Description

2012 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set, supplemented by a 50-card Prospects "insert," released the week of December 12, 2012. Each four-card pack will contain a minimum of three autographs - an increase from two in the previous year's product.

Japan Edition

For the first time since 1994 Upper Deck, a baseball card set was released for a specific geographic region. The 2012 Bowman Sterling Japan Edition was distributed exclusively to the Asian market and contains special "Japan-Fractors." Every six-pack Japan Edition box will contain two Japan-Fractors, each serial-numbered to 25 copies. The design of the Japan-Fractors is similar to the Row 0 cards in 1998 Flair Showcase. Approximately ten percent of the overall 2012 Bowman Sterling production run was shipped to Japan.

Each Japan-Fractor base card and Prospect insert was serial-numbered to 25 copies with a one-of-one Japan SuperFractor also available. Japan-Fractor Autographs were numbered to only five.

In addition, every other Japan Edition case (1:16 boxes or 1:96 packs) will yield an autograph of one of three Japanese players - each serial-numbered to 75 copies, and an Ichiro Die-Cut Manufactured Relic serial-numbered to 100.

In an effort to satisfy American collectors, one-of-one SuperFractor parallels were inserted at the last minute, exclusive to the non-Japan boxes.

Distribution

Six packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $50). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	50	-	1:2
Refractors	50	199	1:6
Gold Refractors	50	50	1:24
Black Refractors	50	25	1:48
Purple Refractors	50	10	1:120
SuperFractors	50	one-of-one	1:1160
Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:1200
Canary Diamond Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:1200
Prospects	50	-	1:2
Prospects Refractors	50	199	1:6
Prospects Gold Refractors	50	50	1:24
Prospects Black Refractors	50	25	1:48
Prospects Japan-Fractors	50	25	1:3 J
Prospects Purple Refractors	50	10	1:120
Prospects SuperFractors	50	one-of-one	1:1160
Prospects Japan SuperFractors	50	one-of-one	J
Prospects Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:1200
Prospects Canary Diamond Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:1200
Printing Plates	100	four for each	1:150
Next in Line	10	-	1:6
Ichiro Die-Cut Refractor	?	25	J
Ichiro Yankees Commemorative Logo Patch	1	100	J
Rookie Autographs	20	-	one-per-pack
Rookie Autographs Refractors	18	199	1:18
Rookie Autographs Gold Refractors	20	50	1:63
Rookie Autographs Black Refractors	20	25	1:125
Rookie Autographs Purple Refractors	20	10	1:313
Rookie Autographs SuperFractors	20	10	1:2750
Rookie Autographs Red Refractors	20	one-of-one	1:3147
Rookie Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors	20	one-of-one	1:3147
Rookie Autographs Printing Plates	20	four for each	1:777
Prospect Autographs	68	-	one-per-pack
Prospect Autographs Refractors	68	199	1:5
Prospect Autographs Gold Refractors	68	50	1:20
Prospect Autographs Black Refractors	68	25	1:40
Prospect Autographs Purple Refractors	68	10	1:99
Prospect Autographs Japan-Fractors	68	5	J
Prospect Autographs Red Refractors	68	one-of-one	1:984
Prospect Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors	68	one-of-one	1:984
Prospect Autographs Printing Plates	68	four for each	1:246
Dual Autographs Refractors	11	99	1:69
Dual Autographs Gold Refractors	9	50	1:146
Dual Autographs Black Refractors	13	25	1:239
Dual Autographs Purple Refractors	13	10	1:508
Dual Autographs SuperFractors	13	one-of-one	1:4400
Dual Autographs Red Refractor	13	one-of-one	1:4842
Dual Autographs Canary Diamond Refractor	13	one-of-one	1:4842
Dual Autographs Printing Plates	13	four for each	1:1284
Yu Darvish Autographed Baseball Redemption	1	25	?
Bowman Black	25	25	1:105
Sterling Showcase Autographs	10	25	1:263
Sterling Silver	10	one-of-one	1:6300
Nickname Autographs	10	15	1:440
Next in Line Autographs	5	5	1:2623
Box Topper Triple Autographs	5	-	*
Japanese Player Autographs	3	75	J

J: Exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.
* Exclusive to Box Topper packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Bryce Harper RC
2 Wade Miley RC
3 Brian Dozier RC
4 Brett Jackson RC
5 Edwar Cabrera RC
6 A.J. Griffin RC
7 Leonys Martin RC
8 Casey Crosby RC
9 Anthony Gose RC
10 Yu Darvish RC
11 Jarrod Parker RC
12 Yasmani Grandal RC
13 Addison Reed RC
14 Matt Moore RC
15 Tyler Thornburg RC
16 Jordany Valdespin RC
17 Jordan Danks RC
18 Martin Perez RC
19 Steve Clevenger RC
20 Trevor Bauer RC
21 Derek Norris RC
22 Tommy Milone RC
23 Quintin Berry RC
24 Wilin Rosario RC
25 Kole Calhoun RC
26 Wily Peralta RC
27 A.J. Pollock RC
28 Wei-Yin Chen RC
29 Jeremy Hefner RC
30 Yoenis Cespedes RC
31 Drew Smyly RC
32 Drew Pomeranz RC
33 Kirk Nieuwenhuis RC
34 Jose Quintana RC
35 Stephen Pryor RC
36 Drew Hutchison RC
37 Joe Kelly RC
38 Andrelton Simmons RC
39 Norichika Aoki RC
40 Jesus Montero RC
41 Matt Adams RC
42 Xavier Avery RC
43 Chris Archer RC
44 Jean Segura RC
45 Devin Mesoraco RC
46 Liam Hendriks RC
47 Jordan Pacheco RC
48 Starling Marte RC
49 Matt Harvey RC
50 Will Middlebrooks RC

