Even though Football is the most popular game in the world, still many people are interested in Baseball since it has become a national pastime for sports enthusiasts and fans.

The reason why it’s becoming this popular is that baseball has a great history of pop traditions. In a baseball game, there have been some legends that have played and gained achievements over the years.

However, in every era, there are some great players or athletes who show their best performances through their game-play.

Let’s get to see 10 best baseball players in the history of baseball.

ROGERS HORNSBY

In 1896, this legend was born in the city of Texas. This fable was an American baseball infielder, manager, and instructor plus he played for 23 seasons Major League Baseball.

He is much known for his many records such as he has the National League MPV twice. He was also known as one of the best hitters at that time. He was remarked as a game-changer with his baseball bat . He has 2930 hits and 301 home runs. Hit batting record is second as Ty Cobb gained more score than Hornsby in the history of MLB. He has won 2 Triple Crowns. He also hits more than .400 three times through his career. He was also a member of World Series Championship team. It is no surprise, why he is known as being the best.

He also hit .401 with a record of 42 home runs while positioning second as a baseman in 1922. At that time, he was the highest-paid player in the history of League.  After that in 1925, he batted for 39 home runs while scoring .403, .489 and .756 on average.

Even though he played great, he didn’t get any MVP honors. However, this great player married three times and have 2 kids.

CY YOUNG

In 1867, CY Young was born in Gilmore. His original name was Denton True. He was a great player who played for over 22 seasons.

He was one of the most controllable pitchers of all time in the history of MLB. This renowned player made his debut on August 06, 1890 as a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders. He played for the different team. First, he played for Cleveland Spiders for over 9 years then he played for St Louis Perfectos for over 2 years. After that, he played for Cleveland Naps 2 years and lastly, he ended with Boston Rustlers in 1911. He has many records like he is the All-Time pitching champ with 511 innings pitched with 7355.

And, he has been winning for at least 30 matches in 5 seasons of more than 20 wins. He was also introduced into Baseball Hall of Fame. His name is used in honorable award The CY Young Award. He was the one and the only pitcher at that time to make these honorable records. And for that, he is still known as one of the greatest baseball players.

WALTER JOHNSON

Being also known as The Big Train, Walter Johson used to be a right-handed pitcher in the Major Baseball Leagues.

In 1887 Walter Johnson was born in the Washington DC. He played for over 21 years from 1907 to 1927 for the Washington Senators as a Baseball player. He is well-known for his unbreakable achievements in which some are unbreakable for nine decades even after he retired from the baseball game. He is the only one who recorded in the history of MLB with the 400 wins and strikeout over 3500 beats. In his 21 years of careers, he won for over twelve 20-win seasons in a raw ten times.

He also finished his career with 23 home runs which have become the ninth-highest overall for a pitcher in the history of baseball. He was also included in The Five Immortals with Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson. He became the first 2-time winner of The Chalmers Award as the Most Valuable Player.

In 1936, he was chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame as the First Five initial members. He also earned his run average 2.17 with winning shutouts of 110 and he was second in lead with 417 wins.

LOU GEHRIG

Lou Gehrig is another one of the best baseball players in the history of Major Leagues. This allegory was born in 1903 in New York City.

However, this guy is sadly not known as first identified player since he made his slash line .340, .447 and .632 and made his lead home runs 493 on average. His first MLB debut as a pinch hitter was on June 15, 1923, for the New York Yankees and was entitled The Iron House. He lived a very short life as he died at the age of 37. However, he was able to play for over 23 matches and wasn’t included in the Yankees’ 1923 World Series list. In 1925, he hit .295 with 20 home runs and 68 runs in RBI.

He also made his retirement by giving a special speech in 1939 as he mentioned that he has ALS diagnosis. He was a Triple Crown winner and won American League MPV award two times. Lou was also mentioned as a player of 6 World Series champion lineups. This diagnosis didn’t stop him from playing baseball as he played his last full season with 29 home runs.

TY COBB

TY Cobb, who was born in 1886 in Georgia, was an American Major League Baseball Outfielder. With a 98.2 percent of voting, he was included as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

He played 22 seasons for the Detroit Tigers and his last match was for the Philadelphia Athletics. Ty Cobb was known for his great matchups and his style of playing is mind-blowing. He also was mentioned at the Sports News and ranked 3rd on their list as one of the greatest players of all time. He sets his achievement with 90 MLB records throughout his career. TY has highest batting average with .366 and has been second in Triples with .295. And he has the modern record with the most Stolen Bases with 897 till 1977.

