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25 Greatest Outfielders in Major League Baseball History Nevertheless, with that difficult task accepted, we present the 25 greatest outfielders in baseball history. — Rankings by Nicholas Ian Allen, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Allen's work can also be found on SaturdayDownSouth.com, SaturdayBlitz.com and FanSided.com.
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Highest Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Percentages Ken Griffey, Jr., Class of 2016 — 99.32%. A 13-time All Star and 1997 AL MVP, Ken Griffey Jr. was not only a lock to be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2016, he became the closest-to-unanimous vote-getter after receiving 437 of 440 votes. Despite injuries throughout his career, Griffey still managed to hit 630 home runs.
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Johnny Bench 1974 #010 This 1974 card of Johnny Bench shows him in the year he caught 160 games and led the league with 129 RBIs. Johnny Bench, simply put, is the greatest catcher in baseball history. Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella and Pudge Rodriguez fans will disagree, but I have seen them all play. Bench was Rookie of the Year in 1968.
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- 'The Captain' was one of the greatest multi-dimensional players in his career. There was nothing on a baseball field he couldn't do. He was one of the best defensive shortstops of all time, as evidenced by his five gold gloves. Jeter also finished his career with the most hits in Yankees history with 3,465.
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- Hall of Fame 3B Eddie Matthews Played for the Braves in 3 different cities. Strange Stat: Bob Uecker arguably the worst hitter ever with a lifetime .200 average, had one pitcher he could hit. That pitcher was the most dominant of the era, Sandy Koufax. Uecker's lifetime average in over 50 At Bats against Koufax is .429.
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Ranking the 25 Best Baseball Players of All Time Ranking the 25 Best Baseball Players of All Time. Ranking the 25 Best Baseball Players of All Time. MLB has gifted fans an unprecedented crop of young stars capable of etching their names among baseball royalty. Perhaps history will one day prop these burgeoning studs alongside the game's all-time greats. Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, Corey Seager, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner and Noah Syndergaard all have the potential to write Hall of Fame legacies with another 10-15 years of dominance.
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- MLB Players Current Greats: Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Jake Arrieta, Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, Jose Altuve, ... All-Time Greats: Stan Musial, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, ...
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- Population of Brazos County Last official estimated population of Brazos County was 195,680 (year 2014) [1]. This was 0.061% of total US population and 0.7% of total Texas state population. Area of Brazos County is 591.2 mi² (=1531.3 km²), in this year population density was 330.97 p/mi². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2014 (+0.11%/yr), Brazos County population in 2018 would be 196,513 .
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- Tony Gwynn, the greatest pure hitter of his generation whose perfect left-handed swing won him eight batting titles and a litany of admirers across baseball, died Monday after years of battling cancer. He was 54.
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- Mental health is new injury frontier; Asomugha's close-up. Hitters to emulate: Jose Altuve. Altuve won a batting title, led the AL in steals and belted 47 doubles, second most in the league. Editor's Note: Offense might be at its lowest point in nearly 35 years, but a small subset of hitters continues to thrive.
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40 Worst Fielders in Baseball History 40 Worst Fielders in Baseball History. 1 of 41. In the great history of Major League Baseball, there were guys who were born to hit, guys who were born to run, guys who were born to throw a baseball with dazzling accuracy and power, and guys who were born to perform every skill with magnificent ease.
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25 Greatest Outfielders in Major League Baseball History Outfielders hold the top spot on the MLB leaderboards in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, runs scored, home runs, runs batted in, doubles, triples and stolen bases. That’s pretty much every major offensive statistic.
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- This 1974 card of Johnny Bench shows him in the year he caught 160 games and led the league with 129 RBIs. Johnny Bench, simply put, is the greatest catcher in baseball history.
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Top 10 Worst Career Batting Averages in MLB History Top 10 Worst Career Batting Averages in MLB History. Major League Baseball has seen some really bad hitters over the years. There are many hitters in today’s game that aren’t good at putting the ball in play for a hit. Adam Dunn for example has a career average of .238 and ranks in the top 15 of worst hitters of all time. There are other hitters like Mark Reynolds and Carlos Pena who are even worse than Dunn but there are ten other players who make the list of the worst hitters in MLB history.
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Which pitchers have hit the most homeruns? These five pitchers are the only five in MLB history to have 30+ career home runs. Among active pitchers, Carlos Zambrano has the most with 20 career home runs. Mike Hampton is second with 16 career homeruns.
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20 Biggest Bats in MLB History 20 Biggest Bats in MLB History. There have been many players during the 100-or-so-year history of MLB who have swung big pieces of lumber. Babe Ruth was once said to have used a 54-ounce hickory bat. Bryce Harper has experimented with using a 36-inch, 47-ounce Marucci bat in the batting cage before games.
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July 3, 1966: Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger clouts two grand slams July 3, 1966: Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger clouts two grand slams. The 1966 baseball season was the first for the Braves in Atlanta. After 13 seasons in Milwaukee, the ballclub moved to establish itself in downtown Atlanta, bringing Hank Aaron, Joe Torre, and Eddie Mathews to their new home.
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Torii Hunter Despite playing essentially only half a season, Hunter was awarded his fifth consecutive Gold Glove. On the last day of the 2006 regular season, Hunter hit his career-high 31st home run, helping the Twins to their fourth division title in five years.
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Product Review: Neuticles Pet Product Review – Neuticles. Ok, it’s Halloween, so I thought I’d write about the greatest costume of all Neuticles.
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Don Bradman (1908â2001) Don Bradman (1908–2001). Generally regarded as the greatest cricketer ever to play the game, Don Bradman averaged 99.94 runs per innings during his illustrious career. He continued to play test cricket until the age of 40, when in 1948 he led an Australian team touring England, UK.on Bradman (1908–2001). Generally regarded as the greatest cricketer ever to play the game, Don Bradman averaged 99.94 runs per innings during his illustrious career. He continued to play test cricket until the age of 40, when in 1948 he led an Australian team touring England, UK.
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- Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Images. Rickey Henderson was baseball’s greatest base-runner during his time, and he may hold onto that title as long as the sport is played as it is under today’s rules. Henderson led the American League in stolen bases on 12 occasions, and his 1,406 career steals is the most in history.
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Torii Hunter Torii Hunter. Torii Kedar Hunter (/ˈtɔːriː/; born July 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Detroit Tigers from 1997 through 2015. Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
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A look at the MLB players whoâve come closest to batting .400 since Ted Williams did it in 1941 Williams was the last hitter to hit at least .400 after finishing with a batting average of .406 in 1941. His season is still considered to be one of the best offensive seasons ever.
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- The longest hitting streaks in Major League Baseball history, starting with the almost untouchable 56-game streak of Joe DiMaggio.
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Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza Trot Into Baseball Hall of Fame Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, two of the most prolific sluggers of the high-scoring 1990s, were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Griffey, who slammed 630 home runs, was elected on the first ballot with a record 99.3 percent of votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Piazza, whose 396 homers as a catcher are the most for anyone at the position, got in on his fourth try, with 83 percent.
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Mike Piazza Mike Piazza was arguably the best offensive catcher in baseball history. Ten times during his career he hit over .300. He was famously drafted in the 62nd round of baseball's 1988 Amateur Draft, as a favor to Piazza's father who was a close friend to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, both of whom were born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.