50 Greatest Sluggers by The Sporting News : A Legendary List on Baseball Almanac

50 Greatest Sluggers

The Sporting News is nothing short of the most respected and legendary magazine / newspaper in sports history. Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of baseball statistics anywhere. Listed below are the players chosen by The Sporting News as the '50 Greatest Sluggers'.

"Sluggers looks back on all of baseball history. There's Babe ... Boog ... Pops ... Big Daddy ... Slammin' Sammy ... Big Mac ... The Big Cat ... The Rock and the list goes on. (Does it seem that all great sluggers have great nicknames?)" - Publisher Steve Meyerhoff

50 Greatest Sluggers by The Sporting News (2000)
Rank	Name
50	Fred McGriff
49	Dale Murphy
48	Carl Yastrzemski
47	Andre Dawson
46	Eddie Murray
45	Dave Winfield
44	George Foster
43	Jim Rice
42	Boog Powell
41	Chuck Klein
40	Johnny Bench
39	Frank Thomas
38	Ted Kluszewski
37	Greg Luzinski
36	Dick Allen
35	Roger Maris
34	Ernie Banks
33	Hack Wilson
32	Dave Kingman
31	Cecil Fielder
30	Juan Gonzalez
29	Barry Bonds
28	Albert Belle
27	Duke Snider
26	Johnny Mize
25	Stan Musial
24	Joe DiMaggio
23	Rocky Colavito
22	Willie Stargell
21	Sammy Sosa
20	Mel Ott
19	Jose Canseco
18	Frank Howard
17	Eddie Mathews
16	Frank Robinson
15	Hank Greenberg
14	Ralph Kiner
13	Lou Gehrig
12	Ken Griffey, Jr.
11	Willie McCovey
10	Mike Schmidt
9	Ted Williams
8	Reggie Jackson
7	Harmon Killebrew
6	Willie Mays
5	Hank Aaron
4	Mickey Mantle
3	Jimmie Foxx
2	Mark McGwire
1	Babe Ruth
50 Greatest Sluggers by The Sporting News

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