Pre-war player with most attractive cards?

[ClementeFanOh]

I chose "other" in the poll. Always thought Vic Willis had some great looking
cards, his E95 and T206s are spectacular. Ed Cicotte as well, particularly
the Cracker Jack pose, which is my favorite of the set. A low key mention
goes to Sherry Magee for some of his "E" poses. Trent King

[Johnny630]

The 1914 Christy

[mordecaibrown1]

So many but the Cracker Jack Joe and Ty are pretty cool looking!

[Exhibitman]

I voted for Gehrig because he had movie star good looks. Card design isn't the only factor. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[hcv123]

It would be "easy" to pick a bunch of just incredible-looking cards of a wide range of players. But. You asked who has the most cards that are that visually captivating. I had to go with Cobb (Wagner would be in the conversation too) - Thinking about his T206 red and green portrait's ,D304, M116 blue background and T3 just to get warmed up....

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I voted for Gehrig because he had movie star good looks. Card design isn't the only factor. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

I've always found it interesting that so many of the really great baseball players, and athletes in general for that matter, are also stunningly handsome. I think there must be some reason for that.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

I chose "other" in the poll. Always thought Vic Willis had some great looking
cards, his E95 and T206s are spectacular. Ed Cicotte as well, particularly
the Cracker Jack pose, which is my favorite of the set. A low key mention
goes to Sherry Magee for some of his "E" poses. Trent King

Vic Willis is an interesting choice for sure. Was curious as to what players the other people that have chosen "other" prefer over the existing choices.

The poll can only have 10 choices, and I would have probably added Honus Wagner if there was room for one more choice. But I feel like he just doesn't have as many cards as others--only one T206, no T205, etc.

[judsonhamlin]

Ed Walsh should get some love here. I love his CJ card, his T205 and 206 cards are cool. The two E90 poses are okay and you’ve got T3, M101-4/5 and him happy as all get out on his E98 card.

[peanuts]

Christy's T205 catapults him into the top 2 or 3 of this list without a doubt.

[cgjackson222]

Since this poll is a 2-horse race between Christy Mathewson and Ty Cobb, I thought it might be interesting to compare some of their cards side-by-side.

Of course each player has many other amazing cards.

I didn't include their T206, or T205, T202, or Cracker Jack since people tend to be so familiar with those.

[darwinbulldog]

If I actually spent the time to compile such a top 100 list of aesthetic quality, I wouldn't be all that surprised if it turned out that there aren't any players who appear on more than 1 of the 100 most attractive cards, but my best guess is Ty Cobb.

[brianp-beme]

Ty is currently topping the poll, and I believe it mostly because of his W512 and W515 cards.

W512-Ty-Cobb.jpg

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If I were to rank my top 3 from the poll list, this would be my order:

Lajoie
Mathewson
Cobb

Brian (not my Cobbs...icky!)