0:38 Arizona D-backs: Randy Johnson 1:25 Atlanta Braves: Hank Aaron 2:05 Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripkin Jr 2:46 Boston Red Sox: Ted Williams 3:34 Chicago Cubs: Ernie Banks 4:15 Chicago White Sox: Frank Thomas 4:53 Cincinnati Reds: Johnny Bench 5:34 Cleveland "Guardians": Tris Speaker 6:09 Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton 6:37 Detroit Tigers: Ty Cobb 7:22 Houston Astros: Jeff Bagwell 8:26 Kansas City Royals: George Brett 9:28 Anah-- LA Angels: Shoh-- Mike Trout 10:07 LA Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw 11:00 Miami Marlins: Giancarlo Stanton 11:58 Milwuakee Brewers: Robin Young 12:51 Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer 14:11 New York Mets: Tom Seaver 14:56 New York Yankees: Babe Ruth 15:47 Oakland A's: Ricky Henderson 16:34 Philadelphia Phillies: Mike Schmidt 17:10 Pittsburgh Pirates: Honus Wagner 17:50 San Diego Padres: Tony Gwynn 18:47 San Francisco Giants: Willy Mayes 19:28 Seattle Mariners: Ichi- Ken Griffey Jr. 20:22 St Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial 21:06 Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Evan Longoria 21:40 Texas Rangers: Ivan Rodriguez 22:26 Toronto Blue Jays Roy Holiday 23:00 Washington Natl's (Montreal Expos): Gary Carter
I don't completely disagree with Mauer for the Twins, but I find it hard to believe you didn't consider Kirby Puckett, whose career was tragically cut short by blindness. He was a true 5-tool player and played with the Twins his whole career. His WAR was only 4.1 short of Mauer despite playing 3 fewer years.
No mention of Oliva and Puckett. Wow. No love for those Hall of Famers. The list for Minnesota should be: 1) Johnson - sucks to include him but he's a historical relic. 2) Killebrew - Legend. Higher OPS+ and WAR than both and 573 home runs. Too much to handle. 3) Carew - I like my contemporary heroes but Carew set the gold standard for "pure" hitter. 7 Batting Titles (check out his '77 season), RoY, and MVP 4) Oliva (Top 20 MVP candidate for 8 consecutive years INCLUDING his rookie year). 5) Puckett - The face of Minnesota baseball in my lifetime and one of the game's great ambassadors. Top 21 MVP Candidate [had to stretch it to make the point] in 9 of his 12 seasons, MVP, fastest player to 1000 hits in a career and fastest player to 2000 hits in a career (leading Bill James to project Kirby Puckett as having a 5% chance of breaking Rose's hit record vs the 1% he was giving Gwynn). Same OPS+ as Mauer and the key piece of Minnesota's only two World Series championships. 6) Mauer - Take Buster Posey's career and ADD Doug Doug Mientkiewicz and you've got Mauer. Inherited the mantle of Puckett and represented. 3 Batting Titles (as a catcher) and MVP. Came up with the 6th best candidate but I guess that's the kind of love we get from the national audience. Fun video but a swing and a miss at Minnesota... TH-camr out on strikes.
As a Red Sox fan who loves Papi and Ted Williams . Cy Youngs numbers are ridiculous. Just the number of times he through both ends of a double header . The insane amount of complete games . This guy was a savage .
As a Twins fan, it's tough to pick, but for me and probably a lot of others, it's Kirby Puckett. He was just so popular, fun to watch, and well-rounded in his skill set.
Rockies fan here. I have to agree with Todd Helton. He deserves to be a hall of famer! He really should've won an MVP back in 2000! Great video my dude!
@@jasongoldberg4474coors field helped that a lot. Look at his home and road splits. Despite playing 35 more games at home in his career, he had an OPS of 1.048 at home and .855 on the road and had 80 more homers at coors despite only playing 35 more games there.
I think Carlos Delgado deserved to be the Blue Jays best player. He posted a 282, 383, 546 slash line with a ops+ of 142. He hit 30 or more home runs in 8 straight years with the club, 3 of those years being over 40 dingera. he got MVP votes 4 times, finishing 2nd 2003. He's also one of few players to hit 4 home runs in 1 game. For me he clears Halladay any day and is on of the biggest HOF snubbs of all time.
Definitely a big snub, but just a bit two one dimensional in my opinion vs the long dominance of Halladay at a time where starting pitching wasn’t nearly as successful. Considered him though!
I totally agree here. I also think Steib would have been a very close second to me. I am biased though as I grew up a fan in the 80’s. Steib is also a massive snub for the HOF. Did not even make the second cut. Insane. 24:04
Delgado should have won MVP in 2003, but they gave it to Alex Rodriguez, instead. Sure, SS is a more premier position than 1B, but the Jays were at least in the playoff hunt in '03, unlike the Rangers. Also, being around to watch the team as a kid through the 80's, I sentimentally choose David Andrew Stieb over Harry LeRoy Halladay. Stieb's slider is still the best any MLB pitcher ever threw.
I still prefer Sandy Koufax for the Dodgers, Koufax does not have the longevity as Kershaw and they have similar peaks, but Koufax helped carry his Dodger teams to win World Series winning two World Series MVPs while Kershaw has a reputation of failing in the playoffs sporting a 4.43 ERA in the playoffs while Koufax has an out of this world .95 ERA in the postseason.
