Amateur attempt at fielding a team with "best" 19th century player at each position ...
P - Kid Nichols
C - Buck Ewing (1*)
1st - Cap Anson
2nd - Bid McPhee
3rd - Deacon White (2*)
SS - Jack Glasscock (3*)
LF - Ed Delahanty
CF - Billy Hamilton
RF - King Kelly (4*)
DH - Roger Connor / Dan Brouthers
(1*) honorable mention to Deacon McGuire, who caught 1103 games in the 19th century alone (more than Ewing's 636 and White's 458 careers combined) and another 509 in the 20th century. Wilbert Robinson also caught 1108 of his 1316 games in the 19th century.
(2*) Jimmy Collins and McGraw spent ~1/2 career in 20th century
(3*) George Davis, Bill Dahlen, and Bobby Wallace ~spent 1/2 their careers in 20th century
(4*) Sam Thompson has almost exact stats, it's so close!
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