Player with the biggest following?

Tibor

Who are the most collected players in each sport. In baseball,
Cal Ripken Jr. seems to have a large following. I did
not check the Registry for any insight. Just curious.

slum22

I would guess Mantle for baseball.

bounce

My guess is:
Baseball - Mantle
Basketball - Jordan
Football - Montana
Hockey - Gretzky

mlbfan2

FWIW, these are the number of items recently sold on ebay for some selected players:

Jeter - 27K
Ripken - 16K
Ruth - 12K
Mantle - 20K
Trout - 18K
Rose - 11K
Ryan - 15K

Obviously the era that the player played in has a lot to do with these numbers.

Dboneesq

I'll go with MANTLE. I'd guess that the reason there are more Jeter cards sold is because they are a lot cheaper.

KendallCat

Mantle
Mantle
Mantle
Mantle
Jordan
Mantle
Mantle
Ruth
Trout
Mantle

An interesting question would be if Mantle never played what would the card market look like today value wise?

Darin

Of course Nolan Ryan is extremely popular. His card values compared to some of his fellow players like Seaver, Palmer, Carlton can be astronomical.
1975 topps in psa 9 for example. A Ryan would probably cost a minimum of 2k , a Palmer, which is a tougher card in 9 because of snow issues, maybe $300.

Tabe

<< <i>Who are the most collected players in each sport. In baseball,
Cal Ripken Jr. seems to have a large following. I did
not check the Registry for any insight. Just curious. >>


Definitely Mantle or Ruth - Cal's not even in the discussion, no disrespect.

Ripkenfan126

It depends on what your asking.... Someone like Ripken or jeter have far more graded items from psa then mantle or ruth. Simply because there is so much more out there. A lot of people collect mantle, but not everyone can afford mantle cards.

I wish there was a way to search how many items of a certain player have been graded(total in all), if there is I don't know how.
Several years ago I remember psa made a statement that Cal Ripken was the most graded player at that point. Not sure how it has changed since then.

pdub1819

If I knew how to do it, I would look at how many different people have registries for the above named players. I would think that would tell you who is the most collected.

Ironmanfan

<< <i>
Several years ago I remember psa made a statement that Cal Ripken was the most graded player at that point. Not sure how it has changed since then. >>



That number has grown by three since I dropped off a few items at the PSA booth at the Philly Show this afternoon

IMF

jmb

<< <i>If I knew how to do it, I would look at how many different people have registries for the above named players. I would think that would tell you who is the most collected. >>



Mantle Basic Set 194
Clemente Basic Set 161

psychump

Christian Ronaldo has the biggest following with 83.4 million Facebook fans as of last week.