He topped 30 home runs eight years in a row, peaking at 50 in 1995. Look for your favorite MLB slugger in this impressive list of baseball's top 500 career batting leaders. Vander Meer had a losing record over the course of his career, and that will likely keep him out of the Hall of Fame. One of the great power and speed combination players of all time, Bonds was just the second player to ever hit 300 home runs and steal 300 bases in a career, joining Willie Mays in that group. He is also one of the few multiple MVP winners who has been left out of Cooperstown. Since McCarthy was not BETTER than any other Hall of Famer, he also has a "zero" in front of his name. Williams got moderate support on the Hall of Fame ballot on a few occasions. Negro League data is not complete. (Photo by JOHN G. MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images). However, the high intensity took its toll physically on Martin, who only played over 100 games five times in his career. Garvey was a durable player who played in 160 or more games nine times and won four Gold Glove awards at first base. And the adage seems to hold true since every player who has 3000 hits and has been eligible for the Hall of Fame has been elected (with the exception of Rafael Palmeiro who has been . Clark was a six time All Star and borderline Hall of Famer. Harder may never have been a dominant pitcher, but he was incredibly reliable over a career that started while Babe Ruth was in his heyday and ended after World War II. Franco holds the record for most game pitched in the National League with 1,119 over his 21-year career. Tony Gwynn is now in the Hall of Fame. Arguably the second-best leadoff hitter of all time, Raines' stats have gained morecredenceas on-base percentage becomes a more valued statistic. Oliva was a terrific hitter for the Twins in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time he made the all-star game every year, hit more than .300, and hit more than 35 home . Negative racial/anti-Semitic, or religious stereotypes are prohibited. He also didn't thrive in the postseason, going 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in four games. But when it came to hitting towering shots, no one was better than "Big Donkey." 1 1. Cramer played a total of 20 seasons from 1929 to 1948 and had long stints with the As, Red Sox and Tigers. The 10-time All-Star won the NL MVP in 1974 and led the NL in hits in both 1978 and 1980. For a nine-year period in the 1980s, Murphy wasunarguablyone of the best all-around players in the National League. Sain received support for the Hall of Fame in 1975 when he received 123 votes in his final year on the ballot. At the time of his retirement, he held the major league record for games played and was in the top 10 in RBI, doubles and extra-base hits. Joe Morgan, Frankie Frisch, Eddie Collins, Roberto Alomar and Craig Biggio have led the way. Reynolds got a late start to his MLB career and pitched in only 12 full seasons. Gonzalez was one of the more feared home run hitters of the steroid era, topping 40 in a season five times. He led the AL in hits four times and won the 1959 batting title with a .353 average. Like Dave McNally, who appeared earlier on this list, Cuellar had a terrific, but brief, peak as a pitcher for the great Orioles' staff of the 1970s. He finished with 2,445 career hits and a career .303 average. He won seven Gold Gloves behind the plate and led the league in games played at catcher and assists as a catcher six times each. His 11 Gold Gloves are more than any first basemen in MLBhistory. With Ron Santo's election to the Hall of Fame, many now feel that Boyer is the best third baseman not enshrined in Cooperstown. Vaughn middled around during the first six years of his career before winning 21 games for the Cubs in 1914. Mullane won 30 games five times. Walker batted .357 between 1997 and 2001, leading the National League in batting three of the four years in which he was eligible. However, he remarkably made it back, and he was better than before. Derringer went on to make six All-Star games for the Reds and had two top-four finishes in NL MVP voting. Ryne Sandberg : in his first year of eligibility in 2003 received 49.2% of the vote and gets enshrined in 2005 in his third year on the ballot receiving 76.2 . Bullying, racism, personal attacks, harassment, or discrimination is prohibited. His numbers are at least equal to Hall of Fame peers Jim Rice and Andre Dawson, and his character on and off the field is exemplary. He finished his 14-year career with 2,089 hits and a .298 career average. His career average of .320 ranks fifth. He is one of only four pitchers to strike out 300 batters in a season three times since 1900. His 583 steals still ranks 20th all time. Hes never been close to being considered a bona fide Hall of Fame candidate, though. Martin was a key member of the Gashouse Gang Cardinals and was known as one of the team's spark plugs thanks to his raucous play on the diamond. Along with Hank Greenberg, Bridges is the only other Tiger to appear in four World Series. Discussion of suicide or self-harm is not tolerated and will result in an immediate ban. HR Rank All Time. July 20, 2019. Also of note here, because this is the era in which we live, the steroids issue must be addressed. In 1971, he finished fourth with 180 votes, better than 12 future Hall of Famers. Belle finished his career on a run of nine straight seasons of 100 RBI. He made eight straight All-Star games and 10 overall, was the 1974 NL MVP and had four other top-six finishes and had 200 hits six times. He still holds a number of Dodgers franchise records, and at the time of his retirement, his .532 slugging percentage was the fourth-best in NL history. Hall of Famers Jake Beckley, Sam Crawford, Rogers Hornsby, Willie Keeler, Frank Robinson, and