2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby

Release Date: May 7, 2025

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby

Product Overview

2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby is the flagship release for prospect and rookie chasers, highlighting the next wave of MLB talent and some of the game’s top stars. Collectors will find exclusive Hobby parallels and special insert content only in this configuration. Look for cards and autographs from rising prospects and rookies like Dylan Crews, Roki Sasaki, Coby Mayo, Luisangel Acuña, James Wood, and established names including JJ Wetherholt, Charlie Condon, Travis Bazzana, Jac Caglianone, and Walker Jenkins. The collection features a 100-card Base Set and an expanded 150-card Prospects set with multiple Hobby exclusives and deep autograph lineups!

Box Configuration – 2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby

12 boxes per case
24 packs per box
10 cards per pack
1 Chrome Prospect Autograph per box
1 Mini-Diamond Refractor per box (Hobby Exclusive)
1 X-Fractor per box (Hobby Exclusive)

Plus, Hobby boxes are the only place to find exclusive Orange and Black parallels and the Bowman Variety Pack chase!

Card Types in 2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby

• Base Cards – 100 MLB stars and rookies
• Prospect Cards – 150-player checklist
• Paper and Chrome Prospect Parallels (massive rainbow, Hobby-exclusives)
• Inserts (Anime, Etched-In Glass, Bowman Scouts Top 100, and more)
• Chrome Prospect Autographs (1 per box, vibrant parallels)

Parallel Guide – 2025 Bowman Baseball Hobby

• Base/Paper: Sky Blue #/499, Neon Green #/399, Fuchsia #/299, Purple #/250, Purple Pattern #/199, Pink #/175, Blue #/150, Blue Pattern #/125, Yellow #/75, Yellow Pattern #/75, Gold #/50, Orange #/25 (Hobby Exclusive), Black #/10 (Hobby Exclusive), Black Pattern #/10 (Hobby Exclusive), Red #/5, Platinum 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1
• Chrome Prospects: Mini Diamond (Hobby Exclusive), X-Fractor (Hobby Exclusive), Reptilian, Refractor #/499, Lava #/399, Wave #/350 (Hobby Exclusive), Speckle #/299, multiple fuchsia/blue/yellow/orange/rose gold/black/red/gold/platinum parallels (with Hobby-exclusive Orange, Black, and multiple new Reptilian & Wave types)
• Bowman Variety Pack: Gum Ball, Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, Pop Corn Refractors (each a Hobby chase)

Insert Set Highlights

• Anime – Collectible themed insert (Ultra-rare SSP, 1 per 1,934 packs)
• Retrofractor – Limited, with Orange #/25 (Hobby Exclusive)
• Etched-In Glass Variation – Hobby debut, SP (1 per 1,440 packs)
• Bowman Scout’s Top-100 – Essential prospects, with numbered parallels and Orange #/25 (Hobby Exclusive)
• Very Important Prospects – New for 2025, collect top up-and-comers
• Rockstar Rookies – New variation theme (SP, 1 per 12 packs), chase rare parallels
• Bowman Spotlights, Greatness Loading, Crystalized, Hobby Stars, ROY Favorites – Various new and returning chase themes, many with Hobby-only Orange parallels
• Bowman Variety Pack – Find 1 Gum Ball, 1 Sunflower Seeds, 1 Peanuts, and 1 Pop Corn Chrome Prospect Refractor in special Hobby-exclusive packs

Autographs and Relics

• Chrome Prospect Autographs – 1 per box, vibrant rainbow (Refractor #/499 down to Superfractor 1/1, plus Orange, Black, and Hobby-exclusive parallel autos)
• Retrofractor Autographs – Gold #/50, Orange #/25 (Hobby Exclusive), Red #/5, Superfractor 1/1
• Very Important Prospects Autographs – #/99, Orange #/25, Red #/5, Superfractor 1/1
• Ultimate Autograph Book Card – Ultra-rare (SP: 1 per 902,320 packs)
• Bowman Variety Pack Autographs – Gum Ball, Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, Pop Corn Refractor Autos (#/5; Hobby chase)
• Chrome Rookie and multi-theme insert autos – Deep parallel rainbow, with multiple Hobby exclusives

Checklist Filtering Tools

Use the interactive checklist filter (where available) to sort by team, player, RC logo, parallel, and insert set for ultra-focused collecting and break planning.