So lets have a little fun with all the negitivity in the hobby

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I interpret it to mean the top five RCs of the decade but agree with you it's not clear.

I guess I was trying to come up with my own list of my own top 100; perhaps 15-20 per decade per sport. My wife says I need to improve my communication skills so anyone that can reword for me, I appreciate it. But I thought as us collectors would have much more insight.

[hysell]

The { BIG } problem is , this point ! A lot of these players have there ROOKIES in a decade & didn't play /played vary little in that decade ? SO, with that said , MOST of there stats are in the FOLLOWING decade ?????

[nat]

I'm going to play by my own rules.

Greatest player with a rookie card in the corresponding decade:

1950s: Willie Mays. At their respective peaks Mantle was comparable, but Mays kept it up much longer.

1960s: Johnny Bench. This pick makes me wonder if I'm forgetting someone. He was great and all, but it sure is a drop-off from the 50s.

1970s: Mike Schmidt. The greatest third baseman of all time.

1980s: Barry Bonds. Second only to Ruth.

1990s: Alex Rodriguez.

2000s: Albert Pujols.

2010s: Mike Trout. This one is way early - who knows what Juan Soto will end up doing - but I'm still comfortable with it. There are two things that make Trout so astoundingly great: he was great extremely young, and he's extremely consistent. Think about this: excepting his cup of coffee in 2011, the year in which he had his WORST on-base percentage he also won the MVP award. By WAR the year in which he had his second-lowest score he won an MVP award. And his third lowest. He's an MVP-caliber player even when he's not playing well (by his standards).

[evangeleblanc]

Baseball

00s: Honus Wagner
10s: Shoeless Joe Jackson (if I have to exclude
T206ers, otherwise Walter Johnson)
20s: Frankie Frisch (lol rookie card rule is hard here, really want Rogers Hornsby)
30s: Lou Gehrig
40s: Lou Boudreau
50s: Willie Mays
60s: Juan Marichal
70s: Bert Blyleven
80s: Rickey Henderson
90s: Frank Thomas (probably Jeff Bagwell, but I think he was juicing)
2000s: Albert Pujols
2010s: Mike Trout

[rats60]

Originally Posted by evangeleblanc

Baseball

00s: Honus Wagner
10s: Shoeless Joe Jackson (if I have to exclude
T206ers, otherwise Walter Johnson)
20s: Frankie Frisch (lol rookie card rule is hard here, really want Rogers Hornsby)
30s: Lou Gehrig
40s: Lou Boudreau
50s: Willie Mays
60s: Juan Marichal
70s: Bert Blyleven
80s: Rickey Henderson
90s: Frank Thomas (probably Jeff Bagwell, but I think he was juicing)
2000s: Albert Pujols
2010s: Mike Trout

1900s Honus Wagner
1910s Babe Ruth
1920s Lou Gehrig
1930s Ted Williams
1940s Stan Musial