2023 Bowman Sapphire Chrome
Description
2023 Bowman Sapphire Chrome was released exclusively to topps.com with the "Bowman Series" in May and the "Chrome Series" in November. Each eight-pack Bowman Series box will contain one Refractor serial-numbered to 60 copies or fewer and one Autograph, while Chrome Series boxes will yield two parallels serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
Distribution
Bowman Series: Eight packs per box, four cards per pack. Exclusive to topps.com
Chrome Series: Eight packs per box (MSRP: $199.99), four cards per pack. Exclusive to topps.com
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Bowman Series
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
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Base | 150 | - | ? |
Green Sapphire Refractor | 150 | 60 | 1:9 |
Aqua Sapphire Refractor | 150 | 55 | 1:10 |
Orange Sapphire Refractor | 150 | 50 | 1:11 |
Purple Sapphire Refractor | 150 | 25 | 1:22 |
Red Sapphire Refractor | 150 | 10 | 1:54 |
Padparadscha Refractor | 150 | one-of-one | 1:526 |
Autographs | 29 | - | 1:14 |
Autographs Aqua Sapphire Refractor | 29 | 99 | 1:53 |
Autographs Green Sapphire Refractor | 29 | 50 | 1:57 |
Autographs Orange Sapphire Refractor | 29 | 25 | 1:112 |
Autographs Purple Sapphire Refractor | 29 | 10 | 1:279 |
Autographs Red Sapphire Refractor | 29 | 5 | 1:562 |
Autographs Padparadscha Refractor | 29 | one-of-one | 1:2830 |
Chrome Series
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
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Base | 200 | - | ? |
Aqua | 200 | 99 | 1:9 |
Orange | 200 | 75 | 1:12 |
Yellow | 200 | 50 | 1:17 |
Purple | 200 | 25 | 1:34 |
Red | 200 | 5 | 1:168 |
Padparadscha | 200 | one-of-one | 1:830 |
Gimmicks | 20 | - | 1:43 |
Gimmicks Aqua | 15 | 99 | 1:85 |
Gimmicks Orange | 15 | 75 | 1:113 |
Gimmicks Yellow | 15 | 50 | 1:169 |
Gimmicks Purple | 15 | 25 | 1:313 |
Gimmicks Red | 15 | 5 | 1:1659 |
Gimmicks Padparadscha | 15 | one-of-one | 1:8044 |
Selections | 20 | - | 1:80 |
Selections Purple | 20 | 25 | 1:336 |
Selections Red | 20 | 5 | 1:1659 |
Selections Padparadscha | 20 | one-of-one | 1:80 |
Selections Autographs | 14 | 25 | 1:470 |
Selections Autographs Purple | 14 | 10 | 1:1175 |
Selections Autographs Red | 14 | 5 | 1:2332 |
Selections Padparadscha | 14 | one-of-one | 1:11,491 |
Checklist
Base Set
Bowman Series
The base set is rehash of the 150-card 2023 Bowman Chrome Prospects insert set.
We estimate that only 1900 copies of each base card were produced, a cut in production by more than half from the previous year's product.
Chrome Series
The base set is rehash of the 100-card 2023 Bowman Chrome base set and the 100-card Bowman Chrome Prospects insert set.
Gimmicks
Gimmicks are exclusive to Chrome Series packs.
- 10 Gunnar Henderson
- 11 Anthony Volpe
- 17 Adley Rutschman
- 18 Jordan Walker
- 29 Riley Greene
- 31 Michael Harris II
- 32 Triston Casas
- 35 Francisco Alvarez
- 5 Corbin Carroll
- 75 Masataka Yoshida
- BCP-156 Felnin Celesten
- BCP-171 Ethan Salas
- BCP-172 Josue De Paula
- BCP-178 Spencer Jones
- BCP-224 James Wood
- BCP-225 Jasson Domínguez
- BCP-227 Jackson Holliday
- BCP-239 Cam Collier
- BCP-246 Jackson Chourio
- BCP-249 Druw Jones
Parallels
All 150 cards from the Bowman Series are available in the following parallels.
- Green Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 60 copies)
- Aqua Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 55 copies)
- Orange Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Purple Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to ten)
- Padparadscha Refractor (one-of-one)
All 200 base cards from the Bowman Series and all fifteen Gimmicks are available in the following parallels.
- Aqua Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Orange Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Yellow Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Purple Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- Padparadscha Refractor (one-of-one)
Inserts
Selections
Selections is exclusive to Chrome Series packs. Each is also available in the following parallels.
- Purple Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to five)
- Padparadscha Refractor (one-of-one)
- BSS-1 Druw Jones
- BSS-2 Jackson Holliday
- BSS-3 Jackson Chourio
- BSS-4 Spencer Jones
- BSS-5 Cam Collier
- BSS-6 Josue De Paula
- BSS-7 Ethan Salas
- BSS-8 Justin Crawford
- BSS-9 Termarr Johnson
- BSS-10 Junior Caminero
- BSS-11 Elijah Green
- BSS-12 Gabriel Gonzalez
- BSS-13 Felnin Celesten
- BSS-14 Brooks Lee
- BSS-15 Lazaro Montes
- BSS-16 Jacob Berry
- BSS-17 Oswald Peraza
- BSS-18 Triston Casas
- BSS-19 Matt McLain
- BSS-20 Eury Pérez
Autographs
Autographs
Each Autograph is exclusive to Bowman Series packs and also available in the following parallels.
- Aqua Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Green Sapphire Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Purple Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to ten)
- Red Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to five)
- Padparadscha Refractor (one-of-one)
We estimate that each player signed around 200 copies of each base Autograph.
- BSPA-AM Andres Mesa
- BSPA-AT Ambioris Tavarez
- BSPA-BL Brooks Lee
- BSPA-CC Cam Collier
- BSPA-DF Dayan Frías
- BSPA-DJ Druw Jones
- BSPA-DM Daniel Montesino
- BSPA-EG Elijah Green
- BSPA-EJ Edouard Julien
- BSPA-HL Hao Yu Lee
- BSPA-JA Jace Avina
- BSPA-JB Jacob Berry
- BSPA-JBZ Jesus Baez
- BSPA-JC Justin Crawford
- BSPA-JCO Junior Caminero
- BSPA-JH Jackson Holliday
- BSPA-JJ Jace Jung
- BSPA-JR Jorge Ruiz
- BSPA-KR Kumar Rocker
- BSPA-LA Leandro Arias
- BSPA-LR Lizandro Rodriguez
- BSPA-MA Michael Arroyo
- BSPA-MB Manuel Beltre
- BSPA-MBS Moisés Ballesteros
- BSPA-MM Matt Mervis
- BSPA-RP Robert Perez, Jr.
- BSPA-RSN Ronny Simon
- BSPA-TJ Termarr Johnson
- BSPA-ZN Zach Neto
Selections Autographs
Selections Autograph is exclusive to Chrome Series packs with each card serial-numbered to 25 copies. Each is also available in the following parallels.
- Purple Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to ten)
- Red Sapphire Refractors (serial-numbered to five)
- Padparadscha Refractor (one-of-one)
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