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Posted By: jay behrens

Unless I missed it, I don't think anyone mentioned Decone Phillipe, the Ace of the great Pirates teams. Carl MAys would be there if not for the Chapman death.

Not a candidate for the HOF, but one of my favorite 19th century players is Guy Hecker. He is the only pitcher to win a batting title leadding the AA in 1886 with a 342 avg. He threw a no hitter, set AA record for wins with 52, led the tema in in HRs in 1884, was the first pitcher to hit 2 HRs in a game also was the first player to play 1B with a single fielding chance the entire game.

Some also mentioned George Gore who has interesting stat. He lead the league in walks in 1886 with 102 in 120 odd game. The amazing thing about this is that it took 7 balls to walk taht year.

Jay