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  • #1

    Best players by nationality

    The Clemente/Alomar/Pudge thread got me to wondering:

    Who are the best players by nationality? The best Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezualan, Irish, Italian, African-American, Native American, etc.?

    I don't have time, but I'll post my own list later.
    "Hey Mr. McGraw! Can I pitch to-day?"
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  • #2
    For best Dominican player, I'd go with Juan Marichal.
    Japan: Ichiro Suzuki
    Last edited by jjpm74; 04-11-2008, 08:36 AM.

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    • #3
      Venezuela: Johan Santana
      You have to suffer a revolution to know what are you talking about.

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      • #4
        Ok I'll do the two easy ones:

        German: Babe Ruth
        Italian: Joe DiMaggio

        I was going to do my own (Irish) but there has been allot especially in the 19th century so I have to think about that one.
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        • #5
          One more!

          Panama: Mariano Rivera
          39 AL Pennants • 26 World Series titles
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Urbanshocker13 View Post
            One more!

            Panama: Mariano Rivera

            Rod Carew has a stake to the claim, as well.
            "Hey Mr. McGraw! Can I pitch to-day?"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by jjpm74 View Post
              For best Dominican player, I'd go with Juan Marichal.
              Japan: Ichiro Suzuki

              An argument could be made for Pedro Martinez and Oh, respectively.
              "Hey Mr. McGraw! Can I pitch to-day?"

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              • #8
                Irish: Ed Delahanty?

                Native American: Louis Sockalexis.

                French: Lajoie

                African American: Willie Mays

                Italian: Joe DiMaggio

                Dominican: Pedro Martinez

                Venezualan: Miguel Cabrera

                German: The Babe

                Puerto Rican: Roberto Clemente (Sorry, Ozzie!)

                Mexican: Ted Williams (well, he was 1/4 Mexican!)

                Japanese: Ichiro/Oh

                Panama: Mariano Rivera

                Hillbilly: Ty Cobb!
                "Hey Mr. McGraw! Can I pitch to-day?"

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Victory Faust View Post
                  Irish: Ed Delahanty?

                  Native American: Louis Sockalexis.

                  French: Lajoie

                  African American: Willie Mays

                  Italian: Joe DiMaggio

                  Dominican: Pedro Martinez

                  Venezualan: Miguel Cabrera

                  German: The Babe

                  Puerto Rican: Roberto Clemente (Sorry, Ozzie!)

                  Mexican: Ted Williams (well, he was 1/4 Mexican!)

                  Japanese: Ichiro/Oh

                  Panama: Mariano Rivera

                  Hillbilly: Ty Cobb!
                  Miguel Cabrera over Johan Santana? no todavia....
                  You have to suffer a revolution to know what are you talking about.

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                  • #10
                    Sockalexis is better than Bender?

                    English: George Wright

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                    • #11
                      Chili Davis- Jamaica

                      John Anderson- Norway

                      Jack Quinn- Austro-Hungarian Empire
                      "Here's a crazy thought I've always had: if they cut three fingers off each hand, I'd really be a great hitter because then I could level off better." Paul Waner (lifetime .333 hitter, 3,152 lifetime hits.

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                      • #12
                        forgot...

                        Bert Blyleven, Netherlands.
                        "Here's a crazy thought I've always had: if they cut three fingers off each hand, I'd really be a great hitter because then I could level off better." Paul Waner (lifetime .333 hitter, 3,152 lifetime hits.

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                        • #13
                          Australia: Joe Quinn. He may not have been much of a manager, but he could play.
                          "They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
                          -Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

                          Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.

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                          • #14
                            Based purely on country of birth, here are some suggestions...

                            Canada: Ferguson Jenkins (Larry Walker?)
                            Scotland: Bobby Thomson
                            France: Bruce Bochy, I guess...
                            Italy: Reno Bertoia (who?)
                            Mexico: Vinny Castilla
                            Australia: Dave Nilsson, maybe
                            New Zealand: Either Scott Campbell, the only Kiwi drafted so far; or Travis Wilson, who played three seasons of AAA ball. Those are apparently all the New Zealand-born players with pro experience in North America.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Victory Faust View Post

                              Native American: Louis Sockalexis.
                              Over an entire career, Chief Bender must win. But, at their peaks, it's near impossible to top Jim Thorpe & Louis Sockalexis. Those two were both phenoms.

                              Sockalexis could apparently throw, and hit, distances no one had ever seen before. And Thorpe, of course, was the greatest athlete in the world - as well as the only ballplayer ever recorded as hitting three home runs in one game - into three different states, that is - into Oklahoma (left field), Texas (center), and Arkansas (right). Plus, he could run a little, too.

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