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All-Time
Greats
Who's the greatest hitter of all time? The greatest pitcher? The
greatest dynasty, or team of all time?
It's a question that divides casual baseball fans, die hard
statisticians, fathers and sons, and residents of Queens from denizens
of the Bronx. Like all questions about the meaning of life, it has no
clear answer - but since opinions are more fun anyway, here are a few to
chew on: Click on
position to see our All-Time rankings:
The essays use
statistical measures and terms that many baseball fans won't be familiar
with. See our glossary of terms
if you come across something you aren't familiar with.
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Greatest
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Century
of Sports - the greatest games, moments, dynasties,
venues and coaches of the last 100 years |
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Great
Pitching Seasons - the greatest
pitching performances since expansion in 1961, and before as
well. |
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Great
Non-pitching Seasons - the greatest performances
by players who weren't pitchers. |
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Offense
- the greatest offenses of all time. |
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Pitching
- the greatest pitching of all time. |
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Greatest
Teams - our survey
of the best teams of all time. |
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Baseball-statistics.com
Awards - our retroactive selections of the most valuable
players, year-by-year. |
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Infields -
the greatest defensive infields of all time. |
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Baseball's
All-Time Best Hitters - a book by Michael Schell, a
professor of Biostatics at UNC. He controls for era,
longevity, and park factors to determine the best hitters
for average of all time: Tony Gwynn, Ty Cobb, Rod Carew, Joe
Jackson, Rogers Hornsby and Ted Williams top the list. |
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100
Greatest Baseball Games - a compilation of the most
memorable games of the 20th century. The Miracle at Coogan's
Bluff, the Bill Mazeroski shot in Game 7 of the 1960 Series,
the 26-inning 1-1 duel of 1920, Haddix's lost perfect-o and
Fisk's body English top the list. |
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Baseball
Dynasties - a review of the century's most accomplished
baseball teams, with ranking by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein. |
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Greatest World Series of all time
- Top to bottom, the 100 World Series ranked. |
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