Re: Arky Vaughan
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Kevin Brown had one of the most insane peaks ever.
Another great example: Tris Speaker. How about Dick Allen?
If you want a modern day example, Gary Sheffield.
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Don't think I buy Speaker in this debate. He's constantly mentioned with Cobb, Mays, Mantle et al in greatest cf talks and has been in my 30 years as a ballfan. Little known fact; Speaker was the only known member of both the BBHOF and the KKK, but this is back when the Klan was basically a social club.
Here's a few others for you guys to check out:
Sam Crawford
Ed Walsh
Joe McGinnity
Old Hoss Radbourne (you'll like his '84 season)
Three-finger brown
Ed Walsh
Jack Chesbro
Heinie Manusch
Chuck Klein
Al Simmons
Gabby Hartnett
Rube Marguard ('Rube' was essentionally 'donkey' a century ago)
Sliding Billy Hamilton
Hugh Duffy
Tuck Turner (Look at his 1894 and realize he was his team's fourth outfielder. Then, look tat he other three.)
Kid Nichols
Ken Williams (The first 30-30 man by decades)
Smokey Joe Wood
Eddie Collins
Home Run Baker
Adie joss
Hal newhouser
Dazzy Vance (Note the age at which he started pitching)
babe Herman
Johnny Mize (HR/SO)
Tip O'Neill
Used to be I could have built this list off the top of my head. now, a quick look at the year by year ops/era leaders for each team suffices.
Those Pirates were a pretty good team. With Arky and the Waner brothers, they had three Hall of famers at their peaks and the end-of-career Pie Traynor made it four HOF's total.
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a very large number of the players you listed are products of their era.
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