| Choosing the top 5 baseball players ever is no easy | | | | won six batting championships and hit 521 career |
| task. The game is said to have started in the 1700's, | | | | home runs. |
| and many great players have come and gone. | | | | 3. Lou Gehrig was a first baseman and known as |
| Baseball has not changed that much, you still have to | | | | "The Iron Horse". He played 2,130 consecutive games, |
| hit a ball with a stick, but it has had its share of | | | | a streak that stretched from 1925 to 1939. He helped |
| controversies. However, we're here to talk about the | | | | the New York Yankees win six titles in his 13 year |
| best, and in no particular order her they are. | | | | career. He also had 23 career grand slams and won |
| 1. Babe Ruth was better known as the " Sultan of | | | | the Triple Crown in 1934. |
| Swat". He was baseball's first great slugger and | | | | 4. Mickey Mantle is probably the greatest switch hitter |
| celebrated athlete of his time. While everyone | | | | in history playing center field for the Yankees. "The |
| remembers Ruth as a slugger, he started his career | | | | Mick" spent his 18-year career helping them win 12 AL |
| as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. When the Babe | | | | pennants and 7 World Series. He holds the record for |
| was sold to the New York Yankees he became a | | | | most home runs in the Series with 18, hit 531 home |
| legend by leading the Yanks to seven AL pennants | | | | runs in his career and won the Triple Crown in 1956. |
| and four World Series crowns. The slugger hit 60 long | | | | 5. Willie Mays was a a center fielder and the best |
| bombs in 1927 and hit 714 homers during his career. | | | | all-around player in the game's history. Mays was |
| 2. Ted William is considered by some to be the | | | | selected to the All-Star Game 24 times, won 12 Gold |
| greatest hitter in the modern era. It's hard to argue with | | | | Gloves and was a two-time NL MVP. He hit 660 |
| his two-time winning of the Triple Crown and AL MVP. | | | | homers and became the first player to collect 3,000 |
| Also, he batted.406 in 1941 and had a lifetime batting | | | | hits and 500 homers. |
| average of.344. The left fielder was a 17-time All-Star, | | | | |