I found this article when I got up this morning. I thought it was something different and very informative than the usual player ranking type of article. It provided some info on people I'd never heard of and illuminated some misunderstandings about the myths of baseball.
It was also interesting to see Theo Epstein there. Not surprising because he has used a sabermetrics method so well to bring two baseball teams, one in each league who had decades without a Series Championship 4 of them in total. Stunning actually.
Besides all of the new information the stats on Spalding are astounding going 204-53 in just 5 seasons, with 252 wins and 65 loses in 7 years. Pitching over 600 innings in 1 year alone. ASTOUNDING no matter how the innings or the game was setup at the time. He also had the highest career winning percentage ever at .7950. That's .005 below 80%.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ml...-in-baseball-history-ranked/ar-AAkD6eE#page=2
40. Theo Epstein
39. Bill Doak
38. Melissa Ludtke
37. Hideo Nomo
36. Curt Flood
35. Mark McGwire
34. Robert Bowman
33. Roy Hofheinz
31.Tony LaRusa
30. David Neft
29. Ted Williams
28. Alexander Cleland
27. Barney Dreyfuss
26. Oliver Wendell HolmesJr.
25. Happy Chandler
24. Connie Mack
23. Willie Mays
22. Pete Rose
21. Shoeless Joe Jackson
20. Dr. James Andrew
19. Roberto Clemente
18. Buck O'Neil
17. Doc Adams
16. Lou Gehrig
15. Hank Aaron
14. Dr. Frank Jobe
13. Bill James
12. Walter O'Malley
11 Bud Selig
10. Henry Chadwick
9. Rube Foster
8. William Hulbert
7. Albert Spalding - http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spaldal01.shtml
First, Spalding was one of baseball’s greatest players, going 204-53 with a 2.21 ERA for the Boston Red Stockings of the National Association from 1871 through 1875, according to Baseball-Reference.com. Then, Spalding assisted William Hulbert in founding the National League in 1876. Later, he became a sporting goods magnate, organized an 1888 world tour for baseball, and, most notoriously, helped organize the 1905 Mills Commission, which named Abner Doubleday baseball’s founder.
6. Marvin Miller
5. Branch Rickey
4. Ban Johnson
3. Kenesaw Mountain Landis
2. Jackie Robinson
1. Babe Ruth - Baseball’s greatest hero rose to prominence right when it needed him most. Ruth, who’d debuted as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 before becoming a full-time position player midway through the 1918 season, helped baseball recover after the tainted 1919 World Series. Ruth rewrote the record books for home runs, became baseball’s first marketing icon, and to this day arguably remains its top player. As I wrote when I had readers vote on the 25 most important people in baseball history in 2014, it’s difficult to overstate Ruth’s significance to the sport. This remains true.
It was also interesting to see Theo Epstein there. Not surprising because he has used a sabermetrics method so well to bring two baseball teams, one in each league who had decades without a Series Championship 4 of them in total. Stunning actually.
Besides all of the new information the stats on Spalding are astounding going 204-53 in just 5 seasons, with 252 wins and 65 loses in 7 years. Pitching over 600 innings in 1 year alone. ASTOUNDING no matter how the innings or the game was setup at the time. He also had the highest career winning percentage ever at .7950. That's .005 below 80%.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ml...-in-baseball-history-ranked/ar-AAkD6eE#page=2
40. Theo Epstein
39. Bill Doak
38. Melissa Ludtke
37. Hideo Nomo
36. Curt Flood
35. Mark McGwire
34. Robert Bowman
33. Roy Hofheinz
31.Tony LaRusa
30. David Neft
29. Ted Williams
28. Alexander Cleland
27. Barney Dreyfuss
26. Oliver Wendell HolmesJr.
25. Happy Chandler
24. Connie Mack
23. Willie Mays
22. Pete Rose
21. Shoeless Joe Jackson
20. Dr. James Andrew
19. Roberto Clemente
18. Buck O'Neil
17. Doc Adams
16. Lou Gehrig
15. Hank Aaron
14. Dr. Frank Jobe
13. Bill James
12. Walter O'Malley
11 Bud Selig
10. Henry Chadwick
9. Rube Foster
8. William Hulbert
7. Albert Spalding - http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spaldal01.shtml
First, Spalding was one of baseball’s greatest players, going 204-53 with a 2.21 ERA for the Boston Red Stockings of the National Association from 1871 through 1875, according to Baseball-Reference.com. Then, Spalding assisted William Hulbert in founding the National League in 1876. Later, he became a sporting goods magnate, organized an 1888 world tour for baseball, and, most notoriously, helped organize the 1905 Mills Commission, which named Abner Doubleday baseball’s founder.
6. Marvin Miller
5. Branch Rickey
4. Ban Johnson
3. Kenesaw Mountain Landis
2. Jackie Robinson
1. Babe Ruth - Baseball’s greatest hero rose to prominence right when it needed him most. Ruth, who’d debuted as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 before becoming a full-time position player midway through the 1918 season, helped baseball recover after the tainted 1919 World Series. Ruth rewrote the record books for home runs, became baseball’s first marketing icon, and to this day arguably remains its top player. As I wrote when I had readers vote on the 25 most important people in baseball history in 2014, it’s difficult to overstate Ruth’s significance to the sport. This remains true.
