Top 10 Second Baseman

This is a list of the top 10 second baseman to ever play baseball.
Honorable Mention: Charlie Gehringer and Frankie Fricsh.

10. Ryne Sandberg (1981-97)
Ryne Sandberg played only 15 full seasons and was an all-star 10 times. He won 9 gold gloves and 7 silver sluggers. He also earned a MVP. He scored over 100 runs 7 times.

9. Jeff Kent (1992-2008)
Jeff Kent played 17 seasons and was an all-star 5 times. He also won 4 silver sluggers and a MVP award. Kent has the most homeruns by a second baseman with 377. He also drove in over a 100 runs 8 times.

8. Roberto Alomar (1988-2004)
Roberto alomar was an all-star 12 of his 17 seasons. He got a hit 2,724 times and scored 1,508 times. He also stole 474 bases. Roberto won 10 gold gloves and 4 silver sluggers. He had a lifetime batting average of .300.

7. Rod Carew (1967-85)
Rod Carew was an all-star 18 of his 19 seasons. He was also the Rookie of the year and a MVP. He batted over .300 15 times and had an On-Base% of over .400 9 times. He got a hit 3,052 times and scored 1,424 times. Carew batted .328.

6. Craig Biggio

5. Joe Morgan

4. Nap Lajoie

3. Jackie Robinson

2. Eddie Collins

1. Rogers Hornsby

Best hitting pitchers

This is a list of the top ten best hitting pitchers of all-time. Some were even good pitchers. Honorable Mention: Warren Spahn

10. Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson played 17 seasons and was an all-star 8 times. He also earned 2 Cy Young awards and an MVP.
career pitching: 251-174 / 3884 IP / .291 ERA / 3117 SO / 1336 BB

career batting: 1328 AB / 274 H / 24 HR / .206 BA / 415 SO / .301 SLG

9. Red Ruffing
Red Ruffing played 18 full seasons (22 total) earning these stats:
career pitching: 273-225 / 4344 IP / .380 ERA / 1987 SO / 1541 BB

career batting: 1937 AB / 521 H / 36 HR / .269 BA / 266 SO / .389 SLG

8. Don Drysdale
Don Drysdale pitched 14 seasons and won a Cy Young award and was an all-star 9 times.
career pitching: 209-166 / 3432 IP / 2.95 ERA / 2486 SO / 855 BB

career batting: 1169 AB / 218 H / 29 HR / .186 BA / 370 SO / .295 SLG

7. Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson played 21 seasons, has 2 MVP awards and is the leader in shutouts with 110.
career pitching: 417-279 / 5914 IP / 2.17 ERA / 3509 SO / 1363 BB

career batting 2324 AB / 547 H / 24 HR / .235 BA / 251 SO / .342 SLG

6. Red Lucas
Red Lucas played 15 seasons earning these stats.
career pitching: 157-135 / 2542 IP / 3.72 ERA / 602 SO / 455 BB

career batting: 1439 AB / 404 H / 3 HR / .281 BA / 133 SO / .347 SLG

5. Micah Owings
Micah Owings has played 4 seasons so far. Here are his stats as of 8-24-10
career pitching: 26-31 / 427 IP / 4.99 ERA / 309 SO / 185 BB

career batting: 189 AB / 55 H / 9 HR / .291 BA / 65 SO / .529 SLG

4. Jim Tobin
Jim Tobin played 9 seasons and earned these stats.
career pitching: 105-112/ 1900 IP / 3.44 ERA / 498 SO / 557 BB

career batting: 796 AB / 183 H / 17 HR / .230 BA / 162 SO / .345 SLG

3. Wes Ferrel
Wes Ferrel played 15 seasons. He also has the most homeruns as a pitcher
career pitching: 193-128 / 2623 IP / 4.04 ERA / 985 SO / 1040 BB

career batting: 1176 AB / 329 H / 38 HR / .280 BA / 185 SO / .446 SLG

2. Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Zambrano has played 10 seasons so far, and here are his stats as of August 26, 2010.
career pitching: 121-77 / 1771 IP / 3.54 ERA / 1502 SO / 800 BB

career batting: 646 AB / 155 H / 22 HR / .240 BA / 228 SO / .392 SLG

1. Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth played 22 seasons, has 1 MVP and is leader in SLG and OPS. Most people would say he is the best hitter ever, but he was a pretty good pitcher too.
career pitching: 94-46 / 1221 IP / 2.28 ERA / 488 SO / 441 BB

career batting: 8399 AB / 2873 H / 714 HR / .342 BA / 1330 SO / .690 SLG *hit 16 HR as a pitcher

Top 10 catchers

This is a list of the top 10 catchers of all-time. Two that almost made it: Brad Ausmas and Joe Mauer.

