Description

2005 Bowman Sterling is a 149-card set released January 12th, 2006, and was the product's debut. Each five-card Hobby pack yielded: Two First-Year Player cards; one Veteran Relic; One Autographed First-Year Player; and One Autographed First-Year/Prospect Relic.

For the only time Bowman Sterling's ten-year run, a small allotment was distributed to mass-market retail outlets.

Distribution

Hobby: Six packs plus one Box Loader per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Four boxes per case

Retail:

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	149	-	?	?
First-Year Players	50	-	2:1	2:1
Veteran Relics	50	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Autographed First-Year Player	15	-	one-per-pack	N/A
Autographed First-Year/Prospect Relics	34	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
First-Year Players Refractors	50	199	1:6	1:6
Veteran Relics Refractors	50	199	1:6	1:6
Autographed First-Year Player Refractors	15	199	1:13	N/A
Autographed First-Year/Prospect Relics Refractors	34	199	1:9	1:9
First-Year Players Black Refractors	50	25	1:5/boxes*	N/A
Veteran Relics Black Refractors	50	25	1:5/boxes	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractors	15	25	1:17/boxes*	N/A
Autographed First-Year/Prospect Relics Black Refractors	34	25	1:8/boxes*	N/A
First-Year Players Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:128/boxes*	N/A
Veteran Relics Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:128/boxes	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Red Refractors	15	one-of-one	1:428/boxes*	N/A
Autographed First-Year/Prospect Relics Red Refractors	34	one-of-one	1:182/boxes*	N/A
Original Autographs	73	varies	*	N/A
MLB Logo Patch Autograph	9	one-of-one	1:665/boxes*	N/A

* Exclusive to the one-per Hobby box Box Loader pack.

Checklist

Base Set

BS-BA Brian Anderson

BS-BCR Brad Corley

BS-BH Brett Hayes

BS-BRB Brain Bogusevic

BS-BSN Brandon Snyder

BS-CBU Clay Buchholz

BS-CC Cesar Carrillo

BS-CHE Chase Headley

BS-CI Craig Italiano

BS-CJ Chuck James

BS-CLT Chuck Tiffany

BS-CRA Cesar Ramos

BS-DC Dan Carte

BS-DT Drew Thompson

BS-HAS Henry Sanchez

BS-HI Hernan Iribarren

BS-JC Jeff Clement

BS-JDR John Drennen

BS-JEG Jon Egan

BS-JLY Jeff Lyman

BS-JMA Jacob Marceaux

BS-JW Josh Wall

BS-JWE Jered Weaver

BS-JWI Josh Wilson

BS-KH Kris Harvey

BS-KS Kevin Slowey

BS-KW Kevin Whelan

BS-MCO Mike Constanzo

BS-MGA Matt Garza

BS-MMC Mark Mccormick

BS-MTO Matt Torra

BS-NH Nick Hundley

BS-NR Nolan Reimold

BS-NW Nick Webber

BS-PK Paul Kelly

BS-PP P.J. Phillips

BS-RMO Ryan Mount

BS-RR Ricky Romero

BS-RZ Ryan Zimmerman

BS-SD Stephen Drew

BS-SWE Sean West

BS-TAT Taylor Teagarden

BS-TBU Travis Buck

BS-TG Tyler Greene

BS-THE Tyler Herron

BS-TW Travis Wood

BS-TT Troy Tulowitzki

BS-WT Wade Townsend

BS-YE Yuniel Escobar

BS-ZS Zach Simons

Parallels

Black Refractor Seq. Numbered

Refractor

1 of 1 Red Refractor

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed Relics

BS-AL Adam Lind

BS-AM Andrew Mccutchen

BS-BJ Beau Jones

BS-BB Billy Buckner

BS-BL Bobby Livingston

BS-BE Brad Eldred

BS-BM Brandon Mccarthy

BS-BC Brent Cox

BS-CS C.J. Smith

BS-CPP Carmen Pignatiello

BS-CRO Chaz Roe

BS-CN Chris Nelson

BS-CR Colby Rasmus

BS-CT Curtis Thigpen

BS-DP Dustin Pedroia

BS-EI Eli Iorg

BS-JE Jacoby Ellsbury

BS-JB Jay Bruce

BS-JL Jed Lowrie

BS-JN Jeff Niemann

BS-JCN John Nelson

BS-JF Josh Fields

BS-JG Josh Geer

BS-JO Justin Olson

BS-JV Justin Verlander

BS-MB Michael Bowden

BS-MC Mike Conroy

BS-PH Philip Humber

BS-RT Raul Tablado

BS-RM Russ Martin

BS-SE Scott Elbert

BS-SM Steve Marek

BS-TB Trevor Bell

BS-TM Tyler Minges

Autographs

BS-AT Aaron Thompson

BS-BS Brandon Sing

BS-CH C.J. Henry

BS-CV Chris Volstad

BS-CP Cliff Pennington

BS-EM Eddy Martinez-Esteve

BS-GO Garret Olson

BS-GK George Kottaras

BS-HS Humberto Sanchez

BS-JM John Mayberry

BS-MA Matt Albers

BS-MG Matt Green

BS-RB Ryan Braun

BS-SW Steven White

BS-TC Travis Chick

Relics

BS-AP Albert Pujols

BS-AR Alex Rodriguez

BS-AS Alfonso Soriano

BS-ARA Aramis Ramirez

BS-BLB Barry Bonds

BS-BZ Barry Zito

BS-BMU Bill Mueller

BS-CB Carlos Beltran

BS-CD Carlos Delgado

BS-LWJ Chipper Jones

BS-CSU Curt Schilling

BS-DO David Ortiz

BS-DL Derrek Lee

BS-DW Dontrelle Willis

BS-EC Eric Chavez

BS-GS Gary Sheffield

BS-GM Greg Maddux

BS-HB Hank Blalock

BS-HM Hideki Matsui

BS-IR Ivan Rodriguez

BS-JPE Jim Edmonds

BS-JS John Smoltz

BS-JD Johnny Damon

BS-JP Jorge Posada

BS-JBE Josh Beckett

BS-JGI Josh Gibson

BS-KM Kevin Millar

BS-KG Khalil Greene

BS-MR Manny Ramirez

BS-MGI Marcus Giles

BS-MM Mark Mulder

BS-MPR Mark Prior

BS-MTE Mark Teixeira

BS-MY Michael Young

BS-MCA Miguel Cabrera

BS-MT Miguel Tejada

BS-MP Mike Piazza

BS-PL Paul Lo Duca

BS-PM Pedro Martinez

BS-RF Rafael Furcal

BS-RBE Ronnie Belliard

BS-SS Sammy Sosa

BS-SR Scott Rolen

BS-THU Tim Hudson

BS-TM Tino Martinez

BS-TLH Todd Helton

BS-TH Torii Hunter

BS-TN Trot Nixon

BS-VM Victor Martinez

BS-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Autographed MLB Logo Patch

MLB-BB Billy Buckner

MLB-CS C.J. Smith

MLB-CN Chris Nelson

MLB-CT Curtis Thigpen

MLB-DP Dustin Pedroia

MLB-JN Jeff Niemann

MLB-JF Josh Fields

MLB-JV Justin Verlander

MLB-PH Philip Humber

MLB-SE Scott Elbert

MLB-ZP Zach Parker