Joe Posnanski: Ranking Baseball's Greatest Hitters

Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron just missed the Top 10 Albert Pujols is the only active player to rank in the top 15 Where does one begin in making a list of the greatest hitters ever? Well, I put together a spreadsheet, and using my very special grading system that I only just invented, I came up with a Top 10 list of hitters. In fact, I have a Top 538 hitters -- those are the 538 hitters in baseball history who compiled more than 6,000 plate appearances. The bottom 10, in case you are curious: 10. Roy McMillan 9. Aurelio Rodriguez (but what an arm) 8. Alfredo Griffin 6. George McBride 5. Mickey Doolan 4. Mark Belanger 3. Everett Scott 2. Tim Foli 1. Ed Brinkman Yes, Ed Brinkman. He hit .224/.280/.300 over a long All-Star career (well, he was an All-Star in 1973). He won a Gold Glove, twice got MVP votes, and he was... [read full story]                    

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