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1990 Bowman Baseball Cards

1990 Bowman Baseball Cards

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Don't let the value (or lack thereof) of 1990 Bowman Baseball fool you. The set has a clean design and one of the strongest checklists of the year as far as rookie cards go.

The checklist is on the big side, chiming in at 528 cards. As you'd expect, it has all the big names. But that's to be expected. What makes the checklist stronger than most other 1990 sets is the rookies. Frank Thomas leads the way. However, there are lots of other names that had their time in the sun before injuries, steroids and time kicked in. Juan Gonzalez, Mo Vaughn and Sammy Sosa are some of the names that fall under this category.

Most of the card front real estate is dedicated to the player photo. There's a white border with a thin rainbow frame. The only other elements are a small Bowman logo on top and a tiny name plate at the bottom. Backs are blue with stats that look at the player's performance versus specific teams. The card stock is very dull, similar to the base Topps sets from the era.

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It's also worth noting that Topps ditched the over-sized format of 1989 Bowman Baseball and went with standard card dimensions.

Each pack also has one Art Card insert done by Craig Pursley. These also doubled as sweepstakes cards.  Over-sized versions of the cards can also be found. Measuring 11" by 14", they were given as prizes and made available to shops.

Because of the massive production and drop-off of many of the key rookies, there isn't much value in 1990 Bowman Baseball. The same can be said for most of the sets of the era as well.

The exception is the 1990 Bowman Tiffany box set. Reported to have a print run of 10,000 copies, it's a parallel version of sorts done on a brighter glossy card stock. 1990 Bowman Tiffany cards are not available in packs, just as a factory set.

1990 Bowman Baseball boxes can be found in three configurations. Basic wax boxes have 36 packs of 15 cards. Jumbo boxes come with 24 packs of 31 cards. The largest are rack boxes that have 24 packs of 39 cards.

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Checklist

1990 Bowman Baseball Checklist

Base Set Checklist

PARALLEL CARDS: Tiffany (available on in special box set)

