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You don’t have Roberto Clemente that’s wrong.
was thinking this too but we may be biased because we're Puerto Rican 😭😭
There are too many great players. I think the list is good
Clemente is nowhere near top 20. However, neither are cheaters
Clemente is 100% not a top 20 player
Nah, he isn’t a top-20 player, or really anywhere close. He was great, but not that great.
Thank You for this excellent compilation !!! And don't worry, there's no way in Earth you're going to please everyone, no one can, lists like these will never end discussion and controversy, if anything it will only sparkle more.
But I still think Roberto Clemente 🇵🇷 should have been included...
😂😆🤣😁😄
Never make a list again🔥
you have to be specific on what players he missed and why...blanket statements like this cause confusion
U are right thank u Corey there are so so much better players u know of course there going 2 say ruth witch is a whole whole lot of bull
U are so so right if anything there are way way better players larry doby satchel Paige Roy Campanella Josh Gibson ernie banks Jose Canseco Orlando cepeda and roberto clemente of course should diffenely on the list and Reggie jackson all those guys should be on there instead my half ass Rickey henderson the only one I really really do agree with is joe di Maggio lou gehrig hank Aaron Willie mays maybe honus Wagner another bigg half ass u know what I mean
@@robscards6313randy Johnson lower than Clemens is insane
@@tompaul6704 Clemens has 7 cy young awards
about time someone gave Rickey Henderson and Ichiro the respect they deserve
Pedro Guerrero, I just like the way it sound.
Ichiro is not even a top 50 player of all time, lol.
@@spacedude1145Agreed….not even top 200
Bonds is not eligible. If you took in consideration of performance while playing for a sub par team most of his career you would have listed Ernie Banks. Childhood hero.
You didn't include me! Yesterday I had an impressive showing for Korea's Jinju Mania team, walking and striking out against two local high school pitchers. Truly a great moment in baseball history 😂
Yeah I hit a ball over the centerfield fence during a practice in my 11-12 year old Little League in Western Kentucky around 1985, and that doesn’t appear to be on this list either for some reason?? People make mistakes I know, but c’mon…I crushed that ball. Do your research!
Our sincere apologies to both of you, we will see if we can find some nice footage to include you in our next video ! 😁
@@aboutbaseball Thank you! Finally a result.
In 8th grade I hit 3 home runs in the All-Star game, off of only 3 swings. It's been downhill since, except for that one girl in high school... .😏
@@nicholasschroeder3678 yeah I had a great experience with a girl in highschool as well. I wonder if it’s the same girl….was her name Sandra??
How you ssy something bout barry but not mention anything bout Roger cheating
nice vid. it's always funny to me how Barry Bonds can't be credited as already having Hall of fame numbers before he doped up, yet players like Roger Clemens will be talked about as if he isn't just as contentious & known for doping as Bonds.
This is my list: 1) Babe Ruth. 2) Willie Mays. 3)Ty Cobb. 4) Ted Williams. 5) Hank Aaron. 6) Honus Wagner. 7) Lou Gehrig. 8) Mickey Mantle. 9) Stan Musial. 10) Rogers Hornsby. 11) Tris Speaker. 12) Eddie Collins. 13) Jimmie Foxx. 14) Mel Ott. 15) Nap Lajoie. 16) Albert Pujols. 17) Rickey Henderson. 18) Mike Schmidt. 19) Frank Robinson. 20) Joe Morgan.
Pretty good list and I love the Big Red Machine, but Joe, really? Bonds, either one? Griffey Jr?, Ripken Jr ? Hell George Brett was better than Morgan. Clemente, McCovey, Brooks Robinson?
Derek jeter needs love
@@shanephillips1730 Joe Morgan is literally the best second baseman since Rogers Hornsby.
Agree
Joe Dimaggio?
As a Cadinals fan wih baseball memories since 1960 or so you included the greatest Cardinals player ever Stan Muial as number 10 which makes me happy. You also included Babe Ruth number one and Willie Mays number two which I agree on as well. My greatest Cardinals players ever that follow Musial are Bob Gibson, Albert Puhols, and Rogers Hornsby. Here is my all-time Cardinals lineup: Brock - LF Hornsby - 2B Musial - RF Puhols - 1B Edmonds - CF Boyer - 3B Molina - C Ozzie Smith -ss Bob Gibson -P My bench is Ted Simmons - c, Frankie Frisch and Red Schoendienst in the infield, Enos Slaugther and Joe Medwick in the outfield.
