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On the Way Up the Best Batters Ever Career List

Alex Rodriguez
#32 to #27
Ken Griffey, Jr.
remains @ #42
Manny Ramirez
#45 to #43
Albert Pujols
#86 to #48
Gary Sheffield
#51 to #50
Chipper Jones
#63 to #59
Jim Thome
#71 to #66

Derek Jeter
enters the Top 100
moving from #130
to #94

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Career 1871-2009 (Regular Season)

Position Players (1-20) Go to Pitchers

Rank	Name	Last	HOF Status	PEVA-B	Yrs.	PEVA-B Per Year	Career Hits	HR	RBI	Ave.
1	Babe	Ruth	HOFP	641.541	22	29.161	2873	714	2217	0.342
2	Barry	Bonds		606.700	22	27.577	2935	762	1996	0.298
3	Ty	Cobb	HOFP	569.252	24	23.719	4189	117	1937	0.366
4	Hank	Aaron	HOFP	535.808	23	23.296	3771	755	2297	0.305
5	Willie	Mays	HOFP	520.998	22	23.682	3283	660	1903	0.302
6	Ted	Williams	HOFP	493.074	19	25.951	2654	521	1839	0.344
7	Stan	Musial	HOFP	481.184	22	21.872	3630	475	1951	0.331
8	Tris	Speaker	HOFP	479.576	22	21.799	3514	117	1529	0.345
9	Lou	Gehrig	HOFP	479.522	17	28.207	2721	493	1995	0.340
10	Mickey	Mantle	HOFP	455.611	18	25.312	2415	536	1509	0.298
11	Honus	Wagner	HOFP	451.472	21	21.499	3415	101	1732	0.327
12	Cap	Anson	HOFP	432.886	27	16.033	3418	97	2076	0.333
13	Frank	Robinson	HOFP	411.403	21	19.591	2943	586	1812	0.294
14	Mike	Schmidt	HOFP	383.574	18	21.310	2234	548	1595	0.267
15	Mel	Ott	HOFP	369.518	22	16.796	2876	511	1860	0.304
16	Rogers	Hornsby	HOFP	361.117	23	15.701	2930	301	1584	0.358
17	Eddie	Mathews	HOFP	360.187	17	21.187	2315	512	1453	0.271
18	Jimmie	Foxx	HOFP	359.936	20	17.997	2646	534	1922	0.325
19	Ed	Delahanty	HOFP	351.660	16	21.979	2596	101	1464	0.346
20	Eddie	Collins	HOFP	349.132	25	13.965	3315	47	1300	0.333

Note: HOF (Hall of Fame), HOFP - Hall of Fame Player

Best Batters Ever 1-20
Best Batters Ever 21-40
Best Batters Ever 41-60
Best Batters Ever 61-80
Best Batters Ever 81-100

What is PEVA?
PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season, rating their performance on a peer to peer review. Six components for pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and the other new baseballevaluation.com Stats, see our Definitions page. PEVA ratings are available for every pitcher and hitter in baseball history.

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64.000 - Maximum
32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
20.000 - All League
15.000 - All-Star Level
10.000 - Very Good
3.500 - Average
0.200 - Minimum

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