19th Century Top 10 Lists...

[Rad_Hazard]

In the process of my last post and sifting through the sabermetric stats, I was able to come up with some 19th Century Top 10 lists (1871-1899).

These are my own findings and are based on non-counting stats (i.e. how much pop per plate appearance/inning did each of these players have in these categories over their career). This accounts for a player like Jake Stenzel being ranked higher than Cap Anson. Jake was fortunate to have a smaller sample size and thus has better numbers per plate appearance (NOTE: My cutoff was 2500 PA's for hitters/defenders and 2000 IP for pitchers).

These are mostly just interesting and to spark conversation, but here are my "super scientific" findings...

19th Century Top 10 Offense:

1. Ross Barnes
2. Ed Delahanty
3. Dan Brouthers
4. Sam Thompson
5. Joe Kelley
6. Willie Keeler
7. Cal McVey
8. Hugh Duffy
9. Jake Stenzel
10. Cap Anson


19th Century Top 10 Defense:

1. Germany Smith
2. Jack Glasscock
3. Bid McPhee
4. Charlie Bennett
5. Charles Zimmer
6. Arlie Latham
7. Ed Williamson
8. Lou Bierbauer
9. Lave Cross
10. Danny Richardson


19th Century Top 10 Pitchers:

1. Kid Nichols
2. Cy Young
3. John Clarkson
4. Tim Keefe
5. Amos Rusie
6. Old Hoss Radbourn
7. Tony Mullane
8. Jim McCormick
9. Al Spalding
10. Bob Caruthers