You chose. Top 15 players of baseball. Ever.?

Question

1. Lou Gherig

2.Babe Ruth.

3.Joe Dimaggio

4. Mickey Mantle

5, Derek Jeter,

6. Randy Johnson

7. Rodger Clemens

8. Hank Aaron

9. Jackie Robinson

10. ''Catfish'' hunter.

11. Barry Bonds

12 Sammy Sosa

13. Yogi Berra.

14.A Rod.

15.Cy Young.





Feel Free to chose a player not on the list ^.^ =) Happy hunting.

Answer 1

I've been doing this for my blog, forgive me I haven't finished writing 11-100, so the first ten will have a mini bio, then the other 5 won't.

1: Willie Mays
Best Season: 1954

Willie Mays pretty much set the unfair standard by which all CF will be judged. Over his career he hit 660 homers, had 3,283 hits, 338 steals, and a .302 career batting average. Ted Williams said the All-Star game was created for Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson said if the score was 5-0, you'd expect him [Mays] to hit a 5-run homer. Those quotes from two of the greatest ball players of all time show you just how good The Say Hey Kid was.


2: Ty Cobb
Best Season: 1911

"Ty Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day." - Branch Rickey

That quote just shows you how much intensity Cobb had on the field. He was thrown out of games countless times - for fighting with the fans! Yet, whether you loved him or hated him, anyone would say Cobb was the greatest player they'd ever seen. Over his career he accumulated 4,192 hits (2nd most all time), a .366 AVG (highest all time), 2,246 runs (2nd most all time), 295 triples (2nd most all time), 892 steals (4th all time) the list goes on and on. Ty Cobb was truly a magnificent player.

3: Hank Aaron
Best Season: 1959

Yes Hank Aaron hit more homers than anyone else, and yes he hit more RBI's than anyone else, but what people overlook is the sheer greatness of Henry Aaron. Take the hits, only two people have more than Aaron, the steals (240), 2,174 runs...........I could go all day naming the great stats he put up. Not to mention the three career Gold Gloves he won in RF. Hank Aaron may very well be the most underrated player of all-time.

4: Barry Bonds
Best Season: 2001

Barry Bonds is one of the most despised ball players of all time, due much to the fact of the numerous steroid allegations against him, but he is also one of the greatest players of all time. You can't argue with the numbers: A record seven MVP's, he has more MVP's in the last 5 years than anybody else does in their career! 734 homers (as of the 2007 season), 2800 hits, 509 steals, a .299 AVG (would be a lot higher if he didn't play in 2006), and he's been walked over 2400 times. He was also an excellent fielder earlier in his career netting 8 Gold Glove awards, despite having a below average arm.

5: Ken Griffey Jr.
Best Season: 1997

There are not enough words to describe the talent Ken Griffey Jr. has, on the field and off the field. He's hit over 500 home runs, has more than 2400 hits, won a Gold Glove every year in the 90's (10), and the near .300 average. It's hard to believe "The Kid" is a better person than a player though, receiving many awards for his charity work.

6: Babe Ruth
Best Season: 1927

Babe Ruth is probably the greatest power hitter to ever live. The only reason he isn't numero uno on my list was because he was not a five tool player. But, when you have the skills this guy did it didn't matter. He was a two time 20 game winner as a pitcher, and had a 2.38 career ERA, but the Babe is probably remembered more for his hitting. He slugged 714 homers in his career ( a record until 1974) shattering Roger Connor's old record of 138. He wasn't known just for his power either, he had .342 career average, and a .690 slugging percentage. Ruth also never struck out more than 93 times in a season.

7: Joe DiMaggio
Best Season: 1941

You look at Joe DiMaggio's stats and you think, "Why is this guy so praised?" You look at the amount of time he played and you'll know why. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio could do just about anything on a ball field. He burst onto the scene in 1936 hitting .323 with 206 hits, 29 homers, and 125 ribbies, for the Yankee fans, it was love at first sight. Despite only playing 13 years, DiMaggio managed to win 3 MVP awards, 9 World Series, hit 361 homers, accumulate 2214 hits, and post a .325 average. Joe D was also an above average fielder with a career .978 FPCT.

