Description

2006 Bowman Heritage is a 300-card set, supplemented by a 100-card Prospects "insert" set, released in December, 2005. The design of both sets is based on the 1949 Bowman set. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one autograph, two game-used Relics, and a five-card Draft Pick variation box topper.

2006 was the first year of the

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs plus one five-card Draft Pick Variation box topper per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Twelve boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Twelve boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
short set	250	-	?	?
Short Print	50	-	1:3	1:3
Prospects	100	-	two-per-pack	two-per-pack
Mini	300	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Silver Foil	300	-	11:12	11:12
White	300	-	1:6	1:6
Black	300	one-of-one	1:1990	N/A
Printing Plate	300	four for each	1:497	N/A
Prospects	100	-	two-per-pack	two-per-pack
Prospects White	100	-	1:6	1:6
Prospects Black	100	one-of-one	1:6008	N/A
Prospects Printing Plates	100	four for each	1:1494	N/A
Pieces of Greatness	50	-	varies	varies
Pieces of Greatness White	50	49	1:387	1:387
Pieces of Greatness Black	50	one-of-one	1:12,016	N/A
Signs of Greatness	22	-	varies	varies
Signs of Greatness Red Ink	22	5	1:9737	N/A
Signs of Greatness Silver Ink	22	one-of-one	1:28,238	1:9500

Checklist

Base Set

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1 David Wright
2 Andruw Jones
3 Ryan Howard
4 Jason Bay
5 Paul Konerko
6 Alex Gordon
7 Todd Jones
8 Troy Glaus
9 Rocco Baldelli
10 Rafael Furcal
11 Freddy Sanchez
12 Jermaine Dye
13 A.J. Burnett
14 Michael Cuddyer
15 Barry Zito
16 Chipper Jones
17 Paul LoDuca
18 Mark Mulder
19 Raul Ibanez
20 Carlos Delgado
21 Marcus Giles
22 Dan Haren
23 Justin Morneau
24 Livan Hernandez
25 Ken Griffey, Jr.
26 Aaron Hill
27 Tadahito Iguchi
28 Nate Robertson
29 Kevin Millwood
30 Jim Thome
31 Aubrey Huff
32 Dontrelle Willis
33 Khalil Greene
34 Doug Davis
35 Ivan Rodriguez
36 Rickie Weeks
37 Jhonny Peralta
38 Yadier Molina
39 Eric Chavez
40 Alfonso Soriano
41 Pat Burrell
42 B.J. Ryan
43 Carl Crawford
44 Preston Wilson
45 Jorge Posada
46 Carlos Zambrano
47 Mark Teahen
48 Nick Johnson
49 Mark Kotsay
50 Derek Jeter
51 Moises Alou
52 Ryan Freel
53 Shannon Stewart
54 Casey Blake
55 Edgar Renteria
56 Frank Thomas
57 Ty Wigginton
58 Jeff Kent
59 Chien-Ming Wang
60 Josh Beckett
61 Chase Utley
62 Gary Matthews
63 Torii Hunter
64 Bobby Jenks
65 Wilson Betemit
66 Jeremy Bonderman
67 Scott Rolen
68 Brad Penny
69 Jacque Jones
70 Jose Reyes
71 Brian Roberts
72 John Smoltz
73 Johnny Estrada
74 Ronnie Belliard
75 Vladimir Guerrero
76 A.J. Pierzynski
77 Garrett Atkins
78 Adam LaRoche
79 Mark Loretta
80 Todd Helton
81 Jose Vidro
82 Carlos Guillen
83 Michael Barrett
84 Lyle Overbay
85 Travis Hafner
86 Shea Hillenbrand
87 Julio Lugo
88 Tim Hudson
89 Scott Podsednik
90 Roy Halladay
91 Bartolo Colon
92 Ryan Langerhans
93 Tom Glavine
94 Kenny Rogers
95 Robinson Cano
96 Mark Prior
97 Jason Schmidt
98 Bengie Molina
99 Jon Lieber
100 Alex Rodriguez
101 Scott Kazmir
102 Jeff Francouer
103 Chris Carpenter
104 Juan Uribe
105 Mariano Rivera
106 Rich Harden
107 Jack Wilson
108 Austin Kearns
109 Marcus Thames
110 Miguel Tejada
111 Chone Figgins
112 Bronson Arroyo
113 Chad Cordero
114 Bill Hall
115 Curt Schilling
116 David Eckstein
117 Ramon Hernandez
118 Eric Byrnes
119 Clint Barmes
120 Bobby Abreu
121 Joe Crede
122 Derek Lowe
123 Jason Marquis
124 Erik Bedard
125 Derrek Lee
126 Brian McCann
127 Magglio Ordonez
128 Ben Sheets
129 Brandon Inge
130 Miguel Cabrera
131 Jim Edmonds
132 John Lackey
133 Kevin Mench
134 Adrian Beltre
135 Curtis Granderson
136 Shawn Green
137 Jose Contreras
138 Joe Nathan
139 Bobby Crosby
140 Johnny Damon
141 Brad Hawpe
142 Brandon Phillips
143 Victor Martinez
144 Jimmy Rollins
145 Corey Patterson
146 Grady Sizemore
147 Placido Polanco
148 Mike Lowell
149 Francisco Rodriguez
150 Ichiro
151 Kris Benson
152 Scott Hatteberg
153 Akinori Otsuka
154 Cesar Izturis
155 Roger Clemens
156 Kerry Wood
157 Tom Gordon
158 Sean Casey
159 Jose Lopez
160 Orlando Hernandez
161 Aramis Ramirez
162 J.D. Drew
163 David DeJesus
164 Craig Biggio
165 Brett Myers
166 C.C. Sabathia
167 Zach Duke
168 Luis Castillo
169 Hideki Matsui
170 Brian Giles
171 Coco Crisp
172 Richie Sexson
173 Nomar Garciaparra
174 Roy Oswalt
175 David Ortiz
176 Matt Morris
177 Felipe Lopez
178 Garrett Anderson
179 Kevin Youkilis
180 Alex Rios
181 Jon Garland
182 Luis Gonzalez
183 Cliff Floyd
184 Juan Encarnacion
185 Nick Swisher
186 Mike Cameron
187 Jose Castillo
188 Ray Durham
189 Jorge Cantu
190 Andy Pettitte
191 Chad Tracy
192 Adrian Gonzalez
193 Jose Valentin
194 Mark Buehrle
195 Huston Street
196 Chris Capuano
197 Aaron Rowand
198 Billy Wagner
199 Orlando Cabrera
200 Albert Pujols

