There have been quite a few great players in the history of baseball. Today, we look at the fifty best players ever to step on an MLB diamond.
To be a professional athlete, one has to be in the top 0.001% of the population in that sport. Even then, the chances of making the Major Leagues are almost astronomical. Draft position does not matter in this case, as quite a few first round selections have not made their way to the MLB, while those taken in the latter portions of the draft have gone on to be productive players, or even stars.
Of the 18,744 players to set foot on a Major League Baseball diamond, we are going to take a look at the fifty greatest. These players, even if their careers ended over a century ago, still have their accomplishments discussed with reverence, with their names consistently appearing in the record books. They are truly the greatest of the greats.
Previously, we had looked back over those players who could be considered as the 51st through 100th greatest players in MLB history. Now, let us go through those true legends of the game, and count down the fifty greatest players ever in the Major Leagues.
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