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[[Image:1998bowman1.jpg|right|frame|1998 Bowman Series 1 hobby box]]
=Description=
 
1998 Bowman once again touted itself as "Home Of The Rookie Card."  And indeed it was, out of the 441 cards in the set 115 are rookie cards.  For the second straight year, the set was divided into two series of 221 and 220 cards with the production of Series Two cut by as much as 20% over Series One.  Also for the second straight year, an additional 221st card was added to the Series One base set to accommodate a New York Yankee rookie pitcher (Orlando Hernandez). 
 
For the first time, players making their Bowman Debut are marked with a gold Bowman Rookie Card stamp above their name. 
 
Unfortunately, quantity did not necessarily equal quality as most of the rookies went on to have undistinguished careers or never even appeared in a major league game. (Those never to appear are noted in checklist with an "RC*").  The "best" rookie cards, if you call them that, include Magglio Ordonez, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Lee, and Troy Glaus.
 
1998 Bowman hasn't aged well, due to the large print run and lack of big-name rookie cards. Hobby boxes of either series can be found for as little as $20.


=Description=
===$125 Guarantee===


1998 Bowman once again touted itself as "Home Of The Rookie Card". Indeed it was, out of the 441 cards in the set 115 are rookie cards. Notables include Magglio Ordonez, Jimmy Rollins, Ted Lilly, Troy Glaus, Jimmy Rollins, & Ramon Ortiz.
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For the first time players, making their Bowman Debut are marked with a gold Bowman Rookie Card stamp above their name. However, in hindsight most of the players featured as a rookie card went on to have undistinguished careers or never even appeared in a major league game.
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For the third consecutive year, Topps offered collectors the right to purchase an "option" to sell a complete 441-card set of ''1998 Bowman Baseball'' during a five-month window in late 2001.


To receive your $125 Guaranteed Value, collectors had to send a completed certificate request card and a $5 check or money order to:
To receive the $125, collectors had to send a completed certificate request card (randomly inserted into packs) and a $5 check or money order to:


Bowman Guaranteed Value Certificate
Bowman Guaranteed Value Certificate
P.O. Box 661
P.O. Box 661
Ardsley, NY 10502
Ardsley, NY 10502


Then Topps would send back a Guaranteed Value Certificate which could be sent back in, along with a completed set, for a $125 check.
Collectors had until December 31st, 1998 to send the request card and $5.  Topps would then send back a Guaranteed Value Certificate which could be sent back in, along with a completed set, for a $125 check.


The window to submit request cards and to receive a check was from August 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001.
The window to submit sets and to receive the $125 check was from August 1st, 2001 to December 31st, 2001.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
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=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===Series One===


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!Total Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Odds
!Retail Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||221||-||?
|-
|Bowman International||221||-||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||441||-||?||?
|Golden Anniversary||221||50||1:237
|-
|-
|Golden Anniversary Series 1||221||-||1:237||?
|1991 Japanese BBM||3||-||?
|-
|-
|Golden Anniversary Series 2||220||-||1:194||?
|Scout's Choice||21||-||1:12
|-
|-
|Bowman International||441||-||1:1||?
|Certified Autographs Blue Foil||35||500*||1:149
|-
|-
|1991 Japanese BBM||3||-||?||?
|Certified Autographs Silver Foil||35||75*||1:992
|-
|-
|1999 ROY Favorites Series 2||10||-||1:12||?
|Certified Autographs Gold Foil||35||25*||1:2976
|}
 
===Series Two===
 
{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|-
|Minor League MVPs Series 2||11||-||1:12||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||220||-||?
|-
|-
|Scout's Choice Series 1||21||-||1:12||?
|Bowman International||220||-||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs Series 1||70||-||1:149||?
|Golden Anniversary||220||50||1:194
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs Series 2||70||-||1:122||?
|1999 ROY Favorites||10||-||1:12
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs SIlver Foil Series 1||70||-||1:992||?
|Minor League MVPs||11||-||1:12
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs Silver Foil Series 2||70||-||1:815||?
|Certified Autographs Blue Foil||35||500*||1:122
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs Gold Foil Series 1||70||-||1:2976||?
|Certified Autographs Silver Foil||35||75*||1:815
|-
|-
|Certified Blue Autographs Gold Foil Series 2||70||-||1:2445||?
|Certified Autographs Gold Foil||35||25*||1:2445
|}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Estimated production figures.


=Checklist=
=Checklist=
NOTE: RC* = A true rookie card of a player who never played in the Major Leagues.
==Base Set==


===Series 1===
==Promos==


1 Nomar Garciaparra
A 20-card promo set was randomly inserted into packs of [[1998 Stadium Club]].  The first ten cards -- all of established Major Leaguers -- were inserted into Series One, or "Odd Series" packs.  The final ten are all of Prospects and seeded into Even Series packs.


2 Scott Rolen
===Odd Series===


3 Andy Pettitte
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4 Ivan Rodriguez
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===Even Series===


5 Mark McGwire
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6 Jason Dickson
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==Base Set==


7 Jose Cruz Jr.  
'''NOTE:''' RC* = A true rookie card of a player who never played in the Major Leagues.


8 Jeff Kent
===Series One===


9 Mike Mussina
====Veterans (reds)====


10 Jason Kendall
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base/22/Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=39267b32-5c7c-4e2d-83f3-ae6e71295bb8&size=original&side=back&.jpg


11 Brett Tomko
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====Prospects (blues)====


12 Jeff King
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13 Brad Radke
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===Series Two===


14 Robin Ventura
====Veterans (reds)====


15 Jeff Bagwell
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base/284/Manny-Ramirez.jpg?id=7d31e4a2-0a4d-4cda-9a70-d347cbe24b58&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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16 Greg Maddux
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====Prospects (blues)====


17 John Jaha
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base/428/Carlos-Lee.jpg?id=1cfe37a5-bcc7-4b1d-977e-3b984b13666e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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18 Mike Piazza
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19 Edgar Martinez
==Parallels==


