Mays came out of abject poverty in rural Alabama and was playing professionally in the Negro Leagues by the time he was 16 years old. He was in the majors by the time he was 19 years old with the New York Giants. Mays still holds the MLB record with 22 extra-inning home runs and is one of just a handful of players to hit over home runs and record 3, hits.
Even with all that power, he still had a career. Bottom line: Eddie Collins might be Exhibit A for what the dead ball era did to elite players. He only hit 47 home runs in 21 seasons, which is the least amount of home runs for any player in the 3, hit club.
What Collins did better than almost any player in MLB history is win. He's the only non-New York Yankees player to win at least five World Series championships with the same team. Bottom line: Paul Molitor was a dynamic athlete with a rare combination of speed and hitting ability. He starred for the Milwaukee Brewers for over a decade before winning his only World Series championship in , his first season with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Molitor, who was also the World Series MVP in , was part of one of the greatest second base-shortstop combos in history when he played alongside fellow Hall of Famer Robin Yount on the Brewers. Both players are still in the top 20 for career hits. He's still Boston's career leader in RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases and games played.
Yastrzemski, just 5-foot and pounds, was a phenomenal athlete. He actually went to Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship before making the move to baseball full-time. Wagner also won eight batting titles while playing almost his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he won his lone World Series title in Wagner's legacy today isn't so much about his playing career but the infamous Honus Wagner T baseball card. Bottom line: Cap Anson was one of MLB's first stars and also was one of the most racist professional athletes in history.
Anson refused to play with or against Black players during his career and fought for segregation in baseball throughout his career. Jeter's penchant for clutch hitting and clutch plays in the field may be unrivaled in the history of the game. Jeter and Bruce Sherman purchased controlling shares of the Miami Marlins in , and Jeter was put in charge of day-to-day operations as the franchise's CEO.
Bottom line: Almost years after his final MLB season, Tris Speaker still holds MLB records for doubles and outfield assists, double plays and unassisted double plays by an outfielder.
At 5-foot and pounds, he was exceptionally well-built for his era, and it makes you wonder how he might have fared in today's MLB. We think his skill set would have made him an All-Star. Speaker, like many of the players from his era, has a complicated legacy. Was he the villain some people have accused him of being , or was he someone who tried to help MLB change for the better?
Bottom line: Stan Musial led the St. He was also one of the greatest left-handed hitters of all time. In an interesting twist, 49 years to the day after Musial was born, on Nov. Aaron broke one of the most hallowed records in sports when he became the MLB career leader for home runs in , and his career home runs stood as the record until Barry Bonds broke it in Consistency was Aaron's strength, and he averaged 32 home runs and 99 RBI for 23 seasons.
Bottom line: Ty Cobb is one of the legendary figures in all of sports history — a time American League batting champion who also led the AL in stolen bases six times, RBI four times, and still holds the MLB record for career batting average at. What Cobb's legacy doesn't include is a World Series championship. But it did include a heaping of tragedy. He was 18 years old when he played his first game in the majors, which also came three weeks after his mother murdered his father. He missed last season with what can only be described as a freak injury but seems to have picked up right where he left off so far this year.
With Kyle Lewis back and Jarred Kelenic on the horizon, Haniger should find himself in the middle of a surprisingly potent Seattle offense. Between that and the excellent whiff and strikeout rates, I see a guy in Walsh who has excellent bat control.
In much the same vein as Haniger, I see a guy with the potential to hit. Kris Bryant is doing some interesting things in the early going. With five home runs already under his belt, it seems these changes are already paying dividends for him.
The early returns on his batted ball profile are encouraging: a good mix of line drives to all fields and plus-power that has him leading the league with a cartoonish Pick up Nick Solak right now and bask in the glory of a hot streak that has seen him slash.
I still have concerns that the lack of pop and high groundball rates will cap his power around 20 homers and potentially eat into his batting average upside. Patrick says:. April 21, at PM. Jonathan Metzelaar says:. NickFolesMVP says:. April 22, at AM. April 22, at PM. Jim says:. Leo says:. Bern says:. Augie says:. Bronx Boo-ers says:. J says:. Wes says:. Close dialog. Session expired Please log in again. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits.
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The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". It does not store any personal data. Well, that one-season sample games, plate appearances included a. Why he's here: It's going to be almost impossible for Freeman to match the. He had more walks than strikeouts in , with career-best rates in both categories.
Having fewer strikeouts leads to a higher average and OBP, and he didn't sacrifice any power in cutting down the K's. With deGrom's velocity up this spring and an improved lineup around him, Mets fans can expect more deGrom dominance -- and more than likely some better run support -- in Why he's here: Baseball's best pitcher admitted to being affected by the stop-and-start nature of last year's pandemic-shortened season.
Cole still lived up to his ace billing, going with a 2. Why he's here: No, it's not foolish to compare Soto to Ted Williams. Williams hit. Soto hit. Granted, Soto did it in just 47 games and Williams then hit. If you're picking the player most likely to be the best hitter in the game in , it's Soto. Why he's here: Dodgers players and coaches knew Betts was good before he joined them last year. They just didn't realize how good. After sharing the same uniform for one season, they came away amazed by how sharp he was defensively, how well he worked counts, how forcefully the ball jumped off his bat and how perfectly he ran the bases.
Betts is a five-tool player in every sense of the word. His Why he's here: Last season was Trout's worst since his cup-of-coffee debut a decade ago.
His batting percentages were down across the board. He stole just one base and posted poor defensive metrics. If you can judge a player's greatness by his worst seasons, with Trout, you can see at a glance why he's as much in a race with the likes of Babe Ruth and Willie Mays for historical supremacy as he is with Mookie Betts, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr.
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