Who are your top 5 players who are not in the MLB HOF who played in the 19th century?

[packs]

My list:

Harry Stovey - One of the first real five tool players. An offensive beast.

Bob Caruthers - Ohtani of his day. In 1887 he won 29 games, pitched 341 innings and also managed to bat 357 with 8 homers and 73 rbi's,

Tip O'Neill - Forgotten triple crown winner

Jack Glasscock - Crime he isn't in.

Gus Weyhing - Won 30 games 4 years in a row and is still the all time leader in hit batsmen.

[Rad_Hazard]

Great list! I agree with all of those and Caruthers was close on my list.

[G1911]

#1 Jim Creighton
#2 Ross Barnes

These guys are far and away the Hall’s biggest omissions in my eyes. The gap between them and the others is huge. Neither of them is getting in any time soon. There’s 15-20 guys I think are worthy of very serious consideration, and all of them are fairly close, I think.

#3 Bob Caruthers
#4 Bill Dahlen
#5 Jack Glasscock

[mrreality68]

some great list guys
and heard to argue with the facts listed

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Chicks dig the long ball. Ned Williamson

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Chicks dig the long ball. Ned Williamson

I am SO with you on this one! In all seriousness though, Williamson was one of the best defensive 3B of that era. Jim O'Rourke, Paul Hines, and Cap Anson all said he was the greatest player they had ever seen.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Great names listed so far. I'll put in a vote for Charlie Buffinton–perhaps not a HOF career, but he was pretty great for a stretch. King Kelly praised him as "a young fellow who pitches a pretty stiff game of ball". His 1884 stat line is ridiculous! 48-16, 2.15 ERA, 587 IP (!), 417 K (6th most all time).