Poll - Greatest Living Player

[jayshum]

Leon, thanks for moving this thread over.

Someone voted for Other. If they are willing to post who they would vote for, I'd like to know since I thought I listed players that covered the most likely suspects.

[Snapolit1]

Rickey.
When you look at what he did, he was in a league by himself.

[boysblue]

I went with Rickey Henderson too. Bonds second choice.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Leon, thanks for moving this thread over.

Someone voted for Other. If they are willing to post who they would vote for, I'd like to know since I thought I listed players that covered the most likely suspects.

It was me. I jokingly posted that Leon was my answer.

At the time, three of the top six threads on the main page were, "greatest living player" discussions. I found that a bit ridiculous. My poll answer matched my mood at the time.

As an aside, I'm surprised Sadaharu Oh isn't on the list. Are we only considering MLB players?

[Al C.risafulli]

I think Bonds is the choice, but Reggie and Brett probably deserve to be on the list for votes.

-Al

[Yankees #1]

Derek jeter

[JustinD]

Admittedly I picked Clemens, which I know people have issue. However, then I went with my top 5 for fun and three of them are being held out of the hall. That is a little sad to think about.

[vintagerookies51]

Bonds is the answer. Could list many stats, but his 7 MVPs when no one else in league history has more than 3 is ridiculous.

[Andrew1975]

Bonds

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by Yankees #1

Derek jeter

Not sure about the greatest living player, BUT I think he deserves to be in this top 20 voting list.

[quinnsryche]

Bonds??????? That cheatin' POS??? How can ANYONE vote for that clown? You know there is a reason he's not in the HOF, right? Pujols is the obvious choice. No question he is clean and did AMAZING things in his career. I get the Koufax contingent but he had 6 good years and 6 average/below average seasons. I discount almost every guy on that list as most weren't even the best player of their era except Bench.

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

pujols is the obvious choice. No question he is clean

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[G1911]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

Bonds??????? That cheatin' POS??? How can ANYONE vote for that clown? You know there is a reason he's not in the HOF, right? Pujols is the obvious choice. No question he is clean and did AMAZING things in his career. I get the Koufax contingent but he had 6 good years and 6 average/below average seasons. I discount almost every guy on that list as most weren't even the best player of their era except Bench.

Because of math.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Eric72

It was me. I jokingly posted that Leon was my answer.

At the time, three of the top six threads on the main page were, "greatest living player" discussions. I found that a bit ridiculous. My poll answer matched my mood at the time.

As an aside, I'm surprised Sadaharu Oh isn't on the list. Are we only considering MLB players?

Josh Gibson...what too soon?

[aconte]

I went with Rickey Henderson.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Josh Gibson...what too soon?

Sorry, I have no idea where you’re going with this. I wouldn’t have responded; however, you quoted me and then wrote this.

[Yoda]

I had to go with Griffey Jr. just because I liked the way he played.

[glchen]

I ranked them:

(1) Rose - Hit King
(2) Bonds - unfortunately tainted by PEDs
(3) Koufax

[bbcard1]

Well, it's complicated. There is normally a player who may or may not be the greatest but is chosen as the elder statesman. I think Koufax assumes that role.

Bonds is clearly the best but has more baggage than LaGuardia. Rose and Clemens have similar issues.

Schmidt and Bench are both generally seen as the greatest players ever at their position.

Henderson, Griffey Jr, Ripken Jr also could have their justifications.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Leon, thanks for moving this thread over.

Someone voted for Other. If they are willing to post who they would vote for, I'd like to know since I thought I listed players that covered the most likely suspects.

Your list is more than plenty complete in fact it could’ve been just 10 players .. Bench , Bonds , Griffey , Rickey , Koufax , Pujols , Rose , Ryan , Schmidt , Clemens .. oh forgot Palmeiro 😬
and Judge 🙂

[Beercan collector]

And A Rod - Not a single vote considering some crazy ass numbers

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

And A Rod - Not a single vote considering some crazy ass numbers

And his crazy ass numbers didn’t result in him taking two HR records away
from deserving players who earned them, while using PEDs.

I will never understand the love for Bonds.

[Beercan collector]

Eddie Murray - One of the three most dangerous switch hitters of all time
3255 hits 504 dingers 1917 rbis

(Sorry for the extra posts - fuel by Joseph Magnus Triple Cask)

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Your list is more than plenty complete in fact it could’ve been just 10 players .. Bench , Bonds , Griffey , Rickey , Koufax , Pujols , Rose , Ryan , Schmidt , Clemens .. oh forgot Palmeiro

and Judge

My top 3 living pitchers are Koufax, Maddux and Martinez. Big Unit was a great pitcher, too. When those guys were pitching you expected them to win every time.

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