Who is the greatest player of the Pre-War Era?

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Babe Ruth was the greatest player ever by far. When you combine his batting statistics with his pitching record no one comes close. The one statistic that amazes me was that in 1921 he hit more home run than any team combined. In today's game to accomplish the same feat a player would have to hit more than 200 home runs in a season. After Ruth, I would rank Cobb and then Mays. Rounding out the top ten would be Johnson, Aaron, Wagner, Williams, Gehrig, Musial and Mantle. For the next nine DiMaggio, Mathewson, Hornsby, Foxx, Speaker, Alexander, Grove, Frank Robinson and Young. For number 20 it could be Schmidt, Collins, Lajoie, Clemente, Bench or even Bonds.
You may ask why is Wagner ranked so high, because there really is no other shortstop near him at the game's most difficult position with the possible of catcher.