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Originally Posted by DeanH3
I think being the first of anything, these 5 in this case, always helps popularity. Many good arguments can be made that others, like you pointed out, were comparable. But these 5 were chosen over all of them. So they bring a premium, rightly or wrongly. I would say that Cy Young is valued like he was among the first inducted.
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Cy Young is a strange case, because he really should have been in the first class. He didn't make it because writers were confused as to whether he was a 19th or 20th century candidate (the voting was separate). I think the player who was probably most hurt by not being in the first class was Tris Speaker. More than anyone, his profile is far lower than it should be both among collectors and among baseball fans at large.