2005 BDP

[hutch5831]

Does anyone know the print run for 2005 Bowman Draft, Chrome Draft, and the parallels that aren’t numbered?

 

[smapdi]

Based on the cards where we know the print runs and the insertion rate, it looks like there were about 1,395,000 packs made between hobby and retail. Each pack had 4 paper, 2 chrome, and 1 gold, so that yields totals of:
Base: 5,580,000
Chrome: 2,790,000
Gold: 1,395,000

With 165 cards in the set, that tells us that there were this many copies of each card:
Base: 33,818
Chrome: 16,909
Gold: 8,454

IIRC, a chrome card was the one that got replaced by refractors and autos and other inserts, so that number will be a bit lower. Also, there is some unknowable algebra due to retail packs with different odds on some cards such as base autos. Based strictly on the posted hobby odds of 1:69, that's a total of 20,217 autographs or 1347 for each of 15 players (though some may have signed more than others). Retail odds on other cards are either close to hobby, or a litlte more than twice as rare, and I'd bet the base autos in retail were in the twice-as-rare range, more like 1:140. If retail print run was 10% of hobby, that comes out to about 66 autos per player, knocking the total down to around 1275 base autos per player, which seems in line for that sort of card in that era.

 

[hutch5831]

That is awesome information. Thank you so much! So the base white /225 and the printing plates replaced a chrome in the packs also?

And last question: There are 8 total printing plates for each card, correct? 4 base with correct orientation and 4 chrome with reverse orientation?

 

[Dilferules]

I believe the White/225 and Red/1 "paper" cards would have replaced based "paper" within the packs, not chrome cards. Unless the Red cards were thick like the Golds (I don't own a Red so I don't know) then those would have replaced the Gold card in the pack if you were that lucky. And yes there were 8 total plates for each player, 4 for the paper cards and 4 for the chrome.

 

[hutch5831]

I believe the White/225 and Red/1 "paper" cards would have replaced based "paper" within the packs, not chrome cards. Unless the Red cards were thick like the Golds (I don't own a Red so I don't know) then those would have replaced the Gold card in the pack if you were that lucky. And yes there were 8 total plates for each player, 4 for the paper cards and 4 for the chrome.

Thanks for the information.