Greatest of all time

[MartyFromCANADA]

Ruth, Robinson, Mays, Aaron, Rose

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by MartyFromCANADA

Ruth, Robinson, Mays, Aaron, Rose

Good one. Brooks Robinson should be on more of these lists.

[aro13]

I would put Ruth first and Bonds second. After that it would be very tough in my mind.

For all of those who picked Ruth and Gehrig 1st/2nd how do you justify the fact they `only' won four pennants in the 10 years they played together between 1925 and 1934. It is not like they were carrying a crap team - they had a hall of famer at catcher (Dickey) at second (Lazzeri) at third (Sewell) and in centerfield (Combs) and four starting pitchers in the Hall of Fame (Hoyt, Pennock, Gomez and Ruffing) for much of the time.

[jbl79]

Position Players

1. Ruth
2. Mays
3. Bonds
4. Williams
5. Cobb
6. Gehrig
7. Aaron
8. Musial
9. Mantle
10. Hornsby

Pitchers:

1. W. Johnson
2. Grove
3. Clemens
4. R. Johnson
5. Seaver
6. Mathewson
7. Maddux
8. Martinez
9. Koufax
10. Cy Young

[perezfan]

There's no Catcher listed. I'd replace Mantle with Johnny Bench, and replace Pedro Martinez with Warren Spahn. Good lists!

[jbl79]

Originally Posted by perezfan

There's no Catcher listed. I'd replace Mantle with Johnny Bench, and replace Pedro Martinez with Warren Spahn. Good lists!

Very subjective when doing these types of lists...which makes it so much fun. If I was doing a starting 9...Bench may very well be the starter on my all-time team.

Spahn is another great choice and very underrated.

[SteveMitchell]

Alexander
Cobb
Gehrig
Hornsby
Mays
Ruth
Schmidt
Wagner
Williams

If we must have a catcher, take your pick: Bench, Berra or Cochrane.