Who is greatest baseball player of all time?

Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees
He is arguably the most accomplished player in MLB history, a seven-time World Series champion and a 20-time All-Star selection. He could slug home runs with the best of them, serving as the AL leader in home runs four times (1955, '56, '58, 1960) and won the 1956 Triple Crown.
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Who is the goat of baseball?

Babe Ruth (1914-1935)

Babe Ruth singlehandedly changed the sport of baseball. He became the first true superstar, having one of the most recognizable faces in American history.
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Is Babe Ruth the greatest baseball player?

Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.
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Who is better Barry Bonds or Babe Ruth?

As we outlined above, Ruth comfortably tops Bonds in terms of WAR 7, a rather surprising development if you watched Bonds in the early 2000s. Ruth also tops Bonds in offensive WAR, as Ruth finished his career with a 154.4 offensive WAR, as compared to Bonds' 143.6 offensive WAR.
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Who is better Babe Ruth or Mike Trout?

As you can see from this data, Trout is roughly 600 times better at defense than Ruth, who, as we can also see, is dead. With 31 baserunning runs over the past five seasons, Trout has some of the best wheels in baseball.
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Who has the all time best batting average?

Outfielder Ty Cobb, whose career ended in 1928, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He batted . 366 over 24 seasons, mostly with the Detroit Tigers.
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Who has the least strikeouts in MLB history?

Sewell holds the record for the lowest strikeout rate in major league history, striking out on average only once every 73 plate appearances, and the most consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115.
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Who struck out the most times in a row?

Bill Stoneman set the all-time record in 1971 with 35 consecutive games. Judge, the runaway favorite for Rookie of the Year and an AL MVP candidate, began his streak July 8. He's seen his stats take a massive nosedive in nearly every category during the streak, including a .
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Has anyone struck 6 times in a game?

University of Texas catcher Cameron Rupp struck out 6 times in the Texas Longhorns record-setting 25-inning game against the Boston College Eagles on May 30, 2009.
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Who was the hardest player to strike out?

Contents. Over nearly 145 years of professional baseball, no player was tougher to strike out than Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Sewell. In 7,132 career at-bats, Sewell heard the umpire say “Strike three” just 114 times. That's one strikeout for every 63 at-bats, or once every 17 games, or in just .
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What is the hardest ball ever hit?

Giancarlo Stanton's 119.8 mph HR

Machado propelled himself into Judge-and-Stanton territory with a laserbeam off Phillies lefty Matt Moore that left his bat at just a 15-degree launch angle.
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Who is the hardest hitter in MLB history?

Hank Aaron

He holds the MLB career record with 2,297 RBI and, in the greatest testament to his power hitting, 1,477 extra-base hits.
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What's the fastest baseball ever hit?

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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Has anyone had a .500 batting average?

Louis Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz accomplished an interesting feat during Monday's 12-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, becoming the first player in baseball's modern era (since at least 1900) to own a batting average of . 500 or better at least 50 at-bats into his career, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN.com).
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Who has the fastest bat speed?

Giancarlo Stanton, 2020, 121.3 MPH. Giancarlo Stanton, 2019, 120.6 MPH. Giancarlo Stanton, 2018, 121.7 MPH.
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What is the fastest home run ever hit?

Giancarlo Stanton, September 21 vs. Texas Rangers, 118.5 mph. The first home run on our list, Stanton takes an 0-1 slider from Texas pitcher Dane Dunning over the left field wall. It doesn't take long for the ball to travel 415 feet.
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Who has the best swing in MLB?

Ted Williams

Williams is considered by many to be "the best hitter that ever lived." And while the author of "The Science of Hitting" was all about mechanics, to the outsider his swing was more art than anything else. He remains the last AL/NL player to hit .
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What is the most pitches thrown to one batter?

Belt has longest at-bat that we've ever seen

Belt hit 16 foul balls in the first-inning plate appearance against Angels starter Jaime Barria that ended with a fly ball to right field. The 21 pitches in the at-bat, which lasted about 13 minutes, were the most on record (since 1988) for a single trip to the plate.
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Who struck out all 27 batters?

Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished while playing with the Class-D Appalachian League team, the Bristol Twins, on May 13, 1952. He is the only pitcher ever to do so in a nine-inning, professional-league game.
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Who struck out 27 batters?

On May 13, 1952 while pitching for the Class-D Bristol Twins, Ron Necciai tossed a no-hitter, striking out 27 in nine innings!
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