A Celebration of Topps: HOF Pitchers

[cjedmonton]

Love this one.

Card 9 of 30

1961 Hoyt Wilhelm #545
PSA 7
His 9th of 20 base Topps cards

Runner-up choice for 1961: Don Drysdale

Runner-up choice for Wilhelm: 1954

Why his ‘61? Just a tough high series card of Old Sarge flashing his legendary knuckleball. He’d ride that epic floater until he was nearly 50 and all the way to Cooperstown as the first reliever ever enshrined.

[brianp-beme]

Just encountered this thread...neat idea and nice cards so far. I noticed Todd's old list that he posted.

1949 BOWMAN MIZE, JOHNNY KELL, GEORGE
1949 LEAF RIZZUTO, PHIL KINER, RALPH
1950 BOWMAN CAMPANELLA, ROY BOUDREAU, LOU
1951 TOPPS WYNN, EARLY (RED) DOERR, BOBBY (BLUE)
1951 BOWMAN ROBERTS, ROBIN IRVIN, MONTE
1952 TOPPS LEMON, BOB SLAUGHTER, ENOS
1952 BOWMAN MINOSO DOBY, LARRY
1953 TOPPS PAIGE, SATCHELL NEWHOUSER, HAL
1953 BOWMAN STENGEL, CASEY (B&W) MUSIAL, STAN (COLOR)
1954 TOPPS WILHELM, HOYT SNIDER, DUKE
1954 BOWMAN FORD, WHITEY REESE, PEE WEE
1955 TOPPS SPAHN, WARREN ROBINSON, JACKIE
1955 BOWMAN BARLICK, AL CONLAN, JOCKO
1956 TOPPS FELLER, BOB WILLIAMS, TED
1957 TOPPS ASHBURN, RICHIE MAZEROSKI, BILL
1958 TOPPS FOX, NELLIE MANTLE, MICKEY
1959 TOPPS DRYSDALE, DON BANKS, ERNIE
1960 TOPPS LOPEZ, AL AARON, HANK
1960 LEAF BUNNING, JIM APARICIO, LUIS
1961 TOPPS CEPEDA, ORLANDO BERRA, YOGI
1962 TOPPS MATHEWS, EDDIE ROBINSON, FRANK
1963 TOPPS MARICHAL, JUAN ALSTON, WALTER
1963 FLEER KOUFAX, SANDY CLEMENTE, ROBERTO
1964 TOPPS SANTO KILLEBREW, HARMON
1965 TOPPS GIBSON, BOB MAYS, WILLIE
1966 TOPPS MCCOVEY, WILLIE KALINE, AL
1967 TOPPS PALMER, JIM YASTRZEMSKI, CARL
1968 TOPPS WILLIAMS, BILLY CAREW, ROD
1969 TOPPS SUTTON, DON BROCK, LOU
1970 TOPPS WEAVER, EARL JENKINS, FERGIE
1971 TOPPS ANDERSON, SPARKY ROBINSON, BROOKS
1972 TOPPS BLYLEVEN BENCH, JOHNNY
1973 TOPPS SEAVER, TOM MORGAN, JOE
1974 TOPPS NIEKRO, PHIL PEREZ, TONY
1975 TOPPS HUNTER, JIM FISK, CARLTON
1976 TOPPS BRETT, GEORGE WINFIELD, DAVE
1977 TOPPS RYAN, NOLAN SCHMIDT, MIKE
1978 TOPPS FINGERS, ROLLIE JACKSON, REGGIE
1979 TOPPS CARLTON, STEVE STARGELL, WILLIE
1980 TOPPS PERRY, GAYLORD CARTER, GARY

The way that it was punctuated created a whole new list of Hall of Famers I was unfamiliar with, or perhaps they are relatives of Hall of Famers:

