Pre-war Non-HOFers Worth Collecting

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by packs

I'll just one single card of an otherwise forgotten man:

Art Whitney with Dog

Forgotten dog, too.

[riggs336]

Moses Yellowhorse

[SD]

Wild Bill Donovan
Arlington Latham
Heine Zimmerman
Carl Mays
Tom Pratt
Art Develin
Elmer Flick
Elmer Smith
Sam Crawford
Harry Heilman
Sam Coveleski
Adolfo Luque
Jack Fournier
Johnny Allen
Bill Lee
Johnny Kling
Sherry Magee
Ed Reulbach
Shanty Hogan
Muddy Ruel

[Prince Hal]

I would add Wayne Terwillger, Hank Bauer and Ralph Houk. All served with distinction on WWII. I always marvel at the men who fought in the war and came home to play again.

[SD]

One blacklisted for the Blackbox scandal the other killed in ww2.

Originally Posted by Prince Hal

I would add Wayne Terwillger, Hank Bauer and Ralph Houk. All served with distinction on WWII. I always marvel at the men who fought in the war and came home to play again.

[tonyo]

this isn't stat or career based, but when I was putting together a pre-war type collection, I targeted Hall of Famers OR players who were featured in The Glory of Their Times

Jimmy Austin
Rube Bressler
Al Bridwell
Stan Coveleski
Sam Crawford
George Gibson
Goose Goslin
Hank Greenberg
Heinie Groh
Babe Herman
Harry Hooper
Davy Jones
Sad Sam Jones
Willie Kamm
Tommy Leach
Hans Lobert
Rube Marquard
Chief Meyers
Lefty O'Doul
Bob O'Farrell
Edd Roush
Fred Snodgrass
Specs Toporcer
Bill Wambsganss
Paul Waner
Joe Wood

[Exhibitman]

For PCL fans, Ox Eckhardt. Per Wikipedia:

Oscar George "Ox" Eckhardt (December 23, 1901 – April 22, 1951) was an outfielder for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. Eckhardt holds the known all-time professional baseball record for batting average, counting both major and minor league stats: .365 (Ty Cobb holds the major league record, .366, but Cobb's minor league average of .304 lowers his total professional-ball average to .364, second behind Eckhardt. Eckhardt hit .192 in the major leagues, but in just 52 at bats, so his known minor league average of .366 was lowered just one point.) In spite of his outstanding ability to hit for average, Eckhardt – a poor fielder who lacked much home run power – was never able to establish himself in the major leagues. In 1933, he hit .414 for the San Francisco Missions, which is still the PCL (Pacific Coast League) record. In 1935, he again won the PCL batting title, edging out 20-year-old Joe DiMaggio, .399 to .398. This finally earned him a slot on a major league club, the 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers, with a chance to win a job as a regular. But Eckhardt was 36 years old by then, was still a poor fielder with little power, and in ten starts hit just .182 in 44 at bats. He was sent back to the minors, never to return. Eckhardt also played halfback and quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, and professionally as a halfback in 11 games for the New York Giants of the National Football League.

[Cmvorce]

Thank you, everyone. Definitely some players named who I am not yet familiar with and will be reading up on them shortly. Looks like my want list is about to get longer.