2001 Bowman Heritage

Description

2001 Bowman Heritage is a 440-card set released by Topps in late 2001. It was the premiere edition of the Bowman Heritage brand and would become part of Topps' annual product line until 2007.

There are no special subsets or card variations in the base set. The card design is based on the 1948 Bowman set. A black and white photograph is surrounded by a white border is displayed on the front of the card with no other information, not even the player’s name. The back of the card features player biographical information but little to no statistics. The main change from the original 1948 Bowman design was a re-sizing from the original card dimensions (2-1/16” x 2-1/2”) to the standard card dimensions (2-1/2” x 3-1/2”) as well increasing the number of cards in the set from 48 to 440. Additionally the Bowman Heritage logo printed on the card front and a slightly modified Bowman Heritage logo was printed on the card front for rookie cards.

Cards numbered 331-440 were short printed as homage to the original 1948 Bowman set. Both the Albert Pujols and Ichiro Suzuki rookie cards are included in the short prints.

Key cards include: Albert Pujols, Ichiro, Chase Utley, Justin Morneau, Miguel Cabrera, Jake Peavy, Josh Beckett and Travis Hafner.

Card #319 Tim Salmon is an uncorrected error as it has a photo of Troy Glaus.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $3). 24 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby/Retail Odds
Base	440	-	?
short set	330	-	9:1
Short Print	110	-	1:2
Chrome	110	-	1:12
1948 Reprints	13	-	1:2
1948 Reprint Relics	12	-	1:53
1948 Reprint Autographs	2	-	1:1523
Autographs	3	-	1:358
Team Topps Legends Autograph	?	-	1:332

Checklist

Promos

This five-card set was distributed to attendees of the 2001 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. The cards were to serve as a promotion and preview of the upcoming 2001 Bowman Heritage set that Topps would soon release to the public.

A total of 500 sets were produced according to Topps. Single cards were packaged with a piece of gum and distributed during the show. The cards are distinguishable from the regular set as the cards are sequentially-numbered "X of 5" on the reverse side which also has a promotional message. The photographs are also different from the main product.

The Pujols card is particularly in demand as it is one of the more rare rookie-year cards of the future Hall of Famer.

• 1 Roberto Alomar
• 2 Albert Pujols
• 3 C.C. Sabathia
• 4 Mark McGwire
• 5 Juan Gonzalez

