Who is the greatest baseball player of all time?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

I would tend to agree with what most people are saying here. Ruth is #1, Mays is definitely #2, and in my opinion, Williams is #3.

Third on the list is where the debate comes in, since we are mostly in agreement with Ruth and Mays at 1 and 2.

I like Williams at 3, but Gehrig, Musial, Bonds, Aaron, and Cobb all have an argument here.

Pitchers would be a fun 1,2,3 debate as well.

Mine would likely be:

1. Cy Young
2. Walter Johnson
3. (I'm going to get opposition here, but...) Nolan Ryan. Wild and unpredictable, but dominant on a level that is almost alien to us mere humans.

I would tend to agree with #1 and #2. 3 is harder I agree. And you have a good discussion list at #3. Of those I would lean towards Aaron.

On the Pitchers I would have to think more on it but I would not put Nolan Ryan in the top 5. And you said the Reason why Wild and Unpredictable.