[CJFusco]

The "MLB Not for Me" thread got me thinking...

anyhow, here are the guys you could make a case for:

Ty Cobb.
.366 Career Batting (1st all-time)
.433 On-Base Percentage (9th all-time)
.512 Career Slugging (18th all-time)
Does not rank top 100 in career HRs
One Triple Crown, One MVP award, 11-time batting champion. One-time HR champion. 4-time RBI champion.

Babe Ruth.
.3421 Career Batting (tied 9th all-time)
.4739 On=Base Percentage (2nd all-time)
.6897 Slugging Percentage (1st all-time)
715 Career HRs (2nd all-time)
Two-time All Star, one MVP award, one batting title, 12-time home run champion. Six-time RBI champion. 2.21 Career ERA as a pitcher.
NOTE: Held single season home run record (60 in 1927) for 34 years.

Hank Aaron.
Doesn't rank top 100 AVG
Doesn't rank top 100 OBP
.555 Career Slugging (18th all-time)
755 HR (1st all-time)
21-time all-star. One MVP award. 3 gold gloves. 2-time batting champion. 4-time HR champion. 4-time RBI champion. 2297 career RBIs (1st all-time).

Ted Williams.
.344 Career Batting (7th all-time)
.4817 On-Base Percentage (1st all-time)
.6338 Slugging Percentage (2nd all-time)
521 Career HRs (14th all-time)
2 AL Triple Crowns, 2 AL MVP Awards, 17-time All-Star, 6-time AL Batting Champion, 4-time AL home-run champion, 4-time AL RBI champion.
NOTE: last player to ever bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941)

Lou Gehrig.
.3401 Career Batting (17th all-time)
.447 Career On-base percentage (5th all-time)
.632 Slugging (3rd all-time)
493 Career HRs (20th all-time)
7-time All-star, one triple crown, 2 AL MVP awards. one-time batting champion. 3-time HR champion. 5-time RBI champion.


Barry Bonds.
Does not rank top 100 in batting
.602 career slugging percentage (7th all-time)
.4332 On-Base Percentage (8th all-time)
661 Career HRs (3rd all-time)
12-time all-star. 6-time MVP. 8 Golden Gloves. One-time batting champion. 2-time HR champion. 2-time RBI champion.
NOTE: holds the single season record for HRs with 73, in 2001.
NOTE: Bonds is the only player in history to have over 400 HRs and 400 stolen bases. Bonds has 661 HRs and over 500 SBs.

Willie Mays.
Does not rank top 100 in batting.
Does not rank top 100 in OBP
.557 Slugging percentage (25th all-time)
660 HRs (4th all-time)
1951 Rookie of the Year. 2-time MVP. 12 gold gloves. 20-time all-star. one-time batting champion. 4-time HR champion. 4-time stolen base champion.

So what do we think?