2011 Bowman Sterling

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Description

2011 Bowman Sterling, a 50-card set, was released on December 20th, 2011. Each five-card pack will yield one base card, one MLB Future Stars "insert," two autographs and a Relic.

Distribution

Six packs plus one Dual Relic Box Topper pack per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Four boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 50 - 1:1
Refractors 50 199 1:8
Gold Refractor 50 50 1:31
Black Refractor 50 25 1:61
Purple Refractor 50 10 1:152
Red Refractor 50 one-of-one 1:1509
Canary Diamond Refractor 50 one-of-one 1:1509
Printing Plates 50 four-for-each ?
Prospects 50 - 1:1
Prospects Refractors 50 199 1:8
Prospects Gold Refractor 50 50 1:31
Prospects Black Refractor 50 25 1:61
Prospects Purple Refractor 50 10 1:152
Prospects Red Refractor 50 one-of-one 1:1509
Prospects Canary Diamond Refractor 50 one-of-one 1:1509
Prospects Printing Plates 50 four-for-each ?
Rookie Relics 29 - 1:18
Rookie Dual Relic X-Fractors 17 199 1:126
Rookie Triple Relic Gold Refractors 17 50 1:126
Rookie Relic Autograph Black Refractors 15 25 1:202
Rookie Relic Autograph Purple Refractors 15 10 1:507
Rookie Relic Autograph Red Refractors 15 one-of-one 1:4828
USA Baseball Relics 22 - ?
USA Baseball Dual Relic X-Fractors 22 199 1:18
USA Baseball Triple Relic Gold Refractors 22 50 1:69
USA Baseball Relic Autograph Black Refractors 22 25 1:138
USA Baseball Relic Autograph Purple Refractors 22 10 1:345
USA Baseball Relic Autograph Red Refractors 22 one-of-one 1:3450
Dual Relics 34 196 one-per-box*
Dual Relics Refractors 34 99 1:4/boxes*
Dual Relics Gold Refractors 34 50 1:8/boxes*
Dual Relics Black Refractors 34 25 1:15/boxes*
Dual Relics Purple Refractors 34 10 1:38/boxes*
Dual Relics Red Refractor 34 one-of-one 1:365/boxes*
Rookie Autographs 22 - ?
Rookie Autographs Refractors 23 199 1:6
Stephen Strasburg Rookie Autograph Refractor 1 25 1:3018
Rookie Autographs Gold Refractors 23 50 1:21
Rookie Autographs Black Refractors 23 25 1:42
Rookie Autographs Purple Refractors 23 10 1:104
Rookie Autographs Red Refractors 23 one-of-one 1:1035
Rookie Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors 23 one-of-one 1:1035
Rookie Autographs Printing Plates 23 four for each 1:260
Prospect Autographs 49 - 1:20
Prospect Autographs Refractors 50 199 1:6
Prospect Autographs Gold Refractors 50 50 1:21
Prospect Autographs Black Refractors 50 25 1:42
Prospect Autographs Purple Refractors 50 10 1:104
Prospect Autographs Red Refractors 50 one-of-one 1:1035
Prospect Autographs Canary Diamond Refractors 50 one-of-one 1:1035
Prospect Autographs Printing Plates 50 four for each 1:260
Dual Autographs 27 299 or 225 1:10
Dual Autographs Refractor 27 99 1:29
Dual Autographs Gold Refractor 27 50 1:57
Dual Autographs Black Refractor 27 25 1:112
Dual Autographs Purple Refractor 27 10 1:281
Dual Autographs Red Refractor 27 one-of-one 1:2785
Dual Autographs Canary Diamond Refractor 27 one-of-one 1:2785
Dual Autographs Printing Plates 27 four for each 1:703

* Dual Relics are exclusive to the Box Topper pack.

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Freddie Freeman RC
  • 2 Al Alburquerque RC
  • 3 Salvador Perez RC
  • 4 Ryan Lavarnway RC
  • 5 Jason Kipnis RC
  • 6 Arodys Vizcaino RC
  • 7 Chance Ruffin RC
  • 8 Dee Gordon RC
  • 9 Mike Moustakas RC
  • 10 Johnny Giavotella RC
  • 11 Dustin Ackley RC
  • 12 Chase d'Arnaud RC
  • 13 Jimmy Paredes RC
  • 14 Fautino De Los Santos RC
  • 15 Jose Altuve RC
  • 16 Brandon Beachy RC
  • 17 Trayvon Robinson RC
  • 18 Mark Trumbo (RC)
  • 19 Jacob Turner RC
  • 20 Anthony Rizzo RC
  • 21 Kyle Weiland RC
  • 22 Mike Trout RC
  • 23 Ben Revere RC
  • 24 Hector Noesi RC
  • 25 Danny Duffy RC
  • 26 Juan Nicasio RC
  • 27 Paul Goldschmidt RC
  • 28 Tyler Chatwood RC
  • 29 Eric Thames RC
  • 30 Yonder Alonso RC
  • 31 Todd Frazier RC
  • 32 Andy Dirks RC
  • 33 Javy Guerra (RC)
  • 34 Michael Stutes RC
  • 35 Michael Pineda RC
  • 36 Aaron Crow RC
  • 37 Alexi Ogando RC
  • 38 Alex Cobb RC
  • 39 Brandon Belt RC
  • 40 Lonnie Chsenhall RC
  • 41 Zach Britton RC
  • 42 Jordan Walden RC
  • 43 Jose Iglesias RC
  • 44 Julio Teheran RC
  • 45 Desmond Jennings RC
  • 46 Blake Beavan RC
  • 47 Craig Kimbrel RC
  • 48 Eric Hosmer RC
  • 49 Jerry Sands RC
  • 50 Kyle Seager RC

