[drcy]

The only time I would think a HOFer would be a common is when it's a set of HOFers-- ala the Callahans or Perez HOF postcards. In most cases, commons are common players.

A common is the lowest priced card in the set-- and there were be many (mostly) commons. If it's priced above that, it's not a common. I supposed if there's a particular triple printed card, a card could be priced below the common level-- but I can't think of an example of that off the top of my head.