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All-Time MLBRank, Nos. 90-81

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. 90-81.

Earlier Monday, we released Nos. 100-91.

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: 90-81

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Paul Molitor

Position(s)
Designated hitter, third base, second base

Teams
Milwaukee Brewers (1978-92), Toronto Blue Jays ('93-95), Minnesota Twins ('96-98)

Honors
Seven-time All-Star (1980, '85, '88, '91-94), four Silver Sluggers ('87-88, '93, '96), World Series MVP (1993), Hall of Fame (2004)

Championships
1 -- Toronto (1993)

Career stats
.306/.369/.448, OPS -- .817, Hits -- 3,319, HRs -- 234, RBIs -- 1,307

Did you know?
Molitor had 3,319 career hits in the regular season and 43 more in the postseason, including 23 in 13 World Series games. Molitor's .418 World Series batting average is tied with Pepper Martin for the highest among players with at least 60 plate appearances. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info

Robin Yount

Position(s)
Shortstop, center field

Teams
Milwaukee Brewers (1974-93)

Honors
Three-time All-Star ('80, '82-'83), three Silver Sluggers ('80, '82, '89), Gold Glove ('82), two-time MVP (1982, '89), Hall of Fame ('99)

Championships
None

Career stats
.285/.342/.430, OPS -- .772, Hits -- 3,142, HRs -- 251, RBIs-- 1,406

Did you know?

Yount won the AL MVP as a shortstop in 1982 and as a center fielder in 1989. He's one of four players to win the award at multiple positions, along with Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial and Alex Rodriguez. -- Simon

Ozzie Smith

Position(s)
Shortstop

Teams
San Diego Padres (1978-81), St. Louis Cardinals ('82-96)

Honors
13 Gold Gloves (1980-92), 15-time All-Star ('81-92, '94-96), Silver Slugger ('87), Hall of Fame (2002)

Championships
1 -- St. Louis (1982)

Career stats
.262/.337/.328, OPS -- .666, Hits -- 2,460, HRs -- 28, RBIs -- 793, SB -- 580

Did you know?580
"The Wizard" is considered the best defensive shortstop of all time -- from a time long before defensive runs saved existed to quantify it (he won 13 Gold Gloves). Smith had 76.5 wins above replacement in his career, third among shortstops in the live ball era. The two ahead of him on the list (Cal Ripken Jr. and Robin Yount) each had at least 250 home runs. -- Sarah Langs, Stats & Info

Duke Snider

Position(s)
Center field

Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-57), Los Angeles Dodgers ('58-62), New York Mets ('63), San Francisco Giants ('64)

Honors
Eight-time All-Star (1950-56, '63), Hall of Fame ('80)

Championships
2 -- Brooklyn (1955), Los Angeles ('59)

Career stats
.295/.380/.540, OPS -- .919, Hits -- 2,116, HRs -- 407, RBIs --1,333

Did you know?
Snider might not have been as strong of an all-around player as the players with whom he's most often brought up: Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. But he did something that neither Mays nor Mantle did: hit at least 40 home runs in five straight seasons. At the time he did it, Snider was the third with at least five straight such seasons, joining Babe Ruth and Ralph Kiner. -- Simon

John Smoltz

Position(s)
Right-handed starter, reliever

Teams
Atlanta Braves (1988-99, 2001-08), Boston Red Sox ('09), St. Louis Cardinals ('09)

Honors
Eight-time NL All-Star ('89, '92-93, '96, '02-03, '05, '07), NL Cy Young (1996), NL Silver Slugger ('97), Hall of Fame ('15)

Championships
1 -- Atlanta (1995)

Career stats
W-L: 213-155, 16 shutouts, 3,473.0 innings pitched, 3.33 ERA, 3,084 strikeouts, 1.176 WHIP, 154 saves

Did you know?
Smoltz began his career as a starter, winning 157 games for the Braves from 1988-1999 including 24 games and the Cy Young award in 1996. He became a reliever following Tommy John surgery in 2000 and saved 154 games over the next four seasons. He is the only pitcher in MLB history with 200 wins and 150 saves. -- Jacob Nitzberg, Stats & Info

Bryce Harper

Position
Right field

Teams
Washington Nationals (2012-present)

Honors
Rookie of the Year (2012), MVP ('15), Silver Slugger ('15), four-time All-Star ('12-13, '15-16)

