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[[Image:2010ToppsChromeBaseballBox.png|right|frame|2010 Topps Chrome hobby box]]
=Description=
=Description=


Arriving on October 5, 2010, 2010 Topps Chrome features a 220 base set consisting of 170 veterans and 50 rookie cards. Inserts include chrome versions of Chicle, Heritage and T206 cards. The Heritage chrome cards will be a continuation of the chrome parallels found in Heritage.
Arriving on October 5, 2010, 2010 Topps Chrome features a 220 base set consisting of 170 veterans and 50 rookie cards. Inserts include chrome versions of that year's [[2010 Topps National Chicle|National Chicle,]] [[2010 Topps Heritage|Heritage,]] and [[2010 Topps 206|206]] cards, with the Heritage chrome cards a continuation of the Chrome parallels found in Heritage packs.


In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; Topps has announced two promotions.
In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; Topps announced two promotions.


The first is a wrapper redemption program. Collectors who send in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), will receive three "variation" cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Refractor parallels.
The first is a wrapper redemption program. Collectors who send in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), will receive three "variation" Refractors from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Refractor parallels.


The second is called the [http://www.toppsblog.com/?p=636 2010 Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest]. During this contest, Topps will announce existing Chrome cards as "bounty cards". If you have these bounty cards and you send Topps a photo of yourself holding the cards, you win a prize.
The second is called the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501044346/http://www.toppsblog.com/?p=636 2010 Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest]. During this contest, Topps will announce existing Chrome cards as "bounty cards". If you had these bounty cards and sent Topps a photo of yourself holding the cards, you would have won a prize.
   
   
It appears, based on the massive amount of pre-orders, that Topps may have [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=107231&start=15 increased the production of Hobby cases by a factor of four.]
It appears, based on the massive amount of pre-orders -- mostly fueled by the Strasburg-Mania of 2010 -- that Topps may have [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=107231&start=15 increased the production of Hobby cases by a factor of four.]
 
2010 Topps Chrome cards are subject to extreme top-to-bottom curling. Rumor has it that Topps used a different printing company for these cards thus the curling issues.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 
"Best of Chrome" Box: Five packs of Topps Chrome, five packs of [[2010 Bowman Chrome]], one Hobby pack of [[2010 Bowman Platinum]], two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and a five-card exclusive Chrome Refractor set. (MSRP: $29.99) Sold exclusively at Target stores.


By extrapolation, roughly 105,000 hobby boxes were distributed. This is four times the amount of hobby boxes of 2009 Topps Chrome.
By extrapolation, roughly 105,000 hobby boxes were distributed. This is four times the amount of hobby boxes of 2009 Topps Chrome.
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|Blue Refractor||220||199||1:58||1:191
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|Gold Refractor||220||50||?||1:775
|Gold Refractor||220||50||1:232||1:775
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|Red Refractor ||220||25||1:370||N/A
|Red Refractor ||220||25||1:370||N/A
|-
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|SuperFractor||220||1||1:9,265||N/A
|SuperFractor||220||one-of-one||1:9265||N/A
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|Printing plate||220||4||1:1,592||N/A
|Printing plate||220||four for each||1:1592||N/A
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|-
|Black-Bordered Checklist||1||-||1:1,019||?
|Black-Bordered Checklist||1||2000||1:1019||?
|-
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|Chicle Chrome||50||999||1:25||1:81
|National Chicle Chrome||50||999||1:25||1:81
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|Chicle Chrome Refractor||50||499||1:50||1:165
|National Chicle Chrome Refractor||50||499||1:50||1:165
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|Chicle Chrome Blue Refractor||50||199||1:125||1:430
|National Chicle Chrome Blue Refractor||50||199||1:125||1:430
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|Chicle Chrome Gold Refractor||50||50||1:497||1:1,650
|National Chicle Chrome Gold Refractor||50||50||1:497||1:1650
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|Chicle Chrome Red Refractor||50||25||1:814||N/A
|National Chicle Chrome Red Refractor||50||25||1:814||N/A
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|Chicle Chrome SuperFractor||50||1||1:20,384||N/A
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|Chicle Chrome Printing Plate||50||4||?||N/A
|National Chicle Chrome Printing Plate||50||four for each||1:5096||N/A
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|T206 Chrome||50||999||1:25||1:81
|Topps 206 Chrome||50||999||1:25||1:81
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|T206 Chrome Refractor||50||499||1:50||1:165
|Topps 206 Chrome Refractor||50||499||1:50||1:165
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|T206 Chrome Blue Refractor||50||199||1:125||1:430
|Topps 206 Chrome Blue Refractor||50||199||1:125||1:430
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|T206 Chrome Gold Refractor||50||50||1:497||1:1,650
|Topps 206 Chrome Gold Refractor||50||50||1:497||1:1650
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|T206 Chrome Red Refractor||50||25||1:814||N/A
|Topps 206 Chrome Red Refractor||50||25||1:814||N/A
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|T206 Chrome SuperFractor||50||1||1:20,384||N/A
|Topps 206 Chrome SuperFractor||50||one-of-one||1:20,384||N/A
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|T206 Chrome Printing Plate||50||4||?||N/A
|Topps 206 Chrome Printing Plate||50||four for each||1:5096||N/A
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|Heritage Chrome||50||1961||1:26||1:86
|Heritage Chrome||50||1961||1:26||1:86
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|Heritage Chrome Black Refractor||50||61||1:816||1:2700
|Heritage Chrome Black Refractor||50||61||1:816||1:2700
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|MLB Logoman Patch Relic||5||50||1:8,153||N/A
|MLB Logoman Patch||5||50||1:8153||N/A
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|Rookie Autos||50||?||1:20||1:171
|Rookie Autographs||50||-||1:20||1:171
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|Rookie Autos Refractor||50||499||1:95||1:1100
|Rookie Autographs Refractor||50||499||1:95||1:1100
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|Rookie Autos Blue Refractor||50||199||1:238||1:2900
|Rookie Autographs Blue Refractor||50||199||1:238||1:2900
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|Rookie Autos Gold Refractor||50||50||1:941||1:11,000
|Rookie Autographs Gold Refractor||50||50||1:941||1:11,000
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|Rookie Autographs Red Refractor||50||25||1:1881||1:22,000
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|Rookie Autos Printing Plate||50||4||1:11,078||N/A
|Rookie Autographs Printing Plate||50||four for each||1:11,078||N/A
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|USA Baseball Autos||23||-||1:287||N/A
|USA Baseball Autographs||23||-||1:287||N/A
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=Checklist=
=Checklist=


