Topps HOF Rookie Cards - Who Collects Them?

[bcbgcbrcb]

I liked this same concept so much from the post-war baseball section so here goes.....

[Peter_Spaeth]

some

[homerunhitter]

These are awesome!

[Mike D.]

Funny, when this thread went up, I was a few hundred words into this article:

A Year-by-Year Breakdown Of Baseball Hall of Fame Rookie Cards Of The 1980s

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Funny, when this thread went up, I was a few hundred words into this article:

A Year-by-Year Breakdown Of Baseball Hall of Fame Rookie Cards Of The 1980s

BTW, one interesting little bit of trivia that came out of writing the article - how many Hall of Famers have rookie cards in the years 1984-1986?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

BTW, one interesting little bit of trivia that came out of writing the article - how many Hall of Famers have rookie cards in the years 1984-1986?

Puckett and McGriff are the two off the top of my head (if McGriff counts yet).

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Puckett and McGriff are the two off the top of my head (if McGriff counts yet).

Yes, those are correct. For a three-year span, that feels light for sure...until you think about all the "would have have rookie cards if not for steroids/drugs/back backs" guys.

[Exhibitman]

I do, but with the exception of my 1980 Henderson (which I pulled from a pack in 1980), they are all raw. I prefer them in an album...