Topps Chrome Baseball Checklist Review History - Sports Card Radio

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Topps Chrome Baseball

First Issue: 1996
Key Card: Albert Pujols Rookie #596
SRP Box Price
Configuration: Varies By Year

History

Topps Chrome Baseball is one of Topps longest running brands that delivers a "parallel" of their regular issue but with a special chrome gloss on each card. Known mostly for its refractor parallel cards that are typically rarer versions of the base and insert cards. The Mid '90's saw mainly inserts and parallels only...not even many notable Rookie Cards were produced. The late 90's and on saw the insertion of Rookie Cards, Relic or Jersey Cards, and Autograph Cards (Mainly Rookies and Prospects)

It should be noted that some of the most popular versions of Topps Chrome can be found in the Traded & Rookies Version on eBay. This set was put together in regular Hobby Box/Pack form and sometimes in Factory Set Form. Either way these sets delivered some of the best Rookies of that year in Baseball. Keep in mind that the Box/Pack versions of Topps Rookies & Traded only have 2 Topps Chrome cards, the remainder are Regular Topps or another version.

Year	Picture	Configuration/Key Cards	Key Rookies
1996		1996 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Chromium Masters of the Game Chromium Wrecking Crew	Matt Morris #92
1997	Series One	1997 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Chromium Al-Stars Chromium Seasons Best Double Sided Chromium Cards	No Rookies
1998	Series One Series Two	1998 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Chromium Flashbacks Chromium Baby Boomers Chromium Hall Bound 1998 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors (1:12) Chromium '98 Rookie Class (1:12) Chromium Milestones (1:24) Chromium Clout (1:24)	Pete Rose Jr. #240 Corey Lidle #348 Troy Glaus #492 Michael Cuddyer #494 Jack Cust #495
1999	Series One Series Two Traded & Rookies	1999 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Lords of the Diamond Inserts New Breed Inserts Early Road to the Hall Inserts 1999 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Record Numbers Inserts Fortune 15 Inserts 1999 Topps Chrome Baseball Traded and Rookies Set 121 Card Set Sold only in Factory Set Form	Alex Escobar #206 A.J. Burnett #437 Austin Kearns #439 Matt Holliday #442 Pat Burrell #444 Mark Mulder #T8 Felipe Lopez #T10 C.C. Sabathia #T33 Adam Dunn #T50 Alfonso Soriano #T65 Josh Hamilton #T66 Carl Crawford #T75
2000	Series One Series Two Traded & Rookies Set	2000 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Power Players Inserts 21st Century Topps Topps All-American Team Mark McGwire Reprint 2000 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Refractors Chrome Kings Topps All-American Team Topps Combos Millennium Team Inserts 2000 Topps Chrome Traded & Rookies Set 135 Total Cards Only Sold In Factory Set Form	Larry Bigbie #209 Scott Downs #447 Ben Sheets #451 Brandon Phillips #T3 Brandon Inge #T4 Lyle Overbay #T15 Carlos Zambrano #T29 Francisco Rodriguez #T38 Miguel Cabrera #T40 Mike Young #T46 Aaron Rowand #T61 Adrian Gonzalez #T81 Rocco Baldelli #T86
2001	Series One Series Two Rookie and Traded	2001 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: King of King Inserts Refractors Combo Cards Past to Present Inserts 2001 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Albert Pujols and Jake Peavy Rookies Randomly Inserted: King of King Inserts Refractors Topps Originals What Could Have Been Inserts 2001 Topps Chrome Traded and Rookies Box 24 Packs -- 10 Cards Per Pack 8 Regular Topps Cards Per Pack 2 Topps Chrome Cards Per Pack 1 Relic/Jersey Card Per Box	Hee Seop Choi #291 Travis Hafner #296 Albert Pujols #596 Jake Peavy #598 Edwin Encarnacion #616 Wilson Betemit #T213 Hank Blalock #T214 Justin Morneau #T235 Jose Reyes #242 Ichiro Suzuki #T266
2002	Series One Series Two Traded & Rookies	2002 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Summer School Relic/Jersey Cards 1952 Topps Reprint Cards Gold Chrome Parallel Cards 2002 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack Randomly Inserted: Stud Relic/Jersey Cards Black Boarder Refractor Parallel Gold Chrome Parallel Cards 2002 Topps Chrome Traded and Rookies Box 24 Packs -- 11 Cards Per Pack 7 Regular Topps Cards Per Pack 2 Topps Chrome Cards Per Pack 1 First Year Player Card Per Pack 1 Vintage Buy-Back Card Per Box 1 Memorabilia or Autograph Card Per Box	Freddy Sanchez #313 Scott Wiggins #314 Jason Bay #326 So Taguchi #426 Joe Mauer #622 Taylor Buckholz #675 Rich Harden #687 Chone Figgins #T196 Ryan Church #T243 Dontrelle Willis #T262
