Revision as of 19:00, 3 August 2020

Description

2005 Topps Chrome is a 472-card set released in two series. The first 234 cards were released in January, 2005, while the final 238 cards were issued as part of Series Two in May. 32 cards (14 in S1, and 18 in S2) make up an Autographed First-Year Player subset -- the most prominent being Justin Verlander. This product marked the debut of the one-of-one SuperFractors.

Series Two Hobby boxes were packaged in Finest-style mini boxes.

Distribution

Series One Hobby, Series One retail, and Series Two retail: 20 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Eight boxes per case.

Series Two Hobby: Two, ten-pack miniboxes per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	234	-	?	?
short set	220	-	4:1	4:1
Autographed First Year Player	14	1771	1:28	1:33
Refractor short set	220	-	1:6	1:4
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor	14	500	1:100	?
Black Refractor short set	220	225	1:10	1:20
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor	14	200	1:250	1:290
Red X-Fractor short set	220	25	1:50	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor	14	25	1:779	N/A
Gold SuperFractor short set	220	one-of-one	1:1234	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Gold SuperFractor	18	one-of-one	1:13,970	N/A
Printing Plate short set	220	four for each	1:310	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Printing Plates	14	four for each	1:4960	N/A
The Game Relics	11	-	varies	N/A
The Game Patch Relics	24	70	1:8/boxes	N/A
Dem Bums Autographs	5	50	1:1816	1:7270

