Who is the greates player ever to play baseball? Explain.
2007-04-11 07:02:45 · 21 answers · asked by Canes & Bruins 09-10 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ted Williams
Why?
Perfect Swing; Lost almost 5 years due to military service and might have broken Ruth's record if he had not missed time the average home runs per season speak for themselves; above average fielder; could hit for average as well as power as the .344 lifetime average says; would have been the 1st person to hit over 400 home runs and got 3000 hits if it was not for 5 years of service; his swing is taught to youngsters long after his retirement to show them the mechanics of the perfect swing to get the most out of hitting the ball with the entire body and not just the arms
2007-04-11 07:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Babe Ruth. He was a great pitcher for the Boston Red Sox when they won 3 world championships in 1915,1916, and 1918. After that he became the greatest slugger in the history of baseball winning 4 more world championships for the New York Yankees in 1923,1927,1928,and1932. To me being this well rounded makes him the greatest player in the history of baseball.
2007-04-11 14:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by G.W. loves winter! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows how good Babe Ruth would have been as a pitcher-his last 2 years in Boston he played over 100 games in the field because he was a better hitter than pitcher. People like to say that he could've been one of the greatest pitchers ever get away with it because of the lack of evidence against it-sine there's also a lack of evidence for it, it's just supposition, but he wasn't the best pitcher on the Red Sox when he played there-not even for a single year.
It's pretty hard to say 'greatest ever' when the players and game keep changing, but if you look at everything-power, average, speed, glove and arm-it was probably Willie Mays.
2007-04-11 14:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by sdwillie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pitcher -1. Cy Young...511 careers wins...nobody will surpass that number
2. Nolan Ryan...the Nolan Express was the bomb during his prime time..he has the most perfect game and all-time career K's leader
batter - 1.Babe Ruth...he is the definition of the greatest player ever played in MLB
2.David Ortiz...how many time he came up to the bat and won the game for Red Sox?...
2007-04-11 16:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by Frankie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb. Here is where he ranks all-time.
#1 Batting average .366
#2 Hits 4,189
#5 Rbi's 1,937
#2 Runs scored 2,246
#4 Stolen bases 892
For 23 straight seasons he hit over .300 in a 24 year career.
12 Batting titles
Hit over .400 3 times
Triple Crown Winner
How's that for an explanation?
2007-04-11 14:13:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose...He hustled on every playno matter what and was a great player..he's the hit king and led the league in batting many times and was probably the hardest worker in baseball. he took nothing for granted and flat out beat people. he deserves to be in the hall of fame because he played the game like it should be played!
2007-04-11 15:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Mike P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Home Run hitter: Ruth
Base Hitter: Williams (he was a better hitter, Rose just had more)
Pitcher: Koufax
Outfielder: Mays
Infielder: Ozzie Smith
Catcher: Bench
Base runner: Henderson/Robinson
All Around Best Player: Tyrus Cobb, better than them all.
2007-04-11 14:10:04 · answer #7 · answered by Yep 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-04-11 14:17:00 · answer #8 · answered by hsmith403 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wild man Ty Cobb.
2007-04-11 14:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by Jersey Joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandy Koufax
Simply he changed the rules of pitching on his own. They decresed mound height because his style of pitching gave him so much of an advantage. it has influenced so many pitchers today to model after his style and yet none are able to match his results.
2007-04-11 21:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by Zaza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