NOTE: Due to Topps' use of a new subcontractor, 2010 Topps Chrome suffers from the same hyperbolic bowing issues that plagued [[2010 Bowman Chrome]].  
'''NOTE:''' Due to Topps' use of a new subcontractor, 2010 Topps Chrome suffers from the same hyperbolic bowing issues that plagued [[2010 Bowman Chrome]].  


==Base Set==
==Base Set==
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base/87/Elvis-Andrus.jpg?id=07f6a38d-6d55-4f59-992c-fc9881c9eb93&size=original&side=back&.jpg


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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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===Rookies===
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==Parallels==
==Parallels==
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---X-Fractor/160/Gavin-Floyd.jpg?id=a36bfc54-10ba-4d71-9985-ded4df3bc038&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Retail-Purple-Refractor/174/Jason-Heyward.jpg?id=f33da1fe-79f0-4e41-8e32-4237b62602f7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Orange-Refractor/39/Vladimir-Guerrero.jpg?id=45ac62bf-65ae-4553-89bf-1812902bec8c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Blue-Refractor/28/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=7e59ed67-dec8-454a-ade4-762ba811d4c1&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Gold-Refractor/135/Carlos-Beltran.jpg?id=1ae18af3-5936-440d-9b32-5254a821e3b9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Red-Refractor/157/Grady-Sizemore.jpg?id=a97cf4a7-8d53-454b-9abc-b5b70cdf292c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Superfractor/220/Wade-Davis.jpg?id=3c96b1d4-acca-4dd2-aafc-62977fa5cbc8&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Printing-Plate-Cyan/104/Todd-Helton.jpg?id=dd8b4806-b9ca-4219-abf7-70fcb9abbadf&size=original&side=front&.jpg


Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels:
Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels:


* Refractor (1:3 packs)
* Refractor (1:3 packs)
* X-Fractor (1:3 packs, retail only)
* X-Fractor (1:3 packs, retail only)
 
* Purple Refractor (numbered to 599, retail only)
* Purple (numbered to 599, retail only)
* Orange Refractor (three-per Wal-Mart exclusive Value Pack)
 
* Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
* Orange (three-per Wal-Mart exclusive Value Pack)
* Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
 
* Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
* Blue (numbered to 199)
 
* Gold (numbered to 50)
 
* Red (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
 
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
==Inserts==


===2010 Topps Chrome Heritage===
===2010 Topps Chrome Heritage===


See [[2010 Topps Heritage#Chrome | 2010 Topps Heritage]].
''See [[2010 Topps Heritage#Chrome|2010 Topps Heritage]].''


===2010 Topps National Chicle Chrome===
===2010 Topps National Chicle Chrome===


This set is a partial-parallel of the [[2010 Topps National Chicle]] set. Each card is available in the following parallels:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---National-Chicle-Chrome/CC21/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=278a6a61-21eb-463f-a2eb-3b62f4eaa7cf&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---National-Chicle-Chrome/CC21/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=278a6a61-21eb-463f-a2eb-3b62f4eaa7cf&size=original&side=back&.jpg


* Chrome (numbered to 999)
This set is a partial-parallel of the [[2010 Topps National Chicle]] set.  Each card is serial-numbered to 999 copies and also available in the following parallels:


* Refractor (numbered to 499)
* Refractor (numbered to 499)
* Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
* Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
* Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
* Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
* Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
* Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)


CC1 Albert Pujols
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CC2 Grady Sizemore
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CC3 Ichiro
 