Series Two

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	238	-	?	?
short set	220	-	4:1	4:1
Autographed First Year Player	18	1770	1:20	1:55
Refractor short set	220	-	1:5	?
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor	18	500	1:50	1:199
Black Refractor short set	220	225	1:10	?
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor	18	200	1:120	?
Red X-Fractor short set	220	25	1:3/boxes	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor	18	25	1:910	1:4042
Autographed First-Year Player Printing Plates	18	four for each	1:3500	N/A
Printing Plate short set	220	four for each	1:290	N/A
Alex Rodriguez Throwback	4	-	1:5	1:5
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Refractor	4	-	1:3/boxes	N/A
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Black Refractor	4	225	1:14/boxes	N/A
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Red Refractor	4	25	1:124/boxes	N/A
Alex Rodriguez Throwback Gold SuperFractor	4	one-of-one	1:2968/boxes	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Placido Polanco
3 Torii Hunter
4 Lyle Overbay
5 Johnny Damon
6 Johnny Estrada
7 Rich Harden
8 Francisco Rodriguez
9 Jarrod Washburn
10 Sammy Sosa
11 Randy Wolf
12 Jason Bay
13 Tom Glavine
14 Michael Tucker
15 Brian Giles
16 Chad Tracy
17 Jim Edmonds
18 John Smoltz
19 Roy Halladay
20 Hank Blalock
21 Darin Erstad
22 Todd Walker
23 Mike Hampton
24 Mark Bellhorn
25 Jim Thome
26 Shingo Takatsu
27 Jody Gerut
28 Vinny Castilla
29 Luis Castillo
30 Ivan Rodriguez
31 Craig Biggio
32 Joe Randa
33 Adrian Beltre
34 Scott Podsednik
35 Cliff Floyd
36 Livan Hernandez
37 Eric Byrnes
38 Jose Acevedo
39 Jack Wilson
40 Gary Sheffield
41 Chan Ho Park
42 Carl Crawford
43 Shawn Estes
44 David Bell
45 Jeff DaVanon
46 Brandon Webb
47 Lance Berkman
48 Melvin Mora
49 David Ortiz
50 Andruw Jones
51 Chone Figgins
52 Danny Graves
53 Preston Wilson
54 Jeremy Bonderman
55 Carlos Guillen
56 Cesar Izturis
57 Kazuo Matsui
58 Jason Schmidt
59 Jason Marquis
60 Jose Vidro
61 Al Leiter
62 Javier Vazquez
63 Erubiel Durazo
64 Scott Spiezio
65 Scot Shields
66 Edgardo Alfonzo
67 Miguel Tejada
68 Francisco Cordero
69 Brett Myers
70 Curt Schilling
71 Matt Kata
72 Bartolo Colon
73 Rodrigo Lopez
74 Tim Wakefield
75 Frank Thomas
76 Jimmy Rollins
77 Barry Zito
78 Hideo Nomo
79 Brad Wilkerson
80 Adam Dunn
81 Derrek Lee
82 Joe Crede
83 Nate Robertson
84 John Thomson
85 Mike Sweeney
86 Kip Wells
87 Eric Gagne
88 Zach Day
89 Alex Sanchez
90 Bret Boone
91 Mark Loretta
92 Miguel Cabrera
93 Randy Winn
94 Adam Everett
95 Aubrey Huff
96 Kevin Mench
97 Frank Catalanotto
98 Flash Gordon
99 Scott Hatteberg
100 Albert Pujols
101 Jose Molina / Ben Molina
102 Jason Johnson
103 Jay Gibbons
104 Byung-Hyun Kim
105 Joe Borowski
106 Mark Grudzielanek
107 Mark Buehrle
108 Paul Wilson
109 Ronnie Belliard
110 Reggie Sanders
111 Tim Redding
112 Brian Lawrence
113 Travis Hafner
114 Jose Hernandez
115 Ben Sheets
116 Johan Santana
117 Billy Wagner
118 Mariano Rivera
119 Steve Trachsel
120 Akinori Otsuka
121 Jose Valentin
122 Orlando Hernandez
123 Raul Ibanez
124 Mike Matheny
125 Vernon Wells
126 Jason Isringhausen
127 Jose Guillen
128 Danny Bautista
129 Marcus Giles
130 Javy Lopez
131 Kevin Millar
132 Kyle Farnsworth
133 Carl Pavano
134 Rafael Furcal
135 Casey Blake
136 Matt Holliday
137 Bobby Higginson
138 Adam Kennedy
139 Alex Gonzalez
140 Jeff Kent
141 Aaron Guiel
142 Shawn Green
143 Bill Hall
144 Shannon Stewart
145 Juan Rivera
146 Coco Crisp
147 Mike Mussina
148 Eric Chavez
149 Jon Lieber
150 Vladimir Guerrero
151 Alex Cintron
152 Luis Matos
153 Sidney Ponson
154 Trot Nixon
155 Greg Maddux
156 Edgar Renteria
157 Ryan Freel
158 Matt Lawton
159 Mark Prior
160 Josh Beckett
161 Ken Harvey
162 Angel Berroa
163 Juan Encarnacion
164 Wes Helms
165 Brad Radke
166 Phil Nevin
167 Mike Cameron
168 Billy Koch
169 Bobby Crosby
170 Mike Lieberthal
171 Rob MacKowiak
172 Sean Burroughs
173 J.T. Snow
174 Paul Konerko
175 Luis Gonzalez
176 John Lackey
177 Oliver Perez
178 Brian Roberts
179 Bill Mueller
180 Carlos Lee
181 Corey Patterson
182 Sean Casey
183 Cliff Lee
184 Jason Jennings
185 Dmitri Young
186 Juan Uribe
187 Andy Pettitte
188 Juan Gonzalez
189 Orlando Hudson
190 Jason Phillips
191 Braden Looper
192 Lew Ford
193 Mark Mulder
194 Bobby Abreu
195 Jason Kendall
196 Khalil Greene
197 A.J. Pierzynski
198 Tim Worrell
199 So Taguchi
200 Jason Giambi
201 Tony Batista
202 Carlos Zambrano
203 Trevor Hoffman
204 Odalis Perez
205 Jose Cruz, Jr.
206 Michael Barrett
207 Chris Carpenter
208 Michael Young UER
209 Toby Hall
210 Woody Williams
211 Chris Denorfia RC
212 Darren Fenster RC*
213 Elvys Quezada RC*
214 Ian Kinsler RC
215 Matthew Lindstrom RC
216 Ryan Goleski RC*
217 Ryan Sweeney RC
218 Sean Marshall RC
219 Steve Doetsch RC*
220 Wade Robinson RC*

Autographed First-Year Players

Each Autographed First-Year Player is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1771 copies.

221 Andre Ethier AU RC
222 Brandon Moss AU RC
223 Chadd Blasko AU RC*
224 Chris Roberson AU RC
225 Chris Seddon AU RC
226 Ian Bladergroen AU RC*
227 Jake Dittler AU
228 Jose Vaquedano AU RC*
229 Jeremy West AU RC*
230 Kole Strayhorn AU RC*
231 Kevin West AU RC*
232 Luis Ramirez AU RC*
233 Melky Cabrera AU RC
234 Nate Schierholtz AU RC

Series Two

Autographed First-Year Players

Each Autographed First-Year Player is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1770 copies.

NOTE: Card #236 packed out as an exchange card which expired May 31, 2007.

