Old Judge Cabinet HOFers Scarcity List

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Got some bad or good news, depending on how you look at it. The first thing is that his nickname rhymes with good, not dud. It was in reference to pudding, so the same pronunciation.

The other is that he was very rarely referred to as Pud during his life. That nickname became popular when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and the newspapers all printed bio info on the new players. That was 63 years after his death. He was mainly called Jeems or Gentleman Jeems during his life. The usage split between the Jeems variations and Pud would be over 99%, as in closer to 99.9% to 0.1%. That completely changed during his HOF announcement. He should not be known to us as Pud Galvin.

If you look at the list all the Pittsburgh guys are near the top. I wonder if Old Judges didn't sell well in Pittsburgh.

[triwak]

My only N173 HOFer. ALMOST in the top (rare) half. And every thread needs a card.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

If you look at the list all the Pittsburgh guys are near the top. I wonder if Old Judges didn't sell well in Pittsburgh.

You would probably have to do a survey of N173 examples and see if Pittsburgh players in general were tough to find. In my collection, 100% of my N173s are Pittsburgh players, so they seem very common

[Joe_G.]

Circling back to most common non-HoFer I'd like to nominate Charlie Bennett who wasn't introduced to N172/N173 until 1889 (after joining Boston).

[alywa]

Cool info. I only have one (Brouthers), but love seeing the list. Great work!

[Leon]

Posting an image for Jay.
Nice N173.

[oldjudge]

Thanks Leon! Joe mentioned Bennett and my Bennett is one of my nicest cards.