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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Ben</b><p>For me, I have a particular fondness for HOF pitchers. In no particular order, here are my favorite players to collect:<BR><BR>-Waddell and Plank (they really doesnt appear on too many cards do they!)<BR>-Mordecai Brown<BR>-Addie Joss (love his t205)<BR>-Johnson and Young and Matty (of course)<BR>-Keeler<BR><BR>I know we all have our preferences- so let them be known! <BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Ben</b><p>Please excuse my appalling grammar in the above post...Plank and Waddell really DONT appear on too many cards do they!
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Jeff S</b><p>...
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Favortie pre-WW2 players:<BR><BR>Sam Crawford<BR>Ken Williams<BR>Benny Kauff<BR>Lou Sockalexis<BR>Guy Hecker<BR>Rogers Hornsby<BR><BR><BR>Jay
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Bob D</b><p>which war? <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><BR><BR>pre WW II - Ruth, no one comes close<BR><BR>pre WW I - I could say Ruth again, but I know I'll never collect any of his pre-WW I cards, so I'll go with Walter Johnson.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Chalk up another vote for Sockalexis. Hey- maybe we should change this thread to "great baseball names"!!!!<BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>John(z28jd)</b><p>Tom Reilly,i have triples of every card he has.Take that Bill Cornell!
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Jay Miller</b><p>Keeler-Collect em where they ain't
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>mrc32</b><p>As my post last week on "Player checklists" indicated, I am collecting Wilbur Good(e). Why? Well without owning his T-205 card and having it stare at me for all these years, I would never have started the T-205 set and never would have ventured to read and learn about the Deadball era. It has been quite a wonderful and enlightenting history lesson.<BR><BR>PS- I have 2 of his cards (as I really just started with the player collection) so if anyone has any email me! <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>three25hits</b><p>... Paul Strand. I have his Obak and three Zee Nut cards, but always looking for better examples.<BR><BR>Also trying to collect photo's, media reports, and information about his career and life.<BR><BR>Please email if you have any info (NWL, PCL buffs etc.)<BR><BR>Thanks
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Mike (18colt)</b><p>. . . Hugh Duffy and Hal Chase. T-206 cards of each got me started (the blue background portrait for Chase).<BR><BR>If anyone has a low, low, low, low, low grade Duffy from any of his 19th century issues, please let me know ("good" is too nice -- fair or poor for me, the uglier the better).
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Mike (18colt)</b><p>Sorry, I forgot some info. I would rather trade for a Duffy as mentioned in my prior post. And e-mail me by clicking on my name above (I forgot to include earlier).
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Adam J. Baxter</b><p>There are tons of 19th century players I like, but to save some space I'll have to include only a few:<BR><BR>Harry Stovey<BR>Charlie Buffinton<BR>Marty Bergen<BR>Fred Klobedanz<BR>Nat Hudson<BR><BR>to name just a few..<BR><BR>Also:<BR> <BR>Ty Cobb<BR>Rube Waddell<BR>Hughie Jennings <BR>Rogers Hornsby<BR>Charlie Gehringer<BR>Tris Speaker<BR>Joe Wood<BR>Lefty Grove<BR><BR><BR>My all-time favorite from any era is:<BR><BR>Leroy "Satchel" Paige
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>mrc32</b><p>Adam-<BR>I have a autographed business card of "Ole Satch," from when he worked for the Springfield Redbirds in the 1980s. My dad actually met him. <BR><BR>That card is one of my favorite pieces of memorabilia.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I have no idea why, either. Maybe because I lived in SF for a time and visited what had been his bar regularly. Maybe I've just got a soft spot in my heart for a guy who was so positive for baseball for so many years and so damned good. Whatever, I'm hooked on Lefty's stuff. I've got a Tattoo Orbit, a 1927 Zeenuts, a 1925-1929 PC back Exhibit, both 1933 Goudeys. Anyone with others of Lefty, drop me a line. <BR><BR>Another favorite before WII (I assume that's the war you meant?) is Buddy Myer (1933 Goudey, 1933 National Chicle autographed, 1936 Goudey Wide Pen, 1939 Goudey).<BR><BR>Lefty Grove and Jimmy Foxx too. I always think of them together. Grove fascinates me because he did what are arguably the two most important things better than anyone in history: (1) win and (2) not allow opponents to score. Had he not been in Baltimore for years, I think he would easily have reached 400-425 victories. Foxx started out as a collecting interest only because it took me years to find a reasonable card of his to buy when I was first collecting (ca. 1975-1980). Back then, especially at the start and on the east coast, Foxx was right up with Gehrig price-wise on many issues. Boy, has that gap expanded as 500 HR's becomes a commonplace event. Now that I can afford his cards, I buy them regularly. <BR><BR>The Big Train is another favorite of mine. Three exhibits and the T206's to show for it. A true gentleman. <BR><BR>Hack Wilson is interesting too. My favorite 1933 Goudey is his. Just got the 1928 Exhibit. Tough to find, so I was pretty stoked. <BR><BR>I also really like Zeenuts cards of HOFers and other notables. Again, don't know why, exactly; something quaint about these minor leaguers who became alltime greats or who were trying to hang in there after their primes. Some day, Joltin' Joe, your card will be mine!