Has anyone ever heard of Rube Waddel? I looked this guy up and his story is amazing. He was absolutely dominant, being a 10 WAR pitcher in 1904 but was really crazy. He would go out and pitch with no defense behind him having it be just him and his catcher, leave the field in the middle of games to go chase a firetruck that passed by, was a raging alcoholic, threw the ball at any players who hit a grounder towards him instead of throwing to first and a ton of other crazy things. I'm suprised I had never heard of him until now but it seems like if he wasn't off the wall crazy he'd be discussed as one of the best pitchers to ever play the game.
http://phillysportshistory.com/2011/...-rube-waddell/
http://www.chinmusic.net/RubeWaddell.html
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...adderu01.shtml