Greatest left fielders in National League history by team

Atlanta Braves: Rico Carty (1966-72)
Miami Marlins: Jeff Conine (1993-97; 2003-05)
New York Mets: Kevin McReynolds (1987-91; 1994)
Philadelphia Phillies: Ed Delahanty (1888-89; 1891-1901)
Washington Nationals: Tim Raines (via Montreal) (1979-1990)
Chicago Cubs: Billy Williams (1959-74)
Cincinnati Reds: Frank Robinson (1956-65)
Milwaukee Brewers:  Ryan Braun (2007-present)
Pittsburgh Pirates: Willie Stargell (1962-82)
St Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial (1941-63)
Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez (1999-2006)
Colorado Rockies: Matt Holiday (2004-2008)
Los Angeles Dodgers: Zack Wheat (1909-26)
San Diego Padres: Gene Richards (1977-83)
San Francisco Giants: Barry Bonds (1993-2007)

Stan Musial: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1969

Born: November 21, 1920

1936: Played semi-pro ball

1938: Signed by St Louis Cardinals as a pitcher

1938-41: Minor Leagues

Debut: September 17, 1941 (Cardinals)

1942: Cards win World Series

1943: Batting Champ (.357)

1943: MVP

1943: Cards lose World Series

1944: Cards win World Series

1945-6: World War II service

1946: Declined offer to play in Mexican League

1946: Earned his nickname “The Man” from Brooklyn fans

1946: Batting Champ (.365)

1946: MVP

1946: TSN Player of the Year

1946: Cards win World Series

1947: Played season with appendicitis

1948: Missed Triple Crown by one rained out home run

1948: Batting Champ (.376)

1948: MVP

1950: 30-game hit streak

1951: TSN Player of the Year

1952: Pitched in a game for only time in Major League Career

1950-52: Batting Champ (.346, .355 and .336)

1954: Hit five home runs in a double header

1955: Hit GW HR in All Star Game

1956: Set NL record for extra base hits

1957: Consecutive game streak ends at 895 with fractured shoulder bone

1957: Batting Champ (.351)

1957: Lou Gehrig Award

1958: 3000^th hit

1959: First player with 400 HR and 3000 hits

1962: Oldest player ever (41) with a 3 HR game

1963: Retired as NL’s all-time hit leader (since broken)

1963-6: VP of Cardinals

1964-7: LBJ’s fitness advisor

1964: Cards win World Series

1967: Card’s GM (stepped down in less than a year rather than be desk bound)

1967: Cards win World Series

1968: Cards lose World Series

1969: Elected to HOF

1999: All Century Team

2007: Earned Navy Memorial’s Lone Sailor Award

2011: Presidential Medal of Freedom

2013: Died

Accomplishments:

3x World Champion

3x MVP

2x ML Player of the Year

24x All Star

1957 Lou Gehrig Award winner

7x Batting Champ

All Century Team

NL All Time Hit Leader at retirement

30 Game Hit Streak

895 consecutive game streak

.331

3630 Hits

475 HR

1951 RBI

1599 walks-696 Strikeouts

725 doubles

177 triples

1949 Runs

.417 OBP

.559 Slugging

.976 OPS

6134 TB

Led league in games: 5x

Led league in runs: 5x

100+ runs: 11x

Led league in hits: 6x

200+ hits: 6x

Led league in doubles: 8x

30+ doubles: 16x

40+ doubles: 9x

50+ doubles: 3x

Led league in triples: 5x

10+ triples: 8x

15+ triples: 3x

20+ triples: 2x

20+ HR: 10x

30+ HR: 6x

Led league in RBI: 2x

100+ RBI: 10x

Led league in walks (105): 1953

100+ walks: 3x

Hit .300+: 17x

Hit .350+: 5x

.400 OBP: 14x

Led league in OBP: 6x

Led league in slugging: 6x

.500 slugging: 16x

.600 slugging: 6x

.702 slugging (1948)

Led league in OPS: 7x

1.01OPS: 8x

Led league in TB: 6x

300 TB: 12x

429 TB (1948)

Led league in IBB: 2x

Postseason: .256, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .742 OPS (4 World Series)

Pete Rose: Timeline

Pete Rose

Born: April 14, 1941

1960: Signed with Reds

1963: During Spring Training, Whitey Ford called Rose “Charlie Hustle” deriding the rookie’s playing style. The nickname stuck.

Debut: April 8, 1963 (Reds)

April 13, 1963: First big league hit after starting 0-for-11

1963: Won Rookie of the Year

1963: Joined army reserves at the end of the season

1964: Reached on an error and scored on an error to beat Houston’s Ken Johnson. Johnson no-hit the Reds, but still got the loss.

1968: 22-game hitting streak and a 19-game hitting streak

1968: Won Batting Title

1968: Won Hutch Award

1969: Won Batting Title

1969: Won Lou Gehrig Award

1970: Injured Ray Fosse at a play at the plate during the All-Star Game.