Cardinals fans have the right to pick - BUT - Curt Flood in CF. His misstep in '68 undid the great Gibson but he was the best CF of the late 60's when Mays was older. AND - he had other significance, right?
@@norseman5662 I really liked watching Curt Flood as I was old enough to have baseball memories of the Cards that start in 1960 soon after he was traded to the Cards. I agree with your comment on his defense and he was also a very good hitter. I met him years later at a Baseball card show in St. Louis and he seemed like a great guy. I went more for power in centerfield as well as bating average and defense and I would say that leaving off Curt Flood and Wille Mc Gee in the outfield due to also not having the power hitting of others how I made my cut. I like your comment.
My choice starting lineup
Jonny Bench- catcher
Pete Rose - third base
Joe Morgan- second base
Ken Griffey jr.- center field
Barry Larkin- shortstop
Rickey Henderson- left field
Barry Bonds- right field
Babe Ruth- pitcher
Other pitchers
Nolan Ryan
Cy Young
Sandy Koufax
Greg Maddex
Walter Johnson
Statchel Paige
Bob Gibson
Mariano Riviera
Randy Johnson
Rollie Fingers
Roger Clemons
Tom Seaver
Bench roster
Yogi Berra
Ty Cobb
Alex Rodriguez
Ted Williams
Lou Gehrig
Mike Schmitt
I love Ichiro, but how on earth could you possibly justify having him over guys like Pujols, ARod, Ripken, Hornsby etc.
Plujos is the greatest player ever and in the modern Era he's by far th3 goat I don't know how h3 didn't make top 20
Ichuru and not Chipper Jones, California Ripken,Jr so many to and can be named
Ichiro had a career overseas before he came to MLB, so you can’t really go by just his stats. It’s not the craziest take
I suppose it depends on weather or not one takes is Japanese career into account. If he had played in the majors from the start, he would've easily beaten Rose in the all time hits list, and would be in the running for (no pun intended) career stolen bases, singles, put-outs, runs, etc ..
@@hoppy23
He didn't make the top 20 because he isn't even in the top 50. No counts, no rates, a poor runner and worse fielder.
However, he WAS a great batter for average and power, but, that's about it. Consider that Mantle, for example, beats him in literally every single (era-adjusted) category, esp in counts and black-ink, and was a 5-tool player, rather than Albert's 2! (Not that I'd kick A.P. off of my team, but he just isn't a historic-level player.)
Nice job! But, you left Mike Schmidt, the greatest third baseman of all time off the list.
My Top Ten: 1) Babe Ruth. 2) Willie Mays. 3) Ted Williams. 4)Ty Cobb. 5) Hank Aaron. 6) Rogers Hornsby. 7) Lou Gehrig. 8) Tony Gwynn. 9) Stan Musial. 10) Ken Griffey junior
Hey goofy, you left out Mickey Mantle.
Ken Griffey Jr. is overrated. Great player his first 10 seasons, but was mediocre af his last 10. He also only has 80 WAR for his career, which is still a lot, but I would expect more from a great.
Think of it both Musial and Griffey were born in Donora Pennsylvania
Ted Williams played half his games in that band box in boston
@@clayton7220 He was a left handed hitter and right field is no band box.
George Herman Ruth the Babe was a great hitter and pitcher could do it all👍👍👍👍👍👍
Definitely number 1. Ruth for sure.
everyone is complaining about no Roberto Clemente but what about mike Schmidt?!
Good list. You got number 1 and 2 written in stone. Ruth was simply unexplainable; the God of the Game, to this day. And Mays was the supreme NATURAL
How are you going to have Mike Trout and not Albert Pujols?
How could you possibly not include the Great One - Roberto Clemente! Clemente didn’t get his deserved recognition when he played, nor does he get it now.
An excellent list. A little too much recency bias in the second ten. The only problem I have is that Lefty Grove was not on it. He should have replaced Greg Maddux. Clemens, and both Johnson's and Martinez were right on.
