2015 Bowman's Best

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Description

2015 Bowman's Best is a 100-card set supplemented with a 50-card Top Prospects insert, scheduled for release exclusively to Hobby outlets December 23rd. This marks the return of Bowman's Best after a eight year hiatus.

Much like how the original Bowman's Best was conceived as a hybrid of the Bowman and Finest brands, 2015 Bowman's Best can be seen as a hybrid of 2015 Bowman and 2015 Finest. Each Hobby box will contain two Finest-style six-pack mini-boxes, with each mini-box yielding two autographs.

Distribution

Two six-pack mini-boxes per Hobby box, five cards per pack. (MSRP: $55/mini-box) Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 100 - ?
Top Prospects 50 - ?
Refractor 150 - ?
Atomic Refractor 150 - 1:12
Blue Refractor 150 150 1:24
Green Refractor 150 99 1:36
Gold Refractor 150 50 1:66
Orange Refractor 150 25 1:132
Red Refractor 150 5 1:642
SuperFractor 150 one-of-one 1:3192
Printing Plates 150 four for each 1:798
Mirror Image 20 - ?
Juan LeBron / Juan Gonzalez Mirror Image Error 1 - 1:2034
First Impressions 15 - 1:12
First Impressions Atomic Refractor 15 50 1:642
First Impressions Orange Refractor 15 25 ?
First Impressions Red Refractor 15 5 ?
First Impressions SuperFractor 15 one-of-one 1:30,420
Hi-Def Heritage 50 - ?
Hi-Def Heritage Atomic Refractor 50 - 1:96
Hi-Def Heritage Orange Refractor 50 25 1:384
Hi-Def Heritage Red Refractor 50 5 ?
Hi-Def Heritage SuperFractor 50 one-of-one 1:9510
Best of 2015 Autographs 84 - 1:3
Best of 2015 Autographs Refractor 84 - ?
Best of 2015 Autographs Green Refractor 84 99 1:66
Best of 2015 Autographs Atomic Refractor 84 50 1:120
Best of 2015 Autographs Orange Refractor 84 25 1:228
Best of 2015 Autographs Red Refractor 84 5 ?
Best of 2015 Autographs SuperFractor 84 one-of-one ?
Best of 2015 Autographs Printing Plates 84 four for each 1:1398
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs 22 50 1:396
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs Orange Refractor 22 25 1:792
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs Red Refractor 22 5 ?
1995 Bowman's Best Autographs SuperFractor 22 one-of-one ?
First Impressions Autographs 15 99 1:318
First Impressions Autographs SuperFractor 15 one-of-one ?
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs 32 50 1:330
Hi-Def Heritage Autographs Orange Refractor 32 25 1:696
Bowman Black Collection 10 25 ?

