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 both peak performance and career value.
The top 100 will roll out this week. Here are Nos. 50-41.
So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51.
We've also rolled out the top 10 players at each position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders
All-Time #MLBRank: 50-41
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Nolan Ryan
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
New York Mets (1966, '68-71), California Angels ('72-79), Houston Astros ('80-88) Texas Rangers ('89-93)
Honors
Six-time AL All-Star (1972-73, '75, '77, '79, '89), two-time NL All-Star ('81, '85), Hall of Fame ('99)
Championships
1 -- New York (1969)
Career stats
W-L: 324-292, 61 shutouts, 5,386 innings pitched, 3.19 ERA, 5,714 strikeouts (all-time leader), 2,795 walks (all-time leader), 1.247 WHIP
Did you know?
Ryan is baseball's all-time strikeout leader with 5,714, 839 more than any other player. His seven no-hitters are also the most all time, three more than any other player. An eight-time All-Star, Ryan has his jersey retired by three different teams (Angels, Astros, Rangers). -- Jacob Nitzberg, ESPN Stats & Info
Mariano Rivera
Position(s)
Right-handed reliever
Teams
New York Yankees (1995-2013)
Honors
13-time All-Star (1997, '99-2002, '04-06, '08-11, '13), World Series MVP ('99), All-Star MVP ('03)
Championships
5 -- (1996, '98-2000, '09)
Career stats
W-L: 82-60, 1,283 2/3 innings pitched, 2.21 ERA, 1,173 strikeouts, 1.000 WHIP, 652 saves (all-time leader)
Did you know?
Rivera's 1.00 WHIP is the lowest in the live-ball era. Rivera was also the last player to wear No. 42 after it was retired for Jackie Robinson. -- Nitzberg
Lefty Grove
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
Philadelphia A's (1925-33), Boston Red Sox ('34-41)
Honors
MVP (1931), six-time All-Star ('33, '35-39), Hall of Fame ('47)
Championships
2 -- Philadelphia (1929, '30)
Career stats
W-L: 300-141, 35 shutouts, 3,940 2/3 innings pitched, 3.06 ERA, 2,266 strikeouts, 1.278 WHIP
Did you know?
The first 300-game winner to start his career in the live ball era, Grove was also the first pitcher to lead MLB in ERA three years in a row. He capped that run with 31 wins in 1931, tied for the most by any pitcher in the last 100 years. -- Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info
Cal Ripken Jr.
Position(s)
Shortstop, third base
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001)
Honors
Rookie of the Year (1982), two-time MVP ('83, '91), 19-time All-Star ('83-2001), eight Silver Sluggers ('83-86, '89, '91, '93-94), two-time All-Star MVP ('91, '01), two Gold Gloves ('91-92), Hall of Fame ('07)
Championships
1 -- Baltimore (1983)
Career stats
.276/.340/.447, .788 OPS, 3,184 hits, 431 HRs, 1,695 RBIs, 350 double plays grounded into (all-time leader), 2,632 consecutive games played (all-time leader)
Did you know?
Looking beyond the consecutive games streak, Cal Ripken Jr. is one of 11 position players and two shortstops to have multiple seasons in which he was worth at least 10 Wins Above Replacement (the other shortstop is Honus Wagner). Ripken and Barry Bonds are the only ones whose careers began within the last 50 years to do so. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info
Ernie Banks
Position(s)
Shortstop, first base
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1953-71)
Honors
14-time All-Star (1955-62*, '65, '67, '69), two-time MVP (1958-59), Gold Glove ('60), Hall of Fame ('77)
*Played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60 and '62
Championships
None
Career stats
.274/.330/.500, .830 OPS, 2,583 hits, 512 HRs, 1,636 RBIs
Did you know?
Banks hit 512 home runs in his 19-year career, which ranks second in Cubs franchise history behind Sammy Sosa (545). Banks hit 176 home runs in a four-year stretch from 1957-60. Those home runs alone would have been good for 13th in Cubs history. "Mr. Cub" won back-to-back National League MVP awards in 1958 and 1959, beating out Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in '58, and Eddie Mathews and Aaron in '59. -- Marty Callinan, ESPN Stats & Info
Bob Feller
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1936-41, '45-56)
Honors
Eight-time All-Star (1938-41, '46-48, '50), Hall of Fame ('62)
Championships
1 - Cleveland (1948)
Career stats
W-L: 266-162, 44 shutouts, 3,827 innings pitched, 3.25 ERA, 2,581 strikeouts, 1.316 WHIP
Did you know?
