2026 Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend Election

This is the final SABR Nineteenth Century Overlooked Legends election. From 2009 through 2025, 17 selections were made. This year, we will choose 8 additional selections, completing the project with 25 Overlooked Legends.

This ballot is split into four tracks:

  • Players from the Major Leagues (1876–1900)
  • Pioneers/Contributors
  • Managers/Executives/Umpires
  • Black Baseball

This ballot is made up of nine candidates from each track (for a total of 36 candidates). You will vote for ten (ranked) candidates from the ballot, regardless of the track. The top two vote-getters from each track will be honored as Overlooked Legends, giving us eight selections.

For profiles of each of this year's 36 candidates, visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RHiFmDUPVMAL7o7SoEjGtdnnCV8sMQapXFZr2dwKs84/edit?usp=sharing

ALL BALLOTS MUST BE CAST PRIOR TO 11:59 p.m. PDT on Suhday, June 21, 2026.

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* 1. Select only your top ten candidates from the list below (Player’s track is in parentheses)

  1st choice 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Tommy Bond (ML)
Lave Cross (ML)
George Gore (ML)
Paul Hines (ML)
Jim McCormick (ML)
Jimmy Ryan (ML)
Jack Stivetts (ML)
Mike Tiernan (ML)
George Van Haltren (ML)
Joe Leggett (PC)
Dick McBride (PC)
Cal McVey (PC)
Dickey Pearce (PC)
Lip Pike (PC)
Francis Richter (PC)
Joe Start (PC)
Harry Stevens (PC)
William Wheaton (PC)
Frank Bancroft (MEU)
John T. Brush (MEU)
Bob Emslie (MEU)
John Gaffney (MEU)
Jim Mutrie (MEU)
Jack Sheridan (MEU)
Ben Shibe (MEU)
Arthur Soden (MEU)
Nick Young (MEU)
Harry Buckner (BB)
Octavius Catto (BB)
S.K. “Cos” Govern (BB)
Charlie Grant (BB)
Grant “Home Run” Johnson (BB)
Frank Leland (BB)
Carlos Royer (BB)
George Stovey (BB)
George Williams (BB)

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