1996 Bowman's Best

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Description

1996 Bowman's Best is a 180 card set released by Topps. The set consists of a 90 veterans (Gold) and 90 prospects (Silver).

Card #33 does not exist. Instead, Topps erroneously printed two card #32s.

Distribution

Boxes came in several different configurations:

Retail: 20 packs with 3 cards per pack

Hobby: 24 packs with 6 cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 180 - ? ?
Refractor 180 - 1:12 1:20
Atomic Refractor 180 - 1:48 1:80
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Reprint 1 - 1:24 1:20
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Refractor Reprint 1 - 1:96 1:160
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Atomic Refractor Reprint 1 - 1:192 1:320
Cuts 15 - 1:24 1:40
Cuts Refractors 15 - 1:48 1:80
Cuts Atomic Refractors 15 - 1:96 1:160
Mirror Image 10 - 1:48 1:80
Mirror Image Refractors 10 - 1:96 1:160
Mirror Image Atomic Refractors 10 - 1:192 1:320

Checklist

Promos

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This 30-card set was randomly inserted into packs of 1996 Bowman. Each Preview is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractors
  • Atomic Refractors
  • BBP1 Chipper Jones
  • BBP2 Alan Benes
  • BBP3 Brooks Kieschnick
  • BBP4 Barry Bonds
  • BBP5 Rey Ordonez
  • BBP6 Tim Salmon
  • BBP7 Mike Piazza
  • BBP8 Billy Wagner
  • BBP9 Andruw Jones
  • BBP10 Tony Gwynn
  • BBP11 Paul Wilson
  • BBP12 Pokey Reese
  • BBP13 Frank Thomas
  • BBP14 Greg Maddux
  • BBP15 Derek Jeter
  • BBP16 Jeff Bagwell
  • BBP17 Barry Larkin
  • BBP18 Todd Greene
  • BBP19 Ruben Rivera
  • BBP20 Richard Hidalgo
  • BBP21 Larry Walker
  • BBP22 Carlos Baerga
  • BBP23 Derrick Gibson
  • BBP24 Richie Sexson
  • BBP25 Mo Vaughn
  • BBP26 Hideo Nomo
  • BBP27 Nomar Garciaparra
  • BBP28 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • BBP29 Karim Garcia
  • BBP30 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Base Set

Veterans (Golds)

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  • 1 Hideo Nomo
  • 2 Edgar Martinez
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 4 Wade Boggs
  • 5 Cecil Fielder
  • 6 Albert Belle
  • 7 Chipper Jones
  • 8 Ryne Sandberg
  • 9 Tim Salmon
  • 10 Barry Bonds
  • 11 Ken Caminiti
  • 12 Ron Gant
  • 13 Frank Thomas
  • 14 Dante Bichette
  • 15 Jason Kendall
  • 16 Mo Vaughn
  • 17 Rey Ordonez
  • 18 Henry Rodriguez
  • 19 Ryan Klesko
  • 20 Jeff Bagwell
  • 21 Randy Johnson
  • 22 Jim Edmonds
  • 23 Kenny Lofton
  • 24 Andy Pettitte
  • 25 Brady Anderson
  • 26 Mike Piazza
  • 27 Greg Vaughn
  • 28 Joe Carter
  • 29 Jason Giambi
  • 30 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 31 Jeff Conine
  • 32 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 33 Roger Clemens
  • 34 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 35 Reggie Sanders
  • 36 Andres Galarraga
  • 37 Paul O'Neill
  • 38 Tony Gwynn
  • 39 Paul Wilson
  • 40 Garret Anderson
  • 41 Dave Justice
  • 42 Eddie Murray
  • 43 Mike Grace RC
  • 44 Marty Cordova
  • 45 Kevin Appier
  • 46 Raul Mondesi
  • 47 Jim Thome
  • 48 Sammy Sosa
  • 49 Craig Biggio
  • 50 Marquis Grissom
  • 51 Alan Benes
  • 52 Manny Ramirez
  • 53 Gary Sheffield
  • 54 Mike Mussina
  • 55 Robin Ventura
  • 56 Johnny Damon
  • 57 Jose Canseco
  • 58 Juan Gonzalez
  • 59 Tino Martinez
  • 60 Brian Hunter
  • 61 Fred McGriff
  • 62 Jay Buhner
  • 63 Carlos Delgado
  • 64 Moises Alou
  • 65 Roberto Alomar
  • 66 Barry Larkin
  • 67 Vinny Castilla
  • 68 Ray Durham
  • 69 Travis Fryman
  • 70 Jason Isringhausen
  • 71 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 72 John Smoltz
  • 73 Matt Williams
  • 74 Chan Ho Park
  • 75 Mark McGwire
  • 76 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 77 Will Clark
  • 78 Kirby Puckett
  • 79 Derek Jeter
  • 80 Derek Bell
  • 81 Eric Karros
  • 82 Lenny Dykstra
  • 83 Larry Walker
  • 84 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 85 Greg Maddux
  • 86 Carlos Baerga
  • 87 Paul Molitor
  • 88 John Valentin
  • 89 Mark Grace
  • 90 Ray Lankford

