Interesting card fact

[BBCgalaxee]

Unless I'm totally drawing a blank, there is no topps rc of a hall of famer pictured in a yankee uniform.

Not something you'd expect considering both legacy.

 

[Todd44]

Hard to believe, but I think you're right: List of Yankees HOFers with years with Yankees...

Frank "Home Run" Baker	1916-1919, 1921-1922
Wade Boggs	1993-1997
Yogi Berra*	1946-1963
Frank Chance	1913-1914
Jack Chesbro*	1903-1909
Earle Combs*	1924-1935
Stan Coveleski	1928
Bill Dickey*	1928-1943, 1946
Joe Dimaggio*	1936-1942, 1946-1951
Leo Durocher**	1925, 1928-1929
Whitey Ford*	1950, 1953-1967
Lou Gehrig*	1923-1939
Lefty Gomez*	1930-1942
Clark Griffith**	1903-1907
Burleigh Grimes	1934
Waite Hoyt*	1921-1930
Jim "Catfish" Hunter	1975-1979
Reggie Jackson	1977-1981
Willie Keeler*	1903-1909
Tony Lazzeri*	1926-1937
Mickey Mantle	1951-1968
Bill McKechnie**	1913
Johnny Mize	1949-1953
Phil Niekro	1984-1985
Herb Pennock*	1923-1933
Gaylord Perry	1980
Phil Rizzuto*	1941-1942, 1946-1956
Red Ruffing*	1930-1942, 1945-1946
Babe Ruth*	1920-1934
Joe Sewell	1931-1933
Enos Slaughter	1954-1959
Dazzy Vance	1915, 1918
Paul Waner	1944-1945
Dave Winfield*	1981-88, 1990

 

[jbhofmann]

Next one won't break the streak...

 

[P_Manning 18]

Next one won't break the streak...

Me thinks this guy might break it tho

 

[ThoseBackPages]

JEETS!

 

[GF Yankees Fan]

Well it's a technicality but Tony Kubek is in the Hall of Fame as a recipient of Ford C. Frick Award and his rookie card is in 1957 Topps pictured as a Yankee.
tony kubek rookie | eBay
In terms of players elected for their playing careers though the good money is on Jeter being the first.

 

[MansGame]

Next one won't break the streak...

Hmmm I don't see the pin stripes in this picture but I could be wrong

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[matfanofold]

Interesting....

I guess the closest thing may be the 52 Topps Mantle, although not considered a true RC by the hobby purists, it is still considered his RC card (despite the 1951 Bowman) to many. However, I have a feeling you were eagerly anticipating such a response.

 

[predatorkj]

Wait, I'm not a vintage expert or anything nor am I a historical expert by any means. But what about whitey ford? Or scooter?

 

[predatorkj]

Interesting....

I guess the closest thing may be the 52 Topps Mantle, although not considered a true RC by the hobby purists, it is still considered his RC card (despite the 1951 Bowman) to many. However, I have a feeling you were eagerly anticipating such a response.

I thought about the bowman before I thought about the 52 topps but I quickly snapped to the fact that bowman wasn't owned by topps originally. As for people considering his 52 topps a rookie, not sure why.

 

[George_Calfas]

Wait, I'm not a vintage expert or anything nor am I a historical expert by any means. But what about whitey ford? Or scooter?

Ford is 51 Bowman

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Wait, I'm not a vintage expert or anything nor am I a historical expert by any means. But what about whitey ford? Or scooter?

Whitey is 51B
Yogi is 48B

 

[383astro]

Rizzutos rookie is 41 double play or 48 bowman or 49 leaf depending on who you ask

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

I'd go with:

as he was in the bigs in 1995. The '93 isn't a MLB jersey, the '93 Jeter looks like he's wearing underoos LOL.

 

[smapdi]

Very interesting piece of trivia.