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Q3: Are sports cards valuable ? Like all collectibles, some sports cards increase in value and a few can become very valuable. Determining a card's value is based on a number of factors including the popularity of the player, the card's scarcity, it's condition, and demand among collectors. A card can be scarce but if there's no demand for it, it's value may not be to great. Q: What are some of the ways to collect cards ? There are several different ways to collect cards. For example, you can try to collect all the cards in a given set. Or you can focus on cards of your favorite team or even just your favorite player. Some people only collect Rookie cards while others only collect cards of Hall-of-Famers. Because of the high cost of vintage sports cards today a growingly popular way to collect sportscards is "Type Collecting". "Type Collecting" is collecting just one of each "type" (or different issue) made. To keep costs down, on some of the scarcer more expensive issues you can simply add a less expensive "common" to your collection. While on more common or recent issues you can select your favorite player or a card from your favorite team. No matter how you collect - the key is to have fun ! Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey Memorabilia Cards (T8) It's cool to have a card of your favorite player. It's even cooler to have your favorite player's jersey or bat. Well just think how cool it is to have a card of your favorite player embedded with a piece of his bat or jersey that he used in a real major league game !!! That's the concept that Upper Deck dazzled the hobby with in 1996. Ever since the hobby has been in love with Game-Used memorabilia cards and they have become a staple of sportscard collecting. Originally they were very scarce inserts with less than 1 every few boxes. Now these insert cards are so popular that many products include one in every pack. Be sure you visit our Game-Used card section with nearly 1,000 available at discount prices.

***  BATTING AVERAGE  -  ALL-TIME Leaders  ***
Active Players - "+" BOLD in CAPS with AGE
Rank Player              Batting Average
 1.  Ty Cobb HOF            .3664
 2.  Rogers Hornsby HOF     .3585
 3.  Joe Jackson            .3558
 4.  Lefty O'Doul           .3493
 5.  Ed Delahanty HOF       .3459
 6.  Tris Speaker HOF       .3447
 7.  Ted Williams HOF       .3444
 8.  Billy Hamilton HOF     .3443
 9.  Dan Brouthers HOF      .3421
     Babe Ruth HOF          .3421
11.  Dave Orr               .3420
12.  Harry Heilmann HOF     .3416
13.  Pete Browning          .3415
14.  Willie Keeler HOF      .3413
15.  Bill Terry HOF         .3412
16.  George Sisler HOF      .3402
17.  Lou Gehrig HOF         .3401
18.  Jake Stenzel           .3386
19.  Jesse Burkett HOF      .3384
20.  Tony Gwynn             .3382
21.  Nap Lajoie HOF         .3381
22.+ TODD HELTON (31)       .3366
23.  Riggs Stephenson       .3361
24.  Al Simmons HOF         .3342
25.  John McGraw HOF        .3336
26.  Eddie Collins HOF      .3332
     Paul Waner HOF         .3332
28.  Cap Anson HOF          .3326
     Mike Donlin            .3326
30.+ ALBERT PUJOLS (25)     .3324
31.+ ICHIRO SUZUKI (31)     .3323
32.  Stan Musial HOF        .3308
33.  Sam Thompson HOF       .3307
34.  Bill Lange             .3302
35.  Heinie Manush HOF      .3298
36.  Wade Boggs HOF         .3279
37.  Rod Carew HOF          .3278
38.  Honus Wagner HOF       .3274
39.  Tip O'Neill            .3257
40.  Bob Fothergill         .3255
41.  Jimmie Foxx HOF        .3253
42.  Earle Combs HOF        .3248
43.  Joe DiMaggio HOF       .3246
44.  Babe Herman            .3245
45.  Hugh Duffy HOF         .3241
46.+ VLADAMIR GUERRERO (29) .3240
47.  Joe Medwick HOF        .3236
48.  Edd Roush HOF          .3227
49.  Sam Rice HOF           .3223
50.  Ross Youngs HOF        .3222
51.  Kiki Cuyler HOF        .3210
52.  Charlie Gehringer HOF  .3204
53.  Chuck Klein HOF        .3201
54.+ NOMAR GARCIAPARRA (31) .3197
55.  Mickey Cochrane HOF    .3196
     Pie Traynor HOF        .3196
57.  Ken Williams           .3192
58.  Kirby Puckett HOF      .3181
59.  Earl Averill HOF       .3178
60.  Arky Vaughan HOF       .3176
61.  Bill Everitt           .3174
62.  Roberto Clemente HOF   .3173
     Joe Harris             .3173
64.  Chick Hafey HOF        .3170
65.  Joe Kelley HOF         .3169
66.  Zack Wheat HOF         .3167
67.  Roger Connor HOF       .3165
68.  Lloyd Waner HOF        .3164
69.  Frankie Frisch HOF     .3161
70.  Goose Goslin HOF       .3160
71.  Lew Fonseca            .3158
72.  George Van Haltren     .3157
73.  Bibb Falk              .3145
74.  Cecil Travis           .3142
75.+ DEREK JETER (31)       .3139
76.+ MANNY RAMIREZ (33)     .3137
77.  Hank Greenberg HOF     .3135
78.  Jack Fournier          .3132
79.  Elmer Flick HOF        .3130
80.  Ed Morgan              .3128
81.  Larry Walker           .3127
82.  Bill Dickey HOF        .3125
83.  Dale Mitchell          .3123
84.  Johnny Mize HOF        .3121
     Joe Sewell HOF         .3121
86.  Fred Clarke HOF        .3119
     Deacon White           .3119
88.  Barney McCosky         .3118
89.  Edgar Martinez         .3115
90.  Johnny Hodapp          .3114
     Hughie Jennings HOF    .3114
     Freddie Lindstrom HOF  .3114
93.  Bing Miller            .3113
     Jackie Robinson HOF    .3113
95.  Baby Doll Jacobson     .3112
     Taffy Wright           .3112
97.+ MIKE PIAZZA (36)       .3110
     Rip Radcliff           .3110
99.  Bug Holliday           .3109
100. Ginger Beaumont        .3108
   