Parallels

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All 50 base cards are available in the following Refractor 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 ten)
  • Red Refractor (one-of-one)
  • Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

Prospects

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All 50 Prospects are available in the following Refractor 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 ten)
  • Red Refractor (one-of-one)
  • Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
  • 1 Bryce Harper
  • 2 Shelby Miller
  • 3 Jesus Montero
  • 4 Manny Banuelos
  • 5 Will Myers
  • 6 Aaron Hicks
  • 7 Matt Moore
  • 8 Jameson Taillon
  • 9 Manny Machado
  • 10 Jonathan Singleton
  • 11 Devin Mesoraco
  • 12 John Lamb
  • 13 Blake Snell
  • 14 Gary Sanchez
  • 15 Brett Jackson
  • 16 Zack Wheeler
  • 17 Jean Segura
  • 18 Wilmer Flores
  • 19 Miguel Sano
  • 20 Larry Greene
  • 21 Chris Archer
  • 22 Travis D'Arnaud
  • 23 George Springer
  • 24 Trevor Story
  • 25 Jarrod Parker
  • 26 Christian Colon
  • 27 Dellin Betances
  • 28 Tony Sanchez
  • 29 Billy Hamilton
  • 30 Tyler Goeddel
  • 31 Dante Bichette, Jr.
  • 32 Trevor Bauer
  • 33 Cory Spangenberg
  • 34 Javier Baez
  • 35 C.J. Cron
  • 36 Sonny Gray
  • 37 Jake Hager
  • 38 James Harris
  • 39 Brandon Martin
  • 40 Joe Panik
  • 41 Robert Stephenson
  • 42 Jose Fernandez
  • 43 Kolten Wong
  • 44 Taylor Jungmann
  • 45 Francisco Lindor
  • 46 Matt Barnes
  • 47 Brandon Nimmo
  • 48 Bubba Starling
  • 49 Dan Vogelbach
  • 50 Kevin Matthews

Game-Used

Rookie Relics

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  • AC Aaron Crow
  • ACO Alex Cobb
  • AO Alexi Ogando
  • AR Anthony Rizzo
  • BB Brandon Beachy
  • BB Brandon Belt
  • CK Craig Kimbrel
  • CL Cory Luebke
  • CS Chris Sale
  • DA Dustin Ackley
  • DB Darwin Barney
  • DD Danny Duffy
  • DE Danny Espinosa
  • DJ Desmond Jennings
  • EH Eric Hosmer
  • FF Freddie Freeman
  • JH Jeremy Hellickson
  • JT Justin Turner
  • JW Jordan Walden
  • JWE Jemile Weeks
  • LC Lonnie Chisenhall
  • MM Mike Moustakas
  • MMI Mike Minor
  • MP Michael Pineda
  • MT Mark Trumbo
  • TC Tyler Chatwood
  • ZB Zach Britton

Dual Relic X-Fractors

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Each Rookie Dual Relic X-Fractor is serial-numbered to 199 copies.

NOTES:

  • Cards #EH and #MM are serial-numbered to 25 copies.
  • 12 cards that have "base" Rookie Relics, do not appear in the X-Fractor (or any other Refractor) parallel.
  • Card #BR only appears in the Dual Relic X-Fractor set.
  • AC Aaron Crow 199
  • AO Alexi Ogando 199
  • AR Anthony Rizzo 199
  • BB Brandon Beachy 199
  • BB Brandon Belt 199
  • BR Ben Revere 199
  • CK Craig Kimbrel 199
  • DA Dustin Ackley 199
  • DE Danny Espinosa 199
  • EH Eric Hosmer 25
  • FF Freddie Freeman 199
  • JW Jordan Walden 199
  • LC Lonnie Chisenhall 199
  • MM Mike Moustakas 25
  • MP Michael Pineda 199
  • MT Mark Trumbo 199
  • ZB Zach Britton 199

