Revision as of 01:45, 9 September 2023

Description

1998 Bowman Chrome was a 441-card with cards 1-221 in Series One and cards 222-441 in Series Two. This year, Bowman Chrome fully paralleled the 441-card 1998 Bowman set, contrary to the 1997 Bowman Chrome set, which partially paralleled the 1997 Bowman set (1997 Bowman Chrome only featured 300 of the 441 cards from the 1997 Bowman set).

The cards looked identical to the 1998 Bowman set but had a "chrome" finish that distinguished this as a higher-end set from the base brand. The photo of the player was off-center on the card front with the player's name plate below and a facsimile of the player's signature from their original Topps contract on the left side.

Notable rookie cards of Troy Glaus, Magglio Ordonez, Orlando Hernandez, Francisco Cordero, and Carlos Lee were in this set.

Distribution

24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	441	-	?
International	441	-	1:4
Refractor	441	-	1:12
International Refractor	441	-	1:24
Golden Anniversary	441	50	1:164
Golden Anniversary Refractor	441	5	1:1279
Reprints	50	-	1:12
Reprints Refractor	50	-	1:36

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

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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
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

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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
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 were available in the following parallels:

International

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Card front is similar to the base version except the background behind the player photo was a geographical map of that player's hometown/city they were born.

Refractor

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Card front is identical to the base but features a holographic shine. Each Refractor is notated on the reverse side, underneath the card number.

International Refractor

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Card front is the same as the International parallel but features a holographic shine. Each International Refractor is notated on the reverse side, underneath the card number.

Golden Anniversary

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Card front is the same as the base version but features a gold facscimile signature and is serial-numbered to 50 on the back. This parallel set paid tribute to Bowman's "Golden Anniversary" of 50 years since its inception in 1948.

Golden Anniversary Refractor

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Card front is the same as the Golden Anniversary parallel but features a holographic shine and is serial-numbered to only five copies on the back. Each Golden Anniversary Refractor is notated on the reverse side, underneath the card number. This parallel set also paid tribute to Bowman's "Golden Anniversary" of 50 years since its inception in 1948.

Counterfeits

There are Golden Anniversary Refractors with counterfeit stamps. These cards were originally unnumbered proofs which were obtained from the Topps Vault or former employees, counterfeit stamped, and sold on the secondary market as the true, pack-issued versions. Unnumbered proofs are common for ‘98 and ‘99 Topps/Bowman baseball products (Paper, Chrome, Finest) due to former Topps employees selling off uncut sheets/proofs from the Topps Vault in the late-2000s.

Golden Anniversary Refractors with counterfeit stamps have exclusively featured either a “1/5” or a "5/5" stamp - to date (September 2023), no counterfeit stamps featuring "2/5", "3/5", or "4/5" have surfaced.

For further information and picture references on identifying a real vs. counterfeit stamp, see this post on the Blowout Forums: Identifying a counterfeit Golden Anniversary Refractor

Inserts

Reprints

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This 50-card set featured reprints of classic era (1948-1955) and late 80's/90's era (1989-1996) Bowman rookie cards, on Chrome technology. Odd-numbered cards were inserted into Series One packs, while even-numbered cards were in Series Two packs.

Refractor: Each card was also available as a Refractor, which is notated on the reverse side with an "R".

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1 Yogi Berra 48
2 Jackie Robinson 49
3 Don Newcombe
4 Satchel Paige 49
5 Willie Mays 51
6 Gil McDougald 52
7 Don Larsen 54
8 Elston Howard 55
9 Robin Ventura
10 Brady Anderson
11 Gary Sheffield
12 Tino Martinez
13 Ken Griffey, Jr. 89
14 John Smoltz 89
15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. 89
16 Larry Walker 90
17 Todd Hundley
18 Mo Vaughn 90
19 Sammy Sosa 90
20 Frank Thomas
21 Chuck Knoblauch 90
22 Bernie Williams 90
23 Juan Gonzalez 90
24 Mike Mussina
25 Jeff Bagwell
26 Tim Salmon
27 Ivan Rodriguez
28 Kenny Lofton
29 Chipper Jones
30 Javy Lopez
31 Ryan Klesko 91
32 Raul Mondesi
33 Jim Thome
34 Carlos Delgado 92
35 Mike Piazza 92
36 Manny Ramirez 92
37 Andy Pettitte
38 Derek Jeter
39 Brad Fullmer
40 Richard Hidalgo
41 Tony Clark
42 Andruw Jones
43 Vladimir Guerrero
44 Nomar Garciaparra
45 Paul Konerko
46 Ben Grieve
47 Hideo Nomo 95
48 Scott Rolen
49 Jose Guillen
50 Livan Hernandez 96

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

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

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 There are Golden Anniversary Refractors with counterfeit stamps. These cards were originally unnumbered proofs which were obtained from the Topps Vault or former employees, counterfeit stamped, and sold on the secondary market as the true, pack-issued versions. Unnumbered proofs are common for ‘98 and ‘99 Topps/Bowman baseball products (Paper, Chrome, Finest) due to former Topps employees selling off uncut sheets/proofs from the Topps Vault in the late-2000s.
-Golden Anniversary Refractors with counterfeit stamps have exclusively featured a "5/5" stamp - to date (August 2019), no counterfeit stamps featuring "1/5", "2/5", "3/5", or "4/5" have surfaced.
+Golden Anniversary Refractors with counterfeit stamps have exclusively featured either a “1/5” or a "5/5" stamp - to date (September 2023), no counterfeit stamps featuring "2/5", "3/5", or "4/5" have surfaced.
 For further information and picture references on identifying a real vs. counterfeit stamp, see this post on the Blowout Forums: [https://www.blowoutforums.com/showpost.php?p=14781889&postcount=28| Identifying a counterfeit Golden Anniversary Refractor]