NotGraphs: Superior Names Of Baseball History

Baseball's long and racist storied history has produced many big, All-American names: Ted Williams, Fergie Jenkins, and Ty Cobb. In the midst of these great names exist the more secret and generally awesome names of baseball's minor players. They may have had less impact on the game, but they had the game's most Superior Names.

This is my latest series on NotGraphs. Please investigate it. In this first endeavor, we peek into the lives of Eddie Stanky, Boots Poffenberger, Peanuts Lowrey, Snuffy Stirnweiss, and the Great Elmer Sexauer.