie (RC)
  • 194 Joey Votto (RC)
  • 195 Denard Span (RC)
  • 196 Brad Harman RC
  • 197 Jeff Niemann (RC)
  • 198 Chin-Lung Hu (RC)
  • 199 Luke Hochevar RC
  • 200 German Duran (RC)
  • 201 Troy Patton (RC)
  • 202 Hiroki Kuroda RC
  • 203 David Purcey (RC)
  • 204 Armando Galarraga RC
  • 205 John Bowker (RC)
  • 206 Nick Blackburn RC
  • 207 Hernan Iribarren (RC)
  • 208 Greg Smith RC
  • 209 Alberto Gonzalez RC
  • 210 Justin Masterson RC
  • 211 Brian Barton RC
  • 212 Robinzon Diaz (RC)
  • 213 Clete Thomas RC
  • 214 Kazuo Fukumori RC
  • 215 Jayson Nix (RC)
  • 216 Evan Longoria (RC)
  • 217 Johnny Cueto RC
  • 218 Matt Tolbert RC
  • 219 Masahide Kobayashi RC
  • 220 Callix Crabbe (RC)

Gimmicks

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In an early instance of the kind of gimmickry Topps would, sadly, be known for in the late-00s/early-10s, Topps inserted two previously unannounced cards of flavor-of-the-moment rookie Kosuke Fukudome into packs of Bowman Chrome.

The first features Fukudome playing for the Japan national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. This card doubled as Topps' announcement that they had acquired the 2009 WBC license from Upper Deck.

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The other gimmick is an "unautographed/autograph" card. The front of the card is without the facsimile autograph that is (except for cards meant to be autographed) part of the design of the BowChro base set, and sports the "CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPHED ISSUE" logo that has been on just about every Topps autographed card for at least a decade. The reverse side has a white box with the words "NOT VALID WITHOUT STICKER." The "Not Valid" box is where the now-familiar black hologram sticker Topps uses for authentication purposes on autographed cards is meant to be affixed.

A few days after the release of BowChro, Topps released the following statement to the Hobby media.

“Topps inadvertently inserted a Bowman Chrome Kosuke Fukudome Autographed Rookie Card (which is not autographed) into packs of the recently-released 2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball. A total of 1900 copies were issued. Fukudome is not a subject on the Autographed Rookie Card checklist nor was he ever solicited as one.”

All of which begs the question: If Topps never intended to include an autographed KosFu in BowChro, why did they print a KosFu card with the Certified Autograph label on the front, and the Not Valid text on the back?

  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome Japan
  • 155 Kosuke Fukudome NoSig 1900

Prospects

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Prospect cards fall 2 per hobby pack and are numbered BC131-BC285. The first 130 cards in the Chrome Prospects set were inserted into packs of 2008 Bowman.

