Description
2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball is basically the second installment of the year’s main Bowman trilogy. Largely a continuation of 2024 Bowman Baseball, the checklist is driven by three things: prospects, autographs and Refractors.
2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball Checklist Overview
The base set has 100 cards. This is where collectors will not only find veterans but a lot of rookies. These are often an overlooked part of the product, though, as Bowman is connected more today with its prospects and those getting some of their earliest MLB cards.
To that end, there are another 100 Bowman Chrome Prospects cards. These carry on directly from where things left off in 2024 Bowman, making for a larger set.
Both the base cards and Chrome Prospects carry a similar design. All have a wide assortment of Refractors that parallel each card. These include several new “Reptilian” colors that have patterns around the border.
2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball has three different types of variations. For starters, 12 rookies from the base set have Image Variations with different photos. There are also 10 Rookie Color Run and 20 total Etched in Glass Variations that include both rookies and prospects.
Autographs and Inserts
Like all of the main Bowman sets, Chrome Prospect Autographs are the key to the entire checklist. For those getting their first such card, it instantly becomes one of their most important baseball cards, period. As a prospect evolves into a superstar, it’s their 1st Bowman Chrome Autograph that acts as the benchmark. This is a big reason why Bowman, Bowman Chrome and Bowman Draft are, historically, among the most popular products each year.
Chrome Prospect Autographs also have a full rainbow including one-of-one Superfractors.
Other signed inserts on the 2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball checklist include Chrome Rookie Autographs, All America Game Autographs, limited Prime Choice Signatures, and Chrome Auto Relics.
Among the product’s inserts is a 1999 Bowman Chrome 25th Anniversary set. These take the woodgrain-inspired design and apply it to today’s players. Joining these are International Variations that tie in with the original set’s parallels that have city skylines in the background.
Two more legends join the ongoing Retrofractor lineup, Sandy Koufax and Lou Gehrig. The legendary Dodgers pitcher also has an autograph.
Other 2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball insert themes include It Came to the League, Bowman Ascensions, Gladiators of the Diamond, dual-player International Impact, My 1st Bowman and 2023 AFL Fall Stars. In addition to standard parallels, many of these also have autographs for some cards.
2024 Bowman Chrome Baseball cards at a glance:
Cards per pack: Hobby – 5, HTA Choice – 3
Packs per box: Hobby – 12 (two 6-pack mini boxes), HTA Choice – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12, HTA Choice – 12
Set size: 100 cards.
Release date (subject to change): September 11, 2024
