Continuing from where we left off in the last article, in a baseball scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the golden stars for the rest of the teams in the National League:
7. Philadelphia Phillies(ED), Steve Carlton, 1972-1986: one of the best left handed pitchers of all time; he easily beat Mike Schmidt and Grover C. Alexander for the Phillies “Best” spot. The baseball scoreboards showed that Carlton had a record of a 3.09 ERA and 241-161 with the Phillies. He managed to shut out his rivals on 39 occasions, a pitch of 185 CG, 1.211 WHIP, 4 Cy Young Awards and 7 All-Star appearances.
8. Chicago Cubs(CD), Adrian “Cap” Anson, 1876-1897: you must be wondering shouldn’t Ernie Banks have this spot? The answer, No! If we were to have a showdown between the 2, “Cap” would draw circles around Banks! He leads him in every major stat save for 2: SLG and HR. Other than that “Cap” had .329 BA, 1879 RBI, 97 HR, 124 3B, 528 2B, 2995 H and 1719 R.
9. Los Angeles Dodgers, Sandy Koufax, 1955-1966: if it weren’t for his health the guy would have gone on to play many more seasons. However, his 12 year career was outstanding and he augmented it with stats like: 1.106 WHIP, 165-87, 2.76 ERA, 2,396 K, 40 SHO and 137 CG. He won 3 Cy Young Awards as well as 1 NL MVP.
10. San Diego Padres(WD), Tony Gwynn, 1982-2001: When you think of the Padres, his name automatically comes to mind. He was by far the best hitter for the Padres. At the end of his 19 seasons, his stats looked like: .388 OBP, 1,383 R, .338 BA, 319 SB, 1,138 RBI, 543 2B, 3,141 H and 135 HR. Besides his gaudy numbers he has 15 All-Star appearances and 4 Golden Gloves under that bat of his.
11. New York Mets(ED), 1967-1977 and 1983: “Tom Terrific” started his career with the Mets in a terrific way. In his first year he won NL ROY, as well as an All-Star appearance. Things never slowed for him and went on to win 3 Cy Young’s as well. His stats stand as: 171 CG, 198-124, 2.57 ERA, 171 CG, 44 SHO, 2,541 K, 1.076 WHIP.
12. St. Louis Cardinals(CD), Stan Musial, 1941-1963: it was difficult to chose between Bob Gibson and Stan Musial, but in the end Musial turned out to be “The Man”. In his 23 seasons with the Cardinals, he accumulated stats like: 3,630 H, 1,949 R,, 725 2B, 475 HR, 177 3B, .331 BA, 1951 RBI, .417 OBP, .976 OPS and a .559 SLG. Other than that he has won 3 MVPs, 7 batting titles and 20 All-Star performances.
13. San Francisco Giants(WD), Christy Mathewson, 1900-1916: in the fledgling days of MLB he, along with Cy Young dominated the fields. After his 17 seasons, his numbers stood like: 372-188, 433 CG, 2.12 ERA, 79 SHO, 1.057 WHIP and 2,499 K.
14. Pittsburg Pirates(CD), Honus Wagner, 1900-1917: the Flying Dutchman played 18 seasons with the Pirates and his career stats looked like this: 2,967 H, 1,521 R, 232 3B, 551 2B, 82 HR, 639 SB, 1,475 RBI, .328 BA and a.394 OBP.
15. Atlanta Braves(ED), Hank Aaron, 1954-1974: he is the greatest Brave of all time, he is still known for his hitting. He won 16 MVPs, one NL MVP and 3 Golden Gloves. His stats were sensational: 2,107 R, 733 HR, 3,600 H, 2,202 RBI, 600 2B, .310 BA, 240 SB, .567 SLG, .377 OBP and a .944 OPS. He is 20 timer All-Star player and the record holder for XBH, bases and RBI in the MLB.
16. New York Yankees(ED), Babe Ruth, 1920-1934: This was, of course a no-brainer. I don’t think I need to write anything about him, so I’m just going to put down his career stats: 1,959 R, 424 2B, 2,518 H, 106 3B, 1,971 RBI, 659 HR, .484 OBP, .349 BA, .711 SLG and a 1.195 OPS.
For more information on Babe Ruth, go to:
en.wikipedia.org