who is the best basball player that ever lived?

Answer 1

Babe Ruth

Ruth, a left hander, proved to be (1914—19) a formidable pitcher for the Red Sox and one of the most successful in major-league baseball, winning 87 and losing 44 games and winning three World Series games (one in 1916, two in 1918). However, because pitchers do not play in every game, in 1919 Ruth was shifted to the outfield, where his hitting prowess could be used consistently.

The following year he was sold to the New York Yankees of the American League, and because of his batting feats and attractive public personality he greatly helped to salvage baseball's popularity, weakened by revelations that gamblers and players, in the so-called Black Sox scandal, had successfully conspired to influence the results of the 1919 World Series. Ruth hit the most home runs per season for several years (1919—21, 1923—24, 1926—30), tied for the home run lead in 1918 and 1931, and set a record of 60 home runs in a 154-game season in 1927. (In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 in a 162-game season, in 1998 Mark McGwire hit 70, and in 2001 Barry Bonds hit 73.) Ruth hit 714 home runs in major league play, a record that held until 1974, when Hank Aaron surpassed it. Ruth led the Yankees to seven pennants (1921—23, 1926—28, 1932), and Yankee Stadium, built in 1923, came to be known as "the house that Ruth built."

He was the highest-paid player of his era, but toward the end of his career he took several salary cuts before he was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Braves (National League) in 1935. He played with the Braves while serving as assistant manager but soon (June, 1935) was released.

Ruth was an unmistakable figure with his large frame and spindle-thin legs, and his talented and colorful play captured baseball fans' imagination. For example, in the third game of the 1932 World Series he appeared to indicate a spot in the stands of the Chicago Cubs' ball park where he would hit the ball and promptly blasted it there for a home run. Off the playing field "the Bambino," as he was affectionately called, made headlines for his charitable actions, such as visiting sick children in hospitals, as well as for his prodigious appetites and flamboyant lifestyle.

In 1936, Ruth became the second player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Ty Cobb was the first. A year before he died he established and endowed the Babe Ruth Foundation to aid underprivileged youth. He wrote How to Play Baseball (1931). ...

Answer 2

You can argue about baseball players all day and all night. But there is only one man in baseball whose record still stands and will probably never be broken...With 511 wins

Cy Young's Career Pitching Statistics
YEAR TEAM Lg W L PCT G SH SV IP H R ER SO BB ERA
1890 CLE NL 9 7 .563 17 0 148 145 87 36 30
1891 CLE NL 28 21 .571 55 0 424 431 244 147 140
1892 CLE NL 36 12 .750 53 9 453 363 158 167 118
1893 CLE NL 32 16 .667 53 1 423 442 230 102 103
1894 CLE NL 25 22 .532 52 2 409 488 265 101 106
1895 CLE NL 35 10 .778 47 4 370 363 177 121 75
1896 CLE NL 29 16 .644 51 5 414 477 214 137 62
1897 CLE NL 21 18 .538 46 2 335 391 189 87 49
1898 CLE NL 25 14 .641 46 1 378 387 167 107 41
1899 STL NL 26 15 .634 44 4 369 368 173 111 44
1900 STL NL 20 18 .526 41 4 321 337 144 119 36
1901 BOS AL 33 10 .767 43 5 371 324 112 158 37
1902 BOS AL 32 11 .744 45 3 385 350 136 160 53
1903 BOS AL 28 9 .757 40 7 342 294 115 176 37
1904 BOS AL 26 16 .619 43 10 380 327 104 200 29
1905 BOS AL 18 19 .486 38 4 321 248 99 210 30
1906 BOS AL 13 21 .382 39 0 288 288 137 140 25
1907 BOS AL 21 15 .583 43 6 343 286 101 147 51
1908 BOS AL 21 11 .656 36 3 299 230 68 150 37
1909 CLE AL 19 15 .559 35 3 294 267 110 109 59
1910 CLE AL 7 10 .412 21 1 163 149 62 58 27
1911 CLE AL 3 4 .429 7 0 46 54 28 20 13
1911 BOS NL 4 5 .444 11 2 80 83 47 35 15

511 315 .619 906 76 7356 7092 3167 2798 1217
YEAR TEAM Lg W L PCT G SH SV IP H R ER SO BB ERA

Answer 3

Ken Griffey Jr. if had been able to avoid injuries. Bonds is Top 25 maybe. I think Babe Ruth because he didn't just pitch, he also hit. I believe he had 2 20 win seasons as a pitcher and reached 714 much faster than Aaron or Bonds. Imagine if he had started as a hitter only? That would be 5 years at the start of his career and he would have definately hit hore than 41 total homeruns over those 5 years.

Answer 4

Willie Mays could do everything that it is possible to do on a baseball field, and do it better than just about everyone else. He was the first player with 500 home runs and 3,000 hits, is in the top ten all-time in RBIs and runs, and only Barry and Bobby Bonds have stolen more bases while hitting over 300 home runs. Oh, and Mays is probably the best defensive center fielder to ever play the game.

Answer 5

Babe Ruth, because he made hitting what it was, plus, he was a great pitcher in Boston before being sold to the Yankees. If he was strictly a hitter for those first few years, with that short porch in right at Fenway, Ruth probably would have hit 800 home runs and no one would care about Barry Bonds and his swollen head. Bonds couldn't hold Ruth's jock.

Next would be Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron. You can also mention Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby.

Answer 6

Sandy Koufax

Koufax is best known for his string of six amazing seasons from 1961 to 1966 before arthritis ended his career at age 30. A notoriously difficult pitcher to hit, he was the first Major Leaguer to pitch more than three no-hitters, the first to average fewer than seven hits allowed per nine innings pitched over his career, and the first to strike out more than nine batters per nine innings pitched in his career.

Among National League pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched who have debuted since 1913, he has both the highest career winning percentage (.655) and the lowest career earned run average (2.76); his 2396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in major league history upon his retirement, and trailed only Warren Spahn's total of 2583 among left-handers. Retiring virtually at the peak of his career, he became, at age 36 and 20 days, the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The greates player without a doubt is babe ruth, he did everything, and was good at well, everything. he could pitch he could hit he can run he can catch. he is the greatest player of all time. BUT, and i mean a big BUT, albert pujols will take over that position if he stays healthy, i mean, cmpn look at his stats. in his worst year he batted around .316. he will b the best player ever after he retires and breaks all the records clean cut, without steroids. that is if he stays healthy most of his career.

Answer 9

The Great Bambino. He was not only a great hitter, he was also a great pitcher before he was converted to a full time outfileder to due to his batting skills. He set Homerun records in an era in which the ball did not fly and hit as on ocassion more homers tan an entire team of the era.

Answer 10

Willie Mays, no doubt

Ruth played in an era of segregation, so half of the best ballplayers weren't allowed on the field.

Mays hit for power, average, stole bases, played great defense, and played in two of the WORST parks for hitters, Giants Stadium in NY and Candlestick in San Fran. He'd have had 800 HRs or more EASILY if he'd been playing in Wrigley or Fenway.

Answer 11

Ted Williams

not only was he a great player on the field, he left the game that he loved to serve his country in a time of need!

that and jackie robinson, he was the best base runner the game has ever seen, he broke the color barrier, and he had his number retired across the league and he has a day named after him. what else could he get?