|
SABR 100 Greatest 20th-Century Major-League Players |
In January 1999 members of the Society for American Baseball Research cast ballots in a survey of the 100 Greatest 20th-Century Major-League Players. In addition to selecting 100 players, members were asked to rank their top five players to break any ties. Members submitted 865 ballots, and 244 different players received votes. The top 100 players are listed by percentage of votes received (* indicates active player):
Rank Player Position Votes Percent Tiebreaker 1 Babe
Ruth RF 861 99.54 2743 2 Lou
Gehrig 1B 861 99.54 375 3 Ted
Williams LF 858 99.19 711 4 Hank
Aaron RF 858 99.19 270 5 Stan
Musial LF 857 99.08 102 6 Joe
DiMaggio CF 855 98.84 213 7 Ty
Cobb CF 854 98.73 1135 8 Willie
Mays CF 852 98.50 964 9 Rogers
Hornsby 2B 851 98.38 82 10 Honus
Wagner SS 850 98.27 611 11 Walter
Johnson P 850 98.27 591 12 Mickey
Mantle CF 849 98.15 115 13 Christy
Mathewson P 847 97.92 118 14 Jimmie
Foxx 1B 844 97.57 23 15 Warren
Spahn P 835 96.53 26 16 Mike
Schmidt 3B 829 95.84 15 17 Bob
Gibson P 828 95.72 16 18 Cy
Young P 826 95.49 112 19 Johnny
Bench C 826 95.49 20 20 Roberto
Clemente RF 824 95.26 44 21 Sandy
Koufax P 822 95.03 52 22 Bob
Feller P 820 94.80 12 23 Tris
Speaker CF 814 94.10 10 24 Frank
Robinson RF 814 94.10 5 25 Grover
Alexander P 811 93.76 20 26 Yogi
Berra C 810 93.64 5 27 Ernie
Banks SS 807 93.29 0 28 Tom
Seaver P 794 91.79 9 29 George
Brett 3B 792 91.56 2 30 Steve
Carlton P 789 91.21 1 31 Eddie
Mathews 3B 780 90.17 0 32 Brooks
Robinson 3B 773 89.36 14 33 Lefty
Grove P 772 89.25 139 34 Roger
Clemens* P 769 88.90 6 35 Hank
Greenberg 1B 768 88.79 6 36 Jackie
Robinson 2B 758 87.63 58 37 Joe
Morgan 2B 757 87.51 9 38 Nap
Lajoie 2B 756 87.40 36 39 Tony
Gwynn* RF 752 86.94 2 40 Greg
Maddux* P 750 86.71 29 41 Carl
Hubbell P 745 86.13 4 42 Mel
Ott RF 745 86.13 0 43 Cal
Ripken Jr.* SS 743 85.90 12 44 Nolan
Ryan P 740 85.55 37 45 Carl
Yastrzemski LF 733 84.74 0 46 Charlie
Gehringer 2B 720 83.24 3 47 Roy
Campanella C 717 82.89 4 48 Pete
Rose LF 710 82.08 42 49 Eddie
Collins 2B 704 81.39 4 50 Mickey
Cochrane C 704 81.39 3 51 Rod
Carew 2B 699 80.81 1 52 Joe
Jackson LF 691 79.88 44 53 Ken
Griffey Jr.* CF 679 78.50 20 54 Whitey
Ford P 679 78.50 0 55 George
Sisler 1B 678 78.38 3 56 Ozzie
Smith SS 675 78.03 4 57 Jim
Palmer P 668 77.23 0 58 Juan
Marichal P 660 76.30 0 59 Al
Kaline RF 649 75.03 3 60 Rickey
Henderson* LF 629 72.72 1 61 Mark
McGwire* 1B 625 72.25 22 62 Willie
McCovey 1B 625 72.25 0 63 Bill
Dickey C 624 72.14 0 64 Dennis
Eckersley P 619 71.56 13 65 Barry
Bonds* LF 605 69.94 37 66 Al
Simmons CF 604 69.83 0 67 Reggie
Jackson RF 593 68.55 1 68 Duke
Snider CF 586 67.75 0 69 Harmon
Killebrew 1B 584 67.51 2 70 Pie
Traynor 3B 578 66.82 0 Paul
