1. Cy Young
2. Cap Anson
3. Kid Nichols
4. Dan Brouthers
5. Tim Keefe
6. Ed Delahanty
Off the top of my head without checking baseball reference again, based on careers in the major leagues. Spaulding, Creighton and others may be more deserving. Added a 6th since Young spans two full decades, only one of which is the 19th century. If only his career through 1899 counts he probably doesn’t merit inclusion.
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