Triple Relic Gold Refractors

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Each Rookie Triple Relic Gold Refractor is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

NOTES:

  • Cards #EH and #MM are serial-numbered to ten.
  • This is the only parallel card #CS appears in.
  • AC Aaron Crow 50
  • AO Alexi Ogando 50
  • AR Anthony Rizzo 50
  • BB Brandon Beachy 50
  • BB Brandon Belt 50
  • CK Craig Kimbrel 50
  • CS Chris Sale 50
  • DA Dustin Ackley 50
  • DD Danny Duffy 50
  • EH Eric Hosmer 10
  • FF Freddie Freeman 50
  • JW Jordan Walden 50
  • LC Lonnie Chisenhall 50
  • MM Mike Moustakas 10
  • MP Michael Pineda 50
  • MT Mark Trumbo 50
  • ZB Zach Britton 50

Relic Autograph Black Refractor

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Each Rookie Relic Autograph Black Refractor is serial-numbered to 25 copies with the same 15 cards also available in the following parallels.

  • Relic Autograph Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to ten)
  • Relic Autograph Red Refractor (one-of-one)
  • AC Aaron Crow
  • AO Alexi Ogando
  • AR Anthony Rizzo
  • BB Brandon Beachy
  • BB Brandon Belt
  • CK Craig Kimbrel
  • DA Dustin Ackley
  • EH Eric Hosmer
  • FF Freddie Freeman
  • JW Jordan Walden
  • LC Lonnie Chisenhall
  • MM Mike Moustakas
  • MP Michael Pineda
  • MT Mark Trumbo
  • ZB Zach Britton

USA Baseball Relics

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Each USA Baseball Relic is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Dual Relic X-Fractors (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Triple Relic Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Relic Autograph Black Refractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Relic Autograph Purple Refractors (serial-numbered to ten)
  • Relic Autograph Red Refractors (one-of-one)
  • AM Andrew Mitchell
  • BJ Brian Johnson
  • BK Branden Kline
  • BR Brady Rodgers
  • CE Chris Elder
  • CK Corey Knebel
  • DB D.J. Baxendale
  • DF Dominic Ficociello
  • DL David Lyon
  • DM Deven Marrero
  • EW Erich Weiss
  • HM Hoby Milner
  • JE Josh Elander
  • KG Kevin Gausman
  • MA Mark Appel
  • ML Michael Lorenzen
  • MR Matt Reynolds
  • MS Marcus Stroman
  • MW Michael Wacha
  • NF Nolan Fontana
  • TM Tom Murphy
  • TN Tyler Naquin

Dual Relics

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Dual Relics are exclusive to the one-per Hobby box Box Topper pack and serial-numbered to 196 copies. Each is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractors (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Black Refractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Purple Refractors (serial-numbered to ten)
  • Red Refractors (one-of-one)
  • AE Dustin Ackley / Danny Espinosa
  • BD Zach Britton / Danny Duffy
  • BF Ryan Braun / Prince Fielder
  • BH Brandon Beachy / Tommy Hanson
  • BJ Zach Britton / Adam Jones
  • CB Starlin Castro / Darwin Barney
  • CD Aaron Crow / Danny Duffy
  • FH Freddie Freeman / Jason Heyward
  • GC Curtis Granderson / Robinson Cano
  • GG Curtis Granderson / Carlos Gonzalez
  • GJ Curtis Granderson / Adam Jones
  • GK Dee Gordon / Matt Kemp
  • GS Carlos Gonzalez / Mike Stanton
  • HM Eric Hosmer / Mike Moustakas
  • HP Felix Hernandez / Michael Pineda
  • JN Derek Jeter / Eduardo Nunez
  • MC Mike Moustakas / Lonnie Chisenhall
  • OF Alexi Ogando / Neftali Feliz
  • PB Buster Posey / Brandon Belt
  • PBR Michael Pineda / Zach Britton
  • PHE David Price / Felix Hernandez
  • PHO Albert Pujols / Matt Holliday
  • SC Carlos Santana / Lonnie Chisenhall
  • SR Mike Stanton / Hanley Ramirez
  • SS Chris Sale / Sergio Santos
  • TC Mark Trumbo / Hank Conger
  • TG Troy Tulowitzki / Carlos Gonzalez
  • VH Justin Verlander / Roy Halladay
  • WC Jered Weaver / Tyler Chatwood
  • WK Jordan Walden / Craig Kimbrel
  • WW Rickie Weeks / Jemile Weeks
  • ZE Ryan Zimmerman / Danny Espinosa

Autographs

Rookie Autographs

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Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.

