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Old 02-18-2018, 01:16 AM
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My list would be: (popular cards in parens, I don't own them)

1) Babe Ruth (M101-5, 33 Goudey, 1921 E121)
2) Ty Cobb (CJ, T206, Rose, T3, W600, T227, D304, Dietsche Fielding)
3) Honus Wagner (T206, W600, E107, Rose, Tip Top Bread)
4) Lou Gehrig (1925 Exhibits, 1934 Goudey)
5) Joe Jackson (E90-1, CJ, T210)
6) Christy Mathewson (E107, 1914 CJ, W600, T206, Rose)
7) Cy Young (E107, E90-1, T206)
8) Walter Johnson (T204 Ramly, Rose, T206, CJ)
9) Cap Anson (N162, N173, N28, N300)
10) Eddie Plank (E107, T206, W600, T204 Ramly)
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It's definitely Cap and Nap for me.
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Old 02-18-2018, 09:03 AM
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I agree. Anson and Lajoie.
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My list would be: (popular cards in parens, I don't own them)

1) Babe Ruth (M101-5, 33 Goudey, 1921 E121)
2) Ty Cobb (CJ, T206, Rose, T3, W600, T227, D304, Dietsche Fielding)
3) Honus Wagner (T206, W600, E107, Rose, Tip Top Bread)
4) Lou Gehrig (1925 Exhibits, 1934 Goudey)
5) Joe Jackson (E90-1, CJ, T210)
6) Christy Mathewson (E107, 1914 CJ, W600, T206, Rose)
7) Cy Young (E107, E90-1, T206)
8) Walter Johnson (T204 Ramly, Rose, T206, CJ)
9) Cap Anson (N162, N173, N28, N300)
10) Eddie Plank (E107, T206, W600, T204 Ramly)
I do not understand why Speaker is so often forgotten and frankly disrespected when it comes to lists like this....Know your history.
Top 3 if not the greatest center fielder of all time, All Time Doubles leader with record that may never be touched, #5 all time average, 3 World Series. First and only player-manager to win world series. Could go on and on...and he's dropped from the list? C'Mon man!
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I do not understand why Speaker is so often forgotten and frankly disrespected when it comes to lists like this....Know your history.
Top 3 if not the greatest center fielder of all time, All Time Doubles leader with record that may never be touched, #5 all time average, 3 World Series. First and only player-manager to win world series. Could go on and on...and he's dropped from the list? C'Mon man!
Not so, Jayd. Bucky Harris, "The Boy Wonder," played second base and managed the Washington Senators to their only ever World Series Championship in 1924.
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Don't forget Lou Boudreau in 1948, who also won MVP.
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Charles "The Other" Wagner.

Bill Carrigan a bit.
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The only pre-war player I've collected in depth is Fred Clarke. I tried to collect Ty Cobb for a while but when the Covid price spikes hit I gave up on that and sold most of what I had. When cards become the price of cars I'm personally collecting cars, not cards. I've been priced out of a lot of collectibles since Covid. Not so much because I can't afford them as I'm just not willing to pay todays numbers for many pieces of cardboard.

Post-war I've collected Roger Maris, Whitey Ford, and Gerry Cheevers extensively.
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