Despite what some football supporters might think, baseball is actually our favorite sport and has a richer tradition than any other aspect of American society. There have been many incredibly talented athletes that have played the field over the years, but what remains is our attempt to rank the top ten players in Major League Baseball history.
Stan Musial
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Stan Musial, a 20-time All-Star and one of baseball's all-time great offensive players, finished his 22-year career with a batting line of.331/.417/.559, 475 home runs, 1 RBI, and 951 points scored.
He has led six National League hits and won seven batting titles. He ranks fourth all-time with three hits. With 630 doubles, he is third all-time, and with 725 goals overall, he is second only to Hank Aaron.
In 1943, 1946, and 1948, Musial earned the National League MVP award three times while playing with the Cardinals. He undoubtedly ranks among the best and most well-known baseball players of all time.
Lou Gehrig
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Lou Gehrig was second to Babe Ruth in terms of stardom, but he is one of the greatest players in history in his own right, and he played a significant role in Ruth's ability to put up the numbers she did.
One of baseball's most well-known players finished his career with 2 hits, 721 home runs, 493 RBI, and a 1/992 / 0.340 cutting line. He led the American League in RBI five times and was voted MVP of the league in 1927 and 1936.
Ted Williams
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Williams, who lost more than three years due to military service, is also regarded as the greatest left-handed hitter of all time. His biggest accomplishment might have been hitting. 1941 saw a baseball player hit 406 runs, the only time they did so in a single period.
The legendary Williams won the All-Star Game 19 times, was named MVP twice, and won the Triple Crown twice. His career rate on a basis of.0482 is likewise unbreakable.
Roy Campanelle
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Roy Campanella was one of the rare catchers who could also hit. He hit.0.312, scored 103 points, hit 41 home runs, made 142 points, and had an OPS of 1.006. He led 142 points, hit 41 home runs, scored.312 and 103 points, and had an OPS of 1.006 in 1953, one of his best seasons as an MVP.
Campanella, an excellent defensive receiver, turned away 57 percent of base stealers who attempted to get by him, which is a high percentage for MLB receivers.
Campanella joined the MLB in 1948, making him one of the league's first black players. Meanwhile, the legendary baseball player was hurt in a vehicle accident in January 1958 and never again was on baseball.
Despite this, he continued to be active in the Dodgers' system and made a name for himself as one of the best players in baseball history.
SP Walter Johnson
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The best pitcher in baseball history, Walter Johnson, spent his entire 21-year career with the Washington Senators, posting records of 417-279, 2.17 ERA, 1,061 WHIP, and 3 strikeouts every 509 innings.
He has exceeded 20 wins 12 times and five times had the best ERA in the championship. He owned the all-time hitting record from 1921 to 1982 and won 12 batting titles. He still does.
Johnson's rWAR of 152.3 places him second only to Cy Young among pitchers, and despite Young's long career, Johnson outperformed him, garnering him the title of most famous figure in history.
Ty Cobb
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With a lifetime batting average of.0,366 and a combative demeanor, Ty Cobb is undoubtedly one of the finest players in baseball history.
He collected 4 hits overall while on the road, 189 batting championships, and three.12+ batting averages. Along with 117 RBI and 1 point scored, he also had 295 home runs, 724 triples, and 0.400 doubles.
It's difficult to dispute that Cobb is among the best offensive players in baseball history with 897 bases stolen.
Babe Ruth
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Because he was skilled at both hitting and throwing, Babe Ruth was recognized as the best baseball player of all time. His contributions to baseball as a winger, though, are his greatest. Despite the fact that two players hit more home runs than his 714 total during his career, Babe has 94 wins, a 2.28 lifetime ERA, and two seasons in which he had at least 20 victories.
It's interesting to note that the new live ball era didn't start until 1920 when Babe Ruth started to smash an unusually high amount of home runs during the so-called dead ball period, hitting 29 in 1919.
Grover Cleveland Alexander
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Grover Alexander made a strong first impression, winning 28 games, pitching 31 complete games, and totaling 367 innings in his rookie major league season. He was a strong right-handed pitcher who eight times in a season launched more than 40 games.
In 1929, when he went 33-12, had an ERA of 1.55, and threw a staggering 389 innings, he had his greatest year. Unfortunately, catastrophes and poor choices characterized Alexander's youth. He was exposed to mustard gas while serving in World War I, which caused him to have convulsions for the remainder of his life.
The record for the most games won by a pitcher who hasn't thrown a no-hitter in the major leagues belongs to one of the best players, Alexander.
Cy Young
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The Cy Young Award in Major League Baseball is named after Cy Young, the pitcher with the most victories in a career (511) in the history of the game. Naturally, Young played during a time when starting pitchers frequently threw full innings, occasionally doubles, and some even exceeded 300 or 400 innings each season.
Young is renowned for throwing so hard that the ball tore through fences, making them appear as though they had been struck by a tornado. Young, who was a member of the Boston Red Sox, threw the first pitch in the MLB First World Series in 1903, the first perfect game in the American League's annals in 1904, and lasted 25.1 innings without allowing a hit that same year, still an MLB record.
Willie Mays
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The most renowned player in the game, Willie Mays, the best center forward in history, has cultivated top touch, quickness, and confidence. Say Hay's kid has 660 home runs, a 0.302 average, and 156 OPS + to place fifth in the AL. His glove put him into second position as a result.
Willie didn't have a poor season after leaving the army in 1954 until he was 36 years old in 1967, when he only had 124 OPS + and 4.3 rWAR. No one can hold it against a versatile talent who has played just two games despite the fact that he hasn't played in more than 40 games for the New York Mets in each of the last two seasons.