RealGM Top 100 Voting Thread (Ty Cobb #6)

[SportsWorld]

Rankings So Far:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Willie Mays
4. Ted Williams
5. Hank Aaron

NEW RULE
Currently we are running this everyday to get some of these done with. Once we get passed #30 we will have voting for 2 days because it will become harder to decide. Right now it is obvious who the best are.

Here we go Stan Musial newest member

Mickey Mantle

Career Highlights

* AL MVP 1956, 1957, & 1962
* Major League Triple Crown winner in 1956 (.353, 52 HR, 130 RBI)
* Led league in batting average 1956 (.353)
* Led league in home runs 1955 (37), 1956 (52), 1958 (42) & 1960 (40)
* Led league in RBIs 1956 (130)
* Led league in slugging percentage 1955 (.611), 1956 (.705), 1961 (.687) & 1962 (.605)
* Led league in runs 1954 (129), 1956 (132), 1957 (121), 1958 (127), 1960 (119) & 1961 (132)
* Led league in total bases 1956 (376), 1958 (307) & 1960 (294)
* Led league in triples 1955 (11)
* Led league in extra-base hits 1952 (67), 1955 (73) & 1956 (79)
* Led league in walks 1955 (113), 1957 (146), 1958 (129), 1961 (126) & 1962 (122)
* Led league in on base percentage 1955 (.431), 1962 (.486) & 1964 (.423)
* Led league in At Bats per Home Run 1956 (10.3) & 1961 (9.5)
* AL Gold Glove winner in 1962
* 16-time AL All-Star (1952-1965, 1967, 1968)

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Walter Johnson

Career Highlights
* 417 career wins (2nd all-time)
* 110 career shutouts (1st all-time)
* Won MVP award in 1913 & 1924
* Played in two World Series (1924 and 1925)
* An inaugural member of Baseball Hall of Fame
* Pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings, a record that stood until 1968
* He was named #60 on ESPN's top 100 athletes of the century

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Roger Clemens

Selected MLB statistics
Wins-losses 348-178
ERA 3.10
Strikeouts 4604
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Ty Cobb

All-Time Records

* Career batting average (.366)[1]
* Career steals of home (54)
* Career batting titles (11)

Notable Achievements

* Batted over .320 for 22 straight seasons
* 4,189 Career hits (2nd only to Pete Rose)
* Batted over .400 three times (1911, 1912 & 1922)
* Won the Triple Crown in 1909
* One of the inaugural members of the Hall of Fame

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Honus Wagner

Notable Achievements
* 8-time NL Batting Average Leader (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906-1909 & 1911)
* 4-time NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1904 & 1907-1909)
* 6-time NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1900, 1902, 1904 & 1907-1909)
* 8-time OPS Leader (1900, 1902, 1904, 1906-1909 & 1911)
* 2-time NL Runs Scored Leader (1902 & 1906)
* 2-time NL Hits Leader (1908 & 1910)
* 6-time NL Total Bases Leader (1900, 1904 & 1906-1909)
* 7-time NL Doubles Leader (1900, 1902, 1904 & 1906-1909)
* 3-time NL Triples Leader (1900, 1903 & 1908)
* 5-time NL RBI Leader (1901, 1902, 1908, 1909 & 1912)
* 5-time NL Stolen Bases Leader (1901, 1902, 1904, 1907 & 1908)
* 100 RBI Seasons: 9 (1898-1901, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1909 & 1912)
* 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 6 (1900-1902, 1905, 1906 & 1908)
* 200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1900 & 1908)
* 50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 5 (1904-1908)
* Won a World Series Ring with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909
* Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1936
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Stan Musial

Career Highlights

* First in career All Star Games (24)
* Second in career MVPs (3)
* Sixth in career Games (3026)
* Ninth in career At-bat (10972)
* Ninth in career Runs (1949)
* Fourth in career Hits (3630)
* Second in career Total bases (6134)
* Third in career Doubles (725)
* 475 Career Home Runs (6th All-Time at the time he retired)
* Fifth in career RBIs (1951)
* Led National League in Batting average 7 times
* Led National League in On Base Percentage 6 times
* Led National League in slugging percentage 6 times
* Led National League in runs scored 5 times
* First co-winner of Player of the Month award (May 1958)
* Won 3 World Series

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My Vote: Ty Cobb
Nomination: Cy Young

[TMU]

Ty Cobb
Lou Gehrig

[studcrackers]

ty cobb

lou gehrig

[kg2005]

Honus Wagner and Lou Gherig

[bigboy1234]

Honus
Tris Speaker (although I really like Hornsby it might be too early for him)

Oh, and traveldude just to let you know WARP3 takes into account defense, and even if it didn't Bonds' was one of the best LF's of all-time so I have no idea why you brought up defense. Thats it I'm not talking about Bonds anymore.

[sunshinekids99]

Mickey Mantle gets my vote.


I guess Gehrig works for me too.

[Baller 24]

Ty COBB

Nolan Ryan nomination.

[Jose7]

Ty Cobb
Lefty Grove

[HCYanks]

Honus Wagner and Lou Gherig

[Traveldude50]

Honus
Tris Speaker (although I really like Hornsby it might be too early for him)

Oh, and traveldude just to let you know WARP3 takes into account defense, and even if it didn't Bonds' was one of the best LF's of all-time so I have no idea why you brought up defense. Thats it I'm not talking about Bonds anymore.

well thanks for bringing that into a new thread

Vote: Ty Cobb
Nominate: Cy Young

[utjazzfan4life]

Cobb
Cy Young

[maseda17]

Ty Cobb

Alex Rodriguez

[SportsWorld]

Final Tallies:
Ty Cobb 8 Votes-FTW
Wagner 3 Votes
Mantle 1 Vote

Young 3 Nominations
Gehrig 5 Nominations
Tris Speaker 1 Nomination
Nolan Ryan 1 Nomination
Lefty Grove 1 Nomination
A Rod 1 Nomination

Cobb Voted In #6
Gehrig will be added in.
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