The 2011 Bowman Chrome set in scheduled to be released to the public on Wednesday, October 19th. Bowman Chrome is always one of the more popular sets each year, with collectors prospecting for the latest and greatest up and coming stars. 2011 Bowman Chrome cases hold 12 boxes of 18 packs, with each pack containing four cards.

The 2011 Bowman Chrome base set consists of 220 cards, with the first 170 being veteran players and the last 50 cards being rookie cards. There are several different refractor parallel sets including the following:

Refractor: 1 in 4 packs
Blue Refractor: Numbered out of 150
Gold Refractor: Numbered out of 50
Orange Refractor: Numbered out of 25
Red Refractor: Numbered out of 5
Superfractor: One of one and hobby only.
Canary Diamond Refractor: One of one and hobby only.
Printing Plates: One of one and hobby only (Four different colored plates for each card).

The Bowman Prospect cards continue where the regular Bowman set left off, with cards 111-220. Two prospect cards are found in each pack and the players are shown in their Major League uniforms with the "First Bowman Chrome Card" logo emblazoned on the front of each card. Multiple parallel refractor sets exist:

Refractor: Numbered out of 500
Blue Refractor: Numbered out of 150
Gold Refractor: Numbered out of 50
Orange Refractor: Numbered out of 25
Red Refractor: Numbered out of 5
Superfractor: One of one and hobby only.
Canary Diamond Refractor: One of one and hobby only.

Each hobby box will contain one on card autographed card of an up and coming prospect. There are 37 prospects in the autograph set, and each card also has various parallel refractors:

Refractor: Numbered out of ?
Blue Refractor: Numbered out of 150
Gold Refractor: Numbered out of 50
Orange Refractor: Numbered out of 25
Red Refractor: Numbered out of 5
Superfractor: One of one and hobby only.

There are four main insert sets this year, with each insert set also having parallel refractor sets. The 2011 insert sets include Bowman's Best Prospects (current prospects on card modeled after the 1994 Bowman cards), Bowman Chrome Throwbacks, Bowman Chrome Futures and USA 18U National Team cards. There are also three players in the Topps 60th Anniversary continuity autograph set. Parallel sets include:

Throwbacks/Bowman's Best
Refractor: Numbered out of 99
X-Fractor: Numbered out of 25
Atomic Refractor: One of one

Futures
Refractor: One in 18 packs
Future-Fractor: One in 36 packs
Future Fusion Fractor: Numbered out of 99 and hobby only
Future Micro-Fractor: Numbered out of 25 and hobby only

USA 18U Baseball
Refractor: Numbered out of ?
X-Fractor: Numbered out of 299
Blue Refractor: Numbered out of 99
Gold Refractor: Numbered out of 50
Orange Refractor: Numbered out of 25
Red Refractor: Numbered out of 5
Superfractor: One of one and hobby only.

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Base Set

1 Buster Posey 2 Alex Avila 3 Edwin Jackson 4 Miguel Montero 5 Albert Pujols 6 Carlos Santana 7 Marlon Byrd 8 Hanley Ramirez 9 Josh Hamilton 10 Matt Kemp 11 Shane Victorino 12 Domonic Brown 13 Chipper Jones 14 Joey Votto 15 Brandon Phillips 16 Jason Heyward 17 Curtis Granderson 18 Brian McCann 19 Dustin Pedroia 20 Chris Johnson 21 Brian Matusz 22 Mark Teixeira 23 Miguel Tejada 24 Ryan Howard 25 Adrian Beltre 26 Joe Mauer 27 Logan Morrison 28 Brian Wilson 29 Carlos Lee 30 Ian Kinsler 31 Shin-Soo Choo 32 Adam Wainwright 33 Carlos Gonzalez 34 Lance Berkman 35 Jon Lester 36 Miguel Cabrera 37 Justin Verlander 38 Tyler Colvin 39 Matt Cain 40 Brett Anderson 41 Gordon Beckham 42 David DeJesus 43 Jonathan Sanchez 44 Jorge De La Rosa 45 Torii Hunter 46 Andrew McCutchen 47 Mat Latos 48 CC Sabathia 49 Brett Myers 50 Ryan Zimmerman 51 Trevor Cahill 52 Clayton Kershaw 53 Andre Ethier 54 Justin Upton 55 B.J. Upton 56 J.P. Arencibia 57 Phil Hughes 58 Tim Hudson 59 Francisco Liriano 60 Ike Davis 61 Delmon Young 62 Paul Konerko 63 Carlos Beltran 64 Mike Stanton 65 Adam Jones 66 Jimmy Rollins 67 Alex Rios 68 Chad Billingsley 69 Tommy Hanson 70 Travis Wood 71 Magglio Ordonez 72 Jake Peavy 73 Adrian Gonzalez 74 Aaron Hill

