Set with most HOFers???

[Peter_Spaeth]

If you count the coaching pics included on the manager cards 1973 Topps has 51.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If you count the coaching pics included on the manager cards 1973 Topps has 51.

You're killing me smalls...LOL...

1973 is now officially the winner (until the next post of course......)...

[the 'stache]

1975 Topps up to 43 with managers:

walt alston, dodgers
earl weaver, orioles
dick williams, angels
red schoendienst, cardinals
frank robinson, indians
yogi berra, mets
sparky anderson, reds

We're not including MVP cards, but if you are including highlight cards:

hank aaron
lou brock
bob gibson
al kaline
nolan ryan x 2

That's 49.

[JollyElm]

If people are doubling up on HOF'ers from the same set, then 1972 also has a slew of 'In Action,' 'Boyhood Photos of the Stars' and 'Traded' cards to add to the tally…so where does it end??

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

If people are doubling up on HOF'ers from the same set, then 1972 also has a slew of 'In Action,' 'Boyhood Photos of the Stars' and 'Traded' cards to add to the tally…so where does it end??

That's the real question. With somebody like Frank Robinson in the '75 set, he truly has two cards, a regular player card where he's listed as a DH, and a manager card.

But beyond those, where does it stop? Highlight cards? MVP cards? World Series recap cards? An outline as to what, specifically, is acceptable, would help make this a much easier exercise.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

That's the real question. With somebody like Frank Robinson in the '75 set, he truly has two cards, a regular player card where he's listed as a DH, and a manager card.

But beyond those, where does it stop? Highlight cards? MVP cards? World Series recap cards? An outline as to what, specifically, is acceptable, would help make this a much easier exercise.

IMHO, the Frank Robinson example would count as two cards. The highlight cards could count if it was a highlight of a future HOFer. An MVP card would count if the MVP later turned out to be a HOFer. Same goes with the World Series Recap cards. I would also say that if somehow a HOF player ended up on a Team card, but didn't have their own individual card in the set, this would count as an additional card...

[ajquigs]

Percentage-wise the '34-36 Diamond Stars set has 33% ... 32 HOFers of 96 cards.
Cards 97 to 108 depict players included in the first 96, thus I think the 32/96 figure is the best representation of the HOFer ratio; this certainly could be debated.
Of the 12 high number duplicates, five are HOFers.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

If people are doubling up on HOF'ers from the same set, then 1972 also has a slew of 'In Action,' 'Boyhood Photos of the Stars' and 'Traded' cards to add to the tally…so where does it end??

Another good point.
My feeling, is that if somehow a future HOFer ended up on more than one card in any particular set than I would count it. For example, the Hank Aaron and the Hank Aaron In Action cards would count as two. Now, a 1974 set with a throwback type of card featuring Cy Young (or someone like that) probably wouldn't count.