Which team set has the most HOF's?

stevebay

I came across my 1983 Fleer Set, and noticed the Red Sox team set had 5 HOF's (Yaz, Rice, Boggs, Eck, Tony Perez). I did some light digging and the 1960's era Giants had 5 players as well (Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Marichal, Gaylord Perry). Are there any other (post 1952 era) that have 6 or more HOF's in a team set (just counting the regular cards)?

CARDSANDCOINS

Good, trivia question;
1973 Oakland A's had 5: Jackson, Hunter, Fingers, Cepeda & Williams.

PeteZaria

Although they didn't all have 1956 cards, the 1956 Dodgers had 6 HOFers (Campanella, Reese, Robinson, Koufax, Drysdale, Snider) plus one of their players (Dick Williams) is in the HOF as a manager.

parkerj

1973 williams is shown as a cub still.

how about 68-71 cubs: fergie, santo, williams, banks, and leo durocher

DonnieD

The 1952 Dodgers had 6 if you include Dick Williams, and I don't see why you wouldn't.

Duke Snider
Jackie Robinson
Roy Campanella
Pee Wee Reese
Billy Herman
Dick Williams
and Gil Hodges is a good bet to get in eventually as well.

AC000000

As a team set the 1971 Cubs Topps team set has 6 HOFers:

Banks
Durocher
Jenkins
Santo
B. Williams
Wilhelm

EchoCanyon

<< <i>1973 williams is shown as a cub still. >>



Did he meant Dick Williams, manager?

CARDSANDCOINS

The 1965 Topps Cardinals team set has 6 HOFers: Uecker, Brock, Carlton, Gibson, Schoendienst & the Tony Perez (Dave Ricketts rookie card).

WinPitcher

Am I missing something here?

WinPitcher

Cepeda is a Giant in the 65 Topps set.

stevebay

Regarding Orlando Cepeda, he may be an answer for another HOF trivia question: Which HOFer was teammates with the most HOFers? I counted 18 (and I may have missed one or two). Cepeda's teams:

Giants (Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Duke Snider)
Cardinals (Brock, Gibson, Carlton)
Braves (Aaron, Niekro, Wilhelm)
A's (Reggie, Catfish, Rollie)
Red Sox (Fisk, Yaz, Aparicio)
Royals (Brett)

GDM67

<< <i>Regarding Orlando Cepeda, he may be an answer for another HOF trivia question: Which HOFer was teammates with the most HOFers? I counted 18 (and I may have missed one or two). Cepeda's teams:

Giants (Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Duke Snider)
Cardinals (Brock, Gibson, Carlton)
Braves (Aaron, Niekro, Wilhelm)
A's (Reggie, Catfish, Rollie)
Red Sox (Fisk, Yaz, Aparicio)
Royals (Brett) >>



Spahn was his Giants teammate for a little while, as well.

I've seen this question posted other places (I always though Cha Cha had a really impressive list, as well) and I think several old timers of the Burleigh Grimes and Waite Hoyt ilk had more than Orlando.

EchoCanyon

<< <i>Since I did not provide the answer-- see below in quotes,,,,




<< <i>The answer is nine players, done five times by the Yankees between 1928 and 1933. Since the rosters change, it wasn't the same nine each time, though there was a lot of overlap and carryover.

1928: Combs, Coveleski, Dickey, Durocher, Gehrig, Hoyt, Lazzeri, Pennock, Ruth. (Plus HOF manager Huggins.)

1930: Combs, Dickey, Gehrig, Gomez, Hoyt, Lazzeri, Pennock, Ruffing, Ruth.

1931-33: Combs, Dickey, Gehrig, Gomez, Lazzeri, Pennock, Ruffing, Ruth, Sewell. (Plus HOF manager McCarthy.) Yes, 1929 is missing. That season, Coveleski had retired, so the Yanks made do with eight. >>

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The OP asked about post 1952. Last time I checked, the 20s and 30s were pre-52.