1 Tommy Greene RC
2 Tom Glavine
3 Andy Nezelek
4 Mike Stanton RC
5 Rick Luecken RC
6 Kent Mercker RC
7 Derek Lilliquist
8 Charlie Leibrandt
9 Steve Avery
10 John Smoltz
11 Mark Lemke
12 Lonnie Smith
13 Oddibe McDowell
14 Tyler Houston RC
15 Jeff Blauser
16 Ernie Whitt
17 Alexis Infante RC
18 Jim Presley
19 Dale Murphy
20 Nick Esasky
21 Rick Sutcliffe
22 Mike Bielecki
23 Steve Wilson
24 Kevin Blankenship
25 Mitch Williams
26 Dean Wilkins RC
27 Greg Maddux
28 Mike Harkey
29 Mark Grace
30 Ryne Sandberg
31 Greg Smith RC
32 Dwight Smith
33 Damon Berryhill
34 Earl Cunningham RC
35 Jerome Walton
36 Lloyd McClendon
37 Ty Griffin
38 Shawon Dunston
39 Andre Dawson
40 Luis Salazar
41 Tim Layana RC
42 Rob Dibble
43 Tom Browning
44 Danny Jackson
45 Jose Rijo
46 Scott Scudder RC
47 Randy Myers
48 Brian Lane RC
49 Paul O'Neill
50 Barry Larkin
51 Reggie Jefferson RC
52 Jeff Branson RC
53 Chris Sabo
54 Joe Oliver RC
55 Todd Benzinger
56 Rolando Roomes
57 Hal Morris
58 Eric Davis
59 Scott Bryant RC
60 Ken Griffey Sr.
61 Darryl Kile RC
62 Dave Smith
63 Mark Portugal
64 Jeff Juden RC
65 Bill Gullickson
66 Danny Darwin
67 Larry Andersen
68 Jose Cano RC
69 Dan Schatzeder
70 Jim Deshaies
71 Mike Scott
72 Gerald Young
73 Ken Caminiti
74 Ken Oberkfell
75 Dave Rohde RC
76 Bill Doran
77 Andujar Cedeno RC
78 Craig Biggio
79 Karl Rhodes RC
80 Glenn Davis
81 Eric Anthony RC
82 John Wetteland RC
83 Jay Howell
84 Orel Hershiser
85 Tim Belcher
86 Kiki Jones RC
87 Mike Hartley RC
88 Ramon Martinez
89 Mike Scioscia
90 Willie Randolph
91 Juan Samuel
92 Jose Offerman RC
93 Dave Hansen RC
94 Jeff Hamilton
95 Alfredo Griffin
96 Tom Goodwin RC
97 Kirk Gibson
98 Jose Vizcaino RC
99 Kal Daniels
100 Hubie Brooks
101 Eddie Murray
102 Oil Can Boyd
103 Tim Burke
104 Bill Sampen RC
105 Brett Gideon
106 Mark Gardner RC
107 Howard Farmer RC
108 Mel Rojas RC
109 Kevin Gross
110 Dave Schmidt
111 Dennis Martinez
112 Jerry Goff RC
113 Andres Galarraga
114 Tim Wallach
115 Marquis Grissom RC
116 Spike Owen
117 Larry Walker RC
118 Tim Raines
119 Delino DeShields RC
120 Tom Foley
121 Dave Martinez
122 Frank Viola
123 Julio Valera RC
124 Alejandro Pena
125 David Cone
126 Dwight Gooden
127 Kevin Brown RC
128 John Franco
129 Terry Bross RC
130 Blaine Beatty RC
131 Sid Fernandez
132 Mike A. Marshall
133 Howard Johnson
134 Jaime Roseboro RC
135 Alan Zinter RC
136 Keith Miller
137 Kevin Elster
138 Kevin McReynolds
139 Barry Lyons
140 Gregg Jefferies
141 Darryl Strawberry
142 Todd Hundley RC
143 Scott Service
144 Chuck Malone RC
145 Steve Ontiveros
146 Roger McDowell
147 Ken Howell
148 Pat Combs
149 Jeff Parrett
150 Chuck McElroy RC
151 Jason Grimsley RC
152 Lenny Dykstra
153 Mickey Morandini RC
154 John Kruk
155 Dickie Thon
156 Ricky Jordan
157 Jeff Jackson RC
158 Darren Daulton
159 Tom Herr
160 Von Hayes
161 Dave Hollins RC
162 Carmelo Martinez
163 Bob Walk
164 Doug Drabek
165 Walt Terrell
166 Bill Landrum
167 Scott Ruskin RC
168 Bob Patterson
169 Bobby Bonilla
170 Jose Lind
171 Andy Van Slyke
172 Mike LaValliere
173 Willie Greene RC
174 Jay Bell
175 Sid Bream
176 Tom Prince
177 Wally Backman
178 Moises Alou RC
179 Steve Carter
180 Gary Redus
181 Barry Bonds
182 Don Slaught
183 Joe Magrane
184 Bryn Smith
185 Todd Worrell
186 Jose DeLeon
187 Frank DiPino
188 John Tudor
189 Howard Hilton RC
190 John Ericks
191 Ken Dayley
192 Ray Lankford RC
193 Todd Zeile RC
194 Willie McGee
195 Ozzie Smith
196 Milt Thompson
197 Terry Pendleton
198 Vince Coleman
