Frank “Noodles” Hahn may not have completed the necessary ten years in the Majors to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but that does not stop us from ranking him.

In 1899, Hahn made his Major League debut eleven days before his 20^th birthday and, in his first five seasons were among the best by any Cincinnati Red Pitcher.  Hahn didn't own a commanding fastball, but he did have excellent accuracy.  He led the National League in Strikeouts in his first three seasons, and while Cincinnati was not that good, he had four 20 Win seasons over that time frame.   

Hahn had arm trouble in 1905, and he was never the same, out of the Majors by age 27.  Despite his short career, Hahn remains one of the best hurlers in Reds history.

Mark Langston was one of the most underrated flamethrowers in baseball history, and let’s give him a bit of due here.

The San Diego native led the American League as a Seattle Mariner in Strikeouts (204) as a rookie in 1994, and he was the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award.  Langston led the AL in Strikeouts in 1986 and 1987, going to the All-Star Game in the latter year.  

After a brief stint in Montreal, Langston came to the California Angels, where he was a three-time All-Star.  As an Angel, Langston has four 13-win seasons and four campaigns with over 174 Strikeouts.  He would finish his career with a brief run in San Diego and Cleveland with 2,464 career Strikeouts.

Historically speaking, we don’t think that we are going out on a limb by stating that Willie Wilson was one of the best leadoff hitters in the game.

Wilson spent most of his career with the Kansas City Royals, a team that the Alabama native first debuted for in 1976.  Wilson entered the 1979 season as the Royals’ starting Centerfielder, and he batted .315 with a league-leading 83 Stolen Bases.  That was the best he ever did in terms of base-stealing, but there was so much more that the speedster had left to offer.

In the following season, Wilson led the American League in Runs Scored (133), Hits (230), Triples (15), and he won the Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, and was fourth in MVP voting.  The Royals won the pennant that year, but the Royals lost to Philadelphia.  Wilson had solace in the fact that he was fourth in MVP voting, which would be a career high.

That was the best year of Wilson’s career, but far from the end of his productive ways.  Despite his drug arrest and jail time in 1984, Wilson was one of the best baserunners of the 1980s and batted over .300 three times in the 1980s, including winning the Batting Title in 1982 (.331).  Wilson had five AL leads in Triples and was a two-time All-Star for Kansas City.  

Wilson finished his career with stints in Oakland and Chicago (NL), and he retired in 1994 with 668 Stolen Bases and 2,207 Hits.

Bill Nicholson had a cup of coffee with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936, but it was with the Chicago Cubs, a team he returned to the Majors with in 1939, where he became a star in baseball.

Nicholson was an All-Star in both 1940 and 1941, as the Cubs’ starting Rightfielder, and his powerful swing (he was nicknamed "Swish") generated fear from National League Pitchers.  Nicholson belted at least 20 or more Home Runs annually from 1940 to 1944, and in those last two seasons, he was the NL leader in Home Runs and Runs Batted In.

Nicholson did not receive full credit during his two Home Run Title years (1943 & 1944) as World War II had taken many baseball players away from the game.  Nevertheless, he was the leader in those metrics, which are the sexiest in Baseball.  

In 1945, he was injured for most of the year but still helped the Cubs win the National League Pennant.  He returned to have two more good power years (26 and 19 HR, respectively), but Nicholson was traded to Philadelphia afterward, where he finished his career over five years in a bench role.

Nicholson exited the game with 235 career Home Runs.