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Originally Posted by packs
On the pitching tip, I'll throw Lefty Grove's name out there. He's one of the more anonymous 300 game winners despite winning an MVP, two Triple Crowns and leading the league in ERA and ERA+ 9 times in his career.
He's hurt by having fewer cards than most but even the cards considered to be his rookies (DeLong, Goudey, Diamond Stars) are typically affordable in even mid-grade.
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Bill James rated Grove the third best pitcher behind Johnson and (yep) Paige. His US Caramel is before the cards you mentioned if you buy the 1932 date, but even then he has other cards dating back to 1921 IIRC. All that said, he doesn't get much love. Maybe because his raw numbers like ERA were high due to the nature of the game at that point.