Description

2007 Bowman's Best is a 99-card set, supplemented by a 60-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January, 2008. After a one year hiatus, Topps brought back Bowman's Best and structured it as a hybrid of their Bowman and Finest brands -- much like the original Bowman Best set. Like Finest, each Hobby box contained three smaller five-pack miniboxes.

Each minibox will yield one veteran autograph, one Rookie Autograph, one Prospect Autograph and two serial-numbered Rookie base/Prospect insert cards.

This would be the last Bowman's Best set until its 2015 revival.

Distribution

Three five-pack "miniboxes" per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $20/pack). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	99	-	?
short set	33	-	?
Autographed Veterans	18	-	VA
Autographed Veteran Variation	10	-	VA
2007 Rookies	30	799	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies	16	-	1:2
Autographed 2007 Rookies Variation	10	-	1:11
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	-	1:35
Green short set	33	249	1:5
Green 2007 Rookies	30	249	1:5
Blue short set	33	99	1:11
Blue Autographed Veterans	28	99	1:14
Blue 2007 Rookies	30	99	1:12
Blue Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	99	1:15
Blue Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	99	1:361
Gold short set	33	50	1:22
Gold Autographed Veterans	28	50	1:28
Gold 2007 Rookies	30	50	1:24
Gold Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	50	1:29
Gold Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	50	1:715
Red short set	33	one-of-one	1:1073
Red Autographed Veterans	28	one-of-one	1:1325
Red 2007 Rookies	30	one-of-one	1:1221
Red Autographed 2007 Rookies	26	one-of-one	1:1376
Red Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey	1	one-of-one	1:27,456
Prospects	40	499	1:2
Autographed Prospects	20	-	PA
Autographed Prospects Variation	4	-	PA
Green Prospects	40	249	1:4
Blue Prospects	40	99	1:9
Blue Autographed Prospects	24	99	1:16
Gold Prospects	40	50	1:18
Gold Autographed Prospects	24	50	1:31
Red Prospects	40	one-of-one	1:908
Red Autographed Prospects	24	one-of-one	1:1453
Printing Plates	104*	four for each	1:88
Autographed Printing Plates	56*	four for each	1:173
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945
Alex Rodriguez 500	1	-	?
Alex Rodriguez 500 Green	1	99	1:361
Alex Rodriguez 500 Blue	1	33	1:1107
Alex Rodriguez 500 Gold	1	15	1:2532
Barry Bonds 756	1	-	1:20
Barry Bonds 756 Printing Plates	1	four for each	1:8945

* Includes cards from the base set and Prospect inserts.
VA Odds of finding a Veteran Autograph of Veteran Autograph Variation: 1:2/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Jose Reyes
2 Derek Jeter
3 Vladimir Guerrero
4 Ichiro
5 Jason Bay
6 Joe Mauer
7 Alfonso Soriano
8 David Ortiz
9 Andruw Jones
10 Roger Clemens
11 Grady Sizemore
12 Magglio Ordonez
13 Carl Crawford
14 Chase Utley
15 Mark Teixeira
16 Ryan Zimmerman
17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
18 Derrek Lee
19 Barry Bonds
20 Chipper Jones
21 Vernon Wells
22 Manny Ramirez
23 Alex Rodriguez
24 Ryan Howard
25 Tom Glavine
26 Gary Sheffield
27 Miguel Cabrera
28 Robinson Cano
29 David Wright
30 Jim Thome
31 Albert Pujols
32 Jorge Posada
33 Brian McCann

Autographed Veteran Variations

Ten veteran players have both an autographed and unautographed version of their base card. The set is skip-numbered as card #32 is not available in an autograph.

The stated odds of finding a specific Autographed Veteran Variation are as follows.

Group A: 1:15/packs
Group B: 1:122/packs
Group C: 1:381/packs
Group D: 1:113/packs

23 Alex Rodriguez AU A
24 Ryan Howard AU B
25 Tom Glavine AU D
26 Gary Sheffield AU A
27 Miguel Cabrera AU A
28 Robinson Cano AU A
29 David Wright AU A
30 Jim Thome AU A
31 Albert Pujols AU C
33 Brian McCann AU A

Autographed Veterans

NOTE: Card #45 (on the provisional checklist as John Maine) does not exist.

34 Josh Barfield
35 Melky Cabrera
36 Bill Hall
37 Cole Hamels
38 Adam LaRoche
39 Matt Holiday
40 Jeremy Hermida
41 Jonathan Papelbon
42 Hanley Ramirez
43 Justin Verlander
44 Andre Ethier
46 Eric Bedard
47 Freddy Sanchez
48 Adrian Gonzalez
49 Russell Martin
50 B.J. Upton
51 Prince Fielder

2007 Rookies

Each 2007 Rookie is serial-numbered to 799 copies.

