Monday, July 24, 2006

Top 5 - Baseball Players from Pennsylvania

Here are who I consider the top 5 players born in Pennsylvania.

1. Honus Wagner - the greatest shortstop of all-time (I wouldn't argue about flip-flopping #1 and #2 on this list)
2. Stan "the Man" Musial - 20-time All-Star, 3-time MVP and 2nd all-time in total bases (to Hank Aaron)
3. Ken Griffey Jr. - 11th All-Time in HR (and climbing) but don't forget those 10 Gold Gloves
4. Roy Campanella - Hall of Fame catcher - only played 10 season but in those seasons he made 8 All-Star teams and was MVP 3 times
5. (tie) Eddie Plank - Hall of Fame pitcher - 12th all-time in wins with 326 (Greg Maddux is 1 win behind) and owner of a career 2.35 ERA (tie) Reggie Jackson - the straw that stirred the drink (tie) Nellie Fox - Hall of Fame second baseman 12-time All-Star and 1959 AL MVP

Just missing the cut - Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina, and Hall of Fame pitchers Herb Penncock and Rube Waddell plus arguably the greatest hitting catcher of all-time - Mike Piazza.

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