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Mike Trout
  • 2 James Shields
  • 3 Francisco Lindor RC
  • 4 Chi Chi Gonzalez RC
  • 5 Felix Hernandez
  • 6 Addison Russell RC
  • 7 Joey Votto
  • 8 Michael Brantley
  • 9 Robinson Cano
  • 10 Yasiel Puig
  • 11 Edwin Encarnacion
  • 12 Joey Gallo RC
  • 13 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 14 Nelson Cruz
  • 15 Maikel Franco RC
  • 16 Jake Arrieta
  • 17 Chris Archer
  • 18 Jacob deGrom
  • 19 Adam Jones
  • 20 Daniel Norris RC
  • 21 Jose Abreu
  • 22 Masahiro Tanaka
  • 23 Yoenis Cespedes
  • 24 Anthony Rizzo
  • 25 Bryce Harper
  • 26 Starling Marte
  • 27 Byron Buxton RC
  • 28 Joc Pederson RC
  • 29 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 30 Buster Posey
  • 31 Dee Gordon
  • 32 Noah Syndergaard RC
  • 33 Michael Pineda
  • 34 Giancarlo Stanton
  • 35 Freddie Freeman
  • 36 George Springer
  • 37 Jose Bautista
  • 38 Brian Dozier
  • 39 Paul Goldschmidt
  • 40 Eddie Rosario
  • 41 Matt Wisler RC
  • 42 Johnny Cueto
  • 43 Dustin Pedroia
  • 44 Alex Meyer RC
  • 45 Chris Sale
  • 46 Yasmany Tomas RC
  • 47 Mookie Betts
  • 48 Zack Greinke
  • 49 Jung Ho Kang RC
  • 50 Kris Bryant RC
  • 51 Kyle Seager
  • 52 Sonny Gray
  • 53 Eric Hosmer
  • 54 Devon Travis RC
  • 55 Rusney Castillo RC
  • 56 Jose Altuve
  • 57 Matt Harvey
  • 58 Carlos Correa RC
  • 59 Anthony Rendon
  • 60 Michael Wacha
  • 61 Miguel Cabrera
  • 62 Ryan Braun
  • 63 Garrett Richards
  • 64 Justin Upton
  • 65 Brett Gardner
  • 66 Todd Frazier
  • 67 Archie Bradley RC
  • 68 Dallas Keuchel
  • 69 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 70 Adam Wainwright
  • 71 Eduardo Rodriguez RC
  • 72 Carlos Beltran
  • 73 Cole Hamels
  • 74 Charlie Blackmon
  • 75 Josh Donaldson
  • 76 Jose Reyes
  • 77 Corey Kluber
  • 78 Prince Fielder
  • 79 Carlos Rodon RC
  • 80 A.J. Cole RC
  • 81 Jason Kipnis
  • 82 Albert Pujols
  • 83 Max Scherzer
  • 84 Blake Swihart RC
  • 85 Aroldis Chapman
  • 86 Adrian Beltre
  • 87 Trevor Rosenthal
  • 88 Madison Bumgarner
  • 89 Carlos Gomez
  • 90 Andrew McCutchen
  • 91 Hanley Ramirez
  • 92 Steven Matz RC
  • 93 Jorge Soler RC
  • 94 David Price
  • 95 Billy Hamilton
  • 96 Nolan Arenado
  • 97 Gerrit Cole
  • 98 Craig Kimbrel
  • 99 Manny Machado
  • 100 Clayton Kershaw

Top Prospects

  • TP-1 Corey Seager
  • TP-2 Miguel Sano
  • TP-3 Robert Stephenson
  • TP-4 Raul Mondesi
  • TP-5 Luis Severino
  • TP-6 Henry Owens
  • TP-7 Alex Reyes
  • TP-8 Hunter Harvey
  • TP-9 Dillon Tate
  • TP-10 Carson Fulmer
  • TP-11 Tyler Stephenson
  • TP-12 Kolby Allard
  • TP-13 Kevin Newman
  • TP-14 Beau Burrows
  • TP-15 Frankie Montas
  • TP-16 Kyle Schwarber
  • TP-17 Braden Shipley
  • TP-18 Mark Appel
  • TP-19 Austin Meadows
  • TP-20 Jesse Winker
  • TP-21 Aaron Judge
  • TP-22 Nick Gordon
  • TP-23 Ian Happ
  • TP-24 Josh Naylor
  • TP-25 Lucas Giolito
  • TP-26 James Kaprielian
  • TP-27 Ashe Russell
  • TP-28 Michael Conforto
  • TP-29 Rafael Devers
  • TP-30 Tyler Glasnow
  • TP-31 Jon Gray
  • TP-32 Jameson Taillon
  • TP-33 Aaron Nola
  • TP-34 Tyler Kolek
  • TP-35 Dansby Swanson
  • TP-36 Tyler Jay
  • TP-37 Andrew Benintendi
  • TP-38 Garrett Whitley
  • TP-39 Phil Bickford
  • TP-40 Richie Martin
  • TP-41 Bradley Zimmer
  • TP-42 J.P. Crawford
  • TP-43 Aaron Blair
  • TP-44 Brandon Nimmo
  • TP-45 Brendan Rodgers
  • TP-46 Kyle Tucker
  • TP-47 Cornelius Randolph
  • TP-48 Trent Clark
  • TP-49 Josh Bell
  • TP-50 Julio Urias

