Top 10 Position Players

Baseball has been around since the late 1860's and more than 130 years, so just choosing 10 players is very hard, but here is my list of the top 10 players. Two people that almost made the list are Stan Musial and Pete Rose.

10. Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds was a fantastic player. The only reason he's not higher on the list is because he took steroids. Bonds was a 14 time all-star and played 22 seasons. He has the single season homerun record and all-time record.(73 and 762) He also has the more walks than anybody else with 2,558. He had 9,487 at bats and 2,935 hits. He won 7 MVP awards, 8 gold gloves, and 12 silver slugger awards.

9. Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons with the Yankees and was an all-star 16 times. He won 3 MVP awards and came in 2nd place for MVP another 3 times! He also has 1 gold glove.
He lead the league in runs scored 5 times and in homeruns 4 times. He has a career batting average of .298.



8. Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron played 23 seasons and was an all-star 21 times, the most all-star selections any player has. In 1957 he won the MVP award. Hamerrin' Hank had the most homeruns ever(755) until Barry Bonds broke it. He still is the all-time leader in runs batted in with 2,297, 3rd in hits with 3,771 and 10 in doubles with 624.




7. Honus Wagner
Honus Wagner played 21 seasons and was one of the 1st hall of famers. He's not the all-time leader in anything, but is high on a lot of lists. He is 10th in stolen bases(723) 8th in hits(3,420) 8th in doubles with 643 and 4th in steals of home plate with 27. He never had a batting average under .299 until 1914, his 17 season.

6. Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig played 15 full seasons(17 total) won the MVP award twice. He is the all-time leader in grand slams with 23, and he played his whole career batting behind Babe Ruth! Lou also has the 17th best career batting average(.340) and played 2,130 consecuative games which was the most until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it. Lou Gehrig was forced to retire after being diagnosed with ALS decease, which some now call Lou Gehrig decease


5. Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby played 23 seasons and won the MVP award twice. He batted .400 or higher 3 times and has the 2nd best career batting average ever, .358, and the best by a right handed batter. He had 2,930 hits in 8,173 at bats with only 679 strikeouts.


4. Ted Williams
Ted Williams played 19 seasons and was an all-star 17 times. He won the MVP award twice and is the all time leader in OBP(.482) Williams also batted above .400 3 times. He missed 3 seasons because he was a fighter pilot in WW2. He has a career batting average of .344.


3. Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb played 24 seasons and won one MVP award, but the MVP was the only award they had back then. He has the best lifetime batting average with .366. He is 4th in stolen bases with 897 and has the most steals of home plate with 52. Ty is also 5th in games played with 3,034 and 2nd in hits with 4,189.


2. Babe Ruth
George "Babe" Ruth played 22 seasons and won the MVP once, but the MVP was the only award they had for most of his career. He started out as pitcher and had 94 wins and 46 losses and an ERA of 2.28, but Ruth is best known for being the homerun hitting right fielder for the Yankees. He is 3rd in homeruns with 714 and finished his career with 2,873 hits.


1. Willy Mays
Willy Mays played 22 seasons and was an all-star 20 times(2nd most) He also got the rookie of the year award, 2 MVP awards and 12 gold gloves. He has 3,283 hits, a career batting average of .302 and is 4th in homeruns with 660. He also made a legendary catch in center field.