Baseball 1940 to 1959 The Greatest Baseball Players of All-Time by Decade

[bondsly]

My 1950's team 2b. Nellie Fox .309 3b. Ed Mathews .295 cf. Duke Snider .313 lf. Mickey Mantle .324 1b. Frank Robinson .316 rf. Al Kaline .316 ss.Ernie Banks .291 c. Roy Campanella .296 P. Don Drysdale 19-13 2.59 P. Whitey Ford 19-6 2.60 P. Jim Bunning 17-11 2.64 P. Warren Spahn 22-10 2.65

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Those are real great teams the 1940's and 1950's had some great players My 1940's and 1950's teams. 3b. Cecil Travis .332 2b.Jackie Robinson .322 lf. Stan Musial .348 rf.Ted Williams .365 cf. Joe Dimaggio .339 1b. Johnny Mize .327 ss. Vern Stephens .290 c. Ernie Lombardi .330 P. Hal Newhouser 21-12 2.51 P. Bob Feller 23-12 2.89 P. Ed Lopat 16-9 3.05 P. Allie Reynolds 17-8 3.30

[str8carter]

Good one....kudos for even having heard of the Cooper Bros. I must plead ignorance on Joe Gordon. I don't know who he was! Ditto Geo. Kell. Tho' both names ring a distant bell....a very faint bell.

[MJVESSIO]

@str8carter Gordon MVP.

[str8carter]

@MJVESSIO I know that you know that many players win an MVP but are not the best over a decade. But I can't argue about a guy I know nothing about. And you can't do that about Hornsby....and you can't do that with Yankee history.

You neglected to address those topics in your reply to me I hope it's because you want to do a little research 1st. Something you did not know: The Yanks offered 100K and 3 good players for Ruth. The Sox GM turned down the players. Why? After the sale he joined NY!

[MJVESSIO]

@str8carter the research i've done indicates Rajah was a poor defensive player. What am i missing? i'm only interested in how a player will perform in a big 7 game series against top pitching, where defense and clutch hitting matter most. i'm repeating myself. sorry.

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@MJVESSIO Believing what modern writers type is hopeless. If you had read as many 50 yr. old books as I have by his contemporaries you would know that there was NO FLAW in his game. And unlike Ted he was loved by the fans. St Louis was in a state of shock after the trade, but were molified when Frisch delivered the good right away.

BTW I can't find that chat feature now! I'm an idiot on the PC...concider coming to Cardinal Heaven! Simple and real time.

[MJVESSIO]

@str8carter no flaw in hornsby's game? hard to believe. Frisch was amazing.