The history of baseball
lies in the history of
its players —from Ty
Cobb’s relentless pursuit of
excellence, to Babe Ruth’s
zestful pursuit of, well, just
about everything. Through-
out baseball’s colorful his-
tory there have been play-
ers with considerable statis-
whose
Ty Cobb held all major batting
AND BASERUNNING RECORDS IN BASE-
BALL AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT.
those
i, leader-
ship
and
strength
of character
gave them the
ability to win
ballgames. Above all ol
these, however, some play-
ers were blessed with both
attributes. These are the
players whose lives have
become synonymous with
the game —the all-time
greats, the immortals. In
Baseball Legends of All Time,
1 16 of these all-time greats
spring to life in over 250
dramatic pictures and
insightful biographies.
Names such as Aaron,
Gehrig, Mantle, and Math-
ewson inspire images of
awesome brilliance on the
baseball diamond with sen-
sational, late-innmg home
runs, unbelievable catches,
and unhittable pitches. To
achieve the status of leg-
end, a player must make
these kinds of plays on a
regular basis, and the play-
ers included in this book
did just that. Consider
Mickey Mantle, whose 18
home runs and 40 RBI in
World Series play are the
most ever, or Lou Gehrig,
with an unparalleled 2,130
consecutive games played
and a lifetime batting aver-
age of .340, or Hank Aaron
and his 755 home runs, or
Christy Mathewson's 373
victories on the mound —
these feats are not merely
record-book accomplish-
ments, but are testaments
to the tenacity and enthusi-
asm which a gifted player
brings to the game.
Introduction ........4
Hank Aaron...........8
Grover Alexander .... 10
Cap Anson.............13
Luis Aparicio.........15
Luke Appling..........16
Richie Ashburn .......19
Frank Baker...........20
Ernie Banks...........23
Cool Papa Bell........24
Johnny Bench..........26
Yogi Berra............29
Wade Boggs ...........30
Lou Boudreau .........33
George Brett..........35
Lou Brock ............37
Dan Brouthers ........38
Three Finger Brown . .41
Roy Campanella .... 42
Rod Carew.............45
Steve Carlton.........47
Gary Carter...........48
Oscar Charleston .... 51
Roger Clemens ........52
Roberto Clemente . . .54
Ty Cobb...............57
Mickey Cochrane ... .59
Eddie Collins.........60
Jimmy Collins ........63
Sam Crawford..........64
Joe Cronin ............67
Dizzy Dean.............68
Ed Delahanty...........70
Bill Dickey ...........73
Martin Dihigo..........75
Joe DiMaggio...........76
Buck Ewing.............79
Bob Feller.............80
Rollie Fingers ........83
Carlton Fisk...........84
Whitey Ford ...... .86
Jimmy Foxx.............89
Frankie Frisch ........90
Lou Gehrig.............93
Charlie Gehringer . . . .95
Bob Gibson........... .96
Josh Gibson............98
Goose Goslin........101
Rich Gossage..........103
Hank Greenberg . . . .104
Lefty Grove...........106
Gabby Hartnett . . . .109
Rickey Henderson . . .110
Rogers Hornsby . . . .113
Carl Hubbell .........115
Joe Jackson ..........116
Reggie Jackson........119
Ferguson Jenkins . . . .120
Walter Johnson........122
Judy Johnson..........125
Al Kaline...........126
Tim Keefe...........129
Harmon Killebrew ..131
Ralph Kiner.........133
Sandy Koufax........134
Nap Lajoie..........137
Buck Leonard........138
Pop Lloyd...........141
Mickey Mantle.......143
Rabbit Maranville . . .144
Juan Marichal.......147
Eddie Mathews .... .148
Christy Mathewson ..150
Willie Mays ....... 153
Bill Mazeroski .....155
Willie McCovey . . . .156
Johnny Mize.........159
Joe Morgan..........160
Eddie Murray........163
Stan Musial ........164
Kid Nichols.........166
Mel Ott ............169
Satchel Paige ......171
Jim Palmer .........172
Gaylord Perry ......175
Eddie Plank.........176
Pee Wee Reese.......179
Cal Ripken Jr.......180
Robin Roberts.......182
Brooks Robinson . . .185
Frank Robinson ... .186
Jackie Robinson . . . .189
Pete Rose ..........191
Amos Rusie..........192
Babe Ruth...........194
Nolan Ryan..........197
Ryne Sandberg.......198
Ron Santo...........200
Mike Schmidt .......202
Tom Seaver .........205
Al Simmons ...... .206
George Sisler.......209
Ozzie Smith.........210
Duke Snider.........213
Warren Spahn .... .214
Tris Speaker........216
Willie Stargell ....219
Sam Thompson .... .220
Arkv Vaughan........223
J o
Honus Wagner........225
Ed Walsh............227
Paul Waner .........228
Hoyt Wilhelm .......231
Ted Williams ..... .232
Dave Winfield ......235
CarlYastrzemski . . . .237
Cy Young............238