In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.
The Pacific Coast League later produced such major league baseball talents as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi.
Vince Lombardi | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Ernie Royal | Ernie | Ernie Kovacs | Ernie Eves | Ernie Ball | Ernie Fletcher | Ernie Banks | Underground Ernie | Ernie Harwell | Ernie Fields | Pietro Lombardi | Mark Lombardi | Ernie Vandeweghe | Ernie Pyle | Ernie Lombardi | Ernie Davis | Ernie Conwell | Evil Ernie | Ernie Whitt | Ernie Nevers | Ernie Kent | Ernie Johnson | Ernie Hunt | Ernie Hudson | Ernie Hicke | Ernie Hawkins | Ernie Hannigan | Ernie Freeman |