Who is the greatest right handed hitter of all time?

[Touch'EmAll]

Jimmie Foxx was a beast, er, he is The Beast.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

Jimmie Foxx was a beast, er, he is The Beast.

Was just going to post Foxx.

[JollyElm]

Baseball is all about fandom, so my heart screams Dave Kingman!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark]

In my opinion, Mays was the best RH hitter of his era. Hornsby, Trout, Wagner are also among the best.

[Casey2296]

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I'll go with the Say Hey Kid!
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[mrreality68]

Hornsby
Aaron
Mays
Wagner
Pujols

[Eric72]

I'm not 100% sure if he was the greatest right handed hitter of all time; however, Rogers Hornsby averaged over .400 for a five-year stretch.

That's borderline unbelievable.

[molenick]

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

[Tyruscobb]

Rajah was the greatest right-handed hitter and it’s not even “that” debatable. He has the second highest lifetime batting average; three .400 seasons; two Triple Crowns; seven batting titles; two MVPs; and a partridge in a pear tree.

Every other mentioned player is just vying for second place.

[Scocs]

Originally Posted by molenick

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

+1

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by molenick

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

This^

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by molenick

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

That’s exactly what i meant when I asked the question. Rogers was a terrible fielder.

[CurtisFlood]

Originally Posted by molenick

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

Agree on both.

[5-Tool Player]

Originally Posted by molenick

If you mean just as a hitter, I will say Hornsby. If you mean as an overall player, I will say Mays.

Amen.....Hornsby could weld a bat, but "Say Hey" Willie Mays could bring it and then some. Willie was a site to see.

Make it a GREAT week !

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Hornsby
Aaron
Mays
Wagner
Pujols

I'd have them in slightly different order, but damn hard to argue with these 5.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by wolf441

I'd have them in slightly different order, but damn hard to argue with these 5.

I would not put Pujols in the top 5. Pujols, for his career, started out as a monster. His dominance in his first 10 years was very similar to Trout's. (Both had 3 MVPs. Pujols finished in the top 5 10 times, Trout 9. Their OPS+ was very close.)

But in his years with the Angels, Pujols was not productive at all. In his 10 years with the Angels, he was basically Eric Hosmer. He hit only 222 homeruns, and slashed .256/.311/.447, with an OPS+ of 108. Eric Hosmer's career so far is 196 HRs, .277/.336/.428 and an OPS+ of 108.

Overall, Pujols' career OPS+ of 145 is tied for 51st all time, and just 19th among non-juicing, modern-era right handers. Putting him in the top 5 is a reach. Frank Thomas and Frank Robinson were feared hitters in their primes, and also were feared hitters well into their 30's. They are both deserving of the top 5 more than Pujols.

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Hornsby
Aaron
Mays
Wagner
Pujols

I would go with the following 5 righties:

Foxx
Hornsby
Mays
Aaron
Delahanty

[keating3620]

Konnnnng

[Carter08]

Some would say Josh Gibson should be considered. I’d go Aaron.

[JollyElm]

Guess it's all based on what the definition of 'hitter' is in this context. I would take the number of runs produced in a player's career and divide it by the number of games they played in their career to arrive at an average runs produced per game stat. An imperfect formulation, but runs win games, so it makes sense. Of course, there'd still be a helluva lot of screaming about what exactly constitutes a 'run produced' (does knocking in a run and scoring a run both count?), along with everyone who will once again only base their opinions on the theoretical stat of WAR.

[bigfanNY]

Lots of advanced stats to consider but if you just go old school and look at Batting Average. How often a player gets on base by Hitting the baseball. Rajah is clearly the Best Right handed Hitter in the History of Baseball. And that was the Question asked " Who was the best Right handed hitter in baseball. Hornsby.
That is a very different question as to who is the greatest right handed baseball player. And luckily for us Mike Trout is making a mark for himself in that debate. And Aaron Mays Foxx Pujols all have a case.
Jmho

[FrankWakefield]

I agree with a bunch of you...

Mr. Reality 68 up there has five listed:

Hornsby
Aaron
Mays
Wagner
Pujols

I lean towards it being among those guys. And they're all close.

Close on their heels would be Al Simmons, Ed Delahanty and Pete Browning; but those 3 are behind that top 5.

I REALLY like Bill James' first Historical Baseball Abstract. In my estimation, that is one fine book. I like the two pages he gives to Ed Reulbach. However, one eye opening moment for me was reading his perception of what a fine, great, superlative baseball player Willie Mays was. I saw him play. But I think that a baseball fan would need to have been born about 1930 or earlier, then live about 85 years, to fully appreciate just what a player Willie was. And that's coming from me, a Stan Musial fan.

[Fred]

Hank or Willie

[isiahfan]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Baseball is all about fandom, so my heart screams Dave Kingman!!!!!!!!!!

Love it....my buddy's college roommate!

I'll throw the Big Hurt into the discussion...his peak stretch is right there with everyone else including Pujols. And his size and plate discipline were unmatched by many of the others listed. If he would have taken the juice for his injuries like others of the time he could have extended a couple more decent years maybe...but I am glad he didn't!