Biography Subjects recommended

but not featured in two volumes on 19th century base ballists

Nineteenth Century Stars (SABR, 1989) and Baseball's First Stars (SABR, 1996) include 289 biographies of 19th century base ballists. Both volumes may be purchased from the University of Nebraska Press, the backlist distributor for SABR. (Search the UNP catalog. For SABR publications, enter ISBN: 910137 (six digits only).)

The original editors, John Thorn and Mark Rucker in 1984 and Frederick Ivor-Campbell in 1990, recommended more than 300 subjects. Here are the 44 recommended subjects who are not featured in either volume.

See an incomplete classification.

Recommended subjects

  Bechtel, George       
  Birdsall, Dave        
  Boyle, Jack   
  Carroll, Cliff        
  Casey, Dan    
  Corkhill, Pop 
  Crane, Cannonball     
  Daily, Con    
  DeBost, Charles       
  Dowd, Tommy   
  Driscoll, Denny       "[John F.] Driscoll" by Charlie Bevis
  Ely, Bones    
  Farrell, Jack 
  Freeman, Buck         in progress for SABR BioProject
  Ganzel, Charlie       
  Gelston, Joe  
  Grim, John    
  Hughes, Jim   
  Irwin, Charlie        
  Knight, Lon           "Lon Knight" by Ralph Berger
  Kuehne, Willie        
  Malone, Fergie        
  Martin, Phonnie       
  McFarland, Ed 
  McMullin, John        
  Mills, Everett        
  Mulvey, Joe   
  Nops, Jerry   
  O'Brien, Pete 
  Pabor, Charlie        
  Peitz, Heinie 
  Pinckney, George      
  Purcell, Blondie      
  Seymour, Cy           "Cy Seymour" by Bill Kirwin
  Sommer, Joe   
  Staley, Harry 
  Stricker, Cub 
  Taylor, Brewery Jack  "Jack Taylor" by Peter Mancuso
  Tebeau, White Wings   
  Turner, Tuck          in progress for SABR BioProject
  Vaughn, Farmer        
  Wadsworth, Lewis      
  Waitt, Charles        
  Wolters, Rynie

44 subjects, classified

Here the top amateur and major league playing careeers of those 44 subjects are classified by time period: entirely before 1871 (4), before and after 1871 (8), entirely 1871-1889 (5), last played MLB in the 1890s (18), last played 1900s (9).

Played at high level before 1871 (* entirely before 1871)
  Bechtel, George       
  Birdsall, Dave        
* DeBost, Charles       
* Gelston, Joe  
  Malone, Fergie        
  Martin, Phonnie       
  McMullin, John        
  Mills, Everett        
* O'Brien, Pete 
  Pabor, Charlie        
* Wadsworth, Lewis      
  Wolters, Rynie        

Played major league baseball entirely 1871-1889
  Driscoll, Denny       
  Farrell, Jack 
  Knight, Lon   
  Purcell, Blondie      
  Waitt, Charles        

Played MLB in 1890 or later (* 1900 or later)
  Boyle, Jack   
  Carroll, Cliff        
  Casey, Dan    
  Corkhill, Pop 
  Crane, Cannonball     
  Daily, Con    
* Dowd, Tommy
* Ely, Bones    
* Freeman, Buck 
  Ganzel, Charlie       
  Grim, John    
* Hughes, Jim   
* Irwin, Charlie        
  Kuehne, Willie        
* McFarland, Ed 
  Mulvey, Joe   
* Nops, Jerry   
* Peitz, Heinie 
  Pinckney, George      
  Sommer, Joe   
  Staley, Harry 
  Stricker, Cub 
  Taylor, Brewery Jack  
  Tebeau, White Wings   
  Turner, Tuck  
  Vaughn, Farmer        
* Seymour, Cy