2011 Bowman Chrome Review

Back and better than ever for 2011 is another installment of Bowman Chrome Baseball. There are 12 boxes per case with 18 packs per box and 4 cards per pack. This product is live as of October 19th.


2011 Bowman Chrome Baseball features 110 TOPPS EXCLUSIVE minor league prospects along with 20 USA Baseball 18U National Team talents including Bryce Harper. Prospect collectors will want to get a first look at the future rookies of Major League Baseball with 2011 Bowman Chrome Baseball! This is a great product to buy and put away for a few years. This is where today’s stars have their best rookie cards – inside packs of Bowman Chrome!

The highlights of this year’s Bowman Chrome include:

Bryce Harper autograph cards with the auto on the card
One Bowman Chrome prospect ON-CARD autograph card per box
USA Baseball 18U National Team autograph cards
110 never before seen Bowman Chrome Prospect Cards – two per pack
Hobby exclusive USA Baseball 18U National Team set redemption cards
Hobby exclusive 1/1 Printing Plates
Hobby exclusive Super-Fractor Parallels
All new inserts with select hobby exclusive parallels



(37) Autographed cards – one per box and on card - 37 prospects show off their MLB uniforms and personally sign each of their cards. These cards are available in the following numbered refractor parallels:

- Super-Fractor: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Red: Numbered to 5.
- Orange: Numbered to 25.
- Gold: Numbered to 50.
- Blue: Numbered to 150.
- Refractor: Numbered TBD.


(25) Bowman's Best Prospect inserts - 1 per box - the 1994 Bowman's Best design returns with a nice offering of today's best 25 Prospects.
The following parallels can only be found in hobby packs:

- Atomic: 1 of 1.
- X-Fractor: Numbered to 25.
- Refractor: Numbered to 99.

(25) 2001 Bowman Chrome Throwbacks - 2 per box - 2001 Bowman Chrome gets an encore as 20 top prospects and 5 veterans are showcased on the original design. The following parallels can only be found in hobby packs:

- Atomic: 1 of 1.
- X-Fractor: Numbered to 25.
- Refractor: Numbered to 99.

(25) 2021 Bowman Chrome Futures - 2 per box - 25 prospects depicted on colorful futuristically designed cards. These cards are available in the following refractor parallels:

- Future Micro-Fractor: numbered to 25 (hobby only).
- Future Fusion-Fractor: numbered to 99 (hobby only).
- Future-Fractor: 1:36 packs.
- Refractor: 1:18 packs.


(220) Bowman Chrome base cards

There are 170 veteran players along with 50 young rookies in the base set. All 220 players are paralleled in the following refractor versions:


- Canary Diamond: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Super-Fractor: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Red: Numbered to 5.
- Orange: Numbered to 25.
- Gold: Numbered to 50.
- Blue: Numbered to 150.
- Refractor: 1:4 packs.

Parallel cards come four to a box on average.


(1,320) Bowman Chrome Printing Plates

All 220 players from the base set and 110 prospect cards are featured on 4 printing plates. 1,320 one of one plates total. These printing plates are each serially numbered 1 of 1.

(148) Bowman Chrome Autographed Printing Plates

All 37 prospect autograph subjects are highlighted. 148 autographed one of one printing plates total. Each plate is serially numbered one of one.


(110) Bowman Chrome prospect cards – two per pack – these 110 players are exclusive to Bowman Chrome as they did not appear in the Bowman set. These players are shown in their MLB uniform with a "First Bowman Chrome Card" logo. These prospect cards can also be found in the following refractor parallels:

- Canary Diamond: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Super-Fractor: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Red: Numbered to 5.
- Orange: Numbered to 25.
- Gold: Numbered to 50.
- Blue: Numbered to 150.
- Refractor: Numbered to 500.


Topps 60th anniversary autographed cards – hobby only - three players sign their names directly to these cards along with an additional inscription commemorating Topps 60th Anniversary. Each card is numbered to 60. There are 60 subjects in this set and you can find three of the subjects in each one of the twenty products Topps launched in 2011.


(20) USA Baseball Bowman Chrome Autograph Cards

USA Baseball 18U National Team players take an introductory bow along with their signatures! These cards can also be found in the following numbered refractor parallels:

- Super-Fractor: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Red: Numbered to 5.
- Orange: Numbered to 25.
- Gold: Numbered to 50.
- Blue: Numbered to 99.
- X-Fractor: Numbered to 299.
- Refractor: Numbered to TBA.

(80) USA Baseball autographed printing plates – hobby only - the twenty 18U National Team members on 80 1 of 1 autographed printing plates.

Collectors can look for randomly inserted redemption cards. Only found in hobby packs. Each card can be redeemed for a set of twenty 2011 USA Baseball 18U National Team members. These cards are numbered USA1-USA20.

These sets can also be found in the following refractor parallel versions:

- Printing Plates: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Super-Fractor: 1 of 1 (hobby only).
- Red: Numbered to 5.
- Orange: Numbered to 25.
- Gold: Numbered to 50.
- Blue: Numbered to 99.
- X-Fractor: Numbered to 299.
- Refractor: Numbered to TBA.

2011 Bowman Chrome is sure to be a hit as it is every year. These are the most popular rookie cards on the market. Now if only I would have bought some sealed cases back in 2001…..

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