who's the best baseball player ever?

Answer 1

the babe. not only could he hit, he could pitch. sixth lowest era in history. went 45-21 in three years.

Answer 2

George Herman "Babe" Ruth. He was a GREAT pitcher before becoming the greatest player. He outhomered entire TEAMS in the 1920s, and when he hit his 137th, he set a new record, which means each homer he hit after that only extended his own record. He also hit over 100 triples, hit .393 in a season, and changed the way the games were played.

Answer 3

WILLIE MAYS - nobody ever played with as much enthusiasm, and made as many great plays that will never show up in the stats.. impossible plays.. and he missed his maybe best year or two also in military service.. Ted Williams was the purest hitter I ever saw, but Willie was every aspect of the game..

ok - the guy is winging at full speed, crucial point in the game - 2 out, runners in scoring position.. and Willie is chasing a fly ball, he dives, fully outstretched, goes head first into the wall, his arm gets tucked under his body and when he lands, he knocks himself out cold.. when they go out to centerfield and roll him over, he has the ball in his glove.. Nobody will ever play the game like that again.. it was exciting every minute he was on the field.. - oh yeah, Willie Mays - never will be anyone better..

Answer 4

Babe Ruth

Pitching
W--L-ERA
94-46-2.28

Hitting
.342AVG - .690SLG - 714HR

Ruth pitched 5 games for the Yankess winning all 5, including complete game victories in 1930 and 1933...


Mays was a great player, but, for those who are under the mistaken impression that he was the "greatest defensive centerfielder of all time" get real....Mays average was 2.60TCG...his best season was 3.09TCG....2.60TCG and TCG numbers are slightly higher than RF(range factor)-numbers would rank #63 among 2006 outfielders....To put those numbers into perspective Richie Ashburn who actually was the best outfielder of the modern era(1946-today)....averaged 3.03TCG for his career and 3.64TCG for his best season...Ashbun also was over the 500TC for a season 7 times. Its been done(500TC) a few(very few) times in 162 game seasons...Mays best season was 468TC...Ashburn-538TC--You want to rank outfielders on their defense? they get paid to catch the ball...Look at the numbers just like you would a batters numbers...

You never hear, boy that Ted Williams sure could field, but his numbers were 2.05TCG for his career...1.8 - 1.9 is average for corner outfielders...And, Williams played LF in the smallest LF in baseball, no catching long fly balls in Fenway...

Perception vs Reality....Hopefully, someday, RF numbers will be in the Sunday papers right there with BA....

Answer 5

Best hitter to ever play the game was Ted Williams, but best player all-around was, unquestionably, Babe Ruth. The pitching is what makes the difference and if you look at what the Babe was doing relative to what other guys in his era were doing, there's no comparison. No other player has dominated their era like he did.

Answer 6

Babe Ruth of course. Only thing he didn't do was steal bases. He could hit, practically invented the Home Run. Before Ruth most HR titles were won in single digits. I think Ruth won his first HR title as a pitcher who hit every 4th day. Ruth was a Hall of Fame calibur pitcher as well. But as a hitter nobody dominated as clearly and completely as Ruth in the history of the game. Nobody changed the game as much as Ruth either.

Answer 7

If you were to leave out his personal traits and concentrate only on his stats there really is only one player who is deserving of this recognition.

Ty Cobb.

This is his averages for all his seasons combined.
AB -- Runs -- Hits-- 2B -- 3B -HR - RBI -- SB - BB - SO -- BA

610 -- 120 -- 224 -- 39 -- 16 -- 6 -- 103 -- 48 -- 67 -- 19 -- .366

Answer 8

Babe Ruth.


For modern times, I would say Willie Mays as the best all around player. Mays could do just about everything but pitch...which Ruth could do, and was good at.

Answer 9

THE BABE IS TRULY A GREAT BASEBALLER, BUT FOR A MODERN TIME CANIDATE I WOULD NOMINATE CAL RIPKEN JR. THE IRON MAN OF THE ORIOLES. BARRY BONDS IS JUST A DRUGGED UP JUNKIE AND LIKEWISE IS MARK MCGUIRE. THIS ACTUALLY IS A VERY HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. THERE ARE SO MANY THAT DESERVE MENTION. YOUNG GUYS HOW ABOUT A-ROD OR DEREK JETER? ICHIRO SUZUKI

Answer 10

Barry Bonds

Answer 11

Ted Williams.......

If he had not served 6 years in the military during ww2 and the korean war he wolud have broken Babe Ruth's homerun record before Aaron did........

And the Best pitcher is:

Nolan Ryan