235 Billy Butler AU RC
236 B.J. Szymanski AU EXCH
237 Chad Orvella AU RC
238 Chip Cannon AU RC*
239 Eric Nielsen AU RC*
240 Erik Cordier AU RC
241 Glen Perkins AU RC
242 Justin Verlander AU RC
243 Kevin Melillo AU RC
244 Landon Powell AU RC
245 Matt Campbell AU RC*
246 Michael Rogers AU RC*
247 Nate McLouth AU RC
248 Scott Mathieson AU RC
249 Shane Costa AU RC
250 Tony Giarratano AU RC
251 Tyler Pelland AU RC
252 Wes Swackhamer AU RC*

Base Set

253 Garret Anderson
254 Randy Johnson
255 Charles Thomas
256 Rafael Palmeiro
257 Kevin Youkilis
258 Freddy Garcia
259 Magglio Ordonez
260 Aaron Harang
261 Grady Sizemore
262 Chin-Hui Tsao
263 Eric Munson
264 Juan Pierre
265 Brad Lidge
266 Brian Anderson RC
267 Todd Helton
268 Chad Cordero
269 Kris Benson
270 Brad Halsey
271 Jermaine Dye
272 Manny Ramirez
273 Adam Eaton
274 Brett Tomko
275 Bucky Jacobsen
276 Dontrelle Willis
277 B.J. Upton
278 Rocco Baldelli
279 Ryan Drese
280 Ichiro
281 Brandon Lyon
282 Nick Green
283 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
284 Mike Lowell
285 Kerry Wood
286 Omar Vizquel
287 Carlos Beltran
288 Carlos Pena
289 Jeff Weaver
290 Chad Moeller
291 Joe Mays
292 Terrmel Sledge
293 Richard Hidalgo
294 Justin Duchscherer
295 Eric Milton
296 Ramon Hernandez
297 Jose Reyes
298 Joel Pineiro
299 Matt Morris
300 John Halama
301 Gary Matthews, Jr.
302 Ryan Madson
303 Mark Kotsay
304 Carlos Delgado
305 Casey Kotchman
306 Greg Aquino
307 LaTroy Hawkins
308 Jose Contreras
309 Ken Griffey, Jr.
310 C.C. Sabathia
311 Brandon Inge
312 John Buck
313 Hee Seop Choi
314 Chris Capuano
315 Jesse Crain
316 Geoff Jenkins
317 Mike Piazza
318 Jorge Posada
319 Nick Swisher
320 Kevin Millwood
321 Mike Gonzalez
322 Jake Peavy
323 Dustin Hermanson
324 Jeremy Reed
325 Alfonso Soriano
326 Alexis Rios
327 David Eckstein
328 Shea Hillenbrand
329 Russ Ortiz
330 Kurt Ainsworth
331 Orlando Cabrera
332 Carlos Silva
333 Ross Gload
334 Josh Phelps
335 Mike Maroth
336 Guillermo Mota
337 Chris Burke
338 David DeJesus
339 Jose Lima
340 Cristian Guzman
341 Nick Johnson
342 Victor Zambrano
343 Rod Barajas
344 Damian Miller
345 Chase Utley
346 Sean Burnett
347 David Wells
348 Dustan Mohr
349 Bobby Madritsch
350 Reed Johnson
351 R.A. Dickey
352 Scott Kazmir
353 Tony Womack
354 Tomas Perez
355 Esteban Loaiza
356 Tomokazu Ohka
357 Ramon Ortiz
358 Richie Sexson
359 J.D. Drew
360 Barry Bonds
361 Aramis Ramirez
362 Wily Mo Pena
363 Jeromy Burnitz
364 Nomar Garciaparra
365 Brandon Backe
366 Derek Lowe
367 Doug Davis
368 Joe Mauer
369 Endy Chavez
370 Bernie Williams
371 Jason Michaels
372 Craig Wilson
373 Ryan Klesko
374 Ray Durham
375 Jose Lopez
376 Jeff Suppan
377 David Bush
378 Marlon Byrd
379 Roy Oswalt
380 Rondell White
381 Troy Glaus
382 Scott Hairston
383 Chipper Jones
384 Daniel Cabrera
385 Jon Garland
386 Austin Kearns
387 Jake Westbrook
388 Aaron Miles
389 Omar Infante
390 Paul Lo Duca
391 Morgan Ensberg
392 Tony Graffanino
393 Milton Bradley
394 Keith Ginter
395 Justin Morneau
396 Tony Armas, Jr.
397 Kevin Brown
398 Marco Scutaro
399 Tim Hudson
400 Pat Burrell
401 Jeff Cirillo
402 Larry Walker
403 Dewon Brazelton
404 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
405 Octavio Dotel
406 Michael Cuddyer
407 Junior Spivey
408 Zack Greinke
409 Roger Clemens
410 Chris Shelton
411 Ugueth Urbina
412 Rafael Betancourt
413 Willie Harris
414 Keith Foulke
415 Larry Bigbie
416 Paul Byrd
417 Troy Percival
418 Pedro Martinez
419 Matt Clement
420 Ryan Wagner
421 Jeff Francis
422 Jeff Conine
423 Wade Miller
424 Gavin Floyd
425 Kazuhisa Ishii
426 Victor Santos
427 Jacque Jones
428 Hideki Matsui
429 Cory Lidle
430 Jose Castillo
431 Alex Gonzalez
432 Kirk Rueter
433 Jolbert Cabrera
434 Erik Bedard
435 Ricky Ledee
436 Mark Hendrickson
437 Laynce Nix
438 Jason Frasor
439 Kevin Gregg
440 Derek Jeter
441 Jaret Wright
442 Edwin Jackson
443 Moises Alou
444 Aaron Rowand
445 Kazuhito Tadano
446 Luis Gonzalez
447 A.J. Burnett
448 Jeff Bagwell
449 Brad Penny
450 Corey Koskie
451 Mark Ellis
452 Hector Luna
453 Miguel Olivo
454 Scott Rolen
455 Ricardo Rodriguez
456 Eric Hinske
457 Tim Salmon
458 Adam LaRoche
459 B.J. Ryan
460 Steve Finley
461 Joe Nathan
462 Vicente Padilla
463 Yadier Molina
464 Tino Martinez
465 Mark Teixeira
466 Kelvim Escobar
467 Pedro Feliz
468 Ryan Garko RC
469 Bobby Livingston RC
470 Yorman Bazardo RC
471 Michael Bourn RC
472 Andy LaRoche RC