@@madethecut Not a chance, pitching put teams on top. But I understand putting Kersh over Koufax with Kershaw having more value and time with the team. I just really value the postseason prowess from Koufax here with the peaks being so close. Not to mention his three triple crowns.
Koufax at his peak was arguably the greatest pitcher ever, so I feel in this case you choose the lightning in a bottle over the longer tenured pitcher. Not to take anything away from Kershaw he's the best pitcher since the 90s
@@Homer554 yeah just fast forward and search for your team instead of having an easy timestamp to click on, which is basically the standard nowadays on youtube but yeah just fast forward dude
Good list and great video! I did take umbrage with one selection, though! Joe Mauer instead of Kirby Puckett!?!?! He may have gone down as one of the best outfielders ever, had he not suffered from his health failures. Otherwise, I can get with all of your other picks. Nice job!
Mauer was an elite catcher and exceptional hitter, and a hometown Minnesota guy. Just the face of the franchise really, that’s what tipped the scales for me. Killer would’ve been a good choice too though!
The right answer is Walter Johnson, but he just arbitrarily decided the Senators are a dead franchise rather than being part of Twins history which they actually are.
Joe Mauer over Kirby Puckett is diabolical. I mean, how??? Heck, Mauer himself would probably tell you that Puckett was the better player. Have you ever been to the Twin Cities? Mauer is respected, Puckett is worshipped. Still. Choosing Mauer over Puckett is like saying "Prince was okay, I guess, but no musical act in history reps Minneapolis like Semisonic." Also, while it may ultimately come down to personal preference, Joe Morgan is the best Reds player ever.
Jeff bagwell was a better hitter than Altuve is now, but Altuve's shear amount of awards and records in the postseason really give him a good chance at becoming the face of the franchise all-time.
Came here to say this. Nearly every Twins fan would rank Puckett and Killebrew ahead of Mauer. Possibly Carew as well, depending on how much he gets ‘penalized’ for years spent with the Angels. They were all great players who meant a lot to the Twins fan base. Puckett probably has a slight edge because of the championships and Game 6 heroics.
It has to do with WAR. Puckett did not play long enough or produced high enough to have a high WAR. He is one of those players that had short careers but super high impact. Puckett is one the greatest baseball players but will never be recognized because of his stats. It is up to the fans to keep beating that drum.
I agree with you on Puckett strictly as a Twin. I'll maintain that Johnson is the best player in the history of the franchise, though. The man was unreal. And please, no "plumbers" comments. That's just ignorant if you know anything about the game.
Section was already really long, only reason I didn’t mention him. If he had managed to play a bit longer, he definitely would’ve been the choice there though. Thanks for watching!
@@studogable If you think about it.. the 'plumbers' comment is more of an early NBA/NFL thing since those leagues weren't making the money that MLB was due to popularity, so you got less 'part timers' in the MLB.. And, baseball is probably the easiest league to be a pro in considering the minor leagues/other professional, independent, leagues and the fact that it requires less athletic ability than the other two to be successful.. If you're good at baseball, it doesnt necessarily mean you CAN be good at football or hoops.. However, if you're athletic enough to play football/hoops at a competitive level, you SHOULD be able to do well in baseball.. It's just down to physiology.. And for you younger folks (Xennial, myself), think about it this way... if you're decent/good at CS2 (at a pug/pub level), you'll absolutely destroy people in COD, lol.. The aiming mechanics and spray control (COD's recoil is basically non-existent compared to CS2 lol) are FAR easier in COD.. the only time I would get dunked on is by people who know the maps far better than i do.. in a straight up gunfight though, i'll do better than majority of 'seasoned' COD players lol.. and dont get me started on the controller aim assist that goes on in the cross-platform lobbies lol
Ty Cobb is a great choice, honorable mentions. Kaline, Sweet Lou, Trammell, Newhouser, Verlander, Hank Greenberg (greatest jewish position player of all time by far, Sandy is the only Jewish player better than Hank to ever play baseball) and of course Cabby. 22 titles in all major sports combined, but all the cities with more, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York (except Boston with 40 and considering so many of those came from a Boston team that didn't play anybody and a Patriots team that played in the worst division in NFL history for 20 straight years) have multiple teams in these major sports. So, we can safely say, Detroit is the greatest sports city in the history of humanity. If you disagree tell it to prime Joe Louis for Sugar Ray's fist, yes, we claim Sugar Ray. Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, add those titles to the Michigan tally. Motown, Techno, Rosa Parks, The Model T, Coney Island, the first paved road in the USA was Woodward Ave in 1909. Detroit vs Everybody, the greatest of the greatest at everything great in the history of greatness. What up doe, Detroit vs Everybody. Tigers Win Again.
I’m a life-long twins fan, but Killebrew or Puckett were better than Mauer. I love Mauers homegrown story but it’s not close with those two in my opinion
The fact you didn’t even mention Puckett, who was the heart of our team, won two World Series, etc etc. Go luck at Kirby’s stats, way better than you’d think.
Nice job, and I mostly agree with your choices. A couple of player names I'm old enough to remember the pronunciations of: Robin Yount was pronounced "YOWnt," and Bruce Sutter's last name was pronounced "SOO-ter." And, though I'm not THIS old and another commenter mentioned it already: Nap Lajoie was pronounced "LAH-juh-way."