Waner RF 578 66.82 0 72 Frankie
Frisch 2B 556 64.28 0 73 Lou
Brock LF 525 60.69 1 74 Dizzy
Dean P 523 60.46 0 75 Mordecai
Brown P 522 60.35 0 76 Rollie
Fingers P 517 59.77 0 77 Hoyt
Wilhelm P 512 59.19 0 78 Bill
Terry 1B 510 58.96 0 Robin
Yount SS 510 58.96 0 80 Wade
Boggs 3B 506 58.50 1 81 Paul
Molitor 3B 505 58.38 0 82 Eddie
Murray 1B 501 57.92 2 Robin
Roberts P 501 57.92 2 84 Joe
Cronin SS 473 54.68 0 85 Ed
Walsh P 467 53.99 0 86 Luke
Appling SS 463 53.53 0 87 Johnny
Mize 1B 455 52.60 1 88 Luis
Aparicio SS 437 50.52 0 89 Ralph
Kiner LF 427 49.36 0 90 Sam
Crawford RF 424 49.02 0 91 Harry
Heilmann RF 409 47.28 0 92 Carlton
Fisk C 398 46.01 0 93 Willie
Stargell LF 387 44.74 0 94 Eddie
Plank P 385 44.51 0 95 Kirby
Puckett CF 384 44.39 0 96 Ferguson
Jenkins P 379 43.82 0 97 Rube
Waddell P 376 43.47 1 98 Ryne
Sandberg 2B 364 42.08 2 99 Addie
Joss P 354 40.92 53 100 Joe
Medwick LF 352 40.69 0 By
Position Rank Pitchers
(29) 11 Walter
Johnson 13 Christy
Mathewson 15 Warren
Spahn 17 Bob
Gibson 18 Cy
Young 21 Sandy
Koufax 22 Bob
Feller 25 Grover
Alexander 28 Tom
Seaver 30 Steve
Carlton 33 Lefty
Grove 34 Roger
Clemens* 40 Greg
Maddux* 41 Carl
Hubbell 44 Nolan
Ryan 54 Whitey
Ford 57 Jim
Palmer 58 Juan
Marichal 64 Dennis
Eckersley 74 Dizzy
Dean 75 Mordecai
Brown 76 Rollie
Fingers 77 Hoyt
Wilhelm 82 Robin
Roberts 85 Ed
Walsh 94 Eddie
Plank 96 Ferguson
Jenkins 97 Rube
Waddell 99 Addie
Joss Rank Catchers
(6) 19 Johnny
Bench 26 Yogi
Berra 47 Roy
Campanella 50 Mickey
Cochrane 63 Bill
Dickey 92 Carlton
Fisk Rank First
Basemen (10) 2 Lou
Gehrig 14 Jimmie
Foxx 35 Hank
Greenberg 55 George
Sisler 61 Mark
McGwire* 62 Willie
McCovey 69 Harmon
Killebrew 78 Bill
Terry 82 Eddie
Murray 87 Johnny
Mize Rank Second
Basemen (9) 9 Rogers
Hornsby 36 Jackie
Robinson 37 Joe
Morgan 38 Nap
Lajoie 46 Charlie
Gehringer 49 Eddie
Collins 51 Rod
Carew 72 Frankie
Frisch 98 Ryne
Sandberg Rank Third
Basemen (7) 16 Mike
Schmidt 29 George
Brett 31 Eddie
Mathews 32 Brooks
Robinson 70 Pie
Traynor 80 Wade
Boggs 81 Paul
Molitor Rank Shortstops
(8) 10 Honus
Wagner 27 Ernie
Banks 43 Cal
Ripken Jr.* 56 Ozzie
Smith 78 Robin
Yount 84 Joe
Cronin 86 Luke
Appling 88 Luis
Aparicio Rank Left
Fielders (11) 3 Ted
Williams 5 Stan
Musial 45 Carl
Yastrzemski 48 Pete
Rose 52 Joe
Jackson 60 Rickey
Henderson* 65 Barry
Bonds* 73 Lou
Brock 89 Ralph
Kiner 93 Willie
Stargell 100 Joe
Medwick Rank Center
Fielders (9) 6 Joe
DiMaggio 7 Ty
Cobb 8 Willie
Mays 12 Mickey
Mantle 23 Tris
Speaker 53 Ken
Griffey Jr.* 66 Al
Simmons 68 Duke
Snider 95 Kirby
Puckett Rank Right
Fielders (11) 1 Babe
Ruth 4 Hank
Aaron 20 Roberto
Clemente 24 Frank
Robinson 39 Tony
Gwynn* 42 Mel
Ott 59 Al
Kaline 67 Reggie
Jackson 70 Paul
Waner 90 Sam
Crawford 91 Harry
Heilmann