Look for Chrome Prospect Autographs of Gleyber Torres, Ronald Acuna, Jr., Eloy Jimenez, Nick Senzel, and Mickey Moniak!
Bowman Baseball returns in 2017 to celebrate the SEVENTY historic years since its inaugural release!
Look for specially inserted throwback card designs, vintage buybacks, and famous reproductions, while collecting current chrome cards and autographs of the game's future stars!
Thematic Anniversary Content in 2017 Bowman Baseball:
- 1948 Bowman Insert Cards & Autographs
- 1951 Bowman Insert Cards
- 1992 Bowman Insert Cards & Autographs
- Bowman Buyback Autographs
- Unannounced Surprises
Key Rookies:
Andrew Benintendi, Yoan Moncada, Manny Margot, Aaron Judge, Dansby Swanson, Alex Bregman, Hunter Renfroe, Carson Fulmer, Reynaldo Lopez, Jharel Cotton, Yulieski Gurriel, Ryon Healy.
Key Prospects: Ronald Acuna, Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Eloy Jimenez, Cody Bellinger, Nick Senzel, Lucas Erceg, Victor Robles, Clint Frazier, Blake Rutherford, Mickey Moniak, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Tyler O'Neill, Lazarito Armenteros, Kyle Tucker, Dane Dunning, Chance Sisco, Anderson Espinoza, Brent Honeywell, Tetsuto Yamada, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, Tomoyuki Sugano, Takahiro Norimoto, Rafael Devers, Franklin Barreto, Michael Kopech, A.J. Puk.
PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:
70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION:
1948 Bowman:
Recreating the first-ever Bowman card design and featuring a combination of active MLB stars, retired greats, and current-day prospects.
1951 Bowman:
Recreating the iconic early '50s Bowman design, featuring reproductions of hand-drawn sketches. Look for iconic greats and current-day veterans and prospects.
1992 Bowman:
Celebrating this collector favorite with active veterans, prospects, and retired players. Parallels for the above sets will include:
- Orange Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY BOX ONLY!
- SuperFractor: numbered 1/1.
Also look for limited autograph variations of the 1948 and 1992 Bowman insert sets! HOBBY SKUS ONLY!*
CHROME PROSPECT CARDS:
2017 Bowman returns with vibrant Shimmer Refractor Variations and an extensive array of Chrome Refractor Parallels.
Look for the year's biggest prospects, including the most touted international World Baseball Classic tournament participants!
Shimmer Refractor Variations:
Find a multitude of low-numbered color variants.
Additional Chrome Prospect Card parallels will include:
- Refractor
- Purple Refractor: sequentially numbered.
- Blue Refractor: sequentially numbered.
- Gold Refractor: sequentially numbered.
- Orange Refractor: sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY BOX ONLY!
- Red Refractor: sequentially numbered to 5.
- SuperFractor: numbered 1/1. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.
BASE CARDS:
Paper Base Cards will continue as a vital element of 2017 Bowman Baseball.
Veteran & Rookie Base Cards:
Featuring the biggest names of MLB, including highly-touted rookies Alex Bregman, Yoan Moncada, and Dansby Swanson.
Paper Prospects:
The game's top prospects and up-and-comers.
Parallels for the Veteran & Rookie Base Cards and Paper Prospects will include:
- Silver Border
- Purple Border: sequentially numbered.
- Blue Border: sequentially numbered.
- Gold Border: sequentially numbered.
- Orange Border: sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY BOX ONLY!
- Red Border: sequentially numbered to 5.
- Black Border: numbered 1/1.
AUTOGRAPH CARDS:
The 2017 Bowman Baseball Hobby Box will continue to deliver 1 autograph card per box.
Chrome Prospect Autographs:
Featuring ON-CARD autographs of the top prospects of MLB.
- Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Purple Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Blue Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Gold Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Orange Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY BOX ONLY!
- Red Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered to 5. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- SuperFractor Parallel: numbered 1/1. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Additionally, look for returning low-numbered Shimmer Refractor Variation Autograph Parallels!
Chrome Rookie Autographs:
Autograph variations of the Rookie Base Cards on chrome technology with ON-CARD autographs.
- Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Blue Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Gold Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Orange Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY BOX ONLY!
- Red Refractor Parallel: sequentially numbered to 5. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- SuperFractor Parallel: numbered 1/1. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
- Printing Plates: numbered 1/1. HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
INSERT SUBSETS:
A variety of new insert subsets will be unveiled in 2017 Bowman Baseball, including the following:
ROY Favorites: Featuring top rookies of the 2017 MLB season.
Talent Pipeline: Highlighting the top players at each level of the Minor League system.
Bowman Scouts' Top 100: Look for the popular subset to return in 2017, featuring the top 100 prospects as ranked by our Bowman Scouts.
Parallels for the above mentioned subsets will include, but are not limited to:
- Orange Parallel: sequentially numbered to 25. HOBBY ONLY!
- SuperFractor Parallel: numbered 1/1.
- Additionally, look for limited, sequentially numbered autograph variations!
ADDITIONAL CONTENT:
In celebration of its 70th anniversary, Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Boxes of 2017 Bowman Baseball will include unannounced surprises as well as the following additional content.
BOWMAN BUYBACKS: NEW! HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
Look for original Bowman and 1st Bowman cards, to be featured exclusively in Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Boxes!
- Also find Bowman Buyback Autograph variations! Sequentially numbered.
All-America Game Autographs: HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
Showcasing today's top prospects who played in past high school All-America showcases.
Bowman Ascent Autographs: NEW! HOBBY SKUS ONLY!
Featuring elite young veterans of MLB. Sequentially numbered.
24 Packs Per Box, 10 Cards Per Pack
*Hobby SKUs refers to Hobby Boxes and Hobby Jumbo Boxes