2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variation Short Print Gallery

2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variation Refractors use different images to highlight ballpark fun. Of course, they’re a lot tougher to pull than regular Refractors and base cards as well, adding a chase for those who choose to undertake it.

Similar to the 2018 Topps Series 1 and Series 2 variations, images center on things happening before games and on the sidelines, usually out of view of TV cameras. Players getting ready, having fun and signing autographs are just some of the examples of the 2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variation Refractors.

As with recent years, the variation short prints in 2018 Topps Chrome Baseball aren’t done for regular base cards. They’re all Refractors with a rainbow background.

And with Refractors usually comes rainbows. In this instance, variations have additional parallels in the colors Green (/99), Orange (/25), Red (/5), Superfractors (1/1). The main 2018 Topps Chrome variations are not serial numbered.

2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variations Code

Still not 100 percent sure you’ve got a Variation Refractor (or don’t want to memorize the images)? Look on the back. The code at the end of the fine print is similar to a fingerprint. In production, it helps identify card types. So collectors can use them as a tip-off.

Codes for regular base cards and Refractors end in 161. Variation short print codes end with 195.

2018 Topps Chrome Factory Set Variations

These aren’t the only variations to have the 2018 Topps Chrome Baseball logo and design. Select 2018 Topps Baseball factory sets sold at Walmart have some different Rookie Variations than the ones here. The easiest way to tell these is that the numbering matches the 2018 Topps flagship set. Also, below the number on the back, it reads “Complete Set.”

Of course, the images are different as well.

2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variations Checklist

2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Variations Gallery

1 Aaron Judge, New York Yankees

8 Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays

25 Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox

29 Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants

49 Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs

50 Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs

52 Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners

60 Amed Rosario, New York Mets

70 Rhys Hoskins, Philadelphia Phillies

72 Ozzie Albies, Atlanta Braves

73 Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians

94 Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles

99 Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets

100 Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels

121 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers

139 Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals

147 Nick Williams, Philadelphia Phillies

148 Clint Frazier, New York Yankees

150 Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

151 Andrew Benintendi, Boston Red Sox

162 Dominic Smith, New York Mets

167 Alex Verdugo, Los Angeles Dodgers

175 Victor Robles, Washington Nationals

186 Giancarlo Stanton, New York Yankees

200 Jose Altuve, Houston Astros