2023 Bowman Sapphire Chrome

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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
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
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.

We estimate 3125 copies of each Chrome series base card were produced.

Gimmicks

Gimmicks are exclusive to Chrome Series packs.

We estimate 200 copies of each Gimmick were produced.

  • 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)
  • SSA-BH Brady House
  • SSA-BM Brandon Mayea
  • SSA-CCR Cam Collier
  • SSA-CY Cole Young
  • SSA-DJ Druw Jones
  • SSA-EG Elijah Green
  • SSA-ES Ethan Salas
  • SSA-JB Jacob Berry
  • SSA-JC Jackson Chourio
  • SSA-JD Josue De Paula
  • SSA-JH Jackson Holliday
  • SSA-KH Kyle Harrison
  • SSA-SJ Spencer Jones
  • SSA-TC Triston Casas