If you could take one player, from any era...?

If you could take one player, from any era of the game, at their prime. Who would you chose?





I'm either taking Honus Wagner or Babe Ruth, both guys would be tremendous to build a team around. The Babe with his power and his early pitching. And Honus being one of the first five tool athletes.





I guess for the sake of the question I'm going to take Babe Ruth, even though Honus was outstanding defensively.



Greg Maddux.





The arguement for the modern era is simple math. There are more high schools, colleges, and minor league teams, filters in a way. For the individual it is MUCH harder to get into the big leagues. The cleveland spiders signed cy young because they heard about him throwing walnuts at a barn door. Also there is a reason that pitchers dont use the exaggerated deliveries anymore as it harbors potential delivery mistakes that wont be missed by modern hitters with film to study.





You have got to go modern era with this. I can see an arguement for other players, but Maddux absolutely tormented the 90`s. Nobody was a more complete player at their position. He pitched brilliantly, gained more gold gloves than any player and he wasn`t a terrible hitter either.





If you look at the "mvp" side of it, he gave the Braves the legacy of the 90`s. He helped push a franchise into an unknown epoch of success.





As for hitters, Bonds (steroids or not) was the most feared hitter in the history of the game. <-----------( period)




Rogers Hornsby, Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, Bob Gibson, Bob Feller, Walter Johnson, Albert Pujols, Willie Mays, Pete Rose oh but I have to pick only one......


Rube Waddell!!!





Billy boy: You go tell Walter Johnson he could only throw 70 MPH and he would hurl you through a brick wall. Not only that but pitchers in previous eras had a variety of pitches and movement on their fast balls, which few have today.




wow that's a good question





Maybe Babe Ruth because the guy could hit and Pitch





or Joe DiMaggio my Fav Yankee or





I Always wanted to see Mickey Mantle one of the Greatest Switch hitters ever to play the game of Baseball




hear me out, back when ruth played they pitched about 70 miles an hour, no pitcher worked like they did today. anyway i would go with mickey mantle for his hitting. in babe played today he would look like julio franco




Willie Mays, Sandy Kofax, Ted Williams




I would have to go with old "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. He was one of the very best in his day.




reggie jackson.




Willie Mays