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Posted By: Rhys

Everyone knows Ruth as the great hitter, best ever, but the fact that he was a pitcher is the understatement of the deadball era. Ruth was the best lefthander of his time.

My vote will go with Bob Caruthers and Tony Mullane, but since they have already been mentioned, I have long thought that Carl mays would be a hall of famer but for the Ray Chapman incident, which was as much Chapmans fault as Mays'. He deserves to be in the hall of fame and is very underrated; if my memory serves me right he is either the only, or one of a few pre WW2 pitchers who are still on the modern ballot.

Rhys