10. Gary Carter.
Gary Carter played 19 seasons in the Major Leagues. He was an all-star 11 times. He also won 3 gold gloves and 5 silver sluggers. Gary had a fielding percentage of .991.

9. Bill Dickey
Bill Dickey played 17 seasons and was an all-star 11 times. He has made 108 errors in 9,027 chances and has a fielding percentage of .988. He also has a career batting average of .313

8. Mickey Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane played 13 seasons and was the MVP twice. He made 111 errors in 7,365 chances and has a fielding percentage of .985. He also has a batting average of .330

7. Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez played 21 seasons so far, 14 of them all-star seasons. He has 12 gold gloves and 7 silver slugger awards. He also won an MVP award. He has the most games as a catcher with 2,390 and a career batting average of .297. But he hit over .300 10 times. He has made 139 errors in 16,004 chances and has a fielding percentage of .991.




6. Mike Piazza
Mike Piazza played 16 seasons and was an all-star 12 times. He has 10 silver slugger awards and was the rookie of the year. He also has a fielding percentage of .989. He also has the most homeruns by a catcher with 427.





5. Carlton Fisk
Carlton Fisk played 22 full seasons(24 total) and was an all-star 11 times. He was the rookie of the year and has 1 gold glove and 3 silver sluggers. He is also 2nd in games played as catcher with 2,226 and has a fielding percentage of .987.





4. Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella had an unfortunate baseball career. He played half of his career in the Negro Leagues and then his Major League career was cut short after a car crash. Roy did play 10 seasons in the majors though. He was an all-star 8 times and won 3 MVP awards. He also has a fielding percentage of .988.






3. Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra played 16 full seasons(19 total) and was an all-star 15 times. He is 18th in games played as a catcher with 1,699. He also has a fielding percentage of .988. He made only 125 errors in 10,165 chances.






2. Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson played in the negro leagues so I don't know any of his records, but he is supposed to have over 800 homeruns. If he would have played in the major leagues, he would be #1 on this list.






1. Johnny Bench
Johnny bench played 17 seasons and was an all-star 14 times. He was a rookie of the year and a National League MVP twice. He has 10 gold gloves and is 15th in games caught with 1,742, but played 2,193 games total. He has a fielding percentage of .987 and has the 2nd most homeruns by a catcher with 389.

top 10 relievers

I already made a Top 10 starting pitchers, so now here is the Top 10 relievers. There are a lot of Padres on here because I am a Padres fan.

10. Troy Percival
Troy Percival played 14 seasons and was an all-star 4 times. He is 8th in saves with 358. He also has a world series ring. There isn't much to say about him, he was just a great pitcher.

9. Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm played 21 seasons with 9 teams and was an all-star 5 times. In his rookie year he had a win/loss percentage of .833. He was 2nd in voting for rookie of the year and has a lifetime ERA is 2.52

8. Lee Smith
Lee Smith pitched 18 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He is currently 3rd in saves(478) and in games finished(802), but he was the leader for 13 years. He has 8.7 strikeouts per 9 innings.





7. Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter only pitched 12 seasons and was an all-star 6 of those seasons. He had one Cy Young season where he recorded 37 saves and 110 strikeouts in 101.1 innings pitched. Sutter finished with 300 saves.

6. Goose Gossage
Rich "Goose" Gossage played 22 seasons and was an all-star 9 times. Gossage won 124 games and lost 107. He is 8th in games finished with 681 and has 310 saves. He never won a Cy Young, but was in the top 5 four times. His strikeout per 9 innings was 7.5.




5. Rollie Fingers
Rollie Fingers pitched 17 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. In 1981, he won the AL Cy Young award and the MVP. Fingers is 10th in saves with 341. His lifetime record was 114-118.

4. Billy Wagner
Billy Wagner played 16 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He has a career ERA of 2.31 and is 5th in saves with 422. In 1999, he was the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the Year. He also pitched the 9th inning of a 6 man no-hitter.



3. Dennis Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley played 24 seasons as both a starter and a closer. He was an all-star 6 times and won a Cy Young award. He even won the MVP in 1992. His lifetime record was 197-171. Eckersley retired with 390 saves.




