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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

At the top, in the TSN recap, Al Simmons didn't receive a vote. He did get to vote himself, and he told TSN that he voted for Cobb.

Almost the same thing for Walter Johnson... he received one vote, and he told TSN that he'd voted for Cobb.


Having seen all that Ruth could do, in 1942 the ballplayers voted for Cobb. 2 voted for a pitcher, one for Mathewson, one for Johnson.

I don't think they were voting 'tools', or 'all around', and I'm fairly confident that most of them didn't care for Cobb as a person. But golly, when they vote for THE BEST PLAYER,

60% Ty Cobb
17% Honus Wagner
11% Babe Ruth
2% Rogers Hornsby
2% Ross Youngs

and 10 players got 1%, or one vote each.

These guys hadn't seen Willie Mays... I saw him. A great player. But not The Greatest.