Babe Ruth and your top 5 players of all time

• Ironman92

  

  Azubuike24;1661622 wrote:Bonds and A-Rod put up numbers that are almost unmatched. It said at the very beginning, forget the "roid era" and trying to compare players from era to era. Top 5 players...ever. I'd say both Bonds and A-Rod, especially Bonds, are right there.
  
  Heck, A-Rod is where he is and was basically there by age 34. 611 HR's by age 34! Insane.

  Bonds with several more MVP and a greater OPS+....7 or 8 HR in one postseason
• Sonofanump

  Ironman92;1661616 wrote:...but I'm really only good at ranking NFL referees.

  link?
• Azubuike24

  

  Ironman92;1661629 wrote:Bonds with several more MVP and a greater OPS+....7 or 8 HR in one postseason

  Yes, Barry is arguably the best of all-time.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;1661611 wrote:I was wondering how he was MVP only 1 time, but apparently during that time you were ineligible for MVP if you already won in a previous season.
  
  /

  Everybody gets a ribbon
• Classyposter58

  

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• Classyposter58

  

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• Classyposter58

  

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  He must have watched tosh the other night
• Terry_Tate

  

  Any list without Adam Dunn is just a joke IMO
• Con_Alma

  Mays
  Ruth
  Bonds
  Williams
  Henderson
• isadore

  Ted Williams
  
  the rest
• Classyposter58

  

  Ruth
  Griffey Jr
  Mays
  Cobb
  Bonds
• HitsRus

  

  Heretic;1661511 wrote:As far as all time top 5, I don't know. Have to think on it.
  
  As for the point, I'd hope he included hispanics in the "didn't play against black players" part, as they have a more prevalent piece of MLB now than blacks. But the point is that Ruth played in a segregated league where he wasn't necessarily going against the best possible competition. The best of one race, sure, but not the best overall.
  
  Personally, I find it near-impossible to compare athletes of that far back to today's for a ton of reasons, that being one of them, to go with things like today's superior training and how the amount of pay athletes get now is far more of an inducement for people to want to make it big (as compared to back then, when the pay wasn't great and athletics were really nothing more than mild entertainment).

  
  This is a spot on post.