Description

2005 Bowman Sterling is a 149-card set released January 12th, 2006. 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 eleven-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

First-Year Players

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

Veteran 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 First-Year Player

All 15 Autographed First-Year Player cards are exclusive to Hobby packs.

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

Autographed First-Year/Prospect 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

Parallels

All 149 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies; exclusive to Hobby-only Box Topper pack)
Red Refractor (one-of-one; exclusive to Hobby-only Box Topper pack)

NOTES

The 15 Autographed First-Year Player Refractors are exclusive to Hobby packs.
All Black and Red Refractors are encased and exclusive to the one-per Hobby box Box Topper pack.

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographed MLB Logo Patch

Each Autographed MLB Logo Patch is a one-of-one that is encased and exclusive to Hobby Box Topper packs.

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

Original Autographs

Original Autographs are buybacks of previously-issued Bowman or Bowman Chrome cards. Each card is encased and hand-numbered.

AJ1 Andruw Jones 98B 18
AJ2 Andruw Jones 99B 18
AJ3 Andruw Jones 99BowChro 4
AJ4 Andruw Jones 00BowChro 8
AJ5 Andruw Jones 01BowChro 5
AJ6 Andruw Jones 02B 122
AJ7 Andruw Jones 02BowChro 13
AJ8 Andruw Jones 03B 112
AJ9 Andruw Jones 03BowChro 18
AJ10 Andruw Jones 04B 71
AP1 Albert Pujols 03B 7
AP2 Albert Pujols 03BowChro 11
AP3 Albert Pujols 04B 7
AP4 Albert Pujols 04BowChro 1
BB1 Barry Bonds 97BowChro Intl 1
BB2 Barry Bonds 99 BowChro 2
DL1 Derrek Lee 95B 27
DL2 Derrek Lee 96B 29
DL3 Derrek Lee 96BowBest 15
DL4 Derrek Lee 97BowChro 16
DL5 Derrek Lee 98B 22
DL6 Derrek Lee 04B 92
DL7 Derrek Lee 04BowChro 26
DW1 David Wright 04BDP&P 98
DW2 David Wright 04BowChroDP&P 15
DW3 David Wright 05B 139
GA1 Garret Anderson 96B 3
GA2 Garret Anderson 99B 8
GA3 Garret Anderson 03B 33
GA4 Garret Anderson 04B 33
GA5 Garret Anderson 04BowChro 36
GA6 Garret Anderson 05B 48
GS1 Gary Sheffield 90B 1
GS2 Gary Sheffield 91B 2
GS3 Gary Sheffield 92B 3
GS4 Gary Sheffield 94B 5
GS5 Gary Sheffield 95B 1
GS6 Gary Sheffield 96B 2
GS7 Gary Sheffield 97B 3
GS8 Gary Sheffield 98B 10
GS9 Gary Sheffield 98BowChro 1
GS10 Gary Sheffield 99B 9
GS11 Gary Sheffield 99BowChro 4
GS12 Gary Sheffield 00B 9
GS13 Gary Sheffield 00BowChro 1
GS14 Gary Sheffield 01B 5
GS15 Gary Sheffield 01BowChro 4
GS16 Gary Sheffield 02B 7
GS17 Gary Sheffield 03B 12
GS18 Gary Sheffield 03BowChro 6
GS19 Gary Sheffield 04B 1
JR1 Jeremy Reed 04BDP&P 82
JR2 Jeremy Reed 04BowChroDP&P 48
MC1 Miguel Cabrera 02B 7
MC2 Miguel Cabrera 02BDP&P 26
MC3 Miguel Cabrera 02BowChroDP&P 2
MC4 Miguel Cabrera 03BDP&P 27
MC5 Miguel Cabrera 03BowChroDP&P 25
MC6 Miguel Cabrera 04B 127
MC7 Miguel Cabrera 04BowChro 25
MC8 Miguel Cabrera 05B 154
MC9 Miguel Cabrera 05BowChro 25
MK1 Mark Kotsay 97B 18
MK2 Mark Kotsay 97BowChro 5
MK3 Mark Kotsay 98B 56
MK4 Mark Kotsay 98BowChro 25
MK5 Mark Kotsay 99B 75
MK6 Mark Kotsay 99BowChro 23
MK7 Mark Kotsay 05B 160
MK8 Mark Kotsay 05BowChro 46
MY1 Michael Young 04B 148
MY2 Michael Young 04BowChro 64
MY3 Michael Young 05B 92