Frank Thomas is one of the best right handed hitters of all time, and he did it all without steroids when most of the league was on gear. All time favourite player.
Crazy to think the Dodgers gave up Frank Thomas, Adrian Beltre, and Pedro Martinez early in their careers. That Dodgers era team sure could have used them. Oh well, they got Delino DeShields.
@@madethecut The Expos only had 36 years. The Senators had 60 years. It is about the same difference. Besides, the Expos won nothing for 36 years. They only made the postseason once and that was the strike year when they expanded the playoffs. The Expos did not have the best record and would not have made the postseason otherwise. In 20 years, the Nationals have made the postseason 5 times and won a championship. They have a history of winning, unlike the Expos. The Senators at least won something when they were playing. 3 AL Pennants and 1 World Series Championship. They have a history worth remembering.
I feel like Tony Gwynn is extremely underrated in the baseball world a lot of people just see the average and walk away but the guy averaged twenty two strikeouts a season only hit under 300 once during his rookie year and is the only hitter ever to hit over 300 on two strike counts he only had one career three strikeout game in that game he hit the game winning hit and zero pitchers were able to strike him out more than ten times the closest was Nolan Ryan with nine.
As a mariners fan, that's a tough call, but I think the right one. "the kid" deserves that spot. Had one of the most beautiful swings in the game and just made it look easy. Truly a shame he got injured.
As a lifelong Dodgers fan who has immense knowledge of baseball history; the truth is that it is seemingly impossible to put anyone besides Kershaw up there. While the franchise has no short order of iconic hofers. The fact is, Kersh has been beyond ridiculous for a looooonnnngggg ass time. He's most deserving... btw, Robin Ueatee?😂 I've gotta admit that I don't know who the heck Robin Ueatee is 😅! I mean it is Milwaukee. I suppose I could have just completely ignored there entire franchise. Ha honestly tho, I've never heard it pronounced in such a way. Awesome stuff
Overall good calls, had to split hairs with some that could go either way. Ichiro/Griffey … twins curious how Puckett stacked vs Mauer…, Reds? Even Bench has said Pete was the MVP of those teams. Bench was the clubhouse leader, Pete was a winner.
I feel like for the white sox you shouldve mentioned ed walsh, i know he is a deadball era guy but he holds the record for the lowest era and lowest fip in mlb history and his numbers overall were insane
You can't just consider the Senators a dead franchise. They are the Twins. Period. So the obvious best player is Walter Johnson, despite the so called "rich history" in Minnesota.
If Corey Seager continues to play like he did in 2023 and stays healthy for the majority of his career and the Rangers never trade him, he could probably end up as the greatest Ranger in history, especially given the fact he’s largely responsible for them finally winning the World Series.
Hot Take: I firmly believe we are witnessing the GOAT in action. I think we will look back when it's all said and done and say "yeah that guy was definitely the best to ever do it"
@@wsp6968 I don't think that is that hot of a take, he is one of the best in the league at both of the things he does and we have never seen anyone like him.
I think the odds are he's thought on f as one of the best when he was at his best, but ultimately won't have close to the numbers you need to be seriously considered in the debate for GOAT. Guy is made of glass. Just gets hurt too much.
2008, I'm in San Jose watching my Phillies win the WS in a bar, by myself, whooping it up like I was at the game. Owner comes over, asks me why a random Phillies fan was in his bar and then asks my favorite Phillie as a test. My answer: Mike Schmidt. He actually meant my favorite player on the 2008 team, but laughed and offerred me a glass of champagne because I was clearly a legit Phillies phan. Edit: I also wear #34 jersey to games, so Doc gets a nod from me too.
R.I.P. Ricky. I unfortunately learned this 2 weeks after from this video with the "Late Great Ricky Henderson" comment. I had an "OMG! Ricky's gone?", moment. December was a whirlwind for me and completely missed this news. Now I'm sad :(
Don't forget Ty Cobb holds the record still for most stolen home bases at 54 eclipsing the legendary rickey henderson (all respect to the stole base king and R.I.P.) who only had 4 in his career.
Would’ve liked and subscribed had you not scandalously failed even to mention the only Twins all around star (and hall of famer) to lead the team to their only two World Series championships in Kirby Puckett! Not even a mention? Seriously?
Stan Musial for the Cardinals is the right answer however there are many players that could make the case. Rogers Hornsby's hitting stats with the Cardinals were insane.
Shunting aside Walter Johnson is a mistake. The man was astonishing. Then again, this is a video that goes on for a minute about somebody named Robin Yunt playing for the Milwaukee Brewers.
he only had 5 elite seasons. True, they were beyond amazingly elite seasons. Took him 5 years to figure out how to pitch (nowdays a team might have given up on him)
George Brett's bat looks like it's 6 inches across at the sweet spot. And he's "the only" 3 decade batting champ. Also lead majors in OPS+ and slugging percentage 3 times.
10:08 finally! Found someone who agrees with me. (Tbf I haven’t talked to a ton of people personally lol) But somehow Kershaw came up and my dad thought I was crazy when I said I think Kershaw is the Dodgers best player in history.
