Actually the more I think about it the more I would say Duke Snider. Not only do you get nearly all of the same issues as Spahn, you get the New York regionals in the early to mid-50s and the same for the LA sets in the late 50's to early 60's. So no Johnston cookies but those are more than made up for by Bell Brand Potato Chips and Morrell Meats. Plus Duke was included in some cool 50's sets that had few players, namely Hires, Home Run Derby and 1959 Bazooka. I think I passed on him just because of cost, but he's a great representative of 50's and early 60's cards (a couple of late 40's too).
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