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Brian H (misunderestimated)Personally, I'd go with Caruthers, Deacon White and Bill Dahlen as most deserving ......
Also, Browning (who is a tough call) didn't "only" play part of every season -- until the 1890's the season were much shorter.... Pitchers still ran up big numbers because each team usually only used 2 or 3 (at most) until the 1890's....
If you really want to see this thoroughly discussed you might spend some time poking around this site:
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/primer/hom/