Who is the greatest right handed hitter of all time?

[jsfriedm]

Not sure how people want to consider this, but Mantle was a much better right-handed hitter than lefty - he hit .330 for his career righty. So can we include right-handed Mantle on the list?

[Seven]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Not sure how people want to consider this, but Mantle was a much better right-handed hitter than lefty - he hit .330 for his career righty. So can we include right-handed Mantle on the list?

Mantle also was never the same from the left handed side of the plate after Red Schoendist landed on his right shoulder in the World Series.

As for the question, I'd probably say Hornsby or Foxx. I think depending on how the rest of his career shapes up, however, we might be able to say Mike Trout.

[rats60]

Dead Ball Era - Honus Wagner
Pre-integration Live Ball Era - Rogers Hornsby
Modern Era - Willie Mays

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by rats60

Dead Ball Era - Honus Wagner
Pre-integration Live Ball Era - Rogers Hornsby
Modern Era - Willie Mays

Good choices, I might go with Aaron over Mays.

One guy no one has mentioned Manny Ramirez. He certainly has his negatives but man could he hit

[packs]

Rickey Henderson was right handed too. I don't know everyone's definition of hitter but if I'm fielding a team I'm probably gonna look twice at a guy who leads of all baseball in runs.

[Jewish-collector]

Who was a better hitter between Mays vs Aaron ?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

Who was a better hitter between Mays vs Aaron ?

For me it is Aaron as he leads in all the counting stats.

Hits
Aaron 3771
Mays 3293

HR
Aaron 755
Mays 660

Batting Average
Aaron .305
Mays.301

Runs
Aaron 2174
Mays 2068

RBI
Aaron 2297
Mays 1909

Total Bases
Aaron 6856
Mays 6080

[ClementeFanOh]

Packs beat me to Rickey H by about 40 minutes. I do NOT think he belongs
with the current consensus Top 5, but he's a sneaky great call.

Trent King

[Scocs]

Originally Posted by bnorth

For me it is Aaron as he leads in all the counting stats.

Hits
Aaron 3771
Mays 3293

HR
Aaron 755
Mays 660

Batting Average
Aaron .305
Mays.301

Runs
Aaron 2174
Mays 2068

RBI
Aaron 2297
Mays 1909

Total Bases
Aaron 6856
Mays 6080

It is true that Aaron had better overall numbers towards the end of his career vs. Mays, but Mays also lost nearly two years to military service. It’s frightening to think of Mays’ hypothetical career totals….

[HistoricNewspapers]

Originally Posted by rats60

Dead Ball Era - Honus Wagner
Pre-integration Live Ball Era - Rogers Hornsby
Modern Era - Willie Mays

Good classifications.

I would add one more era, a combo era; 2nd Live ball/Modern era 1990's-present. You can add Pujols, Cabrera, Trout, Frank Thomas etc to get their proper due as they played in a much different era than Mays too.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by HistoricNewspapers

Good classifications.

I would add one more era, a combo era; 2nd Live ball/Modern era 1990's-present. You can add Pujols, Cabrera, Trout, Frank Thomas etc to get their proper due as they played in a much different era than Mays too.

Originally Posted by rats60 View Post
Dead Ball Era - Honus Wagner
Pre-integration Live Ball Era - Rogers Hornsby
Modern Era - Willie Mays

I agree and really like that classification by era and would potentially have no problem with adding a 90's to Present

However, as a based purely on the Best Righty Hitter I am sticking with Hornsby above the rest

[HistoricNewspapers]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Originally Posted by rats60 View Post
Dead Ball Era - Honus Wagner
Pre-integration Live Ball Era - Rogers Hornsby
Modern Era - Willie Mays

I agree and really like that classification by era and would potentially have no problem with adding a 90's to Present

However, as a based purely on the Best Righty Hitter I am sticking with Hornsby above the rest

Hornsby doesn't get his proper due. Overall, Hornsby out-hit Cobb and Cobb is always mentioned in the greatest ever hitter convo.

Cobb .366/.433/.512 OPS+ 168
Hornsby .358/.434/.577 OPS+ 175

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by HistoricNewspapers

Hornsby doesn't get his proper due. Overall, Hornsby out-hit Cobb and Cobb is always mentioned in the greatest ever hitter convo.

Cobb .366/.433/.512 OPS+ 168
Hornsby .358/.434/.577 OPS+ 175

Very well agreed and here is card in on honor of this