2000 Bowman's Best
Description
2000 Bowman's Best was released in early August of 2000. The set features 200 cards with the last 50 short-printed and serial-numbered to 2999 copies.
Distribution
24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 200 | - | 5:1 |
| short set | 150 | - | ? |
| Rookie | 50 | 2999 | 1:7 |
| Best Bets | 10 | - | 1:15 |
| Franchise Favorites | 6 | - | 1:17 |
| Franchise 2000 | 25 | - | 1:18 |
| Year By Year | 15 | - | 1:23 |
| Best Selections | 15 | - | 1:30 |
| Locker Room Collection Jerseys | 5 | - | 1:206 |
| Locker Room Collection Bats | 11 | - | 1:376 |
| Locker Room Collection Autographs | 19 | - | 1:57 |
| Franchise Favorites Autographs | 6 | - | 1:574 |
| Autographed Baseball Redemption | 5 | - | 1:688 |
Checklist
Promos
Pre-Production
These three cards were distributed in a clear cello pack to dealers and The Hobby media to promote 2000 Bowman's Best.
- PP1 Larry Walker
- PP2 Adam Dunn
- PP3 Brett Myers
Previews
This ten-card set was randomly seeded into packs of 2000 Bowman.
- BB1 Derek Jeter
- BB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- BB3 Nomar Garciaparra
- BB4 Mike Piazza
- BB5 Alex Rodriguez
- BB6 Sammy Sosa
- BB7 Mark McGwire
- BB8 Pat Burrell
- BB9 Josh Hamilton
- BB10 Adam Piatt
Base Set
NOTE: ALL base cards in this set are Refractors.
Veterans (gold)
- 1 Nomar Garciaparra
- 2 Chipper Jones
- 3 Tony Clark
- 4 Bernie Williams
- 5 Barry Bonds
- 6 Jermaine Dye
- 7 John Olerud
- 8 Mike Hampton
- 9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 10 Jeff Bagwell
- 11 Troy Glaus
- 12 J.D. Drew
- 13 Jeromy Burnitz
- 14 Carlos Delgado
- 15 Shawn Green
- 16 Kevin Millwood
- 17 Rondell White
- 18 Scott Rolen
- 19 Jeff Cirillo
- 20 Barry Larkin
- 21 Brian Giles
- 22 Roger Clemens
- 23 Manny Ramirez
- 24 Alex Gonzalez
- 25 Mark Grace
- 26 Fernando Tatis
- 27 Randy Johnson
- 28 Roger Cedeno
- 29 Brian Jordan
- 30 Kevin Brown
- 31 Greg Vaughn
- 32 Roberto Alomar
- 33 Larry Walker
- 34 Rafael Palmeiro
- 35 Curt Schilling
- 36 Orlando Hernandez
- 37 Todd Walker
- 38 Juan Gonzalez
- 39 Sean Casey
- 40 Tony Gwynn
- 41 Albert Belle
- 42 Gary Sheffield
- 43 Michael Barrett
- 44 Preston Wilson
- 45 Jim Thome
- 46 Shannon Stewart
- 47 Mo Vaughn
- 48 Ben Grieve
- 49 Adrian Beltre
- 50 Sammy Sosa
- 51 Bob Abreu
- 52 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 53 Carlos Febles
- 54 Frank Thomas
- 55 Alex Rodriguez
- 56 Cliff Floyd
- 57 Jose Canseco
- 58 Erubiel Durazo
- 59 Tim Hudson
- 60 Craig Biggio
- 61 Eric Karros
- 62 Mike Mussina
- 63 Robin Ventura
- 64 Carlos Beltran
- 65 Pedro Martinez
- 66 Gabe Kapler
- 67 Jason Kendall
- 68 Derek Jeter
- 69 Magglio Ordonez
- 70 Mike Piazza
- 71 Mike Lieberthal
- 72 Andres Galarraga
- 73 Raul Mondesi
- 74 Eric Chavez
- 75 Greg Maddux
- 76 Matt Williams
- 77 Kris Benson
- 78 Ivan Rodriguez
- 79 Pokey Reese
- 80 Vladimir Guerrero
- 81 Mark McGwire
