Who Are The Top 10 Baseball Players Of All Time?

It’s a question that has been debated for years – who are the top 10 baseball players of all time? There are so many greats to choose from, and everyone has their own opinion.

In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of the most popular contenders for the title of best baseball player of all time. We’ll consider their stats, their impact on the game, and what they accomplished during their careers.

So who makes the cut? Read

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. He is a legendary figure in the sport and his records still stand today. Ruth was a power hitter and an excellent pitcher. He helped to popularize baseball and was a great ambassador for the game.

Hitter

Ruth is considered by many baseball experts to be the greatest hitter of all time. With a career batting average of .342, he was well above the league average throughout his career. He also hit 714 home runs, which was more than any other player at the time of his retirement. Ruth’s power was so great that it changed the way teams played the game, as they began to build parks with shorter fences to try to contain him. In addition to his outstanding hitting stats, Ruth was also a very good pitcher, posting a career ERA+ of 136.

Pitcher

Ruth is considered by many baseball experts to be the greatest baseball player of all time. He was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1914-1919. He was also a member of the New York Yankees from 1920-1934. Ruth is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and his jersey number, 3, is retired by both the Yankees and the Red Sox.

Willie Mays

Willie Mays, nicknamed “The Say Hey Kid”, is an American former professional baseball center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing his career with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, was a 24-time All-Star, and had his number 24 retired by both the Giants and the Mets. He is one of the five players to have won both MVP honors in the same season. Mays hit more home runs in his career than any other switch hitter and any other player who played in the Negro Leagues.

Mays also hit 660 home runs during his MLB career which ranks him fourth on MLB’s all-time home run list behind only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Alex Rodriguez. He is one of only four players to have had at least 300 stolen bases and 100 triples in their careers.

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron is a retired American baseball player who played 23 seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves from 1954 to 1976, and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In his lifetime, he has received numerous awards, including the National League Most Valuable Player Award, the All-Star Game MVP Award, and the Gold Glove Award. He was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1982.

Stan Musial

Stan Musial, byname of Stanley Frank Musial, (born November 21, 1920, Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 19, 2013, near St. Louis, Missouri), American professional baseball player who was considered one of the sport’s greatest hitters. He played 22 seasons (1941–63) with the St. Louis Cardinals and compiled a batting average of .331 with 3,630 hits and 475 home runs.

Musial grew up in a steel-mill town about 25 miles (40 km) south of Pittsburgh. He began playing organized baseball at age eight and starred on his high school team as a pitcher and first baseman. At age 17 he signed a contract with the Cardinals for $200 per month plus a $1,500 bonus. Assigned to the Class D minor league team in Newport News, Virginia—the farthest he had ever been from home—Musial was so homesick that he thought about quitting baseball and going back to Donora. But he stayed with it and batted .426 in 1940 to win the Virginia League batting championship; he was also named the league’s most valuable player (MVP).

The following year Musial was promoted to the Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate in Rochester, New York; there he won his second consecutive batting title by hitting .376 with 43 home runs and 131 runs batted in (RBIs). He joined the Cardinals as a September call-up in 1941 but saw little playing time because manager Billy Southworth wanted him to get more experience in Triple-A ball before entrusting him with regular play in the majors. Musial spent most of 1942 with Triple-A Syracuse before being recalled by the Cardinals late in the season; he made his major league debut on September 17 and collected two hits in four at bats against Cincinnati Reds pitching great Bucky Walters.

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb is often cited as the greatest baseball player of all time. He was a member of the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in 1936 and was also inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. In total, he won 12 batting titles and holds the record for the highest career batting average (.366). He also led the league in stolen bases eight times and is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 897.

Ted Williams

Ted Williams is widely considered to be the greatest hitter in baseball history. Born in 1918, he played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox, from 1939 to 1960. Williams was a 19-time All-Star, won two World Series titles, and was the AL MVP twice. He also holds the record for the highest batting average in a season (.406 in 1941) and has the second-highest career batting average (.344).

Mickey Mantle

Many experts consider Mickey Mantle to be the greatest baseball player of all time. He was an incredible athlete with a prodigious home run hitting ability. Mantle was also a terrific fielder and base runner. He played his entire career with the New York Yankees, and helped them to win numerous World Series titles.

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig was an American baseball player who played his entire professional career (2,130 games) with the New York Yankees. He was considered one of the best first basemen of all time and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds is widely considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He holds the record for most career home runs, most single-season home runs, and most career walks. He was a 14-time All-Star and won eight Gold Glove Awards. He also won two MVP Awards and was named the National League’s Hank Aaron Award winner a record seven times.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr. is widely regarded as one of the best baseball players of all time. He played for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox over his 22-year career. Griffey was a 10-time All-Star and won the AL MVP award in 1997. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.