Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Johnson gets no hobby love. His RCs in the same sets sell for a fraction of Griffey's.

[cjedmonton]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Johnson gets no hobby love. His RCs in the same sets sell for a fraction of Griffey's.

Sad, but so true.

To be fair, pitcher-hitter hobby disparity aside, Johnson was a late blooming 25 year old still trying to find himself in ‘89…and was a solid 4 years away from resembling anything like the Big Unit.

Meanwhile, Griffey hit the ground running as a teenager the same year and never looked back.

Both eventually became titans at their position, but the hobby loves the long ball. That much cannot be argued.

[Carter08]

Randy Johnson won MLB’s Warren Spahn Award as the best lefty the first four times it was issued. Not the Grove Award or the Koufax Award. Just sayin’.

[cjedmonton]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Randy Johnson won MLB’s Warren Spahn Award as the best lefty the first four times it was issued. Not the Grove Award or the Koufax Award. Just sayin’.

Touche.

Love that Spahn has his own award, but the list of winners is somewhat dubious beyond Johnson, Kershaw, and Sabathia. Then again, so is the Cy Young Award. Mike Flanagan and Willie Hernandez anyone?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Spahn_Award

EDIT: Hot off the press…add Robbie Ray to the list of lefty Cy Young and likely Spahn Award winners.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Johnson gets no hobby love. His RCs in the same sets sell for a fraction of Griffey's.

Some of the 89 Fleer Randy Johnson Marlboro versions have gone crazy. I know of one that recently went for $13,000. Even the more normal versions have greatly increased in price over the last year.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Some of the 89 Fleer Randy Johnson Marlboro versions have gone crazy. I know of one that recently went for $13,000. Even the more normal versions have greatly increased in price over the last year.

OK, but can't you get his Upper Deck RC in PSA 10 for not much more than $100?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

OK, but can't you get his Upper Deck RC in PSA 10 for not much more than $100?

Yes it is just the 89 Fleer Marlboro versions that have taken off and it wasn't too long ago they went for a couple bucks each.