- 82 Vinny Castilla
- 83 Todd Helton
- 84 Andruw Jones
- 85 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Best Performers
- 86 Mark McGwire
- 87 Derek Jeter
- 88 Chipper Jones
- 89 Nomar Garciaparra
- 90 Sammy Sosa
- 91 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 92 Juan Gonzalez
- 93 Alex Rodriguez
- 94 Barry Bonds
- 95 Sean Casey
- 96 Vladimir Guerrero
- 97 Mike Piazza
- 98 Shawn Green
- 99 Jeff Bagwell
- 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Prospects (silver)
- 101 Rick Ankiel
- 102 John Patterson
- 103 David Walling
- 104 Michael Restovich
- 105 A.J. Burnett
- 106 Pablo Ozuna
- 107 Chad Hermansen
- 108 Choo Freeman
- 109 Mark Quinn
- 110 Corey Patterson
- 111 Ramon Ortiz
- 112 Vernon Wells
- 113 Milton Bradley
- 114 Gookie Dawkins
- 115 Sean Burroughs
- 116 Wily Mo Pena
- 117 Dee Brown
- 118 C.C. Sabathia
- 119 Adam Kennedy
- 120 Octavio Dotel
- 121 Kip Wells
- 122 Ben Petrick
- 123 Mark Mulder
- 124 Jason Standridge
- 125 Adam Piatt
- 126 Steve Lomasney
- 127 Jayson Werth
- 128 Alex Escobar
- 129 Ryan Anderson
- 130 Adam Dunn
- 131 Ted Lilly
- 132 Brad Penny
- 133 Daryle Ward
- 134 Eric Munson
- 135 Nick Johnson
- 136 Jason Jennings
- 137 Tim Raines
- 138 Ruben Mateo
- 139 Jack Cust
- 140 Rafael Furcal
- 141 Eric Gagne
- 142 Tony Armas
- 143 Mike Paradis RC*
- 144 Peter Bergeron
- 145 Alfonso Soriano
- 146 Josh Hamilton
- 147 Michael Cuddyer
- 148 Jay Gehrke
- 149 Josh Girdley
- 150 Pat Burrell
Rookies (blue)
NOTES
- Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 2999 copies.
- The last five cards in the set (#196-#200) are "Exclusive Rookies" who appeared in no other 2000-issued Topps product.
- 151 Brett Myers RC
- 152 Scott Seabol RC
- 153 Keith Reed RC
- 154 Francisco Rodriguez RC
- 155 Barry Zito RC
- 156 Pat Manning RC*
- 157 Ben Christensen RC*
- 158 Corey Myers RC*
- 159 Wascar Serrano RC
- 160 Wes Anderson RC*
- 161 Andy Tracy RC
- 162 Cesar Saba RC*
- 163 Mike Lamb RC
- 164 Bobby Bradley RC*
- 165 Vince Faison RC*
- 166 Ty Howington RC*
- 167 Ken Harvey RC
- 168 Josh Kalinowski RC*
- 169 Ruben Salazar RC*
- 170 Aaron Rowand RC
- 171 Ramon Santiago RC
- 172 Scott Sobkowiak RC
- 173 Lyle Overbay RC
- 174 Rico Washington RC
- 175 Rick Asadoorian RC*
- 176 Matt Ginter RC
- 177 Jason Stumm RC*
- 178 B.J. Garbe RC*
- 179 Mike MacDougal RC
- 180 Ryan Christianson RC*
- 181 Kurt Ainsworth RC
- 182 Brad Baisley RC*
- 183 Ben Broussard RC
- 184 Aaron McNeal RC*
- 185 John Sneed RC*
- 186 Junior Brignac RC*
- 187 Chance Caple RC*
- 188 Scott Downs RC
- 189 Matt Cepicky RC
- 190 Chin-Feng Chen RC
- 191 Johan Santana RC
- 192 Brad Baker RC*
- 193 Jason Repko RC
- 194 Craig Dingman RC
- 195 Chris Wakeland RC
- 196 Rogelio Arias RC*
- 197 Luis Matos RC
- 198 Rob Ramsay RC
- 199 Willie Bloomquist RC
- 200 Tony Pena, Jr. RC
Parallels
There are no parallels. All 200 base cards are Refractors.