He still holds the record of stealing home runs 54 times with sealing 2nd bases, 3rd bases and he has home run 5 times. He is also the only player ever to collect 4000 hits and total 2000 runs at an early age. He also made 346 errors as an outfielder which makes him 14th record for an error making by an outfielder.

HANK AARON

Hank Aaron was an American Major League Baseball right fielder, also nicknamed as The Hammer. He is considered the best player at that time for his unique MLB records.

He was debuted at 1954, for the Milwaukee Braves and he played for over 21 seasons for this team in the National League. He then played two seasons for Milwaukee Brewers in the American League. He made some unbreakable record which is why he is privileged in many awards. He was also included at The Sporting News ranked fifth on its magazine. He has batted in average .305 and has 2nd lead home runs 755.

He has significant run records such as he earned 2297 hits which made him the most batted runs in MLB records. He is also the owner of 6856 total bases and 1477 extra-base hits which made him the one and only person to do so. In 1982, he was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Plus, MLB made an award by his name called Hank Aaron Award to identify the best player in 1999.

In 2002, he was chosen for the Presidential Medal of Freedom award and Won National League MVP in 1957.

TED WILLIAMS

Ted Williams was an American professional baseball hitter and manager.

He played for 19 years in MLB as a right fielder Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. Ted Williams is well-known as one of the best hitters in the history of baseball. He made his debut at 1939, for the Boston Red Sox. He ended his career for World War II and the Korean War. He has his mind-blowing performances as he concluded with .344 hits on average, 521 home runs and.482 on-base hits. He also set his career to end with 2654 hits and 1839 runs batted. Williams was an outstanding hitter for his great performances. He won 19 times All-Star and was a two-time winner of the AL Most Valuable Player award. Plus he also won six times at AL Batting Champion and won Triple Crown two times.

In 1997, he was also chosen for the Major League Baseball All-Time Team. And, in 1999, he was elected for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. His batting average is the highest of any MLB player who played mainly in the live-ball era and he was ranked 7th all-time player.               

BARRY BONDS

He has many records in MLB history. Some of them include the most career home runs with 762, most home runs in a single season with 73 and most career walks.

He stole 514 bases which made him the first and the only one to make so in the history of MLB with 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases. He was mentioned at many worthy awards since he received a record 7 NL MVP awards, 8 Gold Glove awards, 12 Silver Slugger awards and 14 All-Star selections.

Bonds are also known to be an excellent hitter. He received six times in on-base plus slugging and also included top 5 best hitters.

WILLIE MAYS

Willie Mays, who is the well-formed performer, was an American former MLB center fielder. He ended his career with playing 22 seasons for the New York Giants.

He made his debut in 1951 for the New York Giants after which he put an end to his career in 1973 for the New York Mets.

He was named 2nd on The Sporting News’s which makes him the uppermost rank living performer.  His batting was .302 on average and he hit 3283 runs. Also, he stole bases 338 runs with 1903 runs batted and made 660 home runs which made him the 5th player in ranking. Plus, he played for over 2992 matches throughout his career.

Mays won 2 NL Most Valuable Player Awards and won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards in early 1957. He has the record of the most All-Star Games by 24 along with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial. He was a great player indeed making him eligible for the Hall of Fame in 1979. 

Mays also has a record of stealing 38 bases which made him the 2nd player in history to reach 20 in four categories.

BABE RUTH

Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball outfielder and pitcher. He is recognized for many MLB records. For instance, he has records of home runs with 714, bases on 2062 balls, slugging .690 in average, batted in RBIs with 2213 runs, and set OPS 1164 runs. He was highly respected for his hard works both as a pitcher and as an outfielder. He played for over 22 seasons from 1914 to 1935 in the Major League Baseball. Ruth won two times 23 games in a season and was a member of 3 World Series Championship groups with the red fox. He brought awards for his group with 7 AL pennants and 4 World Series Championships.

Later, he broke the MLB single-season home run record in 1919 with usual on-stage time. He was chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five initial members. Ruth was selected for a part of American culture and President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.