Who would you say are the three best baseball players of all time?

Ichiro was my favorite player of all time but he wouldn't crack the top 20 of all-time players.

If I had a choice of 3 players and i had to win 1 game today, I'd pick:

Rose- hate him but he always played to win

Henderson- wanted to win and could do it so many ways

Brett- always gave you his absolute best

Ted Williams

Josh Gibson

Willie Mays

Obvi wrote:

1) Cleon Jones

2) Tommie Agee

3) Don Clendenon

Billy Williams

Ernie Banks

Fergie Jenkins

Willie Mays

Ty Cobb

Ken Griffey Jr.

Ruth played right field. Barry played left field. Not sure why you would flip them.

zxccxzzcvx wrote:

Including the steroid athletes:

c Mike Piazza

1b Lou Gehrig

2b Rogers Hornsby

ss Honus Wagner

3b Mike Schmidt (12 time all star, 10 time gold glove, 548 hr)

rf Baroid

cf Willie Mays

lf Babe Ruth

p Walter Johnson

p Roger Clemens

p Christy Mathewson

p Clayton Kershaw

p Randy Johnson

Top 3 of all time: Ruth by far, Bonds, Walter Johnson

theJeff wrote:

Ted Williams - best hitter of all time (somewhat subjective, but defensible)

Nolan Ryan - best pitcher of all time (same)

Willie Mays - best fielder of all time (much more objective, obv, harder to quantify)

But I feel good about those three. Much better than the obligatory "Babe Ruth" and "Sandy Koufax".

Surprised no one has mentioned Pete Rose yet... amazing hitter and fierce competitor. You can bet he'd be up there.

Nolan Ryan?!?

OK, you're joking. I get it.

cmon dude wrote:

Obvi wrote:

1) Cleon Jones

2) Tommie Agee

3) Don Clendenon

Billy Williams

Ernie Banks

Fergie Jenkins

Good list. But without Cleon Jones I'm not altogether on board.

Outlaw wrote:

i live under a bridge wrote:

Willie Mays - best all around player ever

Ted Williams - best hitter. May get another chance to prove his skills since his corpse was frozen cryonically

Ty Cobb - most competitive and still holds many records

I would agree, and add that Ty Cobb's legacy is inaccurate to reality (his reputation is based off of one article from a sportswriter back in the 20's i think).

Pitchers need a separate category, unless we're talking National league where pitchers hit too.

Top 3 Pitchers:

-Cy Young

-Nolan Ryan

-______________ too many to debate from pre 1940 to modern.

What is it with some of you folks and your Nolan Ryan fetish? No way is he a top 20 pitcher of all time!

What’s baseball?

1) Rose

2) Cobb

3) Walmsley

And Walmsley would crush the other 2 if they dared to play ball in the canyon. Bang bang!

As someone said, Ryan doesn't even belong among the top 20 pitchers

I asked my dog and she said "Ruuf!"

Also, Chico Escuela

A-Rod

Willie Mays

Mariano Rivera

Ozzie Smith

Barry bonds

Fernando valenzuela

thread ender wrote:

1) Rose

2) Cobb

3) Walmsley

And Walmsley would crush the other 2 if they dared to play ball in the canyon. Bang bang!

+1 !!!!!!!

swiper wrote:

How has Rickey Henderson not yet been mentioned?

+1. Rickey is chronically underrated

WTF^n wrote:

theJeff wrote:

Ted Williams - best hitter of all time (somewhat subjective, but defensible)

Nolan Ryan - best pitcher of all time (same)

Willie Mays - best fielder of all time (much more objective, obv, harder to quantify)

But I feel good about those three. Much better than the obligatory "Babe Ruth" and "Sandy Koufax".

Surprised no one has mentioned Pete Rose yet... amazing hitter and fierce competitor. You can bet he'd be up there.

Nolan Ryan?!?

OK, you're joking. I get it.

For one game? Maybe not Ryan. Maybe Pedro, Clemens, Rivera, or someone that played before I was born or games were televised. But “all-time” implies longevity. I would like to know who you like better.

thread ender wrote:

1) Rose

2) Cobb

3) Walmsley

And Walmsley would crush the other 2 if they dared to play ball in the canyon. Bang bang!

Took too long for the hit king to be mentioned

Pete MFn Rose!

MLB records

4,256 career hits

3,215 career singles

3,562 career games played

14,053 career at-bats

15,890 career plate appearances

Derek Jeter was the closest modern hitter to Rose’s record and he was 800 hits shy.

Alan

1. Babe Ruth - won 112 games as pitcher before became everyday player

2. Ted Williams - lost 3 full season during WW 2 still had 521 Homers

3. Walter Johnson. - had an ERA under 2.00 11 times in 13 season to start his career