20 David Justice
All 441 base cards are available in the following parallels.


21 Todd Hundley
'''Bowman International'''
 
22 Tony Gwynn
 
23 Larry Walker
 
24 Bernie Williams
 
25 Edgar Renteria
 
26 Rafael Palmeiro
 
27 Tim Salmon
 
28 Matt Morris
 
29 Shawn Estes
 
30 Vladimir Guerrero
 
31 Fernando Tatis
 
32 Justin Thompson
 
33 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
34 Edgardo Alfonzo
 
35 Mo Vaughn
 
36 Marty Cordova
 
37 Craig Biggio
 
38 Roger Clemens
 
39 Mark Grace
 
40 Ken Caminiti
 
41 Tony Womack
 
42 Albert Belle
 
43 Tino Martinez
 
44 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
45 Jeff Cirillo
 
46 Jason Giambi
 
47 Darin Erstad
 
48 Livan Hernandez
 
49 Mark Grudzielanek
 
50 Sammy Sosa
 
51 Curt Schilling
 
52 Brian Hunter
 
53 Neifi Perez
 
54 Todd Walker
 
55 Jose Guillen
 
56 Jim Thome
 
57 Tom Glavine
 
58 Todd Greene
 
59 Rondell White
 
60 Roberto Alomar
 
61 Tony Clark
 
62 Vinny Castilla
 
63 Barry Larkin
 
64 Hideki Irabu
 
65 Johnny Damon
 
66 Juan Gonzalez
 
67 John Olerud
 
68 Gary Sheffield
 
69 Raul Mondesi
 
70 Chipper Jones
 
71 David Ortiz
 
72 Warren Morris RC
 
73 Alex Gonzalez
 
74 Nick Bierbrodt
 
75 Roy Halladay
 
76 Danny Buxbaum
 
77 Adam Kennedy RC
 
78 Jared Sandberg RC
 
79 Michael Barrett RC
 
80 Gil Meche RC
 
81 Jayson Werth
 
82 Abraham Nunez
 
83 Ben Petrick
 
84 Brett Caradonna
 
85 Mike Lowell RC
 
86 Clayton Bruner
 
87 John Curtice RC
 
88 Bobby Estalella
 
89 Juan Melo RC
 
90 Arnold Gooch
 
91 Kevin Millwood RC
 
92 Richie Sexson
 
93 Orlando Cabrera RC
 
94 Pat Cline
 
95 Anthony Sanders
 
96 Russ Johnson RC
 
97 Ben Grieve
 
98 Kevin McGlinchy
 
99 Paul Wilder
 
100 Russ Ortiz
 
101 Ryan Jackson RC
 
102 Heath Murray
 
103 Brian Rose RC
 
104 Ryan Radmanovich RC
 
105 Ricky Ledee
 
106 Jeff Wallace
 
107 Ryan Minor RC
 
108 Dennis Reyes
 
109 James Manias
 
110 Chris Carpenter
 
111 Daryle Ward
 
112 Vernon Wells
 
113 Chad Green RC
 
114 Mike Stoner RC
 
115 Brad Fullmer
 
116 Adam Eaton RC
 
117 Jeff Liefer
 
118 Corey Koskie RC
 
119 Todd Helton
 
120 Jaime Jones RC
 
121 Mel Rosario
 
122 Geoff Goetz RC
 
123 Adrian Beltre RC
 
124 Jason Dellaero
 
125 Gabe Kapler RC
 
126 Scott Schoeneweis
 
127 Ryan Brannan RC
 
128 Aaron Akin
 
129 Ryan Anderson RC
 
130 Brad Penny
 
131 Bruce Chen
 
132 Eli Marrero
 
133 Eric Chavez RC
 
134 Troy Glaus RC
 
135 Troy Cameron
 
136 Brian Sikorski
 
137 Mike Kinkade
 
138 Braden Looper
 
139 Mark Mangum
 
140 Danny Peoples RC
 
141 J.J. Davis
 
142 Ben Davis
 
143 Jacque Jones
 
144 Derrick Gibson
 
145 Bronson Arroyo RC
 
146 Luis De Los Santos RC
 
147 Jeff Abbott
 
148 Mike Cuddyer RC
 
149 Jason Romano RC
 
150 Shane Monahan
 
151 Ntema Ndungidi RC
 
152 Alex Sanchez
 
153 Jack Cust RC
 
154 Brent Butler
 
155 Ramon Hernandez
 
156 Norm Hutchins
 
157 Jason Marquis
 
158 Jacob Cruz
 
159 Rob Burger RC
 
160 Dave Coggin RC
 
161 Preston Wilson
 
162 Jason Fitzgerald RC
 
163 Dan Serafini
 
164 Peter Munro
 
165 Trot Nixon
 
166 Homer Bush
 
167 Dermal Brown
 
168 Chad Hermansen
 
169 Julio Moreno RC
 
170 John Roskos
 
171 Grant Roberts
 
172 Ken Cloude
 
173 Jason Brester
 
174 Jason Conti
 
175 Jon Garland RC
 
176 Robbie Bell
 
177 Nathan Haynes
 
178 Ramon Ortiz
 
179 Shannon Stewart RC
 
180 Pablo Ortega
 
181 Jimmy Rollins RC
 
182 Sean Casey RC
 
183 Ted Lilly RC
 
184 Chris Enochs
 
185 Magglio Ordonez RC
 
186 Mike Drumright
 
187 Aaron Boone
 
188 Matt Clement
 
189 Todd Dunwoody RC
 
190 Larry Rodriguez
 
191 Todd Noel
 
192 Geoff Jenkins
 
193 George Lombard
 
194 Lance Berkman
 
195 Marcus McCain
 
196 Ryan McGuire
 
197 Jhensy Sandoval
 
198 Corey Lee
 
199 Mario Valdez
 
200 Robert Fick RC
 
201 Donnie Sadler RC
 
202 Marc Kroon
 
203 David Miller
 
204 Jarrod Washburn
 
205 Miguel Tejada RC
 
206 Raul Ibanez
 
207 John Patterson RC
 
208 Calvin Pickering RC
 
209 Felix Martinez RC
 
210 Mark Redman
 
