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put up the poll.

OK. After short-stop as I said before, is third base, then centerfield and then pitchers. First-base for Lou Gherig is already decided, so we can basically skip that as there has been unanimous agreement (Same with Ruth and Williams).

wait a minute, banks hit .229?????

and I want you to note that Honus Wagner played that well in an extremely scarce run environment.

Go HOUNUS!!! And thank you Cownip for putting Lajoie up there.

1. I thought Nap Lajoie was a second baseman.

2. HONUS! HONUS! HONUS! Come on guys let's get the cheerleading on!

I am re-setting the polls as I now have put stats. In fact, I will probably reset them again because I have now put up more infromation then I ever have before including a currently empty section tilted "Accomplishments, Extra Information, and Arguments for this player:"
I'm hoping that some of you who are especially knowledgable about a certain player and how they stack up to others could write an argument for them (looks pleadingly at Smiley Face). I will write a few but I'm sure many of you could come up with better ones. This poll might not officially begin till tomorrow. Just make sure your vote still stands tomorrow and please don't vote for Honus Wagner without looking at the other player's statistics and arguments so you have a better idea of who actually is the best player. Be willing to leave your favorites for others. I will check the Banks stat as that seems quite low and I might have made a mistake.
You are right about Nap, he only played 80 games at short. I will be taking him off the list, sorry Berkman.

Aw man.

Banks hit much better then that, I guess I copied the wrongs statistics somehow. Any arguments? Also any ideas about how I can make this smoother? I could always use pictures, in fact I'll try that right now for hitting.

I got pictures for each player but unfourtenetly the forum won't let me post more then 3 pictures a post. So, I will be making a page for each player.
Ernie Banks:
Accomplishments and Arguments for this player:
Ernie Banks was known as Mr. Cub after having played his whole career on the Cubs. The second black player on the Cubs, he set a record that stood for 30 years in 5 grand slams a year. Ernie Banks also currently holds the record for most extra base hits by a Cub with 1,009. Banks also holds the team's records for games played (2528), at-bats (9421) and total bases (4706). Ernie Banks is the only shortstop to win MVP in back-back years and carried the Cubs team on his back (though they never could compete for the pennant. He has the most homeruns for a short-stop at 512. He was also in theory the first black coach in the game after he served as the bench-coach and the coach got ejected. His number (14) was the first retired by the Cubs. He was rated as the 38th best player of all time and was elected to the "all century" team. Here are some stats of his:
Years led league by statistical category

* Shortstop Major League Leader:
o Fielding Average - 1 time
o Fewest errors - 1 time
* National League Leader:
o Games played - 6 times
o Extra base hits - 4 times
o Home runs - 2 times
o RBIs - 2 times
o Slugging percentage - 1 time
o Total bases - 1 time
o At bats - 1 time
He was elected to the all star team 11 times and was a Gold Glover one year.

That would be Ernie Banks.

You can add the fact that he can also play 1B as an arguement.

Actually I meant the above post.

Yikes really! Another reset, sorry guys. I'll wait till I have all the pictures and information about rewards up so there will be no more resets.
Lou Boudreau:
Accomplishments, Awards, and Argument:

Ozzie Smith:
Accomplishments, Awards and Arguments:

Cal Ripken Jr.
Accomplishments, Awards and Arguments:

Honus Wagner:
Awards, Accomplishments, and Arguments:
(I realize I messed up the stats for some, I'll fix this and add accomplishments and awards later,i have to go somewhere now).

The one thing about Honus is his ability to steal a few over 720 SB.


I believe these are their best hitting seasons.