Consider this: Babe Ruth was number one on the list and had the highest OPS of all-time in history against lefthanders at 1130 They walked him 567 times and he struck out 460 times in 3067 plate appearances. Against Lefty Grove in 148 plate appearances Grove struck Babe out 45 times and walked him 13 times. His slugging percentage was 898 even tough. So if Ruth can lead the list, Grove should at least be on it.
And in his career Pedro pitched 2827.1 innings; From 1928-39 (excluding a sore armed season in 1934), Lefty Grove pitched 2826.2 innings. And this is how they compared:
..............................Lefty Grove...........................Pedro Martinez
won-lost record..........235-82...................................219-100
ERA.............................2.75........................................2.93
ERA+...........................168.........................................154
bWAR..........................95.7.........................................86.1
WAR/250....................8.46.........................................7.61
But wthou question Lefty Grove is the most under-rated superstar in MLB history. And this oversight was merely another example.
There is a lot of people saying what about this guy or that guy. These goat 🐐 lists can be debated forever.
I would have Mays 1 and Ruth 2 because of his all around talent.
Take away all the drinking and hot dogs and the Babe would have been even better. Willy couldn't pitch either. Let's make him number 2 of all time.
Ted Williams at number 6 is wrong. Top 3
Ted was a pretty bad base runner, and was pretty mediocre defensively
I Think MLB HOF legend baseball ⚾🧢 Sr.willie Mayes will live to see 100
To have PED users sharing a list with clean players is absurd
When considering who should be on this list, I came up with most of the same players. My list included Sandy Koufax, Johnny Bench, and Mike Schmidt, and I wouldn't put Ruth ahead of Mays.
Ruth is #1 because of he was a pretty decent pitcher also before being a right fielder full time
Ruth is objectively better than Mays and that is a fact. Only argument for Mays is that he played against much better competition
Been watching baseball for over 60 years, and listening to my dad and others. This is the top 20. With pitchers.
1. Babe Ruth
2. Willie Mays
3. Ted Williams
4. Ty Cobb
5. Lou Gehrig
6. Mickey Mantle
7. Henry Aaron
8. Stan Musial
9. Rogers Hornsby
10. Walter Johnson
11. Honus Wagner
12. Joe DiMaggio
13. Tris Speaker
14. Ken Griffey, Jr
15. Christy Mathewson
16. Jimmie Foxx
17. Roberto Clemente
18. Frank Robinson
19. Grover Alexander
20. Mike Schmidt
20. Barry Bonds. - I’m taking his steroids away from him. His career definitely would have been about here.
22. Tom Seaver
23. CY Young
24. Mel Ott
25. Randy Johnson
25. Roger Clemens - Again taking the steroids away from him he should be here.
Top 20 Players excluding pitchers.
1. Babe Ruth
2. Willie Mays
3. Ted Williams
4. Ty Cobb
5. Lou Gehrig
6. Mickey Mantle
7. Henry Aaron
8. Stan Musial
9. Rogers Hornsby
10. Honus Wagner
11. Joe DiMaggio
12. Tris Speaker
14. Ken Griffey, Jr.
15. Jimmie Foxx
16. Roberto Clemente
17. Frank Robinson
18. Mike Schmidt
18. Barry Bonds
20. Mel Ott
Just Missed Rickey Henderson, Albert Pujols, Johnny Bench, and Yogi Berra.
Top 20 pitchers
1. Walter Johnson
2. Christy Mathewson
3. Pete “Grover” Alexander
4. Tom Seaver
5. Cy Young
6. Randy Johnson
7. Roger Clemens
8. Greg Maddox
9. Warren Spahn
10. Lefty Grove
11. Bob Gibson
12. Steve Carleton
13. Pedro Martinez
14. Mordecai Brown
15. Eddie Plank
16. Clayton Kershaw
17. Whitey Ford
18. Sandy Koufax - Go look at his career before you start arguing with me. And the Dodger Mound was higher than every other team.
19. Bob Feller
20. Juan Marichal
20. Carl Hubbell
Just missed Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan.
BONDS DOESNT BELONG THERE
WHY ON EARTH IS WALTER JOHNSON AT 9
Ten years from now Shohei ⚾️htani might be #1 as the GOAT 🐐
No one but Ruth ever will be.
Ohtani already is the greatest baseball player in history.
@@kaitai5900He doesn’t have the counting stats. Ohtani is great, but he NEEDS the counting stats.