211 Scott Elarton
 
212 Jose Amado
 
213 Kerry Wood
 
214 Dante Powell
 
215 Aramis Ramirez
 
216 A.J. Hinch
 
217 Dustin Carr RC
 
218 Mark Kotsay
 
219 Jason Standridge
 
220 Luis Ordaz
 
===Series 2===
 
221 Orlando Hernandez RC
 
222 Cal Ripken
 
223 Paul Molitor
 
224 Derek Jeter
 
225 Barry Bonds
 
226 Jim Edmonds
 
227 John Smoltz
 
228 Eric Karros
 
229 Ray Lankford
 
230 Rey Ordonez
 
231 Kenny Lofton
 
232 Alex Rodriguez
 
233 Dante Bichette
 
234 Pedro Martinez
 
235 Carlos Delgado
 
236 Rod Beck
 
237 Matt Williams
 
238 Charles Johnson
 
239 Rico Brogna
 
240 Frank Thomas
 
241 Paul O'Neill
 
242 Jaret Wright
 
243 Brant Brown
 
244 Ryan Klesko
 
245 Chuck Finley
 
246 Derek Bell
 
247 Delino DeShields
 
248 Chan Ho Park
 
249 Wade Boggs
 
250 Jay Buhner
 
251 Butch Huskey
 
252 Steve Finley
 
253 Will Clark
 
254 John Valentin
 
255 Bobby Higginson
 
256 Darryl Strawberry
 
257 Randy Johnson
 
258 Al Martin
 
259 Travis Fryman
 
260 Fred McGriff
 
261 Jose Valentin
 
262 Andruw Jones
 
263 Kenny Rogers
 
264 Moises Alou
 
265 Denny Neagle
 
266 Ugueth Urbina
 
267 Derrek Lee
 
268 Ellis Burks
 
269 Mariano Rivera
 
270 Dean Palmer
 
271 Eddie Taubensee
 
272 Brady Anderson
 
273 Brian Giles
 
274 Quinton McCracken
 
275 Henry Rodriguez
 
276 Andres Galarraga
 
277 Jose Canseco
 
278 David Segui
 
279 Bret Saberhagen
 
280 Kevin Brown
 
281 Chuck Knoblauch
 
282 Jeromy Burnitz
 
283 Jay Bell
 
284 Manny Ramirez
 
285 Rick Helling
 
286 Francisco Cordova
 
287 Bob Abreu
 
288 J.T. Snow
 
289 Hideo Nomo
 
290 Brian Jordan
 
291 Javy Lopez
 
292 Travis Lee
 
293 Russell Branyan
 
294 Paul Konerko
 
295 Masato Yoshii RC
 
296 Kris Benson
 
297 Juan Encarnacion
 
298 Eric Milton
 
299 Mike Caruso
 
300 Ricardo Aramboles RC*
 
301 Bobby Smith
 
302 Billy Koch
 
303 Richard Hidalgo
 
304 Justin Baughman RC
 
305 Chris Gissell
 
306 Donnie Bridges RC*
 
307 Nelson Lara RC*
 
308 Randy Wolf RC
 
309 Jason LaRue RC
 
310 Jason Gooding RC*
 
311 Edgard Clemente
 
312 Andrew Vessel
 
313 Chris Reitsma
 
314 Jesus Sanchez RC
 
315 Buddy Carlyle RC
 
316 Randy Winn RC
 
317 Luis Rivera RC
 
318 Marcus Thames RC
 
319 A.J. Pierzynski
 
320 Scott Randall
 
321 Damian Sapp
 
322 Ed Yarnall RC
 
323 Luke Allen RC
 
324 J.D. Smart
 
325 Willie Martinez
 
326 Alex Ramirez
 
327 Eric DuBose RC
 
328 Kevin Witt
 
329 Dan McKinley RC*
 
330 Cliff Politte RC
 
331 Vladimir Nunez
 
332 John Halama RC
 
333 Nerio Rodriguez
 
334 Desi Relaford
 
335 Robinson Checo RC
 
336 John Nicholson
 
337 Tom LaRosa RC*
 
338 Kevin Nicholson RC
 
339 Javier Vazquez
 
340 A.J. Zapp
 
341 Tom Evans
 
342 Kerry Robinson
 
343 Gabe Gonzalez
 
344 Ralph Milliard
 
345 Enrique Wilson
 
346 Elvin Hernandez
 
347 Mike Lincoln RC*
 
348 Cesar King RC*
 
349 Cristian Guzman RC
 
350 Donzell McDonald
 
351 Jim Parque
 
352 Mike Saipe RC
 
353 Carlos Febles RC
 
354 Dernell Stenson RC
 
355 Mark Osborne RC*
 
356 Odalis Perez RC
 
357 Jason Dewey RC*
 
358 Joe Fontenot RC
 
359 Jason Grilli RC
 
360 Kevin Haverbusch RC*
 
361 Jay Yennaco RC*
 
362 Brian Buchanan
 
363 John Barnes
 
364 Chris Fussell
 
365 Kevin Gibbs RC*
 
366 Joe Lawrence
 
367 DaRond Stovall
 
368 Brian Fuentes RC
 
369 Jimmy Anderson
 
370 Lariel Gonzalez RC
 
371 Scott Williamson RC
 
372 Milton Bradley RC
 
373 Jason Halper RC*
 
374 Brent Billingsley RC
 
375 Joe DePastino RC
 
376 Jake Westbrook RC
 
377 Octavio Dotel
 
378 Jason Williams RC*
 
379 Julio Ramirez RC


380 Seth Greisinger
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base---International/38/Roger-Clemens.jpg?id=56654730-76c3-46f2-9a1b-331fa1a712a7&size=original&side=back&.jpg


381 Mike Judd RC
On this foil-fronted parallel the background image was replaced with a map of the area of where player was born. If the player came from a non-English speaking territory the bio would be translated into that language instead.
 
