Baseball's 100 Greatest Players

The Sporting News is nothing short of the most respected and legendary magazine / newspaper in sports history. Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of baseball statistics anywhere. Listed below are the players chosen by The Sporting News as Baseball's 100 Greatest Players.

"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays

Baseball's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News (1998)
Rank	Name	Rank	Name
100	Early Wynn	50	Roy Campanella
99	Paul Molitor	49	Tony Gwynn
98	Dennis Eckersley	48	Reggie Jackson
97	Gaylord Perry	47	Buck Leonard
96	Rollie Fingers	46	Charlie Gehringer
95	Wade Boggs	45	Carl Hubbell
94	Dave Winfield	44	Jackie Robinson
93	Ken Griffey, Jr.	43	Al Simmons
92	Chuck Klein	42	Mel Ott
91	Mark McGwire	41	Nolan Ryan
90	Ralph Kiner	40	Yogi Berra
89	Goose Goslin	39	Greg Maddux
88	Frankie Frisch	38	Ernie Banks
87	Ozzie Smith	37	Hank Greenberg
86	Kirby Puckett	36	Bob Feller
85	Dizzy Dean	35	Joe Jackson
84	Sam Crawford	34	Barry Bonds
83	Duke Snider	33	George Sisler
82	Ed Walsh	32	Tom Seaver
81	Willie Stargell	31	Bob Gibson
80	Brooks Robinson	30	Steve Carlton
79	Joe Medwick	29	Nap Lajoie
78	Cal Ripken, Jr.	28	Mike Schmidt
77	Eddie Murray	27	Tris Speaker
76	Al Kaline	26	Sandy Koufax
75	Willie Keeler	25	Pete Rose
74	Robin Roberts	24	Eddie Collins
73	Lefty Gomez	23	Lefty Grove
72	Carl Yastrzemski	22	Frank Robinson
71	Juan Marichal	21	Warren Spahn
70	Pie Traynor	20	Roberto Clemente
69	Harmon Killebrew	19	Satchel Paige
68	Eddie Plank	18	Josh Gibson
67	Oscar Charleston	17	Mickey Mantle
66	Cool Papa Bell	16	Johnny Bench
65	Mickey Cochrane	15	Jimmie Foxx
64	Jim Palmer	14	Cy Young
63	Eddie Mathews	13	Honus Wagner
62	Paul Waner	12	Grover Alexander
61	Rod Carew	11	Joe DiMaggio
60	Joe Morgan	10	Stan Musial
59	Bill Terry	9	Rogers Hornsby
58	Lou Brock	8	Ted Williams
57	Bill Dickey	7	Christy Mathewson
56	Willie McCovey	6	Lou Gehrig
55	George Brett	5	Hank Aaron
54	Harry Heilmann	4	Walter Johnson
53	Roger Clemens	3	Ty Cobb
52	Whitey Ford	2	Willie Mays
51	Rickey Henderson	1	Babe Ruth
Rank	Name	Rank	Name
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Baseball's 100 Greatest Players

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