CC4 Daisuke Matsuzaka
 
CC5 James Loney
 
CC6 Tim  Wakefield
 
CC7 Shane Victorino
 
CC8 Jacoby Ellsbury
 
CC9 Hunter Pence
 
CC10 Andy Pettitte
 
CC11 David Wright
 
CC12 Derek Jeter
 
CC13 Ryan Howard
 
CC14 Russell Martin
 
CC15 Michael Young
 
CC16 Johnny Damon
 
CC17 Robinson Cano
 
CC18 Adrian Gonzalez
 
CC19 Gordon Beckham
 
CC20 Aramis  Ramirez
 
CC21 Alex Rodriguez
 
CC22 Johan Santana
 
CC23 Vladimir Guerrero
 
CC24 Nick Markakis
 
CC25 Justin Verlander
 
CC26 Adam Jones
 
CC27 Chone Figgins
 
CC28 Cole Hamels
 
CC29 Roy Oswalt
 
CC30 Ryan Braun
 
CC31 Alexei Ramirez
 
CC32 Adam Dunn
 
CC33 Pablo Sandoval
 
CC34 Todd Helton
 
CC35 Carlos Beltran
 
CC36 Ubaldo Jimenez
 
CC37 Tommy Hanson
 
CC38 Zack Greinke
 
CC39 Chris Coghlan
 
CC40 Chris Young
 
CC41 Jake Peavy
 
CC42 Dexter Fowler
 
CC43 Phil Hughes
 
CC44 Chase Utley
 
CC45 Ian Stewart
 
CC46 John Danks
 
CC47 Ichiro
 
CC48 Lance Berkman
 
CC49 Ryan Zimmerman
 
CC50 Albert Pujols
 
===2010 Topps 206 Chrome===
===2010 Topps 206 Chrome===


This set is a partial-parallel of the [[2010 Topps 206]] set. Each card is available in the following parallels:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Topps-206-Chrome/TC40/Joe-Mauer.jpg?id=f52845dc-e80f-4c2b-b36f-39b890c25809&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Topps-206-Chrome/TC40/Joe-Mauer.jpg?id=f52845dc-e80f-4c2b-b36f-39b890c25809&size=original&side=back&.jpg


* Chrome (numbered to 999)
This set is a partial-parallel of the [[2010 Topps 206]] set.  Each card is serial-numbered to 999 copies and also available in the following parallels:


* Refractor (numbered to 499)
* Refractor (numbered to 499)
* Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
* Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
* Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
* Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
* Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
* Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
* Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)


TC1 Matt Holliday
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TC2 Shane Victorino
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===Wrapper Redemption Variation Refractors===
TC3 Zack Greinke
 
TC4 Mike Leake
 
TC5 Justin Upton
 
TC6 Gordon Beckham
 
TC7 Yovani Gallardo
 
TC8 Martin Prado
 
TC9 Adrian Gonzalez


TC10 Justin Verlander
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TC11 Pablo Sandoval
In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; on September 30th, 2010, announced this wrapper redemption program. Collectors who sent in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), would then receive three Refractor variation cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Green Refractor parallels, each serial-numbered to 599 copies.  Some packs could also find an autograph from Jason Heyward or Buster Posey (see below).


TC12 Josh Beckett
Only Hobby wrappers are eligible for this promotion and expired February 28th, 2011. Collectors started receiving these in the mail during the last week in November of 2010. The collation is as follows:
 
TC13 Matt Kemp
 
TC14 Mickey Mantle
 
TC15 Jorge Posada
 
TC16 Evan Longoria
 
TC17 Howie Kendrick
 
TC18 Joey Votto
 
TC19 Mark Teixeira
 
TC20 Alex Rodriguez
 
TC21 B.J. Upton
 
TC22 Troy Tulowitzki
 
TC23 Ian Kinsler
 
TC24 Brett Anderson
 
TC25 Roy Halladay
 
TC26 Cliff Lee
 
TC27 Ryan Braun
 
TC28 Jake Peavy
 
TC29 Neftali Feliz
 
TC30 Derek Jeter
 
TC31 Austin Jackson
 
TC32 Ian Stewart
 
TC33 Dan Haren
 
TC34 Hanley Ramirez
 
TC35 Victor Martinez
 
TC36 Stephen Drew
 
TC37 Adam Jones
 
TC38 Vladimir Guerrero
 
TC39 Jacoby Ellsbury
 
TC40 Joe Mauer
 
TC41 Rick Porcello
 
TC42 Albert Pujols
 
TC43 Francisco Liriano
 
TC44 Dan Uggla
 
TC45 Hideki Matsui
 
TC46 Tim Lincecum
 
TC47 Ryan Howard
 
TC48 Carl Crawford
 
TC49 Andrew McCutchen
 
TC50 Alfonso Soriano
 
===Rookie & Legend Variation Refractors===
 
In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; on September 30, 2010, announced this wrapper redemption program. Collectors who sent in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), would then receive 3 cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Green Refractor parallels, each serial-numbered to 599 copies.
 
Only Hobby wrappers are eligible for this promotion and expired February 28, 2011. Collectors started receiving these in the mail during the last week in November of 2010. The collation is as follows:


Pack 1: Ruth/Colvin/Heyward
Pack 1: Ruth/Colvin/Heyward
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Pack 2: Cobb/Leake/Jackson
Pack 2: Cobb/Leake/Jackson


Packs 3: Robinson/Castro/Strasburg
Pack 3: Robinson/Castro/Strasburg


Pack 4: Mantle/Posey/Davis
Pack 4: Mantle/Posey/Davis
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Pack 5: Gehrig/Stanton/Santana
Pack 5: Gehrig/Stanton/Santana


174 Jason Heyward
'''NOTES'''


176 Mike Leake  
* All cards in this redemption set are Refractors.
* Topps used a different vendor than the one that printed the Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome sets, and as such, these cards do not suffer from the "bowing" issues that plagued those sets.
* Cards #221-226 do not exist in the base set, so identifying them should be no issue.
* Even though Buster Posey's card is sequentially-numbered as an extension of the base set, and sports the "RC" icon, card #221 is NOT a true rookie. 
* Among cards #174-#212: For the hitters, Topps used a photo where the player is following through on a swing.  For the variation cards of pitchers Mike Leake and Stephen Strasburg, both are shown in the middle of their respective deliveries.
* Although numbered #226, Mickey Mantle's variation card also uses a different photo from his Topps Chrome base card (#7).  While his base card shows him in the field, card #226 shows Mantle running the bases.