382 Ben Ford RC
 
383 Tom Bennett RC*
 
384 Adam Butler RC
 
385 Wade Miller RC
 
386 Kyle Peterson RC
 
387 Tommy Peterman RC*
 
388 Onan Masaoka
 
389 Jason Rakers RC
 
390 Rafael Medina
 
391 Luis Lopez
 
392 Jeff Yoder
 
393 Vance Wilson RC
 
394 Fernando Seguignol RC
 
395 Ron Wright
 
396 Ruben Mateo RC
 
397 Steve Lomasney RC
 
398 Damian Jackson
 
399 Mike Jerzembeck RC
 
400 Luis Rivas RC
 
401 Kevin Burford RC*
 
402 Glenn Davis
 
403 Robert Luce RC*
 
404 Cole Liniak
 
405 Matt LeCroy RC
 
406 Jeremy Giambi RC
 
407 Shawn Chacon
 
408 Dewayne Wise RC
 
409 Steve Woodard
 
410 Francisco Cordero RC
 
411 Damon Minor
 
412 Lou Collier
 
413 Justin Towle
 
414 Juan LeBron
 
415 Michael Coleman RC
 
416 Felix Rodriguez
 
417 Paul Ah Yat RC*
 
418 Kevin Barker
 
419 Brian Meadows
 
420 Darnell McDonald RC
 
421 Matt Kinney RC
 
422 Mike Vavrek RC
 
423 Courtney Duncan RC
 
424 Kevin Millar RC
 
425 Ruben Rivera
 
426 Steve Shoemaker RC*
 
427 Dan Reichert RC
 
428 Carlos Lee RC
 
429 Rod Barajas RC
 
430 Pablo Ozuna RC
 
431 Todd Belitz RC
 
432 Sidney Ponson
 
433 Steve Carver RC*
 
434 Esteban Yan RC
 
435 Cedrick Bowers
 
436 Marlon Anderson
 
437 Carl Pavano
 
438 Jae Weong Seo
 
439 Jose Taveras RC*
 
440 Matt Anderson
 
441 Darron Ingram RC*
 
==Parallels==


'''Golden Anniversary'''
'''Golden Anniversary'''


Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bowman's debut set. Each card sports a gold-stamped facsimile autograph instead of the silver foil on the base and each card is numbered to 50.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base---Golden-Anniversary/178/Ramon-Ortiz.jpg?id=7050f7b9-09b0-42a7-87e5-c33be7343d1c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Base---Golden-Anniversary/178/Ramon-Ortiz.jpg?id=7050f7b9-09b0-42a7-87e5-c33be7343d1c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
'''Bowman International'''
 
Background image was replaced with a map of the area of where player was born. If the player came from a non english speaking territory the bio would be translated into that language instead.


Both sets parallel all 441 cards of the base set.
Produced in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Bowman's debut set, each card sports a gold-stamped facsimile autograph instead of the silver foil on the base.  Each card is serial-numbered to 50.


==Inserts==
==Inserts==
===1991 Japanese BBM===
NNO H.Irabu 1991 BBM
NNO S.Hasegawa 1991 BBM
NNO H.Nomo 1991 BBM
===1999 ROY Favorites===
===Minor League MVPs===


===Scout's Choice===
===Scout's Choice===


==Autographs & Game-Used==
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Scouts-Choice/SC9/Kerry-Wood.jpg?id=d293cc3b-7321-4c78-96e1-8e9e2b1ce785&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Scouts-Choice/SC9/Kerry-Wood.jpg?id=d293cc3b-7321-4c78-96e1-8e9e2b1ce785&size=original&side=back&.jpg


===Certified Blue Autographs===
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = "Bowman Scout's Choice");
</sql2wiki>
===1991 Japanese BBM===


1 Adrian Beltre
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991/BBM---Base/379/Hideo-Nomo.jpg?id=c3b30306-86bb-490a-b521-3e1d242cafe0&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991/BBM---Base/379/Hideo-Nomo.jpg?id=c3b30306-86bb-490a-b521-3e1d242cafe0&size=original&side=back&.jpg


2 Brad Fullmer
Topps went and bought back the Japanese "rookie" cards of three prominent Japanese Major Leaguers and randomly inserted them into Series One packs.  All three cards are from the [[1991 BBM]] set, and are slightly narrower and shorter (2 3/8" X 3 5/16") than a standard American baseball card.  It should also be noted that Topps did not specially mark, stamp, or emboss these cards.


3 Rickey Ledee
277 Hideki Irabu


4 David Ortiz
348 Shitegoshi Hasegawa


5 Fernando Tatis
379 Hideo Nomo


6 Kerry Wood
===1999 ROY Favorites===


7 Mel Rosario
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Rookie-of-the-Year-Favorites/ROY1/Adrian-Beltre.jpg?id=df99279f-2c64-4380-a70b-3bb43ead35df&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Bowman---Rookie-of-the-Year-Favorites/ROY1/Adrian-Beltre.jpg?id=df99279f-2c64-4380-a70b-3bb43ead35df&size=original&side=back&.jpg


8 Cole Liniak
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9 A.J. Hinch
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===Minor League MVPs===
10 Jhensy Sandoval
 
11 Jose Cruz, Jr.
 
12 Richard Hidalgo
 
13 Geoff Jenkins
 
14 Carl Pavano
 
15 Richie Sexson
 
16 Tony Womack
 
17 Scott Rolen
 
18 Ryan Minor
 
19 Eli Marrero
 
20 Jason Marquis
 
21 Mike Lowell
 
22 Todd Helton
 
23 Chad Green
 
24 Scott Elarton
 
25 Russell Branyan
 
26 Mike Drumright
 
27 Ben Grieve
 
28 Jacque Jones
 
29 Jared Sandberg
 
30 Grant Roberts
 
31 Mike Stoner
 
32 Brian Rose
 
33 Randy Winn
 
34 Justin Towle
 
35 Anthony Sanders
 
36 Rafael Medina
 
37 Corey Lee
 
38 Mike Kinkade
 
39 Norm Hutchins
 
40 Jason Brester
 
41 Ben Davis
 
42 Nomar Garciaparra
 
43 Jeff Leifer
 
44 Eric Milton
 
45 Preston Wilson
 
46 Miguel Tejada
 
47 Luis Ordaz
 
48 Travis Lee
 
49 Kris Benson
 
50 Jacon Cruz
 
51 Dermal Brown
 
52 Marc Kroon
 
53 Chad Hermanson
 
54 Roy Halladay
 
55 Eric Chavez
 
56 Jason Conti
 
57 Juan Encarnacion
 
58 Paul Wilder
 
59 Aramis Ramirez


60 Cliff Politte
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61 Todd Dunwoody
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==Autographs==


62 Paul Konerko
===Certified Autographs===


63 Shane Monahan
Each Certified Autograph is signed blue ink and stamped in blue foil and available in the following parallels.


