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TOP 10 RIGHT FIELDERS
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10. Dave Winfield
Teams
San Diego Padres (1973-80), New York Yankees ('81-88, '90), California Angels ('90-91), Toronto Blue Jays ('92), Minnesota Twins ('93-94), Cleveland Indians ('95)
Honors
Four-time NL All-Star ('77-80), eight-time AL All-Star ('81-88), two NL Gold Gloves (1979-80), five AL Gold Gloves ('82-85, '87), six AL Silver Sluggers ('81-85, '92), Hall of Fame ('01)
Championships
1 -- Toronto (1992)
Career stats
.283/.353/.475, OPS -- .827, Hits -- 3,110, HRs -- 465, RBI -- 1,833
The player
He was born Oct. 3, 1951, the same day that Bobby Thomson hit he Shot Heard 'Round the World, then he went on to a career that was heard around baseball. He hit 465 home runs and had 3,000 hits. And oh, he also pitched in college.
-- Jim Caple, ESPN.com senior writer
Superficially, it's a surprise to see Winfield in this conversation. He never led a league in batting or OPS or homers. In career WAR among right fielders, he ranks behind Reggie Smith and Dwight Evans. Seeing him here is an echo of the respect he commanded, not least for coming back from a career-threatening back injury to win a ring with the Blue Jays. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com baseball writer
All Yankees fans know his nickname, but some might forget it was Mr. May's feud with George Steinbrenner that helped bring about the team's most recent dynasty. The Boss was banned for paying a gambler to dig up dirt on Big Dave, keeping the meddling owner away from the franchise and allowing the team to build from within, en route to five pennants and four World Series titles between 1996 and 2001. Even before all that, Winfield shed his poor postseason reputation with the series-clinching hit as a Toronto Blue Jay in the 1992 Fall Classic. And, thanks again to Steinbrenner, he become the first San Diego Padre inducted into the Hall of Fame. -- Matt Marrone, ESPN.com senior MLB editor
9. Ichiro Suzuki
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2001-12), New York Yankees ('12-14), Miami Marlins ('15-present)
Honors
AL Rookie of the Year (2001), AL MVP ('01), 10-time AL All-Star ('01-10), All-Star MVP ('07), three AL Silver Sluggers ('01, '07, '09), 10 AL Gold Gloves ('01-10)
Championships
None
Career stats*
.314/.357/.405, OPS -- .763, Hits -- 2990, HRs -- 113, RBI -- 750
*stats through June 10, 2016
The player
He didn't come over from Japan until he was 27, but will finish with 3,000 hits in MLB to go with his 10 Gold Gloves, an MVP Award, the all-time single-season hits record and undoubtedly more infield hits than anyone in the game's history. You can find holes in his resume -- he didn't walk much, didn't hit for much power -- but he's one of a kind. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com senior writer
Despite not playing in MLB until he was already 27, Ichiro is going to soon join the 3,000-hit club. He is religious about how he treats his bats and gloves, but fans should also regard his achievements as worthy of high honors. -- Caple
The all-time hits leader for Planet Earth. It seems appropriate that Ichiro is one of those do-everything hitters that people were ready to believe could do even more things, such as hit for power, if he'd really wanted to change his game. That he didn't, and didn't have to, instead being great at every phase of the game, says something about his remarkable balance and athleticism. -- Kahrl
Suzuki is experiencing a late-career resurgence, currently sporting an .802 OPS in his age-42 season. He has the opportunity to add to his already-impressive Hall of Fame resume with another few months of outstanding hitting. -- Rob Arthur, FiveThirtyEight
The man plays baseball as if it's ballet, pirouetting and twirling around the field perfectly. The noise about whether he's the "hit king" misses the point: Ichiro is as fun to watch as any single player from his generation. Have you SEEN him pitch? -- Ryan Cortes, The Undefeated
8. Al Kaline
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1953-74)
Honors
18-time All-Star (1955-67*, '71, '74), 10 Gold Gloves ('57-59, '61-67), Hall of Fame ('80)
*played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60, '61
Championships
1 -- Detroit (1968)
Career stats
297/.376/.480, OPS -- .855, Hits -- 3,007, HRs -- 399, RBI --1,582
The player
As a contemporary of Aaron, Clemente and Robinson, Kaline is the one you risk overlooking because he was consistent, durable and very good, collecting MVP votes in 14 seasons without ever winning the award. -- Kahrl
He made his debut for the Detroit Tigers at age 18. Two seasons later, Kaline was, at the time, MLB's youngest batting champion ever at age 20. He finished his career as a DH, but was good enough to make 18 All-Star games, get 3,007 hits and club 399 home runs. -- Cortes
7. Mel Ott
Teams
New York Giants (1926-47)
Honors
12-time All-Star (1934-45*), Hall of Fame ('51)
*Game not played in '45
Championships
1 -- New York (1933)
Career stats
.304/.414/.533, OPS -- .947, Hits -- 2,876, HRs -- 511, RBI -- 1,860
The player
One of the top stars in the National League in the 1930s, the retroactive analysis says he was the best player in the league five times. Playing in the Polo Grounds, Ott learned to pull the ball down the short right-field line and hit 323 of his 511 home runs at home. He is not remembered much now, but was much beloved during his time. In a 1944 nationwide poll, he was voted the most popular sports hero of all time, ahead of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jack Dempsey.
