The "dead ball era" still had Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, both first ever ballot Hall of Famers, and pretty much consensus top 10 of all time; Tris Speaker is another from this era that hovers about there. Then you have Cy Young and Christy Mathewson usually rated as top 10 Pitchers of all time, from the "dead ball" era. With all the talk of Bumgamer's WS Complete Game Shutout, Mathewson produced three shutouts in five games in the 1905 Series!