Base Set

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Pete Harnisch
• 3 Brian Giles
• 4 J.T. Snow
• 5 Bartolo Colon
• 6 Jorge Posada
• 7 Shawn Green
• 8 Derek Jeter
• 9 Benito Santiago
• 10 Ramon Hernandez
• 11 Bernie Williams
• 12 Greg Maddux
• 13 Barry Bonds
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Miguel Tejada
• 16 Pedro Feliz
• 17 Jim Edmonds
• 18 Tom Glavine
• 19 Dave Justice
• 20 Rich Aurilia
• 21 Jason Giambi
• 22 Orlando Hernandez
• 23 Shawn Estes
• 24 Nelson Figueroa
• 25 Terrence Long
• 26 Mike Mussina
• 27 Eric Davis
• 28 Jimmy Rollins
• 29 Andy Pettitte
• 30 Shawon Dunston
• 31 Tim Hudson
• 32 Jeff Kent
• 33 Scott Brosius
• 34 Livan Hernandez
• 35 Alfonso Soriano
• 36 Mark McGwire
• 37 Russ Ortiz
• 38 Fernando Vina
• 39 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 40 Edgar Renteria
• 41 Kevin Brown
• 42 Robb Nen
• 43 Paul LoDuca
• 44 Bob Abreu
• 45 Adam Dunn
• 46 Osvaldo Fernandez
• 47 Marvin Benard
• 48 Mark Gardner
• 49 Alex Rodriguez
• 50 Preston Wilson
• 51 Roberto Alomar
• 52 Ben Davis
• 53 Derek Bell
• 54 Ken Caminiti
• 55 Barry Zito
• 56 Scott Rolen
• 57 Geoff Jenkins
• 58 Mike Cameron
• 59 Ben Grieve
• 60 Chuck Knoblauch
• 61 Matt Lawton
• 62 Chan Ho Park
• 63 Lance Berkman
• 64 Carlos Beltran
• 65 Dean Palmer
• 66 Alex Gonzalez
• 67 Larry Walker
• 68 Magglio Ordonez
• 69 Ellis Burks
• 70 Mark Mulder
• 71 Randy Johnson
• 72 John Smoltz
• 73 Jerry Hairston
• 74 Pedro Martinez
• 75 Fred McGriff
• 76 Sean Casey
• 77 C.C. Sabathia
• 78 Todd Helton
• 79 Brad Penny
• 80 Mike Sweeney
• 81 Billy Wagner
• 82 Mark Buehrle
• 83 Cristian Guzman
• 84 Jose Vidro
• 85 Pat Burrell
• 86 Jermaine Dye
• 87 Brandon Inge
• 88 David Wells
• 89 Mike Piazza
• 90 Jose Cabrera
• 91 Cliff Floyd
• 92 Matt Morris
• 93 Raul Mondesi
• 94 Joe Kennedy RC
• 95 Jack Wilson RC
• 96 Andruw Jones
• 97 Mariano Rivera
• 98 Mike Hampton
• 99 Roger Cedeno
• 100 Jose Cruz
• 101 Mike Lowell
• 102 Pedro Astacio
• 103 Joe Mays
• 104 John Franco
• 105 Tim Redding
• 106 Sandy Alomar
• 107 Bret Boone
• 108 Josh Towers RC
• 109 Matt Stairs
• 110 Chris Truby
• 111 Jeff Suppan
• 112 J.C. Romero
• 113 Felipe Lopez
• 114 Ben Sheets
• 115 Frank Thomas
• 116 A.J. Burnett
• 117 Tony Clark
• 118 Mac Suzuki
• 119 Brad Radke
• 120 Jeff Shaw
• 121 Nick Neugebauer RC
• 122 Kenny Lofton
• 123 Jacque Jones
• 124 Brent Mayne
• 125 Carlos Hernandez
• 126 Shane Spencer
• 127 John Lackey
• 128 Sterling Hitchcock
• 129 Darren Dreifort
• 130 Rusty Greer
• 131 Michael Cuddyer
• 132 Tyler Houston
• 133 Chin-Feng Chen
• 134 Ken Harvey
• 135 Marquis Grissom
• 136 Russell Branyan
• 137 Eric Karros
• 138 Josh Beckett
• 139 Todd Zeile
• 140 Corey Koskie
• 141 Steve Sparks
• 142 Bobby Seay
• 143 Tim Raines
• 144 Julio Zuleta
• 145 Jose Lima
• 146 Dante Bichette
• 147 Randy Keisler
• 148 Brent Butler
• 149 Antonio Alfonseca
• 150 Bryan Rekar
• 151 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 152 Larry Bigbie
• 153 Blake Stein
• 154 Robin Ventura
• 155 Rondell White
• 156 Juan Silvestre
• 157 Marcus Thames
• 158 Sidney Ponson
• 159 Juan A. Pena RC*
• 160 C.J. Nitkowski
• 161 Adam Everett
• 162 Eric Munson
• 163 Jason Isringhausen
• 164 Brad Fullmer
• 165 Miguel Olivo
• 166 Fernando Tatis
• 167 Freddy Garcia
