Joe Posnanski's 100 Greatest Baseball Players Ever (1 Viewer)

[sports_fan]

http://joeposnanski.com/baseball-100/

The 100 Greatest Baseball Players Ever

100. Curt Schilling

99. Cool Papa Bell

98. Ron Santo

97. Lou Whitaker

96. Ichiro Suzuki

95. Mariano Rivera

94. Paul Waner

93. Craig Biggio

92. Old Hoss Radbourn

91. Robin Roberts

90. Mark McGwire

89. Bullet Rogan

88. Tim Raines

87. Nolan Ryan

86. Miguel Cabrera

85. Barry Larkin

84. Frankie Frisch

83. Gaylord Perry

82. Roberto Alomar

81. Joe Jackson

80. Johnny Mize

79. Smokey Joe Williams

78. Ryne Sandberg

77. Ozzie Smith

76. Buck Leonard

75. Tony Gwynn

74. Hank Greenberg

73. Arky Vaughan

72. Willie McCovey

71. Monte Irvin

70. Duke Snider

69. Sadaharu Oh

68. Bert Blyleven

67. Harmon Killebrew

66. Roy Campanella

65. Kid Nichols

64. Eddie Murray

63. Charlie Gehringer

62. Robin Yount

61. Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell

60. Brooks Robinson

59. Reggie Jackson

58. Turkey Stearnes

57. Derek Jeter

57a. Roy Hobbs

56. Chipper Jones

55. Ernie Banks

54. Rod Carew

53. Steve Carlton

52. Wade Boggs

51. Ken Griffey Jr.

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50. Al Kaline

49. Nap Lajoie

48. Bob Feller

47, Albert Pujols

46. Sandy Koufax

45 Yogi Berra

44. Pedro Martinez

43. Warren Spahn

42. Jackie Robinson

41. Pete Rose

40. Eddie Collins

39. Bob Gibson

38. Eddie Mathews

37. Roberto Clemente

36. Carl Yastrzemski

35. Cal Ripken

34. Mel Ott

33. George Brett

32. Grover Cleveland Alexander

 

[Smack Tripper]

is there more to come? good link but I only see the first 30

 

[Don Quixote]

is there more to come? good link but I only see the first 30

He's been doing one per day, I believe.

 

[Koya]

Nice to see Arky Vaughan getting the appropriate love:

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/no-73-arky-vaughan/

 

[jon_mx]

Nice to see Lou Whitaker. Good writeup too.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Nice to see Lou Whitaker. Good writeup too.

Lou was so underrated

 

[Koya]

How often does he add / update the list? Some great stuff there.

 

[oso diablo]

he tweets out a link almost every day, i believe, to his writeup of the next guy on his list.

 

[whoknew]

From today:

Here’s a question: How good was Los Angeles’ Locke High School baseball team in 1973? Eddie Murray was the first baseman. Ozzie Smith was the shortstop.

 

[the moops]

Yea, but who did they have pitching?

 

[sports_fan]

He's into the top 50 now. I've read up to Roy Campanella. I don't agree with all of his rankings but the writing is terrific.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Boggs in front of Gwynn is a crime

 

[the moops]

Boggs in front of Gwynn is a crime

perhaps some reasoning would help your argument

 

[Fariq]

Boggs in front of Gwynn is a crime

perhaps some reasoning would help your argument

the fact he is a Padres fan is certainly part of his reasoning

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Boggs in front of Gwynn is a crime

perhaps some reasoning would help your argument

the fact he is a Padres fan is certainly part of his reasoning

I'm a tigers fan, HTH

 

[Leroy Hoard]

99. Cool Papa Bell

92. Old Hoss Radbourn

89. Bullet Rogan

79. Smokey Joe Williams

73. Arky Vaughan

58. Turkey Stearnes

They just don't make names like that any more.

 

[Koya]

Really loving this list. Surprised Murray got so much love, but as one of my fav players, I won't complain. About as steady as they come, and played in the dreaded 70s-80s which didnt help the raw stats.

 

[sports_fan]

After a looong break he's back at it. Two new players in the past couple days.

 

[Koya]

SWEET. Love this list. So, who are the top 38? My take, no real order within each tier:

Slam Dunks - MUST be on the list

Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Mike Schmidt Lou Gehrig Willie Mays Hank Aaron Barry Bonds Roger Clemens Jimmy Foxx Tom Seaver Rickie Henderson Mickie Mantle Mel Ott Yaz Joe Morgan Randy Johnson Eddie Mathews Frank Robinson Greg Maddux Walter Johnson Cy Young Honus Wagner Stan Musial Rogers Hornsby Tris Speaker Ted Williams Pete Alexander Christy Matthewson Joe Dimmagio Johnny Bench Lefty Grove Mordecai Brown Jim Palmer

Prob on the list:

Cal Ripken Ralph Kiner Alex Rodriguez George Brett Al Simmons Next Best: Home Run Baker Edgar Martinez Don Sutton Carlton Fisk Orlando Sepeda Duke Sniper Rickie Ashburn Willie Stargell Whitey Ford George Sisler Bob Lemon Dan Brouthers So, who'd I miss? Get wrong?

Into the top 40. Ring up the Casey Kasem.

 

[Koya]

F' formatting, btw

 

[sports_fan]

SWEET. Love this list. So, who are the top 38? My take, no real order within each tier:

Slam Dunks - MUST be on the list

Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Mike Schmidt Lou Gehrig Willie Mays Hank Aaron Barry Bonds Roger Clemens Jimmy Foxx Tom Seaver Rickie Henderson Mickie Mantle Mel Ott Yaz Joe Morgan Randy Johnson Eddie Mathews Frank Robinson Greg Maddux Walter Johnson Cy Young Honus Wagner Stan Musial Rogers Hornsby Tris Speaker Ted Williams Pete Alexander Christy Matthewson Joe Dimmagio Johnny Bench Lefty Grove Mordecai BrownJim Palmer

Prob on the list:

Cal Ripken Ralph Kiner Alex Rodriguez George Brett Al Simmons Next Best: Home Run Baker Edgar Martinez Don Sutton Carlton Fisk Orlando Sepeda Duke Sniper Rickie Ashburn Willie Stargell Whitey Ford George Sisler Bob Lemon Dan BrouthersSo, who'd I miss? Get wrong?

Into the top 40. Ring up the Casey Kasem.

Ed Walsh maybe. His career might have been too short though.

 

[Fariq]

So, who'd I miss? Get wrong?

Into the top 40. Ring up the Casey Kasem.

Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson

 

[Koya]

So, who'd I miss? Get wrong?

Into the top 40. Ring up the Casey Kasem.

Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson

It does say baseball players - I stand corrected. Need to consider the greats outside of MLB.

 

[Tau837]

Yes, Gibson is top 10 all time. Agree with all of Gibson, Paige, and Charleston being included.

And LOL at Ripken "probably" making it.

 

[sports_fan]

Finally another entry.

 

[oso diablo]

33: George Brett

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Schilling...meh

 

[jon_mx]

33: George Brett

A big asterisk though.  How many of his hits were pine tar aided?  

Actually, Brett and Gwynn probably had my two favorite swings of players I watched. 

 

[the moops]

Schilling...meh

solid argument you got there

 

[Koya]

solid argument you got there

true nonetheless

 

[the moops]

he is a complete doosh, but he was one hell of a pitcher

 

[Koya]

he is a complete doosh, but he was one hell of a pitcher

not hof-worthy though