2. Trevor Hoffman
Trevor Hoffman may not be considered on of the greatest closers of all-time to most, but he accomplished quite a bit. He played 18 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He was the first pitcher ever to get 500 and 600 saves. He was the all-time leader in saves and games finished for 5 seasons until they were broken by Mariano Rivera. Hoffman finished with 856 games finished and 601 saves. He won the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the year twice. He also has the 5th highest strikeout per 9 innings(and they highest for a reliever).

1. Mariano Rivera
Many people consider Mariano Rivera to be the best relief pitcher of all-time. Here is why: He has played 17 seasons so far and has been an all-star 12 times. He won the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the year 5 times. Rivera is also the all-time leader in ERA+, games finished and saves. He currently has 603 saves.

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.

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.

Top 10 Starting Pitchers

Baseball has seen many great pitchers throughout the years. From the pitchers of early baseball, like Walter Johnson and Cy Young, to the great pitchers of today, people having been comparing pitchers. So here is a list of the top 10 starting pitchers of all-time. Two that almost made the lsit: Bob Gibson and Roger Clemens.

10. Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez played 18 seasons and was an all-star 8 times. He has 3 Cy Young awards and has a career ERA of 2.93. He is the 1st pitcher to win a World series and a Cy Young award in both leagues. He is also 13th in strikeouts with 3,401.

9. Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson played 22 seasons and was an all-star 11 times. He has the 2nd most Cy Young awards with 5 and has the 2nd most strikeouts with 4,875. He is also the 1st of 2 Diamondback pitchers to throw a perfect game.


8. Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan played 24 full seasons(27 total) and all though he is the all-time leader in walks and 3rd in losses, he has the most strikeouts ever with 5,714! That's 1,000 more than following strikeout leader. He also has the most no-hitters(7) too. He was an all-star 8 times and still never won a Cy Young award, but was top 5 in voting 6 times. He could also throw 100 mph.

7. Grover C. Alexander
Grover Cleveland Alexander played 20 seasons and achieved 373 wins. He is tied with Christy Mathewson for the 3rd most wins. He has an ERA of 2.56 and lead the league in innings pitched 7 times. He also lead the league in strikeouts 6 times and had 2,198 total strikeouts. He faced 20,893 batters and gave up 4,868 hits. "Old Pete" also had 437 complete games.


6. Greg Maddux.
Greg Maddux played 23 seasons and was an all-star 8 times. He has the most gold gloves by a pitcher with 18. The second most is 12! He also has 4 Cy Young awards, 3,371 (10th most) and is 8th in Wins Above Replacement for pitchers. Maddux has 355 wins (8th most) and only 227 losses, giving him a win/loss % of .610. He also lead the league in innings pitched 5 times, shutouts 5 times and and ERA 4 times.

5. Satchel Paige
Although Leroy "Satchel" Paige did play in the Major leagues for a few years having 2 all-star seasons, he played most of his career in the negro-leagues. By the time he was in the Majors, he was 51 years old. According to Paige, he won 1,100 out of 1,500 games in the Negro-leagues. Radar guns weren't invented in his time, but Paige is still known as one of the hardest throwing pitchers ever.

4. Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax played only 7 full seasons and is still called one of the best pitchers ever. He was an all-star 6 of those seasons and won the Cy Young award 3 times. He even won the MVP award. He has a career ERA of 2.76. He had to end his career early because of an injury.


3. Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson played 15 complete seasons(17 total) and was one of the 1st five players into the Hall of Fame. They didn't have Cy Young awards back then, but I'm sure he would have gotten a few if they did. He has a career ERA of 2.13, is tied for 3rd most wins with 373 and finished with a batting average of .215

2. Cy Young
Denton Young was nicknamed "Cyclone", or Cy for short. He was a great pitcher having the all-time records for wins(511) losses(316) games started(815) complete games(749) innings pitched(7356.0) and hits given up.(7,092) They even named an award after him because of his great pitching. He also has the most Wins Above Replacement for pitchers. Cy finished with a career batting average of .210.

1. Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson was an amazing player. He played 21 seasons with the Washington Senators, whose records were among the worst ever and has the 2nd most wins ever with 417. That means he got a win almost every time he pitched. He also has the most shutouts with 110. Johnson also won the MVP award twice and has a career batting average of .235. That's pretty good for a pitcher.