It's here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the Top 100 baseball players across all positions.
To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players based on peak performance and career value.
The Top 100 will roll out this week, and we start with Nos. 100-91.
We've also ranked players by position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders
All-Time #MLBRank: 100-91
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Al Simmons
Position(s)
Left field, center field
Teams
Philadelphia A's (1924-32, '40-41, '44), Chicago White Sox ('33-35), Detroit Tigers ('36), Washington Senators ('37-38), Boston Bees ('39), Cincinnati Reds ('39), Boston Red Sox ('43)
Honors
Three-time AL All-Star (1933-35), Hall of Fame ('53)
Championships
2 -- Philadelphia (1929, '30)
Career stats
.334/.380/.535, OPS -- .915, hits -- 2,927, HRs -- 307, RBIs -- 1,828
Did you know?
From 1925 to 1934, Simmons was one of the game's all-time great hitters. In that decade he hit .359, averaged 200 hits and 128 RBIs per season, and only twice struck out more than 50 times in a season. Simmons took full advantage of his home field (Shibe Park), twice driving in 100 runs there. He's the only player to drive in 100 runs at home in two separate seasons. -- Mark Simon, Stats & Info
Mike Piazza
Position(s)
Catcher, first base
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1992-98), Florida Marlins ('98), New York Mets (1998 to 2005), San Diego Padres ('06), Oakland A's ('07)
Honors
NL Rookie of the Year (1993), 12-time NL All-Star (1993-98, 1999 to 2002, '04-05), 10 Silver Sluggers (1993 to 2002), All-Star MVP (1996), Hall of Fame ('16)
Championships
None
Career stats
.308/.377/.545, OPS -- .922, hits -- 2,127, HRs -- 427, RBIs -- 1,335
Did you know?
Piazza had a .308 batting average and hit 427 home runs in his career. He's one of 15 players (and the only one whose primary position was catcher) to have a .300 batting average and hit 400 home runs. The next-most home runs among the eight catchers with at least 3,000 plate appearances and a .300 batting average is 216, by Victor Martinez. -- Simon
Willie Stargell
Position(s)
Left field, first base
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1962-82)
Honors
Seven-time All-Star ('64-66, '71-73, '78), World Series MVP (1979), NL MVP ('79), Hall of Fame ('88)
Championships
2 -- Pittsburgh (1971, '79)
Career stats
.282/.360/.529, OPS -- .889, hits -- 2,232, HRs -- 475, RBIs -- 1,540
Did you know?
At the time he shared NL MVP honors with Keith Hernandez in 1979, Willie Stargell was the oldest to win the award (age 39, since surpassed by Barry Bonds at age 42). Stargell had been MVP-worthy many times previously. From 1971 to 1973, he averaged 42 home runs and 119 RBIs per season with a .999 OPS. Stargell not only won MVP in 1979 but NLCS and World Series MVP, too. He's the only player to win all three in a season. -- Simon
Pete Alexander
Position(s)
Right-handed pitcher
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1911-17, '30), Chicago Cubs ('18-26), St. Louis Cardinals ('26-29)
Honors
Hall of Fame (1938)
Championships
1 -- St. Louis (1926)
Career stats
W-L: 373-208, 90 shutouts, 5,190 innings pitched, 2.56 ERA, 2,198 strikeouts, 1.121 WHIP
Did you know?
Alexander played 20 seasons for three teams and has 373 career wins, tied with Christy Mathewson for third-most all time. He won 28 games as a rookie in 1911, the most by a rookie in the modern era. Alexander led the league in ERA five times between 1915 and 1920, all with sub-2.00 ERAs. -- Jacob Nitzberg, Stats & Info
Jeff Bagwell
Position(s)
First base
Teams
Houston Astros (1991 to 2005)
Honors
Rookie of the year (1991), MVP ('94), Gold Glove ('94), four-time All-Star ('94, '96-97, '99) three Silver Sluggers ('94, '97, '99)
Championships
None
Career stats
.297/.408/.540 OPS -- .948, hits -- 2,314, HRs -- 449, RBI --1,529
Did you know?
