Top 10 of 2000's

This is my list of the top 10 players of the previous decade.(2000-2009) The stats on this list are just of the decade, not career stats. Honorable Mention: Johan Santana, Joe Mauer and Roy Halladay.

10. Pedro Martinez (1992-2009)
Pedro Martinez played the whole decade and was an all-star 4 times. He won one Cy Young award, but was in the top 5 three other times. He has an ERA of 3.01 and a win/loss % of .691. Pedro also pitched 18 complete games and 6 shutouts. He had 1,620 strikeouts.


9. Trevor Hoffman (1993-present)
Trevor Hoffman is one of the greatest closers ever. He was an all-star 5 times in this decade and almost won a Cy Young award. He had an ERA of 2.77 and 363 saves! He alos got the National League Relief Pitcher of the year twice.


8. Mariano Rivera (1995-present)
Mariano Rivera was an all-star 8 times last decade and recorded 397 saves! He has an ERA of 2.08 and an ERA+ of 217. He also won 5 American League Relief Pitcher of the year awards.


7. Roger Clemens (1984-2007)
Roger Clemens played 8 seasons in this decade. He won 2 Cy Young awards and was a 4 time all-star. He had a win.loss % of .682 and a ERA of 3.34. He pitched one shutout.



6. Derek Jeter (1995-present)
Derek Jeter is one of the best shortstops ever. From 2000-2009 he was an all-star 8 times and won 4 gold gloves and silver sluggers. He had a batting average of .317. Jeter also had 1,940 hits.

5. Randy Johnson (1988-2009)
The "Big Unit" won 3 Cy Young awards from 2000-20009. He had a win/loss % of .647 and an ERA of 3.34. He pitched 32 complete games and 12 shutouts. Randy also had 2182 strikeouts. Had 4 all-star selections and a perfect game.


4. Ichiro Suzuki (2001-present)
Ichiro started playing in 2001 and since has never had a below .300 batting average. He was the rookie of the year and has been an all-star every year since. Ichiro has also gotten a gold glove every year and won 3 silver sluggers. He had 2,030 hits in 6,607 at bats to have a batting average of .333. He also stole 341 bases and was caught only 79 times.

3. Alex Rodriguez (1994-present)
Alex Rodriguez was an all-star 9 times last decade. He also won 3 MVP awards. A-Rod belted 435 homeruns and batted in 1,243 runs. He had a batting average of .304, On Base % of .401 and a Slugging % of .587. Had 7 silver sluggers and 2 gold gloves.



2. Barry Bonds (1986-2007)
Barry Bonds only played 8 seasons the past decade, but has amazing records. From 2000-07, he won 4 MVPs, 5 silver sluggers and was an all-star 6 times. He hit 317 homeruns in 2,871 at bats. He also had a batting average of .322, an On Base% of .517 and a Slugging% of .724 and had 1,128 walks. Unfortunately Bonds took steroids.

1. Albert Pujols (2001-present)
Albert Pujols started in 2001 for the Cardinals. In his first nine seasons he was a Rookie of the Year, 8 time all-star and won 3 MVP awards, but came in the top 5 every other time except for 2007 (he came in 9th place). He has a batting average of .334, an On Base % of .427 and a slugging % of .628. He also hit 366 homeruns. He had 5 silver sluggers and 1 gold glove.