HOFers per set--Team building exercise!

[brianp-beme]

m101-4 33/200 = 16.5%
m116 Sporting Life 32/287 = 11.1%

Brian (thread not die guy)

[familytoad]

A power lifter!
Thanks for the outstanding effort!
There are a few really good threads going around right now, and for the most part not too much abrasiveness...so this bumpage is just to keep our team's thread (wink wink) from falling to the abyss of page two or beyond.

I will try to update the master list tomorrow... Too tired now as I just returned from the AAA Portland Beavers Opening Night against the Sacramento River Cats (Oakland affiliate) where our beloved Beavers were dammed by A's prospect Vin Mazzaro. Keep an eye on this youngster you fantasy leaguers in deep leagues...He's nasty!

G'Night!

[brianp-beme]

I was searching for something else on Net54 and I came across this fun thread from over a decade(!) ago started up by another distinguished Brian gentleman.

I may be a little late, but here is another set:

1933 Tattoo Orbit 18/60 =30.0%


Brian (I will go back to lifting those heavy weights)

[familytoad]

I remember this thread. Not just because I started it with the intention of having several different guys write about and tally up their favorite sets but because I really wanted a master list.

I could have hit the Googles or the Bings and done it all , alone in my office.
I thought it would be more fun this way.

So thank you BP, card fellow fellow. Your resuscitation is appreciated.
Just think, some sets may have added HOFERS in the past decade+.
So you can always add to / or correct a set previously compiled or tally another one.

Trivia= who were the Prewar HOFers elected in the last ten years and which sets did they add to the ledger above?

[Casey2296]

E98 17/30
Or is it 16/30 because that bum Irv Young is masquerading as Cy Young?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

E98 17/30
Or is it 16/30 because that bum Irv Young is masquerading as Cy Young?

Definitely the makers of E98 intended this card to be identified as Cy Young, due to the Cleveland team designation, a team Irv never played for. Unfortunately they chose Irv's image, either in error, or because they were rat bastards.

A similar but different case is the E93 of Collins. I believe Standard Caramel intended the card to be identified as Jimmy Collins, as the photo used was of Jimmy. Because both Eddie and Jimmy Collins were on the 1908 Philadelphia A's team, I believe in later years when this set was being catalogued an error was made in identifying it as Eddie, the player who had the better career and was undoubtedly more well known at that time.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Another couple for the list:

1936 Goudey 8/25 = 32.0%
1938 Goudey 18/48 = 37.5%

Brian

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Definitely the makers of E98 intended this card to be identified as Cy Young, due to the Cleveland team designation, a team Irv never played for. Unfortunately they chose Irv's image, either in error, or because they were rat bastards.

A similar but different case is the E93 of Collins. I believe Standard Caramel intended the card to be identified as Jimmy Collins, as the photo used was of Jimmy. Because both Eddie and Jimmy Collins were on the 1908 Philadelphia A's team, I believe in later years when this set was being catalogued an error was made in identifying it as Eddie, the player who had the better career and was undoubtedly more well known at that time.

Brian

I believe the E98 Eddie Collins image is also Jimmy Collins.