Worst set for Hall of Famers

[darkhorse9]

I was leafing through my 1959 Topps set and noticed there didn't seem to be a lot of Hall of Fame players in it. There are roughly 25 such players in the entire set.

It got me to thinking, which Topps set has the fewest Hallof Fame players included in a year?

[swarmee]

1951 would seem to be obvious. Seems like something you could find easily by flipping through a price guide.

[rats60]

1955 topps has 17, 1954 topps has 17 players but has several coach cards. 1951 Topps has 13. For prewar t207 only has 13.

[tulsaboy]

Which one has the most? 1986 Topps has something like 43 with Ted Simmons' recent election. Also, which has the most by percentage of the set being HOFers?
kevin

[tulsaboy]

Or percentage of cards that feature HOFers? For instance, the 1986 set has 57 cards featuring HOFers, when you include All Star cards, Record Breakers (Niekro,) Team Leaders (Carlton and Dawson,) and Turn Back the Clock cards (Frank Robinson, Mays, and Seaver.) That results in a 7.2% rate for HOF cards in the 1986 Topps set. How do other more vintage sets compare?
kevin

[almostdone]

1956 Topps has 340 cards with 34 being HOFers. 1 out of 10 is the highest for a main stream Topps set I believe.
1963 Fleer has 66 cards (not including the unnumbered checklist) with 11 being HOFers so 1 out of 6
1954 Red Heart has 33 cards with 11 being HOFers. 1 of 3 is the highest percentage I’ve seen or come across for any set that was made up of current (at the time) players that eventually were induct in the hall.

Originally Posted by tulsaboy

Or percentage of cards that feature HOFers? For instance, the 1986 set has 57 cards featuring HOFers, when you include All Star cards, Record Breakers (Niekro,) Team Leaders (Carlton and Dawson,) and Turn Back the Clock cards (Frank Robinson, Mays, and Seaver.) That results in a 7.2% rate for HOF cards in the 1986 Topps set. How do other more vintage sets compare?
kevin