Best Baseball players of the past decade

JonnyPistachio
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edited June 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
I usually hear Albert Pujols name.

But I saw an interesting statistic -- Ichiro Suzuki has over 2,300 hits in just ten seasons in MLB. too bad he didn't spend his whole career, he might have had a run at Pete Rose's hit record.

and what about the next decade? I hope Mauer can get healthy. And is Bautista here to stay?
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    are we allowed to include roid users?

    if yes, i'm going with Bonds

    if not, i'm going with Halladay
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  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    i would argue without question the most dominant player of our generation, though not necessarily the past decade was griffey jr. taking out the users on the homer list, he'd be 4th. Behind only Aaron, Babe, and Mays. That alone is a stunning statistic. have a look at the list to get a good idea of how far ahead he is of anyone of his generation. Junior had 630, the next two behind him were Arod and Sammy Sosa, so they dont count. They used. Jim Thome is at 593. Frank Robinson at 586. And the fact he did it relatively quietly. None of the fanfare of a mcgwire or bonds or sosa. but he did it nonetheless, and without doping.

    jeter seems to be viewed as the ultimate classy guy.

    So yeah junior, and jeter are my two picks.
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    The 81 wrote:
    are we allowed to include roid users?

    if yes, i'm going with Bonds

    if not, i'm going with Halladay

    Yeah, Bonds of course had a great decade, and insane statistical increase in 2000-2001. hmm ;)

    I like the ones that sneak up on you though. I never really hear news of Ichiro, and now he's like 37-38 years old. Of course, that's because his team is never too good. Also I think i heard that Mark Grace had the most hits in the 90's. That surprised me (if it was in fact correct)
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  • musicismylife78
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    going through that list is kind of sad. You have to take out so many players. Mcgwire, sosa, bonds, palmiero, Aod, ramirez, giambi, conseco, sheffield
  • FenwayFaithful
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    Past decade? Does Pedro qualify? His era of dominance was 97-04, so he wasn't exactly the last decade.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
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    Bonds never would've been news if Junior hadn't have gotten the injury bug....that dude would've blown him away...would've obliterated the record.

    Last decade....Pujols and Jeter definitely belong there. Not a position player of course, but Big Papi has been one of the best, most-consistent hitters around for a while
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    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Big Papi


    don't the best players typically play a position
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    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    The 81 wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Big Papi


    don't the best players typically play a position
    Duly noted in my post.
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  • MayDay10
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    I vote for Ichiro.


    Almost completely under the radar.
  • Cool Face Ryan
    Cool Face Ryan Posts: 1,254
    In seriousness it has to be Albert Pujols. He's done things that no one else has done, consistently putting up great numbers. Ichiro is a great player, but Pujols has outperformed him over the last 10 years in my opinion.
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  • FenwayFaithful
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    JD Drew :?
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    Craig Biggio gets my vote
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  • RW81233
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    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Past decade? Does Pedro qualify? His era of dominance was 97-04, so he wasn't exactly the last decade.
    You could even stretch Pedro's era of being a great pitcher to 1994-2005 with his true dominance between 97-03. The fact that he doesn't have 6-7 Cy Youngs instead of just 3 is a shame.
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
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    Lincecum gets my vote.

    He's already got 1000 Ks and many more to come.
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  • arq
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    The 81 wrote:
    are we allowed to include roid users?

    if yes, i'm going with Bonds

    if not, i'm going with Halladay

    Roids? hemorrhoids?
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  • pjl44
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    I'd say Pujols and ARod. Ichiro is definitely in the conversation and a first ballot HOFer. Sleeper? Check out Lance Berkman's numbers...dude's had a solid decade. Best pitcher is Halladay.
  • musicismylife78
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    pujols is interesting. never seen him play, but i know mark mcgwire suggested that pujols could be the best player in history by the time he retires. I know mcgwire isnt the most credible of sources, but i always supported him and still support him because i genuinely think he feels sorry and upset and ashamed of doping. i think few of those who doped in baseball have felt sorry and ashamed.

    reguardless, is that assertion correct? could pujols be the best player in history in 10-15 years?
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    arod and any of the other dopers will never be accepted as great players. i think you will always see people saying "but he doped" when they talk about bonds, or mcgwire, or sosa or any of those guys.

    its the non dopers that will always be respected. i'd start naming off people and players who have used and i think its a safe bet, history will look kind on them

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