You had 4 chances and named Fisk, Bench, Rodriguez, and Carter. SMH Go look at Yogi Berra and his numbers, most importantly how many championships he won during his career. When he came up, the Yankees dynasty started and when he retired, it ended. He’s the greatest ever and only gets missed because of the pantheon of great Yankees
The players you named for the Mariners got me thinking, the Mariners gotta have the easiest Mt. Rushmore to pick in MLB and maybe even professional sports. Griffey, Ichiro, and Edgar are indisputable locks, and then just take your pick between Randy Johnson and King Felix. Nobody else even comes close (although Julio might make a case in a few years).
Pudge is the right choice for Texas. If you dig into his Beltre may belong with the likes of Robinson as greats, but only Bench (who was a 1/1) and defensively Molina are above Pudge. That’s incredible.
Ugh. I had the rookie cards for George Brett and Robin Yount. My grandmother gave me a whole box of 1975 Topps packs she had from the days she was a manager of a restaurant concession at a pool. By the end of the 90s, I was out of collecting, and trading card values were in the tank after the bubble burst on that market. I ended up selling both near-mint, well-centered cards for barely enough to buy a couple D&D books (AD&D 2nd REPRESENT!).
0:38 Arizona D-backs: Randy Johnson
1:25 Atlanta Braves: Hank Aaron
2:05 Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripkin Jr
2:46 Boston Red Sox: Ted Williams
3:34 Chicago Cubs: Ernie Banks
4:15 Chicago White Sox: Frank Thomas
4:53 Cincinnati Reds: Johnny Bench
5:34 Cleveland "Guardians": Tris Speaker
6:09 Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton
6:37 Detroit Tigers: Ty Cobb
7:22 Houston Astros: Jeff Bagwell
8:26 Kansas City Royals: George Brett
9:28 Anah-- LA Angels: Shoh-- Mike Trout
10:07 LA Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw
11:00 Miami Marlins: Giancarlo Stanton
11:58 Milwuakee Brewers: Robin Young
12:51 Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer
14:11 New York Mets: Tom Seaver
14:56 New York Yankees: Babe Ruth
15:47 Oakland A's: Ricky Henderson
16:34 Philadelphia Phillies: Mike Schmidt
17:10 Pittsburgh Pirates: Honus Wagner
17:50 San Diego Padres: Tony Gwynn
18:47 San Francisco Giants: Willy Mayes
19:28 Seattle Mariners: Ichi- Ken Griffey Jr.
20:22 St Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial
21:06 Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Evan Longoria
21:40 Texas Rangers: Ivan Rodriguez
22:26 Toronto Blue Jays Roy Holiday
23:00 Washington Natl's (Montreal Expos): Gary Carter
11:58 Milwaukee Brewers: Robin Yount
Thanks!
Dude, that’s awesome you spent the time to do that! Pinned
I feel like Michael Young is the best Ranger over Pudge.
Roy Halladay for the Blue Jays😁
I don't completely disagree with Mauer for the Twins, but I find it hard to believe you didn't consider Kirby Puckett, whose career was tragically cut short by blindness. He was a true 5-tool player and played with the Twins his whole career. His WAR was only 4.1 short of Mauer despite playing 3 fewer years.
Immediately what I came to say
I do completely disagree with Mauer for the Twins, also in favor of Puckett.
Also Kirby’s postseason success is hard to discount.
Walter Johnson is the correct answer, and it's really not close.
No mention of Oliva and Puckett. Wow. No love for those Hall of Famers. The list for Minnesota should be:
1) Johnson - sucks to include him but he's a historical relic.
2) Killebrew - Legend. Higher OPS+ and WAR than both and 573 home runs. Too much to handle.
3) Carew - I like my contemporary heroes but Carew set the gold standard for "pure" hitter. 7 Batting Titles (check out his '77 season), RoY, and MVP
4) Oliva (Top 20 MVP candidate for 8 consecutive years INCLUDING his rookie year).
5) Puckett - The face of Minnesota baseball in my lifetime and one of the game's great ambassadors. Top 21 MVP Candidate [had to stretch it to make the point] in 9 of his 12 seasons, MVP, fastest player to 1000 hits in a career and fastest player to 2000 hits in a career (leading Bill James to project Kirby Puckett as having a 5% chance of breaking Rose's hit record vs the 1% he was giving Gwynn). Same OPS+ as Mauer and the key piece of Minnesota's only two World Series championships.
6) Mauer - Take Buster Posey's career and ADD Doug Doug Mientkiewicz and you've got Mauer. Inherited the mantle of Puckett and represented. 3 Batting Titles (as a catcher) and MVP.
Came up with the 6th best candidate but I guess that's the kind of love we get from the national audience.
Fun video but a swing and a miss at Minnesota... TH-camr out on strikes.
That clip of Nolan Ryan, pitching to pudge, to throw out Griffey is amazing. 200 WAR in 3 players
As a Red Sox fan who loves Papi and Ted Williams . Cy Youngs numbers are ridiculous. Just the number of times he through both ends of a double header . The insane amount of complete games . This guy was a savage .
Fun fact: If you took away all of Hank Aaron's home runs, he'd still have 3000 hits.
Wow
Same with bonds
@@elev911bonds don’t got 3000 hits
As a Twins fan, it's tough to pick, but for me and probably a lot of others, it's Kirby Puckett. He was just so popular, fun to watch, and well-rounded in his skill set.
Walter Johnson
It has to be Puckett.. mauer was great but never did shit out of the regular season.
