2004 Bowman Heritage baseball card set

The 2004 Bowman Heritage baseball set contains 300 base cards, not including short prints (SP's), inserts or bonus cards. The set was modeled in the fashion of the much loved 1955 Bowman baseball card set, with a unique "Color-Television" design, with wood grain borders.

The 2004 Bowman Heritage set contains a great selection of veteran stars and modern players and rookies, as well as twenty MLB Umpire cards.

The base set has three parallel sets also, which are: Black & White TV cards, which were found one in each pack, a "Mahogany" version, which was made out of wood and limited to only 25 of each card, and also "printing plates" of each card, which are considered 1 of 1's, each being unique.

SHORT PRINTS were inserted at an average rate of 1 in every 3 packs. All of the cards listed below are considered to be SP's, with the exception of the black & white versions. The Black & White parallels of these cards are NOT short printed.

2 Mike Piazza
9 Alex Rodriguez
13 Joe Mauer
21 Eric Gagne
25 Magglio Ordonez
40 Victor Martinez (has Pedro Martinez's statistics on back)
46 Hank Blalock
48 Pedro Martinez (has Victor Martinez's statistics on back)
50 Ken Griffey Jr.
55 Rafael Palmeiro
61 Scott Rolen
77 Aubrey Huff
80 Alfonso Soriano
87 Miguel Cabrera
89 Todd Helton
95 Richie Sexson
100 Roger Clemens
104 Nick Johnson
109 David "Boomer" Wells
127 Miguel Tejada
130 Curt Schilling
132 Sammy Sosa
141 Nomar Garciaparra
183 Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)
189 Zack Greinke
204 Jon Zeringue
206 Kurt Suzuki
208 Jason Vargas
210 Ray Liotta

Other insert cards for 2003 Bowman Heritage are:

A unique "Commissioners Cut" autographed card featuring a cut signature of Ford Frick, the MLB Commissioner in 1955.

An 80 card "Threads of Greatness" set featuring some of 2004 baseballs biggest stars along with an actual piece of GAME USED equipment on the card. The set can also be found in two different parallel variations, called "Red" or "Gold" Threads of Greatness Relics. The "Gold" Threads of Greatness are the most scarce of the three. The "Red" have a limited print run of only 55 of each card.

A set called "Signs of Authority" feature authentic autographs from some of baseballs well known umpires such as Ed Montague, Bruce Froemming, Brian Runge and 17 others. The cards in this set can be found signed in red or blue ink, with the red ink being the most limited at only 55 of each card.

A five card "Signs of Glory" set features autographed cards of stars from 1955. Included in the set are: Bob Kuzava, Bobby Shantz, George Kell, Bill Skowron and Preacher Roe. The cards in this set can be found signed in red or blue ink, with the red ink being the most limited at only 55 of each card.

A twelve card set titled "Signs of Greatness" features autographed cards of some of the top prospects in baseball during 2004, such as Yankees prospect Philip Hughes. Again, the cards in this set can be found signed in red or blue ink, with the red ink being the most limited at only 55 of each card.

Autographs that can be found in 2004 Bowman Heritage are cards of Delmon Young and Keith Olbermann, as well as a 12-card "Signs of Greatness" autographed card set featuring some of the most promising MLB rookies of 2003. The "Signs of Greatness" cards come in either blue or red ink for each player, with the red ink being the toughest to find.