Latest revision as of 22:05, 28 January 2020

Description

2004 Bowman Chrome is a 350-card set released in August, 2004. The last 20 cards are autographed and each 18-pack Hobby box will yield at least one.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs plus one box topper pack per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	350	-	?
short set	330	-	4:1
Autographed First Year	20	2000	1:25
Refractor	330	-	1:4
Autographed First Year Refractor	20	500	1:100
X-Fractor	330	172	one-per-box
Autographed First Year X-Fractor	20	250	1:200
Gold Refractor	330	50	1:60
Autographed First Year Gold Refractor	20	50	1:1003
Blue Rafractors	165	290	one-per-box
Stars of the Future	3	500	1:600
Stars of the Future Refractor	3	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans (Reds)

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1 Garret Anderson
2 Larry Walker
3 Derek Jeter
4 Curt Schilling
5 Carlos Zambrano
6 Shawn Green
7 Manny Ramirez
8 Randy Johnson
9 Jeremy Bonderman
10 Alfonso Soriano
11 Scott Rolen
12 Kerry Wood
13 Eric Gagne
14 Ryan Klesko
15 Kevin Millar
16 Ty Wigginton
17 David Ortiz
18 Luis Castillo
19 Bernie Williams
20 Edgar Renteria
21 Matt Kata
22 Bartolo Colon
23 Derrek Lee
24 Gary Sheffield
25 Nomar Garciaparra
26 Kevin Millwood
27 Corey Patterson
28 Carlos Beltran
29 Mike Lieberthal
30 Troy Glaus
31 Preston Wilson
32 Jorge Posada
33 Bo Hart
34 Mark Prior
35 Hideo Nomo
36 Jason Kendall
37 Roger Clemens
38 Dmitri Young
39 Jason Giambi
40 Jim Edmonds
41 Ryan Ludwick
42 Brandon Webb
43 Todd Helton
44 Jacque Jones
45 Jamie Moyer
46 Tim Salmon
47 Kelvim Escobar
48 Tony Batista
49 Nick Johnson
50 Jim Thome
51 Casey Blake
52 Trot Nixon
53 Luis Gonzalez
54 Dontrelle Willis
55 Mike Mussina
56 Carl Crawford
57 Mark Buehrle
58 Scott Podsednik
59 Brian Giles
60 Rafael Furcal
61 Miguel Cabrera
62 Rich Harden
63 Mark Teixeira
64 Frank Thomas
65 Johan Santana
66 Jason Schmidt
67 Aramis Ramirez
68 Jose Reyes
69 Magglio Ordonez
70 Mike Sweeney
71 Eric Chavez
72 Rocco Baldelli
73 Sammy Sosa
74 Javy Lopez
75 Roy Oswalt
76 Raul Ibanez
77 Ivan Rodriguez
78 Jerome Williams
79 Carlos Lee
80 Geoff Jenkins
81 Sean Burroughs
82 Marcus Giles
83 Mike Lowell
84 Barry Zito
85 Aubrey Huff
86 Esteban Loaiza
87 Torii Hunter
88 Phil Nevin
89 Andruw Jones
90 Josh Beckett
91 Mark Mulder
92 Hank Blalock
93 Jason Phillips
94 Russ Ortiz
95 Juan Pierre
96 Tom Glavine
97 Gil Meche
98 Ramon Ortiz
99 Richie Sexson
100 Albert Pujols
101 Javier Vazquez
102 Johnny Damon
103 Alex Rodriguez
104 Omar Vizquel
105 Chipper Jones
106 Lance Berkman
107 Tim Hudson
108 Carlos Delgado
109 Austin Kearns
110 Orlando Cabrera
111 Edgar Martinez
112 Melvin Mora
113 Jeff Bagwell
114 Marlon Byrd
115 Vernon Wells
116 C.C. Sabathia
117 Cliff Floyd
118 Ichiro Suzuki
119 Miguel Olivo
120 Mike Piazza
121 Adam Dunn
122 Paul Lo Duca
123 Brett Myers
124 Michael Young
125 Sidney Ponson
126 Greg Maddux
127 Vladimir Guerrero
128 Miguel Tejada
129 Andy Pettitte
130 Rafael Palmeiro
131 Ken Griffey, Jr.
132 Shannon Stewart
133 Joel Pineiro
134 Luis Matos
135 Jeff Kent
136 Randy Wolf
137 Chris Woodward
138 Jody Gerut
139 Jose Vidro
140 Bret Boone
141 Bill Mueller
142 Angel Berroa
143 Bobby Abreu
144 Roy Halladay