177 Austin Jackson
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181 Tyler Colvin
==Inserts==


184 Ike Davis
===Best of Chrome Refractors===


190 Mike Stanton
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Target-Exclusive-Refractors/BC-2/Starlin-Castro.jpg?id=14f83f48-f9f1-4ddf-8e8a-07f24789df9e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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195 Starlin Castro
In an effort to liquidate excess Topps Chrome inventory, Topps created "Best of Chrome" value boxes -- which were exclusive to Target stores.  Each Best of Chrome box contained five retail packs of 2010 Topps Chrome, five retail packs of [[2010 Bowman Chrome]], a Hobby pack of [[2010 Bowman Platinum]], two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and this five-card "Best of Chrome" set exclusive to these boxes.


198 Carlos Santana
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212 Stephen Strasburg
==Manufactured Relics==


221 Buster Posey
===MLB Logoman Patch===
 
222 Babe Ruth
 
223 Lou Gehrig
 
224 Jackie Robinson
 
225 Ty Cobb
 
226 Mickey Mantle
 
====Variation Identification====
 
Cards #221-226 do not exist in the base set, so identifying them should be no issue. 
 
Among cards #174-#212: For the hitters, Topps used a photo where the player is following through on a swing.  For the variation cards of pitchers Mike Leake and Stephen Strasburg, both are shown in the middle of their respective deliveries.
 
Although numbered #226, Mickey Mantle's variation card also uses a different photo from his Topps Chrome base card (#7).  While his base card shows him in the field, card #226 shows Mantle running the bases.


For further assistance in identifying the Chrome Variations, the cardblog The Card Investor has created [http://www.thecardinvestor.com/2010/12/pictoral-guide-to-2010-topps-chrome.html a visual guide.]
''See [[2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch]]''


==Manufactured Relics==
==Autographs==


===MLB Logoman Patch===
===Rookie Autographs===


See [[2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch]]
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Rookie-Autographs/190/Giancarlo-Stanton.jpg?id=10004489-f547-4494-9f7f-c6e66b20892f&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2010/Topps-Chrome---Base---Rookie-Autographs/190/Giancarlo-Stanton.jpg?id=10004489-f547-4494-9f7f-c6e66b20892f&size=original&side=back&.jpg


==Autographs & Game-Used==
Beginning with 2010 Chrome, the annual Autographed Rookie subset was removed from the base set and made into a pseudo-parallel.  In ensuing years, the Rookie Autographs would be sequentially-numbered as their own distinct (insert) set, but for 2010 each player's card shares the same number as their base card.


===Rookie Autos===
'''NOTE:''' The photograph on each Rookie Autograph is different than that used on the player's corresponding base Chrome card.  All autographs are signed on-card.
 
NOTE: The photograph on each Rookie Autograph is different than that used on the player's corresponding base Chrome card.  All autographs are signed on-card.


Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.
Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.


* Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
* Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
* Printing Plate (four-for-each, Hobby only)
* Printing Plate (four-for-each, Hobby only)


171 Eric Young Jr.
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172 Bryan Anderson
===2010 USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs===
 
173 Jon Link
 
174 Jason Heyward
 
175 Scott Sizemore
 
176 Mike Leake
 
177 Austin Jackson
 
178 Jon Jay
 
179 John Ely
 
180 Jason Donald
 
181 Tyler Colvin
 
182 Brennan Boesch
 
183 Esmil Rogers
 
184 Ike Davis
 
185 Andrew Cashner
 
186 Cole Gillespie
 
187 Luke Hughes
 
188 Alex Burnett
 
189 Wilson Ramos
 
190 Mike Stanton
 
191 Josh Donaldson
 
192 Chris Heisey
 
193 Lance Zawadzki
 
194 Cesar Valdez (some have autographs on the front and back of the card)
 
195 Starlin Castro
 
196 Kevin Russo
 
197 Brandon Hicks
 
198 Carlos Santana
 
199 Allen Craig
 
200 Jenrry Mejia
 
201 Ruben Tejada
 
202 Drew Butera
 
203 Jesse English
 
204 Tyson Ross
 
205 Ian Desmond
 
206 Mike McCoy
 
207 Tommy Manzella
 
208 Kanekoa Texeira
 
209 Daniel McCutchen
 
210 Brian Matusz
 
211 Sergio Santos
 
212 Stephen Strasburg
 
213 Jake Arrieta
 
214 Ivan Nova
 
215 Kila Ka’aihue
 
216 Drew Storen
 
217 Hisanori Takahashi
 
218 Andy Oliver
 
219 Drew Stubbs
 
220 Wade Davis


===2010 USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs===
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Each of the USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs serve as a "case hit," and are exclusive to Hobby packs.
Each of the USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs serve as a "case hit," and are exclusive to Hobby packs.


USA-1 Tyler Anderson
'''NOTE:''' These cards are NOT printed on Chrome stock.


USA-2 Matt Barnes
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USA-3 Jackie Bradley Jr.
===Wrapper Redemption Autographs===


USA-4 Gerrit Cole
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USA-5 Alex Dickerson
Mixed in with the Rookie Refractor Variation packs (see above) were two autographs.  Topps had Jason Heyward and Buster Posey autograph (with stickers) 100 cards.  Each is serial-numbered to 90 copies with a Green Refractor parallel numbered to ten also available.
 
USA-6 Jason Esposito
 
USA-7 Nolan Fontana
 
USA-8 Sean Gilmartin
 
USA-9 Sonny Gray
 
USA-10 Brian Johnson
 
USA-11 Andrew Maggi
 
USA-12 Mikie Mahtook
 
USA-13 Scott McGough
 
USA-14 Brad Miller
 
USA-15 Brett Mooneyham
 
USA-16 Peter O'Brien
 
USA-17 Nick Ramirez
 
USA-19 Noe Ramirez
 
USA-20 Steve Rodriguez
 
USA-21 George Springer
 
USA-22 Kyle Winkler
 
USA-23 Ryan Wright


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Description

Arriving on October 5, 2010, 2010 Topps Chrome features a 220 base set consisting of 170 veterans and 50 rookie cards. Inserts include chrome versions of that year's National Chicle, Heritage, and 206 cards, with the Heritage chrome cards a continuation of the Chrome parallels found in Heritage packs.

