100 Greatest Baseball Players by SABR : A Legendary List on Baseball Almanac

100 Greatest Baseball Players

The Society for American Baseball Research, or SABR for short, is the most widely recognized authority on baseball history. Their research in every field of baseball has lead to more books and information found in books than any other group in history. Members of Society for American Baseball Research voted in 1999 on five different lists and these are the results of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.

"If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600." - Babe Ruth

100 Greatest Baseball Players by SABR (1999)
Rank	Name	Rank	Name
100	Joe Medwick	50	Mickey Cochrane
99	Addie Joss	49	Eddie Collins
98	Ryne Sandberg	48	Pete Rose
97	Rube Waddell	47	Roy Campanella
96	Fergie Jenkins	46	Charlie Gehringer
95	Kirby Puckett	45	Carl Yastrzemski
94	Eddie Plank	44	Nolan Ryan
93	Willie Stargell	43	Cal Ripken, Jr.
92	Carlton Fisk	42	Mel Ott
91	Harry Heilmann	41	Carl Hubbell
90	Sam Crawford	40	Greg Maddux
89	Ralph Kiner	39	Tony Gwynn
88	Luis Aparicio	38	Nap Lajoie
87	Johnny Mize	37	Joe Morgan
86	Luke Appling	36	Jackie Robinson
85	Ed Walsh	35	Hank Greenberg
84	Joe Cronin	34	Roger Clemens
83	Robin Roberts	33	Lefty Grove
82	Eddie Murray	32	Brooks Robinson
81	Paul Molitor	31	Eddie Mathews
80	Wade Boggs	30	Steve Carlton
79	Robin Yount	29	George Brett
78	Bill Terry	28	Tom Seaver
77	Hoyt Wilhelm	27	Ernie Banks
76	Rollie Fingers	26	Yogi Berra
75	Mordecai Brown	25	Grover Alexander
74	Dizzy Dean	24	Frank Robinson
73	Lou Brock	23	Tris Speaker
72	Frankie Frisch	22	Bob Feller
71	Paul Waner	21	Sandy Koufax
70	Pie Traynor	20	Roberto Clemente
69	Harmon Killebrew	19	Johnny Bench
68	Duke Snider	18	Cy Young
67	Reggie Jackson	17	Bob Gibson
66	Al Simmons	16	Mike Schmidt
65	Barry Bonds	15	Warren Spahn
64	Dennis Eckersley	14	Jimmie Foxx
63	Bill Dickey	13	Christy Mathewson
62	Willie McCovey	12	Mickey Mantle
61	Mark McGwire	11	Walter Johnson
60	Rickey Henderson	10	Honus Wagner
59	Al Kaline	9	Rogers Hornsby
58	Juan Marichal	8	Willie Mays
57	Jim Palmer	7	Ty Cobb
56	Ozzie Smith	6	Joe DiMaggio
55	George Sisler	5	Stan Musial
54	Whitey Ford	4	Hank Aaron
53	Ken Griffey, Jr.	3	Ted Williams
52	Joe Jackson	2	Lou Gehrig
51	Rod Carew	1	Babe Ruth
100 Greatest Players by SABR

Pie Traynor, listed at number seventy, was the first third baseman ever elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and he finished in the top ten for the National League Most Valuable Player Award six times.

Did you know that Addie Joss, the last placed pitcher (and ranked ninety-ninth overall), finished his Major League career with a lifetime earned run average of 1.89?

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