• 168 Tom Goodwin
• 169 Armando Benitez
• 170 Paul Konerko
• 171 Jeff Cirillo
• 172 Shane Reynolds
• 173 Kevin Tapani
• 174 Joe Crede
• 175 Omar Infante RC
• 176 Jake Peavy RC
• 177 Corey Patterson
• 178 Mike Penney RC*
• 179 Jeromy Burnitz
• 180 David Segui
• 181 Marcus Giles
• 182 Paul O'Neill
• 183 John Olerud
• 184 Andy Benes
• 185 Brad Cresse
• 186 Ricky Ledee
• 187 Allen Levrault
• 188 Royce Clayton
• 189 Kelly Johnson RC
• 190 Quilvio Veras
• 191 Mike Williams
• 192 Jason Lane RC
• 193 Rick Helling
• 194 Tim Wakefield
• 195 James Baldwin
• 196 Cody Ransom RC
• 197 Bobby Kielty
• 198 Bobby Jones
• 199 Steve Cox
• 200 Jamal Strong RC
• 201 Steve Lomasney
• 202 Brian Cardwell RC*
• 203 Mike Matheny
• 204 Jeff Randazzo RC*
• 205 Aubrey Huff
• 206 Chuck Finley
• 207 Denny Bautista RC
• 208 Terry Mulholland
• 209 Rey Ordonez
• 210 Keith Surkont RC*
• 211 Orlando Cabrera
• 212 Juan Encarnacion
• 213 Dustin Hermanson
• 214 Luis Rivas
• 215 Mark Quinn
• 216 Randy Velarde
• 217 Billy Koch
• 218 Ryan Rupe
• 219 Keith Ginter
• 220 Woody Williams
• 221 Ryan Franklin
• 222 Aaron Myette
• 223 Joe Borchard RC
• 224 Nate Cornejo
• 225 Julian Tavarez
• 226 Kevin Millwood
• 227 Travis Hafner RC
• 228 Charles Nagy
• 229 Mike Lieberthal
• 230 Jeff Nelson
• 231 Ryan Dempster
• 232 Andres Galarraga
• 233 Chad Durbin
• 234 Timo Perez
• 235 Troy O'Leary
• 236 Kevin Young
• 237 Gabe Kapler
• 238 Juan Cruz RC
• 239 Masato Yoshii
• 240 Aramis Ramirez
• 241 Matt Cooper RC*
• 242 Randy Flores RC
• 243 Rafael Furcal
• 244 David Eckstein
• 245 Matt Clement
• 246 Craig Biggio
• 247 Rick Reed
• 248 Jose Macias
• 249 Alex Escobar
• 250 Roberto Hernandez
• 251 Andy Ashby
• 252 Tony Armas
• 253 Jamie Moyer
• 254 Jason Tyner
• 255 Charles Kegley RC*
• 256 Jeff Conine
• 257 Francisco Cordova
• 258 Ted Lilly
• 259 Joe Randa
• 260 Jeff D'Amico
• 261 Albie Lopez
• 262 Kevin Appier
• 263 Richard Hidalgo
• 264 Omar Daal
• 265 Ricky Gutierrez
• 266 John Rocker
• 267 Ray Lankford
• 268 Beau Hale RC*
• 269 Tony Blanco RC
• 270 Derrek Lee
• 271 Jamey Wright
• 272 Alex Gordon
• 273 Jeff Weaver
• 274 Jaret Wright
• 275 Jose Hernandez
• 276 Bruce Chen
• 277 Todd Hollandsworth
• 278 Wade Miller
• 279 Luke Prokopec
• 280 Rafael Soriano RC
• 281 Damion Easley
• 282 Darren Oliver
• 283 Brandon Duckworth RC
• 284 Aaron Herr
• 285 Ray Durham
• 286 Wilmy Caceras RC*
• 287 Ugueth Urbina
• 288 Scott Seabol
• 289 Lance Niekro RC
• 290 Trot Nixon
• 291 Adam Kennedy
• 292 Brian Schmitt RC*
• 293 Grant Roberts
• 294 Benny Agbayani
• 295 Travis Lee
• 296 Erick Almonte RC
• 297 Jim Thome
• 298 Eric Young
• 299 Dan Denham RC*
• 300 Boof Bonser RC
• 301 Denny Neagle
• 302 Kenny Rogers
• 303 J.D. Closser
• 304 Chase Utley RC
• 305 Rey Sanchez
• 306 Sean McGowan
• 307 Justin Pope RC*
• 308 Torii Hunter
• 309 B.J. Surhoff
• 310 Aaron Heilman RC
• 311 Gabe Gross RC
• 312 Lee Stevens
• 313 Todd Hundley
• 314 Macay McBride RC
• 315 Edgar Martinez
• 316 Omar Vizquel
• 317 Reggie Sanders
• 318 John-Ford Griffin RC
• 319 Tim Salmon UER (Photo is Troy Glaus)
• 320 Pokey Reese
• 321 Jay Payton
• 322 Doug Glanville
• 323 Greg Vaughn
• 324 Ruben Sierra
• 325 Kip Wells
• 326 Carl Everett
• 327 Garret Anderson
• 328 Jay Bell
• 329 Barry Larkin
• 330 Jeff Mathis RC

