The List

Here is The List, a compilation of names intended to serve as a more egalitarian and apolitical response to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. For a more comprehensive introduction to the concept and rules of eligibility, please see here, but suffice to say that the List was set up as a counterfactual - what if, starting with the founding of the professional National Association in 1871, the world of baseball awarded some kind of meritous achievement accolade to one person in two categories : professional players, and builders (and then added a third category with the rise to prominence of the Negro Leagues recognizing professional players outside of the recognized Major Leagues). Without further ado, here's the list : 

 

Year	Major League Player	Contributor	Other League Player
1871		William R Wheaton
1872		Daniel ‘Doc’ Adams
1873		William H Tucker
1874		Duncan F Curry
1875		Henry Chadwick
1876		Louis F Wadsworth
1877		William Cauldwell
1878	Al Spalding	Alexander Cartwright
1879	Candy Cummings	James Whyte Davis
1880	Cal McVey	Jim Creighton
1881	Jim Devlin	Col. James Lee
1882	Ross Barnes	William Hulbert
1883	Dick McBride	Frank Pidgeon
1884	George Zettlein	Abraham Tucker
1885	Tommy Bond	Charles DeBost
1886	Tom York	Thomas Tassie
1887	Will White	Octavius Catto