Great list....I would say make a way to add in Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, Jackie Robinson, and maybe Roberto Clemente....
How can you leave Nolan Ryan off the list a 27-year career 5,000-plus strikeouts 7 no-hitters 12 one-hit games how many 18 19 strikeout games
You could cut Nolan Ryan's career up and have three Hall of Fame careers
The guy lost almost as many games as he won. His career winning % was only .513. Barely a .500 pitcher.
If he had been on the Yankees or the Big Red machine that percentage would have been much higher and he would have had like 450 - 600 wins with maybe 200 losses
@@jeffzawislak1737 This is one thing I like about modern analysis. Wins and losses have a lot to do with the teams you're on, especially with players like Ryan. A 3.19 era and 5.7k strikeouts..........how do you not put him on a list of greatest players?
@@Grizzlied555 % was almost 53%. W% is not how you evaluate a pitched. He had a career era of 3.19. If he had teams as good as Maddux, he'd have a much higher winning %. Do you not know how team sports work?
Ryan was not as good as everyone thought he was.
My vote is for Al Kaline a 20 year veteran of consistent all around play for all of those 20 years he played.
Frank Robinson
Tell me you are from Detroit without telling me you are from Detroit
Anyone that claims they are the greatest gets excluded from consideration. So eliminate Mays.
Yes. Plus Mays set almost no records and used amphetamines.
Lol wow thats some stupid logic.
Ted Williams came pretty close to calling himself the greatest.
Nah
@@Grizzlied555ok
Lists are always fun, good conversations and debates ensue.
Your list is null and void for several reasons. You left off Satchel Paige. You left off Nolan Ryan. You left off Cy Young.
You included a current player.
So current elite players that have already have personal accolades and stats than retired players arent eligible?
@@joel8692 When that current elite player does not have the stats as people left off his list then yes that is correct.
Mariano Rivera? Derek Jeter? Pete Rose? Wade Boggs?
Given the many prime years that Teddy Ballgame was at war, he should be about #4.
What if Babe Ruth. Started his career as hitting outfield only with no pitching ( 5 years as pitcher )
.what would be his total home runs.?
No Albert Pujols? What a joke.
Pujols used drugs
1)Babe Ruth 2)Ty Cobb 3)Lou Gehrig 4)Rogers Hornsby 5)Ted Williams 6)Jimmie Foxx 7)Stan Musial 8)Henry Aaron 9)Willie Mays 10)Cap Anson 11)Honus Wagner 12)Tris Speaker 13)Joe Dimaggio 14)Mickey Mantle 15)Joe Jackson 16)Napoleon Lajoie 17)Frank Robinson 18)Ken Griffey Jr 19)Albert Pujols 20)Ed Delahanty
Willie Mays is wayyyyy too low.
@@spacedude1145 ... and Stan Musial a little too high. As far as hitting alone, I'd have to put Ted Williams at #2. The man hit nearly .388 when he was nearly 40, and played more of his career with blacks than not. They couldn't get him out any better than the whites could.
My father was one of the smartest baseball people I ever met. I once ask him who would be the first player you would take to build a winning dominate team…his answer…Pete Rose…
Pete Rose over Mickey Mantle? See a shrink.
Why you gotta show that Rajai Davis home run in the beginning. It still makes my stomach drop
A top 20 list with Ichiro ahead of Rickey Henderson. You are disqualified from ever discussing anything about baseball ever again.
No frank Robinson FOH
This voice is clearly AI generated. Was contemplating subbing but I can’t condone the laziness
Pedro shouldn't even be sniffing the list of top 50! You didn't have Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Mark McGuire, Tony Gwinn, Ernie Banks, or dozens of other player you left out, who far surpassed some players on this list.
Mark used peds. Rose used amphetamines. They cheated.
I presume you meant Mark McGwire, otherwise I have no idea who Mark McGuire is
Pete Rose is the most overrated player ever along with DiMaggio. The dude was absolutely terrible his last 7-8 seasons, and purposefully kept himself in the lineup to break the hits record, even when he knew he was terrible.
