1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Willie Mays
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 Honus Wagner 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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Ted Williams
Career Highlights
* Last player to hit at least .400 in a season, hitting .406 in 1941
* Career batting average of .344, tied for seventh best all time
* 521 home runs, tied for 16th all time
* Two-time MVP winner (1946 and '49)
* Two-time Triple Crown winner (1942 and '47)
* Struck out only 709 times in 7,706 at-bats
* Hit .327 with 31 home runs and 145 RBI as a rookie in 1939
* Oldest batting champ in Major League history at 40 in 1958
* Appeared in 17 All Star Games
* Fourth in career walks (2021)
* All Time leader in Career on-base percentage (.482)
* Led American League in home runs 4 times
* Led American League in batting average 6 times
* Led American League in on-base percentage 12 times
* Led American League in slugging percentage 9 times
* Led American League in runs scored 6 times
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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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Hank Aaron
Career Records
* Total Bases (6,856)
* Home Runs (755)
* RBI (2,297)
* Extra-Base Hits (1,477)
Single Season Records
* Leader Batting Average: 1956, 1959
* Home Run Leader: 1957, 1963, 1966, 1967
* NL hits leader: 1956, 1959
* NL RBI leader: 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966
Awards
* NL MVP: 1957
* 3 Gold Gloves: 1958