In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; Topps announced two promotions.

The first is a wrapper redemption program. Collectors who send in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), will receive three "variation" Refractors from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Refractor parallels.

The second is called the 2010 Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest. During this contest, Topps will announce existing Chrome cards as "bounty cards". If you had these bounty cards and sent Topps a photo of yourself holding the cards, you would have won a prize.

It appears, based on the massive amount of pre-orders -- mostly fueled by the Strasburg-Mania of 2010 -- that Topps may have increased the production of Hobby cases by a factor of four.

2010 Topps Chrome cards are subject to extreme top-to-bottom curling. Rumor has it that Topps used a different printing company for these cards thus the curling issues.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4).

"Best of Chrome" Box: Five packs of Topps Chrome, five packs of 2010 Bowman Chrome, one Hobby pack of 2010 Bowman Platinum, two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and a five-card exclusive Chrome Refractor set. (MSRP: $29.99) Sold exclusively at Target stores.

By extrapolation, roughly 105,000 hobby boxes were distributed. This is four times the amount of hobby boxes of 2009 Topps Chrome.

Reviews

Stale Gum

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 220 - 4:1 4:1
Refractor 220 - 1:3 1:3
X-Fractor 220 - N/A 1:3
Orange Refractor 220 - N/A 3 in every Value Pack
Purple Refractor 220 599 N/A 1:12
Blue Refractor 220 199 1:58 1:191
Gold Refractor 220 50 1:232 1:775
Red Refractor 220 25 1:370 N/A
SuperFractor 220 one-of-one 1:9265 N/A
Printing plate 220 four for each 1:1592 N/A
Black-Bordered Checklist 1 2000 1:1019 ?
National Chicle Chrome 50 999 1:25 1:81
National Chicle Chrome Refractor 50 499 1:50 1:165
National Chicle Chrome Blue Refractor 50 199 1:125 1:430
National Chicle Chrome Gold Refractor 50 50 1:497 1:1650
National Chicle Chrome Red Refractor 50 25 1:814 N/A
National Chicle Chrome SuperFractor 50 one-of-one 1:20,384 N/A
National Chicle Chrome Printing Plate 50 four for each 1:5096 N/A
Topps 206 Chrome 50 999 1:25 1:81
Topps 206 Chrome Refractor 50 499 1:50 1:165
Topps 206 Chrome Blue Refractor 50 199 1:125 1:430
Topps 206 Chrome Gold Refractor 50 50 1:497 1:1650
Topps 206 Chrome Red Refractor 50 25 1:814 N/A
Topps 206 Chrome SuperFractor 50 one-of-one 1:20,384 N/A
Topps 206 Chrome Printing Plate 50 four for each 1:5096 N/A
Heritage Chrome 50 1961 1:26 1:86
Heritage Chrome Refractor 50 561 1:50 1:300
Heritage Chrome Black Refractor 50 61 1:816 1:2700
MLB Logoman Patch 5 50 1:8153 N/A
Rookie Autographs 50 - 1:20 1:171
Rookie Autographs Refractor 50 499 1:95 1:1100
Rookie Autographs Blue Refractor 50 199 1:238 1:2900
Rookie Autographs Gold Refractor 50 50 1:941 1:11,000
Rookie Autographs Red Refractor 50 25 1:1881 1:22,000
Rookie Autographs SuperFractor 50 one-of-one 1:44,314 N/A
Rookie Autographs Printing Plate 50 four for each 1:11,078 N/A
USA Baseball Autographs 23 - 1:287 N/A

Checklist

NOTE: Due to Topps' use of a new subcontractor, 2010 Topps Chrome suffers from the same hyperbolic bowing issues that plagued 2010 Bowman Chrome.

