Measuring across all eras can tend to get a little tricky, especially once you work into some of the more scandalous eras. He also hit .368/.435/.615 in 117 postseason at-bats, winning 1993 World Series MVP while playing for the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite what some football fans may say, baseball remains our national pastime, and it has as rich a history as anything in our pop culture. Nothing highlights the flaws of the current MLB Hall of Fame voting system like the fact that it took Bert Blyleven 14 times on the ballot to earn induction into Cooperstown. His career line of .344/.482/.634 is as impressive as any in baseball history, and it could be a long time if ever before we see another hitter like Williams. He is perhaps best known for his performance in an exhibition game, though, as he struck out five straight future Hall of Famers in the 1934 All-Star Game, whiffing Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin. He was also a Gold Glover three times. He is the best stolen base man in the game. Those were far from his only productive seasons but they were his best, as he played a total of 18 seasons and hit .295/.380/.540 with 407 home runs and 1,333 RBI. Ripken was one of the few who had a Rookie of the Year award and MVP award in consecutive years. Over 4,000 strikeouts he racked up, and 303 wins. Still, his ability to produce for such a long time earns him a place in the top 50. He was part of the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1936, tying with Babe Ruth for the second-highest vote total. That resulted in a .297/.376/.480 career line that included 3,007 hits, 399 home runs and 1,583 RBI. Maddux had a career 3.16 ERA and 355 wins. Berra is a legend on all fronts. Speaking of Boston, not only did Ruth lead New York to greatness, he is widely credited for the 86 year championship drought that plague Bean Town following his departure, with the Curse of the Bambino. Murray was one of the best to do it, and brought Baltimore a World Series in 1983. He won ten Gold Glove awards, and good luck running on him. He passed Babe Ruth as the leader for most home runs of all time — a record that held until the steroid era, and many would argue still does. He finished with a .338 career average, and .388 OBP. One of only two players to hit more than 30 home runs in 15 seasons, he jacked more than 20 in all but his first season and his last two. #13: Joe DiMaggio knocked it out of the park with the ladies and on the dia-mond. He was the all-time leader in home runs by a catcher before being passed by Mike Piazza, hitting 389 longballs and driving in 1,376 runs in his 17-year career. Seaver won the 1969 World Series, and also won 16 games in his rookie year to bring home the Rookie of the Year award. Also second in triples (295) and fourth in stolen bases (897), he's a top-10 lock. Berra also won AL MVP honors three times, taking home the award in 1951, 1954 and 1955. The older fans will skew toward the guys from their generation, while the younger ones will romanticize those they grew up with. In terms of consistency, Pujols is one of the best. He goes down as one of the best left-handed pitchers the game has seen. Mathewson is another one of the elite names from the early 1900s. Despite losing three seasons in his prime while serving in World War II, slugger Johnny Mize still managed to blast 359 home runs with 1,337 RBI in his big league career. He hit .271/.392/.427 with 268 home runs and 689 stolen bases over his 22-year career. 1 Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth Jr., better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. He managed to win three NL MVP awards as the centerpiece of some great Brooklyn Dodgers teams, and his 1953 season is one of the best ever by a catcher. Defensively, his 449 outfield assists are also a record and are 57 more than Ty Cobb, who ranks second. Roy Campanella played just 10 seasons, but he still managed to put together one of the best careers ever by a backstop. He hit over .300 in each of his first 12 seasons, topping the 200-hit mark eight times and winning three batting titles while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was NL Rookie of the Year as a 20-year-old in 1968, and he added to the trophy case with NL MVP awards in 1970 and 1972. He led the league in wins four times, ERA nine times and strikeouts seven times, and he earned AL MVP honors in 1931 when he went 31-4 with a 2.06 ERA and 175 strikeouts to also claim Triple Crown honors. Wagner also racked up 723 stolen bases. One of the favorite pastimes (for fans of America’s Pastime) is to argue about the ranking of the sport’s top players. Mariano Rivera is the best closer of all-time. Heck, even the records he doesn’t still hold he is still in second or third, or at the very least, in the top five. Lefty Grove finished his career 300-161, giving him the best winning percentage of any 300-game winner. #4: Going any other route here just seems to be getting cute. He had a career .947 OPS, and was a 12-time all-star. #18: Albert Pujols is one of the best hitters the game has ever seen. Far and away the best player in Kansas City Royals history, George Brett ranks right alongside Chipper Jones, Eddie Mathews and Mike Schmidt in the conversation for greatest third basemen in baseball history. In 19 pro seasons, he hit .342/.423/.519, and his 170 OPS+ is the seventh-highest total in baseball history. He added to that a .342/.474/.690 line that included 2,220 RBI and 2,174 runs scored, and he won 12 home run