I vote with the others for Keith Hernandez. Greatest defensive first baseman ever, and an excellent hitter. I think he gets a bit of a bad rap because of his drug problems mid-career, but he got his act back together and was a beautiful player. The Mets never would have been the powerhouse they were in '86 without him.
A fascinating book of his, by the way, is Pure Baseball, where he comments and dissects two baseball games pitch by pitch.
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