Definition
A 1st Bowman chrome card is a player’s “first” professional card, along with the 1st Bowman paper card. The chrome version is arguably one of the most desirable “base” baseball cards a player can have, along with a player’s Topps Chrome rookie card.
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Is a 1st Bowman Chrome Card a Rookie Card?
Technically, a 1st Bowman chrome card is not a rookie card, as the true “rookie card” label is generally reserved for a Topps flagship release. That said, the fact that isn’t a true rookie doesn’t at all take away from its value, and in fact, the 1st Bowman chrome is often more valuable than a true Topps rookie card.
For example, take a look at Ronald Acuna at the moment (these are lowest available Buy It Now prices for PSA 10 copies).
- Ronald Acuna Topps RC PSA 10 Update US250: $70 + shipping
- Ronald Acuna Topps RC PSA 10 Chrome 193: $90 + shipping
- Ronald Acuna 2017 Bowman Prospects PSA 10: $69.99 + shipping
- Ronald Acuna 2017 Bowman Chrome Prospects PSA 10: $144.99 + shipping
Does Every Player Have a 1st Bowman?
Unfortunately, every player does not have a 1st Bowman card. Bowman hasn’t always used the 1st Bowman emblem and designation, and has even gone “on and off” with it over the years. Now it’s here to stay, but it hasn’t always been the case.
Second, it would be near impossible for Topps to predict and print a 1st Bowman for every player to be included on different checklists. In fact, some of the biggest name player’s in today’s game don’t even have a 1st Bowman “base” card, like Juan Soto, who only has a 1st Bowman chrome autograph, and if you’re looking for Steven Kwan rookie cards, a 1st Bowman won’t be on the list.
And then sometimes, mistakes are made. Pirates prospect, Liover Peguero doesn’t have the 1st Bowman logo on his “first” Bowman:
Are There 1st Bowman Chrome Refractors?
Yes, staying true to form, there are 1st Bowman refractors, and refractor parallels including the different colors and numbered cards, along with superfractors.
Is a 1st Bowman the Same as Bowman 1st Edition?
No, 1st Bowman cards and Bowman 1st Edition cards are completely different. While a player can have a 1st Bowman/1st Edition card, the Bowman 1st Edition is considered a printed “set” of cards with everyone on the checklist receiving the “1st Edition” logo. On the other hand, as mentioned above, the 1st Bowman logo is applied within a set, and doesn’t constitute a release of its own.
In terms of chrome, there are not 1st Bowman chrome/1st Edition cards. Instead, 1st Editions offer foil finishes instead of chrome.
For example, here is a Jasson Dominguez “rookie card” 1st Bowman, 1st Edition:
And here is an example of a 1st Edition foil. Notice the shiny foil finish, but no mention of “chrome” on the Bowman logo. This is also an example of a 1st Edition that is not a 1st Bowman:
Where Can You Find 1st Bowman Chrome Cards?
2022 Bowman has already been released, and within it are Bowman Chrome prospects, including 1st Bowman chrome cards for many top prospects. In addition, according to the Topps product release schedule, 2022 Bowman Chrome is set to come out September 14, 2022, and of course, will include 1st Bowman chrome cards.
So, as you can see, there are 1st Bowman chrome cards to be found in 2022 Bowman, and then separately in 2022 Bowman Chrome. If looking for cards from previous years, you’ll find much of the same setup.
1st Bowman Chrome List
To help, here is a handy list of 1st Bowman chrome cards from the last few years. Utilize the search function to locate a particular player of year.