<BR><BR>Now, post-WWII, I collect an eclectic list (in no particular order): Sandy Koufax, Shawn Green, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, 1970's Yankees (esp. Thurman Munson, Willie Randolph, Ron Guidry, Graig Nettles), Mike Lieberthal, Gabe Kapler, Ken Holtzman, Don Drysdale, 1950's Yankees pichers.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>TBob</b><p>Matty<BR>Bucky Weaver<BR>Nap Lajoie<BR>Eddie Cicotte<BR>Ten Million<BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>brian p</b><p>Here are some of the players I have had a little extra interest in over the years:<BR><BR>Christy Mathewson<BR>Wally Berger<BR>Heinie Groh
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Albie O'Hanian</b><p>Pre World War II<BR><BR>Ruth<BR>Gehrig<BR>Williams<BR>Feller<BR> Dean
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>scott brockelman</b><p>buck weaver & jesse burkett.<BR><BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>JC</b><p>Joe Jackson<BR>Joe Dimaggio<BR>Cy Young<BR>Harry Wright<BR>Tim Keefe
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>runscott</b><p>The shinier the card, the better...oh, wait a minute - last time I checked vintage card collectors didn't collect stuff like that...then I'll go with Nap Rucker and Ed Reulbach.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>ty_cobb</b><p>I like all the 'rebels' who played West Coast ball,<BR>Chick Gandil (have the T206 Red Hindu and a NM T213)<BR>and Hal Chase (have a T206 Lennox back w. Trophy).<BR>Bev on the old forum got me into the Cubbies, she<BR>sent me this huge scan of a baseball theme stained<BR>glass window she had from (I think) Johnny Kling's<BR>Billiards Hall. I used to have some of the Cubbies contracts and other letters from management, especially regarding the contract holdout (circa 1909 I believe).<BR>Some of the Cubbies played interleague, I like <BR>Johnny Kling, Joe Tinker, and Johnny Evers. Kling was<BR>especially sucessful in establishing America's first<BR>integrated ballpark (KC Monarchs I beleive).<BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>JC</b><p>What other 2 player combo's from any decade, will have better numbers than A-Rod and Vlady when their careers are thru? BTW where are all the Vlady West Palm Beach cards from 1996?
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>Kelly ( 6 different)<BR>Radbourne ( 5 different)<BR>Keefe ( 3 different)<BR>Ewing ( 6 different)<BR>Sam Thompson (2)<BR>Nicholl (Only the Mayo--damn.)<BR>Ned Hanlon (Scrapps and--oh GREAT Fan Craze!)<BR>Fleet Walker (The one photo)<BR>Dummy Hoy (2 different)<BR>Brouthers (3 different)<BR>Caruthers (3 different)<BR>O'Neill (2 different)<BR><BR>I WAS going to get one of each 19th century HOFer--you can see why my progress has been somewhat limited. <BR><BR>20th century:<BR><BR>Joss (3)<BR>Keeler (2)<BR>Mordicai Brown (5)<BR>Buck Weaver and Joe Jackson and Cicotte and lefty Williams (too many to count, photos and cards)<BR>Kennesaw Mountain Landis (Conlon photo)<BR>Kid Gleason (Allegheny, Conlon photo--my favorite Conlon--and one more (trimmed)<BR>Ruth (4)<BR>Lajoie (5)<BR>Cobb (6--most are T202s)<BR>Johnson (3)<BR>Matty (6--Most are T202s)<BR>Bored?<BR><BR>2 Paiges, a whole bunch of J. Robinsons, Koufax (his '60s cards are gorgeous, plus a photo--smiling)<BR>4 Greenbergs (but no rookie!), Nagashima (4) Oh (too many...)Nomura (greatest japanese catcher- hit over 600 home runs)ichiro Suzuki (2--Japanese cards)<BR>Jeter's Pinnacle rookie; Puckett's '84 and '85 Fleer.<BR>Early autographed photo, and engraving of Ricky Henderson<BR>I think I may have overstepped the bounds of hospitality Ben Fisher extended when he started this thread...<BR>
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>We talking any 10 year stretch? And what stats? I think Ruth and Hornsby from 1920-1929 would be very hard to beat. And Hornsby's 1921-5 seasons are easily the greatest 5 year run ever put on by a hitter.<BR><BR>Jay
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>"What other 2 player combo's from any decade, will have better numbers than A-Rod and Vlady when their careers are thru?"<BR><BR><BR>Ted Williams and Stan Musial. Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. <BR><BR>Or for modern comparison -- Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera. <BR><BR>Probably not many more though.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>three25hits</b><p>apologies
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Rhett</b><p>Roy Castleton, he has a bunch of PCL items, played for the Reds for a stint. He was the first Mormon to ever play pro ball.
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favorite prewar players to collect?
Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>The 1869 Cincinatti Redstockings.<BR>Peck and Snyder's droopy-lipped man on the back of above.
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