Rookies

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Cards 201-300 make up a Rookie subset. All EVEN numbered cards are short-printed.

201 Dan Uggla (RC)
202 Alay Soler SP RC
203 Matt Kemp (RC)
204 Mike Napoli SP RC
205 Joel Zumaya (RC)
206 Mike Pelfrey SP RC
207 Ian Kinsler (RC)
208 Josh Willingham SP (RC)
209 Erick Aybar (RC)
210 Willie Eyre SP (RC)
211 Kendry Morales (RC)
212 Scott Thorman SP (RC)
213 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
214 Boof Bonser SP (RC)
215 Anthony Reyes (RC)
216 Justin Huber SP (RC)
217 Yusmeiro Petit (RC)
218 Jason Bartlett SP (RC)
219 Shin-Soo Choo (RC)
220 Francisco Liriano SP (RC)
221 Craig Hansen RC
222 Ricky Nolasco SP (RC)
223 Adam Loewen (RC)
224 Scott Olsen SP (RC)
225 Cole Hamels (RC)
226 Martin Prado SP (RC)
227 James Loney (RC)
228 Kevin Thompson SP (RC)
229 Adam Jones RC
230 Josh Johnson SP (RC)
231 Anderson Hernandez (RC)
232 Tony Gwynn, Jr. SP (RC)
233 Casey Janssen RC
234 Taylor Tankersley SP (RC)
235 Mike Thompson RC
236 Jeremy Sowers SP (RC)
237 Anibal Sanchez (RC)
238 Adam Wainwright SP (RC)
239 Rich Hill (RC)
240 Russ Martin SP (RC)
241 Joe Inglett RC
242 Tony Pena, Jr. SP (RC)
243 Josh Sharpless RC
244 Darrell Rasner SP (RC)
245 Joe Saunders (RC)
246 Jon Lester SP RC
247 Jeremy Hermida (RC)
248 Chad Billingsley SP (RC)
249 Bobby Livingston (RC)
250 Justin Verlander SP (RC)
251 Mickey Mantle
252 Hank Blalock SP
253 Manny Ramirez
254 Mike Mussina SP
255 Greg Maddux
256 Jason Giambi SP
257 Mark Teixeira
258 Carlos Beltran SP
259 Matt Holliday
260 Pedro Martinez SP
261 Joe Mauer
262 Melvin Mora SP
263 Mike Piazza
264 B.J. Upton SP
265 Vernon Wells
266 Gary Sheffield SP
267 Randy Johnson
268 Ryan Zimmerman SP
269 Lance Berkman
270 Johan Santana SP
271 Carlos Lee
272 Brandon Webb SP
273 Adam Dunn
274 Michael Young SP
275 Barry Bonds
276 Jonathan Papelbon SP (RC)
277 Howie Kendrick (RC)
278 Melky Cabrera SP (RC)
279 Jered Weaver (RC)
280 Josh Barfield SP (RC)
281 Chuck James (RC)
282 Lastings Milledge SP (RC)
283 Nick Markakis (RC)
284 Takashi Saito SP (RC)
285 Prince Fielder (RC)
286 Jason Botts SP (RC)
287 Eliezer Alfonzo RC
288 Sean Marshallo SP (RC)
289 Ryan Garko (RC)
290 Stephen Drew SP (RC)
291 Joel Guzman (RC)
292 Hong-Chi Kuo SP (RC)
293 Zach Miner (RC)
294 Angel Guzman SP (RC)
295 Andre Ethier (RC)
296 Fausto Carmona SP (RC)
297 Ronny Paulino (RC)
298 Matt Cain SP (RC)
299 Carlos Quentin (RC)
300 Kenji Johjima SP RC