Parallels

All 100 base cards and all 50 Top Prospects are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Atomic Refractor
  • Green Refractor
  • Gold Refractor
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

Mirror Image

NOTE: Card #MI-LG was an unannounced short-print. It is a nod to the Carlos Beltran / Juan Gonzalez error card from 1995 Bowman's Best which featured a photo of fellow Royals draft pick Juan LeBron (who never played a Major League game) instead of Beltran.

  • MI-1 Giancarlo Stanton / Aaron Judge
  • MI-2 Corey Seager / Troy Tulowitzki
  • MI-3 Kyle Schwarber / Buster Posey
  • MI-4 Stephen Strasburg / Lucas Giolito
  • MI-5 Josh Bell / Eric Hosmer
  • MI-6 Julio Urias / Clayton Kershaw
  • MI-7 Kris Bryant / Nolan Arenado
  • MI-8 Byron Buxton / Charlie Blackmon
  • MI-9 Carlos Correa / Alex Rodriguez
  • MI-10 Joey Gallo / Josh Donaldson
  • MI-11 Joc Pederson / Ryan Braun
  • MI-12 Miguel Sano / Todd Frazier
  • MI-13 Carlos Rodon / David Price
  • MI-14 Aaron Nola / James Shields
  • MI-15 Dansby Swanson / Brandon Crawford
  • MI-16 Brendan Rodgers / Xander Bogaerts
  • MI-17 Dillon Tate / Felix Hernandez
  • MI-18 Preston Tucker / Kyle Tucker
  • MI-19 Mike Trout / Andrew Benintendi
  • MI-20 Brian McCann / Tyler Stephenson
  • MI-LG Juan LeBron / Juan Gonzalez UER

First Impressions

Each First Impressions is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Atomic Refractor
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

  • FI-AB Andrew Benintendi
  • FI-BR Brendan Rodgers
  • FI-CF Carson Fulmer
  • FI-CR Cornelius Randolph
  • FI-DS Dansby Swanson
  • FI-DT Dillon Tate
  • FI-GW Garrett Whitley
  • FI-IH Ian Happ
  • FI-JK James Kaprielian
  • FI-JN Josh Naylor
  • FI-KA Kolby Allard
  • FI-KT Kyle Tucker
  • FI-PB Phil Bickford
  • FI-TJ Tyler Jay
  • FI-TS Tyler Stephenson

Hi-Def Heritage

Each Hi-Def Heritage is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Atomic Refractor
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

  • HDH-AB Archie Bradley
  • HDH-AG Adrian Gonzalez
  • HDH-AJ Alex Jackson
  • HDH-AJO Adam Jones
  • HDH-AP Albert Pujols
  • HDH-AR Addison Russell
  • HDH-ARI Anthony Rizzo
  • HDH-BB Byron Buxton
  • HDH-BH Bryce Harper
  • HDH-BP Buster Posey
  • HDH-BS Blake Swihart
  • HDH-CC Carlos Correa
  • HDH-CK Corey Kluber
  • HDH-CKE Clayton Kershaw
  • HDH-CR Carlos Rodon
  • HDH-CS Corey Seager
  • HDH-CSA Chris Sale
  • HDH-DO David Ortiz
  • HDH-FL Francisco Lindor
  • HDH-GS Giancarlo Stanton
  • HDH-HH Hunter Harvey
  • HDH-HO Henry Owens
  • HDH-JA Jose Abreu
  • HDH-JB Jose Bautista
  • HDH-JC J.P. Crawford
  • HDH-JD Jacob deGrom
  • HDH-JG Joey Gallo
  • HDH-JL Jon Lester
  • HDH-JP Joc Pederson
  • HDH-JS Jorge Soler
  • HDH-JU Julio Urias
  • HDH-JV Joey Votto
  • HDH-KB Kris Bryant
  • HDH-KP Kevin Plawecki
  • HDH-KS Kyle Schwarber
  • HDH-LG Lucas Giolito
  • HDH-LS Luis Severino
  • HDH-MC Miguel Cabrera
  • HDH-MS Miguel Sano
  • HDH-MSC Max Scherzer
  • HDH-MT Mike Trout
  • HDH-NC Nelson Cruz
  • HDH-NG Nick Gordon
  • HDH-NS Noah Syndergaard
  • HDH-PG Paul Goldschmidt
  • HDH-RC Robinson Cano
  • HDH-RD Rafael Devers
  • HDH-TG Tyler Glasnow
  • HDH-TT Touki Toussaint
  • HDH-YT Yasmany Tomas

