2008 Bowman

Distribution

Retail packs contain 10 cards; 6 Bowman, 2 Prospects and 2 Chrome Prospects.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	5:1	5:1
Autographed Rookies	20	-	1:233	N/A
Gold	200	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Blue	200	500	1:14	1:32
Orange	200	250	1:26	1:65
Red	200	one-of-one	1:4512	N/A
Printing Plates	200	four for each	1:732	N/A
Autographed Rookies Blue	20	500	1:620	N/A
Autographed Rookies Orange	20	250	1:1160	N/A
Autographed Rookies Red	20	one-of-one	1:243,648	N/A
Autographed Rookies Printing Plates	20	four for each	1:4700	N/A
Prospects	110	-	2:1	2:1
Prospects Gold	110	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Prospects Blue	110	500	1:14	1:32
Prospects Orange	110	250	1:28	1:65
Prospects Red	110	one-of-one	1:4512	N/A
Prospects Printing Plates	110	four for each	1:732	N/A
Chrome Prospects	110	-	2:1	2:1
Chrome Prospects Refractor	110	599	1:34	1:88
Chrome Prospects X-Fractor	110	275	1:65	1:188
Chrome Prospects Blue Refractor	110	150	1:126	1:350
Chrome Prospects Gold Refractor	110	50	1:380	1:1040
Chrome Prospects Orange Refractor	110	25	1:750	1:2075
Chrome Prospects Red Refractor	110	5	1:3600	N/A
Chrome Prospects SuperFractor	110	one-of-one	1:18,274	N/A
Chrome Prospects Printing Plates	110	four for each	1:732	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects	20	-	1:37	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Refractor	20	500	1:113	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects X-Fractor	20	250	1:226	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Blue Refractor	20	150	1:372	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Gold Refractor	20	50	1:1155	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Orange Refractor	20	25	1:2495	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Red Refractor	20	5	1:11,075	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects SuperFractor	20	one-of-one	1:55,000	N/A
Autographed Chrome Prospects Printing Plates	20	four for each	1:4780	N/A
Signs of the Future	35	-	N/A	1:100
Signs of the Future Printing Plates	35	four for each	N/A	1:1200
Scouts Autograph Group A	11	-	1:176	1:410
Scouts Autograph Group B	10	-	1:390	1:910

Checklist

Base Set

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Autographed Rookies

Autographed Rookies are exclusive to Hobby packs

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Parallels

All 230 base cards (including the ten Hobby only Autographed Rookies) are available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 500 copies)
• Orange (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
• Red (one-of-one; Hobby only)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

• 2008 Bowman Orange Parallel.jpg

  Orange Parallel

• 2008 Bowman Red Parallel.jpg

  Red Parallel

Multiple copies (up to 19 of the same card) were sold on eBay during the last week of August of 2010. These cards look exactly like the red one-of-one cards however they are missing the foil 1/1 stamp. The origin of these cards is unknown. Entire uncut sheets of red parallels without the 1/1 stamps appeared on eBay during the first week of December 2010. Some say that these cards were printed in case someone returns a red 1/1 that was damaged. It's unknown how these sheets made it out of Topps and into the secondary market.

Gold

All 220 non-autographed base cards and all 110 Prospects inserts (see below) are available in a one-per-pack parallel.

Inserts

Prospects

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Autographs & Game-Used

Scouts Autographs

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Signs of the Future

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