• Writing about the legends of baseball is a very difficult task. It’s impossible to include everyone that should be included in such a report and it’s difficult to choose even five baseball legends
• I’m not going to bore you with how I arrived at my choices so here you go…The Five Legends of Baseball that will forever
• The pitcher that I selected as a baseball legend may surprise you

The Legends of the Game Baseball

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig will be remembered for both his on field endeavors and the deadly disease that carries his name. Gehrig played his entire career with the New York Yankees during the 1920’s and 1930’s. He became known as “The Iron Horse” for his consecutive games played record of 2,130. Who knows how long the streak would have lasted had he not been stricken with neuromuscular disorder know as ALS. Gehrig’s record for most career grand slams at 23 still stands as of 2009.

Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner began his career playing shortstop for the Louisville Colonels of the National League in 1897. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a sixteen player deal in 1899. He hit .381 in his first year in Pittsburgh claiming the batting title for the first time. He would go on to capture the title seven more times. Wagner was one of the five inaugural baseball legends to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb is also one of the legends of baseball that was first inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Cobb had a gruff disposition that he used to his advantage on the field. He was a prolific hitter during the “dead ball era” and his career batting average of .367 still stands as of 2009. It is believed to be a record that can never be broken. He was also quick on the base paths piling up 892 career stolen bases. He even stole “home” 54 times!

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was larger than life both on and off the field. Ruth was a left-handed pitcher when he began playing for the Boston Red Sox in 1914. He was ca quality pitcher as well. When his hitting prowess was discovered by the Yankees they decided they couldn’t leave him on the bench between pitching stints. The rest, as they say, is history as Ruth went on to become the first player to hit 60 homeruns in a season in addition to becoming the career homerun leader. His hard drinking and womanizing only secured him as one of the legends of the game baseball.

Sandy Koufax

It was tough choosing a pitcher to add to the legends of baseball; however, Sandy Koufax fits the bill nicely. Koufax’s fastball was pure heat and it is said his pitches weren’t seen but heard as they crossed the plate. His strategy on the mound was to dominate and was quoted as saying that “pitching is the art of instilling fear.” Koufax won three Cy Young Awards and set a Major League record for most career strikeouts at 382. He became the youngest player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame when his career was cut short at age 30 due to arthritis.

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