1970: Reds won the pennant

1972: Reds won the pennant

1973: Won Batting Title

1973: Fought Mets Bud Harrelson on the field during the NLCS

1973: NL MVP

1975: Rose moved to 3b to make room for George Foster’s bat

1975: Reds win World Series

1975: Won World Series MVP

1975: SI’s Sportsman of the Year and Hickok Belt winner as best pro athlete

1975: Reds win World Series

1976: Reds win World Series

1976: Roberto Clemente Award

1978: 3000^th hit off Steve Rogers

1978: 44-game hitting streak

1979: Joined Phillies as a free agent

1980: Phillies win World Series

1980: Makes iconic play with Bob Boone in Game 6 World Series

1981: Breaks Stan Musial’s NL hit record

1983: Phillies win pennant

1984: Joined the Montreal Expos

1984: 4000^th hit off Jerry Koosman

1984: Traded to Reds for Tom Lawless. Becomes player-manager

1985: Breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record

1986: Retires as a player

1988: Suspended 30 days for bumping umpire Dave Pallone

1989: Banned for life for betting on baseball based on information gathered in the Dowd Report

1990: Rose plead guilty of income tax evasion and sentenced to 5 months in prison

1991: The Baseball Hall of Fame voted that permanently ineligible players could not be elected

1997: Rose applied for reinstatement

1998-2000: Rose appeared in various WWE events

1999: Elected to All Century Team. At the ceremony, NBC’s Jim Gray harassed Rose trying to get him to confess on national television resulting in a backlash from players and fans against Gray.

2002: John Dowd (author of the Dowd Report) claims Rose may have bet against the Reds

2004: Rose admits to betting on baseball

2010: Appeared on WWE Raw

Accomplishments:

3x World Champion

3x Batting Champion

1973 NL MVP

1963 Rookie of the Year

1975 World Series MVP

44-game hitting streak (1978)

17x All Star

2x Gold Glove winner

1981 Silver Slugger

.303 career hitter

Hit .300 +: 15x

4256 Hits (#1 all time)

200+ hits: 12x (led league 7x)

3562 Games played (#1 all time)

Led league in GP: 5x

14053 ABs (#1 All time)

Led league in ABs: 4x

2165 runs scored (Led league: 4x)

100+ runs: 9x

746 doubles (led league: 5x)

30+ doubles: 15x

40+ doubles: 7x

51 doubles: 1978

135 triples

160 home runs

1314 RBI

1566 walks

106 walks (1974)

.375 OBP (led league 2x)

.400+ OBP: 5x

.512 slugging (1969)

5752 total bases

300+ total bases: 3x

.940 OPS (1969)

Postseason:

.321, 5 HR, 22 RBI, .828 OPS

Managerial Record:

412-373 (.525)

Top 10 Left Fielders of All Time

Ted Williams is #1 by the proverbial country mile...and the rest....in no particular order.

Ted Williams

Barry Bonds*

Al Simmons

Carl Yastrzemski

Rickey Henderson

Joe Jackson

Manny Ramirez*

Ralph Kiner

Willie Stargell

Stan Musial

Honus Wagner: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1936

Louisville Colonels: 1897-1899

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1900-1917

Born: February 24, 1874

1895: Wagner's brother, Albert, got Honus into professional baseball. He was discovered the following year.

1897: Wagner joined the Louisville Colonels.

1899: Became the first player to steal second, third, and home in succession. He retired with the NL record for steals of home (since broken).

1899: The Colonels were contracted. Wagner needed a team and joined the Pirates.

1900: Wins his first of eight batting titles.

1903: Plays in the first World Series and hits .222 as Pittsburgh loses to Boston.

1904: Becomes a full time shortstop.

1905: Becomes the first player with his signature on his bat.

1908: Retired, but came back when offered a huge contract.

1908: Wagner has the best year for a Shortstop in history (Bill James claims its the best ever). He hit .354, 10 home runs, 109 RBI, and 53 steals.

1909: Pirates win World Series. Wagner hits .333 with 6 RBI and a .967 OPS outdueling Ty Cobb. He also stole 6 bases.

1909: Honus Wagner baseball card issued by the American Tobacco Company. Wagner did not approve because of the ties to tobacco.

1914: Collects 3000th hit.

1915: Becomes oldest player to hit a Grand Slam (broken by Tony Perez).

1916: Becomes oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run.

1917: Manages Pirates (Record: 1-4)

1917: Retires as NL's all time hit leader (broken by Stan Musial and Pete Rose).

After retirement, Wagner played semi-pro ball.

1928: Ran for Allegheny County Sheriff (Pennsylvania) and lost. (Appointed deputy sheriff in 1942).

1933-1952: Pirates hitting coach

1936: Elected to the Hall of Fame

Wagner ran a sporting goods store which still exists in Pittsburgh.

1944: Became the first honorary coach in All Star history.

1955: Died

1999: All Century Team

2000: USPS issues a Honus Wagner postage stamp.

Accomplishments:

1909 World Champion

8x Batting Champ (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906-09, 1911)

Hit .300 or better 17 consecutive years

.329 career average

1739 runs scored (led league 2x)

3420 hits (led league 2x)

643 doubles (led league 7x)

252 triples (led league 3x)

101 Home runs

1733 RBI (led league 5x)

100+ RBI: 9x

723 stolen bases (led league 5x)

40+ steals: 8x

50+ steals: 5x

963 walks and only 734 strikeouts

.391 OBP (led league 4x)

.467 SLG (led league 6x)

.858 OPS (led league 8x)

Career Postseason: .275, 0 HR, 9 RBI, 9 SB in 15 Games

From his official site: "Wagner retired with more hits, runs, RBI, doubles, triples, games and steals than any other National League player."