titles. He had elite control, and nobody was able to match him outside of Tony Gwynn. He also had over 350 home runs, and over 1,300 RBI. All told, Robinson hit .294/.389/.537 with 586 home runs and 1,812 RBI in his 21 big league seasons. Hank Greenberg topped the 400-at-bat mark just nine times during his career, and he missed three prime seasons while serving in World War II, but he still managed to carve out his place as one of the greatest sluggers of all time. His most impressive stats are his control numbers, though, as he walked just 1,217 batters for a 1.5 BB/9 mark, helping him to lead the league in WHIP seven different times. He topped the 20-win mark eight different times and had an ERA under 3.00 in all but his first two seasons. He was far from just a speedster, though, as he also hit 510 doubles, 297 home runs and tallied 1,115 RBI. He surpassed 2,500 strikeouts, and won the Cy Young award once. He finished with a 2.76 ERA in his career, and had three seasons posting under a two ERA. Combing Ruth’s big bat ability and charisma with Musial’s consistency, Mays is also known for his defensive play, with “The Catch” still regarded as one of the most amazing plays in New York history. Also an elite base stealer early in his career, the cannon-armed right fielder finished his career with a .318/.379/.553 line to go along with 449 home runs and 1,496 RBI. He had three pitching Triple Crowns and five ERA titles. You can make the argument for Cobb as one of the best hitters of all-time. He had some of the best raw power the game has ever seen, leading the league in home runs four times and topping the 50 mark twice. #8: Lou Gehrig was a part of those stellar Yankees teams in the 20s and 30s. He ranks second on the all-time strikeout list and is certainly in the conversation for greatest left-handed pitcher of all time. He averaged 19 wins a season during his career. Just behind Rogers Hornsby for the title of best second baseman of all time, Nap Lajoie racked up 3,243 career hits on his way to a .338/.380/.466 career line. #3: Hank Aaron ahead of Bonds might not be right, but in consideration of how they got to where they are, Aaron is slightly ahead. He finished with 762 home runs and had an OBP of .444. Over a seven-year span from 1997-03, the right-hander went 118-36 with a 2.20 ERA and 1,761 strikeouts. He made the All-Star team each of the first 18 seasons of his career, as he was the gold standard at his position in the American League, opposite Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan. Part of Connie Mack's "Million Dollar Infield" during his time with the Philadelphia Athletics, Eddie Collins played 25 season and ranks 11th on the all-time list with 3,315 career hits. He topped the 140-game mark just twice after his age-30 season, but he still managed to pile up 524 doubles, 630 home runs and 1,836 RBI over the course of his 22-year career. Baseball's all-time hits leader with 4,256 over the course of his 24-year big league career, Pete Rose won three batting titles and led the league in hits seven different times while earning the nickname "Charlie Hustle" for his all-out style of play. He led the league in home runs just four times, but he was a model of consistency with 15 seasons in which he launched 30 or more. His 303 complete games are the most in the Expansion Era (1961-present), and he finished his career 314-265 with a 3.11 ERA and 1.18 WHIP. He finished his career with 563 home runs and 1,702 RBI, but he is also the all-time strikeout leader with 2,597 whiffs. One of just four players with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs in his career, Eddie Murray also ranks 10th on the all-time RBI list with 1,917. Entering what will be his final big league season, Derek Jeter has been the face of the New York Yankees for years, and he will be looking to go out on top after an injury-plagued 2013 season. The other player to play in 24 All Star Games, Willie Mays was the best player of all time. An imposing figure in the batter's box who spent some time playing tight end for the football team during his time at Auburn University, Frank Thomas was an absolute beast from the get-go. Everything you could ever ask for in a leadoff hitter, Rickey Henderson is baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases with 1,406 and runs scored with 2,295. Despite losing three prime season to World War II, he still managed to hit 521 home runs with 1,839 RBI and 1,798 runs scored. Major League Baseball has been around since 1876. Not only was Bonds excellent at the plate, but he also had eight Gold Gloves as well. As it is, he still ranks among the greatest to ever toe the rubber. He finished his pitching career 94-46 with a 2.28 ERA, and he was 3-0 with a 0.87 ERA in three World Series starts. He wrapped up his 22-year carer with 660 home runs and 1,903 RBI, but the numbers don't tell the full story. He set the single-season wins record in 1884 when he went 59-12 with a 1.38 ERA and 441 strikeouts in 678.2 innings of work over 75 games (73 starts). He hit .366 in his career and had over a .400 OBP. #7: Ted Williams would have hit 3,000, but had three years gone for WWII service. #22: Randy Johnson is a pitcher that we rarely see, especially when you fac-tor in the durability he had. Yes best player ever to play the game because he hit in the dead ball era and hit the ball with power to all fields. He was more than just a durable player, though, as he truly revolutionized the shortstop position.

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