Who is your favorite pre-1930 player and why?

[celoknob]

After he retired, Johnny Kling bought the Kansas City Blues in the early 1930s and quickly eliminated segregated seating when that was not a popular stance. He's my choice.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by celoknob

After he retired, Johnny Kling bought the Kansas City Blues in the early 1930s and quickly eliminated segregated seating when that was not a popular stance. He's my choice.

Good call there. Another extremely underrated player. Probably the best catcher in the dead ball era. His absence in 1909 likely cost the Cubs a 4th straight pennant.

[glchen]

Always been a big fan of Gehrig. Always a class act.

[sbfinley]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Ed Delahanty. The man was a beast in a time when the game went as followed: single, advance the runner, single, advance the runner.

Plus his demise is the stuff of "Unsolved Mysteries."

[green rhino123]

Cy Young, Ty Cobb, and/or Babe Ruth.
I can't decide.

[Kawika]