Prospects (Greens)

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145 Delmon Young
146 Jonny Gomes
147 Rickie Weeks
148 Edwin Jackson
149 Neal Cotts
150 Jason Bay
151 Khalil Greene
152 Joe Mauer
153 Bobby Jenks
154 Chin-Feng Chen
155 Chien-Ming Wang
156 Mickey Hall
157 James Houser
158 Jay Sborz
159 Jonathan Fulton
160 Steven Lerud
161 Grady Sizemore
162 Felix Pie
163 Dustin McGowan
164 Chris Lubanski
165 Tom Gorzelanny

First Year Players (Blues)

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166 Rudy Guillen RC*
167 Aarom Baldiris RC*
168 Conor Jackson RC
169 Matt Moses RC*
170 Ervin Santana
171 Merkin Valdez RC
172 Erick Aybar RC
173 Brad Sullivan RC*
174 Joey Gathright RC
175 Brad Snyder
176 Alberto Callaspo
177 Brandon Medders RC
178 Zach Miner RC
179 Charlie Zink RC
180 Adam Greenberg
181 Kevin Howard RC
182 Wanell Severino
183 Chin-Lung Hu RC
184 Joel Zumaya RC
185 Skip Schumaker
186 Nic Ungs RC*
187 Todd Self RC
188 Brian Steffek
189 Brock Peterson RC
190 Greg Thissen RC*
191 Frank Brooks
192 Scott Olsen RC
193 Chris Mabeus
194 Dan Giese
195 Jared Wells
196 Carlos Sosa RC*
197 Bobby Madritsch
198 Calvin Hayes RC*
199 Omar Quintanilla
200 Chris O'Riordan RC*
201 Tim Hutting RC*
202 Carlos Quentin RC
203 Brayan Pena RC
204 Jeff Salazar RC
205 David Murphy RC
206 Alberto Garcia
207 Ramon Ramirez RC
208 Luis Bolivar
209 Rodney Choy Foo RC*
210 Fausto Carmona RC
211 Anthony Acevedo RC*
212 Chad Santos RC
213 Jason Frasor RC
214 Jesse Roman RC*
215 James Tomlin RC*
216 Josh Labandeira RC
217 Ryan Meaux RC*
218 Don F. Sutton RC*
219 Danny Gonzalez RC*
220 Javier Guzman RC*
221 Anthony Lerew RC
222 Jon Connolly RC*
223 Jesse English
224 Hector Made RC*
225 Travis Hanson
226 Jesse Floyd
227 Nick Gorneault RC
228 Craig Ansman RC*
229 Paul McAnulty RC
230 Carl Loadenthal RC*
231 Dave Crouthers RC*
232 Harvey Garcia RC
233 Casey Kopitzke RC*
234 Ricky Nolasco RC
235 Miguel Perez RC