Parallels

All 440 unautographed base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 225 copies)
Red X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plate (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

Autographed First-Year Player Refractors

All 32 Autographed First-Year Player cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 500 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 200 copies)
Red X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one; Series Two only)
Printing Plate (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

Inserts

A-Rod Throwbacks

This four-card set, inserted into Series Two packs, features renditions of what Alex Rodriguez's Topps Chrome cards would have been like had they been released in the early part of his career. Despite making his Major League debut in 1994, Rodriguez did not appear, due to licensing issues, on a Topps card until 1998.

Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Refractor
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 225 copies)
Red X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold SuperFractor (one-of-one)

1 Alex Rodriguez 1994
2 Alex Rodriguez 1995
3 Alex Rodriguez 1996
4 Alex Rodriguez 1997

Autographs & Game-Used

The Game Relics

Each sealed Series One Hobby box will contain a The Game Relic (or Patch Relic) as a box topper. The odds of finding a specific The Game Relic are as follows.

A: 1:15/boxes
B: 1:2/boxes

AR Alex Rodriguez BAT A
AS Alfonso Soriano UNI B
JB Jeff Bagwell UNI B
JP Jorge Posada UNI B
JS John Smoltz UNI B
MP Mark Prior JSY B
MPI Mike Piazza JSY B
MY Michael Young BAT A
SS Sammy Sosa JSY B
TH Torii Hunter JSY B
WB Wade Boggs UNI B

Patch

Each The Game Patch Relic is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 70 copies.

AD2 Adam Dunn
AP Albert Pujols
AR Alex Rodriguez
BB Bret Boone
CJ Chipper Jones
CS C.C. Sabathia
DW Dontrelle Willis
FT Frank Thomas
HN Hideo Nomo
JB Jeff Bagwell
JBE Josh Beckett
KI Kazuhisa Ishii
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
ML Mike Lowell
MO Magglio Ordonez
MPI Mike Piazza
MT Mark Teixeira
PL Paul Lo Duca
PM Pedro Martinez
SS Sammy Sosa
TG Troy Glaus
TH Todd Helton
AD1 Adam Dunn

Dem Bums Autographs

Each Dem Bums Autograph is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 50 copies.

CE Carl Erskine
CL Clem Labine
DS Duke Snider
DZ Don Zimmer
JP Johnny Podres