Who is the biggest jerk in baseball history?

Question

Player, manager, or owner.

Answer 1

1) Roger Clemens is the least likable! (NY Yankees)
Roger to the 1,000,000th power!
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Can I be more emphatic?
A good for nothing mercenary, a money-grubbing scumbag who saddled his children with obnoxious, fake names that represent his achievements. ... I can't even rationally express my hate, except for saying I hope that when he's sitting on his ranch 10 years from now, watching the ovation Pedro gets as he walks off the mound in his final game as the greatest pitcher the Red Sox history, he realizes what he missed out on. But, because he's the self-contained, selfish entity known as the Rocket, completely oblivious to anything besides the numbers on his stat sheet and on his contract, he won't. I hope it was worth it, you louse!

2) John Rocker (Cleveland Indians)
Rocker's ancient prejudices have surely been eradicated from society and more specifically, the game of baseball long ago. But, even in the 21st century, millions of dollars are still being paid to the favorite passenger of the No. 7 train. He belongs in an asylum ... not the bullpen, folks. He makes Ty Cobb look like Mother Teresa. It's only a matter of time before he directs his wrath toward another minority group and further disgraces the game of baseball. It's time to boot this guy from the great American Pastime.

3) Ty Cobbs (NY)
... Sharpens spikes to injure fielders when sliding (check)
... Psychotic known for alcohol-enduced tantrums (check)
... Handgun friendly (check)
... Ignorant racist (check)
... Downplays his lack of power at the plate by saying "any idiot can hit home runs" (check)
Apparently, this must have been the committee's checklist when they allowed Ty Cobb, "The Rotten Peach," to be enshrined into its most coveted halls. And to top it off, not only was he elected into the Hall of Fame, but he was the first to enter. This fine example of judgement by Major League Baseball is the greatest mistake in sport's history. It makes you wonder why the ban on "Shoeless" Joe and Pete Rose is still in effect when the likes of Tyrus "The Horrible" has already tainted the hall's walls.

4) Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henderson is the poster child for selfishness. I truly believe he has no idea what is going on during plays that do not involve him directly ... and even then he might not care unless he can use it to set a record. It is hard to believe there could be a more self-centered player in baseball than Rickey Henderson. If he does not top this list, he will probably give it just enough effort next time for the win. I will always remember the day he broke the stolen-base record. You'd have thought that, for just a moment anyway, Rickey might have been humbled by the moment. Naw, not Rickey. He grabs the microphone at second base and proclaims himself the greatest of all-time. What a great guy ... and what an insult to Lou Brock and Maury Wills. And then there's that cocky sweep catch he's always making in the outfield.

There is nothing to like about this guy! As far as I'm concerned, it's a battle for second place.

5) Paul O'Neill (NY Yankees)
For his uncanny ability to argue every strike call against him. He won't be happy 'til a pitcher throws him a pacifier. The man whines more than a nursery full of newborns. The ultimate indignity ocurred earlier this year when he hit a fly ball to right, screamed an obscenity, threw his bat like a child, and then watched sheepishly as the ball floated over the right-field wall.

6) Barry Bonds (you know who's teams)
Just a gigantic jerk. Once while in Pittsburgh, he refused to sign a ball to be auctioned off for Children's Hospital. They had to buy one from QVC and get all the other players to sign it! Un-freakin'-believable. What's the difference between God and Barry Bonds? God doesn't think he's Barry Bonds. There are a lot of fans out there that believe that Bonds isn't loking out for No. 1...(in his eyes, nobody but himself, definitely not God).

7) Pete Rose (Cincy. Reds)
I can't believe that after all this time there is still a Pete Rose cult of personality. To begin with, he's the most overrated professional athlete of all time. Defensively, he was the Bobby Bonilla of his day. He could play almost any position -- poorly. As far as hitting goes, when he broke Ty Cobb's career hit record, Mickey Mantle reputedly observed, "Weren't most of them singles?"

Since Rose was banned from baseball, not one of his former teammates has spoken out in his defense. Not one. Why? He was a selfish, arrogant jerk. Everybody loves to point to his All-Star Game collision with Ray Fosse as an indication of what a "hard-nosed" player he was, but look at it more closely, and you'll see it was an indication of how dirty he was. All he had to do was slide. But he took out Fosse, even though Fosse wasn't obstructing the bag. He ended the man's career for no reason.

He stayed on as a player manager so he could insert himself in meaningless games to pad his hits total. When he was trying to break Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak, he would bunt late in games in situation where a bunt was flagrantly inappropriate. He wanted to get a hit -- who cared whether his team won? Rose was voted to the All Century Team -- and Frank Robinson wasn't!! Give me a guy who is fourth on the all-time homers list and won the World Series and the league MVP in both leagues over a guy who's claim to fame was that he would run to first when he was walked.

Robinson's teammates speak of the man with reverence, even awe. They'd take a bullet for the man. Rose's former teammates, on the other hand, would probably pull the trigger themselves ...

8) Roberto Alomar
The spit that's heard 'round the world.

