Top 5 - Baseball Players Born in Louisiana

Here are who I consider to be the top 5 baseball players born in Louisiana.

1. Mel Ott - Hall of Famer who 6-times led the league in HR and was named to 12 All-Star teams
2. Bill Dickey - Hall of Fame catcher
3. Ron Guidry - just having the name "Louisiana Lightning" is good enough to be on the list
4. Lee Smith - his 478 saves are second all-time but that's still not enough to get him into the Hall of Fame
5. Albert Belle - 9 straight seasons of 100 or more RBI. Three times led the league in RBI. Injury ended his career at 33-years old. Major league jerk.

Just missing the cut:
Will Clark - 6-time All-Star who had over 1100 runs and 1200 RBI
Rusty Staub - 6-time All-Star and 50th all-time in RBI

I hope someday that Jonathan Papelbon will be in the top 5 in this list. Special mention goes to JR Richard whose brilliant career was cut short by a stroke,