52 Tony Abreu RC
53 Ben Francisco (RC)
54 Billy Butler (RC)
55 Philip Hughes (RC)
56 Josh Fields (RC)
57 Carlos Gomez RC
58 Akinori Iwamura RC
59 Matt Brown (RC)
60 Jesus Flores RC
61 Mike Fontenot (RC)
62 Ryan Feierabend (RC)
63 Miguel Montero (RC)
64 Daisuke Matsuzaka RC
65 Kei Igawa RC
66 Shawn Riggans (RC)
67 Masumi Kuwata RC
68 Kevin Slowey (RC)
69 Josh Hamilton (RC)
70 Curtis Thigpen (RC)
71 Justin Upton RC
72 Delmon Young (RC)
73 Brandon Wood (RC)
74 Felix Pie (RC)
75 Alex Gordon RC
76 Mark Reynolds RC
77 Tyler Clippard (RC)
78 Adam Lind (RC)
79 Hunter Pence (RC)
80 Micah Owings (RC)
81 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (RC)

Autographed 2007 Rookies

82 Kevin Kouzmanoff AU (RC)
83 Glen Perkins AU (RC)
84 Michael Bourn AU (RC)
85 Andrew Miller AU RC
86 Fred Lewis AU (RC)
88 Joba Chamberlain AU RC
89 Hideki Okajima AU RC
90 Troy Tulowitzki AU (RC)
91 Ryan Sweeney AU (RC)
92 Matt Lidstrom AU (RC)
93 Tim Lincecum AU RC UER
94 Homer Bailey AU (RC)
95 Matt Desalvo AU (RC)
96 Alejandro De Aza AU RC
97 Ryan Braun AU (RC)
99 Andy LaRoche AU (RC)

Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007 Rookie Jersey

64 Daisuke Matsuzaka JSY

Parallels

All 97 base cards and all 20 Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Red (one-of-one)

Green

All 63 non-autographed base cards (Cards#1-#33 and #52-#81) are available in a Green parallel, which is serial-numbered to 249 copies.

Printing Plates

A set of four Printing Plates are available for all 97 base cards. This includes all Autographs and the Daisuke Matsuzaka Jersey card, but NOT the Autographed Variations.

Inserts

Prospects

All 60 base cards and all four Autographed Variations are available in the following parallels.

Green (serial-numbered to 249 copies; non-autographs only)
Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Red (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card; card #BBP40 does not exist)

BBP1 Greg Smith
BBP2 J.R. Towles
BBP3 Jeff Locke
BBP4 Henry Sosa
BBP5 Ivan DeJesus, Jr.
BBP6 Brad Lincoln
BBP7 Josh Papelbon
BBP8 Mark Hamilton
BBP9 Sam Fuld
BBP10 Thomas Fairchild
BBP11 Chris Carter
BBP12 Charles Lofgren
BBP13 Joe Gaetti
BBP14 Zach McAllister
BBP15 Cole Gillespie
BBP16 Jeremy Papelbon
BBP17 Mike Carp
BBP18 Cody Strait
BBP19 Gorkys Hernandez
BBP20 Andrew Fie
BBP21 Erik Lis
BBP22 Chance Douglass
BBP23 Vasili Spanos
BBP24 Desmond Jennings
BBP25 Vic Buttler
BBP26 Cedric Hunter
BBP27 Emerson Frostad
BBP28 Michael Devaney
BBP29 Eric Young, Jr.
BBP30 Evan Englebrook
BBP31 Aaron Cunningham
BBP32 Dellin Betances
BBP33 Michael Saunders
BBP34 Deolis Guerra
BBP35 Brian Bocock
BBP36 Rich Thompson
BBP37 Greg Reynolds
BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
BBP39 Evan Longoria
BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Autographed Prospects

BBP41 James Avery
BBP42 Joe Mather
BBP43 Hank Conger
BBP44 Adam Miller
BBP45 Clayton Kershaw
BBP46 Adam Ottavino
BBP47 Jason Place
BBP48 Billy Rowell
BBP49 Brett Sinkbeil
BBP50 Colton Willems
BBP51 Cameron Maybin
BBP52 Jeremy Jeffress
BBP53 Fernando Martinez
BBP54 Chris Marrero
BBP55 Kyle McCulloch
BBP56 Chris Parmelee
BBP57 Emmanuel Burriss
BBP58 Chris Coghlan
BBP59 Chris Perez
BBP60 David Huff

Autographed Prospects Variation

BBP37 Greg Reynolds
BBP38 Jeff Samardzija
BBP39 Evan Longoria
BBP40 Luke Hochevar

Alex Rodriguez 500

This one-card tribute to Alex Rodriguez's 500th Home Run is also available in the following parallels.

Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 33 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

AR Alex Rodriguez

Barry Bonds 756

A set of four Printing Plates are also available for this one-card tribute to Barry Bonds's record-breaking 756th Home Run.

BB Barry Bonds