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Originally Posted by jsfriedm
I'm curious as to why the Addie Joss is ranked so much higher than the Ed Walsh. Both short prints (PSA pop report has 136 Josses and 162 Walshes), both HOF pitchers with short careers, top two all-time in career ERA. There are 29 Walshes in PSA 5 or higher, 27 Josses. Why the big gap?
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Bresnahan is tougher than either, so if you move up Walsh, you need to add more points to Bresnahan too. The difference may be realitively small, but it is significant. Also, like Leon said, his story is more compelling and it is a memorial card, I believe the first one. Joss died in the prime of his career and we don't know how great he would have been.
I could even see reducing Matty. He is much easier than the other Hofers worth more than 2 points with 780 graded. Compare that to 368 of WaJo, currently the same value.