Who's Your Fav. Deadball Hofer to Collect

Who's your top 5 Deadball Hofers to collect?
Mine are

• Matty
  
• Johnson
  
• Young
  
• Lajoie
  
• Keeler
  

Sam Crawford has always been a favorite of mine. Other than that, I don't have any other real favorites HOFers in the DBE.

Jay

My favorite hofers to collect are those who had unique personalities or stories behind them. I also tend to favor pitchers.

1. Plank
2. Joss
3. Waddell
4. Keeler
5. Brown

Too bad Joss and Keeler have fewer cards than most deadball HOFers. Some of the cards they are on are pretty great though. I'd put Mack on my list too if managers are included.

Mine are (in no particular order):

Wagner
Johnson
Matty
Alexander
Cobb

Grover Alexander is my favorite by a wide margin; A D381 Fleischmann Bread card of Alexander is one of my dream cards.

Harry Wright is another for me, but I need to get a Wright card before I can say he is one of my favorites to collect!

Cobb
Lajoie
Matty
Cubs HOFers
Baker (had to include Baker, since I have a Red Hindu and BL 460 of him )

He is not a H.O.F yet (or maybe never) but William Dineen has allways been a player i have liked to collect. Not just because he is on my favorite card but what he did in all his years of baseball. He went on to become a respected umpire.

Only player/umpire to pitch a no hitter and call a no hitter. Won the first world series for the SOX with a record of 3-1 and ERA of 2.06 in 1903 world series. Also, Babe Ruth got in to an argument with Dineen on June 19/20, 1922...this is a letter by AL president Ban Johnson sent to Ruth on June 21, 1922:

"I was keenly disappointed and amazed when I received Umpire Dinneen's
report, recounting your shameful and abusive language to that official
in the game at Cleveland last Monday. Bill Dinneen was one of the
greatest pitchers the game ever produced, and with common consent we
hand to him today the just tribute. He is one of the cleanest and most
honorable men baseball ever fostered. ... Your conduct at Cleveland on
Monday was reprehensible to a great degree - shocking to every American
mother who permits her boy to go to a professional game. The American
League cares nothing for Ruth. The individual player means nothing to
the organization. When he steps on the ball field he is subject to our
control and discipline. ... Again you offended on Tuesday. You branded
Umpire Dinneen as 'yellow.' This is the most remarkable declaration a
modern ball player has made. Dinneen stands out in the history of the
game as one of the most courageous players we have ever had. If you
could match up to his standard you would not be in the trough you
occupy today. ... Coupled with your misconduct on Monday, you doubled
the penalty on Tuesday. You are hereby notified of your suspension for
five days without salary. It seems the period has arrived when you
should allow some intelligence to creep into a mind that has plainly
been warped."


Mark

Cobb
Wagner
Matty
Cobb
Wagner

I forgot Alexander. He was another HOFer whose cards I used to chase in the 80s. Hornsby is not a DBE player, but he was the only other HOFer whose cards I actively pursued.

Jay

Waddell -- the guy was freakin' nuts!

Earl Moore!

who'd a thunk it, A favorite son from Ohio makes the Full count HOF

I should have read the title of your thread, Jerry. Oh well, Earl Moore's record is probably better than a handful of people in the Hall anyways.

Hi Zach,
It don't really have to be a hofer, he's in your hall and thats all that matters.
Love your e107