64 Alex Sanchez
* Silver Foil
* Gold Foil


65 Jeff Abbott
'''NOTES'''


66 John Patterson
* Each card, regardless of foil color, is signed in blue ink and has the Bowman logo stamped in gold foil. 
* The color of the "Certified Autograph Issue" foil stamp is the parallel determinant.
* Although these cards are NOT serial-numbered, we estimate the production of each card at around 500 (Blue Foil), 75 (Silver Foil), and 25 (Gold Foil) copies.


67 Peter Munro
====Series One====


68 Jarrod Washburn
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69 Derrek Lee
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70 Ramon Hernandez
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Description

1998 Bowman once again touted itself as "Home Of The Rookie Card." And indeed it was, out of the 441 cards in the set 115 are rookie cards. For the second straight year, the set was divided into two series of 221 and 220 cards with the production of Series Two cut by as much as 20% over Series One. Also for the second straight year, an additional 221st card was added to the Series One base set to accommodate a New York Yankee rookie pitcher (Orlando Hernandez).

For the first time, players making their Bowman Debut are marked with a gold Bowman Rookie Card stamp above their name.

Unfortunately, quantity did not necessarily equal quality as most of the rookies went on to have undistinguished careers or never even appeared in a major league game. (Those never to appear are noted in checklist with an "RC*"). The "best" rookie cards, if you call them that, include Magglio Ordonez, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Lee, and Troy Glaus.

1998 Bowman hasn't aged well, due to the large print run and lack of big-name rookie cards. Hobby boxes of either series can be found for as little as $20.

$125 Guarantee

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For the third consecutive year, Topps offered collectors the right to purchase an "option" to sell a complete 441-card set of 1998 Bowman Baseball during a five-month window in late 2001.

To receive the $125, collectors had to send a completed certificate request card (randomly inserted into packs) and a $5 check or money order to:

Bowman Guaranteed Value Certificate

P.O. Box 661

Ardsley, NY 10502

Collectors had until December 31st, 1998 to send the request card and $5. Topps would then send back a Guaranteed Value Certificate which could be sent back in, along with a completed set, for a $125 check.

The window to submit sets and to receive the $125 check was from August 1st, 2001 to December 31st, 2001.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs in a box, 10 cards per pack. $2.50 (MSRP)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 221 - ?
Bowman International 221 - one-per-pack
Golden Anniversary 221 50 1:237
1991 Japanese BBM 3 - ?
Scout's Choice 21 - 1:12
Certified Autographs Blue Foil 35 500* 1:149
Certified Autographs Silver Foil 35 75* 1:992
Certified Autographs Gold Foil 35 25* 1:2976

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 220 - ?
Bowman International 220 - one-per-pack
Golden Anniversary 220 50 1:194
1999 ROY Favorites 10 - 1:12
Minor League MVPs 11 - 1:12
Certified Autographs Blue Foil 35 500* 1:122
Certified Autographs Silver Foil 35 75* 1:815
Certified Autographs Gold Foil 35 25* 1:2445

* Estimated production figures.

Checklist

Promos

A 20-card promo set was randomly inserted into packs of 1998 Stadium Club. The first ten cards -- all of established Major Leaguers -- were inserted into Series One, or "Odd Series" packs. The final ten are all of Prospects and seeded into Even Series packs.

Odd Series

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  • BP1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • BP2 Scott Rolen
  • BP3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • BP4 Frank Thomas
  • BP5 Larry Walker
  • BP6 Mike Piazza
  • BP7 Chipper Jones
  • BP8 Tino Martinez
  • BP9 Mark McGwire
  • BP10 Barry Bonds

Even Series

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  • BP1 Ben Grieve
  • BP2 Brad Fullmer
  • BP3 Ryan Anderson
  • BP4 Mark Kotsay
  • BP5 Bobby Estalella
  • BP6 Juan Encarnacion
  • BP7 Todd Helton
  • BP8 Mike Lowell
  • BP9 A.J. Hinch
  • BP10 Richard Hidalgo

Base Set

NOTE: RC* = A true rookie card of a player who never played in the Major Leagues.

Series One

Veterans (reds)

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  • 1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 2 Scott Rolen
  • 3 Andy Pettitte
  • 4 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 5 Mark McGwire
  • 6 Jason Dickson
  • 7 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 8 Jeff Kent
  • 9 Mike Mussina
  • 10 Jason Kendall
  • 11 Brett Tomko
  • 12 Jeff King
  • 13 Brad Radke
  • 14 Robin Ventura
  • 15 Jeff Bagwell
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 John Jaha
  • 18 Mike Piazza
  • 19 Edgar Martinez
  • 20 Dave Justice
  • 21 Todd Hundley
  • 22 Tony Gwynn
  • 23 Larry Walker
  • 24 Bernie Williams
  • 25 Edgar Renteria
  • 26 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 27 Tim Salmon
  • 28 Matt Morris
  • 29 Shawn Estes
  • 30 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 31 Fernando Tatis
  • 32 Justin Thompson
  • 33 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 34 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 35 Mo Vaughn
  • 36 Marty Cordova
  • 37 Craig Biggio
  • 38 Roger Clemens
  • 39 Mark Grace
  • 40 Ken Caminiti
  • 41 Tony Womack
  • 42 Albert Belle
  • 43 Tino Martinez
  • 44 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 45 Jeff Cirillo
  • 46 Jason Giambi
  • 47 Darin Erstad
  • 48 Livan Hernandez
  • 49 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 50 Sammy Sosa
  • 51 Curt Schilling
  • 52 Brian Hunter
  • 53 Neifi Perez
  • 54 Todd Walker
  • 55 Jose Guillen
  • 56 Jim Thome
  • 57 Tom Glavine
  • 58 Todd Greene
  • 59 Rondell White
  • 60 Roberto Alomar
  • 61 Tony Clark
  • 62 Vinny Castilla
  • 63 Barry Larkin
  • 64 Hideki Irabu
  • 65 Johnny Damon
  • 66 Juan Gonzalez
  • 67 John Olerud
  • 68 Gary Sheffield
  • 69 Raul Mondesi
  • 70 Chipper Jones