236 Ryan Mulhern
237 Chris Aguila RC
238 Brooks Conrad RC
239 Damaso Espino RC*
240 Jereme Milons
241 Luke Hughes RC
242 Kory Casto RC
243 Jose Valdez
244 J.T. Stotts
245 Lee Gwaltney RC*
246 Yoann Torrealba RC
247 Omar Falcon RC*
248 Jon Coutlangus
249 George Sherrill
250 John Santor
251 Tony Richie
252 Kevin Richardson
253 Tim Bittner RC*
254 Chris Saenz RC
255 Jose Capellan RC
256 Donald Levinski RC*
257 Jerome Gamble RC*
258 Jeff Keppinger
259 Jason Szuminski RC
260 Akinori Otsuka RC
261 Ryan Budde RC
262 Marland Williams RC*
263 Jeff Allison RC*
264 Hector Gimenez RC
265 Tim Frend RC*
266 Tom Farmer RC*
267 Shawn Hill RC
268 Mike Huggins RC*
269 Scott Proctor RC
270 Jorge Mejia
271 Terry Jones RC*
272 Zach Duke RC
273 Jesse Crain RC
274 Luke Anderson
275 Hunter Brown
276 Matt Lemanczyk RC*
277 Fernando Cortez RC
278 Vince Perkins RC*
279 Tommy Murphy RC
280 Mike Gosling RC
281 Paul Bacot RC*
282 Matt Capps RC
283 Juan Gutierrez RC*
284 Teodoro Encarnacion
285 Chad Bentz RC
286 Kaz Matsui RC
287 Ryan Hankins
288 Juan Carlos Oviedo RC (a.k.a. Leo Nunez)
289 Dave Wallace RC*
290 Rob Tejeda RC
291 Paul Maholm RC
292 Casey Daigle RC
293 Tydus Meadows RC*
294 Khalid Ballouli RC*
295 Benji DeQuin RC*
296 Tyler Davidson RC*
297 Brant Colamarino RC*
298 Marcus McBeth RC
299 Brad Eldred RC
300 David Pauley RC
301 Yadier Molina RC
302 Chris Shelton RC
303 Nyjer Morgan RC
304 Jon Devries RC*
305 Sheldon Fulse
306 Vito Chiaravalloti RC*
307 Warner Madrigal RC
308 Reid Gorecki RC
309 Sung Jung RC*
310 Pete Shier
311 Michael Mooney RC*
312 Kenny Perez RC*
313 Michael Mallory
314 Ben Himes
315 Ivan Ochoa RC
316 Don Kelly RC
317 Tom Mastny RC
318 Kevin Davidson RC*
319 Brian Pilkington RC*
320 Alex Romero RC
321 Chad Chop RC*
322 Kody Kirkland RC*
323 Casey Myers RC*
324 Mike Rouse RC
325 Sergio Silva RC*
326 J.J. Furmaniak RC
327 Brad Vericker
328 Blake Hawksworth RC
329 Brock Jacobsen RC*
330 Alec Zumwalt RC*

