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favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: BenFor me, I have a particular fondness for HOF pitchers. In no particular order, here are my favorite players to collect: -Waddell and Plank (they really doesnt appear on too many cards do they!) -Mordecai Brown -Addie Joss (love his t205) -Johnson and Young and Matty (of course) -Keeler I know we all have our preferences- so let them be known!

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: BenPlease excuse my appalling grammar in the above post...Plank and Waddell really DONT appear on too many cards do they!

favorite prewar players to collect?

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favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: jay behrensFavortie pre-WW2 players: Sam Crawford Ken Williams Benny Kauff Lou Sockalexis Guy Hecker Rogers Hornsby Jay

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: Bob Dwhich war? <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14> pre WW II - Ruth, no one comes close pre WW I - I could say Ruth again, but I know I'll never collect any of his pre-WW I cards, so I'll go with Walter Johnson.

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: AnonymousChalk up another vote for Sockalexis. Hey- maybe we should change this thread to "great baseball names"!!!!

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: John(z28jd)Tom Reilly,i have triples of every card he has.Take that Bill Cornell!

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: Jay MillerKeeler-Collect em where they ain't

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: mrc32As my post last week on "Player checklists" indicated, I am collecting Wilbur Good(e). Why? Well without owning his T-205 card and having it stare at me for all these years, I would never have started the T-205 set and never would have ventured to read and learn about the Deadball era. It has been quite a wonderful and enlightenting history lesson. PS- I have 2 of his cards (as I really just started with the player collection) so if anyone has any email me! <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: three25hits... Paul Strand. I have his Obak and three Zee Nut cards, but always looking for better examples. Also trying to collect photo's, media reports, and information about his career and life. Please email if you have any info (NWL, PCL buffs etc.) Thanks

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: Mike (18colt). . . Hugh Duffy and Hal Chase. T-206 cards of each got me started (the blue background portrait for Chase). If anyone has a low, low, low, low, low grade Duffy from any of his 19th century issues, please let me know ("good" is too nice -- fair or poor for me, the uglier the better).

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: Mike (18colt)Sorry, I forgot some info. I would rather trade for a Duffy as mentioned in my prior post. And e-mail me by clicking on my name above (I forgot to include earlier).

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: Adam J. BaxterThere are tons of 19th century players I like, but to save some space I'll have to include only a few: Harry Stovey Charlie Buffinton Marty Bergen Fred Klobedanz Nat Hudson to name just a few.. Also: Ty Cobb Rube Waddell Hughie Jennings Rogers Hornsby Charlie Gehringer Tris Speaker Joe Wood Lefty Grove My all-time favorite from any era is: Leroy "Satchel" Paige

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: mrc32Adam- I have a autographed business card of "Ole Satch," from when he worked for the Springfield Redbirds in the 1980s. My dad actually met him. That card is one of my favorite pieces of memorabilia.

favorite prewar players to collect?

Posted By: warshawlawI have no idea why, either. Maybe because I lived in SF for a time and visited what had been his bar regularly. Maybe I've just got a soft spot in my heart for a guy who was so positive for baseball for so many years and so damned good. Whatever, I'm hooked on Lefty's stuff. I've got a Tattoo Orbit, a 1927 Zeenuts, a 1925-1929 PC back Exhibit, both 1933 Goudeys. Anyone with others of Lefty, drop me a line. Another favorite before WII (I assume that's the war you meant?) is Buddy Myer (1933 Goudey, 1933 National Chicle autographed, 1936 Goudey Wide Pen, 1939 Goudey). Lefty Grove and Jimmy Foxx too. I always think of them together. Grove fascinates me because he did what are arguably the two most important things better than anyone in history: (1) win and (2) not allow opponents to score. Had he not been in Baltimore for years, I think he would easily have reached 400-425 victories. Foxx started out as a collecting interest only because it took me years to find a reasonable card of his to buy when I was first collecting (ca. 1975-1980). Back then, especially at the start and on the east coast, Foxx was right up with Gehrig price-wise on many issues. Boy, has that gap expanded as 500 HR's becomes a commonplace event. Now that I can afford his cards, I buy them regularly. The Big Train is another favorite of mine. Three exhibits and the T206's to show for it. A true gentleman. Hack Wilson is interesting too. My favorite 1933 Goudey is his. Just got the 1928 Exhibit. Tough to find, so I was pretty stoked. I also really like Zeenuts cards of HOFers and other notables. Again, don't know why, exactly; something quaint about these minor leaguers who became alltime greats or who were trying to hang in there after their primes. Some day, Joltin' Joe, your card will be mine! Now, post-WWII, I collect an eclectic list (in no particular order): Sandy Koufax, Shawn Green, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, 1970's Yankees (esp. Thurman Munson, Willie Randolph, Ron Guidry, Graig Nettles), Mike Lieberthal, Gabe Kapler, Ken Holtzman, Don Drysdale, 1950's Yankees pichers.