Top 5 All Time Favorite Players

[CardsFanInChiTown]

I'm sure this has been done before but it's always fun. Although I'm a dreaded Cardinal fan here's my top 5:

 

 

1) Willie McGee - The man played pretty... sorta.

2) Albert Pujols - Check the sig.

3) Stan "The Man" Musial - Possibly the most underrated great player of all time.

4) Bob Gibson - One of the most feared pitchers ever, had ice in his veins during the post season, 1.12.

5) Mark McGwire - Tough choice for obvious reasons however the McGwire and Sosa race renewed my love of baseball.

 

Since this is NSBB I'll admit Sandberg is my favorite Cub. Let us never speak of that fact again. :wink:

 

 

So what is your top 5?

[rocket]

besides dunn and mercker...

 

1. Sammy Sosa

2. Will Clark. Too young to appreciate the badness of 1989, and he was my idea of the perfect ballplayer. Plus, I was a first baseman.

3. Carlos Zambrano

4. Ryne Sandberg

5. Vance Law. For some reason when I was really young, I arbitrarily chose him as my favorite player.

Edited March 29, 2006 by rocket

[jyoung55]

1. Ryno

2. Andre Dawson

3. Sammy

4. Glen Allen Hill - he hit the ball on top of that roof and man did I love the power outfield

5. Gary Gaetti :wink:

[Drew Doughty]

1. Sammy Sosa

2. Carlos Zambrano

3. Vladimir Guerrero

4. Aramis Ramirez

5. Derrek Lee

[Andy]

1. Sammy - Probably was the single biggest factor in my becoming a Cubs fan

2. Zambrano - It's a pleasure to watch the guy pitch

3. Prior - Frustrates me to no end, but when he is on I can't think of one pitcher I'd rather watch

4. Gary Gaetti - Once my friend and I were watching a game and Gaetti hit a grand slam. To this day, our running joke when the bases are loaded is "call in Gaetti"

5. Eric Karros - Liked him during the 2003 season for his bench play. Loved him at the end of it when it became clear just how much he loved playing at Wrigley

 

Edited when I realized I can't count

Edited March 29, 2006 by Andy

[indifferent]

I'm sure this has been done before but it's always fun. Although I'm a dreaded Cardinal fan here's my top 5:

 

 

1) Willie McGee - The man played pretty... sorta.

2) Albert Pujols - Check the sig.

3) Stan "The Man" Musial - Possibly the most underrated great player of all time.

4) Bob Gibson - One of the most feared pitchers ever, had ice in his veins during the post season, 1.12.

5) Mark McGwire - Tough choice for obvious reasons however the McGwire and Sosa race renewed my love of baseball.

 

Since this is NSBB I'll admit Sandberg is my favorite Cub. Let us never speak of that fact again. :wink:

 

No Hornsby?

 

 

So what is your top 5?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

1. Ryne Sandberg

2. Sammy Sosa

3. Cal Ripken Jr.

4. Andre Dawson

5. Reggie Jackson

[Jehrico]

1. Ryno

2. Donny Baseball (if you don't know who I'm talking about, then you're too young to understand...)

3. Bill Buckner

4. Kerry Wood (how likely is it we'll never see another dominating performance like his 20K game against Houston?)

5. That's a tough one...how about a tie...

5(t). Sammy

5(t). Hawk

5(t). Gary Matthews Sr

 

Honorable mention: Prior. For all of his setbacks, no other pitcher in the game elicits the anticipation for an upcoming game as when I know Prior is going to be starting. For some reason, I expect domination every time he takes the mound. And I mean no pitcher I've ever watched in my life provokes the kind of anticipation of a special performance like he does. Hard to describe...

[Gunned]

1. Ty Cobb

2. Barry Bonds

3. Todd Hundley

4. Albert Belle

5. Gaylord Perry

[XZero771679666304]

1.Ryne Sandberg

2.Sammy Sosa

3.Mark Grace

4.Carlos Zambrano

5.Andre Dawson

[Handlebar McSkullet]

1. Candy Maldonado

2. Amare Telemaco

3. Julio Zuleta

4. David Kelton

5. Anthony Young

 

best 5 players ever!!!!

[Andy]

4. Kerry Wood (how likely is it we'll never see another dominating performance like his 20K game against Houston?)

I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball.