Prospects

BSP1 Nolan Arenado
BSP2 Tyler Austin
BSP3 Matt Barnes
BSP4 Dante Bichette, Jr.
BSP5 Xander Bogaerts
BSP6 Archie Bradley
BSP7 Jackie Bradley, Jr.
BSP8 Gary Brown
BSP9 Cody Buckel
BSP10 Dylan Bundy
BSP11 Jose Campos
BSP12 Nick Castellanos
BSP13 Tony Cingrani
BSP14 Gerrit Cole
BSP15 Travis d'Arnaud
BSP16 Matt Davidson
BSP17 Corey Dickerson
BSP18 Jose Fernandez
BSP19 Nick Franklin
BSP20 Billy Hamilton
BSP21 Miles Head
BSP22 Danny Hultzen
BSP23 Francisco Lindor
BSP24 Rymer Liriano
BSP25 Austin Barnes
BSP26 Shelby Miller
BSP27 Brad Miller
BSP28 Sean Nolin
BSP29 Jonathan Galvez
BSP30 Chris Owings
BSP31 Marcell Ozuna
BSP32 James Paxton
BSP33 Alen Hanson
BSP34 Jurickson Profar
BSP35 Eddie Rosario
BSP36 Miguel Sano
BSP37 Daniel Vogelbach
BSP38 Travis Shaw
BSP39 Jonathan Singleton
BSP40 Tyler Skaggs
BSP41 George Springer
BSP42 Bubba Starling
BSP43 Jameson Taillon
BSP44 Oscar Taveras
BSP45 Keury de la Cruz
BSP46 Taijuan Walker
BSP47 Zack Wheeler
BSP48 Mason Williams
BSP49 Kolten Wong
BSP50 Christian Yelich

Parallels

All 50 base cards and all 50 Prospect parallels are available in the following parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Prospect Japan-Fractors

All 50 Prospects were available in a "Japan-Fractor" that was exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market. Each is serial-numbered to 25 copies with a one-of-one Japan SuperFractor also available.

Inserts

Next in Line

NIL1 Tyler Skaggs / Trevor Bauer
NIL2 Mike Zunino / Jesus Montero
NIL3 Anthony Rendon / Bryce Harper
NIL4 Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Will Middlebrooks
NIL5 Jean Segura / Mike Trout
NIL6 Oscar Taveras / Matt Adams ?
NIL7 Cody Buckel / Yu Darvish ?
NIL8 Javier Baez / Anthony Rizzo
NIL9 Brett Lawrie / Travis d'Arnaud
NIL10 Rymer Liriano / Yasmani Grandal

Ichiro Die-Cut Refractors

Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies and exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.

IDC-1 Ichiro
IDC-2 Ichiro
IDC-3 Ichiro
IDC-4 Ichiro

Manufactured Relics

Ichiro Yankees Commemorative Logo Patch

This special manufactured patch "Relic" was serial-numbered to 100 and exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market.

MPR1 Ichiro

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Autographs

Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

BSAR-AG Anthony Gose
BSAR-BH Bryce Harper
BSAR-BJ Brett Jackson
BSAR-CA Chris Archer
BSAR-DN Derek Norris
BSAR-JM Jesus Montero
BSAR-JP Jarrod Parker
BSAR-JS Jean Segura
BSAR-KN Kirk Nieuwenhuis
BSAR-MA Matt Adams
BSAR-MM Matt Moore
BSAR-MT Mike Trout
BSAR-SC Steve Clevenger
BSAR-SM Starling Marte
BSAR-TB Trevor Bauer
BSAR-WM Will Middlebrooks
BSAR-WMI Wade Miley
BSAR-WR Wilin Rosario
BSAR-YC Yoenis Cespedes
BSAR-YD Yu Darvish

Prospect Autographs

Each Prospect Autograph is available in the following parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
Japan-Fractor (serial-numbered to five copies; exclusive to Japan Edition packs)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

