OT- what baseball season had the most HOFers in it?

[Peter_Spaeth]

1965 has 39 without counting players who later became HOF managers (at least Joe Torre fits that category). But hard to imagine topping the late 20s with so many marginally worthy players getting in many years later.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

1965 has 39 without counting players who later became HOF managers (at least Joe Torre fits that category). But hard to imagine topping the late 20s with so many marginally worthy players getting in many years later.

Just curious...did you count Satchel Paige in that 39? I know he did pitch in one game in 1965. I've always thought how cool it would have been to have had a 1966 Topps Paige card made...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Just curious...did you count Satchel Paige in that 39? I know he did pitch in one game in 1965. I've always thought how cool it would have been to have had a 1966 Topps Paige card made...

John no, I just went off my 65 Topps cards, so if we count Paige, 40.

65 also has a number of HOF manager cards (some in as player, some as manager) -- Stengel, Hodges, Alston, Lopez, Herman, Schoendienst off the top of my head.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Just curious...did you count Satchel Paige in that 39? I know he did pitch in one game in 1965. I've always thought how cool it would have been to have had a 1966 Topps Paige card made...

Here's a great picture of Satchel in a snazzy St. Louis Browns uniform:



It's a pity that his Topps 1953 card is just a boring head shot. It's a pity too that he didn't get any more cards because he didn't play in the major leagues through the rest of the 1950's. Given that his ERA was only 2.44 in four AAA seasons (1956-58 with the Miami Marlins and 1961 with the Portland Beavers), I think he was capable of pitching in the major leagues for a few more seasons.

[Balticfox]

So much for the auto picture size reduction feature that was theoretically implemented. Looks like I'll have to do it myself.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Satchel looks great in his St. Louis Browns uniform here:



It's a pity that his Topps 1953 card is just a boring head shot. It's a pity too that he didn't get any more cards because he didn't play in the major leagues through the rest of the 1950's. Given that his ERA was only 2.44 in four AAA seasons (1956-58 with the Miamii Marlins and 1961 with the Portland Beavers), I think he was capable of pitching in the major leagues for a few more seasons.

A 1953 Bowman Paige would have been amazing.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Just curious...did you count Satchel Paige in that 39? I know he did pitch in one game in 1965.

I don't understand why Charlie Finley didn't extend his contract after that outing. Satchel Paige pitched three innings with one strikeout and zero walks while allowing zero runs and only one hit, that being a double by Carl Yastrzemski (who touched up just about every AL pitcher at some point during his illustrious career).

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I don't understand why Charlie Finley didn't extend his contract after that outing. Satchel Paige pitched three innings with one strikeout and zero walks while allowing zero runs and only one hit, that being a double by Carl Yastrzemski (who touched up just about every AL pitcher at some point during his illustrious career).

Yeah, at age 55 or 60 or whatever it was he surely would have enjoyed great success.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Yeah, at age 55 or 60 or whatever it was he surely would have enjoyed great success.

Until he proved otherwise. In the meantime his inclusion on the roster would have helped at the box office.

[egri]

Originally Posted by rats60

A 1953 Bowman Paige would have been amazing.

I wish Bob Lemke had done a 1953 Bowman Paige as one of his 'cards that never were'. As it is, the closest I could find was a 1951 Bowman Paige he did that was auctioned off by Collect in July 2019: https://collectauctions.net/lot-27220.aspx .