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Top 50 Catchers
Best Catcher in the History of Baseball With a commanding presence behind the plate and a rocket arm, Johnny Bench was the best defensive catcher in history. But that wasn't all. The powerful right-handed slugger won a pair of Most Valuable Player awards and led the Reds to six division titles, four pennants, and two championships. He hit an amazing .533 in the 1976 World Series and belted 10 post-season homers. Catchers of Note: Largest digits - Ernie LombardiMost underrated - Steve O'Neil
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Top 50 First Basemen
Best First Baseman in the History of Baseball Quiet and reserved, Lou Gehrig rarely had the spotlight all to himself during his 14 full seasons with the New York Yankees. Gehrig remained in the background his first 10 years while the far more colorful and gregarious Babe Ruth consistently grabbed the headlines in the New York newspapers. He then spent his final few seasons taking a backseat to the more charismatic Joe DiMaggio. But, when all was said and done, Lou Gehrig
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Top 50 Second Basemen
Ranking the Second Basemen Vote in our poll - who do you think is the best secondbaseman of all time? Good things often come in small packages. So it was with our top second baseman, Eddie Collins, shown here with Frankie Frisch, another Hall of Famer, prior to the 1930 World Series. Collins was a winner. He appeared in six World Series, winning four titles. His tremendous World Series performance (.328 with 14 stolen bases) earn Collins the stop spot at the keystone position.♦ Best
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Top 50 Third basemen
Hot Corner Notes Fewer third basemen are enshrined in Cooperstown than any other position. Our top six are all in the Hall of Fame, including MVP winners Mike Schmidt and George Brett, who faced each other in the 1980 World Series. Content: Observations Thirdbase Facts Most Slighted Negro Leaguers Best of unranked Best Managers who were thirdbasemen MVP's who cheated Best with the Leather Observations Most raw power, Bob Ho
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Top 50 Shortstops
Ranking the ShortstopsThe 1990's and early 2000's were the time of the shortstops. No longer were they just slick fielders. They became middle of the order hitters and MVP's, Alex Rodriquez, Derek Jeter,Nomar Garciaparra, Miguel Tejeda, and Barry Larkin lead the way. In 2003, the New York Yankee traded for A Rod putting but he and Jeter on the same team, thus hurting his chances at becoming the greatest shortstop in the games history.♦ Most heroic, Cecil Travis - After the Normandy invas
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Top Left Fielders of all time
Ranking the Left Fielders Joe DiMaggio once said that it "wasn't possible to describe just how great Stan Musial was." Musial was "The Man" in St. Louis, leading the Cardinals to pennants in four of his first five seasons, winning three Most Valuable Player awards and seven batting titles. He ranks at near the top of a very talented group of left fielders. Left Fielder Facts Pirates' left fielder Ralph Kiner hit two walk-off grand slams in his career... During the 1935 World Series again
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Top 50 Center Fielders
Ranking the Center Fielders Joe DiMaggio made playing center field for the New York Yankees cool. He was graceful and he was a winner (10 pennants in 13 seasons), and helped establish the Yankee mystique. Switch-hitting Mickey Mantle combined power and speed in ways no one ever had before. Other great Yankee center fielders who made the top 50 include Earle Combs, Bernie Williams, and Johnny Damon. Random Facts ♦ Fastest runner, Willie McGee ♦ Most underrated, Jimmy Wynn
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Top 50 Right Fielders
Ranking the Right Fielders: Even though they rank right behind Babe Ruth in our right fielder rankings, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are still probably underrated. Each were blessed with the ability to hit, hit for power, run the bases, throw, and field. Though he retired as the all-time leader in homers, Aaron was a complete ballplayer. Robinson was baseball's first black manager. Right Fielders Facts: Roger Maris held the single-season home run record for a longer time (37 years), t
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Top 50 Starting Pitchers
Pitcher FactsTom Glavine, Warren Spahn, and Early Wynn are the only pitchers in history to win 300 games despite never striking out 200 batters in any season... Jim Palmer never surrendered a grand slam... Walter Johnson and Luis Tiant are the only pitchers with two shutout streaks of 40 innings or more in their career.Slowest DeliveryLefty Eddie Plank made it to the Hall of Fame using stall tactics, but he didn't have any routine to go with it. With a batter waiting at the plate, Plank would mo
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Top 50 Relivers
Ranking the Relief PitchersMariano Rivera has been so dominating as a closer, that he stands head and shoulders above all other relief pitchers in history. Though relief aces have only been in vogue for about 40 years, many remarkable and colorful pitchers have filled that role, including five Hall of Famers, three of whom have been elected since 2004.♦ Gutsiest comeback, Hiller ♦ Best trick pitch, Sutter ♦ Most intimidating, RadatzReliever FactsIn theSponsored Links
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