The Top 20 Players of the Topps Era

[Balticfox]

This arrangement though would enable you to eliminate the Roberto Clemente and Ernie Banks head shots while adding the best looking card from the 1954 set:

1954 #1 Williams
1955 J Robinson
1956 Berra
1957 Aaron
1958 Spahn
1959 Banks*
1960 Clemente
1961 Koufax
1962 Musial
1963 Kaline

* The 1959 Ernie Banks is a particularly great looking card:

(Not mine.)

[Peter_Spaeth]

I thought you were excluding RCs? So how can you have a 75 Brett? Sorry if I missed something.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I thought you were excluding RCs? So how can you have a 75 Brett? Sorry if I missed something.

I am trying to do this as inexpensive as possible, so I don't want to buy any RCs. The only graded 1975 card and the only graded Brett card I own is the 1975, so by using that card, it is one less card to buy.

Originally Posted by Balticfox

This arrangement though would enable you to eliminate the Roberto Clemente and Ernie Banks head shots while adding the best looking card from the 1954 set:

1954 #1 Williams
1955 J Robinson
1956 Berra
1957 Aaron
1958 Spahn
1959 Banks*
1960 Clemente
1961 Koufax
1962 Musial
1963 Kaline

* The 1959 Ernie Banks is a particularly great looking card:

I already have the 1954 Topps Berra, 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson and 1956 Topps Clemente so I am using those to keep my cost down.

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

There, fixed it for you

I am trying to use MVPs from either their MVP season or the year after with the stats from their MVP season. So, Bench is 1970, 71, 72 or 73. Carlton is on the wrong team in 1970, I need a Phillies card for Carlton, so it is 1976 or 1973.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by rats60

I am trying to do this as inexpensive as possible, so I don't want to buy any RCs. The only graded 1975 card and the only graded Brett card I own is the 1975, so by using that card, it is one less card to buy.

I already have the 1954 Topps Berra, 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson and 1956 Topps Clemente so I am using those to keep my cost down.

There's no need to finish such a noble project quickly though! Make it a separate collection in a separate folder/binder at which you peck away over the next five years when you have sufficient money. Not hurrying you can steadily add just the right card when you find one at the friendliest price. There's a very wide range of prices out there.

Moreover the last thing you want to do is mix slabbed cards with raw cards. You want your 20-25 card run all in one place as a set.

[rats60]

Update. I picked up a 1957 Topps Ted Williams, the key card to the project.



I decided to do the top 25 and I am at 10/25.

[rats60]

I decided that I liked the 1960 Musial better than either Banks or Kaline so I am switching Banks to 1959 and Kaline to 1962. By adding 5 more years, I can put Carlton in 1972, when he had his big season and Morgan can go into a MVP season. The next cards I will be looking for are a 1961 Aaron, 1959 Banks and 1958 Spahn to finish out the more expensive years.