- Denton True "Cy" Young
- Amos Wilson Rusie "The Hoosier Thunderbolt"
- Edward James "Big Ed" Delahanty
- Henry Chadwick
- Adrian Constantine "Cap" "Pop" Anson
- John Montgomery Ward
- William "Buck" Ewing
- Jesse Cail "Crab" Burkett
- Jacob Peter Beckley "Eagle Eye"
- Albert Goodwill Spalding
- Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols
- Dennis Joseph "Big Dan" Brouthers
- Joseph James Kelley
- John Gibson Clarkson
- Michael Joseph Griffin
- William Robert "Sliding Billy" Hamilton
- Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning "The Gladiator"
- George Edward Martin "Rip" Van Haltren
- Paul A. Hines
- Roger Connor "Dear Old Roger"
- Timothy John Keefe "Sir Timothy"
- James Henry "Orator Jim" O'Rourke
- Michael Joseph "King" Kelly