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misunderestimatedSlight mix up in threads...this is from Brian H....
Catchers:
1. Josh Gibson
2, Yogi Berra (704,208) *
3 Johnny Bench (1,010,403) *
4. Mickey Cochrane
5. Bill Dickey
6. Roy Campanella
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First Basemen:
1. Lou Gehrig (1,207,992)
2. Jimmie Foxx (351,488)
3. Buck Leonard
4. McGwire (no real penalty for whatever performance enhancing drugs did to his career – really would only seem to apply to a few years anyway)
5. Eddie Murray (161,564)
6. Frank Thomas
Second Basemen:
1. Eddie Collins
2. Rogers Hornsby (630,761) *
3. Joe Morgan (608,660)
4. Lajoie
5. Gehringer
6. Jackie Robinson (788,116) *
Shortstops:
1. Honus Wagner (526,740) #
2. Arky Vaughan
3. Cal Ripken, Jr. (669,033) *
2. Ernie Banks (598,168) *
5. JH “Pop” Lloyd
Third Basemen:
1. Mike Schmidt (855,654) *
2. George Brett (656,511)
3 Frank “HR” Baker
4. Eddie Mathews (174,529)
5. Pie Traynor
Outfielders:
1. Babe Ruth (1,158,044) *
2 Ty Cobb
3. O Charleston
4 Willie Mays (1,115,896) *
5 Ted Williams (1,125,583) *
6. Hank Aaron (1,156,782) *
7. Mickey Mantle (988,168) *
8 Stan Musial
9 Tris Speaker
10 Barry Bonds
11. Ken Griffey, Jr. (645,389) *
12 Frank Robinson
13. Rickey Henderson
14. Joe DiMaggio (1,054,423)
15. Sam Crawford
16 Mel Ott
17. Rose/Clemente/ Reggie
(I give a bump to CFs because it’s a more valuable position – a good CF is much more valuable than a decent LF or RF)
Pitchers:
1. Walter Johnson (479,279) *
2. Lefty Grove
3. GC Alexander
4. Mathewson
5. S Paige
6 Spahn
7. Seaver
8. Roger Clemens
8. Smokey Joe Williams
9. B. Gibson
10. Bob Feller
11. Eddie Plank
12. Greg Maddux
13. S Carlton
14. Koufax
15. Cy Young (See explanation below)
16. 3 finger Brown
17. R. “Goose” Gossage
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Excludes career prior to 1900 (E.g. for Cy Young about 300 Wins!)
Excludes career after 2000 (e.g. for Bonds lots of everything including the bad stuff!)
Note - the list from 1999 really short-changes the old-timers/Negro Leagues (Speaker, Collins, Plank, Charleston, Leonard) and helps out the famous (Joe Jackson & Nolan Ryan) at the expense of the meritorious (egs. Larkin, Gehringer, Cochrane)