greatest player ever all time in all 4 major sports

[lakerboy]

Sorry war was not a meaningful stat at that time.

Gehrig was better than Williams.

[ApricotSinner32]

Mayweather

[lakerboy]

Willie mays was better than Williams as well.

[Kermit]

I would have loved to see what Bo Jackson would have accomplished if not for that freak injury.

[broadway6]

I'll tell you how Gehrig did:

He had a career WAR of 116.3

Ted Williams had a career WAR of 130.4

link below says Williams had a 123.1 career WAR...but still head of Gehrig. Either way, Ruth is #1 on the list and should be number 1 on this list.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_bat_career.shtml

[TheLock]

Sorry war was not a meaningful stat at that time.

What the..................?

[t-wizzle]

Mickey Mantle would've been the best player if he a) stayed healthy and b) didn't booze so much.

[stevenash]

Mickey Mantle would've been the best player if he a) stayed healthy and b) didn't booze so much.

I would have been the greatest of all time if I was 6" taller and could hit the curve ball better, to be serious you might be correct, most people don't realize how quick he was, was one of the quickest ever to go first to third. The only man closest to Mantle in the game now is Trout, and Trout is not Mantle

[t-wizzle]

I would have been the greatest of all time if I was 6" taller and could hit the curve ball better, to be serious you might be correct, most people don't realize how quick he was, was one of the quickest ever to go first to third. The only man closest to Mantle in the game now is Trout, and Trout is not Mantle

He tore his knee up very early on and was never quite the same. And yet, he still put up monster numbers.

[will2survive]

Baseball- Ruth
Basketball- Jordan
Hockey- Gretzky
Football- Rice (Can't say Montana because S.F. won with Steve Young)

[DOM-Ganador]

JIM BROWN?? Has to be in discussion, no?

Just remembered an interview Jim Brown gave in which the reporter asks his best 40 time, implying he was kind of slow.

Browns answer " Can`t remember my best time, but I NEVER lost a race"

As far as guys picking Wilt, the only way I would consider taking him to start my all-time team would be if his entire mental and emotional being was morphed into a Russell, MJ, Bird or Magic make-up.

[stevenash]

^^
Wilt was the first really big center, he had a huge advantage

[will2survive]

^^
Wilt was the first really big center, he had a huge advantage

I would take Russell over Wilt. Russell was the ultimate winner. Wilt was about statistics.

[stevenash]

^
Yep.
Wilt had the stats, Russell has the rings.

[Chi_archie]

when you talk about baseball and Babe Ruth

its important to remember he wasn't just a hitter

his pitching stats also factor in

1914	19	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	3.91	4	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	21	12	10	1	7		3	0	0	0	96	71	3.65	1.217	8.2	0.4	2.7	1.2	0.43
1915	20	BOS	AL	18	8	.692	2.44	32	28	3	16	1	0	217.2	166	80	59	3	85		112	6	1	9	874	114	2.81	1.153	6.9	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.32
1916	21	BOS	AL	23	12	.657	1.75	44	40	3	23	9	1	323.2	230	83	63	0	118		170	8	1	3	1272	158	2.43	1.075	6.4	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.44
1917	22	BOS	AL	24	13	.649	2.01	41	38	3	35	6	2	326.1	244	93	73	2	108		128	11	0	5	1277	128	2.65	1.079	6.7	0.1	3.0	3.5	1.19
1918	23	BOS	AL	13	7	.650	2.22	20	19	0	18	1	0	166.1	125	51	41	1	49		40	2	1	3	660	122	2.75	1.046	6.8	0.1	2.7	2.2	0.82
1919	24	BOS	AL	9	5	.643	2.97	17	15	2	12	0	1	133.1	148	59	44	2	58		30	2	1	5	570	102	3.58	1.545	10.0	0.1	3.9	2.0	0.52
1920	25	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	17	94	4.25	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1921	26	NYY	AL	2	0	1.000	9.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	14	10	9	1	9		2	0	0	0	49	49	7.10	2.556	14.0	1.0	9.0	2.0	0.22
1930	35	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	3	3	0	2		3	0	0	0	39	150	3.50	1.444	11.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
1933 ★	38	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	5.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	5	5	0	3		0	0	0	0	42	81	3.80	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00	AS
10 Yrs				94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	12	107	17	4	1221.1	974	400	309	10	441		488	29	4	25	4896	122	2.81	1.159	7.2	0.1	3.2	3.6	1.11

[stevenash]

^
has thrown more career shutouts than Randy Johnson.
Greatest baseball player of all time.