Prospects (blues)

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  • 71 David Ortiz
  • 72 Warren Morris RC
  • 73 Alex Gonzalez
  • 74 Nick Bierbrodt
  • 75 Roy Halladay
  • 76 Danny Buxbaum
  • 77 Adam Kennedy RC
  • 78 Jared Sandberg RC
  • 79 Michael Barrett RC
  • 80 Gil Meche RC
  • 81 Jayson Werth
  • 82 Abraham Nunez
  • 83 Ben Petrick
  • 84 Brett Caradonna
  • 85 Mike Lowell RC
  • 86 Clayton Bruner
  • 87 John Curtice RC*
  • 88 Bobby Estalella
  • 89 Juan Melo RC
  • 90 Arnold Gooch
  • 91 Kevin Millwood RC
  • 92 Richie Sexson
  • 93 Orlando Cabrera RC
  • 94 Pat Cline
  • 95 Anthony Sanders
  • 96 Russ Johnson RC
  • 97 Ben Grieve
  • 98 Kevin McGlinchy
  • 99 Paul Wilder
  • 100 Russ Ortiz
  • 101 Ryan Jackson RC
  • 102 Heath Murray
  • 103 Brian Rose RC
  • 104 Ryan Radmanovich RC
  • 105 Ricky Ledee
  • 106 Jeff Wallace RC
  • 107 Ryan Minor RC
  • 108 Dennis Reyes
  • 109 James Manias
  • 110 Chris Carpenter
  • 111 Daryle Ward
  • 112 Vernon Wells
  • 113 Chad Green
  • 114 Mike Stoner RC*
  • 115 Brad Fullmer
  • 116 Adam Eaton
  • 117 Jeff Liefer
  • 118 Corey Koskie RC
  • 119 Todd Helton
  • 120 Jaime Jones RC*
  • 121 Mel Rosario
  • 122 Geoff Goetz
  • 123 Adrian Beltre
  • 124 Jason Dellaero
  • 125 Gabe Kapler RC
  • 126 Scott Schoeneweis
  • 127 Ryan Brannan
  • 128 Aaron Akin
  • 129 Ryan Anderson RC*
  • 130 Brad Penny
  • 131 Bruce Chen
  • 132 Eli Marrero
  • 133 Eric Chavez
  • 134 Troy Glaus RC
  • 135 Troy Cameron
  • 136 Brian Sikorski RC
  • 137 Mike Kinkade RC
  • 138 Braden Looper
  • 139 Mark Mangum
  • 140 Danny Peoples
  • 141 J.J. Davis
  • 142 Ben Davis
  • 143 Jacque Jones
  • 144 Derrick Gibson
  • 145 Bronson Arroyo
  • 146 Luis de los Santos RC
  • 147 Jeff Abbott
  • 148 Michael Cuddyer RC
  • 149 Jason Romano
  • 150 Shane Monahan
  • 151 Ntema Ndungidi RC*
  • 152 Alex Sanchez
  • 153 Jack Cust RC
  • 154 Brent Butler
  • 155 Ramon Hernandez
  • 156 Norm Hutchins
  • 157 Jason Marquis
  • 158 Jacob Cruz
  • 159 Rob Burger RC*
  • 160 Dave Coggin
  • 161 Preston Wilson
  • 162 Jason Fitzgerald RC*
  • 163 Dan Serafini
  • 164 Peter Munro
  • 165 Trot Nixon
  • 166 Homer Bush
  • 167 Dermal Brown
  • 168 Chad Hermansen
  • 169 Julio Moreno RC*
  • 170 John Roskos RC
  • 171 Grant Roberts
  • 172 Ken Cloude
  • 173 Jason Brester
  • 174 Jason Conti
  • 175 Jon Garland
  • 176 Robbie Bell
  • 177 Nathan Haynes
  • 178 Ramon Ortiz RC
  • 179 Shannon Stewart
  • 180 Pablo Ortega
  • 181 Jimmy Rollins RC
  • 182 Sean Casey
  • 183 Ted Lilly RC
  • 184 Chris Enochs RC*
  • 185 Magglio Ordonez RC UER (photo in front is Mario Valdez)
  • 186 Mike Drumright
  • 187 Aaron Boone
  • 188 Matt Clement
  • 189 Todd Dunwoody
  • 190 Larry Rodriguez
  • 191 Todd Noel
  • 192 Geoff Jenkins
  • 193 George Lombard
  • 194 Lance Berkman
  • 195 Marcus McCain
  • 196 Ryan McGuire
  • 197 Jhensy Sandoval
  • 198 Corey Lee
  • 199 Mario Valdez
  • 200 Robert Fick RC
  • 201 Donnie Sadler
  • 202 Marc Kroon
  • 203 David Miller
  • 204 Jarrod Washburn
  • 205 Miguel Tejada
  • 206 Raul Ibanez
  • 207 John Patterson
  • 208 Calvin Pickering
  • 209 Felix Martinez
  • 210 Mark Redman
  • 211 Scott Elarton
  • 212 Jose Amado RC*
  • 213 Kerry Wood
  • 214 Dante Powell
  • 215 Aramis Ramirez
  • 216 A.J. Hinch
  • 217 Dustin Carr RC*
  • 218 Mark Kotsay
  • 219 Jason Standridge
  • 220 Luis Ordaz
  • 221 Orlando Hernandez RC

Series Two

Veterans (reds)