  • BCP131 Zhenwang Zhang
  • BCP132 Chris Nash
  • BCP133 Sergio Morales
  • BCP134 Carlos Santana
  • BCP135 Carlos Monasterios
  • BCP136 Quincy Latimore
  • BCP137 Yamaico Navarro
  • BCP138 Ryan Mullins
  • BCP139 Collin DeLome
  • BCP140 Hector Correa
  • BCP141 Mitch Canham
  • BCP142 Robert Fish
  • BCP143 Ryan Royster
  • BCP144 Eric Barrett
  • BCP145 Deibinson Romero
  • BCP146 Jeff Gerbe
  • BCP147 Lucas Duda
  • BCP148 Bryan Morris
  • BCP149 Andrew Romine
  • BCP150 Glenn Gibson
  • BCP151 Danny Brezeale
  • BCP152 Shairon Martis
  • BCP153 Helder Velazquez
  • BCP154 Alan Farina
  • BCP155 Brandon Barnes
  • BCP156 Waldis Joaquin
  • BCP157 Luis De La Cruz
  • BCP158 Yunesky Sanchez
  • BCP159 Mitch Hilligross
  • BCP160 Vin Mazzaro
  • BCP161 Marcus Davis
  • BCP162 Tony Barnette
  • BCP163 Joe Benson
  • BCP164 Jake Arrieta
  • BCP165 Alfredo Silverio
  • BCP166 Duane Below
  • BCP167 Kai Liu
  • BCP168 Zach Britton
  • BCP169 Jamie Pedroza
  • BCP170 Frank Herrmann
  • BCP171 Justin Turner
  • BCP172 Jeff Manship
  • BCP173 Paul Winterling
  • BCP174 Nathan Vineyard
  • BCP175 Jason Delaney
  • BCP176 Ivan Nova
  • BCP177 Esmailyn Gonzalez
  • BCP178 Brett Cecil
  • BCP179 Jose Martinez
  • BCP180 Brad Peacock
  • BCP181 Justin Snyder
  • BCP182 Steve Garrison
  • BCP183 Joe Mahoney
  • BCP184 Graham Godfrey
  • BCP185 Larry Wiliams
  • BCP186 Jeremy Haynes
  • BCP187 Brent Brewer
  • BCP188 Jhoulys Chacin
  • BCP189 Nevin Ashley
  • BCP190 Justin Cassel
  • BCP191 Jon Jay
  • BCP192 Chris Huseby
  • BCP193 D.J. Jones
  • BCP194 David Bromberg
  • BCP195 Juan Francisco
  • BCP196 Zach Jevne
  • BCP197 Darwin Barney
  • BCP198 Jose Ortegano
  • BCP199 Dominic Brown
  • BCP200 Kyle Ginley
  • BCP201 David Wood
  • BCP202 Jhonny Nunez
  • BCP203 Carlos Rivero
  • BCP204 Anthony Varvaro
  • BCP205 Christian Lopez
  • BCP206 Travis Banwart
  • BCP207 Rhyne Hughes
  • BCP208 Heath Rollins
  • BCP209 Zack Cozart
  • BCP210 Mike Dunn
  • BCP211 Chris Pettit
  • BCP212 Dan Berlind
  • BCP213 Ernesto Mejia
  • BCP214 Hector Rondon
  • BCP215 Jose Vallejo
  • BCP216 Kyle Schmidt
  • BCP217 Bubba Bell
  • BCP218 Charlie Furbush
  • BCP219 Pedro Baez
  • BCP220 Brandon MaGee
  • BCP221 Clint Robinson
  • BCP222 Fabio Castillo
  • BCP223 Brad Emaus
  • BCP224 Mike DeJesus
  • BCP225 Brandon Laird
  • BCP226 R.J. Seidel
  • BCP227 Agustin Murillo
  • BCP228 Trevor Reckling
  • BCP229 Hector Gomez
  • BCP230 Jordan Norberto
  • BCP231 Steve Hill
  • BCP232 Hassan Pena
  • BCP233 Justin Henry
  • BCP234 Chase Lirette
  • BCP235 Christian Marrero
  • BCP236 Will Kline
  • BCP237 Johan Limonta
  • BCP238 Duke Welker
  • BCP239 Jeudy Valdez
  • BCP240 Elvin Ramirez

Autographed Prospects

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  • BCP241 Josh Kreuzer
  • BCP242 Ryan Zink
  • BCP243 Matt Harrison
  • BCP244 Dustin Richardson
  • BCP245 Fautino De Los Santos
  • BCP246 Austin Jackson
  • BCP247 Jordan Schafer
  • BCP248 Daryl Thompson
  • BCP249 Lars Anderson
  • BCP250 Tim Bascom
  • BCP251 Brandon Hicks
  • BCP252 David Kopp
  • BCP253 Danny Lehmann
  • BCP254 Jordan Zimmerman
  • BCP255 Cale Iorg
  • BCP256 Austin Romine
  • BCP257 Chaz Roe
  • BCP258 Danny Rams
  • BCP259 Daniel Bard
  • BCP260 Engel Beltre
  • BCP261 Michael Watt
  • BCP262 Brennan Boesch
  • BCP263 Mat Latos
  • BCP264 John Jaso
  • BCP265 Adrian Alaniz
  • BCP266 Matt Green
  • BCP267 Andrew Lambo
  • BCP268 Michael McCardell
  • BCP269 Chris Valaika
  • BCP270 Cole Rohrbough
  • BCP271 Andrew Brackman
  • BCP272 Bud Norris
  • BCP273 Ryan Kalish
  • BCP274 Jake McGee
  • BCP275 Aaron Cunningham
  • BCP276 Mitch Boggs
  • BCP277 Bradley Suttle
  • BCP278 Henry Rodriguez
  • BCP279 Mario Lisson
  • BCP280 Ludovicus Van Mil
  • BCP281 Angel Villalona
  • BCP282 Mark Melancon
  • BCP283 Brian Dinkelman
  • BCP284 Daniel McCutchen
  • BCP285 Rene Tosoni

Parallels

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All 220 base cards, the Kosuke Fukudome Japan Gimmick card, all 110 Prospects and all 45 Autographed Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (Base: un-numbered; Prospects and Autographed Prospects: serial-numbered to 500 copies.
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one; Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each; Hobby only)

Autographs

Head of the Class Dual Autograph

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Each Head of the Class Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 350 copies and available in the following parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

  • CH Joba Chamberlain / Phil Hughes
  • FL Prince Fielder / Matt LaPorta
  • LP Evan Longoria / David Price