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

NOTES:

  • Mike Trout (card #19) did not sign any base cards and only signed 109 Refractors. He signed all other "colored" Refractors.
  • Stephen Strasburg (card #SS1) did not sign any base cards signed only 25 Refractors. He did not sign any "colored" Refractors.
  • SS1 Stephen Strasburg
  • 1 Michael Pineda
  • 2 Hector Noesi
  • 3 Jerry Sands
  • 4 Anthony Rizzo
  • 5 Julio Teheran
  • 6 Eric Hosmer
  • 7 Freddie Freeman
  • 8 Dustin Ackley
  • 9 Kyle Seager
  • 10 Danny Duffy
  • 11 Aaron Crow
  • 12 Nathan Eovaldi
  • 13 Mike Moustakas
  • 14 Alex Cobb
  • 15 Dee Gordon
  • 16 Rubby De La Rosa
  • 17 Ben Revere
  • 18 Alex White
  • 19 Mike Trout
  • 20 Maikel Cleto
  • 21 Jemile Weeks
  • 22 Brandon Beachy
  • 23 Eric Thames

Prospect Autographs

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Each Prospect Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.

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

NOTE: Bryce Harper (card #BH) did not sign any base cards and signed only 109 Refractors. He signed all other "colored" Refractors.

  • BSP-AB Archie Bradley
  • BSP-AH Aaron Hicks
  • BSP-BB Bryce Brentz
  • BSP-BH Bryce Harper
  • BSP-BHO Bryan Holaday
  • BSP-BM Brandon Martin
  • BSP-BN Brandon Nimmo
  • BSP-BS Blake Snell
  • BSP-BST Bubba Starling
  • BSP-BSW Blake Swihart
  • BSP-CB Charles Brewer
  • BSP-CC Collin Cowgill
  • BSP-CCR C.J. Cron
  • BSP-CS Cory Spangenberg
  • BSP-CW Christopher Wallace
  • BSP-DBU Dylan Bundy
  • BSP-DV Dan Vogelbach
  • BSP-FL Francisco Lindor
  • BSP-GG Garrett Gould
  • BSP-GS George Springer
  • BSP-JB Javier Baez
  • BSP-JB Jed Bradley
  • BSP-JF Jose Fernandez
  • BSP-JH Jake Hager
  • BSP-JHA James Harris
  • BSP-JK Jake Skole
  • BSP-JP Joe Panik
  • BSP-KC Kyle Crick
  • BSP-KM Kevin Matthews
  • BSP-KW Kolten Wong
  • BSP-KWA Keenyn Walker
  • BSP-LG Larry Greene
  • BSP-MB Manny Banuelos
  • BSP-MBA Matt Barnes
  • BSP-MF Michael Fulmer
  • BSP-MG Mychal Givens
  • BSP-MMO Matt Moore
  • BSP-RS Robert Stephenson
  • BSP-SG Sonny Gray
  • BSP-SGI Sean Gilmartin
  • BSP-SM Starling Marte
  • BSP-TA Tyler Anderson
  • BSP-TB Trevor Bauer
  • BSP-TG Tyler Goeddel
  • BSP-TGU Taylor Guerrieri
  • BSP-TH Travis Harrison
  • BSP-TJ Taylor Jungmann
  • BSP-TS Trevor Story
  • BSP-ZC Zach Cone
  • BSP-ZL Zach Lee

Dual Autographs

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Each Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to either 225 or 299 copies available in the following Refractor parallels.

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

NOTE: The seven cards numbered to 225 are rookies, the remaining 20 cards numbered to 299 are of USA Baseball players.

  • AB Mark Appel / D.J. Baxendale 299
  • AW Albert Almora / Mikey White 299
  • BC Alex Bregman / Gavin Cecchini 299
  • DC Danny Duffy / Aaron Crow 225
  • DW David Dahl / Jesse Winker 299
  • EL Chris Elder / Michael Lorenzen 299
  • EN Josh Elander / Tyler Naquin 299
  • FF Dominic Ficociello / Nolan Fontana 299
  • GJ Kevin Gausman / Brian Johnson 299
  • ID Cole Irvin / Chase DeJong 299
  • KG Carson Kelly / Joey Gallo 299
  • KK Branden Kline / Corey Knebel 299
  • LM David Lyon / Tom Murphy 299
  • MM Hoby Miner / Andrew Mitchell 299
  • MR Deven Marrero / Matt Reynolds 299
  • OC Chris Okey / Troy Conyers 299
  • OH Alexi Ogando / Mark Hamburger 225
  • RH Ben Revere / Liam Hendriks 225
  • RM Nelson Rodriguez / Jeremy Martinez 299
  • RW Brady Rodgers / Michael Wacha 299
  • SD Jerry Sands / Ruby De La Rosa 225
  • SP Clate Schmidt / Cody Poteet 299
  • SW Marcus Sroman / Erich Weiss 299
  • TB Mark Trumbo / Brandon Belt 225
  • TBE Julio Teheran / Brandon Beachy 225
  • TR Eric Thames / Ben Revere 225
  • VM Hunter Virant / Walker Weickel 299