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HOF Earliest Checklist

Checklist and images of the earliest cards and photos for each member of the Major League Baseball HOF.

Note that most of these cards/photos are not mine. They are images I have culled from the internet or that were provided from hobby colleagues over several decades of research and collaboration.

Click on any player listed and you will be taken to a folder with additional images.

Please email me at h2oya311@yahoo.com with any proposed edits and/or missing images to aid in this research.

Special thanks must go to a few hobby friends who have helped me immensely with this project through their extensive early and/or ongoing research, including Phil Garry, Kevin Struss, and Deron Dixon. Thanks also to any and all who have contributed photos to help make this endeavor work!

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Ernie Banks
16.Ernie Banks
  • 1953 Kansas City Monarchs Team Photo
  • 1953 Press Photo (x3)
  • 1954 All-Star Photo Pack
  • 1954 Topps
  • 1954 EF Collins Original Photo (same image as 1954 Topps vignette)
  • 1950s PM10 Stadium Pin
  • 1947-66 Exhibits
  • 9 Items
    Shared Album
    761 Visits
    Al Barlick
    17.Al Barlick
  • c1937-39 Eastern League Umpire Photo
  • 1946 Press Photo (unconfirmed)
  • 1955 Bowman
  • 3 Items
    Shared Album
    339 Visits
    Ed Barrow
    18.Ed Barrow
  • c1894-97 Cabinet Photo (Secretary of Wheeling Club) (unconfirmed id)
  • 1896 Paterson Silk Weavers Team Cabinet
  • 1896 Whitehead & Hoag Paterson Team Pin
  • 1902 Toronto Maple Leafs Team Cabinet
  • 1903 Cabinet Photo
  • 1903 W601 Sporting Life Premiums Detroit Team Composite
  • 1906 Eastern League Imperial Composite Photo
  • 1907 Toronto Team Postcard
  • 1908 Press Photo
  • 1910 Press Photo
  • c1910 Cabinet
  • 1910s Mirror Trick Postcard
  • 1911 Press Photo
  • 1950-54 Callahan
  • 14 Items
    Shared Album
    989 Visits
    Jake Beckley
    19.Jake Beckley
  • 1887 Lincoln Tree Planters Team Cabinet
  • 1888 N172 Old Judge (St. Louis) (x3)
  • 4 Items
    Shared Album
    392 Visits
    James "Cool Papa" Bell
    20.James "Cool Papa" Bell
  • 1922 St. Louis Stars Team Photo
  • 1923 St. Louis Stars Team Photo
  • 1926 St. Louis Stars Team Postcard
  • 1929-30 Cienfuegos Postcard
  • 1929-30 Cienfuegos Team Postcard
  • 1930s Postcard
  • 1974 Laughlin Old-Time Black Stars
  • 7 Items
    Shared Album
    463 Visits
    Adrian Beltre
    21.Adrian Beltre
  • 1996 Best Savannah Sandgnats #2
  • 1996 Best Savannah Sandgnats #30
  • 1997 Best Prospects
  • 1997 Best Florida State League Top Prospects
  • 1997 Best Premium Previews
  • 1997 Best Vero Beach Dodgers
  • 1997 Bowman
  • 1997 Bowman Chrome
  • 1997...

