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Mitchell
 Post subject: top 10 greatest baseball players of all time
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:29 am 
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here's my list:
1 babe ruth
2 willie mays
3 barry bonds
4 hank aaron
5 honus wagner
6 walter johnson
7 ty cobb
8 josh gibson
9 lou gehrig
10 ted williams


what's yours?


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1 - the babe
2 - ty cobb
3 - willie mays
4 - ted williams
5 - hank aaron
6 - stan musial
7 - mike schmidt
8 - mickey mantle
9 - nolan ryan
10 - bob gibson

honorable mentions: jackie robinson, chisty matthewson, eck, rogers hornsby and george brett
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I'd like to do this list based on positions :)

I'll go ahead and do it your way for now.

1. Ruth
2. Mays
3. Cobb
4. Hornsby
5. Gehrig
6. Ted Williams
7. Aaron
8. Wagner
9. Musial
10. Barry Bonds

Sad omissions: Foxx, Frank Robinson, Joe Jackson, Clemente
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1. Ruth
2. Honus Wagner
3. Rod Carew
4. Jimmie Fox
5. Tony Gwyn
6. Hank Aaron
7. Cy Young
8. Lou Gerigh
9. Ted Williams
10.Willie Mays
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Koufax
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1. Koufax

2-9. Karros

10. Snatchel Paige

done! :lol:
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Angels Tribe wrote:
1. Ruth
2. Honus Wagner
3. Rod Carew
4. Jimmie Fox
5. Tony Gwyn
6. Hank Aaron
7. Cy Young
8. Lou Gerigh
9. Ted Williams
10.Willie Mays

Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn? Maybe top 10 of the last 30 years.

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1. Ruth
2. Cobb
3. Mays
4. Aaron
5. Williams
6. Mantle
7. Cy Young
8. Bonds
9. Musial
10. Hornsby

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Mays
Ruth
Williams
Aaron
Musial
Clemens
Ryan
Cobb
Mantle
Schmidt


no particular order.
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Dash
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Captain Loveboat wrote:
Angels Tribe wrote:
1. Ruth
2. Honus Wagner
3. Rod Carew
4. Jimmie Fox
5. Tony Gwyn
6. Hank Aaron
7. Cy Young
8. Lou Gerigh
9. Ted Williams
10.Willie Mays

Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn? Maybe top 10 of the last 30 years.


Well, I compared those two to the players of their era. Neither were power hitters, but both hit for very impressive averages year in and year out.
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Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
Honus Wagner
Willie Mays
Walter Johnson
Ty Cobb
Sandy Koufax
Rogers Hornsby
Cy Young
Barry Bonds

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1) Babe Ruth
2) Lou Gerigh
3) Joe Jackson
4) Willie Mays
5) Bob Gibson
6) Ted Williams
7) Ty Cobb
8 ) Mickey mantle
9) Stan Musial
10) Sandy Koufax

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1. Hank Aaron
2. Babe
3. Ted Williams
4. Koufax
5. Ty Cobb
6. Mantle
7. R. Clemente
8. Jackie Robinson
9. Mays
10. Nolan Ryan

No order, itd take me hours to justify what order these guys should be in, but this is an ok summery i believe.

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1. Ted Williams
2. Willie Mays
3. Babe Ruth
4. Sandy Koufax
5. Hank Aaron
6. Cy Young
7. Barry Bonds
8. Pete Rose
9. Stan Musial
10. Mike Schmidt

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Angels Tribe wrote:
Captain Loveboat wrote:
Angels Tribe wrote:
1. Ruth
2. Honus Wagner
3. Rod Carew
4. Jimmie Fox
5. Tony Gwyn
6. Hank Aaron
7. Cy Young
8. Lou Gerigh
9. Ted Williams
10.Willie Mays

Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn? Maybe top 10 of the last 30 years.


Well, I compared those two to the players of their era. Neither were power hitters, but both hit for very impressive averages year in and year out.


Lets just throw Wade Boggs on the list in that case.

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1. Pete Rose
2. Mike Schmidt
3. Manny Trillo
4. Greg Luzinski
5. Gary Maddox
6. Steve Carlton
7. Von Hayes
8. Tug McGraw
9. Bake McBride
10. Bob Boone
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In no order:
Willie Mays
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Walter Jonson
Pete Rose
Roberto Clemente
Bob Gibson
Hank Aaron
Roger Clemens

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Gehrig had some amazing numbers. i remember being shocked the first time i looked them up. everything he did was overshadowed by Ruth. i think he had 4 HR's the same game where Ruth did that 'call his own HR' thing.
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no riot code wrote:
Gehrig had some amazing numbers. i remember being shocked the first time i looked them up. everything he did was overshadowed by Ruth. i think he had 4 HR's the same game where Ruth did that 'call his own HR' thing.


No. They both had 2 HRs on that day.

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C Bench, Cochrane
1B Gehrig, Foxx
2B Hornsby, Collins
3B Brett, Schmidt
SS Wagner, Banks
LF Williams, Musial
CF Mays, Cobb
RF Ruth, Aaron
DH Bonds, Henderson

P Walter Johnson, Spahn, Gibson, Clemens, Maddux


edit: added catcher

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CopperTom wrote:
1B Gehrig, Foxx
2B Hornsby, Collins
3B Brett, Schmidt
SS Wagner, Banks
LF Williams, Musial
CF Mays, Cobb
RF Ruth, Aaron
DH Bonds, Henderson

P Walter Johnson, Spahn, Gibson, Clemens, Maddux


You got a catcher on that team? :wink:

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