2003	Series One Series Two Traded & Rookies	2003 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Refractor Relic/Jersey Card Per Box 1 Serial #'d X-Fractor Parallel Box Loader Per Box 220 Card Set -- 200 Veterans -- 20 Prospects/1st Year 2003 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Refractor Relic/Jersey Card Per Box 1 Serial #'d X-Fractor Parallel Box Loader Per Box 220 Card Set -- 200 Veterans -- 20 Prospects/1st Year 2003 Topps Chrome Baseball Traded and Rookies Box 24 Packs -- 10 Cards Per Pack 8 Regular Topps Cards Per Pack 2 Topps Chrome Cards Per Pack 1 Autograph or Relic/Jersey Card Per Box 275 Card Set -- 115 Veterans -- 155 Prospects/1st Year	03 Topps Chrome Checklist Chris Duncan #201 Kevin Youkilis #216 Bryan Bullington #421 Joey Gomes #423 Felix Pie #T167 Brandon Webb #T169 Hanley Ramirez #T181 Jeremy Bonderman #T186 Robinson Cano #T200 Dan Haren #T234
2004	Series One Series Two	2004 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 20 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Autograph 1st Year Player Card Per Box 1 Relic/Jersey Card Box Loader Per Box 2004 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 20 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Autograph 1st Year Player Card Per Box 1 Relic/Jersey Card Box Loader Per Box	Yadier Molina #219 Zach Duke #220 Anthony Lerew #221 Kyle Davies #228 Zach Miner #232 2002 Topps Chrome Series 2 Checklist Carlos Quentin #235 Conor Jackson #236 Jason Hirsh #243 Lastings Milledge #244
2005	Series One Series Two Update & Highlights	2005 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 1 20 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Autograph 1st Year Player Card Per Box 5 Parallel Cards Per Box 1 Relic/Jersey Card Box Loader Per Box 2005 Topps Chrome Baseball Box Series 2 20 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack (2-10 Pack Mini Boxes) 1 Autograph 1st Year Player Card Per MINI Box Alex Rodriguez Exclusives 2005 Topps Chrome Baseball Update & Highlights 20 Packs -- 5 Cards Per Pack 2 First Year Autographs Per Box 1 Hobby Exclusive Box Loader Per Box Barry Bonds HR History Cards	Ian Kinsler #214 Ryan Sweeney #217 Andre Ethier #221 Brandon Moss #222 Melky Cabrera #233 05 Topps Chrome Series 2 Checklist Billy Butler #235 Chip Cannon #238 Glen Perkins #241 Justin Verlander #242 Andy LaRoche #472 05 Topps Chrome Update Checklist Ryan Braun #198 Colby Rasmus #205 Ryan Zimmerman #208 Trevor Bell #221 Jay Bruce #222 Matt Garza #227 Andrew McCutchen #234
2006		2006 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box 14 Parallel Cards Per Box Mickey Mantle & Barry Bonds Exclusives 330 Card Set -- 54 Prospects/1st Year	06 Topps Chrome Checklist Kenji Johjima #285 Prince Fielder (RC) #307 Justin Verlander (RC) #309 Mike Napoli #317 Francisco Liriano (RC) #336 Ian Kinsler (RC) #340 Hanley Ramirez (RC) #352 Dan Uggla (RC) #354
2007		2007 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box One Parallel or Insert Per Pack Two Box Loaders Per Box Mickey Mantle Story Exclusives 330 Base Card Set A-Rod Road To 500HR Box Loaders	07 Topps Chrome Checklist Phil Hughes (RC) #281 Hideki Okajima #297 Andrew Miller #298 Daisuke Matsuzaka #330 Troy Tulowitzki (RC) #331 Alex Gordon #345 Alexi Casilla #358
2008		2008 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box Relic/Jersey Cards Inserted Mickey Mantle Exclusives	08 Topps Chrome Checklist Evan Longoria Joey Votto Billy Buckner Jeff Clement Nick Blackburn Clay Buchholz
2009		2009 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box Barack Obama SP Cards David Freese Autographs	09 Topps Chrome Checklist Elvis Andrus Barack Obama SP David Freese Andrew McCutchen
2010		2010 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box Released October 6, 2010 Stephen Strasburg Autographs	2010 Topps Chrome Checklist Stephen Strasburg Starlin Castro Jason Heyward Mike Stanton Carlos Santana
2011		2011 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box Released September 7, 2011 Mark Trumbo Autographs	2011 Topps Chrome Checklist Mark Trumbo Brandon Belt Michael Pineda Eric Hosmer Brandon Beechy Freddie Freeman
2012		2012 Topps Chrome Baseball Box 24 Packs -- 4 Cards Per Pack 2 Autograph Rookie Cards Per Box Released August 22, 2011 Bryce Harper Autographs	2012 Topps Chrome Checklist Bryce Harper Trevor Bauer Yu Darvish