75 Kendry Morales 76 Ryan Dempster 77 Hunter Pence 78 Josh Beckett 79 Mark Reynolds 80 Drew Stubbs 81 Dan Haren 82 Chris Carpenter 83 Mitch Moreland 84 Starlin Castro 85 Roy Halladay 86 Stephen Drew 87 Aramis Ramirez 88 Daniel Hudson 89 Alexei Ramirez 90 Rickie Weeks 91 Will Venable 92 David Price 93 Dan Uggla 94 Austin Jackson 95 Evan Longoria 96 Ryan Ludwick 97 Chase Utley 98 Johnny Cueto 99 Billy Butler 100 David Wright 101 Jose Reyes 102 Robinson Cano 103 Josh Johnson 104 Chris Coghlan 105 David Ortiz 106 Jay Bruce 107 Jayson Werth 108 Matt Holliday 109 John Danks 110 Franklin Gutierrez 111 Zack Greinke 112 Jacoby Ellsbury 113 Madison Bumgarner 114 Mike Leake 115 Carl Crawford 116 Clay Buchholz 117 Gavin Floyd 118 Mike Minor 119 Jose Tabata 120 Jason Castro 121 Chris Young 122 Jose Bautista 123 Felix Hernandez 124 Dexter Fowler 125 Tim Lincecum 126 Todd Helton 127 Ubaldo Jimenez 128 Yovani Gallardo 129 Derek Jeter 130 Wade Davis 131 Nelson Cruz 132 Michael Cuddyer 133 Mark Buehrle 134 Danny Valencia 135 Ichiro 136 Brett Wallace 137 Troy Tulowitzki 138 Pedro Alvarez 139 Brandon Morrow 140 Jered Weaver 141 Michael Young 142 Wandy Rodriguez 143 Alfonso Soriano 144 Roy Oswalt 145 Brian Roberts 146 Jaime Garcia 147 Edinson Volquez

148 Vladimir Guerrero 149 Cliff Lee 150 Johnny Damon 151 Alex Rodriguez 152 Nick Markakis 153 Cole Hamels 154 Prince Fielder 155 Kurt Suzuki 156 Ryan Braun 157 Justin Morneau 158 Elvis Andrus 159 Stephen Strasburg 160 Adam Lind 161 Corey Hart 162 Adam Dunn 163 Bobby Abreu 164 Gaby Sanchez 165 Ian Kennedy 166 Kevin Youkilis 167 Vernon Wells 168 Matt Garza 169 Victor Martinez 170 Casey McGehee 171 Jake McGee 172 Lars Anderson 173 Mark Trumbo 174 Konrad Schmidt 175 Jeremy Jeffress 176 Brent Morel 177 Aroldis Chapman 178 Greg Halman 179 Jeremy Hellickson 180 Yunesky Maya 181 Kyle Drabek 182 Ben Revere 183 Desmond Jennings 184 Brandon Beachy 185 Freddie Freeman 186 Andrew Romine 187 John Lindsey 188 Mark Rogers 189 Brian Bogusevic 190 Yonder Alonso 191 Gregory Infante 192 Dillon Gee 193 Ozzie Martinez 194 Brandon Snyder 195 Daniel Descalso 196 Brent Sinkbeil 197 Lucas Duda 198 Cory Luebke 199 Hank Conger 200 Chris Sale 201 Julio Teheran 202 Danny Duffy 203 Brandon Belt 204 Ivan Nova 205 Danny Espinosa 206 Alexi Ogando 207 Darwin Barney 208 Jordan Walden 209 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 210 Zach Britton 211 Andrew Cashner 212 Eric Sogard 213 Carlos Peguero 214 Hector Noesi 215 Eduardo Nunez 216 Michael Pineda 217 Alex Cobb 218 Ivan DeJesus Jr. 219 Scott Cousins 220 Aaron Crow

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Prospects

BCP111 Bryce Harper BCP112 Aaron Altherr BCP113 Oswaldo Arcia BCP114 Kyle Blair Carson BCP115 Nick Bucci BCP116 Jose Casilla BCP117 Zach Cates BCP118 Dimaster Delgado BCP119 Jose DePaula BCP120 Zack Dodson BCP121 John Gast BCP122 Cesar Hernandez BCP123 Kyle Higashioka BCP124 Luke Jackson BCP125 Jiwan James BCP126 Jonathan Joseph BCP127 Cole Kimball BCP128 Jeff Kobernus BCP129 Tom Koehler BCP130 Hunter Morris BCP131 Jean Segura BCP132 Melky Mesa BCP133 Manny Banuelos BCP134 Chris Archer BCP135 Ian Krol BCP136 Trystan Magnuson BCP137 Roman Mendez BCP138 Tyler Moore BCP139 Ramon Morla BCP140 Ty Morrison BCP141 Taylor Pastornicky BCP142 Jon Pettibone BCP143 Zach Quate BCP144 J.C. Ramirez BCP145 Elmer Reyes BCP146 Aderlin Rodriguez BCP147 Rafael Rodriguez BCP148 David Rohm BCP149 Adrian Sanchez BCP150 Tommy Shirley BCP151 Oscar Taveras BCP152 Jake Thompson BCP153 Miguel Velazquez BCP154 Dakota Watts BCP155 Chase Whitley BCP156 Cameron Bedrosian BCP157 Danny Brewer BCP158 Dave Bromberg BCP159 Chris Carpenter BCP160 A.J. Cole BCP161 Alex Colome BCP162 Brody Colvin BCP163 Khris Davis BCP164 Cutter Dykstra BCP165 Nathan Eovaldi BCP166 Ramon Flores