BSAP-AA Albert Almora
BSAP-AAU Austin Aune
BSAP-AH Andrew Heaney
BSAP-AR Addison Russell
BSAP-BB Barrett Barnes
BSAP-BH Billy Hamilton
BSAP-BJ Brian Johnson
BSAP-BM Bruce Maxwell
BSAP-BS Bubba Starling
BSAP-CH Courtney Hawkins
BSAP-CHE Chris Heston
BSAP-CK Carson Kelly
BSAP-CO Chris Owings
BSAP-CS Corey Seager
BSAP-DB Dylan Bundy
BSAP-DD David Dahl
BSAP-DDA D.J. Davis
BSAP-DM Deven Marrero
BSAP-DS Daniel Straily
BSAP-DV David Vidal
BSAP-EB Eddie Butler
BSAP-FL Francisco Lindor
BSAP-GC Gavin Cecchini
BSAP-GCO Gerrit Cole
BSAP-JC Jamie Callahan
BSAP-JGA Joey Gallo
BSAP-JJ Jamie Jarmon
BSAP-JR James Ramsey
BSAP-JS Jonathan Singleton
BSAP-JSC Jonathan Schoop
BSAP-JV Jesmuel Valentin
BSAP-JWI Jesse Winker
BSAP-KB Keon Barnum
BSAP-KG Kevin Gausman
BSAP-KP Kevin Plawecki
BSAP-KZ Kyle Zimmer
BSAP-LB Lewis Brinson
BSAP-LBA Luke Bard
BSAP-LS Lucas Sims
BSAP-MF Max Fried
BSAP-MH Mitch Haniger
BSAP-MN Mitch Nay
BSAP-MO Matthew Olson
BSAP-MS Marcus Stroman
BSAP-MSM Matthew Smoral
BSAP-MZ Mike Zunino
BSAP-NC Nick Castellanos
BSAP-NF Nolan Fontana
BSAP-NT Nicholas Travieso
BSAP-PB Paul Blackburn
BSAP-PJ Pierce Johnson
BSAP-PL Pat Light
BSAP-PO Peter O'Brien
BSAP-PW Patrick Wisdom
BSAP-RL Rymer Liriano
BSAP-RS Richard Shaffer
BSAP-SB Steve Bean
BSAP-SN Sean Nolin
BSAP-SP Stephen Piscotty
BSAP-ST Stryker Trahan
BSAP-TH Ty Hensley
BSAP-TJ Travis Jankowski
BSAP-TN Tyler Naquin
BSAP-TRE Tony Renda
BSAP-TS Tyler Skaggs
BSAP-TT Tyrone Taylor
BSAP-TW Taijuan Walker
BSAP-VR Victor Roache

Dual Autograph Refractors

Each Dual Autograph Refractor is serial-numbered to 99 copies and available in the following parallels.

Each Autograph is available in the follow parallels.

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Red Refractor (one-of-one)
Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Next in Line Autographs

Each Next in Line Autograph is serial-numbered to five copies.

NIL-BS Trevor Bauer / Tyler Skaggs
NIL-HR Anthony Rendon / Bryce Harper
NIL-MB Jackie Bradley, Jr. / Will Middlebrooks
NIL-MZ Mike Zunino / Jesus Montero
NIL-RB Javier Baez / Anthony Rizzo

Nickname Autographs

Each Nickname Autograph is serial-numbered to 15 copies.

NNA-AP Albert Pujols
NNA-BH Bryce Harper
NNA-BHA Billy Hamilton
NNA-DB Dylan Bundy
NNA-KG Kevin Gausman
NNA-MT Mike Trout
NNA-MZ Mike Zunino
NNA-TB Trevor Bauer
NNA-YC Yoenis Cespedes
NNA-YD Yu Darvish

Sterling Autograph Showcase

Each Sterling Autograph Showcase is serial-numbered to 25 copies, with a Sterling Silver (unautographed and made of solid silver) one-of-one parallel also available.

SAS-BH Bryce Harper
SAS-BHA Billy Hamilton
SAS-DB Dylan Bundy
SAS-GC Gerrit Cole
SAS-MT Mike Trout
SAS-NC Nick Castellanos
SAS-TB Trevor Bauer
SAS-WM Will Middlebrooks
SAS-WMY Wil Myers
SAS-YD Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish Autographed Baseball Redemption

25 redemption cards good for an autographed Yu Darvish baseball were randomly inserted into packs. Each card expired December 31st, 2014.

Box Topper Triple Autographs

BOX-ADH Courtney Hawkins / Albert Almora / David Dahl
BOX-BHC Dylan Bundy / Gerrit Cole / Danny Hultzen
BOX-DBA Matt Moore / Yu Darvish / Trevor Bauer
BOX-GFH Andrew Heaney / Kevin Gausman / Max Fried
BOX-THM Bryce Harper / Will Middlebrooks / Mike Trout

perfectgame.com/Under Armour Autographs

See Bowman AFLAC and Bowman Under Armour.

Bowman Black

See 2012 Bowman Black.

Japanese Player Autographs

These three autographs were exclusive to packs distributed to the Asian market. Each is serial-numbered to 75 copies. Two cards packed out as redemptions that expired December 31st, 2014.

HI Hisashi Iwakuma EXCH
TW Tsuyoshi Wada EXCH
YD Yu Darvish

2012 Bowman Sterling

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