Best sequential grouping of players in a set
So I was pondering this question: what set has the greatest grouping of players in sequential order (be it numbered, or alphabetical in the case of the t206s)
To my mind, I think the '52 set has a pretty amazing sequential series of players in #s 311-315: Mantle, Robinson, Bobby Thomson, Campanella and Durocher. Four HOFers and a player responsible for arguably the most iconic moment in baseball history. Pretty stellar. What say you all? |
1956 topps 30 Jackie Robinson, 31 Hank Aaron, 32 Frank House(?) 33 Roberto Clemente
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Brian--this is probably not as tough as coming up with the worse sequence.
Your's is a pretty good list |
1953 Topps #75-82:
75-Mike Garcia 76-Pee Wee Reese 77-Johnny Mize 78-Red Schoendienst 79-Johnny Wyrostek 80-Jim Hegan 81-Joe Black 82-Mickey Mantle That's four hall of famers, plus a pitcher who has a very solid case for Cooperstown (Garcia), a Rookie of the Year, and a couple of all-stars. I'm too tired to do it justice right now, but the 1933 Goudey set is chock-full of hall of famers; I'm sure there are plenty of good sequential groupings in there. |
Hard to beat 1976 Topps:
340 Jim Rice 341 Lou Gehrig ATG 342 Rogers Hornsby ATG 343 Pie Traynor ATG 344 Honus Wagner ATG 345 Babe Ruth ATG 346 Ty Cobb ATG 347 Ted Williams ATG 348 Mickey Cochrane ATG 349 Walter Johnson ATG 350 Lefty Grove ATG Cheers, Patrick |
Old timers
Patrick-- if that works the 60-62 Fleer sets trump all :)
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1952 Topps
311 Mickey Mantle
312 Jackie Robinson 313 Bobby Thomson 314 Roy Campanella 315 Leo Durocher Yes I realize Durocher made the HOF as a manager but 4 HOFers in five cards and the owner of perhaps the most famous homer in baseball history. Not a bad five card sequence |
Al - another one that would be interesting, the 1959 Fleer set. 80 cards of Ted Williams. I'd say that's a great run!
Cheers, Patrick |
The first 40 cards of the 1957 Topps set contains 14 HOFers including Williams, Aaron, Mays, Robinson rookie, Drysdale rookie, Mazeroski rookie, Berra, and more. I've always been impressed with that grouping.
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1972 has a good one but for one outlier. The spaces between the numbers are the In Action cards:
433 Johnny Bench 435 Reggie Jackson 437 Maury Wills 439 Billy Williams 441 Thurman Munson 443 Ken Henderson (messed it up) 445 Tom Seaver 447 Willie Stargell |
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It might depend on how you qualify a "set" but the 1968 Topps game card set has the following:
2 Mickey Mantle 3 Carl Yastrzemski 4 Hank Aaron 5 Harmon Killebrew 6 Roberto Clemente 7 Frank Robinson 8 Willie Mays 9 Brooks Robinson Not a bad lineup in my opinion. Drew |
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