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In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer accomplished a feat that may never be duplicated.  He threw two consecutive no-hitters.  Imagine that happening today?  Neither can we.

22. Tony Mullane

A star in Cincinnati during the late 1880s and early 1890s, Tony Mullane is one of the pitchers with the most Wins who is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

21. Jim Maloney

The ace of the staff for the Reds throughout the 1960’s, Jim Maloney does not get the love that he should as his accomplishments occurred the decade before the Big Red Machine came into fruition.
Ernie Lombardi moved at the speed of a glacier.  While that complete lack of speed should have made him a liability, Lombardi was one of the most skilled contact hitting Catchers ever as he secured ten .300 seasons, seven of which was as a Red, and one of which would win him the National League Batting Title, which occurred in 1938 (he would win another in Boston in ’42).