Autographs & Game-Used

Best of 2015 Autographs

Each Best of 2015 Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Atomic Refractor
  • Green Refractor
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each)

  • B15-AB Alex Blandino
  • B15-AG Adrian Gonzalez
  • B15-AJ Alex Jackson
  • B15-ANB Andrew Benintendi
  • B15-ANO Aaron Nola
  • B15-AR Alex Reyes
  • B15-ARI Anthony Rizzo
  • B15-ASR Ashe Russell
  • B15-BB Byron Buxton
  • B15-BD Braxton Davidson
  • B15-BEB Beau Burrows
  • B15-BH Bryce Harper
  • B15-BP Buster Posey
  • B15-BR Brendan Rodgers
  • B15-BSN Blake Snell
  • B15-BZ Bradley Zimmer
  • B15-CC Carlos Correa
  • B15-CD Chase De Jong
  • B15-CF Carson Fulmer
  • B15-CH Chris Heston
  • B15-CR Carlos Rodon
  • B15-CRA Cornelius Randolph
  • B15-CT Cole Tucker
  • B15-DF Derek Fisher
  • B15-DM Dixon Machado
  • B15-DS Dansby Swanson
  • B15-DST D.J. Stewart
  • B15-DTA Dillon Tate
  • B15-ER Eduardo Rodriguez
  • B15-FL Francisco Lindor
  • B15-FM Frankie Montas
  • B15-GH Grant Holmes
  • B15-GW Garrett Whitley
  • B15-HR Hanley Ramirez
  • B15-IH Ian Happ
  • B15-JAL Jose Altuve
  • B15-JG Joey Gallo
  • B15-JHK Jung Ho Kang
  • B15-JK James Kaprielian
  • B15-JM Jorge Mateo
  • B15-JNA Josh Naylor
  • B15-JP Joc Pederson
  • B15-JW Jacob Wilson
  • B15-KA Kolby Allard
  • B15-KB Kris Bryant
  • B15-KM Kevonte Mitchell
  • B15-KME Kodi Medeiros
  • B15-KN Kevin Newman
  • B15-KS Kyle Schwarber
  • B15-KT Kyle Tucker
  • B15-LG Lucas Giolito
  • B15-LW Luke Weaver
  • B15-MC Michael Chavis
  • B15-MCH Matt Chapman
  • B15-MMA Manuel Margot
  • B15-MN Mike Nikorak
  • B15-MO Matt Olson
  • B15-MP Max Pentecost
  • B15-MR Mariano Rivera
  • B15-MS Miguel Sano
  • B15-MSC Max Scherzer
  • B15-MT Mike Trout
  • B15-MWI Matt Wisler
  • B15-NG Nick Gordon
  • B15-NP Nick Plummer
  • B15-NS Noah Syndergaard
  • B15-OA Orlando Arcia
  • B15-PB Phil Bickford
  • B15-PV Pat Venditte
  • B15-RD Rafael Devers
  • B15-RM Richie Martin
  • B15-SG Stephen Gonsalves
  • B15-SGR Sonny Gray
  • B15-SMA Steven Matz
  • B15-SN Sean Newcomb
  • B15-TC Trent Clark
  • B15-TJ Tyler Jay
  • B15-TS Tyler Stephenson
  • B15-TT Trea Turner
  • B15-TTO Touki Toussaint
  • B15-TWA Taylor Ward
  • B15-WB Walker Buehler
  • B15-WD Wilmer Difo
  • B15-YL Yoan Lopez