-- Schoenfield
My great-grandfather's favorite player, so I can be sentimental up to a point, but his presence here is emblematic of how we put a premium on numbers without asking how or why. A pre-integration star, Ott's greatest talent as a lefty pull hitter was his ability to exploit the short right-field line in the Polo Grounds, which was just 258 feet down the line. Ott hit 323 of his 511 homers there. He was good, but he's sort of the best example of the Paul O'Neill type -- great in his day and his way, but not an all-time great. -- Kahrl
6. Tony Gwynn
Teams
San Diego Padres (1982-2001)
Honors
15-time All-Star (1984-87, '89-99), Hall of Fame (2007)
Championships
None
Career stats
.338/.388/.459, OPS -- .847, Hits -- 3,141, HRs -- 135, RBI -- 1,138
The player
During one five-year period, Gwynn batted an astonishing .335 with two strikes. During those five years, only Mike Piazza hit that high using ALL his strikes.
-- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN.com senior writer
He owns eight batting titles and hit .338 for his career, but the really exceptional thing about Gwynn was that he was perhaps the friendliest and most engaging player you could ever meet. It is a shame he is no longer with us. -- Caple
Like a figure out of the game's earliest history, Gwynn was a hitting machine sent from the past to prove the possibilities of the present. His career BABIP of .341 is a reminder that BABIP is not a constant everybody regresses to. Greatness sets its own standard. -- Kahrl
5. Reggie Jackson
Teams
Kansas City A's (1967), Oakland A's ('68-75, '87), Baltimore Orioles ('76), New York Yankees ('77-81), California Angels ('82-86)
Honors
14-time All-Star ('69, '71-75, '77-84), two-time World Series MVP (1973, '77), MVP ('73), two Silver Sluggers ('80, '82), Hall of Fame ('93)
Championships
5 -- Oakland (1972-74), New York ('77-78)
Career stats
.262/.356/.490, OPS -- .846, Hits -- 2,584, HRs -- 563, RBI -- 1,702, Ks -- 2,597 (all-time leader)
The player
Was he the best player in the 1970s? No, but he might have been the most famous. He hit 563 home runs, and nobody took a bigger swing. It's the nickname he won in the 1977 World Series, when he hit five home runs, including three in the decisive Game 6, that lives on: Mr. October.
-- Schoenfield
Jackson is like Barry Bonds in that he was initially a plus-defender with speed, but is remembered best as the signature slugger of his era. DH'ing didn't really help him: His career OPS in right field was .893, falling to .739 when he only had to bat. The first and only Hall of Fame hitter with 2000 or more K's, but he shouldn't be the last. -- Kahrl
4. Frank Robinson
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1956-65), Baltimore Orioles ('66-71), Los Angeles Dodgers ('72), California Angles ('73-74), Cleveland Indians ('74-76)
Honors
NL Rookie of the Year (1956), NL Gold Glove ('58), NL MVP ('61), AL MVP ('66), AL Triple Crown ('66), World Series MVP ('66), eight-time NL All-Star ('56-57, '59*, '61-62*, '65), six-time AL All-Star ('66-67, '69-71, '74), All-Star MVP (1971), Hall of Fame ('82)
*played in two All-Star Games in '59 and'61
Championships
2 -- Baltimore (1966, '70)
Career stats
.294/.389/.537, OPS -- .926, Hits -- 2,943, HRs -- 586, RBI -- 1,812
The player
Frank Robinson was the first black manager in major league history, and on that historic day, he was a player/manager for the Indians. The Yankees' Doc Medich got ahead of Robinson, 0-2, in the first inning, then threw him a nasty slider just off the plate. Robinson thought, "He's trying to strike me out on three pitches. He's trying to embarrass me on my day." Robinson hit the next pitch for a home run. -- Kurkjian
He curled his upper body and head over the plate, daring pitching to throw inside. His slid into the bases sometimes deliberately vicous. Yet few players were more respected, and the numbers speak to his greatness: 586 home runs, two MVP Awards and a legacy as the game's first black manager. -- Schoenfield
He hit nearly 600 home runs (586) and had nearly 3,000 hits (2,943), was the MVP in both leagues and won the Triple Crown in 1966. And on top of his great playing career, he was also a manager, the first African-American to do so, and was named manager of the year in 1989. Why don't more people think about this man? -- Caple
Beyond the Aaron vs. Ruth debate in right field, somebody has to be No. 3 all time, the guy just outside of that conversation. Robinson's a great choice as "that guy," a two-time MVP with a Triple Crown and a couple of rings earned with a blend of power, tremendous plate coverage for a right-handed batter and speed. One great what-if: Could the Big Red Machine have been even better if the Reds hadn't traded Robinson after 1965? -- Kahrl
Robinson was the rare player who also had some success as a manager. He won the 1989 AL Manager of the Year award to go along with his two MVPs and Rookie of the Year honors. -- Arthur
When he retired, Robinson had the fourth-most home runs of all time and was the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues. Robinson would go on to manage more than 2,000 big league games. -- Cortes
3. Roberto Clemente
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-72)
Honors
15-time All-Star ('60-67, '69-72*), 12 Gold Gloves ('61-72), MVP (1966), World Series MVP ('71), Hall of Fame ('73)
*played in two All-Star Games in '60, '61 and'62
Championships
2 -- Pittsburgh (1960, '71)
Career stats
.317/.359/.475, OPS -- .834, Hits -- 3,000, HRs - 240, RBI -- 1,305
The player
Regarded as the one of the best defensive right fielders of all time thanks to a legendary arm that helped him win 12 Gold Gloves, Clemente was a notorious bad-ball hitter who hit .312 lifetime and won four batting titles, although he didn't have the power of contemporaries Hank Aaron or Frank Robinson. His legacy, of course, remains incomparable, the first dark-skinned Latin superstar in MLB, revered as a role model in Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America.