Parallels

All 300 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Mini
Silver Foil
White
Black (one-of-one; Hobby only)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

Inserts

Prospects

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A 100-card prospect set inserted into packs similarly to the 2006 Bowman Baseball set. Two Prospect cards came in each pack. All 100 Prospects are available in the following parallels.

White
Black (one-of-one; Hobby only)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card; Hobby only)

BHP1 Justin Upton
BHP2 Koby Clemens
BHP3 Lance Broadway
BHP4 Cameron Maybin
BHP5 Garrett Mock
BHP6 Alex Gordon
BHP7 Ben Copeland
BHP8 Nick Adenhart
BHP9 Yung-Chi Chen
BHP10 Tim Moss
BHP11 Francisco Liriano
BHP12 Brad McCann
BHP13 Dallas Trahern
BHP14 Dustin Majewski
BHP15 James Barthmaier
BHP16 Nate Gold
BHP17 John Hardy
BHP18 Mark McLemore
BHP19 Michael Aubrey
BHP20 Mark Holliman
BHP21 Bobby Wilson
BHP22 Radhames Liz
BHP23 Jose Tabata
BHP24 Jared Lansford
BHP25 Brent Dlugach
BHP26 Steve Garrabrants
BHP27 Eric Haberer
BHP28 Chris Dickerson
BHP29 Welinson Baez
BHP30 Chris Kolkhorst
BHP31 Brandon Moss
BHP32 Corey Wimberley
BHP33 Ryan Patterson
BHP34 Michael Hollimon UER (Back of card is of BHP20 Mark Hollimon)
BHP35 John Bannister
BHP36 Pablo Sandoval
BHP37 Dexter Fowler
BHP38 Elvis Andrus
BHP39 Jason Windsor
BHP40 B.J. Szymanski
BHP41 Yovani Gallardo
BHP42 John Bowker
BHP43 Justin Christian
BHP44 Andy Sonnanstine
BHP45 Jeremy Slayden
BHP46 Brandon Jones
BHP47 Travis Denker
BHP48 Emmanuel Garcia
BHP49 Landon Jacobsen
BHP50 Kevin Estrada
BHP51 Ross Ohlendorf
BHP52 Wyatt Toregas
BHP53 Andrew Kown
BHP54 Steve Kelly
BHP55 Mike Butia
BHP56 Mike Connolly
BHP57 Brian Horwitz
BHP58 Dale Thayer
BHP59 Diory Hernandez
BHP60 Samuel Deduno
BHP61 Jamie Hoffman
BHP62 Matt Tolbert
BHP63 Michael Ekstrom
BHP64 Chris Maples
BHP65 Adam Coe
BHP66 Max Ramirez
BHP67 Evan MacLane
BHP68 Jose Campusano
BHP69 Lou Santangelo
BHP70 Shawn Riggans
BHP71 Kyle Kendrick
BHP72 Oswaldo Navarro
BHP73 Eric Rodland
BHP74 Omir Santos
BHP75 Kyle McCulloch
BHP76 Evan Longoria
BHP77 Adrian Cardenas
BHP78 Steven Wright
BHP79 Andrew Carpenter
BHP80 Dustin Evans
BHP81 Chad Tracy
BHP82 Matthew Sulentic
BHP83 Adam Ottavino
BHP84 Matt Long
BHP85 Clayton Kershaw
BHP86 Matt Antonelli
BHP87 Chris Parmelee
BHP88 Billy Rowell
BHP89 Chase Fontaine
BHP90 Chris Marrero
BHP91 Jamie Ortiz
BHP92 Sean Watson
BHP93 Brooks Brown
BHP94 Brad Furnish
BHP95 Chad Huffman
BHP96 Pedro Beato
BHP97 Kyler Burke
BHP98 Stephen Englund
BHP99 Tyler Norrick
BHP100 Brent Sinkbeil

