2014 Topps Chrome Baseball Checklist

2014 Topps Chrome Baseball features a 220-card Chrome base that includes rookie cards of Masahiro Tanaka and Nick Castellanos, with a refractor ladder from X-Fractor to SuperFractor 1/1. Released August 27, 2014, it adds 1989 Topps Chrome, Topps Shelf and Topps All-Time Rookies Reprints, along with rookie autographs and patch autograph variations.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 220 cards with Refractor, Orange, Purple, X-Fractor, Blue /199, Black /100, Sepia /75, Gold /50, Red /25, Atomic /10 and SuperFractor 1/1, plus 24 Base Variations
• Rookie autographs: Rookie Autographs (32 cards) with refractors from /499 to 1/1, including Silver & Black Refractor /25
• Autographs: Autographed Relic Patch Base Variations (30), 1989 Topps Chrome Autographs, Back-to-Back Die-Cut, Topps of the Class, Topps Shelf, Dual and Triple Autographs and Autographed Chrome Buybacks
• Inserts: 1989 Topps Chrome, Topps Shelf (SuperFractor 1/1), Chrome Connections Die-Cuts and Topps All-Time Rookies Reprints

Key rookies

Rookie Autographs include Xander Bogaerts, Jose Ramirez, Nick Castellanos, Taijuan Walker and Yordano Ventura, and Masahiro Tanaka appears in the base and Base Variations. All-Time Rookies Reprints feature Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Derek Jeter and Don Mattingly.

Grading considerations

Jose Ramirez and Xander Bogaerts rookie autographs are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Chrome surfaces show scratches and print lines, so inspect refractors under light. See our grading scale.