-- Schoenfield
A right-field archetype, the guy with a cannon who was also a big-time run producer. He is still third all time in WAR among Latin players. But Clemente was so much more than that, one of the first great Latin stars and admired for who he was off the field as well as on it. -- Kahrl
Clemente's accomplishments off the field were so titanic that it's easy to forget his skill on it. He finished his career 16th in WAR among outfielders, just behind Joe DiMaggio. -- Arthur
As much a daring activist as he was a dynamic baseball player, Clemente in his prime could unleash lasers from right field to home plate on command. He was forever trying to help people, at any cost, and even died tragically while trying do so. There haven't been very many men like Clemente in the history of the sport. -- Cortes
2. Hank Aaron
Teams
Milwaukee Braves (1954-65), Atlanta Braves ('66-74), Milwaukee Brewers ('75-76)
Honors
24-time NL All-Star ('55-74*), AL All-Star ('75), NL MVP (1957), three NL Gold Gloves ('58-60), Hall of Fame ('82)
*played in two All-Star Games in 1959, '60, '61 and '62
Championships
1 -- Milwaukee (1957)
Career stats
.305/.374/.555, OPS -- .928, Hits -- 3,771, HR -- 755, RBI -- 2,297 (all-time leader), TB -- 6,856 (all-time leader)
The player
The man who broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record also made 25 All-Star teams; received MVP votes 19 consecutive seasons, winning once; and drove in a record 2,297 runs. He was a Brave in so many ways. -- Caple
Despite topping 8 WAR four times in his career, Aaron won the MVP award only once. Although his longevity was his calling card, he would have been a likely Hall of Famer if he had retired by 30. -- Arthur
Aaron's courage and consistency while breaking Ruth's career home run record help define his greatness. He never hit 50 home runs, hitting 30 or more 15 times while having to play through the low-scoring '60s. As I say elsewhere, he is my pick for the all-time best right fielder. -- Kahrl
From the day he hit No. 755 on July 20, 1976 until Barry Bonds snatched history in 2007, no one sniffed Aaron's all-time home run record. Over a 23-year career, Aaron was good enough to warrant 97.8 percent of Hall of Fame votes, the highest at the time since Ty Cobb's 98.2. -- Cortes
1. Babe Ruth
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1914-19), New York Yankees ('20-34), Boston Braves ('35)
Honors
AL MVP (1923), two-time AL All-Star ('34-35), Hall of Fame ('36)
Championships
7 -- Boston Red Sox (1915, '16, '18), New York ('23, '27, '28, '32)
Career stats
.342/.474/.690 (all-time leader), OPS -- 1.164 (all-time leader), Hits -- 2,837, HRs -- 714, RBI -- 2,214
The player
I once asked Burt Hawkins, an old-time baseball writer, to name the greatest baseball player of all time. He said, without hesitation, "Buddy boy, I'll take Babe Ruth, and you can have the next three."
-- Kurkjian
Eighty years after his retirement, no major leaguer has come close to matching Ruth's prowess on both the mound (94-46, 2.28 ERA) and the plate (714 home runs). If he is still the most famous player in history, well, there is a reason. -- Caple
How good was Ruth? In his day, in the uncompetitve all-white, eight-team leagues, he was obviously the best. But what if the game had been integrated? We don't know how well he'd have done. Could he hit the slider? It didn't really show up until he was done, so we don't know. He's some folks' No. 1, but thinking about those kinds of things, he's not mine. -- Kahrl
For more about Babe Ruth and the 1927 Yankees, check out The Diary of Myles Thomas.