8: Stan Musial
Best Season: 1948

ESPN said he was the most underrated player of all time, in any sports, Joe Garagiola said he could hit .300 with a fountain pen, whatever the case may be, Stan Musial could hit. Only three people have more hits than him, he's 23rd in career homers, had a .331 career average, and the 2nd most doubles of all time.

9: Rogers Hornsby
Best Season: 1922 OR 1924

Ty Cobb said he was the greatest right-handed hitter of all time, Hornsby once said, "Every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher." Hornsby is the holder of the highest single season batting average (.424), two Triple Crowns, 2 MVP's, and a plaque in Cooperstown. While many people claim Hornsby was a horrible defensive player, his career fielding percentage suggests he was an average or below average fielder, not a horrible one though.

10: Ted Williams
Best Season: 1941

He said, "...to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'" The Splendid Splinter got his wish, as many have said, he's the greatest hitter who ever lived. Nobody studied putting the bat on the ball more than Ted Williams. He never hit under .315, was the last person to bat .400, and managed to win two Triple Crowns (he would have had a lot more, but he never swung at bad pitches, thus making it hard to get the most RBI's). Ted's body was like a rubberband, he had a picture perfect swing and a fantastic follow-through. If he didn't have such feuds with the media, he would have won more than 2 MVP's.

11: Alex Rodriguez
Best Season:1998 OR 2005



12: Christy Mathewson
Best Season: 1908


13: Walter Johnson
Best Season: 1913



14: Lou Gehrig
Best Season: 1927



15: Roger Clemens
Best Season: 1997

Answer 2

Babe Ruth - As both a pitcher and a hitter!

Position Players:
Lou Gehrig
Ted Williams
Willie Mays
Rickey Henderson
Ty Cobb
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson(both as a player and for what he did to help desegregate the game)
Honus Wagner
Rogers Hornsby

Pitchers:
Cy Young
Nolan Ryan
Bob Gibson
Big Train Walter Johnson
Bob Feller
Sandy Koufax

Damn - Thats 16 and I've left off Musial, Mantle and Schmidt and I don't even have a Catcher like Bench or Berra, who both belong in that group, as does Piazza.

Clemens certainly belongs with those guys I mentioned too.

And there are quite a few ***** League players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Cool Papa Bell that should be mentioned with these guys.

Can I just make it a team of 24?

Obviously the Steroid Farces of the 90's and early 2000's Like Bonds, and McGwire don't belong in that group although Bonds might have made it if he hadn't started juicing. He was a perennial 30-30 guy before steroids. Now he is just a joke.

And I can't include Shoeless Joe Jackson or Rose because they were banned from the game. Obviously they belong on skills alone, but I can't in good conscience include them under the circumstances.

Answer 3

Non pitchers:

1. Babe Ruth
2. Ty Cobb
3. Lou Gehrig
4. Hank Aaron
5. Stan Musial
6. Willie Mays
7. Honus Wagner
8. Jimmie Foxx
9. Mickey Mantle
10. Ted Williams
11. Rogers Hornsby
12. Roberto Clemente
13. Joe Jackson
14. Tris Speker
15. Pete Rose

Pitchers:

1. Walter Johnson
2. Cy Young
3. Sandy Koufax
4. Bob Feller
5. Bob Gibson
6. Lefty Grove
7. Christy Mathewson
8. Warren Spahn
9. Dizzy Dean
10. Nolan Ryan
11. Tom Seaver
12. Juan Marichal
13. Grover Alexander
14. Steve Carlton
15. Mordecai Brown

Honorable mention to ***** League stars who never got the chance like Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and many others.

Answer 4

What defines a great player?