| PLAYER & CARD NUMBER | SET |
|---|---|
| BCP-1 Carlos Aguiar 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-2 Jhonkensy Noel 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-3 Kahlil Watson 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-4 Misael Gonzalez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-8 Benyamin Bailey 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-10 Curtis Mead 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-11 Dauri Lorenzo 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-12 Estiven Machado 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-14 Roberto Campos 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-15 Branlyn Jaraba 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-17 Oswaldo Cabrera 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-18 Alvin Guzman 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-19 Adrian Sugastey 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-21 Jose Pastrano 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-22 George Valera 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-23 Elijah Tatis 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-24 Jorbit Vivas 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-26 Anthony Rodriguez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-27 Darell Hernaiz 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-28 Brandon Valenzuela 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-32 Euribiel Angeles 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-36 Brady Allen 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-39 Fran Alduey 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-40 Simon Muzziotti 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-43 Robby Martin Jr. 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-46 Warming Bernabel 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-48 Luke Waddell 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-50 Elly De La Cruz 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-51 Robert Dominguez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-52 Maikol Escotto 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-56 Dariel Lopez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-57 Eddys Leonard 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-59 Justice Thompson 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-60 Ricardo Genoves 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-61 Ceddanne Rafaela 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-62 Jose Rodriguez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-65 Diego Rincones 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-68 Niko Kavadas 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-69 Rodolfo Nolasco 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-70 Andry Lara 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-71 Colson Montgomery 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-74 Fidel Montero 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-75 Michel Triana 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-76 Lenyn Sosa 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-79 Jackson Chourio 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-80 Junior Sanquintin 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-82 Aeverson Arteaga 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-83 Roismar Quintana 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-84 Jack Suwinski 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-85 Peyton Wilson 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-88 Hendry Mendez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-89 Max Muncy 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-90 Yhoswar Garcia 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-91 Matt Fraizer 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-92 Samad Taylor 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-93 Braylin Minier 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-96 Ian Lewis 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-97 Martin Gimenez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-99 Alejandro Pie 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-100 Norge Vera 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-105 Will Wagner 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-107 Brayan Bello 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-108 James Wood 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-110 Diego Velasquez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-111 Junior Sanchez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-112 Joshua Baez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-118 Jonatan Clase 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-119 Dustin Harris 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-120 Logan Cerny 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-121 Mahki Backstrom 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-122 Zayed Salinas 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-123 Edgar Quero 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-124 Ronnier Quintero 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-125 Luis Gonzalez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-127 Victor Lizarraga 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-128 Felix Valerio 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-129 Jose Ramos 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-130 Christian Roa 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-131 Darren Baker 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-134 Eduardo Lopez 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-136 Luca Tresh 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-137 Trey Sweeney 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-138 Denzer Guzman 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-142 Allan Cerda 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-144 Jheremy Vargas 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-147 Luis Verdugo 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-150 Victor Labrada 1st | 2022 Bowman |
| BCP-5 Nick Maton – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-7 Maximo Acosta – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-21 Adinso Reyes – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-25 Jeremy De La Rosa – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-33 Eddy Diaz – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-36 Ismael Mena – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-40 Yolbert Sanchez – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-42 Mick Abel – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-52 Liover Peguero – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-59 Jake Vogel – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-71 Blaze Jordan – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-82 Antonio Gomez – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-87 Austin Martin – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-89 Gabriel Arias – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-94 Trent Deveaux – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-97 Kevin Alcantara – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-106 Jared Kelley – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-110 Jose Salas – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-125 Aaron Sabato – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-128 Jose Tena – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-130 Hyun-il Choi – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-131 Christopher Morel – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-140 Yunior Severino – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-145 Alexander Ramirez – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-149 Ivan Johnson – 1st | 2021 Bowman |
| BCP-151 Victor Acosta 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-153 Kevin Made 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-154 Helcris Olivarez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-161 Julio Carreras 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-171 Cristian Hernandez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-179 Alexander Mojica 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-180 Gabriel Rodriguez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-181 Jeferson Quero 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-186 Cristian Santana 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-189 Pedro Leon 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-191 Eduardo Garcia 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-196 Luis Rodriguez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-197 Wilman Diaz 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-199 Yiddi Cappe 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-202 Luis Medina 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-206 Misael Urbina 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-207 Emmanuel Rodriguez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-208 Alexander Ramirez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-212 Alexander Vizcaino 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-215 Milkar Perez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-216 Pedro Pineda 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-222 Shalin Polanco 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-223 Po-Yu Chen 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-226 Malcom Nunez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-228 Luis Toribio 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-232 Gilberto Celestino 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-238 Carlos Colmenarez 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-239 Jhonny Piron 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-244 Manuel Beltre 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-247 Armando Cruz 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
| BCP-249 Starlin Aguilar 1st | 2021 Bowman Chrome |