Inserts
Best Bets
- BBB1 Pat Burrell
- BBB2 Alfonso Soriano
- BBB3 Corey Patterson
- BBB4 Eric Munson
- BBB5 Sean Burroughs
- BBB6 Rafael Furcal
- BBB7 Rick Ankiel
- BBB8 Nick Johnson
- BBB9 Ruben Mateo
- BBB10 Josh Hamilton
Best Selections
- BBS1 Alex Rodriguez
- BBS2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- BBS3 Pat Burrell
- BBS4 Mark McGwire
- BBS5 Derek Jeter
- BBS6 Nomar Garciaparra
- BBS7 Mike Piazza
- BBS8 Josh Hamilton
- BBS9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- BBS10 Jeff Bagwell
- BBS11 Chipper Jones
- BBS12 Jose Canseco
- BBS13 Carlos Beltran
- BBS14 Kerry Wood
- BBS15 Ben Grieve
Franchise Favorites
- FR1A Sean Casey
- FR1B Johnny Bench
- FR1C Sean Casey / Johnny Bench
- FR2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
- FR2B Brooks Robinson
- FR2C Cal Ripken / Brook Robinson
Franchise 2000
- F1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- F2 Nomar Garciaparra
- F3 Frank Thomas
- F4 Manny Ramirez
- F5 Juan Gonzalez
- F6 Carlos Beltran
- F7 Derek Jeter
- F8 Alex Rodriguez
- F9 Ben Grieve
- F10 Jose Canseco
- F11 Ivan Rodriguez
- F12 Mo Vaughn
- F13 Randy Johnson
- F14 Chipper Jones
- F15 Sammy Sosa
- F16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- F17 Larry Walker
- F18 Preston Wilson
- F19 Jeff Bagwell
- F20 Shawn Green
- F21 Vladimir Guerrero
- F22 Mike Piazza
- F23 Scott Rolen
- F24 Tony Gwynn
- F25 Barry Bonds
Year By Year
- YY1 Sammy Sosa / Ken Griffey
- YY2 Nomar Garciaparra / Vladimir Guerrero
- YY3 Alex Rodriguez / Jeff Cirillo
- YY4 Mike Piazza / Pedro Martinez
- YY5 Derek Jeter / Edgardo Alfonzo
- YY6 Alfonso Soriano / Rick Ankiel
- YY7 Mark McGwire / Barry Bonds
- YY8 Juan Gonzalez / Larry Walker
- YY9 Ivan Rodriguez / Jeff Bagwell
- YY10 Shawn Green / Manny Ramirez
Autographs & Game-Used
Locker Room Collection
Jerseys
- LRCJ1 Carlos Beltran
- LRCJ2 Rick Ankiel
- LRCJ3 Mark Quinn
- LRCJ4 Ben Petrick
- LRCJ5 Adam Piatt
Bats
- LRCL-BP Ben Petrick / Brad Penny
- LRCL-AP Adam Piatt
- LRCL-CB Carlos Beltran
- LRCL-DB Dee Brown
- LRCL-EM Eric Munson
- LRCL-JD J.D. Drew
- LRCL-PB Pat Burrell
- LRCL-RA Rick Ankiel
- LRCL-RF Rafael Furcal
- LRCL-VW Vernon Wells
Locker Room Collection Autographs
- LRCA1 Carlos Beltran
- LRCA2 Rick Ankiel
- LRCA3 Vernon Wells
- LRCA4 Ruben Mateo
- LRCA5 Ben Petrick
- LRCA6 Adam Piatt
- LRCA7 Eric Munson
- LRCA8 Alfonso Soriano
- LRCA9 Kerry Wood
- LRCA10 Jack Cust
- LRCA11 Rafael Furcal
- LRCA12 Josh Hamilton
- LRCA13 Brad Penny
- LRCA14 Dee Brown
- LRCA15 Milton Bradley
- LRCA16 Ryan Anderson
- LRCA17 John Patterson
- LRCA18 Nick Johnson
- LRCA19 Peter Bergeron
Franchise Favorites Autographs
- FR1A Sean Casey
- FR1B Johnny Bench
- FR1C Sean Casey / Johnny Bench
- FR2A Cal Ripken, Jr.
- FR2B Brooks Robinson
- FR2C Cal Ripken / Brook Robinson
Autographed Baseball Redemption
The Autographed Baseball Redemption cards expired June 30, 2001.
- 1 Josh Hamilton
- 2 Rick Ankiel
- 3 Alfonso Soriano
- 4 Nick Johnson
- 5 Corey Patterson
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