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Greatest baseball player to ever live
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Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 6:03 PM

Pete Rose

4,256 hits

303 BA

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 6:07 PM

????

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 6:11 PM

That record will never be touched. 2 players in baseball hit 200 hits last year and they barely did it. You would have to get 200 hits for 21+ seasons to do that. That said, Bonds and Trout are both better players.

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 8:52 PM

I think you are probably right about Rose's record not being touched. You want to know which one really will never be touched? Ricky Henderson's 1,406 stolen bases. Someone would have to steal 70 bases for 20 years. Given the preoccupation with home runs, ain't nobody coming close to this.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:17 PM

I don't think Nolan Ryan's all time strikeout record will be touched either.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:20 PM

Also Cal Ripken consecutive games. Never!

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:22 PM

I agree. No chance.

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The night he broke the record was so intense.


Aug 20, 2020, 12:55 AM [ in reply to Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live ]

A very neat moment.

Berman: "Ripped to left. Oh my goodness. He's done it again!" [3:30]

https://youtu.be/djCqNPPBkB4

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 20, 2020, 10:59 AM [ in reply to Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live ]

Ted Williams .400 BA. If Tony Gwynn couldn't do it, no one will.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:21 PM [ in reply to Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live ]

Barry Bonds on base percentage for a season will never be touched either. Its .609. He also has some walks records that will never be touched. DiMaggio hit streak won't be touched. Ichiro's 262 hits in a season won't be touched.

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Aug 19, 2020, 11:38 PM

You are correct on Bonds. His records won't be reached because steroids have been banned.

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 6:32 PM

Ty Cobb said it was Shoeless Joe Jackson!

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Aug 19, 2020, 6:39 PM

Don't forget Babe Ruth was also a pitcher early on. Hard to beat him.

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Aug 19, 2020, 6:50 PM

Babe Ruth might not even make the majors in 2020.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:02 PM

Well, I know he definitely won't make the majors today.....he's dead!

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i really don’t understand why people always parrot this


Aug 19, 2020, 9:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live ]

The guy tripled the previous homerun record. He was so far ahead of his time it was scary

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Aug 19, 2020, 10:08 PM

True, but his competition was weak.

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Aug 19, 2020, 11:43 PM

But you can only compare to what was happening at the time.

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Aug 19, 2020, 8:56 PM [ in reply to Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live ]

I agree. Ruth was the best. Look at his 1921 season. Absolutely ridiculous.

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Khalil Greene.


Aug 19, 2020, 6:39 PM

He was my all-time favorite to watch, anyway.

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Ted Williams if we're talking hitters...


Aug 19, 2020, 6:44 PM

.344 BA

.634 SLG

.482 OBP (all-time record)

He missed 3 years during WWII and most of two years during Korean War as a Marine pilot.

Every year except his rookie and war years, he was an All Star.

And he's still with us... cryogenically speaking.

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Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters...


Aug 19, 2020, 6:50 PM

Yep Ted Williams fought a war in the middle of his career. I would love to introduce Kaepernick to Williams. Oh boy !!

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Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters...


Aug 19, 2020, 7:57 PM

Teddy ballgame is the guy when it comes to hitting. The time he missed in the military was during him prime years too.

I saw Ted play several times and there was nothing like him. It was said that Ted had 20/10 vision which, I
think is better than perfect vision. Darn good jet pilot too!

I saw Ted hit a ball out of the old park in Greenville that would have landed in the railroad tracks if it hadn’t hit the top of the light pole.

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Aug 19, 2020, 8:08 PM

Williams did an interview in his later years and it went something like this. “What do you think you would hit if you played in the majors today?” Williams said “Maybe .280”. “Really? That much lower than your career average?” Williams, “Yeah but remember I’m 75 years old “

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Aug 19, 2020, 8:59 PM [ in reply to Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters... ]

Don't forget, Ruth missed five years as a pitcher. He would have had way over 800 home runs and probably 400 more ribbies. His 1921 the greatest single season of any hitter.

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Aug 20, 2020, 9:16 AM

There was no DH then. He hit for himself. And I would bet that he hit a lot of home runs while pitching.