Short-Prints

• 331 Adrian Gonzalez SP
• 332 Juan Rivera SP
• 333 Tony Alvarez SP
• 334 Xavier Nady SP
• 335 Josh Hamilton SP
• 336 Will Smith SP RC*
• 337 Israel Alcantara SP
• 338 Chris George SP
• 339 Sean Burroughs SP
• 340 Jack Cust SP
• 341 Henry Mateo SP RC
• 342 Carlos Pena SP
• 343 J.R. House SP
• 344 Carlos Silva SP
• 345 Mike Rivera SP RC
• 346 Adam Johnson SP
• 347 Scott Heard SP
• 348 Alex Cintron SP
• 349 Miguel Cabrera SP
• 350 Nick Johnson SP
• 351 Albert Pujols SP RC
• 352 Ichiro Suzuki SP RC
• 353 Carlos Delgado SP
• 354 Troy Glaus SP
• 355 Sammy Sosa SP
• 356 Ivan Rodriguez SP
• 357 Vladimir Guerrero SP
• 358 Manny Ramirez SP
• 359 Luis Gonzalez SP
• 360 Roy Oswalt SP
• 361 Moises Alou SP
• 362 Juan Gonzalez SP
• 363 Tony Gwynn SP
• 364 Hideo Nomo SP
• 365 Tsuyoshi Shinjo SP RC
• 366 Kazuhiro Sasaki SP
• 367 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
• 368 Rafael Palmeiro SP
• 369 J.D. Drew SP
• 370 Doug Mientkiewicz SP
• 371 Jeff Bagwell SP
• 372 Darin Erstad SP
• 373 Tom Gordon SP
• 374 Ben Petrick SP
• 375 Eric Milton SP
• 376 Nomar Garciaparra SP
• 377 Julio Lugo SP
• 378 Tino Martinez SP
• 379 Javier Vazquez SP
• 380 Jeremy Giambi SP
• 381 Marty Cordova SP
• 382 Adrian Beltre SP
• 383 John Burkett SP
• 384 Aaron Boone SP
• 385 Eric Chavez SP
• 386 Curt Schilling SP
• 387 Cory Lidle SP
• 388 Jason Schmidt SP
• 389 Johnny Damon SP
• 390 Steve Finley SP
• 391 Edgardo Alfonzo SP
• 392 Jose Valentin SP
• 393 Jose Canseco SP
• 394 Ryan Klesko SP
• 395 David Cone SP
• 396 Jason Kendall SP
• 397 Placido Polanco SP
• 398 Glendon Rusch SP
• 399 Aaron Sele SP
• 400 D'Angelo Jimenez SP
• 401 Mark Grace SP
• 402 Al Leiter SP
• 403 Brian Jordan SP
• 404 Phil Nevin SP
• 405 Brent Abernathy SP
• 406 Kerry Wood SP
• 407 Alex Gonzalez SP
• 408 Robert Fick SP
• 409 Dmitri Young SP
• 410 Wes Helms SP
• 411 Trevor Hoffman SP
• 412 Rickey Henderson SP
• 413 Bob Higginson SP
• 414 Gary Sheffield SP
• 415 Darryl Kile SP
• 416 Richie Sexson SP
• 417 Frank Menechino SP RC
• 418 Javy Lopez SP
• 419 Carlos Lee SP
• 420 Jon Lieber SP
• 421 Hank Blalock SP RC
• 422 Marlon Byrd SP RC
• 423 Jason Kinchen SP RC*
• 424 Morgan Ensberg SP RC
• 425 Greg Nash SP RC*
• 426 Dennis Tankersley SP RC
• 427 Nate Murphy SP RC*
• 428 Chris Smith SP RC*
• 429 Jake Gautreau SP RC*
• 430 John Van Benschoten SP RC
• 431 Travis Thompson SP RC*
• 432 Orlando Hudson SP RC
• 433 Jerome Williams SP RC
• 434 Kevin Reese SP RC
• 435 Ed Rogers SP RC
• 436 Ryan Jamison SP RC*
• 437 Adam Pettyjohn SP RC
• 438 Hee Seop Choi SP RC
• 439 Justin Morneau SP RC
• 440 Mitch Jones SP RC