Base Set

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  • 1 Prince Fielder
  • 2 Derrek Lee
  • 3 Clayton Kershaw
  • 4 Bobby Abreu
  • 5 Johnny Cueto
  • 6 Dexter Fowler
  • 7 Mickey Mantle
  • 8 Tommy Hanson
  • 9 Shane Victorino
  • 10 Adam Jones
  • 11 Zach Duke
  • 12 Victor Martinez
  • 13 Rick Porcello
  • 14 Josh Johnson
  • 15 Marco Scutaro
  • 16 Howie Kendrick
  • 17 Joey Votto
  • 18 Zack Greinke
  • 19 John Lackey
  • 20 Manny Ramirez
  • 21 CC Sabathia
  • 22 David Wright
  • 23 Nick Swisher
  • 24 Cole Hamels
  • 25 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 26 Joe Saunders
  • 27 Tim Lincecum
  • 28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 29 J.A. Happ
  • 30 Ian Kinsler
  • 31 Carl Crawford
  • 32 Albert Pujols
  • 33 Daniel Murphy
  • 34 Erick Aybar
  • 35 Andrew McCutchen
  • 36 Gordon Beckham
  • 37 Jorge Posada
  • 38 Ichiro
  • 39 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 40 Cliff Lee
  • 41 Freddy Sanchez
  • 42 Ryan Dempster
  • 43 Adam Wainwright
  • 44 Matt Holliday
  • 45 Chone Figgins
  • 46 Tim Hudson
  • 47 Rich Harden
  • 48 Justin Upton
  • 49 Yunel Escobar
  • 50 Joe Mauer
  • 51 Vernon Wells
  • 52 Miguel Tejada
  • 53 Denard Span
  • 54 Brandon Phillips
  • 55 Jason Bay
  • 56 Kendry Morales
  • 57 Josh Hamilton
  • 58 Yovani Gallardo
  • 59 Adam Lind
  • 60 Nick Johnson
  • 61 Hideki Matsui
  • 62 Pablo Sandoval
  • 63 James Shields
  • 64 Roy Halladay
  • 65 Chris Coghlan
  • 66 Alexei Ramirez
  • 67 Josh Beckett
  • 68 Magglio Ordonez
  • 69 Matt Kemp
  • 70 Max Scherzer
  • 71 Curtis Granderson
  • 72 David Price
  • 73 Lance Berkman
  • 74 Andre Ethier
  • 75 Mark Teixeira
  • 76 Edwin Jackson
  • 77 Akinori Iwamura
  • 78 Placido Polanco
  • 79 Jair Jurrjens
  • 80 Stephen Drew
  • 81 Javier Vazquez
  • 82 Lyle Overbay
  • 83 Orlando Hudson
  • 84 Adam Dunn
  • 85 Kevin Youkilis
  • 86 Chase Utley
  • 87 Elvis Andrus
  • 88 Scott Kazmir
  • 89 Brian McCann
  • 90 Alex Rios
  • 91 Wandy Rodriguez
  • 92 Felix Hernandez
  • 93 Carlos Gonzalez
  • 94 Kosuke Fukudome
  • 95 A.J. Burnett
  • 96 Nelson Cruz
  • 97 Luke Hochevar
  • 98 Francisco Liriano
  • 99 Chris Carpenter
  • 100 Russell Martin
  • 101 Carlos Pena
  • 102 Jake Peavy
  • 103 Jose Lopez
  • 104 Todd Helton
  • 105 Mike Pelfrey
  • 106 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 107 Edinson Volquez
  • 108 Michael Young
  • 109 Dustin Pedroia
  • 110 Chipper Jones
  • 111 Brad Hawpe
  • 112 Justin Morneau
  • 113 Hiroki Kuroda
  • 114 Robinson Cano
  • 115 Torii Hunter
  • 116 Jimmy Rollins
  • 117 Delmon Young
  • 118 Matt Cain
  • 119 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 120 Johan Santana
  • 121 Roy Oswalt
  • 122 Jay Bruce
  • 123 Ubaldo Jimenez
  • 124 Geovany Soto
  • 125 Jon Lester
  • 126 Ryan Howard
  • 127 Jayson Werth
  • 128 David Ortiz
  • 129 Dan Haren
  • 130 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • 131 Michael Bourn
  • 132 Michael Cuddyer
  • 134 Justin Verlander
  • 135 Carlos Beltran
  • 136 Alfonso Soriano
  • 137 Ryan Braun
  • 138 Carlos Zambrano
  • 139 Jose Reyes
  • 140 Koji Uehara
  • 141 Evan Longoria
  • 142 Mark Buehrle
  • 143 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 144 Alex Rodriguez
  • 145 Chad Billingsley
  • 146 Shin-Soo Choo
  • 147 Mark Reynolds
  • 148 Jered Weaver
  • 149 Carlos Lee
  • 150 B.J. Upton
  • 151 Aaron Hill
  • 152 Nick Markakis
  • 153 Hanley Ramirez
  • 154 Alex Gordon
  • 155 Mike Napoli
  • 156 Miguel Cabrera
  • 157 Grady Sizemore
  • 158 Aramis Ramirez
  • 159 Brandon Webb
  • 160 Gavin Floyd
  • 161 Yadier Molina
  • 162 Nate McLouth
  • 163 Dan Uggla
  • 164 Hunter Pence
  • 165 Derek Jeter
  • 166 Brian Roberts
  • 167 Franklin Gutierrez
  • 168 Glen Perkins
  • 169 Matt Garza
  • 170 Raul Ibanez

Rookies

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  • 171 Eric Young, Jr. (RC)
  • 172 Bryan Anderson (RC)
  • 173 Jon Link RC
  • 174 Jason Heyward RC
  • 175 Scott Sizemore RC
  • 176 Mike Leake RC
  • 177 Austin Jackson RC
  • 178 Jon Jay RC
  • 179 John Ely RC
  • 180 Jason Donald RC
  • 181 Tyler Colvin RC
  • 182 Brennan Boesch RC
  • 183 Esmil Rogers RC
  • 184 Ike Davis RC
  • 185 Andrew Cashner RC
  • 186 Cole Gillespie RC
  • 187 Luke Hughes (RC)
  • 188 Alex Burnett RC
  • 189 Wilson Ramos RC
  • 190 Mike Stanton RC
  • 191 Josh Donaldson RC
  • 192 Chris Heisey RC
  • 193 Lance Zawadzki RC
  • 194 Cesar Valdez RC
  • 195 Starlin Castro RC
  • 196 Kevin Russo RC
  • 197 Brandon Hicks RC
  • 198 Carlos Santana RC
  • 199 Allen Craig RC
  • 200 Jenrry Mejia RC
  • 201 Ruben Tejada RC
  • 202 Drew Butera (RC)
  • 203 Jesse English (RC)
  • 204 Tyson Ross RC
  • 205 Ian Desmond (RC)
  • 206 Mike McCoy RC
  • 207 Tommy Manzella (RC)
  • 208 Kanekoa Texeira RC
  • 209 Daniel McCutchen RC
  • 210 Brian Matusz RC
  • 211 Sergio Santos (RC)
  • 212 Stephen Strasburg RC
  • 213 Jake Arrieta RC
  • 214 Ivan Nova RC
  • 215 Kila Ka?aihue (RC)
  • 216 Drew Storen RC
  • 217 Hisanori Takahashi RC
  • 218 Andy Oliver RC
  • 219 Drew Stubbs RC
  • 220 Wade Davis (RC)

Parallels

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Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels:

  • Refractor (1:3 packs)
  • X-Fractor (1:3 packs, retail only)
  • Purple Refractor (numbered to 599, retail only)
  • Orange Refractor (three-per Wal-Mart exclusive Value Pack)
  • Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
  • Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
  • Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

2010 Topps Chrome Heritage

See 2010 Topps Heritage.

