Biography Subjects

19th Century and Deadball Era

The Deadball Era Committee completed its first project in 2003. Deadball Stars of the National League (SABR, 2003) includes biographies of 136 National League subjects. 139 more have already been selected for the companion volume, Deadball Stars of the American League, expected 2006.

Several of the Deadball Era subjects were also featured in the 19th Century volumes, Nineteenth Century Stars (SABR, 1989) and Baseball's First Stars (SABR, 1996), which consist of 289 biographies.

Subjects of both 19th Century and Deadball Era Biographies

Deadball N.L.
Hank O'Day
John McGraw
John T. Brush
Frank Selee
Fred Clarke
Jake Beckley
Ned Hanlon
Bill Dahlen
Wilbert Robinson
Fred Tenney

Deadball A.L.
Cy Young
Jimmy Collins
Charles Comiskey
Jimmy Callahan
George Davis
Hugh Jennings
Connie Mack
Willie Keeler 
Ed Delahanty
Clark Griffith
Jimmy McAleer
Jesse Burkett

11 of the 22 "repeat subjects" were selected for both projects primarily as players:
Beckley, Burkett, Callahan, Clarke, Collins, Dahlen, Davis, Delahanty, Keeler, Tenney, and Young.

Two other Deadball subjects were recommended by the 19c editors but did not attract biographers:
Buck Freeman and Cy Seymour.