Who is the best baseball player ever?
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Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time... Clemente was incredible, and his World Series performance in 1971 was the best I've ever seen. His batting performance against the four 20-game winners of the Orioles was unbelievable (he batted .414)... I can't really say anyone has had a better World Series since that time (I've been watching W Series since 67).  Clemente hit safely in all 14 World Series games he played (1960 and 1971).\n\nClemente has benefited from a halo effect because of his heroic death, but he was in fact only the 3rd best right fielder of his time, after Aaron and Frank Robinson. However, that's not to say he wouldn't be the best right fielder in the game today. Ichiro is similar in the outfield to Clemente, except that Ichiro is faster. Anyone who ever saw Clemente gun down a runner at third or home will tell you that Ichiro's arm is very close to Clemente's, and Clemente may have had the greatest throwing arm of all time. His throws combined strength, accuracy and speed of release in whatever proportions were necessary to get the job done. His defensive statistics are probably the best of any right fielder ever.\n\nHowever, Clemente was not the player that Babe Ruth was.\n\nPlus, I pointed out in another thread (asking this same question)that, for more than 30 years, Babe Ruth simultaneously held the World Series records for (1) Most Home Runs HIT  and  (2) Most consecutive scoreless innings PITCHED.  His last W.S. HR was hit in 1932, and it wasn't until 1964 that Mantle passed him (Mantle ended up with 18, still the WS record).  Ruth's 29 consecutive scoreless innings streak (last pitched in W.S. of 1918)  was not broken until 1961, by Whitey Ford.\n\nBTW, Ruth is not the "only pitcher to have a winning record against the Yankees (among pitchers with 10 or more wins against them)".   Walter Johnson's career record against the Yankees, for example, is 61-38, with 21 shutouts... I'd say that qualifies as a winning record (Johnson's career record was 417-279.\n\nI'd bet that Lefty Grove also had a winning record against the Yanks, seeing has (1) his career record was 300-141 and (2) the A's were a dominant team in the late 20's/early 30's winning three straight pennants right in the middle of the Ruth/Gehrig era. Grove went 31-4 one of those years.\n\nVic Power's (see next comment) career numbers are \nGames 1,627\nAt Bats 6,046\nRuns  765 \nHits  1,716 \nDoubles 290 \nTriples 49 \nHomers  126  \nRBI's   658 \nBatting Avg  .284  \nOn Base Pct .315  \nSlugging Pct  .411\n\nHe was a good player, but not Hall of Fame caliber, I'm afraid...\n\nIt's usually useful, in trying to figure out whether a player belongs in the Hall of Fame or not, to apply a little test (called "the Keltner test") to his career record. It's not a test to be 'scored' in the sense that everyone over a certain number of 'yes' answers should be in, and everyone below should be out...but it's a useful way of claryfying where the player stands... \n\nAmong the questions you should ask yourself are:\n\n# 1  Was he ever regarded as the best player in baseball? Did anybody, while he was active, ever suggest that he was the best player in baseball?\n\n# 2 Was he the best player on his team?\n\n# 3 Was he the best player in baseball at his position? Was  he the best player in the league at his position?\n\n# 4 Did he have an impact on a number of pennant races? (Both positive and negative impacts should be considered)\n\n# 5 Was he good enough that he could continue to play regularly after passing his prime?\n\n# 6 Is he the very best baseball player in history who is not in the Hall of Fame?\n\n# 7 Are most players who have comparable statistics in the Hall of Fame?\n\n# 8 Do the player's numbers meet Hall of Fame standards?\n\n# 9 Is there any evidence to suggest that the player was significantly better or
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Lou "iron horse" gehrig has the all time most, with 23. Manny Ramirez, an active player, is second on the list.\nDon "donnie baseball" Mattingly hit the most in one season, 6 in 1987
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Best Power Hitter= Albert Pulojs (sp?)\nBest Pitcher= Dontrelle Willis\nBest Pure Hitter= Ichiro\nBest Fielder= Torii Hunter\nBest Player(biased)= Miguel Tejada\nBest Player (unbiased)=Albert Pulojs\nMost overrated= Barry Bonds
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albert pujols... he's great at everything he does.
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1) Albert Pujols - Best player in the universe right now\n2) Joe Mauer - Hitting like Ichiro\n3) Francisco Liriano - The next "Johan Santana"\n4) Scott Rolen - Veteran who can still hit\n5) Eric Gagne - Could have been higher if wasn't for injuries\n6) Jonny Gomes - Already showing power and patience at young age and could get better\n7) Justin Morneau - Starting to develop power and could evolve as the best if he can be patience at bat \n8) Chris Shelton - Streaky power hitter that needs to be consistent to succeed\n9) Adam LaRoche - Shows power but needs to solve left-handers
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Would have to say Babe Ruth. Not only did he hit 714 home runs, which stood as the major league record for nearly 40 years, but he was a career  .342 hitter with a .474 on base percentage. If that's not enough, he was also one of the best pitchers the game has ever seen with a 94-46 record a 2.28 career ERA and still holds the record for consecutive scoreless innings pitching in the World Series.
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I'm assuming you're referring to the HR record.  I would probably say Griffey, A-Rod, Pujols or Vlad.  All four are team-players who are natural hitters without taint of steroids and they all love the game for the game.
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Albert Pujols, hands down
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Cobb by Al Stump is probably my favorite sports book. Ty Cobb, the greatest hitter ever and probably the meanest SOB to ever lace up spikes. A definite good read if you're a fan of baseball.
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i think he is one of the best...but you also have to put a-rod, manny, ortiz, and derek jeter on that list, but i would say a-rod is the best player in baseball today and pujols is a close second
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It would be hard to top Ozzie Smith in his prime.  They didn't call him the magician for nothing.  Brooks Robinson was also incredible at times.  Right now, Derek Jeter comes closest to getting to things and making plays that are simply beautiful
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thats not a fair question there were and are so many great hitters that you cant say one guy is the greatest aside from hitting well there are other things that they were and are really good at and that is different from all players when your comparing them if i had to pick one i would say gehrig when you look at his numbers they are just mindboggling tooo bad he couldnt be healthy his whole carrer
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Albert Pujols.\n\nHowever, the best player of ALL TIME on the Cardinals was Rogers Hornsby, who has the highest batting average EVER in a season (.424) in 1924.\n\nAs for pitching, best pitcher today is Chris Carpenter, best pitcher of all time in Cardinals history is Bob Gibson.
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Alex Rodriguez IS THE BEST
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Derek Jeter is the best , is the captain of the Yankees and he's very good person inside and outside the game.
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Over all it will either be Albert Pujols or Alex Rodrguez.\nOver the last two years they are the two best.  Even with Pujols hurt now he should still be there as on of the best.\nAlex has proven to be one of the best already and when all is said and done he will be in the top of most cat. in baseball.
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roger clemens. the rocket. hes the best active pitcher all-time, and current, even though he hasnt pitched a major league game yet this year. by the end of the year he'll prove hes still the best. the best reliever is jonathon papelbon