  • 1 Items
    Shared Album
    122 Visits
    Johnny Bench
    22.Johnny Bench
  • 1967 Carling Brewery Buffalo Bisons Team Photo
  • 1967 George Brace Film Negative (in Buffalo Bisons uniform)
  • 1967 Press Photo (in Buffalo Bisons uniform meeting w/ coach)
  • 1967 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue Postcard
  • 1967 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue Photo
  • 1967 Cincinnati Reds Team Photo
  • c1967 Norman Paulson Postcard
  • 1968 Kahn's
  • 1968 Partridge Meats
  • 1968-70 Shillito's
  • 1968 Topps
  • 1968 Uniroyal Keds Cincinnati Reds
  • 1968 Cincinnati Reds Team Photo
  • 1968 Cincinnati Reds Team Ruler
  • 14 Items
    Shared Album
    1037 Visits
    Charles "Chief" Bender
    23.Charles "Chief" Bender
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams
  • 1903 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (Street Clothes) - Type 2
  • 1903 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (Street Clothes) - Type 3
  • 1903 Carl Horner Mounted Photo
  • 1903 W601 Sporting Life Premiums Philadelphia Athletics Team Composite
  • 1904-11 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (Uniform) - Type 4
  • 1904 "Native American" Cabinet Photo
  • 7 Items
    Shared Album
    513 Visits
    Lawrence "Yogi" Berra
    24.Lawrence "Yogi" Berra
  • c1941 Photo (childhood in baseball gear w/ Team)
  • 1945 Naval Sub Base Team (Service League) Photo
  • 1945-46 Snapshot Photo w/ Bobby Brown (Newark uniforms)
  • 1946 Newark Team Photo
  • c1946 Snapshot Photo
  • 1947 Tip Top Bread
  • 1947 Homogenized Bond Bread
  • 1947 W602 Sports Exchange Minis
  • 1947 W602 Sports Exchange Minis Uncut Sheet
  • 1946-49 (1947) W603 Sports Exchange
  • 1947 NY Yankees Team Issue
  • 1947 Press Photo (x2)
  • 1947 Bob Olen Original Photo
  • 1947 NY Yankees "Our Champs" Team Composite Button
  • 1948 Bowman
  • 1947-66 Exhibits (Chest-Up Portrait)
  • 1947-66 Exhibits (Full Length Batting)
  • 18 Items
    Shared Album
    809 Visits
    Craig Biggio
    25.Craig Biggio
  • 1988 ProCards Tucson Toros
  • 1988 CMC Tucson Toros
  • 1988 Jones Photo Tucson Toros
  • 1988 Fleer Update
  • 1988 Fleer Update Glossy
  • 1988 Score Traded
  • 6 Items
    Shared Album
    610 Visits
    Bert Blyleven
    26.Bert Blyleven
  • 1969 Press Photo
  • 1970 Minnesota Twins Team Issue
  • 1971 Topps
  • 1971 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1971 Dell Today's Team Stamps
  • 5 Items
    Shared Album
    366 Visits
    Wade Boggs
    27.Wade Boggs
  • 1981 TCMA Pawtuckett Red Sox
  • 1982-83 Treakle or Bailey Postcard (TBD)
  • 1983 Topps
  • 1983 Donruss
  • 1983 Fleer
  • 1983 All-Star Game Program Inserts
  • 1983 Boston Herald Sox Stamps
  • 1983 Boston Red Sox Team Issue Photocard
  • 1983 Fleer Stamps
  • 1983 Fleer Stickers
  • 1983 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1983 Topps Stickers
  • 12 Items
    Shared Album
    554 Visits
    James "Jim" Bottomley
    28.James "Jim" Bottomley
  • 1902-04 Snapshot Photo (unconfirmed)
  • c1920 FG Aces Semi-Pro Snapshot Photo (x4)
  • 1921 Houston Buffaloes vs. Galveston Pirates Opening Day Panoramic Photo
  • 1923-24 Exhibits
  • 1923 (1925) V117 Maple Crispette
  • 1921-30 M.L. Die-Cuts
  • 1924-25 M114 Baseball Magazine
  • 10 Items
    Shared Album
    908 Visits
    Lou Boudreau
    29.Lou Boudreau
  • 1938 Press Photo
  • 1939 Press Photo
  • 1939 Geore Burke Negative
  • 1939-46 W462 Salutation Exhibits (variations x3)
  • 1941 Double Play
  • 7 Items
    Shared Album
    523 Visits
    Roger Bresnahan
    30.Roger Bresnahan
  • 1895 Manistee Imperial Team Cabinet Photo
  • c1895-97 Lima Team Photo - Ohio State League
  • 1900 Cabinet Photo
  • 1903 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (New York N.L.) - Type 3
  • 1903 Carl Horner Cabinet Photo
  • 1903 W601 Sporting Life Premiums New York Team Composite
  • 1903 Benjamin Falk - Astoria - NY Giants Postcard
  • 1903 Burr McIntosh NY Giants Team
  • c1903-05 Falk Studio Cabinet
  • 1904 Allegheny Card Co.
  • 1904 Anonymous Studio Cabinets
  • 1904 Carl Horner Cabinet
  • 1904 Police Gazette Supplements (9/10/04)
  • 1904 PC782 NY Giants Rotograph Team Composite Postcard
  • 1904 Original Mounted Photo
  • 1906 Fan Craze
  • 16 Items
    Shared Album
    1153 Visits