Top 5 hitters not on roids?

#76
#76
I must say, Sean Casey really was one of the nicest guys in baseball. He just interviewed with 104.5 here in Nashville. What a great interview, he is now on the MLB Network.

and he was a heck of a hitter at the start of the decade. Not sure I can put up on this list, but no one wanted to face him around 200-2005
 
#77
#77
I must say, Sean Casey really was one of the nicest guys in baseball. He just interviewed with 104.5 here in Nashville. What a great interview, he is now on the MLB Network.

The way he had them busy feet in the box annoyed me to death, but the guy could hit.

I saw him last night on MLB Network, he's pretty good, in studio. I don't know if I will watch Baseball Tonight anymore when MLB has Reyonlds, Larkin, and Casey.
 
#78
#78
i don't think I've seen Jimmie Foxx on this list and I'd take Hang Greenberg over Chipper

My top five would likely be:

Williams
Ruth
DiMaggio
Hornsby
Gehrig

Hornsby batted over .400 3 different times. That's impressive. I'd like to add Joe Jackson, but he didn't have the slugging %, nor the length of time.

Who was/is better? Mike Schmidt or Chipper? I'm voting Schmidt.

Good call on Foxx and Greenberg.

It would be interesting to see where Josh Gibson would fit had he been allowed to play in the majors.
 
#82
#82
The way he had them busy feet in the box annoyed me to death, but the guy could hit.

I saw him last night on MLB Network, he's pretty good, in studio. I don't know if I will watch Baseball Tonight anymore when MLB has Reyonlds, Larkin, and Casey.

I agree, MLB Network has put together a pretty good team. Hopefully Reynolds will make the most of his second chance. I always liked his take on baseball.
 
#91
#91
ive always though of griffey as one of the few pure athletes in the game who probably didnt do roids.. not sayin he is one of the greatest hitters, but a great pure athlete.. although these days its hard to believe that anyone wasnt using something
 
#92
#92
ive always though of griffey as one of the few pure athletes in the game who probably didnt do roids.. not sayin he is one of the greatest hitters, but a great pure athlete.. although these days its hard to believe that anyone wasnt using something

+1 Griffey is my favorite athlete ever.
 
#97
#97
why? By your assumptions, Cal Ripken is the greatest player ever. Thinking that because someone got to play injury and war free for a long time makes them great is nothing short of absurd.

Any kind of insinuation that Pete Rose wasn't a great baseball player is absurd.
 
#98
#98
Any kind of insinuation that Pete Rose wasn't a great baseball player is absurd.

we're not talking about whether he's great or not. We're talking 5 best hitters of all time. Pete Rose clearly doesn't fit that category. Not in HR, Slugging %, BA, or anything other than the fact he got to play virtually injury free for a long time.
 
Valid point. In this "era", I'd go with

Albert Pujols
Manny
Gwynn
Ichiro
Mike Schmidt (if he counts)
You think Puhols is clean? I'm leaning towards no.

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He has came a long way since being this skinny kid.
 

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