Best Baseball Player: Babe Ruth

Introduction

In all of baseball there are only a few that are called the best that ever played. Since it is such a controversial topic no one can decide on just one player but people lean towards one player, Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth is the best baseball player of all time because on the field Ruth made new records every year, hit more homeruns in his career than any other player could dream about, and was one of the most outstanding pitchers in the league during his time of playing but there are two other close candidates like Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez that both made records of their own and were at the highest level of playing during their time in the MLB.

Babe Ruth

Still after four decades of Babe Ruth being dead he is still making headlines

He was unlike anything baseball had seen before” (Holahan, 2010, p.1). Every player is unique and Mays was the kind of player where you would automatically watch if you’ve never watched baseball before. Mays would work harder than anyone no matter how dangerous it was. According to David Holahan (2010), “For all his talents and high spirits, Willie took the game to heart. When lesser superstars were playing cards or nursing hangovers before games, Mays, who didn’t drink or smoke, would be talking to the starting hurler abou how he should pitch to the opposing lineup. At times he played so hard he would collapse from exhaustion and be taken to the hospital”

“His first full season in the big leagues, Mays was the league’s Most Valuable Player, his team won the World Series, and he made the cover of Time Magazine. He was 23” (Holahan, 2010, p.1). Mays was one of the few African American baseball players when he started but no one thought less of him because all people saw was a baseball player. “He could run like Ty Cobb, field like Joe Dimaggio, hit for power like Babe Ruth, make catches and throws that left his peers shaking their heads in disbelief, swearing that they had never even seen anything to compare it to. He stole bases like a whirlwind, terrifying pitchers, catchers, and fielders alike. He scored from first on a bunt once and could score from second on a ground out. He owned the base paths” (Holahan, 2010, p.1). Mays touched more bases in his career that only a handful of baseball players can say for themselves (Holahan,