@@22nfg walter Johnson is lightyears ahead of Puckett. The best “twin” probably Killebrew
“Sacramento Oakland A’s of Las Vegas” 😭
“California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim” 💀
Diddn't the A's Originally play in Philly? lol
Previously of Kansas City and Philadelphia
😂
Rockies fan here. I have to agree with Todd Helton. He deserves to be a hall of famer! He really should've won an MVP back in 2000! Great video my dude!
@@Ryouski bro it’s crazy he’s not in the hall, he’s one of the great pure hitters of our lifetimes.🔥🩵
…oh wait, it’s crazy because it isn’t, he is in the hall, quite rightly so.
1.098 OPS from 2000-2004, 7.7 WAR per season average. That is a ridiculous ass peak!!🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯
@@jasongoldberg4474coors field helped that a lot. Look at his home and road splits. Despite playing 35 more games at home in his career, he had an OPS of 1.048 at home and .855 on the road and had 80 more homers at coors despite only playing 35 more games there.
Good job picking the right answer for the Mets. There will only ever be one Franchise, and may he rest in peace.
Ted Williams went to war twice during his MLB career, losing many prime years, to serve his country.
and was a great fighter pilot
RIP Tony Gwynn, Kirby Puckett, and the GOAT, Rickey Henderson
No mention of Kirby Pucket for Minnesota? He is the reason they have 2 world series titles.
I will add to the Kirby Puckett controversy. Like Chris Rock said: "The only black people in Minnesota are Prince and Kirby Puckett"
I think Carlos Delgado deserved to be the Blue Jays best player. He posted a 282, 383, 546 slash line with a ops+ of 142. He hit 30 or more home runs in 8 straight years with the club, 3 of those years being over 40 dingera. he got MVP votes 4 times, finishing 2nd 2003. He's also one of few players to hit 4 home runs in 1 game. For me he clears Halladay any day and is on of the biggest HOF snubbs of all time.
Definitely a big snub, but just a bit two one dimensional in my opinion vs the long dominance of Halladay at a time where starting pitching wasn’t nearly as successful. Considered him though!
I totally agree here. I also think Steib would have been a very close second to me. I am biased though as I grew up a fan in the 80’s. Steib is also a massive snub for the HOF. Did not even make the second cut. Insane.
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Delgado doesn't get the credit he deserves. His stats are almost identical to McGriff who just got into the hall.
Delgado should have won MVP in 2003, but they gave it to Alex Rodriguez, instead. Sure, SS is a more premier position than 1B, but the Jays were at least in the playoff hunt in '03, unlike the Rangers. Also, being around to watch the team as a kid through the 80's, I sentimentally choose David Andrew Stieb over Harry LeRoy Halladay. Stieb's slider is still the best any MLB pitcher ever threw.
I been a Cleveland fan since the 90s. No one terrified me in the opposing batters box more than Carlos Delgado on Toronto
Kirby Puckett is Mr. Twins
I still prefer Sandy Koufax for the Dodgers, Koufax does not have the longevity as Kershaw and they have similar peaks, but Koufax helped carry his Dodger teams to win World Series winning two World Series MVPs while Kershaw has a reputation of failing in the playoffs sporting a 4.43 ERA in the playoffs while Koufax has an out of this world .95 ERA in the postseason.
I get it, but I would also ask you this: would those dodger teams have made it to the playoffs without kersh being as good as he was?
@@madethecut Not a chance, pitching put teams on top. But I understand putting Kersh over Koufax with Kershaw having more value and time with the team. I just really value the postseason prowess from Koufax here with the peaks being so close. Not to mention his three triple crowns.
Kershaw was absolutely trash in the playoffs while Koufax was one of the greatest playoff pitchers ever!
Koufax at his peak was arguably the greatest pitcher ever, so I feel in this case you choose the lightning in a bottle over the longer tenured pitcher. Not to take anything away from Kershaw he's the best pitcher since the 90s
Great that the two best Dodger pitchers have last names that appropriately start with K.
I heard your argument for excluding Walter Johnson, but that seems arbitrary. It is the same team and he is the clear winner.
Timestamps would be nice for this video
Dude hit fast forward. It’s called alphabetical order.
@@Homer554 yeah just fast forward and search for your team instead of having an easy timestamp to click on, which is basically the standard nowadays on youtube
but yeah just fast forward dude
Tik tok concentration😂
@@jeffrey7273Not a concentration thing. It’s just some teams I’m curious about, and other teams I don’t care for
Just watch the video chief
Good list and great video! I did take umbrage with one selection, though! Joe Mauer instead of Kirby Puckett!?!?! He may have gone down as one of the best outfielders ever, had he not suffered from his health failures. Otherwise, I can get with all of your other picks. Nice job!
Kirby Puckett is the best Minnesota Twin ever.
Mauer over Killebrew?! No. Just no.
I'd say Rod Carew is the greatest Twin ever.
Totally agree
Mauer was an elite catcher and exceptional hitter, and a hometown Minnesota guy. Just the face of the franchise really, that’s what tipped the scales for me. Killer would’ve been a good choice too though!
The right answer is Walter Johnson, but he just arbitrarily decided the Senators are a dead franchise rather than being part of Twins history which they actually are.
@@madethecutcompare the numbers...that's a totally biased opinion of yours man. Mauer is not even close.
