Greatest Baseball Player Ever

[Jman]

Well I think Ted Williams is the greatest of all time. Besides WWII and the Korean (sp) War who knows what stats he would have. I think he would have passed ruth in homeruns and Cobb in hits. Truth is we will never know but that is my thought

[disposablehero]

i think he would have broken his leg and never played past '43.

see how well speculating works?

[Jman]

Well thats a lot different. If he didnt miss time due to WWII its impossible to think he wouldn't have at least 1 hit more than he does now. I don't think he would have missed every game. But you do have a point and he is still the best ball player of all time.

[TheNamelessPoet]

i think he would have broken his leg and never played past '43.

see how well speculating works?

Ouch

I speculate that if I had played Baseball I would have been the GREATEST!!! (bat boy that is) This is why Baseball is the greatest sport.

[BaseballSultan]

I did vote for Hank Aaron from that list because he was a classy ballplayer on and off the field.

Of course there are dozens of others that could be considered the "best" ever. This debate could easily rage on until we die.

But one thing we should all agree on......Ty Cobb was the meanest!!

The Sultan

[Clay Dreslough]

... also depends on how you define "Greatest". If you're going to include guys that were dominant for just a few years, I think you need to add Pedro Martinez and probably Sandy Koufax.

A-Rod may not be worth $25 million, but if I was going to pay $50 million for any TWO seasons, it would probably be the the 1999-2000 version of Pedro.

He is my daddy.

It doesn't hurt that I still remember him pitching 6 no-hit relief innings in game 5 of the 1999 ALDS. That was epic.

Of course my Dad (the real one, not Petey) was born in Brooklyn -- so he'd probably vote for Koufax.

[SirKodiak]

The 1968-9 version of Bob Gibson wasn't too shabby either.

[SirKodiak]

Greg Maddux in '94-'95 was pretty impressive too

[cartman00000001]

i think he would have broken his leg and never played past '43.

see how well speculating works?

Post of the year right there!!! That was smart as all ****!! Great post

[cartman00000001]

P.S. +1000 for Ruth

[dps]

I think most knowledgeble baseball fans will pick Ruth as the greatets player of all time (unless they have an axe to grind), so the real question is, "Who's second best?". I'd vote for Honus Wagner as second best, but I think you can also make decent arguments for at least a dozen other guys.

BTW, I don't intend this to be an attack on him, but if Ruth in his prime today, I suspect that he would be a crackhead, or at least a pothead. Remember, he drank a lot, and alcohol was as illegal during most of his career as cocaine is today. He might still hit 700+ HRs anyway.

[SFSteveG]

I think most knowledgeble baseball fans will pick Ruth as the greatets player of all time (unless they have an axe to grind), so the real question is, "Who's second best?". I'd vote for Honus Wagner as second best, but I think you can also make decent arguments for at least a dozen other guys.

BTW, I don't intend this to be an attack on him, but if Ruth in his prime today, I suspect that he would be a crackhead, or at least a pothead. Remember, he drank a lot, and alcohol was as illegal during most of his career as cocaine is today. He might still hit 700+ HRs anyway.

On Crack he'd probably hit 700 but he'd do it in 10 years and then his head would explode!

[Sanji Watsuki]

I just thought of an unorthodox vote. Brad Radke.

This guy has been pitching through a torn labrum and a shoulder stress fracture. That is truely giving it up for his team.

[bigbreg7]

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[The Senator]

I think Rogers Hornsby is the best player of all time.He hit over 400 three times in his career.He had a 756 slug. avg in 1925 with 39hrs and 143rbi. He hit 424 in 1924.All of this from a second baseman.why wasnt he on your list?