Baseball Legends
MLB Hall of Famers and baseball's greatest ever players.
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All Baseball Athletes
Browse 27 of the greatest baseball players and personalities of all time.
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Babe Ruth
Right Field / Pitcher
The greatest baseball player ever — the Sultan of Swat transformed batting statistics so completely …
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Willie Mays
Center Field
The Say Hey Kid — the greatest all-around baseball player ever, whose combination of hitting, power,…
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Hank Aaron
Right Field
Hammerin' Hank — the all-time home run record holder for 33 years, who broke Babe Ruth's record whil…
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Ted Williams
Left Field
The last man to hit .400 in a season — Ted Williams' .406 average in 1941, combined with six batting…
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Lou Gehrig
First Base
The Iron Horse — 2,130 consecutive games played, two World Series, a career .340 average, and a fare…
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Sandy Koufax
Pitcher
The most dominant pitcher in baseball history across a five-year peak — Sandy Koufax's 1963-1966 run…
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Ty Cobb
Center Field
The most ferocious and statistically dominant player of the dead-ball era — Ty Cobb's .366 career ba…
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Barry Bonds
Left Field
The greatest single-season offensive performance in baseball history — Barry Bonds' 73 home runs in …
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Roger Clemens
Pitcher
The Rocket — seven Cy Young Awards, 354 wins and 4,672 strikeouts make Roger Clemens one of the two …
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Mike Schmidt
Third Base
The greatest third baseman in baseball history — three NL MVP awards, ten Gold Gloves and 548 home r…
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Cal Ripken Jr.
Shortstop/Third Base
The Iron Man — 2,632 consecutive games played from 1982 to 1998, breaking Lou Gehrig's record that w…
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Roberto Clemente
Right Field
The most beloved player in baseball history — Roberto Clemente died at 38 in a plane crash deliverin…
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Nolan Ryan
Pitcher
The Ryan Express — 7 no-hitters and 5,714 career strikeouts are records so far above any competitor …
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Lou Brock
Left Field
The greatest base stealer of the modern era — Lou Brock's 938 career stolen bases and three World Se…
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Yogi Berra
Catcher
The greatest catcher in baseball history — ten World Series rings, three AL MVP awards and the most …
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Rickey Henderson
Left Field
The greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer in baseball history — 1,406 stolen bases, 2,295 runs an…
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Derek Jeter
Shortstop
The Captain — five World Series titles and the defining figure of the New York Yankees dynasty, whos…
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Ken Griffey Jr.
Center Field
The Kid — the most gifted player of the 1990s, Junior Griffey's combination of smooth swing, spectac…
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Randy Johnson
Pitcher
The Big Unit — the most overpowering left-handed pitcher in baseball history, whose 303 wins, 4,875 …
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Joe DiMaggio
Center Field
The Yankee Clipper — 56 consecutive games with a hit is the most unbreakable record in American spor…
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Pete Rose
Multiple Positions
Charlie Hustle — the all-time hits record holder with 4,256, whose lifetime ban from baseball for ga…
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Cy Young
Pitcher
The pitcher the award is named after — Cy Young's 511 career wins is so far beyond any other pitcher…
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Honus Wagner
Shortstop
The Flying Dutchman — the greatest shortstop in baseball history, whose eight batting titles and T20…
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Stan Musial
Left Field/First Base
Stan the Man — three NL MVP awards, seven batting titles and 22 seasons of extraordinary consistency…
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Greg Maddux
Pitcher
The most precise pitcher in baseball history — four consecutive Cy Young Awards, a career 3.16 ERA a…
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Mickey Mantle
Center Field
The Commerce Comet — seven World Series titles, three AL MVP awards and the most celebrated tape-mea…
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Jackie Robinson
Second Base
The most important player in baseball history — Jackie Robinson broke MLB's colour barrier in 1947, …