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warshawlawCobb is #1. Being #1 counts for something because it is the best.
Jackson is infamous and a tragic figure. His appeal goes well beyond students of the game.
Ruth is...Ruth. The greatest drawing card and most revolutionary player in history.
Hornsby is perpetually #2, sort of the Vice-President of baseball players. As we all know the vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss (so said VP John Nance Garner).