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Aug 20, 2020, 9:19 AM

Yeah, but he wouldn't pitch every day.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:07 PM [ in reply to Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters... ]

at one point in Korea he was John Glenn's wingman. I think the man excelled at everything he ever did except managing

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Aug 19, 2020, 11:05 PM [ in reply to Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters... ]

A friend of mine illustrated Ted Williams book on how to hit a baseball. He said the thrill of sitting is a soda shop in Boston listening to Williams explain how he approached hitting was an experience of a lifetime. My friend was a wonderful artist who also played baseball at the University of Miami.

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Aug 20, 2020, 9:24 AM

You do have to admire Williams' military service. An aside he refused to wear a batting helmet when they were mandated. Because of Ted, they gave the current players a waiver if they didn't want to.

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Aug 20, 2020, 11:09 AM [ in reply to Re: Ted Williams if we're talking hitters... ]

Yes ... Ted's service as a Naval Aviator in the Marines was certainly something that should be honored. He was indeed a great patriot. Having great eyesight is beneficial for both pilots and baseball players!

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Stumpy O'Hanranhan


Aug 19, 2020, 6:58 PM

.998 OBP due to walks because he had no shins. Liability in the field however.

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Re: Stumpy O'Hanranhan


Aug 19, 2020, 11:42 PM

I'm going to kick that around a while..... Since Stumpy can't!

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Don’t be a troll


Aug 19, 2020, 7:08 PM



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All things considered and what he had to endure...


Aug 19, 2020, 7:21 PM

I'd say Hank Aaron.

From a pure talent standpoint, guys like Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams immediately come to mind.

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 7:24 PM

With all due respect, Dale Murphy says hello...

This ain’t football related!

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Aug 19, 2020, 8:47 PM

Ditto on Murph! My all time favorite anyway

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Aug 19, 2020, 7:52 PM

At 100%, Mickey Mantle.

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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 8:05 PM

Yes, The Mick - you nailed it!

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That would be ME


Aug 19, 2020, 9:26 PM

That's why i didn't play pro -cause no one would have have any publicity and I ain't about all that. :)

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Babe Ruth.


Aug 19, 2020, 9:30 PM

Not Pete Rose.

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Aug 19, 2020, 9:31 PM

Skeeta56®

Uncle Bill®

clover65®

@kerrigantoo®

Several other baseball fans on here, I am forgetting some for sure.

All need to chime in on this - eager to hear their thoughts!

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Aug 19, 2020, 10:04 PM



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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 19, 2020, 10:52 PM

Babe Ruth, Check the stats and he had as many HRs as some teams. Great pitcher for the Red Sox

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Aug 19, 2020, 11:23 PM

It would have to be Rick “Junk” Mahler. A Pitcher for the Braves.

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Roy Hobbs***


Aug 19, 2020, 11:42 PM



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Aug 20, 2020, 10:48 AM

Aside from the lying and gambling, the way he chased records would keep him off my list.

His years as a player/manager where any other manager would have cut him inflated his numbers at the expense of his team.

It's not a good look.

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I'll throw out Ken Griffey, Jr as a possibility. Loved to


Aug 20, 2020, 11:05 AM

watch him play. Hard to argue though with Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski, Randy Johnson, Brooks Robinson and some of those guys.

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Speaking of the "Big Unit", Randy Johnson . . .


Aug 20, 2020, 7:08 PM

I was in the stands with my family when Chipper went yard on him 2 Times in one game . . . His other at bat that game against Randy was an F-8 with the ball being caught against the wall!!!

https://youtu.be/cKbKZLqToL8


Matt my opinions are similar to all those expressed . . . but here are three I dearly loved watching play the game . . . "Say Hey" Willie Mays . . . "Arriba", " The Great One" Roberto Clemente . . . "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", "Mr. Hoover", the winner of 16 CONSECUTIVE Golden Gloves, Brooks Robinson . . .

They may not be the Greatest Ever, but I absolutely loved these guys!!!




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Re: Greatest baseball player to ever live


Aug 20, 2020, 7:24 PM

Hank Aaron

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