2012 Topps Bowman Baseball Checklist

2012 Bowman Baseball combines a 220-card MLB base with a 110-card Prospects set in paper and Chrome editions and a run of Bowman Chrome prospect and rookie autographs, keeping Bowman's focus on first Bowman cards. The Bowman's Best die-cut inserts return for both veterans and prospects.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 220 cards with Gold, International, Silver Ice, Blue /500, Green /450, Orange /250, Red Ice /25, a hobby and jumbo Red 1/1, and Printing Plates /1
• Prospects: 110 paper BP cards with the same parallel run as the base plus a retail rack Purple, and 110 Chrome Prospects (BCP) with Refractor /500, Blue /250, Purple /199, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, SuperFractor 1/1 and Blue Wave and Red Wave /25 redemption Refractors
• Bowman Prospects Autographs: 20 retail cards with Blue /500, Orange /250 and Red 1/1; Bryce Harper's Blue is /35 and his Orange is /15
• Chrome autographs: 38 Autographed Bowman Chrome Prospects (Blue Refractor /150) and 12 Chrome Autographed Rookies (Blue Refractor /250), both with Refractor /500, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5 and Super-Fractor 1/1
• Autographed Rookie Originals: nine signed first-Bowman buybacks numbered /25, including Edgar Martinez, Albert Belle and Adrian Gonzalez
• Inserts: Bowman's Best and Bowman's Best Prospects die-cuts (Refractor /99, X-Fractor /25, Atomic Refractor /1), Bowman Black Collection and Bowman Lucky Redemptions

Key rookies and prospects

The Prospects set includes Francisco Lindor, Eddie Rosario and Bryce Harper, and Harper also signs in Bowman Prospects Autographs alongside Jose Fernandez and Kolten Wong. Bowman's Best Prospects features Manny Machado, Trevor Bauer, Matt Harvey, Jurickson Profar and Miguel Sano. Yu Darvish signs both a Chrome Autographed Rookie and the set's single Paper Rookie Autograph.

Grading considerations

Bryce Harper and Francisco Lindor prospect cards and Chrome prospect autograph refractors are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Paper prospects show soft corners and centering shifts, while the Bowman's Best die-cuts have fragile edges. See our grading scale.