A few years ago, I picked an all-time 25...... 1b. Gehrig 2b. Hornsby 3b. Schmidt ss Wagner rf. Ruth lf. Williams cf. Cobb c. Bench ..... Rotation 1.Johnson 2.Mathewson 3.Plank 4.Brown 5. Alexander...... Bullpen L. Waddel (heat) L. Hubel (screw) L. Koufax ( curve) R. Joss(heat) R. Walsh (spit) R. Wilhelm (knuckle) R. Rivera (cutter) ......Bench Dh. Foxx 4th of. Mays Pr/Ph/inf Collins utility inf. Ripken c2 Rodriguez...... Now that we are at 26, who should I add?
Grove or J. Foxx
Since you're actually fielding a team, you need a second catcher, so Berra I suppose. (Well, Josh Gibson if you're not excluding Negro League players.) I think you must have Aaron, but I can't argue against any of your OFs. I don't think you actually need a knuckleballer (or screwball pitcher; I would add Randy Johnson or Maddux instead), but cool to include one. 🙂
You have Mike Trout over Joe D, this is absolutely crazy and this list is BOGUS
Mike Trout will probably be better than DiMaggio soon anyways.
@@spacedude1145 that's delusional
@Ramone-gf9ss Trout has a better career OPS, OPS+, OBP, and Slugging. Also has better WAR.
Where do you put Rogers Hornsby and his .358 avg
Baseball is the most subjective when it comes to the greatest of all time
IKR, very subjective.
Aaron Judge didnt play long enough but right now is the best i ever saw. And i saw Mays Aaron Williams im 75 years old.
I think you must have a catcher on here. Johnny Bench or Yogi Berra (I lean Bench because he was such a great fielder and catcher is a fielding-first position.) Or Josh Gibson -- but including NL players opens a whole can of worms. Mike Schmidt (3B) probably also belongs. And as much as I didn't care for him and that he was one-dimensional offensively, Pete Rose. His tenacity and longevity can't be overlooked. (Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Christy Mathewson, Grover Alexander other **possible** omissions.)
Maybe Bob Euker should be on the list...oh, wait...this is a top 20 NOT just 20...lol
Pete Rose was terrible his last 7-8 seasons. Good player, but overrated.
It was a crappy list 😢
No problem with the pictured ones being the top three.
You should have separate list for pitchers
Crazy how a player like Ty Cobb is in but players these days get sooooo scrutinized for way less nasty behavior and actions….i see what baseball be doing though😅😭
What nasty behavior is that? Bullshit
The slander of Cobb must stop. He was neither a racist, nor a cleat sharpener.
Bonds no before steroids a good HOF player.
Bonds had 4 mvps and 6 gold gloves and almost 500 home runs before steroids
@@joel8692 And responsible for the Pirates losin 3 consecutive NLCS playoffs .
So no , Clemente and Rose are much better .
frank robinson
No baseball person says "point two one one bating average." it's "two eleven"
IKR, definitely an amateur
A pt two one one batting a avg is my good
Mike Schmidt needs to be on this list. Should keep pitchers and hitters separate.
Did I miss Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson?!?
Nolan Ryan is not a top 20 player of all time.
Nolan ryan isn't even top 50
Ryan was the best pitcher--ever--at striking players out AND keeping them from getting hits. AND he did it over an incredibly long career.
@@nicholasschroeder3678 He had a 112 career ERA+ and had only 83 war in 27 years, there are at least fifteen or more pitchers better than him. Also Ryan didn’t even have a career 10ks per nine he is in no way the best strikeout pitcher.
@@nicholasschroeder3678He lost almost as many games as he won. His winning % was a weak .513
AI made this entire video. It’s so apparent with the commentary
You cant have Willy Mays but no Barry Bonds. Bonds was HOF on both sides of the ball before he doped up.
Well he doped up
You've got a great list, but there are others who deserve to be there like Nolan Ryan!!!
IKR
Did I miss Mantle
Nolan Ryan had the MOST Noah offers in Baseball but he could not crack the list???
Noah offers is from me not paying attention to the Ali auto correct...should be no-hitters, but no ah offers kinda makes sense also...lol
NO CHEATERS Will Ever be a great ball player, period
How about the 1927 NY Yankee's Murderer Row?
YES. F the juicers. If Pete Rose isn't in the hall for something that MIGHT have affected games, BB, MMcG, RC, JC, ARod, etc should be banned from the game too. F'n cheaters. A little baseline or an emeroy board is one thing- injecting, abusing, and cheating by using illegal drugs is another altogether!