Finally, The Dishonorable mention: Reggie Jackson, Vince Coleman, Deion Sanders, Ken Griffey Jr., Chipper Jones, Mike Piazza, Darryl Strawberry.

Answer 2

I'm from Detroit, and I'm saying The Georia peach Ty Cobb.
1. Would SHARPEN spikes before games so to cause injury to the baseman when he slid in feet first and He was notorious for getting Shortstops/ 2nd Basmen injured.

2. Racist. He is the most racist Athelete of all time. Yes, more than rocker or Bonds. He was a member of the KKK in michigan and georgia.

3. Jose isn't bad for telling us the truth. He's a jerk for beating his wife, which by the way Ty Cobb did as well.

4. He gambled on games like Joe Jackson, Pete Rose.

5. He's a redneck, so survey says (X) Thats right he had a firearm issue more than 6 times, arrested once.

6. Attacked a fan for jeering him in his own park. Nevin's field later called tiger stadium.

7. instead of the KKK he should have been in AA cause He would get completly to the point of confrontation.

He was just a horrible human being but, most people forget the most hated over time.
Barry won't be hated for more than 5 years cause a-rod is gonna hold the crown any way.
By jerk, I'm saying a man who is better off dead than ever being alive and sorry to say about my own local legend, He was the biggest jerk ever. Please give me thumbs down if I don't say barry bonds and you think differently. but think of this who would you rather have on your team out of these hated men
1. Ty Cobb
2. Barry Bonds
3. "shoeless" Joe Jackson
4. Jose Conseco

Give me the roids and gambling, cause at least then I have 3 problem instead of 7 with Cobb who if alive today would lynch anyone of them for being a minority

Answer 3

Even Ty Cobb's teammates didn't like him... and he didn't particularly like them, either, particularly if they didn't drive him in. He spiked a couple of people in his career, spit on a few more, and cursed out opponents and umpires on almost a daily basis. By all accounts, Cobb is probably the biggest jerk by a wide margin.

Though I'd have to say, in light of recent events, you'd have to give some serious consideration to the little thugs Tampa Bay is churning out. Elijah Dukes has more illegitimate children than Bill Clinton even at his tender age, and it seems like several crimes under his belt. And from an umpire's perspective, I'd be looking real hard at teammate Delmon Young.......

EDIT: There have also been reports of Cobb standing facing away from home plate in the batter's box and talking to the player in the on-deck area in an attempt to draw a walk. That'd tick anyone off.

Joe Jackson actually had great WS stats... Many people believe he didn't deserve to be punished with the true members of the Black Sox scandal, which most experts now feel he wasn't actually involved in. So no to that one.
Pedro did get ejected from over half his games several seasons early in his career. You do have to hit a lot of guys to earn that kind of distinction... And he throws pretty hard.
In that vein, also consider Bob Gibson. He once stated that he had 7 pitches. Three of them were brushback, knockdown, and hit batsman. All a part of his overwhelmingly frightening arsenal.



Anybody else notice that Rmprrmbouncer's list below assumes that Pedro is still on the Red Sox? And Paul O' Neill hit a home run for the Yankees THIS YEAR? Copypastemuch???

Answer 4

1. Ty Cobb.
2. Albert Belle
3. Jose Conseco
4. Barry Bonds

Answer 5

I'll throw in a name from way, way back -- Hal Chase. He was said to be involved in several incidents, such as throwing games. Bill James once said Chase, who had some talent, should go into the Hall of Fame ... once every single player who played the game on the level was installed. He was, by all accounts, a scoundrel.

Answer 6

George Stienbrenner. Buy running up the salaries the way he did, it is now impossible for any team that is not in a major market to compete on a level playing field. And because of that the only dynasty,s that will exist in baseball will be in major markets.

Answer 7

John "Jerk" McJerk... played first base for the old Cincinnati Redlegs... He stood 6 feet, 6 inches tall. weighed 275 lbs
and would urinate on opposing players if they occupied 1st base.

Frankie Jerk is second... he was a pitcher for the Boston Braves, stood 6'4" and weighed in at 257 lbs... he farted every time he threw a pitch... Babe Ruth once said of him,
"That guy farts every time he throws a pitch."...

Hope this helped and Good Luck!!!...

Answer 8

Probably Ty Cobb

Answer 9

Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds. It's a toss up.

Answer 10

Definetly Bonds Or Cobb

Answer 11

Shoeless Joe gets off free, huh? Throwing World Series games. 1. Ty Cobb 2. Joe Jackson 3. Jose Canseco 4. Pete Rose 5. Marge Schott


EDIT---- Did I get 3 thumbs down because I didn't say Bonds? Bonds is a prick who probably used steroids...just like hundreds of other players, he just happened to win 7 MVPs. He never filed his cleats to make them sharp for spiking another player when he slides. He never betrayed his team by intentionally throwing World Series games. He never wrote a book airing former teammate's dirty laundry. Pete Rose is definitely a jerk, he'd be in the HOF if he wasn't such a jerk and would have admitted to gambling rather than swearing on his mother's life that he didn't. I've also never been a fan of owners who refer to their players as ni**ers. I agree Barry Bonds is the biggest current jerk, but the question was in history!