Updated 03/09/2020 Eligibility for position players requires 1,500 plate appearances, starting pitchers require 75 games started, and relief pitchers require 300 innings pitched. Stan Musial Age: 20 – 23, 25 – 42 Years: 1941 – 1944, 1946 – 1963 Position(s): 1B, LF, RF, CF Stan Musial WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO
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Updated 03/02/2020 Eligibility for position players requires 1,500 plate appearances, starting pitchers require 75 games started, and relief pitchers require 300 innings pitched. Jimmie Foxx Age: 17 – 27 Years: 1925 – 1935 Position(s): 1B, 3B, C Jimmie Foxx WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 62.49 169 1256
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Updated 02/22/2020 Major League Baseball as we know it, that is two leagues American and National, playing by the same rules with the champion from each squaring off against the other for baseball supremacy was born in 1901. Because of that these rankings only consider seasons and careers from 1901 and after. To be eligible a player has to have
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Updated 02/22/2020 Major League Baseball as we know it, that is two leagues American and National, playing by the same rules with the champion from each squaring off against the other for baseball supremacy was born in 1901. Because of that these rankings only consider seasons and careers from 1901 and after. To be eligible a player has to have
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This is a list of the St. Louis Cardinals best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers.
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The title “greatest home run hitters” is pretty ambiguous. Greatest is open to interpretation. Some believe that means the player(s) who accumulated the most. Some believe it to be those who produced consistently (think season average). Still, others may believe that means those who hit the longest homers. To clarify, I believe it is those players who hit homers in
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Since the inception of the sport first baseman have been an offensive cornerstone. Hall of famers Cap Anson, Roger Connor, and Dan Brouthers were among the first offensively dominant players in the game and they were first baseman. Maybe those exceptional players created an expectation that all first baseman who followed had to live up to or it might be
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