I was a little shocked that Kirby Puckett wasn’t in the top three for the Twins. 🧐
Great video man seriously
I know this is an advanced metrics-based list, but not even mentioning Kirby Puckett for Minnesota is a travesty.
It's definitely Stan Musial for the Cardinals
NOPE. Not at all. Albert Pujols.
@ by all means, try and make that argument.
Maybe, but difficult to overlook Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson and Albert Pujols.
For some reason nobody mentions Hornsby. Not that he was the best ever, but he did have the highest BA ever.
Joe Mauer over Kirby Puckett is diabolical. I mean, how??? Heck, Mauer himself would probably tell you that Puckett was the better player. Have you ever been to the Twin Cities? Mauer is respected, Puckett is worshipped. Still.
Choosing Mauer over Puckett is like saying "Prince was okay, I guess, but no musical act in history reps Minneapolis like Semisonic."
Also, while it may ultimately come down to personal preference, Joe Morgan is the best Reds player ever.
whoa.... Kirby Pucket not even mentioned???? Wow!
Jeff bagwell was a better hitter than Altuve is now, but Altuve's shear amount of awards and records in the postseason really give him a good chance at becoming the face of the franchise all-time.
Bagwell did it with cheating.
That’s disrespectful not even mentioning Kirby Puckett. He is by far the best Twin in team history. He changed the history of the franchise.
Came here to say this. Nearly every Twins fan would rank Puckett and Killebrew ahead of Mauer. Possibly Carew as well, depending on how much he gets ‘penalized’ for years spent with the Angels. They were all great players who meant a lot to the Twins fan base. Puckett probably has a slight edge because of the championships and Game 6 heroics.
It has to do with WAR. Puckett did not play long enough or produced high enough to have a high WAR. He is one of those players that had short careers but super high impact. Puckett is one the greatest baseball players but will never be recognized because of his stats. It is up to the fans to keep beating that drum.
I agree with you on Puckett strictly as a Twin. I'll maintain that Johnson is the best player in the history of the franchise, though. The man was unreal.
And please, no "plumbers" comments. That's just ignorant if you know anything about the game.
Section was already really long, only reason I didn’t mention him. If he had managed to play a bit longer, he definitely would’ve been the choice there though. Thanks for watching!
@@studogable If you think about it.. the 'plumbers' comment is more of an early NBA/NFL thing since those leagues weren't making the money that MLB was due to popularity, so you got less 'part timers' in the MLB.. And, baseball is probably the easiest league to be a pro in considering the minor leagues/other professional, independent, leagues and the fact that it requires less athletic ability than the other two to be successful.. If you're good at baseball, it doesnt necessarily mean you CAN be good at football or hoops.. However, if you're athletic enough to play football/hoops at a competitive level, you SHOULD be able to do well in baseball.. It's just down to physiology..
And for you younger folks (Xennial, myself), think about it this way... if you're decent/good at CS2 (at a pug/pub level), you'll absolutely destroy people in COD, lol.. The aiming mechanics and spray control (COD's recoil is basically non-existent compared to CS2 lol) are FAR easier in COD.. the only time I would get dunked on is by people who know the maps far better than i do.. in a straight up gunfight though, i'll do better than majority of 'seasoned' COD players lol.. and dont get me started on the controller aim assist that goes on in the cross-platform lobbies lol
Even as a Yankee fan, Tony Gwynn might be my favorite player. Cut his career in half, and he still tops most Padre's hitting lists. Mr. Padre indeed.
Mariners fan here. I love Ichiro and Griffey, but my heart will always love Edgar. Ichiro and Griffey were the talent. Edgar was the heart.
Ty Cobb is a great choice, honorable mentions. Kaline, Sweet Lou, Trammell, Newhouser, Verlander, Hank Greenberg (greatest jewish position player of all time by far, Sandy is the only Jewish player better than Hank to ever play baseball) and of course Cabby. 22 titles in all major sports combined, but all the cities with more, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York (except Boston with 40 and considering so many of those came from a Boston team that didn't play anybody and a Patriots team that played in the worst division in NFL history for 20 straight years) have multiple teams in these major sports. So, we can safely say, Detroit is the greatest sports city in the history of humanity. If you disagree tell it to prime Joe Louis for Sugar Ray's fist, yes, we claim Sugar Ray. Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, add those titles to the Michigan tally. Motown, Techno, Rosa Parks, The Model T, Coney Island, the first paved road in the USA was Woodward Ave in 1909. Detroit vs Everybody, the greatest of the greatest at everything great in the history of greatness. What up doe, Detroit vs Everybody. Tigers Win Again.
Yes, I am a homer, as we all should be.
I’m a life-long twins fan, but Killebrew or Puckett were better than Mauer. I love Mauers homegrown story but it’s not close with those two in my opinion
The fact you didn’t even mention Puckett, who was the heart of our team, won two World Series, etc etc. Go luck at Kirby’s stats, way better than you’d think.
Minnesota should be Kirby and the Dodgers should be either Sandy Koufax or Jackie Robinson.
Sorry you got the twins wrong it's Kirby Puckett.
Nice job, and I mostly agree with your choices. A couple of player names I'm old enough to remember the pronunciations of: Robin Yount was pronounced "YOWnt," and Bruce Sutter's last name was pronounced "SOO-ter." And, though I'm not THIS old and another commenter mentioned it already: Nap Lajoie was pronounced "LAH-juh-way."