Autographed First Year Players

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Topps announced that each player signed 2000 copies of their Autographed First Year Player card; however, the cards are NOT serial-numbered.

331 Wardell Starling RC*
332 Estee Harris RC*
333 Kyle Sleeth RC*
334 Dioner Navarro RC
335 Logan Kensing
336 Travis Blackley
337 Lincoln Holdzkom RC*
338 Jason Hirsh
339 Juan Cedeno RC*
340 Matt Creighton RC*
341 Tim Stauffer RC
342 Shingo Takatsu RC
343 Lastings Milledge
344 Dustin Nippert RC
345 Felix Hernandez RC
346 Joaquin Arias
347 Kevin Kouzmanoff
348 Bobby Brownlie
349 David Aardsma RC
350 Jon Knott RC

Parallels

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All 350 cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (Un-Autographed: un-numbered; First Year Player Autographs: limited, but not serial-numbered, to 500 copies)
Gold Refractor (Un-Autographed: serial-numbered to 50; First Year Player Autographs: limited, but not serial-numbered, to 50 copies.)

X-Fractors

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Inserted into each Hobby box as a box topper was a pack containing one X-Fractor. X-Fractors exist for all 330 un-autographed base cards and each is serial-numbered to 172 copies; however, only 162 were inserted into box topper packs. Randomly inserted into box topper packs were ten "Instant Winner" cards good for an entire set of X-Fractors. It is believed that the first ten serial-numbered copies of each X-Fractor were set aside for this contest, and cards numbered 11 and above were inserted into packs. The odds of finding an Instant Winner card were 1:103,968 box topper packs. Collectors had until August 30th, 2006 to redeem any Instant Winner cards.

Meanwhile, X-Fractors for the 20 Autographed First Year Player cards (cards #331-#350) were randomly inserted into packs. According to Topps, each player signed 250 X-Fractors, but the cards are NOT serial-numbered. Instant Winner sets did NOT include the Autographs.

First Year Player Blue Refractors

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In addition to an X-Fractor, each Hobby box topper pack also included a redemption card good for a First Year Player Blue Refractor. Each redemption card had a code which had to be entered onto thepit.com (which Topps owned at the time), to see which First Year Player Blue Refractor they received. Only the 165 first year players (cards #166-#330) were included in this set were serial-numbered to 290 copies.

Once redeemed, collectors could choose to have their Blue Refractor delivered to them, or let it sit in their thepit.com account. Delivered Blue Refractors were encased in a plastic holder, similar to an eTopps card.

However, First Year Player Blue Refractors have surfaced of non-first year players:

Derek Jeter
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Chipper Jones

These Blue Refractors seemingly were not intended to be produced and/or released but leaked onto the secondary market. The Jeter, Griffey, and Jones cards have the same blue refractor finish on the front and the "Blue Refractor" text printed on the back but were not serial numbered.

Autographs

Stars of the Future

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Each Stars of the Future triple autograph is limited, but NOT serial-numbered, to 500 copies and also available in a Refractor parallel.

MHD Nick Markakis / Shawn Hill / Eric Duncan
YSS Delmon Young / Kyle Sleeth / Tim Stauffer
LHC Chris Lubanski / Harvey Garcia / Chad Cordero

Bowman
Classic Era: 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 (black & white, color) - 1954 - 1955
Junk Wax Era: 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993
Post-Strike Era: 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
Exclusive License Era: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022
Fanatics Era: 2023 - 2024

Bowman Update Sets
Draft Picks & Prospects: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013
Draft: 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Bowman Parallel Brands
Chrome: 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Chrome Mini: 2013 - 2014 - 2017
Chrome Mega Box: 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Sapphire Chrome: 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Other Bowman Sets:Bowman AFLAC - Bowman Under Armour

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-In addition to an X-Fractor, each Hobby box topper pack also included a redemption card good for a First Year Player Blue Refractor.  Each redemption card had a code which had to be entered onto thepit.com (which Topps owned at the time), to see which First Year Player Blue Refractor they received.  Only the 165 First Year Players (cards #166-#330) were included in this set, and each card is serial-numbered to 290 copies.
+In addition to an X-Fractor, each Hobby box topper pack also included a redemption card good for a First Year Player Blue Refractor.  Each redemption card had a code which had to be entered onto thepit.com (which Topps owned at the time), to see which First Year Player Blue Refractor they received.  Only the 165 first year players (cards #166-#330) were included in this set were serial-numbered to 290 copies.
-Once redeemed, collectors could choose to have their Blue Refractor delivered to them, or let it sit in their thepit.com account.  Delivered Blue Refractors were encased in a plastic holder, not unlike an eTopps card.
+Once redeemed, collectors could choose to have their Blue Refractor delivered to them, or let it sit in their thepit.com account.  Delivered Blue Refractors were encased in a plastic holder, similar to an eTopps card.
+However, First Year Player Blue Refractors have surfaced of non-first year players:
+* Derek Jeter
+* Ken Griffey, Jr.
+* Chipper Jones
+These Blue Refractors seemingly were not intended to be produced and/or released but leaked onto the secondary market.  The Jeter, Griffey, and Jones cards have the same blue refractor finish on the front and the "Blue Refractor" text printed on the back but were not serial numbered.
 ==Autographs==