Best / Greatest baseball player ever, redux

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

It is Ruth in my book, due to his hitting and pitching combined. Among many Early ballplayers I think there was a grudge held against Ruth for being the catalyst for "changing" the way the game was played. I think this hurt him more than anything else.

When comparing Cobb and Wagner, I'm sorry but Cobb is just superior in so many ways, and I'm not sure how Wagner would get the nod. To be honest with you I even feel that Speaker, Lajoie were "better" than Wagner. In the Baseball card industry Wagner has achieved near legendary status when while he was a true legend of the game, and did win many more batting titles his statistics are pretty comparable to the vastly underrated Eddie Collins (how this guys stuff doesn't sell in the Lajoie or Speaker category is truly beyond me, maybe it is because he was an ugly dude?)
-Rhett