Top 10 Baseball Players of all time - Top 10 Best Baseball Players of all Time in 2023 .

Top 10 Baseball Players of all time - Top 10 Best Baseball Players of all Time in 2023 .

1. Babe Ruth

This is a no-brainer if there ever was one, I suppose. Ruth had such a legendary talent that he transcends these qualifications, even though he competed in a talent pool that was artificially constrained before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 and decades before modern training methods produced athletes who looked like, well, athletes. In fact, the significance of his entry into the major leagues was such that it signaled the end of the dead-ball era. When he entered the majors in 1914, the mark for seasons with the most home runs was 27. Within seven years, he had produced 59, more than doubling it. In 1927, he eventually hit a personal-high 60 dingers. He topped the AL in home runs 12 times in total.

2. Willie Mays

Mays doesn't need to perform any mental gymnastics to earn his spot on this list, unlike his godson Bonds (whose father, Bobby, was Willie Mays's teammate from 1968 to 1972). Not only did Mays amass incredible numbers at the plate, including 3,283 hits, 660 home runs, and 1,903 runs batted in, but he also excelled in the outfield, winning 12 straight Gold Glove Awards (1957–68) and earning the title of the best all-around player in the history of the game. In reality, Mays' most famous play—and among the most famous in baseball history—came in the eighth inning of a tied 1954 World Series game when he made an over-the-shoulder catch at the warning track to help the New York Giants win.

3. Barry Bonds

Yes, I understand. He wasn't exactly the type of guy who should be given the benefit of the doubt and land at number three on this list because he was cantankerous, pretentious, and almost certainly a steroid user. Many baseball fans view Barry Bonds as the embodiment of the steroid era's purported legitimacy. However, he was already a lock for the Hall of Fame prior to reportedly starting to juice, and steroids would not have had any impact on the unmatched eye-hand coordination that resulted in an all-time high 2,558 career walks and astounding.444 lifetime on-base percentage. The problem with steroids is that it's impossible to say for sure how they affect a baseball player's performance. So let's simply marvel at the astounding data Bonds provided.

4. Ted Williams

Long regarded as "the best pure hitter who ever lived," Ted Williams Despite missing nearly five full seasons of his peak due to military service, he is in the top 20 in total runs scored, home runs, runs batted in, and walks and has the greatest lifetime on-base percentage of all time (.482). The nickname "The Splendid Splinter" (see what I mean about the nicknames?) came from his reputation for having an uncanny eye, which enabled him to bat.400 in his final major-league season (.406 in 1941). Over the course of his 19-year career, the legendary Boston Red Sox player led the AL in hitting average six times, slugging percentage nine times, and on-base percentage twelve times. Williams has achieved more than just being the finest hitter in history.

5. Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron, who held the title of "Home Run King" for a generation, is frequently viewed as nothing more than a fantastic power hitter—albeit possibly the finest ever. But "Hammerin' Hank's" 755 career home runs, which set a record for 33 years, are just the beginning. Of course, his 6,856 total bases and 2,297 runs batted in record show his legendary power, but he also had a strong career. 305 batting average and three Gold Glove awards for his outfield performance. The dependable Aaron played in the All-Star Game for 21 consecutive years and has at least 30 home runs in 15 of those seasons. Aaron finished his career in addition to his current records in Carrer.

6 . Walter Johnson

The torch-bearer Walter Johnson was a prodigy who for years characterized dominate pitching. He was so outstanding that throughout the course of his 21-year career, he led the American League 12 times in strikeouts. With 110 career complete-game shutouts, "Big Train," who spent his entire pitching career with the Washington Senators, holds the major league record for most complete-game shutouts ever. (As of this writing, Clayton Kershaw is the active leader with 15 across eight and a half seasons.) He won 36 games in 1913, finishing with a 1.14 ERA and a staggering 0.78 WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched; a WHIP under 1.00 is considered stellar). He was given the Chalmers Award, which is comparable to today's Cy Young Award.

7. Ty Cobb

And now, we may be witnessing the biggest human population decline in list item history. When it came to manners, if Musial was a fairy-tale prince, Ty Cobb was the nefarious troll under the bridge who threw stones at passing children. Cobb had the highest lifetime batting average in major league history despite being an unabashed racist, a habitual sharpener of his spikes to increase the possibility of harming opponents on hard slides, and a fan fight (.366). In his 24-year career, he ridiculously led the American League (AL) in batting average 12 times, but he wasn't just a singles hitter—on eight occasions, he also led the AL in slugging percentage, which measures a hitter's power output.