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Old 01-30-2022, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
Bonds, Ruth and Williams are the three best hitters in history (yes, I know Bonds isn't in the HOF, just saying) so Teddy Ballgame is an automatic for me. I'd say the no-brainers are

Position Players:

Ruth
Gehrig
Foxx
Williams
Musial
Aaron
Mays
Henderson
Hornsby
Collins
Lajoie
Wagner
Schmidt
Bench
Berra
Robinson: Jackie and Frank
Morgan
Cobb
Mantle
Ott
Speaker
Brett

Pitchers:
Johnson: Walter and Randy
Spahn
Grove
Mathewson
Young
Alexander
Seaver
Carlton
Maddux
Gibson
Rivera

I've probably forgotten a few.
Assuming you're excluding consensus steroid types, I would add Pujols and Griffey to this list, F. Robinson as already mentioned, and possibly Clemente and Kershaw.
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