1. Individual performance that surpasses the majority of baseball in that specific era and is also comparable all time.

2. The team wins when the player plays there.

Here are players that have one or both of these points (in order)

1. Babe Ruth- he changed baseball from the stealing to the homer

2. Willie Mays- simply because he was so amazing

3. Walter Johnson- I have still not been able to conclude how it is possible winning over 400 games while with the washington senators in that era

4. Ty Cobb- Extreme motivation=extreme player

5. Christy Mathewson- how can you exclude the great one

6. Hank Aaron- the only better overall player was Willie Mays

7. Ted Williams- the most scientific hitter ever posted numbers that are mind boggling

8. Honus Wagner- the greatest shortstop in history

9. Lou Gehrig- greatest first baseman in history

10. Cy Young

11. Stan Musial

12. Mickey Mantle

13. Frank Robinson

14. Joltin Joe

15. Tris Speaker

Answer 5

1. Babe Ruth

2. Ted Williams

3. Ty Cobb

4. Willie Mays

5. Hank Aaron

6. Honus Wagner

7. Stan Musial

8. Barry Bonds

9. Tris Speaker

10. Mickey Mantle

11. Lou Gehrig

12. Eddie Collins

13. Joe DiMaggio

14. Joe Morgan

15. Frank Robinson

Answer 6

1. Stan Musial
2. Ty Cobb
3. Babe Ruth
4. Honus Wagner
5. Nolan Ryan
6. Mickey Mantle
7. Walter Johnson
8. Joe Jackson
9. Napolean Lajoie
10. Hank Aaron
11. Joe DiMaggio
12. Lou Gehrig
13. Willie Mays
14. Ted Williams
15. Satchel Paige

I can't believe you put Barry "Steroids" Bonds on the list!! Have you no respect for the great game of baseball?

Answer 7

1. Babe Ruth (Best b/c he was best pitcher in the league in his time before he became a great hitter)
2. Ty Cobb
3. Honus Wagner
4. Lou Gehrig
5. Hank Aaron
6. Willie Mays
7. Warren Spahn
8. Cy Young
9. Ted Williams
10. Mickey Mantle
11. Tris Speaker
12. Pete Rose
13. Nap Lajoie
14. Roberto Clemente
15. Sandy Koufax

Answer 8

(Not in a specific order).

1. Mark McGwire
2. Henry "Hank" Aaron
3. Jackie Robinson
4. Lou Gehrig
5. Mickey Mantle
6. Ty Cobb
7. Barry Bonds
8. Willie Mays
9. Babe Ruth
10. Sammy Sosa
11.Ken Griffey, Jr.
12. Joe DiMaggio
13. Derek Jeter
14. David Ortiz
15. A Rod

Answer 9

Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Barry Bonds
Rogers Hornsby
Walter Johnson
Albert Pujols
Ty Cobb
Stan Musial
Ted Williams
Honus Wagner
Bob Gibson
Hank Aaron
Cy Young
Josh Gibson
Warren Spahn

Answer 10

Lou Gherig, Babe Ruth,Joe Dimaggio, Derek Jeter, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Mckovey, Barry Bonds,Cy Young,
Griffy jr., Ichiro,Canseco, Nolan Ryan, Ty Cobb

Answer 11

1) George Herman Ruth "Babe"
2) Henry Louis Gehrig "Lou" (the pride of the Yankees)
3) Joseph Paul DiMaggio "Joltin' Joe"
4) Edward Charles Ford "Whitey"
5) Lawrence Peter Berra "Yogi"
6) Mickey Charles Mantle (the most melodic name in all of baseball)
7) Thurman Lee Munson
8) Roger Eugene Maris
9) Donald Arthur Mattingly "Donny Baseball"
10) William Roger Clemens "The Rocket"
11) Mariano Rivera "Mo"
12) Derek Sanderson Jeter
13) Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez "A-Rod"
14) Ronald Ames Guidry "Gator"
15) Bernabe Williams Figueroa "Bernie"