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Kevin CummingsWithout a doubt, Gus Weyhing.
He's not exactly obscure either, but gets far less recognition than he should, although he did get mentioned recently on the Yankee broadcast when Mike Mussina passed him in the all-time wins category. Weyhing was one of 19th-century baseball's outstanding pitchers, winning 30 or more games in four seasons, more than 20 in three others as well as pitching a no-hitter. His career record is 264 wins and he holds the all-time record for hit batsmen with 277.
I have been friends with Gus' nephew, Ed, for quite a few years since I needed to enlist his aid in getting the Library of Congress to change the label of an Old Judge card in their collection. The LOC had Gus' name associated with the picture of his brother John's Old Judge card.
