Most cards ever???

[Snapolit1]

Beckett now says that there are 5,453 Mike Trout cards cataloged. Holy smokes. That's just ridiculous.

[Stonepony]

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=238891

[Snapolit1]

I debated where to post that, but thought my comment was sort of a general state of the hobby type comment than something of interest to only post war collectors, so I posted it here.

If you look at the top 50 posts I'd say 3 or 5 of them are really pre-war only.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I debated where to post that, but thought my comment was sort of a general state of the hobby type comment than something of interest to only post war collectors, so I posted it here.

If you look at the top 50 posts I'd say 3 or 5 of them are really pre-war only.

I'm just bustin' ya!!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I'm just bustin' ya!!

I actually though where to post it . . .so I'm ahead of some people.

I think Net 54 needs a General board as the first board. And next a Pre-war board. So much of what is on the first page is about sellers, posts, ebay, upcoming shows, etc.

[Leon]

There should really be more pre-war card threads on the front page. Asking members to do certain things is akin to herding cats.

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I actually though where to post it . . .so I'm ahead of some people.

I think Net 54 needs a General board as the first board. And next a Pre-war board. So much of what is on the first page is about sellers, posts, ebay, upcoming shows, etc.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by stonepony

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=238891

lmao

As far as new Trout cards and such.....that is going to kill the player collectors I can't imagine over 5000 Different (period) Babe Ruth cards... See how this came back to Pre-war

[familytoad]

We could use the Trout quantity to provide reference to how many cards of prewar players exist.

(The temptation to include Mantle means I should say Pre- World War 2.)

I thought Eddie Collins may be one of the players with the most amount of different types. His long career and the span between tobacco, early caramel and into the gum card years certainly makes me think of him....

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by familytoad

We could use the Trout quantity to provide reference to how many cards of prewar players exist.

(The temptation to include Mantle means I should say Pre- World War 2.)

I thought Eddie Collins may be one of the players with the most amount of different types. His long career and the span between tobacco, early caramel and into the gum card years certainly makes me think of him....

When I first started seriously collecting, I thought I'd go for a run of Eddie Collins cards. I think you're right. He probably has the most amount of different types for pre-war, although Cobb played in the same era and made his way into many of the <5 card sets from that era (for which good ol' Eddie didn't).

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by familytoad

We could use the Trout quantity to provide reference to how many cards of prewar players exist.

(The temptation to include Mantle means I should say Pre- World War 2.)

I thought Eddie Collins may be one of the players with the most amount of different types. His long career and the span between tobacco, early caramel and into the gum card years certainly makes me think of him....

Mantle has around 450 career contemporary "cards", depending on what you consider a card a card and which variations are recognized. Curious as to the most for a pre-WW2 player. Ruth maybe?

[familytoad]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Mantle has around 450 career contemporary "cards", depending on what you consider a card a card and which variations are recognized. Curious as to the most for a pre-WW2 player. Ruth maybe?

HI Chris...
Andy's research above shows Cobb having the most pre WW2, and a pretty high total for Ruth. They each had long careers obviously. I thought of Eddie Collins for the same reason. I can't think of anyone else who might challenge these three, but it would take a better researcher than I to find them

I thought of Mantle when considering the Topps Era, and all the various issues that encompasses. He may very well lead that era due to his immense popularity.
The modern era saturation is just hard to fathom...10X to 20X the amount of cards for the game's popular players

For that matter,
I presume Fernando Rodney has far more baseball cards than Mickey Mantle.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by Leon

lmao

As far as new Trout cards and such.....that is going to kill the player collectors I can't imagine over 5000 Different (period) Babe Ruth cards... See how this came back to Pre-war

I'm old school, screw the inserts, and just go for the base cards. I can't stand it when Topps releases a red, black, blue, sepia, taupe, emerald, pink, yellow, and coquelicot of the same GD card. OH! and don't forget the refractor versions too!

[7nohitter]

I think Nolan Ryan has a few cards.

[bnorth]

Once the mid 90's got here and there was 100's of different cards per player per year it killed my player collecting. Wade Boggs has not played in close to 20 years now and in every one of those years he has had 100's of different cards made.

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Beckett now says that there are 5,453 Mike Trout cards cataloged. Holy smokes. That's just ridiculous.

Pffft!

Cal Ripken Jr: 16,825

So I only have about another 13,000 to go!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by timzcardz

Pffft!

Cal Ripken Jr: 16,825

So I only have about another 13,000 to go!

Pretty cool, but I think Ripken played a few years more than Trout. I think Mike might catch up.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Pretty cool, but I think Ripken played a few years more than Trout. I think Mike might catch up.

Right, even including oddball issues there is no way Ripken broke 500 cards between 1982 and 1987 (correlating to Trouts RC card of 2012 to 2017, but I am sure that 5k count includes pre 2012 cards).

[bn2cardz]

Looking at VCP (not a thorough list and does include cards up to 1992) Cobb has 336 cards listed, with 272 prior to 1940.

Collins has 216 through 1984 with 191 prior to 1940

Ruth has 399 through 1999 with 252 prior to 1940