From all that has been said and written, who was the best positional ball player of all time in Major League Baseball?

In 1999, a panel from The Society for American Baseball Research, the most recognized authority on baseball history, voted on five different lists for the best players in Major League Baseball I will list their top 3. First is Babe Ruth. Not a big surprise at all for me.

He hit an astronomical amount of home runs during the "Dead Ball Era". He probably could have made the Baseball Hall of Fame | Hall of Fame as a pitcher, as he started his career as a great pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Ruth had a career .342 average, 714 home runs, 2213 rbi's and 2,062 walks.As a pitcher he was 94-48 with an earned run average of 2.28.

Second on their list is Lou Gehrig, the ''Iron Horse''. He was a terrific defensive first baseman and hit 495 home runs, 1,995 rbi's, a .340 batting average, 1,508 walks and just 790 strikeouts. S career was cut short at the age of 36 or his numbers could have very well approached Ruth's.

Third on their list is Ted Williams. Williams is perhaps the greatest pure hitter in baseball history. Williams missed four years due to World War II and still hit 521 home runs, a .344 batting average, 2,021 walks to just 709 strikeouts.

He was the last player to hit .400 in a season when he hit .406 back in 1941.

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