1949 BOWMAN: JOHNNY KELL
1949 LEAF: PHIL KINER
1950 BOWMAN: ROY BOUDREAU
1951 TOPPS: EARLY (RED) DOERR
1951 BOWMAN: ROBIN IRVIN
1952 TOPPS: BOB SLAUGHTER
1953 TOPPS: SATCHELL NEWHOUSER
1953 BOWMAN: CASEY (B&W) MUSIAL
1954 TOPPS: HOYT SNIDER
1954 BOWMAN: WHITEY REESE
1955 TOPPS: WARREN ROBINSON
1955 BOWMAN: AL CONLAN
1956 TOPPS: BOB WILLIAMS
1957 TOPPS: RICHIE MAZEROSKI
1958 TOPPS: NELLIE MANTLE
1959 TOPPS: DON BANKS
1960 TOPPS: AL AARON
1960 LEAF: JIM APARICIO
1961 TOPPS: ORLANDO BERRA
1962 TOPPS: EDDIE ROBINSON
1963 TOPPS: JUAN ALSTON
1963 FLEER: SANDY CLEMENTE
1965 TOPPS: BOB MAYS
1966 TOPPS: WILLIE KALINE
1967 TOPPS: JIM YASTRZEMSKI
1968 TOPPS: BILLY CAREW
1969 TOPPS: DON BROCK
1970 TOPPS: EARL JENKINS
1971 TOPPS: SPARKY ROBINSON
1973 TOPPS: TOM MORGAN
1974 TOPPS: PHIL PEREZ
1975 TOPPS: JIM FISK
1976 TOPPS: GEORGE WINFIELD
1977 TOPPS: NOLAN SCHMIDT
1978 TOPPS: ROLLIE JACKSON
1979 TOPPS: STEVE STARGELL
1980 TOPPS: GAYLORD CARTER

I guess I need to go out and find a bunch of cards! I imagine Nellie Mantle and Sandy Clemente will cost me a few bucks.


Brian

[cjedmonton]

Expanding to modern as well so all Topps era HoF pitchers will eventually be included.

This is a vintage thread, so won’t showcase any post-1980 on their own.

Doesn’t make them any less important to my vision of this project, though.

[cjedmonton]

Great mailday for this project.

One vintage and 5 modern (okay, junk wax) additions. Those 5 do have a lot going for them, though: low pop, mostly early career, and strong representation from this unforgettable era. With grading fees they way they are, seems hard to justify slabbing too many more of them.

Card 11 of 40

1973 Tom Seaver #350
PSA 7
His 7th of 21 base Topps cards

Why his ‘73? Peak Seaver, pure and simple. 2nd Cy Young. Career high WAR. 2nd World Series appearance. 7th consecutive All-Star appearance. On and on. My first of “The Big 3” 70’s guys.

[cjedmonton]

The modern/junk wing is nearly complete. Just need a 1990 Randy Johnson.

Cards 17-20 of 40

1981 Goose Gossage PSA 9: His 9th of 18 base Topps cards
1991 John Smoltz PSA 10: His 3rd of 22 base Topps cards
1994 Trevor Hoffman PSA 10: His 2nd of 18 base Topps cards
2001 Roy Halladay PSA 10: His 4th of 16 base Topps cards

[cjedmonton]

Back on the vintage track with today’s arrival.

Card 21 of 40

1970 Don Sutton #622
PSA 8
His 5th of 23 base Topps cards

Why his ‘70? Early unassuming card of Mr. Durability himself. These were lean post-Koufax/Drysdale years for the Dodgers, but Sutton was as steady and reliable as they come. Him never spending a single day on the disabled list is a testament to that. The 4th member of the 300 win/3,000 strikeout club, he is still the all time Dodgers leader in wins and strikeouts (but not for long if Kershaw has any say in the matter).

[YanMarkees]

I had the same idea with a Topps run for the Yankees though mine are not graded like yours are. It was a lot of fun creating and manipulating the checklist. I also set the restrictions that I could not repeat a player.

I have also started a HOF Topps run (not just pitchers) I have 1975- 2015 complete and starting to work backwards from there.