Championships
None

Career stats
.283/.386/.512, OPS -- .898, Hits -- 604, HRs -- 116, RBIs -- 300

Did you know?
In 2015, Harper became the first player in Expos/Nationals history to win an MVP award and was the fourth-youngest player to win it, per the Elias Sports Bureau. Harper became just the 6th player in the expansion era to lead the National League in runs, home runs, and OPS in a single season. -- Marty Callinan, Stats & Info

Tim Raines

Position(s)
Left field

Teams
Montreal Expos (1979-90, 2001), Chicago White Sox ('91-95), New York Yankees ('96-98), Oakland A's ('99), Baltimore Orioles ('01), Florida Marlins ('02)

Honors
Seven-time NL All-Star (1981-87), NL Silver Slugger ('86), All-Star Game MVP ('87)

Championships
1 -- New York (1996)

Career stats
.294/.385/.425, OPS -- .810, Hits -- 2,605, HRs -- 170, RBIs -- 980, SB -- 808

Did you know?
Argued by many as the most underrated player of the '80s and '90s, Raines possessed a remarkable blend of on-base skill and speed. He stole more bases (808) than all but four players in MLB history and reached base more times (3,977) than Tony Gwynn, Lou Brock and Mike Schmidt, among others. He was named an All-Star in seven consecutive seasons (1981-87) and owns the fifth-highest career WAR (69.1) among those whose primary position was left field. -- Paul Hembekides, Stats & Info

Vladimir Guerrero

Position(s)
Right field

Teams
Montreal Expos (1996-2003), Anaheim Angels ('04), Los Angeles Angels ('05-09), Texas Rangers ('10), Baltimore Orioles ('11)

Honors
Four-time NL All-Star (1999-02), five-time AL All-Star (2004-07, '10), three NL Silver Sluggers (1999-00, '02), five AL Silver Sluggers (2004-07, '10), AL MVP (2004)

Championships
None

Career stats
.318/.379/.553, OPS -- .931, Hits -- 2,590, HRs -- 449, RBIs -- 1,496

Did you know?
"Vlad the Impaler" is best remembered for his ability to hit practically any pitch and his extraordinary throwing arm from right field. Guerrero owns the second-highest career batting average (.318) among members of the 400-home run club to debut since World War II (Miguel Cabrera, .320). The 2004 AL MVP and nine-time All-Star led NL right fielders in assists on three occasions and is the only player in the live ball era (since 1920) to lead the NL and AL in total bases in a season. -- Hembekides

Eddie Collins

Position(s)
Second base

Teams
Philadelphia A's (1906-14, '27-30), Chicago White Sox ('15-26)

Honors
MVP (1914), Hall of Fame ('39)

Championships
4 -- Philadelphia (1910-11, '13), Chicago ('17)

Career stats
.333/.424/.429, OPS -- .853, Hits -- 3,315, HRs -- 47, RBIs -- 1,300, Sacrifice hits -- 512 (all-time leader)

Did you know?
Even despite a record 515 sacrifice hits, Collins still ranks 10th all time with 3,313 hits. Collins also ranks in the top 10 in stolen bases and was the only player in the first 90 seasons of the modern era to steal six bases in one game. -- Dan Braunstein, Stats & Info

*Note that although Baseball-Reference lists Collins with 512 sacrifice hits and 3,315 hits, the Elias Book of Baseball Records lists him with 515 and 3,313, respectively. (Reference also lists Collins as 11th all-time in hits instead of 10th).

Don Drysdale

Position(s)
Right-handed starter

Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1956-57), Los Angeles Dodgers ('58-69)

Honors
Nine-time All-Star (1959*, '61-65, '67, '68), Cy Young ('62), Hall of Fame (1984)

*Played in two All-Star Games in '59

Championships
3 -- Los Angeles (1959, '63, '65)

Career stats
W-L: 209-166, 49 shutouts, 3,432 innings pitched, 2.95 ERA, 2,486 strikeouts, 1.148 WHIP

Did you know?
Drysdale is best remembered for a 58-inning scoreless streak in 1968. How good was he that season? Consider this: After the streak was over, Drysdale had five starts in which he allowed at least five earned runs (including one in which he allowed eight). But he still finished the season with a 2.15 ERA, the best of his career. -- Simon