2012 Bowman Yoenis Cespedes rookie card #193
I saw a slew of 2012 Bowman baseball opened this week and it instantly came to my attention that Bowman is not only “Home of the Rookie Card,” but more specifically home of the Oakland A’s rookie cards.
The Bowman set features a whopping seven legitimate rookie cards of Oakland Athletics players, and this does not take into account the multiple prospect cards that some people sometimes consider rookies.
We all knew that one of the big draws of the Bowman set was the first pack-seeded rookie card of Yoenis Cespedes wearing a Major League Baseball uniform. But what I didn’t realize, and likely many others, is that there are a half-dozen other Oakland players who call the 2012 Bowman set the home of their first “official” rookie card.
Guys like Tom Milone and Brad Peacock were in 2012 Topps, but they were pictured as members of the Washington Nationals.
Take a look at this:
2012 Bowman Tom Milone rookie card #196
2012 Bowman Brad Peacock rookie card #216
2012 Bowman Jarrod Parker rookie card #213
2012 Bowman Jemile Weeks rookie card #61
2012 Bowman Michael Taylor rookie card #206
2012 Bowman Collin Cowgill rookie card #201
It should be noted that while these seven cards are considered rookie cards, four of these other players have appeared on Bowman branded baseball cards in recent years.
*Michael Taylor appeared in 2007 Bowman as a prospect card when he was with the Phillies. (2007 Bowman products)
*Jarrod Parker also appeared in 2007 Bowman as a prospect when he was in the Diamond Backs organization. (2007 Bowman products)
*Brad Peacock was in 2008 Bowman products as a Washington National. (2008 Bowman products)
*Collin Cowgill appeared in 2011 Bowman Sterling as an autographed prospect card while featured in a Diamond Backs unform. (2011 Bowman Sterling)
We see a lot of great photography on modern cards. And we rarely stop and think about it when we imaged of infielders with a glove in their hand emblazoned on our collectibles. But this 1953 Bowman Color Pee Wee Reese is quite amazing given the technology of the time.
