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Great Hall of Fame Baseball Players

Following are some Ty Cobb, Nolan Ryan, and Cy Young (just to name a few) stats. We feel these are some of the greatest players from the baseball hall of fame:

Ty Cobb (Tyrus Raymond Cobb)

Born: December 18, 1886, Narrows, Georgia
Died: July 17, 1961, Atlanta,
Georgia

Ty Cobb (“The Georgia Peach”) is widely recognized as the game’s greatest all around hitter. He’s near the top of nearly every lifetime batting statistic.

For example, he’s second with 4,191 hits, second with 2,245 runs, first with a 0.367 batting average, and second with 297 triples. Not too shabby.

His batting average was over 0.300 for an incredible 23 straight seasons. He hit 0.420 in 1920. He played for 24 years, for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics.

Hank Aaron

Born: February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama

Known as “Hammerin Hank”, he is the all-time leading home run king. He won three gold gloves playing in the outfield, which made him one of the best all around players ever. Hank didn’t only hit homers - he’s third in career hits with 3771, third with 2,174 runs scored, and first with 2,297 RBIs. Given all his homers, he only had one “in-the-park” in 1967. He had 16 grand slams and appeared in 24 all-star games (another record).

Cy Young

Born: March 29, 1867, Gilmore, Ohio
Died: November 4, 1955, Newcomerstown, Ohio

When your name is on the award given to the best pitcher each year, you must be something special. Cy Young is arguably the most reliable, and consistent pitchers ever. He pitched the most complete games (749), most innings (7356), and has the most starts (815). He had an incredible streak of pitching 24 consecutive hitless innings. Perhaps his most amazing achievement is his 511 wins – 94 more than his closest competitor.

Nolan Ryan

Born: January 31, 1947, Refugio, Texas

He often made hitters look embarrassingly bad. He is famous for his fastball, that often approached speeds of 100mph. He leads the all-time list in strikeouts (5,714), with Roger Clemens a distant 1,500 strikeouts behind. Nolan had an incredible seven no-hitters. If a pitcher has 1 or 2 no-hitters in their career, it’s a tremendous feat. Also, Nolan had twelve one-hitters. He still holds the single season record of 383 strikeouts.

Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth)

Born: February 6, 1895, Baltimore, Maryland
Died: August 16, 1948, New York, New York

The “Sultan of Swat” is probably the most famous player of all time. He was originally a pitcher, which made his batting prowess even more noticeable. Usually pitchers are not very good batters. In 1920, he switched to playing outfield for the Yankees. He hit 714 home runs in his career, while hitting an amazing 60 out of the park in 1927. He leads the majors with a .690 career slugging percentage. He is second all time with 2,213 RBIs, and tied for third with 2,174 runs scored.

Joe DiMaggio

Born: November 25, 1914, Martinez, California
Died: March 8, 1999, Hollywood, Florida

One of the most loveable and high-profile players of his time, making many men jealous with his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. The “Yankee Clipper” won two batting titles with New York. He had a .325 career batting average, while averaging over 100 RBIs per season. However, his greatest accomplishment is hitting successfully in 56 consecutive games. This is recognized by some experts as the most impressive record of all-time.

Willie Mays

Born: May 6, 1931 at Westfield, Alabama

Mays is considered by many as the best all around player of all time. His excellence is batting, slugging %, base running, fielding and throwing was unmatched. One baseball highlight that keeps being played is his center field (over-the-head) catch in the World Series off Vic Wertz’s hit. He finished his career with 660 homers, 3,283 hits and a .302 batting average.

Sandy Koufax

Born: December 30, 1935, Brooklyn, New York

If you’re a Dodgers fan, then you’re a Koufax fan. He won three World Championships with the Dodgers and had an amazing 0.92 ERA in those series. Likely possessing the best curveball of all time, Sandy’s performance in the early 1960’s was truly remarkable. He won 5 straight ERA titles, with three years of 25 wins. In 1965, he had 382 strikeouts and a perfect game.

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