# Snap answer to this: "who's your favorite baseball player ever?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499 "2007-07-12T14:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/1 "2007-07-12T14:34:40Z")
Some dude asked me that once. . .“without thinking, who is your favorite baseball player ever?” Rickey Henderson. (I thought up the question today for the obvious reason) Yours? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/2 "2007-07-12T14:35:14Z")
Tug McGraw. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/3 "2007-07-12T14:35:56Z")
Josh Paul. … what? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/4 "2007-07-12T14:36:08Z")
Brooks Robinson. Poetry in motion. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/5 "2007-07-12T14:39:47Z")
Ron Cey. What a runner! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/6 "2007-07-12T14:40:57Z")
Ryne Sandberg. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/7 "2007-07-12T14:42:15Z")
Nolan Ryan. Greatest. Pitcher. Ever. And a helluva nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/8 "2007-07-12T14:44:56Z")
Manny Ramirez ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/9 "2007-07-12T14:46:13Z")
Eddie Murray. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/10 "2007-07-12T14:46:21Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] Tug McGraw. [/QUOTE] Me too. I believe in the Frozen Snowball Theory. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/11 "2007-07-12T14:47:11Z")
Tom Seaver. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/12 "2007-07-12T14:53:12Z")
Kirby Puckett ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/13 "2007-07-12T14:55:17Z")
Keith Hernandez ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/14 "2007-07-12T15:04:17Z")
Kirk Gibson ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/15 "2007-07-12T15:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=Spit] Nolan Ryan. Greatest. Pitcher. Ever. And a helluva nice guy. [/QUOTE] Nolan Ryan made it to the top of my list the day that Ricky Henderson broke Lou Brock’s stolen base record. Henderson was awfully full of himself that day, I think he said something like “Today I am the greatest”… and later that day Ryan went out and threw a no-hitter, something like the fifth or sixth of his career. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/16 "2007-07-12T15:07:09Z")
Rob Deer. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/17 "2007-07-12T15:14:44Z")
Thurman Munson. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/18 "2007-07-12T16:06:29Z")
Ichiro. Before him, Joe Shlabotnik. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/19 "2007-07-12T16:07:04Z")
Smoltz. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/20 "2007-07-12T16:11:14Z")
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