199 Paul Coleman RC
200 Jose Oquendo
201 Pedro Guerrero
202 Tom Brunansky
203 Roger Smithberg RC
204 Ed Whitson
205 Dennis Rasmussen
206 Craig Lefferts
207 Andy Benes
208 Bruce Hurst
209 Eric Show
210 Rafael Valdez RC
211 Joey Cora
212 Thomas Howard RC
213 Rob Nelson
214 Jack Clark
215 Garry Templeton
216 Fred Lynn
217 Tony Gwynn
218 Benito Santiago
219 Mike Pagliarulo
220 Joe Carter
221 Roberto Alomar
222 Bip Roberts
223 Rick Reuschel
224 Russ Swan RC
225 Eric Gunderson RC
226 Steve Bedrosian
227 Mike Remlinger RC
228 Scott Garrelts
229 Ernie Camacho
230 Andres Santana RC
231 Will Clark
232 Kevin Mitchell
233 Robby Thompson
234 Bill Bathe
235 Tony Perezchica
236 Gary Carter
237 Brett Butler
238 Matt Williams
239 Ernest Riles
240 Kevin Bass
241 Terry Kennedy
242 Steve Hosey RC
243 Ben McDonald RC
244 Jeff Ballard
245 Joe Price
246 Curt Schilling
247 Pete Harnisch
248 Mark Williamson
249 Gregg Olson
250 Chris Myers RC
251a David Segui RC
252 Joe Orsulak
253 Craig Worthington
254 Mickey Tettleton
255 Cal Ripken Jr.
256 Billy Ripken
257 Randy Milligan
258 Brady Anderson
259 Chris Hoiles RC
260 Mike Devereaux
261 Phil Bradley
262 Leo Gomez RC
263 Lee Smith
264 Mike Rochford
265 Jeff Reardon
266 Wes Gardner
267 Mike Boddicker
268 Roger Clemens
269 Rob Murphy
270 Mickey Pina RC
271 Tony Pena
272 Jody Reed
273 Kevin Romine
274 Mike Greenwell
275 Mo Vaughn RC
276 Danny Heep
277 Scott Cooper RC
278 Greg Blosser RC
279 Dwight Evans
280 Ellis Burks
281 Wade Boggs
282 Marty Barrett
283 Kirk McCaskill
284 Mark Langston
285 Bert Blyleven
286 Mike Fetters RC
287 Kyle Abbott RC
288 Jim Abbott
289 Chuck Finley
290 Gary DiSarcina RC
291 Dick Schofield
292 Devon White
293 Bobby Rose RC
294 Brian Downing
295 Lance Parrish
296 Jack Howell
297 Claudell Washington
298 John Orton RC
299 Wally Joyner
300 Lee Stevens
301 Chili Davis
302 Johnny Ray
303 Greg Hibbard RC
304 Eric King
305 Jack McDowell
306 Bobby Thigpen
307 Adam Peterson
308 Scott Radinsky RC
309 Wayne Edwards RC
310 Melido Perez
311 Robin Ventura
312 Sammy Sosa RC
313 Dan Pasqua
314 Carlton Fisk
315 Ozzie Guillen
316 Ivan Calderon
317 Daryl Boston
318 Craig Grebeck RC
319 Scott Fletcher
320 Frank Thomas RC
321 Steve Lyons
322 Carlos Martinez
323 Joe Skalski
324 Tom Candiotti
325 Greg Swindell
326 Steve Olin RC
327 Kevin Wickander
328 Doug Jones
329 Jeff Shaw RC
330 Kevin Bearse RC
331 Dion James
332 Jerry Browne
333 Albert Belle
334 Felix Fermin
335 Candy Maldonado
336 Cory Snyder
337 Sandy Alomar Jr.
338 Mark Lewis
339 Carlos Baerga RC
340 Chris James
341 Brook Jacoby
342 Keith Hernandez
343 Frank Tanana
344 Scott Aldred RC
345 Mike Henneman
346 Steve Wapnick RC
347 Greg Gohr RC
348 Eric Stone RC
349 Brian DuBois RC
350 Kevin Ritz RC
351 Rico Brogna
352 Mike Heath
353 Alan Trammell
354 Chet Lemon
355 Dave Bergman
356 Lou Whitaker
357 Cecil Fielder
358 Milt Cuyler RC
359 Tony Phillips
360 Travis Fryman RC
361 Ed Romero
362 Lloyd Moseby
363 Mark Gubicza
364 Bret Saberhagen
365 Tom Gordon
366 Steve Farr
367 Kevin Appier RC
368 Storm Davis
369 Mark Davis
370 Jeff Montgomery
371 Frank White
372 Brent Mayne RC
373 Bob Boone
374 Jim Eisenreich
375 Danny Tartabull
376 Kurt Stillwell
377 Bill Pecota
378 Bo Jackson
379 Bob Hamelin RC
380 Kevin Seitzer
381 Rey Palacios
382 George Brett
383 Gerald Perry
384 Teddy Higuera
385 Tom Filer
386 Dan Plesac
387 Cal Eldred RC
388 Jaime Navarro
389 Chris Bosio
390 Randy Veres RC
391 Gary Sheffield
392 George Canale RC
393 B.J. Surhoff