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  • 222 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 223 Paul Molitor
  • 224 Derek Jeter
  • 225 Barry Bonds
  • 226 Jim Edmonds
  • 227 John Smoltz
  • 228 Eric Karros
  • 229 Ray Lankford
  • 230 Rey Ordonez
  • 231 Kenny Lofton
  • 232 Alex Rodriguez
  • 233 Dante Bichette
  • 234 Pedro Martinez
  • 235 Carlos Delgado
  • 236 Rod Beck
  • 237 Matt Williams
  • 238 Charles Johnson
  • 239 Rico Brogna
  • 240 Frank Thomas
  • 241 Paul O'Neill
  • 242 Jaret Wright
  • 243 Brant Brown
  • 244 Ryan Klesko
  • 245 Chuck Finley
  • 246 Derek Bell
  • 247 Delino DeShields
  • 248 Chan Ho Park
  • 249 Wade Boggs
  • 250 Jay Buhner
  • 251 Butch Huskey
  • 252 Steve Finley
  • 253 Will Clark
  • 254 John Valentin
  • 255 Bob Higginson
  • 256 Darryl Strawberry
  • 257 Randy Johnson
  • 258 Al Martin
  • 259 Travis Fryman
  • 260 Fred McGriff
  • 261 Jose Valentin
  • 262 Andruw Jones
  • 263 Kenny Rogers
  • 264 Moises Alou
  • 265 Denny Neagle
  • 266 Ugueth Urbina
  • 267 Derrek Lee
  • 268 Ellis Burks
  • 269 Mariano Rivera
  • 270 Dean Palmer
  • 271 Eddie Taubensee
  • 272 Brady Anderson
  • 273 Brian Giles
  • 274 Quinton McCracken
  • 275 Henry Rodriguez
  • 276 Andres Galarraga
  • 277 Jose Canseco
  • 278 David Segui
  • 279 Bret Saberhagen
  • 280 Kevin Brown
  • 281 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 282 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 283 Jay Bell
  • 284 Manny Ramirez
  • 285 Rick Helling
  • 286 Francisco Cordova
  • 287 Bob Abreu
  • 288 J.T. Snow
  • 289 Hideo Nomo
  • 290 Brian Jordan
  • 291 Javy Lopez

Prospects (blues)

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  • 292 Travis Lee
  • 293 Russell Branyan
  • 294 Paul Konerko
  • 295 Masato Yoshii RC
  • 296 Kris Benson
  • 297 Juan Encarnacion
  • 298 Eric Milton
  • 299 Mike Caruso
  • 300 Ricardo Aramboles RC*
  • 301 Bobby Smith
  • 302 Billy Koch
  • 303 Richard Hidalgo
  • 304 Justin Baughman RC
  • 305 Chris Gissell
  • 306 Donnie Bridges RC*
  • 307 Nelson Lara RC*
  • 308 Randy Wolf RC
  • 309 Jason LaRue RC
  • 310 Jason Gooding RC*
  • 311 Edgard Clemente
  • 312 Andrew Vessel
  • 313 Chris Reitsma
  • 314 Jesus Sanchez RC
  • 315 Buddy Carlyle RC
  • 316 Randy Winn RC
  • 317 Luis Rivera RC
  • 318 Marcus Thames RC
  • 319 A.J. Pierzynski
  • 320 Scott Randall
  • 321 Damian Sapp
  • 322 Ed Yarnall RC
  • 323 Luke Allen RC
  • 324 J.D. Smart
  • 325 Willie Martinez
  • 326 Alex Ramirez
  • 327 Eric DuBose RC
  • 328 Kevin Witt
  • 329 Dan McKinley RC*
  • 330 Cliff Politte RC
  • 331 Vladimir Nunez
  • 332 John Halama RC
  • 333 Nerio Rodriguez
  • 334 Desi Relaford
  • 335 Robinson Checo RC
  • 336 John Nicholson
  • 337 Tom LaRosa RC*
  • 338 Kevin Nicholson RC
  • 339 Javier Vazquez
  • 340 A.J. Zapp
  • 341 Tom Evans
  • 342 Kerry Robinson
  • 343 Gabe Gonzalez
  • 344 Ralph Milliard
  • 345 Enrique Wilson
  • 346 Elvin Hernandez
  • 347 Mike Lincoln RC*
  • 348 Cesar King RC*
  • 349 Cristian Guzman RC
  • 350 Donzell McDonald
  • 351 Jim Parque
  • 352 Mike Saipe RC
  • 353 Carlos Febles RC
  • 354 Dernell Stenson RC
  • 355 Mark Osborne RC*
  • 356 Odalis Perez RC
  • 357 Jason Dewey RC*
  • 358 Joe Fontenot RC
  • 359 Jason Grilli RC
  • 360 Kevin Haverbusch RC*
  • 361 Jay Yennaco RC*
  • 362 Brian Buchanan
  • 363 John Barnes
  • 364 Chris Fussell
  • 365 Kevin Gibbs RC*
  • 366 Joe Lawrence
  • 367 Darond Stovall
  • 368 Brian Fuentes RC
  • 369 Jimmy Anderson
  • 370 Lariel Gonzalez RC
  • 371 Scott Williamson RC
  • 372 Milton Bradley RC
  • 373 Jason Halper RC*
  • 374 Brent Billingsley RC
  • 375 Joe DePastino RC
  • 376 Jake Westbrook RC
  • 377 Octavio Dotel
  • 378 Jason Williams RC*
  • 379 Julio Ramirez RC
  • 380 Seth Greisinger
  • 381 Mike Judd RC
  • 382 Ben Ford RC
  • 383 Tom Bennett RC*
  • 384 Adam Butler RC
  • 385 Wade Miller RC
  • 386 Kyle Peterson RC
  • 387 Tommy Peterman RC*
  • 388 Onan Masaoka
  • 389 Jason Rakers RC
  • 390 Rafael Medina
  • 391 Luis Lopez
  • 392 Jeff Yoder
  • 393 Vance Wilson RC
  • 394 Fernando Seguignol RC
  • 395 Ron Wright
  • 396 Ruben Mateo RC
  • 397 Steve Lomasney RC
  • 398 Damian Jackson
  • 399 Mike Jerzembeck RC
  • 400 Luis Rivas RC
  • 401 Kevin Burford RC*
  • 402 Glenn Davis
  • 403 Robert Luce RC*
  • 404 Cole Liniak
  • 405 Matt LeCroy RC
  • 406 Jeremy Giambi RC
  • 407 Shawn Chacon
  • 408 Dewayne Wise RC
  • 409 Steve Woodard
  • 410 Francisco Cordero RC
  • 411 Damon Minor
  • 412 Lou Collier
  • 413 Justin Towle
  • 414 Juan LeBron
  • 415 Michael Coleman RC
  • 416 Felix Rodriguez
  • 417 Paul Ah Yat RC*
  • 418 Kevin Barker
  • 419 Brian Meadows
  • 420 Darnell McDonald RC
  • 421 Matt Kinney RC
  • 422 Mike Vavrek RC
  • 423 Courtney Duncan RC
  • 424 Kevin Millar RC
  • 425 Ruben Rivera
  • 426 Steve Shoemaker RC*
  • 427 Dan Reichert RC
  • 428 Carlos Lee RC
  • 429 Rod Barajas RC
  • 430 Pablo Ozuna RC
  • 431 Todd Belitz RC
  • 432 Sidney Ponson
  • 433 Steve Carver RC*
  • 434 Esteban Yan RC
  • 435 Cedrick Bowers
  • 436 Marlon Anderson
  • 437 Carl Pavano
  • 438 Jae Weong Seo
  • 439 Jose Taveras RC*
  • 440 Matt Anderson
  • 441 Darron Ingram

