Do you collect HOF players only, or include award winners?

[CooperstownExpert]

Hall of Famers are certainly a focus but I collect other interesting or important baseball figures too. My website, CooperstownExpert.com has a page for every HoFer and 264 pages of guys not in the Hall.

Some of the non Hall of Famers are "maybe someday" guys like Dick Allen or Gil Hodges. Others aren't in yet like Derek Jeter, and CC Sabathia. Then of course there are guys of interest like Herb Score and Bill Buckner.

It's nice finally having a website that's sortable. Otherwise it's tougher to enjoy the collection.

Funny you mention Spink. There's every a page for him and even the founder of the Elias Statistical Bureau, Al Munro Elias.

All that said, guys like Babe Ruth and guys like Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial are more the bread and butter of the collection.

This forum and Facebook sure help connect us too. I'm really grateful to share thoughts with so many knowledgeable people who love the game.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

I see a lot of collectors who go after only the HOF guys and I see some who go after the frick/spink guys and some who go after both. The frick/spink guys can be very difficult especially from years ago and guys who passed shortly after winning the award. It’s definitely a challenging task.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by CooperstownExpert

Hall of Famers are certainly a focus but I collect other interesting or important baseball figures too. My website, CooperstownExpert.com has a page for every HoFer and 264 pages of guys not in the Hall.

Some of the non Hall of Famers are "maybe someday" guys like Dick Allen or Gil Hodges. Others aren't in yet like Derek Jeter, and CC Sabathia. Then of course there are guys of interest like Herb Score and Bill Buckner.

It's nice finally having a website that's sortable. Otherwise it's tougher to enjoy the collection.

Funny you mention Spink. There's every a page for him and even the founder of the Elias Statistical Bureau, Al Munro Elias.

All that said, guys like Babe Ruth and guys like Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial are more the bread and butter of the collection.

This forum and Facebook sure help connect us too. I'm really grateful to share thoughts with so many knowledgeable people who love the game.

Jim, your website is fantastic. I've tried real hard to go through it very slowly, but it's kinda like Disneyland...you want to try to get to as many rides as possible. LOL. It's also nice to see another SoCal member on here. I grew up in Alhambra, just a stones throw away from La Crescenta, and then moved the San Diego area, so I'm guessing we spent a lot of time in the 80's and 90's at the same card shows and other events. Darn I miss those days when SoCal actually had some major shows. Oh well.

[todeen]

If I am collecting autographs other than the Cincinnati Reds, I only pursue Hall of Famers.

If I am looking at Cincinnati Reds players, I purchase MVP players, All-Star starters, 20 game winners, No-Hitter and Perfect Game pitchers, HR leaders, batting average leaders, and random accomplishments (like Todd Frazier winning the home run derby). I also specifically pursue the 1935-1942 Cincinnati Reds, and I buy whatever I think is cool.