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Originally Posted by rats60
There were 35 active Hall of Famers in 1957. In 1928, 1929 and 1930 there were 53 and that doesn't include the Negro Leagues.
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Too bad there is a lack of larger, well-distributed sets from this 1928 to 1930 run of years, because a set with most of those Hall of Famers would be an awesome one to collect. The 1930/32 W517 set (normally identified as 1931, see below link spelling out the more likely distribution dates for the two printings of this set) does the best job during this stretch:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=336159
32 Hall of Fame players (plus an additional card of each Ruth and Cochrane) in the 54 card set is pretty impressive...but imagine a 100+ card issue with something closer to 50 Hall of Famers. Alas, prewar collectors once again suffer from the baseball card issuing droughts of the past.
Brian