50 Greatest Sluggers
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 the '50 Greatest Sluggers'.
"Sluggers looks back on all of baseball history. There's Babe ... Boog ... Pops ... Big Daddy ... Slammin' Sammy ... Big Mac ... The Big Cat ... The Rock and the list goes on. (Does it seem that all great sluggers have great nicknames?)" - Publisher Steve Meyerhoff
50 Greatest Sluggersby The Sporting News (2000) | |
| Rank | Name |
| 50 | Fred McGriff |
| 49 | Dale Murphy |
| 48 | Carl Yastrzemski |
| 47 | Andre Dawson |
| 46 | Eddie Murray |
| 45 | Dave Winfield |
| 44 | George Foster |
| 43 | Jim Rice |
| 42 | Boog Powell |
| 41 | Chuck Klein |
| 40 | Johnny Bench |
| 39 | Frank Thomas |
| 38 | Ted Kluszewski |
| 37 | Greg Luzinski |
| 36 | Dick Allen |
| 35 | Roger Maris |
| 34 | Ernie Banks |
| 33 | Hack Wilson |
| 32 | Dave Kingman |
| 31 | Cecil Fielder |
| 30 | Juan Gonzalez |
| 29 | Barry Bonds |
| 28 | Albert Belle |
| 27 | Duke Snider |
| 26 | Johnny Mize |
| 25 | Stan Musial |
| 24 | Joe DiMaggio |
| 23 | Rocky Colavito |
| 22 | Willie Stargell |
| 21 | Sammy Sosa |
| 20 | Mel Ott |
| 19 | Jose Canseco |
| 18 | Frank Howard |
| 17 | Eddie Mathews |
| 16 | Frank Robinson |
| 15 | Hank Greenberg |
| 14 | Ralph Kiner |
| 13 | Lou Gehrig |
| 12 | Ken Griffey, Jr. |
| 11 | Willie McCovey |
| 10 | Mike Schmidt |
| 9 | Ted Williams |
| 8 | Reggie Jackson |
| 7 | Harmon Killebrew |
| 6 | Willie Mays |
| 5 | Hank Aaron |
| 4 | Mickey Mantle |
| 3 | Jimmie Foxx |
| 2 | Mark McGwire |
| 1 | Babe Ruth |
| 50 Greatest Sluggers by The Sporting News | |
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