2010 Topps National Chicle Chrome

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This set is a partial-parallel of the 2010 Topps National Chicle set. Each card is serial-numbered to 999 copies and also available in the following parallels:

  • Refractor (numbered to 499)
  • Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
  • Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
  • Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
  • CC1 Albert Pujols
  • CC2 Grady Sizemore
  • CC3 Ichiro
  • CC4 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • CC5 James Loney
  • CC6 Tim Wakefield
  • CC7 Shane Victorino
  • CC8 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • CC9 Hunter Pence
  • CC10 Andy Pettitte
  • CC11 David Wright
  • CC12 Derek Jeter
  • CC13 Ryan Howard
  • CC14 Russell Martin
  • CC15 Michael Young
  • CC16 Johnny Damon
  • CC17 Robinson Cano
  • CC18 Adrian Gonzalez
  • CC19 Gordon Beckham
  • CC20 Aramis Ramirez
  • CC21 Alex Rodriguez
  • CC22 Johan Santana
  • CC23 Vladimir Guerrero
  • CC24 Nick Markakis
  • CC25 Justin Verlander
  • CC26 Adam Jones
  • CC27 Chone Figgins
  • CC28 Cole Hamels
  • CC29 Roy Oswalt
  • CC30 Ryan Braun
  • CC31 Alexei Ramirez
  • CC32 Adam Dunn
  • CC33 Pablo Sandoval
  • CC34 Todd Helton
  • CC35 Carlos Beltran
  • CC36 Ubaldo Jimenez
  • CC37 Tommy Hanson
  • CC38 Zack Greinke
  • CC39 Chris Coghlan
  • CC40 Chris Young
  • CC41 Jake Peavy
  • CC42 Dexter Fowler
  • CC43 Phil Hughes
  • CC44 Chase Utley
  • CC45 Ian Stewart
  • CC46 John Danks
  • CC47 Ichiro
  • CC48 Lance Berkman
  • CC49 Ryan Zimmerman
  • CC50 Albert Pujols

2010 Topps 206 Chrome

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This set is a partial-parallel of the 2010 Topps 206 set. Each card is serial-numbered to 999 copies and also available in the following parallels:

  • Refractor (numbered to 499)
  • Blue Refractor (numbered to 199)
  • Gold Refractor (numbered to 50)
  • Red Refractor (numbered to 25, Hobby only)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
  • Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)
  • TC1 Matt Holliday
  • TC2 Shane Victorino
  • TC3 Zack Greinke
  • TC4 Mike Leake
  • TC5 Justin Upton
  • TC6 Gordon Beckham
  • TC7 Yovani Gallardo
  • TC8 Martin Prado
  • TC9 Adrian Gonzalez
  • TC10 Justin Verlander
  • TC11 Pablo Sandoval
  • TC12 Josh Beckett
  • TC13 Matt Kemp
  • TC14 Mickey Mantle
  • TC15 Jorge Posada
  • TC16 Evan Longoria
  • TC17 Howie Kendrick
  • TC18 Joey Votto
  • TC19 Mark Teixeira
  • TC20 Alex Rodriguez
  • TC21 B.J. Upton
  • TC22 Troy Tulowitzki
  • TC23 Ian Kinsler
  • TC24 Brett Anderson
  • TC25 Roy Halladay
  • TC26 Cliff Lee
  • TC27 Ryan Braun
  • TC28 Jake Peavy
  • TC29 Neftali Feliz
  • TC30 Derek Jeter
  • TC31 Austin Jackson
  • TC32 Stephen Strasburg
  • TC33 Dan Haren
  • TC34 Hanley Ramirez
  • TC35 Victor Martinez
  • TC36 Stephen Drew
  • TC37 Adam Jones
  • TC38 Vladimir Guerrero
  • TC39 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • TC40 Joe Mauer
  • TC41 Rick Porcello
  • TC42 Albert Pujols
  • TC43 Francisco Liriano
  • TC44 Dan Uggla
  • TC45 Hideki Matsui
  • TC46 Tim Lincecum
  • TC47 Ryan Howard
  • TC48 Carl Crawford
  • TC49 Andrew McCutchen
  • TC50 Alfonso Soriano

Wrapper Redemption Variation Refractors

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In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injury; on September 30th, 2010, announced this wrapper redemption program. Collectors who sent in a full Hobby box's worth of wrappers (24), would then receive three Refractor variation cards from a special 15-card set. Every tenth pack will contain three Green Refractor parallels, each serial-numbered to 599 copies. Some packs could also find an autograph from Jason Heyward or Buster Posey (see below).