BCP167 Garret Gould BCP168 Brandon Guyer BCP169 Shaeffer Hall BCP170 Reese Havens BCP171 Luis Heredia BCP172 Aaron Hicks BCP173 Bryan Holaday BCP174 Brad Holt BCP175 Brett Lawrie BCP176 Matt Lollis BCP177 Jordan Lyles BCP178 Starling Marte BCP179 Ethan Martin BCP180 Trey McNutt BCP181 Anthony Ranaudo BCP182 Keyvius Sampson BCP183 Jordan Swaggerty BCP184 Dickie Joe Thon BCP185 Jacob Turner BCP186 Christopher Wallace BCP187 Clay Fuller BCP188 Miles Head BCP189 Kendrick Perkins BCP190 Ryan Pressly BCP191 Mel Rojas Jr. BCP192 Enny Romero BCP193 Zack Von Rosenberg BCP194 Tyler Skaggs BCP195 Michael Blanke BCP196 Juan Duran BCP197 Kyle Parker BCP198 Jake Marisnick BCP199 Manuel Soliman BCP200 Jordany Valdespin BCP201 Carlos Martinez BCP202 Cesar Puello BCP203 Randall Delgado BCP204 Keon Broxton BCP205 Ronnie Welty BCP206 Scott Maine BCP207 Kyle Smit BCP208 Spencer Arroyo BCP209 Didi Gregorious BCP210 Neftali Soto BCP211 Josh Judy BCP212 Mat Packer BCP213 Albert Campos BCP214 Brandon Laird BCP215 Peter Tago BCP216 Andy Dirks BCP217 Rob Brantly BCP218 Nick Castellanos BCP219 Luke Jackson BCP220 Randall Delgado

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Autographs

A.J. Cole Aaron Hicks Alex Colome Bradley Holt Brandon Guyer Brandon Laird Brett Lawrie Brock Holt Brody Colvin Bryan Holaday Bryce Harper Chris Archer Christopher Wallace Cutter Dykstra Danny Brewer David Bromberg Dickie Joe Thon Dustin Ackley Enny Romero Eric Hosmer

Ethan Martin Garrett Gould Hunter Morris Jacob Turner Jean Segura Jordan Swagerty Kendrick Perkins Keyvius Sampson Khris Davis Luis Heredia Manny Banuelos Matt Lollis Matt Moore Melky Mesa Nathan Eovaldi Reese Havens Shaeffer Hall Starling Marte Trey McNutt

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Bowman's Best

BBP51 Bryce Harper BBP52 Jordan Lyles BBP53 Arodys Vizcaino BBP54 Jonathan Singleton BBP55 Manny Machado BBP56 Matt Moore BBP57 Lonnie Chisenhall BBP58 Christian Colon BBP59 Chris Archer BBP60 Martin Perez BBP61 Aaron Hicks BBP62 Jean Segura BBP63 Delino DeShields Jr.

BBP64 Randall Delgado BBP65 Anthony Rizzo BBP66 Josh Sale BBP67 Miguel Sano BBP68 Jason Kipnis BBP69 Luis Heredia BBP70 Anthony Ranaudo BBP71 Stetson Allie BBP72 Joe Benson BBP73 Nick Castellanos BBP74 Billy Hamilton BBP75 Manny Banuelos

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Bowman Chrome Throwbacks

BCT1 Tony Sanchez BCT2 Dee Gordon BCT3 Anthony Rizzo BCT4 Nick Franklin BCT5 Jameson Taillon BCT6 Wil Myers BCT7 Grant Green BCT8 Jacob Turner BCT9 Tyler Matzek BCT10 Bryce Harper

BCT11 Manny Banuelos BCT12 Brett Lawrie BCT13 Devin Mesoraco BCT14 Shelby Miller BCT15 Delino DeShields Jr. BCT16 Dustin Ackley BCT17 Manny Machado BCT18 Lonnie Chisenhall BCT19 Arodys Vizcaino BCT20 Stetson Allie

2011 Bowman Chrome Checklist -- Bowman Chrome Futures

1 Bryce Harper 2 Manny Machado 3 Jameson Taillon 4 Delino DeShields Jr. 5 Grant Green 6 Lonnie Chisenhall 7 Anthony Ranaudo 8 Stetson Allie 9 Anthony Rizzo 10 Arodys Vizcaino 11 Dee Gordon 12 Jonathan Singleton 13 Tyler Matzek

14 Gary Sanchez 15 Jean Segura 16 Peter Tago 17 Matt Dominguez 18 Miguel Sano 19 Jesus Montero 20 Mike Trout 21 Brett Jackson 22 Mike Montgomery 23 Jordan Lyles 24 Jacob Turner 25 Wil Myers