5 Tool Player

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Ty Cobb was a 5 tool player. Sure you look at his dead ball numbers for home runs and see there weren't that many but I remember watching a show on tv which said Ty was PO'ed at the Babe for getting all the publicity and fame for his long balls and Ty said "I'll show that #$%^&*@" and hit 3 home runs the next game. Cobb said he didn't hit home runs because they weren't necessary but many old-timers said he could have hit a lot of them if he tried. Guess we'll never know.
As far as current players, how can you not mention Joe Maurer??? He has a laser for an arm, great for average and this year started showing he is going to be a power hitter. As far as his speed goes, he is no Lou Brock, but he is very fast for a catcher (damning praise) and pretty swift afoot for a player.
Mays and Aaron were great 5 tool players, that's obvious. What about Kirby Puckett? He was deceptively fast and became a power hitter later in his career. He hit for a great average and was a great centerfielder, with strong arm and ability to bring back potential homeruns. Ditto Ernie Banks who hasn't been mentioned but could play anywhere and had speed, a power bat, could hit for average and no one loved to play more than Ernie.