Complete HOF baseball set question

BJ

The new complete set has been loaded with all the changes many of you recommended to me in a previous post. However, one HOFer has been brought to my attention.. Judge (Kenesaw) Landis. The set requires a card from 1920-1944, however I am told that PSA does not grade any cards within that time period for this HOFer.

Can anyone confirm that for me and if it is true, should Landis be removed from the set or are there any cards significant enough in later years to leave him in?

mikeschmidt

BJ:

What you have been told is indeed true. Judge Landis (who, on an unrelated note, has the absolute messiest/worst autograph of any Baseball HOFer) never appeared on a baseball card during his tenure as commissioner. In fact -- I don't think too many baseball officials at that time made their way onto baseball cards. Only managers and coaches in the 1950s -- with a few exceptions here and there.

The 1961 Fleer Set has a nice card of Landis, #53 in the set. It depicts an old man with a hat on, looking out into the upper right sky. Not sure if he is looking confused or not -- but he certainly does not look stern, angry and mean! It is a fairly popular set, collected by many, and it should not be hard for any set registrant to find and add that card to their set. My suggestion would be to include that one in the HOF registry.

Basilone

I was looking at the composition...and it is one heck of a set. I will be a real treat to see some of the cards people register. (hint: please post pics when you register your cards).

John

mikeschmidt

In the altnerative, the 1960 Fleer set depicts a much meaner and sterner picture of Landis -- probably much more conmensurate with his reputation:

aro13

What about the Landis in the Callahan set?

Virtualizard

BJ,

I know you stick to the player's playing days as far as which cards are allowed in the set, but don't you think some rookie cards belong in there? Specifically, as I was looking down the list, I noticed that you have Carl Yastrzemski listed for 1961-1984. Granted, those are his playing years, but even the Yaz master and basic sets include the 1960 Topps card. I didn't look for others, but I think the limit on "playing years" should be only on the end of the player's career, not at the beginning.


By the way, here is a complete list of Landis cards from Beckett's website (Hey, it's useful for stuff like this )

JEB.


#28 1939-52 Albertype Hall of Fame PC754-2 Kenesaw Mountain Landis
#48 1950-56 Callahan HOF W576 Kenesaw Landis
#54 1953-63 Artvue Hall of Fame Postcards Kenesaw Mountain Landis
#64 1960 Fleer Kenesaw M. Landis
#53 1961 Fleer Kenesaw M. Landis
#30 1963 Bazooka ATG Judge Landis
#35 1968 SCFS Old Timers Kenesaw Mountain-Landis COMM
#18 1970 Fleer World Series 1921 Giants/Yankees-(Commissioner Landis)
#15 1970 Sports Cards for Collectors Old-Timer Postcards Kenesaw Landis
#20 1975 TCMA All-Time Greats Judge Landis
#28 1976 Shakey's Pizza Kenesaw Landis COMM
#63 1977-81 Bob Parker Hall of Fame Kenesaw Landis
#123 1977-84 Galasso Glossy Greats Judge Landis COMM
#28 1980-02 Perez-Steele Hall of Fame Postcards Kenesaw Landis
#28 1980-87 SSPC HOF Judge Landis
#41 1981-01 HOF Metal Kenesaw Landis
#49 1982-90 Ohio Hall of Fame Kenesaw Landis
#28 1984 Galasso Hall of Famers Ron Lewis Judge Landis
#15 1988 Little Sun Black Sox Judge Landis
#67 1988 Pacific Eight Men Out Judge Kenesaw-Mountain Landis
#79 1988 Pacific Eight Men Out Judge Landis COMM
#95 1989 HOF Sticker Book Kenesaw Landis
#9 1991 Foul Ball Phil Douglas-Kenesaw M. Landis-John McGraw
#159 1992 Megacards Ruth Being Remembered by-Bob Meusel 1922
#153 1993 Diamond Stars Extension Set Kenesaw M. Landis COMM
#33 1994 Upper Deck: The American Epic Kenesaw M. Landis
#C-KL 2001 SP Legendary Cuts Autographs Kenesaw Landis/4

mikeschmidt

<<What about the Landis in the Callahan set? >>

aro: Basically in responding to BJ's question [any cards significant enough ), I gave my guesstimate that the Fleer cards were more significant, collected and available than the Callahans.

aro13

mikeschmidt-Okay. I was just curious. I have been working on a Hall of Fame type set for a while and I have the Callahan Landis. I figured I would collect that one simply because it was his oldest card.