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Posted By: Dave Williams

Griffey was the player of the 90's.

I was just scanning through the TSN book that came out in 1996 or 97 of the top 100 baseball players of all time, and Griffey is on the cover.

At that time in the late 90's, he looked as though he would hit 800 homers, get 3500 hits, and win about 5 MVP's.

Ah, the dangers of rating a player in mid career (Also known as Dale Murphy and George Foster syndrome).

Off the top of my head, without thinking about it too much....

Hitters -

80's - Mike Schmidt (3 MVP's)
70's - Reggie Jackson (Mr. October)
60's - Willie Mays (Could also be Aaron, Clemente, Killebrew, or a few others)
50's - Mickey Mantle
40's - Stan Musial, Ted Williams if not for WW2
30's - Lou Gehrig
20's - Babe Ruth
10-s - Ty Cobb
00's - Honus Wagner
Pre 1900 - Maybe Cap Anson.

Pitchers
90's - Greg Maddux, Randy Johson, or Clemens
80's - Jack Morris
70's - Tom Seaver
60's - Sandy Koufax
50's - Warren Spahn
40's - Bob Feller
30's - Lefty Grove
20's - Walter Johnson
10's - Alexander
00's - Mathewson
Pre 1900 - Tim Keefe, Old Hoss Radbourne