And Lou Boo-droh
And Roy HAL-idd-ay.
Frank Thomas is one of the best right handed hitters of all time, and he did it all without steroids when most of the league was on gear. All time favourite player.
Crazy to think the Dodgers gave up Frank Thomas, Adrian Beltre, and Pedro Martinez early in their careers. That Dodgers era team sure could have used them. Oh well, they got Delino DeShields.
Pujols was better.
Joe Mauer ain’t better than no Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett not even mentioned
While Mauer shouldn't even be in the conversation.
If you are picking Gary Carter for the Nationals, how can you pick anyone but Walter Johnson for the Twins?
Twins have over 50 years of team history vs the nationals about 20. Not even in the same league
@@madethecut The Expos only had 36 years. The Senators had 60 years. It is about the same difference.
Besides, the Expos won nothing for 36 years. They only made the postseason once and that was the strike year when they expanded the playoffs. The Expos did not have the best record and would not have made the postseason otherwise.
In 20 years, the Nationals have made the postseason 5 times and won a championship. They have a history of winning, unlike the Expos.
The Senators at least won something when they were playing. 3 AL Pennants and 1 World Series Championship. They have a history worth remembering.
Didn’t even mention the Kirby Puckett for the Twins
Wish you would do time stamps on your uploads but still an amazing video! Keep up the great work!
Wait a second, Kirby Puckett doesn't even get a mention for Minnesota?
Right?! I didn’t even finish the video. What a slight
No Kirby Puckett for Minnesota?…huh 🤔
I feel like Tony Gwynn is extremely underrated in the baseball world a lot of people just see the average and walk away but the guy averaged twenty two strikeouts a season only hit under 300 once during his rookie year and is the only hitter ever to hit over 300 on two strike counts he only had one career three strikeout game in that game he hit the game winning hit and zero pitchers were able to strike him out more than ten times the closest was Nolan Ryan with nine.
As a mariners fan, that's a tough call, but I think the right one. "the kid" deserves that spot. Had one of the most beautiful swings in the game and just made it look easy. Truly a shame he got injured.
Fun fact: Ken Griffey Jr and Stan Musial have the same birthday (Nov 21) and place of birth (Donora, Pennsylvania).
As a lifelong Dodgers fan who has immense knowledge of baseball history; the truth is that it is seemingly impossible to put anyone besides Kershaw up there. While the franchise has no short order of iconic hofers. The fact is, Kersh has been beyond ridiculous for a looooonnnngggg ass time. He's most deserving... btw, Robin Ueatee?😂 I've gotta admit that I don't know who the heck Robin Ueatee is 😅! I mean it is Milwaukee. I suppose I could have just completely ignored there entire franchise. Ha honestly tho, I've never heard it pronounced in such a way. Awesome stuff
As a White Sox fan, Frank is who got me into baseball at 11-12 in the early 00’s. The Big Hurt is still my all time favorite player
Overall good calls, had to split hairs with some that could go either way. Ichiro/Griffey … twins curious how Puckett stacked vs Mauer…, Reds? Even Bench has said Pete was the MVP of those teams. Bench was the clubhouse leader, Pete was a winner.
I feel like for the white sox you shouldve mentioned ed walsh, i know he is a deadball era guy but he holds the record for the lowest era and lowest fip in mlb history and his numbers overall were insane
So many guys for every team, but I could’ve mentioned Walsh for sure. Thanks for watching!
Great list. Henderson was 1 of 1. I don’t think we will ever see any like that again.
You can't just consider the Senators a dead franchise. They are the Twins. Period. So the obvious best player is Walter Johnson, despite the so called "rich history" in Minnesota.
Clayton over sandy is a bold statement nothing against Kershaw but he’s never been called the left arm of God
No Kirby mention
With some of the historied teams, definitely some tough choices. I agreed with almost all of your picks. Good job on a difficult task!
Great video and analysis bud!🙏🏿🩵⚾️
If Corey Seager continues to play like he did in 2023 and stays healthy for the majority of his career and the Rangers never trade him, he could probably end up as the greatest Ranger in history, especially given the fact he’s largely responsible for them finally winning the World Series.
George Sisler is the best player in Orioles/Browns history.
Good point
Had to come check this one out just to make sure you put Longo as best Ray of all time🐐🔥
Good video, people are always gonna be pissed off at some of these subjective topics
For the Cubs, it's Banks, those other guys you mentioned wouldn't even be close to Sosa (unmentioned).
When Shohei Ohtani's career is done I wonder how he will rank among all time Dodgers.
Could be 1!
Hot Take: I firmly believe we are witnessing the GOAT in action. I think we will look back when it's all said and done and say "yeah that guy was definitely the best to ever do it"
@@wsp6968 I don't think that is that hot of a take, he is one of the best in the league at both of the things he does and we have never seen anyone like him.
I think the odds are he's thought on f as one of the best when he was at his best, but ultimately won't have close to the numbers you need to be seriously considered in the debate for GOAT. Guy is made of glass. Just gets hurt too much.
@@snerdterguson idk the goat conversation is rough when half of history was either playing when everyone sucked or when everyone was on steroids.
i cant believe you didnt mention kirby puckett when talking about the twins SMH😡
There’s so many for each team you could do a 20 vid on each squad honestly. Kirby was amazing though!
Not putting Nolan Ryan in for the rangers?
