What's the story on these?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by MK

I have been trying to complete this set for many years. It appears there are 40 pins in the set. They are numbered HF1 through HF 40, and yes, the HF stands for Hall of Fame. As far as I know, they were sold at Cooperstown from the late 1970's until sometime in the 1980's. The lower numbers show up frequently on Ebay, but the high numbers (25 to 40) are much tougher. I assume fewer of these were made and the sales were not great enough to warrant continued production. Anyway, I have 36 different, but have not found the Marichal (HF28), Wilhelm (HF39), Lou Brock (HF40) or HF36 (unknown).

I just now stumbled across this old thread, there is a pin of Walter Alston but I can't tell what number it is. He was elected to the HOF in 1983, #35 Don Drysdale was elected to the HOF in 1984 and #37 Enos Slaughter was elected to the HOF in 1985, so Alston may very well be #36. Can anyone make out the number?

[MK]

Alston is #30.

[Cliff Bowman]

Thank you for solving that mystery and completing the checklist for me.