If only, if only....

[dougscats]

I collect Hall of Famers from all of these sets.

Off the top of my head:
'50-52 Bowman are all missing Satchel Paige;
'51-55 Bowman sets are all missing Jackie Robinson, I think;
Neither Topps nor Bowman ever printed a DiMaggio card; in the '50's only Berk-Ross did, I believe.
'52 Topps I don't think has Williams or Paige,
'53 Topps, Williams, Snider [?],
'54-55 Topps, Mantle.

I hope I'm right about these, and I'm sure I've missed some.
The '56 Topps set may have all the hall of Famers then playing; offhand, I can't think of any that are missing [Correction: Musial is missing].

Edition: '52-56 Topps all missing Musial; '53-55, Reese.

Doug

[sycks22]

Musial wasn't in '50 - '51 Bowman. I'd love to see a '52 Topps Teddy or Paige.

[dougscats]

Come to think of it, is Musial in any of the '52-56 Topps?
I think not.

[ALR-bishop]

Not. He appeared in a 58 Topps All Star card and made his first regular card appearance in 1959. Then 60 to 63

[Volod]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Musial wasn't in '50 - '51 Bowman. I'd love to see a '52 Topps Teddy or Paige.

How about this one?

[cdn_collector]

The 1953 Topps set would be a great one to collect for star power, except that it's missing Duke Snider [as noted]. 1952 Bowman is a great one, too, but as also noted, no Jackie Robinson. No matter which Bowman or Topps set you choose, you have to give up certain stars in exchange for others.

If you wanna cheat a bit by considering a multi-year issue [or issues], then I think the 1947-66 Exhibit set is just about the best coverage you can get. Every major star covered by Topps between 1952-56 and 1950-55 Bowman that I can think of is in that set. But it's not *really* a 50's issue.

Regards,

Richard.

[MilBraves]

No Warren Spahn in the 55 Bowmans.

[almostdone]

In rethinking my original question I really think that overall the 56 Topps set migth have the most overall star power in it.

It contains all of the major current stars such as Mays, Mantle, Williams etc as well as newer big stars like Aaron, Koufax, Clemente, Banks, Killebrew. It has the last regular card of Jackie Robinson as well as Bob Feller. Also all of the other stars from the 50's still playing.

Obviously the only major player missing is Musial but with the fact that there isn't any 50's set that has all current big players in it I think this one might be the most loaded with stars that I can think of.

Any more thoughts?

Drew

[Chris-Counts]

One way to get every player in one year would be to complete the 1954 Topps, 1954 Bowman and 1954 Red Heart Dog Food sets. There's only about 500 cards total, but the rookies in the '54 Topps set will be pricey ...