*** BATTING AVERAGE  -  Active Leaders  ***
Rank Player (age)        Batting Average
 1.  Todd Helton (31)       .3366
 2.  Albert Pujols (25)     .3324
 3.  Ichiro Suzuki (31)     .3323
 4.  Vladimir Guerrero (29) .3240
 5.  Nomar Garciaparra (31) .3197
 6.  Derek Jeter (31)       .3139
 7.  Manny Ramirez (33)     .3137
 8.  Mike Piazza (36)       .3110
 9.  Frank Thomas (37)      .3071
10.  Alex Rodriguez (29)    .3069
11.  Magglio Ordonez (31)   .3062
12.  Sean Casey (30)        .3050
13.  Juan Pierre (27)       .3049
14.  Ivan Rodriguez (33)    .3042
15.  Mike Sweeney (31)      .3040
16.  Chipper Jones (33)     .3031
17.  Bobby Abreu (31)       .3029
18.  Jose Vidro (30)        .3021
19.  Jason Kendall (31)     .3019
20.  Lance Berkman (29)     .3018
21.  Moises Alou (38)       .3010
22.  Mark Loretta (33)      .3006
23.  Placido Polanco (29)   .3005
24.  Barry Bonds (40)       .3000
25.  Shannon Stewart (31)   .2996
26.  Julio Franco (46)      .2993
27.  Brian Giles (34)       .2992
28.  Kenny Lofton (38)      .2991
29.  Garret Anderson (33)   .2980
30.  Bernie Williams (36)   .2978

1959 Fleer Ted Williams Ted Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play the game ! The 'Splendid Splinter' played from 1939-1942 and 1946-1960 all with the Boston Red Sox. He missed 1943 thru 1945 due to military duty when he was a pilot during the wars. For his career he hit .344 with 521 home runs. Ted Williams was one of the biggest stars baseball has ever seen, and his baseball cards remain very popular and valuable. Ted's rookie card was in 1950 Bowman and he was exclusive with Bowman from 1950 thru 1954. In 1954 he also allowed Topps to make his cards which they did from 1954 thru 1958. In 1959 Fleer signed Ted Williams away from Topps and assumed the star Ted Williams would be retiring, put out an entire 80-card set of cards highlighting Ted Williams and illustrating his life both in and out of baseball. Williams decided late in the fall to resign for another year perhaps damaging the sets impact. Today these cards remain extremely popular with most of the cards in teh set still quite affordable. There is one very rare card in this set, #68 picturing Ted with Bucky Harris. UNFORTUNATELY Topps had Bucky Harris under exclusive contract and Fleer had to quickly halt production of this card making it a significant SHORT PRINT. Only a few made it out to the public. This card is quite rare, hardly ever seen and a plain old simple checklist making it the perfect candidate for counterfeiting. NOTE: This card has been counterfeited in significant quantities so you should be very, very careful when looking to acquire this card. Other interesting cards are those that picture Ted with Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Sam Snead and Jim Thorpe. In addition, cards of Ted fishing or with his airplane are also very popular.

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