2016 Topps Bowman Chrome Baseball Checklist

2016 Bowman Chrome Baseball, released September 7, 2016, pairs a 100-card Chrome veteran and rookie base with 100 Chrome Prospects (BCP151–BCP250), each on a refractor ladder from /499 to SuperFractor 1/1. Chrome Prospect and Chrome Rookie Autographs lead the hits, and a 2015 Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game theme runs through the inserts, relics and autographs.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 100 Chrome base cards and 100 Chrome Prospects with Refractor /499, Purple /250, Blue /150, Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, SuperFractor /1 and Printing Plates, plus Black & Gold vending and Orange and Blue Shimmer hot-pack parallels on the prospects
• Autographs: Prospect Autographs (57, adding Orange and Red Shimmer /10), Rookie Autographs (18), Bowman Scouts' Top 100 Updates Autographs, Prime Position Autographs, 2015 AFL Fall Stars Autographs and Autograph Relics, and Refractors That Never Were autographs
• Inserts and relics: Bowman Scouts' Top 100 Updates (25), 2015 AFL Fall Stars Game (21), Out of the Gate (10), Refractors That Never Were (10) and 18 AFL Fall Stars Game Relics

Key rookies and prospects

Chrome Rookie Autographs include Corey Seager, Kyle Schwarber, Blake Snell, Julio Urias, Kenta Maeda, Jose Berrios and A.J. Reed. The base set includes Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Albert Pujols with rookies Nomar Mazara and Byung-Ho Park, while the prospects include Willy Adames, Jose De Leon and Franklin Barreto, and the AFL cards feature Gary Sanchez, Austin Meadows, Clint Frazier and Willson Contreras.

Grading considerations

Corey Seager and Kyle Schwarber Chrome Rookie Autographs and low-numbered Orange and Red refractors are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Chrome surfaces from this era often show print lines and edge chipping on colored refractors. See our grading scale.