New Collecting Project

TJMAC

I collect mostly PSA graded vintage cards and Topps base sets, but I was thinking of compiling an album(s) of the top 10 players in each league for various categories (home runs, rbi, wins etc.). Has anyone ever tried doing this? I think it would be an inexpensive way of merging my enjoyment of collecting cards with my love for the history of the game.

I figured I would buy cards from the year the statistics were compiled starting with 1981 and spread them out over the different sets. I will try to buy my favorite card of the player when I can, but that will be hard to do for the commons since I can't see them all. Most of the cards I will get through sportlots.com unless someone knows a cheaper way to buy cards from 1981 and up.

I plan to select 9 or 10 categories from each year and get the top 10 players in each league. What do you think of average, hits, home runs, rbi, runs and stolen bases on offense and wins, strikeouts and saves for pitching? I will also get cards of the Cy Young, MVP and ROY. Also, I will label each sleeve with the players particular statistic.

I will still continue to collect vintage PSA and Topps base sets, but I just want to find a fun, cheap way of collecting.

I am open to any other suggestions to help me with this project.

drewsef

sounds like a neat and inexpensive way to collect. If you wanted to include more cards, you could always do the All-Star teams for each respective year.

TJMAC

Thanks Drew, I already started working on it. I started with 1981. I decided to go with top 10 in avg., home runs, RBI and runs for offense and wins, strikeouts, ERA and saves for pitching. It should be a fun side project, while I continue building my vintage PSA collection.

Terry

Bunker

<< <i>I am open to any other suggestions to help me with this project >>




If you store these in an album, I assume you will be putting the cards in a 9 pocket page? Having the 10th player on a different sheet would kinda suck. Maybe you could do the top 8 and reserve the first pocket for the information about the cards on that sheet. You could cut a piece of heavy stock paper to fit in the pocket and type the following information:

1981 National League RBI Leaders

Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's
Player Name # of RBI's

By doing it this way each category would take up 2 pages, 1 for the national league and 1 for the American league. You could place the cards so that when you turn to whatever section you want to view, all the cards for that category could be seen without having to turn the page.

Example of what I am talking about:

TJMAC

Bunker,

I like that idea a lot!!! Fortunately, I haven't placed my order yet, so I will adjust it to the top 8. I am glad I put this post out there.

Terry

Bunker

I may do this as well. Like most guys I have 1000's of cards just sitting in storage boxes doing nothing. At least this way I can get some enjoyment out of them plus I am sure I will learn some player facts that I didn't know.

TJMAC

I think it is an interesting way to get in touch with the statistical side of the game. It also will get you in touch with good some players really were.