Rookies & Prospects (Silvers)

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  • 91 Andruw Jones
  • 92 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 93 Alex Ochoa
  • 94 Derrick Gibson
  • 95 Jeff D'Amico
  • 96 Ruben Rivera
  • 97 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 98 Pokey Reese
  • 99 Richard Hidalgo
  • 100 Bartolo Colon
  • 101 Karim Garcia
  • 102 Ben Davis
  • 103 Jay Powell
  • 104 Chris Snopek
  • 105 Glendon Rusch RC
  • 106 Enrique Wilson
  • 107 Antonio Alfonseca RC
  • 108 Wilton Guerrero RC
  • 109 Jose Guillen RC
  • 110 Miguel Mejia RC
  • 111 Jay Payton
  • 112 Scott Elarton
  • 113 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 114 Dustin Hermanson
  • 115 Roger Cedeno
  • 116 Matt Wagner
  • 117 Lee Daniels
  • 118 Ben Grieve
  • 119 Ugueth Urbina
  • 120 Danny Graves
  • 121 Dan Donato RC
  • 122 Matt Ruebel RC
  • 123 Mark Sievert RC
  • 124 Chris Stynes
  • 125 Jeff Abbott
  • 126 Rocky Coppinger RC
  • 127 Jermaine Dye
  • 128 Todd Greene
  • 129 Chris Carpenter
  • 130 Edgar Renteria
  • 131 Matt Drews
  • 132 Edgard Velazquez RC
  • 133 Casey Whitten
  • 134 Ryan Jones RC*
  • 135 Todd Walker
  • 136 Geoff Jenkins RC
  • 137 Matt Morris RC
  • 138 Richie Sexson
  • 139 Todd Dunwoody RC
  • 140 Gabe Alvarez RC
  • 141 J.J. Johnson
  • 142 Shannon Stewart
  • 143 Brad Fullmer
  • 144 Julio Santana
  • 145 Scott Rolen
  • 146 Amaury Telemaco
  • 147 Trey Beamon
  • 148 Billy Wagner
  • 149 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 150 Doug Million
  • 151 Javier Valentin RC
  • 152 Wes Helms RC
  • 153 Jeff Suppan
  • 154 Luis Castillo RC
  • 155 Bob Abreu
  • 156 Paul Konerko
  • 157 Jamey Wright
  • 158 Eddie Pearson
  • 159 Jimmy Haynes
  • 160 Derrek Lee
  • 161 Damian Moss
  • 162 Carlos Guillen RC
  • 163 Chris Fussell RC
  • 164 Mike Sweeney RC
  • 165 Donnie Sadler
  • 166 Desi Relaford
  • 167 Steve Gibralter
  • 168 Neifi Perez
  • 169 Antone Williamson
  • 170 Marty Janzen RC
  • 171 Todd Helton
  • 172 Raul Ibanez RC
  • 173 Bill Selby
  • 174 Shane Monahan RC
  • 175 Robin Jennings
  • 176 Bobby Chouinard
  • 177 Einar Diaz
  • 178 Jason Thompson RC
  • 179 Rafael Medina RC
  • 180 Kevin Orie

Parallels

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All 180 cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor
  • Atomic Refractor

Inserts

1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Reprint

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See 1996 Topps.

Cuts

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Each Cuts is available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor
  • Atomic Refractor
  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Jason Isringhausen
  • 3 Derek Jeter
  • 4 Andruw Jones
  • 5 Chipper Jones
  • 6 Ryan Klesko
  • 7 Raul Mondesi
  • 8 Hideo Nomo
  • 9 Mike Piazza
  • 10 Manny Ramirez
  • 11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 12 Ruben Rivera
  • 13 Tim Salmon
  • 14 Frank Thomas
  • 15 Jim Thome

Mirror Image

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Each Mirror Image is available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor
  • Atomic Refractor
  • 1 Frank Thomas / Todd Helton / Jeff Bagwell / Richie Sexson
  • 2 Roberto Alomar / Craig Biggio / Luis Castillo / Desi Relaford
  • 3 Chipper Jones / Scott Rolen / Wade Boggs / George Arias
  • 4 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Mark Bellhorn / Barry Larkin / Neifi Perez
  • 5 Albert Belle / Ruben Rivera / Larry Walker / Karim Garcia
  • 6 Kenny Lofton / Donnie Sadler / Barry Bonds / Andruw Jones
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Ben Grieve / Ton y Gwynn / Vladimir Guerrero
  • 8 Mike Piazza / Ben Davis / Ivan Rodriguez / Jose Valentin
  • 9 Mike Mussina / Bartolo Colon / Greg Maddux / Jamey Wright
  • 10 Randy Johnson / Jarrod Washburn / Tom Glavine / Billy Wagner