394 Tim McIntosh RC
395 Greg Brock
396 Greg Vaughn RC
397 Darryl Hamilton
398 Dave Parker
399 Paul Molitor
400 Jim Gantner
401 Rob Deer
402 Bill Spiers RC
403 Glenn Braggs
404 Robin Yount
405 Rick Aguilera
406 Johnny Ard
407 Kevin Tapani RC
408 Park Pittman RC
409 Allan Anderson
410 Juan Berenguer
411 Willie Banks RC
412 Rich Yett
413 David West
414 Greg Gagne
415 Chuck Knoblauch RC
416 Randy Bush
417 Gary Gaetti
418 Kent Hrbek
419 Al Newman
420 Dan Gladden
421 Paul Sorrento RC
422 Derek Parks RC
423 Scott Leius RC
424 Kirby Puckett
425 Willie Smith
426 Dave Righetti
427 Jeff D. Robinson
428 Alan Mills RC
429 Tim Leary
430 Pascual Perez
431 Alvaro Espinoza
432 Dave Winfield
433 Jesse Barfield
434 Randy Velarde
435 Rick Cerone
436 Steve Balboni
437 Mel Hall
438 Bob Geren RC
439 Bernie Williams RC
440 Kevin Maas RC
441 Mike Blowers RC
442 Steve Sax
443 Don Mattingly
444 Roberto Kelly
445 Mike Moore
446 Reggie Harris RC
447 Scott Sanderson
448 Dave Otto
449 Dave Stewart
450 Rick Honeycutt
451 Dennis Eckersley
452 Carney Lansford
453 Scott Hemond RC
454 Mark McGwire
455 Felix Jose
456 Terry Steinbach
457 Rickey Henderson
458 Dave Henderson
459 Mike Gallego
460 Jose Canseco
461 Walt Weiss
462 Ken Phelps
463 Darren Lewis RC
464 Ron Hassey
465 Roger Salkeld RC
466 Scott Bankhead
467 Keith Comstock
468 Randy Johnson
469 Erik Hanson
470 Mike Schooler
471 Gary Eave RC
472 Jeffrey Leonard
473 Dave Valle
474 Omar Vizquel
475 Pete O'Brien
476 Henry Cotto
477 Jay Buhner
478 Harold Reynolds
479 Alvin Davis
480 Darnell Coles
481 Ken Griffey Jr.
482 Greg Briley
483 Scott Bradley
484 Tino Martinez
485 Jeff Russell
486 Nolan Ryan
487 Robb Nen RC
488 Kevin Brown
489 Brian Bohanon RC
490 Ruben Sierra
491 Pete Incaviglia
492 Juan Gonzalez RC
493 Steve Buechele
494 Scott Coolbaugh RC
495 Geno Petralli
496 Rafael Palmeiro
497 Julio Franco
498 Gary Pettis
499 Donald Harris RC
500 Monty Fariss
501 Harold Baines
502 Cecil Espy
503 Jack Daugherty RC
504 Willie Blair RC
505 Dave Stieb
506 Tom Henke
507 John Cerutti
508 Paul Kilgus
509 Jimmy Key
510 John Olerud RC
511 Ed Sprague
512 Manuel Lee
513 Fred McGriff
514 Glenallen Hill
515 George Bell
516 Mookie Wilson
517 Luis Sojo RC
518 Nelson Liriano
519 Kelly Gruber
520 Greg Myers
521 Pat Borders
522 Junior Felix RC
523 Eddie Zosky RC
524 Tony Fernandez
525 Checklist
526 Checklist
527 Checklist
528 Checklist
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Art Card Checklist

11 cards.

PARALLEL CARDS: Tiffany, Lithographs

Will Clark
Mark Davis
Dwight Gooden
Bo Jackson
Don Mattingly
Kevin Mitchell
Gregg Olson
Nolan Ryan
Bret Saberhagen
Jerome Walton
Robin Yount
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Ryan is a former member of The Cardboard Connection Writing Staff.   His collecting origins began with winter bike rides to the corner store, tossing a couple of quarters onto the counter and peddling home with a couple packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey in his pocket. Today, he continues to build sets, go after inserts with cool technologies, chase Montreal Expos and finish off his John Jaha master collection.

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To me the 1990 Bowman set was leaps and bounds better than the 1990 melted crayon inspired Topps release. Its ultra cheap and a good way to get a classic looking card of many HOF and star players from that era.

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