Feller won 266 games in an 18-year career interrupted by three years of military service. Feller's most impressive season came in baseball's first full year back after World War II, when he went 26-16 with a 2.18 ERA, 348 strikeouts and 10 shutouts. Feller is one of two pitchers to record at least that many strikeouts and that low an ERA in the live ball era. The other is Sandy Koufax (382 strikeouts, 2.04 ERA in 1965). -- Simon
Satchel Paige
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-34, '36)*, Kansas City Monarchs ('35, '40-47)*, Cleveland Indians ('48-49), St. Louis Browns ('51-53), Kansas City A's ('65)
*Negro League teams
Honors
Two-time AL All-Star (1952-53), Hall of Fame ('71)
Championships
4 -- Pittsburgh (1933), Kansas City Monarchs (1940, '42, '46)
Career stats*
W-L: 28-31, 4 shutouts, 476 innings pitched, 3.29 ERA, 288 strikeouts, 1.279 WHIP
*Major League stats
Did you know?
Paige began pitching for the Birmingham Black Barons at age 20, and debuted in the major leagues for the Cleveland Indians at age 41, the first black pitcher in the American league. He pitched one game for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965 at age 58. He was the first Negro Leagues player elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971. -- Nitzberg
Steve Carlton
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1965-71), Philadelphia Phillies ('72-86), San Francisco Giants ('86), Chicago White Sox ('86), Cleveland Indians ('87), Minnesota Twins ('87-88)
Honors
10-time NL All-Star (1968-69, '71-72, '74, '77, '79-82), four NL Cy Youngs ('72, '77, '80, '82), NL Gold Glove ('81), Hall of Fame ('94)
Championships
2 -- St. Louis (1967), Philadelphia ('80)
Career stats
W-L: 329-244, 55 shutouts, 5,217 2/3 innings pitched, 3.22 ERA, 4,136 strikeouts, 1.247 WHIP
Did you know?
Nicknamed "Lefty," Carlton has the second-most wins (329) and strikeouts (4,126) among left-handed pitchers. He was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young awards, and is the last player to throw 300 innings in a season (304 in 1980). -- ESPN Stats & Information
Yogi Berra
Position(s)
Catcher
Teams
New York Yankees (1946-63), New York Mets ('65)
Honors
18-time AL All-Star (1948-62*), three-time AL MVP ('51, '54-55), Hall of Fame ('72)
*Played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60 and '61
Championships
10 -- New York Yankees ('47, '49-53, '56, '58, '61-62)
Career stats
.285/.348/.482, .830 OPS, 2,150 hits, 358 HRs, 1,430 RBIs
Did you know?
Berra's 10 World Series rings are the most of any player. Berra hit 358 home runs in his 19-year career, but what's most impressive is how infrequently he struck out. Berra struck out 414 times in all, never whiffing more than 38 times in a season. Over the 10-year period spanning 1948 to 1957, Berra hit 249 home runs and struck out only 239 times. -- Simon
Tris Speaker
Position(s)
Center field
Teams
Boston Americans (1907), Boston Red Sox ('08-15), Cleveland Indians ('16-26), Washington Senators ('27), Philadelphia A's ('28)
Honors
MVP (1912), Hall of Fame ('37)
Championships
3 -- Boston (1912, '15), Cleveland ('20)
Career stats
.345/.428/.500, .928 OPS, 3,514 hits, 117 HRs, 1,531 RBIs, 792 doubles (all-time leader)
Did you know?
In 22 seasons, Speaker had 3,514 hits, fifth-most all time. He had 150 or more hits in 18 of those seasons, tied with Pete Rose and Ty Cobb for the most such seasons in the modern era. Of those hits, 792 were doubles, most all time. He led the league in doubles eight times, including four in a row from 1920-23. -- Nitzberg