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Best Baseball Player by Birth Year - 1953
24Larry Andersen0.00%0Tony Armas0.00%0Dave Bergman0.00%0George Brett62.50%15Rick Camp0.00%0John Candelaria0.00%0Larry Christenson0.00%0Ivan DeJesus0.00%0Pete Falcone0.00%0Jim Gantner0.00%0Keith Hernandez0.00%0Larry Herndon0.00%0Tom Hume0.00%0Sixto Lezcano0.00%0Rick Mahler0.00%0Larry Parrish0.00%0Dan Quisenberry4.17%1Rick Rhoden0.00%0Jim Rice0.00%0Gene Richards4.17%1Rodney Scott4.17%1Tim Stoddard4.17%1Bruce Sutter8.33%2Frank Tanana8.33%2Tom Underwood4.17%1The poll is expired.
Here's another fun project idea I had - we are going to name the best baseball players by birth year. The rules are simple: Vote for who you believe to be the best player on the given list, with each player on that list sharing the same year of birth.
You are allowed to vote for a maximum of two players (because oftentimes it seems individuals prefer not to choose between batters and pitchers, rather choosing one of each).
A few of the early years are already taken care of for us, as there was only one person who played Major League Baseball born that year.
A couple notes about this project:
1) The lists are constructed using information from Baseball-Reference.com. They are rather arbitrarily made, however I think they will cover the top players from each year.
2) The lists will, at most, contain 20-25 names.
3) Only MLB players (including NA players) are being considered for this project. I am omitting Negro Leaguers, pre-Major Leaguers, Japanese guys etc. for the sake of ease.
4) Though I am including only major league players, for those who spent time playing in the pre-Major League era or the Negro Leagues (et cetera), you may take into consideration this peripheral playing experience. Weigh it as as you see fit.
5) The poll will stay open for one week.
Which of the following individuals was the best player? You may vote for up to two players.
Larry Andersen
Tony Armas
Dave Bergman
George Brett
Rick Camp
John Candelaria
Larry Christenson
Ivan DeJesus
Pete Falcone
Jim Gantner
Keith Hernandez
Larry Herndon
Tom Hume
Sixto Lezcano
Rick Mahler
Larry Parrish
Dan Quisenberry
Rick Rhoden
Jim Rice
Gene Richards
Rodney Scott
Tim Stoddard
Bruce Sutter
Frank Tanana
Tom Underwood
Code:Best players by birth year: 1831: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berkena01.shtml"]Nate Berkenstock[/URL] 1832: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlle01.shtml"]Lew Carl[/URL] 1833: None 1834: None 1835: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/wrighha01.shtml"]Harry Wright[/URL] 1836: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pearcdi01.shtml"]Dickey Pearce[/URL] 1837: None 1838: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/birdsda01.shtml"]Dave Birdsall[/URL] 1839: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barkeal01.shtml"]Al Barker[/URL] 1840: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reachal01.shtml"]Al Reach[/URL] 1954: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartega01.shtml"]Gary Carter[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eckerde01.shtml"]Dennis Eckersley[/URL]) 1955: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yountro01.shtml"]Robin Yount[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrija02.shtml"]Jack Morris[/URL]) 1956: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murraed02.shtml"]Eddie Murray[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/welchbo01.shtml"]Bob Welch[/URL]) 1957: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitalo01.shtml"]Lou Whitaker[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stiebda01.shtml"]Dave Stieb[/URL]) 1958: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml"]Rickey Henderson[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hershor01.shtml"]Orel Hershiser[/URL]) 1959: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raineti01.shtml"]Tim Raines[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsbr01.shtml"]Burns[/URL]/[URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mooremi01.shtml"]Moore[/URL]/[URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/worreto01.shtml"]Worrell[/URL]) 1960: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ripkeca01.shtml"]Cal Ripken, Jr.[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valenfe01.shtml"]Valenzuela[/URL]/[URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/violafr01.shtml"]Viola[/URL]) 1961: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mattido01.shtml"]Don Mattingly[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keyji01.shtml"]Jimmy Key[/URL]) 1962: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero02.shtml"]Roger Clemens[/URL] (best batter: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strawda01.shtml"]Darryl Strawberry[/URL]) 1963: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml"]Randy Johnson[/URL] (best batter: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martied01.shtml"]Martinez[/URL]/[URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgwima01.shtml"]McGwire[/URL]) 1964: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml"]Barry Bonds[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goodedw01.shtml"]Gooden[/URL]/[URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saberbr01.shtml"]Saberhagen[/URL]) 1965: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/biggicr01.shtml"]Craig Biggio[/URL] (best pitcher: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownke01.shtml"]Kevin Brown[/URL]) 1966: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddugr01.shtml"]Greg Maddux[/URL] (best batter: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkela01.shtml"]Larry Walker[/URL]) 1967: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smoltjo01.shtml"]John Smoltz[/URL] (best batter: [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loftoke01.shtml"]Kenny Lofton[/URL])
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