Top 5 All Time Favorite Players

[rawaction]

1. Sosa

2. Jackie Robinson (never saw him play obviously)

3. Roberto Clemente (see Robinson)

4. Josh Gibson

5. Satchel Paige

[rjchapma]

1. Griffey

2. Willie Mays

3. Ryno

4. Grace

5. Marcus Giles

[Blueheart05]

1. Kerry Wood

2. Andre Dawson

3. Greg Maddux

4. Ryne Sandberg

5. Sammy Sosa

[AcesHigh]

1. Sammy

2. Vlad Guerrero

3. Prior

4. Eric Byrnes(love the way he plays)

5. Henry Rodriguez

[rjchapma]

Yeah i love Marcus Giles just cause he runs into stuff and is scrappy little player.

[cl smooth]

1. ryne sandberg

2. andre dawson

3. don mattingly

4. wade boggs

5. kirby puckett

[RynoRules]

Cubs:

1) Ryno

2) Hawk

3) Suttcliffe (some major man love here)

4) Bill Buckner

5) Mark Grace

 

In my lifetime:

1) Ryno

2) Maddux

3) Puckett

4) Winfield

5) Griffey

[VicCub]

1. Andre Dawson

2. Babe Ruth

3. Ryne Sandberg

4. Kerry Wood

5. Ernie Banks

 

Does anybody else think that Wood's 20K game was really a no-hitter? While I haven't watched the whole game since the day it was played, I remember being convinced that the one hit should've been scored an error on Orie.

[OleMissCub]

1) Mark Grace

2) Ryno

3) Ty Cobb

4) Ken Griffey Jr

5) Stan Musial

[AI]

1. Andy Hawkins

2. Mark Grace

3. Tony Gwynn

4. Ryne Sandberg

5. Andy Van Slyke

[CardsFanInChiTown]

1. Andy Hawkins

2. Mark Grace

3. Tony Gwynn

4. Ryne Sandberg

5. Andy Van Slyke

 

Van Slyke is an awesome choice however what's up with Hawkins?

[AI]

Though born in Chicago, I grew up in Pittsburgh and Van Slyke lived in the same condo complex as my grandma. What a great dude he was.

 

As for Andy Hawkins, there's not a better guy around. Plus, he let me marry his first born. ;)

[UK1679666180]

D. Drysdale

Bob Gibson

N. Ryan

J. Moyer

T. Gwynn

[Roast]

1. Sammy Sosa

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2. Carlos Zambrano

3. Kyle Farnsworth

4. Ty Cobb

5. Glenallen Hill

[Butterscup1679666578]

1. Ryne Sandberg

2. Sammy Sosa

3. Aramis Ramirez

4. Manny Ramirez

5. Nomar Garciaparra

[Derwood]

Media's favorites:

 

1) Scott Podsednik

2) David Eckstein

3) Ozzie Guillen

4) Anyone who is a Gamer

5) Anyone who is Scrappy

[larhur]

Ernie Banks

Ryno

Shawan Dunston

Billy Williams

Ron Santo

Bill Buckner

Fergie Jenkins

[Omar]

1. Greg Maddux

2. Mark Prior

3. Ernie Banks

4. Ron Santo

 

I haven't been around baseball that much...

[witty alias]

Ryne Sandberg

Mark Grace

Shawon Dunston

Andre Dawson

Greg Maddux

 

Non-Cubs

 

Nolan Ryan

George Brett

Pete Rose

Dale Murphy

Wade Boggs

Dustan Mohr

[Coach C]

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.

 

That would be my list, except George Brett would be on the #3. And ironically, Vance Law was one of the reasons why I got attached to the Cubs, along with Harry, Sandberg, Dawson, and Grace.

 

Heck, I used to collect a bunch of Vance Law's baseball cards when I was a kid.

[jjgman21]

Yeah i love Marcus Giles just cause he runs into stuff and is scrappy little player.

 

I'm not the biggest fan of Giles's tendancy to run into stuff.

 

 

speaking of crappy thirdbaseman (Vance Law), one of my first favorite players was Steve Ontiveras.

[FergieJ31]

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!

 

http://www.stathead.com/bbeng/woolner/statglossary.htm

 

Bill James' Game Score formula measures pitcher dominance in a particular game:

 

1. Start with 50 points

2. Add 1 point for every out (3 points = 1 IP)

3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th

4. Add 1 point for every strikeout

5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed

6. Subtract 4 for each earned run allowed

7. Subtract 2 for each unearned run allowed

8. Subtract 1 for each walk

 

The top game score in the history of baseball is Kerry's 20k game with a score of 105.

[ToupeeOnFire]

1. Ryne Sandberg

2. Ron Santo

3. Andre Dawson

4. Carlos Zambrano

5. Tie: Jody Davis / Gary Matthews

 

Just missing the cut: Aramis Ramirez

[Jehrico]

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!

 

http://www.stathead.com/bbeng/woolner/statglossary.htm

 

Bill James' Game Score formula measures pitcher dominance in a particular game:

 

1. Start with 50 points

2. Add 1 point for every out (3 points = 1 IP)

3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th

4. Add 1 point for every strikeout

5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed

6. Subtract 4 for each earned run allowed

7. Subtract 2 for each unearned run allowed

8. Subtract 1 for each walk

 

The top game score in the history of baseball is Kerry's 20k game with a score of 105.

 

What's the second best game, and how far behind was it?

[ToupeeOnFire]

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!

 

http://www.stathead.com/bbeng/woolner/statglossary.htm

 

Bill James' Game Score formula measures pitcher dominance in a particular game:

 

1. Start with 50 points

2. Add 1 point for every out (3 points = 1 IP)

3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th

4. Add 1 point for every strikeout

5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed

6. Subtract 4 for each earned run allowed

7. Subtract 2 for each unearned run allowed

8. Subtract 1 for each walk

 

The top game score in the history of baseball is Kerry's 20k game with a score of 105.

 

That game is more dominant if you convert that hit to an error (which it should have been...damn you Kevin Orie - and Ricky Gutierrez!)