Al Simmons were all within 100 hits of the mark when they hung up their spikes. Torre was a nine-time All-Star and the 1971 NL MVP after batting .363 with 230 hits and 137 RBI. There were a few seasons in the 1910s where Coombs was one of the top pitchers on the Philadelphia A's. But not many . Trammell played for 20 years, all for the Detroit Tigers, and was a six-time All-Star. At the end of his career, he ranked in the top five for American League right-handed batters in career RBI, runs, total bases, slugging and walks. A seven-time All-Star between 1966-82, Smith has nonetheless become an unfairly overlooked player, receiving almost no Hall of Fame consideration despite roughly 65 career WAR. John won 20 games three times, all post-surgery, and was an All-Star on four occasions. He topped 20 wins for the Browns in four consecutive seasons, maxing out at a league-leading 27 wins in 1921. Only 40 of those 77 cross over onto . He eclipsed 240 innings pitched in seven of his nine full seasons and had a career record of 187-111. One of the great clutch hitters of his era, Martinez finished with a .312 career average and topped 500 doubles and 300 homers in his 18-year career. 2,000 on Monday night. Out of all eligible players, only Vada Pinson and Harold Baines have had more and not been voted into the Hall of Fame. First, here are the ten current members of the 500 HR club ranked according to their career WAR through 2008: Name. Stephens also was an AL All-Star seven times. "Any hitter can hit a fast one. He went 24-8 for the A's, winning the CY Young award and MVP in the American League. He was a six-time All-Star and won 20 games three times. His support waned from there, though. Boone was arguably the greatest defensive catcher of a generation that also included Hall of Famers Gary Carter and Carlton Fisk. He led the NL in home runs four times. Thomas was the designated hitter in only 56.42 percent of the games he played in, while Molitor's percentage was even lower at 43.76. His 288 home runs ranked eighth in MLB history at the time of his retirement. Instead of talking about his incredible baseball accomplishments, Palmeiro's career is defined as being one of the poster boys for the steroid era. His best season on the Hall of Fame ballot came in 1960, when he received 45 Hall of Fame votes, a total higher than 27 future Hall of Famers. Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto collected career hit No. He led the American League in at-bats seven times and took advantage to pile up over 2,700 hits only 37 of which were home runs. He finished first or second in fielding percentage for 13 of his 19 major league seasons. He finished in the top 10 in the National League in batting eight times. 18 Apr. Raines has been on the ballot for six years, and during that time his vote percentage has gone from 24.3 in . The big draw for Maris' Hall of Fame case is obviously his 61 home runs in 1961. Bagwell has vehemently denied taking steroids, but that hasn't stopped voters from having their doubts. Although he was overshadowed by the big home run hitters of the era, Kuenn held his own as a terrific all-around player. If in doubt, leave it out. Mays was a sidearming spitball pitcher who pitched for four teams in the early 20th century. Although he didn't have the quickness of Johnny Bench, Boone was incredibly durable and was the only catcher who consistently placed in the top 10 for defensive WAR for the better part of two decades. He batted .370 in 1993 and hit an NL-best 47 homers and 150 RBI in 1996. His 2,139 hits as a Cub were second only to 19th century legend Cap Anson on the Cubs' all-time list. He also was one of the first power-hitting leadoff hitters, setting a MLB record with 35 career leadoff homers, a record that has since been broken. Yost was also prolific at drawing walks, leading the American League six times in his career. Morris has increased his votes in each of the past five years, peaking in 2012 at 66.7 percent to finish second behind Barry Larkin. He is hurt by the fact that he really only played 11 full seasons in the major leagues. Ryan was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999. He has just two years left on the ballot but figures to have a tough time cracking through against stiff competition the next two seasons. Walker was a phenomenal all-around player, and for a five-year period during the peak of the steroid era, Walker had some of the best seasons the game had seen. Travis played in just 226 games after returning from the war, though, batting just .241 over that time. If Wood didn't sustain an injury to the thumb on his pitching hand in 1913, he very well could have been mentioned along with Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson as the top pitchers of baseball's early years. Almost every eligible candidate who had a career .300 batting average, 2,500 hits and 300 home runs has been enshrined. Foster's most famous season came in 1977 when he belted 52 home runs at a time when topping 50 homers meant something. Baines was a pure hitter who would be a phenomenal candidate for the Hall of Compilers if there ever was such a thing. He led the National League in batting in 1890 and was credited with being among the first shortstops to give defensive signals and backup second base on throws. That is clear from his numbers: a .312 batting average and a .418 on . Parrish was one of the keys to the Tigers' 1984 World Series team, finishing third in the AL with 33 home runs that year. He is still in the top 50 for career strikeouts and was the author of one of baseball's all-time greatest pitching seasons in 1985. Teixeira was a gifted defensive first baseman and is one of the best switch-hitters of all time. His career total of 1,614 walks ranks 11th all time. 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