Am going to put it out there that I think of "The Greatest Generation" of baseball players as the black superstars who entered the game between 1947 and the early 60s. They utterly transformed the game if not our entire country and did so while enduring unbelievable hardship and ugliness (the book "After Jackie" is a great source). Along those lines, I am putting my votes down for--
1. 1949 Leaf Jackie Robinson
2. 1954 Topps Hank Aaron
3. 1951 Bowman Willie Mays
4. 1954 Topps Ernie Banks
5. 1957 Topps Frank Robinson
Obviously the list could be much much longer.
Last edited by jason.1969; 02-28-2015 at 10:29 AM.
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