Greatest Living Ballplayer?

[Big Circus]

My top 5:

1. Mays
2. Bonds
3. Hank Aaron
4. Pete Rose
5. Sandy Koufax

Holy ****, I thought Koufax had been dead for years.

 

[MankyJimy]

Bonds.

Also, fun fact: Derek Jeter was never, ever the best active player in baseball during his playing career.

Jeter never used steroids but if you want to make that comparison, add 30 points of batting average and 20 HRs a year to Jeter's totals and you'd have a pretty good estimate of what he'd have done if he cheated.

 

[Armchair_QB]

My top 5:

1. Mays
2. Bonds
3. Hank Aaron
4. Pete Rose
5. Ted Williams' Frozen Head

Where does Ted Williams rank? His frozen head is still technically alive.

How's that?

 

[NDJournalist]

Bonds.

Also, fun fact: Derek Jeter was never, ever the best active player in baseball during his playing career.

Jeter never used steroids but if you want to make that comparison, add 30 points of batting average and 20 HRs a year to Jeter's totals and you'd have a pretty good estimate of what he'd have done if he cheated.

Chipper Jones' career overlapped with almost all of Jeter's and Chipper was consistently better. He, like Jeter, was never suspected of using PEDs.

 

[Key]

Chipper is best

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Bugs Bunny

 

[old_tony]

Bonds.

Also, fun fact: Derek Jeter was never, ever the best active player in baseball during his playing career.

Jeter never used steroids but if you want to make that comparison, add 30 points of batting average and 20 HRs a year to Jeter's totals and you'd have a pretty good estimate of what he'd have done if he cheated.

Chipper Jones' career overlapped with almost all of Jeter's and Chipper was consistently better. He, like Jeter, was never suspected of using PEDs.

Just a thought, but "was never suspected of" is not a guarantee that someone never did something.

 

[old_tony]

As to the question asked in the thread title: Willie Mays.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Is Roy Hobbs alive?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

How about Crash Davis?

 

[HanSenSE]

No love for Joe Shlabotnik?

 

[outofplace]

Bonds.

Also, fun fact: Derek Jeter was never, ever the best active player in baseball during his playing career.

Jeter never used steroids but if you want to make that comparison, add 30 points of batting average and 20 HRs a year to Jeter's totals and you'd have a pretty good estimate of what he'd have done if he cheated.

Chipper Jones' career overlapped with almost all of Jeter's and Chipper was consistently better. He, like Jeter, was never suspected of using PEDs.

Just a thought, but "was never suspected of" is not a guarantee that someone never did something.

To be fair, it's difficult to be an elite player in MLB and not face any accusations of PED use.

 

[ifilus]

 

[Armchair_QB]

No love for Joe Shlabotnik?

What about Joe Charboneau?

 

[qtlaw]

Really? this is even a debate?

 

[Vombatus]

Based on quality girlfriends, Jeter was an outstanding baller.

 

[I Should Coco]

Jimmy Rollins? Really?

 

[DanOregon]

Kellen Winslow has a track record of being great player of balls.

 

[Della9250]

My top 5:

1. Mays
2. Bonds
3. Hank Aaron
4. Pete Rose
5. Sandy Koufax

I'd put Yogi fourth.

 

[Colton]

Willie Mays

Ditto