[imb]

1. Ryno

2. Nolan Ryan

3. Hawk

4. Maddux

5. Orel Hershiser

[CardsFanInChiTown]

4. Kerry Wood (how likely is it we'll never see another dominating performance like his 20K game against Houston?)

I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball.

 

Not that I doubt you but where did you read this?

 

 

Also the Gaetti fan club loves NSBB!

[Derwood]

1. Sosa (though it didn't end well)

2. Robin Yount

3. Grace

4. Zambrano

5. Rod Beck (saved game 163 in '98 throwing about 39 mph)

[Andy]

4. Kerry Wood (how likely is it we'll never see another dominating performance like his 20K game against Houston?)

I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball.

 

Not that I doubt you but where did you read this?

 

 

Also the Gaetti fan club loves NSBB!

I'd heard it before, here's a link to an explanation:

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stats2.shtml

 

An advanced pitching statistic developed by Bill James used to measure how dominant a pitcher performed in each game he pitched. Often referred to as "Ryanicity" since Nolan Ryan and his multiple no-hitters were amongst the best Game Scores ever recorded until Kerry Wood threw his twenty strikeout game in 1998. The strikeouts in that game combined with the lack of hits (1) made it better than a perfect game as the statistics rewards dominance (strikes) and lack of hits while penalizing for walks.

[cubbieinexile]

1. Ryne Sandberg

2. Bobby Abreu

3. Magglio Ordonez

4. Craig Biggio

5. Roosevelt Brown

 

I've got a soft spot for secondbasemen and the players I followed when I came back to watching baseball that were yound and unknown but very good players. I could have put Aramis in there since I've been following him since his days in Pittsburgh but I went with Rosie due to shock value and for the fact that I'll probably always remember him because to me he has come to symbolize to stupid way the cubs handled young talent in this era.

[SouthSideRyan]

Sandberg

Sosa

Maddux

Prior

Zambrano

[jyoung55]

2. Donny Baseball (if you don't know who I'm talking about, then you're too young to understand...)

 

Gotta love Don Mattingly, he's from my neck of the woods and the stories are endless. But my favorite was when my buddy and I were umpiring an all-star game his son was playing in and my buddy blew two calls in a row so naturally he made things better by kicking out the coach - yea this guys an idiot. But afterwards Don Mattingly comes up to us and suggests that my friend is the WORST umpire he has ever seen and he should quit now before he teaches kids a bad lesson. Still laugh at the guy to this day over this incident.

[reggiemiller rules]

1- Pujols

2- Fred Mcgriff

3- Tony Gwynn

4- Scott Rolen

5- Ray Lankford

[NCCubFan]

1. Ernie Banks

2. Ryne Sandberg

3. Ron Santo

4. Andre Dawson

5. Sammy Sosa (might have been higher if not for how it ended)

[muntjack]

4. Kerry Wood (how likely is it we'll never see another dominating performance like his 20K game against Houston?)

I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball.

 

Not that I doubt you but where did you read this?

 

 

Also the Gaetti fan club loves NSBB!

I'd heard it before, here's a link to an explanation:

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stats2.shtml

 

An advanced pitching statistic developed by Bill James used to measure how dominant a pitcher performed in each game he pitched. Often referred to as "Ryanicity" since Nolan Ryan and his multiple no-hitters were amongst the best Game Scores ever recorded until Kerry Wood threw his twenty strikeout game in 1998. The strikeouts in that game combined with the lack of hits (1) made it better than a perfect game as the statistics rewards dominance (strikes) and lack of hits while penalizing for walks.

 

There is also a widely published book on dominating pitching performances that mentions that game as being #1.

 

It's also worth noting that the Astros offense was ON FIRE coming into that game. #1 in the league. Bell was hitting over .400, Biggio, Bagwell and Alou were in their prime and they were firing on all cylinders.

 

Kerry made them look like little leaguers.

[TB_11]

1. Ryno

2. Babe Ruth

3. Z

4. Prior

5. Tie between Ted Williams and Hector Villanueva

 

Pedro would have been #5 if he had stayed in the AL and we didn't have to play him every season.

[Jehrico]

I've got another honorable mention: Glenallen Hill, for hitting a homer onto the rooftops across the street!

[UBlink]

Babe Ruth

Nolan Ryan

Dizzy Dean

Alex Rodriguez

Ivan Rodrigez