Cooperstown vs Best of Baseball through 1949

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Now that we've finished the 1940's, it's time for another review of how the Best of Baseball project is stacking up against Cooperstown.

Let's start with the players both projects agree on:


Pete Alexander
Cap Anson
Frank Baker
Dan Brouthers
Mordecai Brown
Fred Clarke
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Ed Delahanty
Buck Ewing
Frankie Frisch
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gehringer
Lefty Grove
Rogers Hornsby
Carl Hubbell
Walter Johnson
King Kelly
Nap LaJoie
Christy Mathewson
Kid Nichols
Jim O'Rourke
Eddie Plank
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Honus Wagner
Ed Walsh
Paul Waner
George Wright*
Cy Young


Wright gets an asterisk, as he's in Cooperstown as a Pioneer, while he's in BOB as a player.

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Here are the Negro Leaguers we've inducted into Best of Baseball, but are not yet in Cooperstown (with years of induction)


Oscar Charleston (76)
Josh Gibson (72)
Pop Lloyd (77)
Bullet Joe Rogan (98)
Louis Santop (2006)
Turkey Stearnes (2000)
Mule Suttles (2006)
Cristobal Torriente (2006)
Joe Williams (99)

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Here are the guys we inducted into Best of Baseball, but were inducted into Cooperstown after 1949 (with year of induction):


John Clarkson (63)
Roger Connor (76)
Sam Crawford (56)
George Davis (98)
Goose Goslin (68)
Billy Hamilton (61)
Gabby Hartnett (55)
Harry Heilmann (51)
Tim Keefe (64)
Amos Rusie (77)
Al Simmons (53)
John M. Ward (64)

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Here are the players we've inducted into Best of Baseball, but are still waiting for that honor from Cooperstown:


Ross Barnes
Bill Dahlen
Paul Hines
Deacon White

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Here are the players Cooperstown honored by 1949, but haven't yet been inducted into Best of Baseball:


Roger Bresnahan
Frank Chance
Jack Chesbro
Jimmy Collins
Hugh Duffy
Johnny Evers
Hughie Jennings
Tommy McCarthy
Joe McGinnity
Herb Pennock
Charlie Radbourn
George Sisler
Joe Tinker
Pie Traynor
Rube Waddell

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Here are the contributors agreed upon by both projects (though Best of Baseball has Wright as a player rather than a contributor):


Henry Chadwick
Ban Johnson
Connie Mack
John McGraw
Al Spalding
George Wright*

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There's only one guy from the Negro Leagues Best of Baseball has to date as a contributor--Rube Foster, who Cooperstown inducted in 1981.

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There are a few contributors Best of Baseball has inducted by 1949 who had to wait longer for the same honor from Cooperstown (with years of induction):


Ed Barrow (53)
William Hulbert (95)
Bill Klem (53)
Branch Rickey (67)
Harry Wright (53)

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There are some guys Best of Baseball has already inducted as contributors that Cooperstown has never inducted:


Doc Adams
Jim Creighton
Francis Richter

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Lastly, Cooperstown had honored three guys by 1949 who are still on the ballot for Best of Baseball:


Griffith, Clark
Landis, Kenesaw
Robinson, Wilbert