Parallels

Chrome parallel set of the first 110 cards in the set was also inserted into packs at a rate of 1 per 12 packs.

Inserts

1948 Reprints

13 cards from the original 1948 set were reprinted in their original size (2-1/16” x 2-1/2”) and inserted at a rate of 1 per 2 packs; effectively one reprint or short print card per pack. The cards selected were the rookie cards from the 1948 set.

• 1 Ralph Kiner
• 2 Johnny Mize
• 3 Bobby Thomson
• 4 Yogi Berra
• 5 Phil Rizzuto
• 6 Bob Feller
• 7 Enos Slaughter
• 8 Stan Musial
• 9 Hank Sauer
• 10 Ferris Fain
• 11 Red Schoendienst
• 12 Allie Reynolds
• 13 Johnny Sain

Autographs & Game-Used

1948 Reprint Relics

11 of the 13 players featured in the reprint set also were depicted on cards with game used relics. Yogi Berra had two different relic cards. 10 of the 12 cards were game used seat relics, one of the Berra cards featured a swatch of jersey and the Red Schoendienst card featured a bat piece.

The odds of finding a relic are as follows.

SEAT GROUP A: 1:97/packs
SEAT GROUP B: 1:194/packs
SEAT GROUP C: 1:291/packs
BAT: 1:2113/packs
JERSEY: 1:2905/packs

• BHM-BF Bob Feller SEAT A
• BHM-BT Bobby Thomson SEAT C
• BHM-ES Enos Slaughter SEAT C
• BHM-FF Ferris Fain SEAT A
• BHM-HS Hank Sauer SEAT A
• BHM-JM Johnny Mize SEAT C
• BHM-PR Phil Rizzuto SEAT B
• BHM-RK Ralph Kiner SEAT B
• BHM-RS Red Schoendienst BAT
• BHM-SM1 Stan Musial SEAT C
• BHM-YB1 Yogi Berra SEAT B
• BHM-YB2 Yogi Berra JSY

1948 Reprint Autographs

Warren Spahn, Bob Feller, and Yogi Berra autographed a number of their reprint cards for inclusion in the product. Spahn’s card was inserted 1:3018 and Feller’s 1:3074. It is also believed that there is an unlisted autograph of Ralph Kiner on his reprint card numbered to 100.

• 1 Warren Spahn
• 2 Bob Feller

Autographs

Three contemporary players were also included at autographed cards. Alex Rodriguez (1:775), Barry Bonds (1:1,328) and Roger Clemens (1:1,328) cards were inserted at different rates. Overall, the cards were inserted at about 1 per case. The autographed cards also feature different photographs than the base set counterparts.

• HA-AR Alex Rodriguez B
• HA-BB Barry Bonds A
• HA-RC Roger Clemens A

Team Topps Legends Autographs

As with most other Topps releases in 2001, The Team Topps Legends Autographs were also randomly inserted into packs.

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