The All Century Team - A Retrospective

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Posted By: Mark L

I can't imagine a better double play combination than Wagner and Hornsby. Arguably the two best right handed hitters in history, they won 16 batting titles between them. (and it was against National League pitching!) And Wagner was the best fielder of the deadball era, when defense meant something. While people don't remember Hornsby for his glove, we tend to forget that he was good enough to play shortstop for the first few years of his Cardinal career.

And where is Hubbell on the list? It's astounding that pitchers like Hubbell and Grove racked up any numbers at all in their era, when the baseball itself was on steroids.