Only Hobby wrappers are eligible for this promotion and expired February 28th, 2011. Collectors started receiving these in the mail during the last week in November of 2010. The collation is as follows:

Pack 1: Ruth/Colvin/Heyward

Pack 2: Cobb/Leake/Jackson

Pack 3: Robinson/Castro/Strasburg

Pack 4: Mantle/Posey/Davis

Pack 5: Gehrig/Stanton/Santana

NOTES

  • All cards in this redemption set are Refractors.
  • Topps used a different vendor than the one that printed the Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome sets, and as such, these cards do not suffer from the "bowing" issues that plagued those sets.
  • Cards #221-226 do not exist in the base set, so identifying them should be no issue.
  • Even though Buster Posey's card is sequentially-numbered as an extension of the base set, and sports the "RC" icon, card #221 is NOT a true rookie.
  • Among cards #174-#212: For the hitters, Topps used a photo where the player is following through on a swing. For the variation cards of pitchers Mike Leake and Stephen Strasburg, both are shown in the middle of their respective deliveries.
  • Although numbered #226, Mickey Mantle's variation card also uses a different photo from his Topps Chrome base card (#7). While his base card shows him in the field, card #226 shows Mantle running the bases.
  • 174 Jason Heyward
  • 176 Mike Leake
  • 177 Austin Jackson
  • 181 Tyler Colvin
  • 184 Ike Davis
  • 190 Mike Stanton
  • 195 Starlin Castro
  • 198 Carlos Santana
  • 212 Stephen Strasburg
  • 221 Buster Posey
  • 222 Babe Ruth
  • 223 Lou Gehrig
  • 224 Jackie Robinson
  • 225 Ty Cobb
  • 226 Mickey Mantle

Inserts

Best of Chrome Refractors

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In an effort to liquidate excess Topps Chrome inventory, Topps created "Best of Chrome" value boxes -- which were exclusive to Target stores. Each Best of Chrome box contained five retail packs of 2010 Topps Chrome, five retail packs of 2010 Bowman Chrome, a Hobby pack of 2010 Bowman Platinum, two Million Card Giveaway code cards, and this five-card "Best of Chrome" set exclusive to these boxes.

  • BC1 Stephen Strasburg
  • BC2 Starlin Castro
  • BC3 Jason Heyward
  • BC4 Mickey Mantle
  • BC5 Jackie Robinson

Manufactured Relics

MLB Logoman Patch

See 2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch

Autographs

Rookie Autographs

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Beginning with 2010 Chrome, the annual Autographed Rookie subset was removed from the base set and made into a pseudo-parallel. In ensuing years, the Rookie Autographs would be sequentially-numbered as their own distinct (insert) set, but for 2010 each player's card shares the same number as their base card.

NOTE: The photograph on each Rookie Autograph is different than that used on the player's corresponding base Chrome card. All autographs are signed on-card.

Each Rookie Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one, Hobby only)
  • Printing Plate (four-for-each, Hobby only)
  • 171 Eric Young, Jr.
  • 172 Bryan Anderson
  • 173 Jon Link
  • 174 Jason Heyward
  • 175 Scott Sizemore
  • 176 Mike Leake
  • 177 Austin Jackson
  • 178 Jon Jay
  • 179 John Ely
  • 181 Tyler Colvin
  • 182 Brennan Boesch
  • 183 Esmil Rogers
  • 184 Ike Davis
  • 186 Cole Gillespie
  • 187 Luke Hughes
  • 188 Alex Burnett
  • 189 Wilson Ramos
  • 190 Mike Stanton
  • 191 Josh Donaldson
  • 192 Chris Heisey
  • 193 Lance Zawadzki
  • 194 Cesar Valdez
  • 195 Starlin Castro
  • 196 Kevin Russo
  • 197 Brandon Hicks
  • 198 Carlos Santana
  • 199 Allen Craig
  • 200 Jenrry Mejia
  • 201 Ruben Tejada
  • 202 Drew Butera
  • 203 Jesse English
  • 204 Tyson Ross
  • 205 Ian Desmond
  • 206 Mike McCoy
  • 207 Tommy Manzella
  • 208 Kanekoa Texeira
  • 209 Daniel McCutchen
  • 210 Brian Matusz
  • 211 Sergio Santos
  • 212 Stephen Strasburg
  • 214 Ivan Nova
  • 215 Kila Ka?aihue
  • 216 Drew Storen
  • 217 Hisanori Takahashi
  • 219 Drew Stubbs
  • 220 Wade Davis

2010 USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs

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Each of the USA Baseball Collegiate Team Autographs serve as a "case hit," and are exclusive to Hobby packs.

NOTE: These cards are NOT printed on Chrome stock.

  • USA-1 Tyler Anderson
  • USA-2 Matt Barnes
  • USA-3 Jackie Bradley, Jr.
  • USA-4 Gerrit Cole
  • USA-5 Alex Dickerson
  • USA-6 Jason Esposito
  • USA-7 Nolan Fontana
  • USA-8 Sean Gilmartin
  • USA-9 Sonny Gray
  • USA-10 Brian Johnson
  • USA-11 Andrew Maggi
  • USA-12 Mikie Mahtook
  • USA-13 Scott McGough
  • USA-14 Brad Miller
  • USA-15 Brett Mooneyham
  • USA-16 Peter O?Brien
  • USA-17 Nick Ramirez
  • USA-19 Noe Ramirez
  • USA-20 Steve Rodriguez
  • USA-21 George Springer
  • USA-22 Kyle Winkler
  • USA-23 Ryan Wright

Wrapper Redemption Autographs

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Mixed in with the Rookie Refractor Variation packs (see above) were two autographs. Topps had Jason Heyward and Buster Posey autograph (with stickers) 100 cards. Each is serial-numbered to 90 copies with a Green Refractor parallel numbered to ten also available.

  • 174 Jason Heyward
  • 221 Buster Posey
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