1995 Bowman's Best Autographs

Each 1995 Bowman's Best Autograph is done in the style of the 1995 Bowman's Best set, and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (seiral-numebred to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

  • 95BB-AG Adrian Gonzalez
  • 95BB-AJ Adam Jones
  • 95BB-AR Anthony Rizzo
  • 95BB-BP Buster Posey
  • 95BB-CH Cole Hamels
  • 95BB-CR Carlos Rodon
  • 95BB-CY Christian Yelich
  • 95BB-DO David Ortiz
  • 95BB-EE Edwin Encarnacion
  • 95BB-FF Freddie Freeman
  • 95BB-GS George Springer
  • 95BB-JA Jose Abreu
  • 95BB-JD Jacob deGrom
  • 95BB-JM Joe Mauer
  • 95BB-JV Joey Votto
  • 95BB-KB Kris Bryant
  • 95BB-MT Mike Trout
  • 95BB-PS Pablo Sandoval
  • 95BB-RB Ryan Braun
  • 95BB-RC Robinson Cano
  • 95BB-SG Sonny Gray
  • 95BB-SM Shelby Miller

First Impressions Autographs

Each First Impressions Autograph is also available in a one-of-one SuperFractor parallel.

  • FI-AB Andrew Benintendi
  • FI-BR Brendan Rodgers
  • FI-CF Carson Fulmer
  • FI-CR Cornelius Randolph
  • FI-DS Dansby Swanson
  • FI-DT Dillon Tate
  • FI-GW Garrett Whitley
  • FI-IH Ian Happ
  • FI-JK James Kaprielian
  • FI-JN Josh Naylor
  • FI-KA Kolby Allard
  • FI-KT Kyle Tucker
  • FI-PB Phil Bickford
  • FI-TJ Tyler Jay
  • FI-TS Tyler Stephenson

Hi-Def Heritage Autographs

  • HDH-AB Archie Bradley
  • HDH-AG Adrian Gonzalez
  • HDH-AJ Alex Jackson
  • HDH-AJO Adam Jones
  • HDH-AP Albert Pujols
  • HDH-ARI Anthony Rizzo
  • HDH-BB Byron Buxton
  • HDH-BH Bryce Harper
  • HDH-BP Buster Posey
  • HDH-BS Blake Swihart
  • HDH-CC Carlos Correa
  • HDH-CK Corey Kluber
  • HDH-CKE Clayton Kershaw
  • HDH-CR Carlos Rodon
  • HDH-DO David Ortiz
  • HDH-FL Francisco Lindor
  • HDH-HO Henry Owens
  • HDH-JG Joey Gallo
  • HDH-JL Jon Lester
  • HDH-JP Joc Pederson
  • HDH-JS Jorge Soler
  • HDH-JV Joey Votto
  • HDH-KB Kris Bryant
  • HDH-KP Kevin Plawecki
  • HDH-LG Lucas Giolito
  • HDH-LS Luis Severino
  • HDH-MS Miguel Sano
  • HDH-MSC Max Scherzer
  • HDH-MT Mike Trout
  • HDH-NS Noah Syndergaard
  • HDH-PG Paul Goldschmidt
  • HDH-RD Rafael Devers

Bowman Black Collection

See 2015 Bowman Black Collection.