The only MVP in Astros history (1994), Bagwell is one of only two players in major league history with two 40-homer, 30-stolen-base seasons. (Barry Bonds is the other.) In 2000, Bagwell scored 152 runs, the most in a season since Lou Gehrig scored 167 in 1936. -- Dan Braunstein, Stats & Info
Ryne Sandberg
Position(s)
Second base
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1981), Chicago Cubs ('82-94, '96-97)
Honors
Nine Gold Gloves (1983-91), MVP ('84), 10-time All-Star ('84-93), seven Silver Sluggers ('84-85, '88-92), Hall of Fame ('05)
Championships
None
Career stats
.285/.344/.452, OPS -- .795, hits -- 2,386, HRs -- 282, RBIs -- 1,061
Did you know?
Sandberg's nine Gold Glove Awards are one shy of the most by a second baseman (Roberto Alomar). He had an NL-record 123-game errorless streak at second base in 1990, a mark that was broken by another Cubs second baseman, Darwin Barney, in 2012. -- Simon
Carl Hubbell
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
New York Giants (1928-43)
Honors
Two-time MVP (1933, '36), nine-time All-Star ('33-38, '40-42), Hall of Fame ('47)
Championships
1 -- New York (1933)
Career stats
W-L: 253-154, 36 shutouts, 3,590 1/3 innings pitched, 2.98 ERA, 1,677 strikeouts, 1.166 WHIP
Did you know?
Hubbell cracked the whip when it came to WHIP, as he led the NL in that stat six times in a 16-year career, in which he won 253 games for the New York Giants. Hubbell was the first of four pitchers to lead his league in that stat in four straight seasons. The others are Sandy Koufax, Johan Santana and Clayton Kershaw. -- Simon
Felix Hernandez
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2005-present)
Honors
Six-time All-Star (2009, 2011-15), AL Cy Young (2010)
Championships
None
Career stats*
W-L: 147-105, 11 shutouts, 2,325 1/3 innings pitched, 3.11 ERA, 2,195 strikeouts, 1.172 WHIP
*Stats through July 17.
Did you know?
Hernandez is the Mariners' all-time leader in wins (146) and strikeouts (2,195). He started 30 or more games in each of the past 10 seasons, the most such seasons and longest streak in franchise history. In 2012, he threw the 23rd perfect game in major league history, the most recent one in the major leagues. -- Nitzberg
Adrian Beltre
Position(s)
Third base
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1998 to 2004), Seattle Mariners ('05-09), Boston Red Sox ('10), Texas Rangers ('11-present)
Honors
NL Silver Slugger ('04), three AL Silver Sluggers ('10-11, '14), four AL Gold Gloves ('07-08, '11-12), four-time AL All-Star (2010-12, '14)
Championships
None
Career stats*
285/.337/.476, OPS -- .813, hits -- 2,857, HRs -- 425, RBIs -- 1,522
*Stats through July 17.
Did you know?
Beltre ranks third in home runs and second in RBIs by a third baseman (and he's quickly closing in on Mike Schmidt for the lead in the latter). Next season, he should join George Brett and Wade Boggs as the only players whose primary position was third base to reach the 3,000-hit mark. -- Simon
Curt Schilling
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1988-90), Houston Astros (1991), Philadelphia Phillies (1992 to 2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (2000-03), Boston Red Sox (2004-07)
Honors
Five-time NL All-Star (1997-99, 2001-02), AL All-Star ('04), World Series MVP ('01)
Championships
3 -- Arizona (2001), Boston ('04, '07)
Career stats
W-L: 216-146, 20 shutouts, 3,261 innings pitched, 3.46 ERA, 3,116 strikeouts, 1.137 WHIP
Did you know?
Schilling made his mark in postseason play, going 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA. He is one of two pitchers to throw a complete game in which he allowed one run or fewer in four consecutive playoff starts, which he did from 1993 to 2001. The other is Christy Mathewson, who did it for the Giants spanning 1905 to 1911. -- Simon