Top 5 - Baseball Players from Nebraska

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

1. Grover Cleveland Alexander - 373 wins - 6 times led the NL in wins
2. Sam Crawford - Hall of Fame outfielder - all-time leader in triples with 309
3. Bob Gibson - Hall of Fame pitcher - in 1968 he won both the NL Cy Young and MVP Awards
4. Wade Boggs - even 3,010 hits couldn't keep him from going bald or being a jerk.
5. Richie Ashburn - Hall of Fame outfielder

That's a pretty good showing for the state of Nebraska. Five Hall of Famers.

Nebraska also had one of the players with the most interesting name - Mysterious Walker. I tried to find out how Frederick Walker got his nickname but alas - its a mystery.

Speaking of interesting names - Joba Chamberlain is also from Nebraska. If you haven't already read this article on Joba's father Harlan - do yourself and read it. One of the best written pieces I've seen this year.