The rangers? He was in only there for 5 years. His best years came as an Angel, probably.
absolutely not, 5 years, 15.2 war, 116 era+ isnt bad by any means, but best in that teams history?
Beltre is the guy there.
2008, I'm in San Jose watching my Phillies win the WS in a bar, by myself, whooping it up like I was at the game. Owner comes over, asks me why a random Phillies fan was in his bar and then asks my favorite Phillie as a test. My answer: Mike Schmidt. He actually meant my favorite player on the 2008 team, but laughed and offerred me a glass of champagne because I was clearly a legit Phillies phan.
Edit: I also wear #34 jersey to games, so Doc gets a nod from me too.
Kirby puckett
R.I.P. Ricky. I unfortunately learned this 2 weeks after from this video with the "Late Great Ricky Henderson" comment. I had an "OMG! Ricky's gone?", moment. December was a whirlwind for me and completely missed this news. Now I'm sad :(
Miami Marlins: Mike Piazza.
Don't forget Ty Cobb holds the record still for most stolen home bases at 54 eclipsing the legendary rickey henderson (all respect to the stole base king and R.I.P.) who only had 4 in his career.
Would’ve liked and subscribed had you not scandalously failed even to mention the only Twins all around star (and hall of famer) to lead the team to their only two World Series championships in Kirby Puckett! Not even a mention? Seriously?
Tough call with the M’s, but I think you nailed it with KG Jr.
Willie Mays isn't just the best player to ever play for the Giants. He's the best player to ever play in the MLB.
Pujols is better.
@coopstain1728 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brandon Webb shoutout is ELITE ball knowledge
I came here just to see Halladay MY BOI
Edit: all is right with the world (and this video) 😇
Stan Musial for the Cardinals is the right answer however there are many players that could make the case. Rogers Hornsby's hitting stats with the Cardinals were insane.
I'd take pucket for the twins.
Lets gooooo! Happy new years everyone.
Shunting aside Walter Johnson is a mistake. The man was astonishing.
Then again, this is a video that goes on for a minute about somebody named Robin Yunt playing for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Kershaw over Koufax is wild
he only had 5 elite seasons. True, they were beyond amazingly elite seasons. Took him 5 years to figure out how to pitch (nowdays a team might have given up on him)
George Brett's bat looks like it's 6 inches across at the sweet spot. And he's "the only" 3 decade batting champ. Also lead majors in OPS+ and slugging percentage 3 times.
10:08 finally! Found someone who agrees with me. (Tbf I haven’t talked to a ton of people personally lol) But somehow Kershaw came up and my dad thought I was crazy when I said I think Kershaw is the Dodgers best player in history.
11:42 nooooo mike stanton died
A couple of fails in this vid.
Cubs
Rangers
Twins
Thank you for not trying to be edgy and choosing Ruth over Jeter
Clayton Keyshawn over Sandy????
I feel Mo should’ve at least gotten a mention considering he’s the ONLY unanimous HOFer
Waited the whole video… only to see an Expo.
Haha lol
as a stros fan on paper bagwell is statistically the best but altuve will always be my goat for the rings he brought to the city
My very first time seeing a game at Fenway Park was Robin Yount's very last MLB game.
0:14...why not just show guys who really did get busted for steroids. Kinda still feels like you're saying Ricky did steroids
He said that he was just showing him for b-roll. He never said that Rickey did steroids
@Ryguy76 And what did I say
@@gjwilliams4098 I was just trying to clarify that’s all.
That’s why I included the text lol
@@madethecut "Kinda still feels like you're saying Ricky did steroids"
You had 4 chances and named Fisk, Bench, Rodriguez, and Carter. SMH Go look at Yogi Berra and his numbers, most importantly how many championships he won during his career. When he came up, the Yankees dynasty started and when he retired, it ended. He’s the greatest ever and only gets missed because of the pantheon of great Yankees
The way baseball is going Adam Dunn will be the next Babe Ruth in 80 years
How can you choose Gary Carter for the Nationals and not choose Walter Johnson for the Twins? That makes no sense.
I have an idea for 32 videos you can make. Draft all time teams for thier franchise
Rickey isn’t just the greatest Oakland Athletic, he’s the greatest of all time…he would’ve told you himself😂 RIP Rickey
What he didn't say in the video is that Griffey was the only slugger from the steroid era that didn't even have the slightest bit of stink on him.
The players you named for the Mariners got me thinking, the Mariners gotta have the easiest Mt. Rushmore to pick in MLB and maybe even professional sports. Griffey, Ichiro, and Edgar are indisputable locks, and then just take your pick between Randy Johnson and King Felix. Nobody else even comes close (although Julio might make a case in a few years).
Pudge is the right choice for Texas. If you dig into his Beltre may belong with the likes of Robinson as greats, but only Bench (who was a 1/1) and defensively Molina are above Pudge. That’s incredible.
Ugh. I had the rookie cards for George Brett and Robin Yount. My grandmother gave me a whole box of 1975 Topps packs she had from the days she was a manager of a restaurant concession at a pool. By the end of the 90s, I was out of collecting, and trading card values were in the tank after the bubble burst on that market. I ended up selling both near-mint, well-centered cards for barely enough to buy a couple D&D books (AD&D 2nd REPRESENT!).
For the Seattle Mariners, I would argue for Edgar Martinez as the greatest Mariner.