I had strongly considered Sam Thompson with my last pick and it would have been hard to pass him up had he made it back to me...
Here's a fun comparison...
Player A: .377 avg#, .495 obp#, .500 slg# (.995 OPS#), Fielding (B/A)
Player B: .370 avg#, .474 obp#, .526 slg# (1.000 OPS#), Fielding (C/A+)
We can all agree that Player A is a bit better than player B. But, is he $15.5 M vs $7.6 M better? You're paying double for basically the difference in PAs.
I will take 1893 Billy Hamilton $7,601,366.