(Re: Rose- I get they Giamatti had to come down on him so hard- Baseball is still dealing with gambling and 1919. Still, I hope he gets in the hall, even if it has to be post mortum, as his final punishment.
If Bonds, Clemens, etc, ever get in they deserve a bunch of big fat asterisks ******!
Bonds 7th? Please...
Well no Clemente, u know what world we live in. Nuff said .
I am sorry but the second you had pitchers on this kind of killed it for me. They deserve their own list! Also no steroid players should be allowed and believe me I love a lot of them!
Agree
I agree about the pitchers. They need their own list.
Don’t watch this video! The annoying music that loops over and over and over will have you watching with the sound off.
Where’s Derek jeter??
#1 Easy….Mickey Mantle barring his bad knees. Nobody compares! #2….Jackie Robinson.
Tom Seaver before Pedro Martinez all day
Where is Aaron's black ink in the bb ency??? If you don't understand, look it up.
These lists, while fun to argue about, are pretty meaningless. First off, pitchers are really their own thing: you can't compare them to batsmen, and the contribution they make to the team is entirely different. Secondly, you really can't compare players across ages with any kind of validity. Best you can do is pick who were the most dominant players from the different eras. So a guy like Cobb should rank higher, for example, than Aaron, because he was clearly better than anyone else around at the time. Aaron had guys like Mays, Mantle, and Robinson around compiling similar records. But in the end, it's just opinions. BTW, Cobb wasnt the slathering racist monster of legend, not did he sharpen his spikes. The dumb lies shouldn't he endlessly repeated. He was just a really smart and aggressive player, and he was highly respected by his competitors.
You had guys like Sisler, and Hornsby playing at the same time as Cobb. Not to mention Ruth and Gehrig.
Lou Gehrig , Done
Ty Cobb #1
Dave “ King Kong “ Kingman .
i dont care what anybody says but Bonds is #1 90% of the league was doing at the time
I'm a cincinnati native and the griffy years were horrible. I think he was a generational talent.But there was other guys on the list that were better, or longer more productive careers
Where is nolan ryan???
he was a slightly above .500 pitcher and is not a top 20 player-Seaver and Gibson belong before him as well as Bob Feller-and where is Sandy Koufax?
Koufax and Ryan both don’t deserve to be on here.
I would put Griffey if he didn't have all those injuries in the top 5. Jr over 600 homers and tremendous center fielder. He was the best in my time after 1960
Rickey Henderson surpassing Ty Cobb's hallowed runs scored record, how about that?
20 Players is too short when having both pitcher and regular players. Trout is too high and shouldn't be included he has way too many years to go still IMO. Plus, his last five years have been incomplete and injury plagued.
What about Bob feller he lost four yrs to wwtwo
And his team never had great hitters
esta perfecto muchas gracias.
The question is, when did he start using steroids. Bonds, I think that he started using Way before it was discovered
The greatest leadoff hitter of all time at 20? Im done.
Barry Bonds- "alleged steroids user"? nothing alleged, he was a PED user without any doubt
This the weirdest list i ever heard of....lol
Honus Wagner at number 12? WHAT!?
He is top-five, easily. Bill James had him at number TWO. His 1908 season was the best in history- he league in EVERY SINGLE offensive category except home runs- Hits, walks, steals, singles, doubles, triples, average, slugging, OBP, RBI, etc. (and this was in the dead ball era)
AND, he was far and away the best shortstop in the game... Leading in put-outs, double plays, errors, etc.
...And that season wasn't much better than his average seasons- he played for 15+ years, and was productive in all of them. ...12th? C'mon.
Ichiro, Mike Trout, Ricky Henderson, Mantle, Lou Gherig too high; Ted Williams, Barry Bonds too low. Ichiro and Mike Trout are both not top 50 all time. Also, where the hell is Nolan Ryan.
Al kaline, Clemente, Albert, Mathewson, etc
Why is Albert Pujols not here
I think you enjoyed watching 90s/00 baseball. They are way over represented.
This is an opinion piece. A big majority of the commenters needed to keep the useless opinions to them selves.
when you have Mike Trout on your list and not Albert Pujols this list is trash
Id take Mantle over Mays in a NY minute. What a joke.
No Frank Robinson or Roberto Clemente? This is sooo wrong!
Babe,Ty,Barry