Parallels

All 441 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Bowman International

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On this foil-fronted parallel the background image was replaced with a map of the area of where player was born. If the player came from a non-English speaking territory the bio would be translated into that language instead.

Golden Anniversary

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Produced in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Bowman's debut set, each card sports a gold-stamped facsimile autograph instead of the silver foil on the base. Each card is serial-numbered to 50.

Inserts

Scout's Choice

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  • SC1 Paul Konerko
  • SC2 Richard Hidalgo
  • SC3 Mark Kotsay
  • SC4 Ben Grieve
  • SC5 Chad Hermansen
  • SC6 Matt Clement
  • SC7 Brad Fullmer
  • SC8 Eli Marrero
  • SC9 Kerry Wood
  • SC10 Adrian Beltre
  • SC11 Ricky Ledee
  • SC12 Travis Lee
  • SC13 Abraham Nunez
  • SC14 Brian Rose
  • SC15 Dermal Brown
  • SC16 Juan Encarnacion
  • SC17 Aramis Ramirez
  • SC18 Todd Helton
  • SC19 Kris Benson
  • SC20 Russell Branyan
  • SC21 Mike Stoner

1991 Japanese BBM

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Topps went and bought back the Japanese "rookie" cards of three prominent Japanese Major Leaguers and randomly inserted them into Series One packs. All three cards are from the 1991 BBM set, and are slightly narrower and shorter (2 3/8" X 3 5/16") than a standard American baseball card. It should also be noted that Topps did not specially mark, stamp, or emboss these cards.

277 Hideki Irabu

348 Shitegoshi Hasegawa

379 Hideo Nomo

1999 ROY Favorites

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  • ROY1 Adrian Beltre
  • ROY2 Troy Glaus
  • ROY3 Chad Hermansen
  • ROY4 Matt Clement
  • ROY5 Eric Chavez
  • ROY6 Kris Benson
  • ROY7 Richie Sexson
  • ROY8 Randy Wolf
  • ROY9 Ryan Minor
  • ROY10 Alex Gonzalez

Minor League MVPs

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  • MVP1 Jeff Bagwell
  • MVP2 Andres Galarraga
  • MVP3 Juan Gonzalez
  • MVP4 Tony Gwynn
  • MVP5 Vladimir Guerrero
  • MVP6 Derek Jeter
  • MVP7 Andruw Jones
  • MVP8 Tino Martinez
  • MVP9 Manny Ramirez
  • MVP10 Gary Sheffield
  • MVP11 Jim Thome

Autographs

Certified Autographs

Each Certified Autograph is signed blue ink and stamped in blue foil and available in the following parallels.

  • Silver Foil
  • Gold Foil

NOTES

  • Each card, regardless of foil color, is signed in blue ink and has the Bowman logo stamped in gold foil.
  • The color of the "Certified Autograph Issue" foil stamp is the parallel determinant.
  • Although these cards are NOT serial-numbered, we estimate the production of each card at around 500 (Blue Foil), 75 (Silver Foil), and 25 (Gold Foil) copies.

Series One

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  • 3 Ricky Ledee
  • 4 David Ortiz
  • 9 A.J. Hinch
  • 10 Jhensy Sandoval
  • 12 Richard Hidalgo
  • 14 Carl Pavano
  • 16 Tony Womack
  • 17 Scott Rolen
  • 18 Ryan Minor
  • 20 Jason Marquis
  • 21 Mike Lowell
  • 22 Todd Helton
  • 25 Russell Branyan
  • 26 Mike Drumright
  • 27 Ben Grieve
  • 31 Mike Stoner
  • 33 Randy Winn
  • 34 Justin Towle
  • 35 Anthony Sanders
  • 37 Corey Lee
  • 38 Mike Kinkade
  • 42 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 45 Preston Wilson
  • 46 Miguel Tejada
  • 47 Luis Ordaz
  • 50 Jacob Cruz
  • 52 Marc Kroon
  • 54 Roy Halladay
  • 56 Jason Conti
  • 58 Paul Wilder
  • 59 Aramis Ramirez
  • 60 Cliff Politte
  • 65 Jeff Abbott
  • 67 Peter Munro
  • 68 Jarrod Washburn

Series Two

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  • 1 Adrian Beltre
  • 2 Brad Fullmer
  • 5 Fernando Tatis
  • 6 Kerry Wood
  • 7 Mel Rosario
  • 8 Cole Liniak
  • 11 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 13 Geoff Jenkins
  • 15 Richie Sexson
  • 19 Eli Marrero
  • 23 Chad Green
  • 24 Scott Elarton
  • 28 Jacque Jones
  • 29 Jared Sandberg
  • 30 Grant Roberts
  • 32 Brian Rose
  • 36 Rafael Medina
  • 39 Norm Hutchins
  • 40 Jason Brester
  • 41 Ben Davis
  • 43 Jeff Liefer
  • 44 Eric Milton
  • 48 Travis Lee
  • 49 Kris Benson
  • 51 Dermal Brown
  • 53 Chad Hermansen
  • 55 Eric Chavez
  • 57 Juan Encarnacion
  • 61 Todd Dunwoody
  • 62 Paul Konerko
  • 63 Shane Monahan
  • 64 Alex Sanchez
  • 66 John Patterson
  • 69 Derrek Lee
  • 70 Ramon Hernandez
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