Mini Draft Pick Variations

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Cards #BHP76-#BHP100 in the Prospects insert are of players selected in the 2006 MLB Draft. Each sealed Hobby box contains a five-card pack of mini variations from this subset. Each card measures 2 1/16" X 2 1/2" -- the original size of the 1949 Bowman set.

Autographs & Game-Used

Pieces of Greatness

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Each Pieces of Greatness relic card is also available in the following parallels.

White (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
Black (one-of-one)

NOTES

The set had numerous quality control problems leading to many incorrect game used pieces being placed in the cards.
The specific odds of finding a Pieces of Greatness card are as follows.

Group A: 1:98 Hobby, 1:99 retail
Group B: 1:82 Hobby/retail
Group C: 1:28 Hobby/retail
Group D: 1:43 Hobby/retail

AD Adam Dunn BAT A
AJ Andruw Jones JSY D UER
AJ2 Andruw Jones BAT C
AJP AJ Pierzynski BAT A
AL Adam LaRoche JSY B
AP Albert Pujols BAT C UER
AP2 Albert Pujols JSY D
AR Alex Rodriguez BAT A
ARA Aramis Ramirez BAT A
BB Barry Bonds JSY A
BR Brian Roberts BAT B UER
BW Brad Wilkerson BAT A UER
BZ Barry Zito JSY C
CB Craig Biggio JSY C
CF Cliff Floyd BAT B UER
CJ Chipper Jones BAT C
CJ2 Chipper Jones JSY D
CS Curt Schilling JSY C
CU Chase Utley BAT A UER
DE David Eckstein BAT A
DL Derrek Lee BAT B
DO David Ortiz BAT C
DW Dontrelle Willis JSY D
EE Edwin Encarnacion BAT C
GM Greg Maddux BAT B UER
GS Gary Sheffield BAT D
HB Hank Blalock BAT A UER
JD Jermaine Dye BAT C UER
JF Jeff Francoeur BAT A UER
JK Jeff Kent JSY C
JL Javy Lopez JSY C
JT Jim Thome BAT C
LB Lance Berkman JSY C
MB Milton Bradley BAT A
ME Morgan Ensberg JSY C
ML Mike Lowell BAT A
MO Magglio Ordonez BAT C
MR Manny Ramirez BAT D
MY Michael Young JSY C
NJ Nick Johnson BAT B
NS Nick Swisher BAT C
RC Robinson Cano BAT C
RF Rafael Furcal BAT C
RH Ryan Howard JSY C
SP Scott Podsednik BAT B
TH Torii Hunter BAT B
THE Todd Helton JSY D
VG Vladimir Guerrero BAT B UER
VM Victor Martinez BAT B
XN Xavier Nady BAT C

Signs of Greatness

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Each Signs of Greatness autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Red Ink (serial-numbered to five)
Silver Ink (one-of-one)

NOTES

A number of cards packed out as exchange cards which expired December 31st, 2008.
Card #JD was never produced and fulfilled by Topps with other autographs.
The specific odds of finding a Signs of Greatness card are as follows.

Group A: 1:719 Hobby/retail
Group B: 1:42 Hobby/retail
Group C: 1:61 Hobby, 1:63 retail
Group D: 1:2172 Hobby, 1:2175 retail

AG Alex Gordon B
BB Brian Bogusevic B
BS Brandon Snyder B
BW Brandon Wood A
CI Craig Italiano B
CM Cameron Maybin B
JC Jesus Cota B
JCL Jeff Clement B EXCH
JD John Drennen B EXCH (never fulfilled)
JH Justin Huber C EXCH
JS Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
JU Justin Upton D
KC Koby Clemens C EXCH
KW Kevin Whelan B
LB Lance Broadway B
MM Matt Maloney B
RT Ryan Tucker C
SG Sean Gallagher B
SL Sam LeCure C
ST Steve Tolleson B
TC Trevor Crowe B EXCH
WT Wade Townsend C