Top Ten Left Fielders of All Time

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  • @ricoroho
    @ricoroho 3 месяца назад +2

    It was either '68 or 69 and Ted Williams was managing the Wasington Senators. My parents use to take me to Metropolitan Stadium (MN) to see ballgames. We would always get there early so i could get autographs. One day, Williams was talking to guy in dress clothes by the visitors dugout, he was leaning on the fence. I went down right behind them and didn't say anything as they were talking. There was no one else there. When they got done, Williams started walking away and I asked for his autograph, he kept walking. Then I said, "MR. WILLIMAS, MY DAD SAYS YOU ARE THE BEST HITTER TO EVER PLAY THIS GAME!" Willimas now about 30 feet away, stops, turns and walks back to me. He takes the card, bends over to signed it, and is very close to me now and he says. "Your Dad is one smart son of a bitch." I simply said, "Yes, Sir! Thank you Mr. Williams." It remains the fondest memory of me collecting autograph from like 67 to 74 or so.

  • @calliopivogiatzis2235
    @calliopivogiatzis2235 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love your list! It's great to see a baseball channel that acknowledges the players of yesterday and not focus solely on the players of today like some of these channels do!

    • @GentrovoKolyova
      @GentrovoKolyova  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks!

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      You LOVE this list? Really? Stan Musial not even on the list? He should be #2. Juicer Bonds (oops, I mean Barry Bonds) on the list? Har, har, har.

    • @calliopivogiatzis2235
      @calliopivogiatzis2235 5 месяцев назад

      I'm a big fan of the classics no matter what it is. I don't look at the individual participants but enjoy reliving my past as a whole

  • @richardwiesemeyer9120
    @richardwiesemeyer9120 7 месяцев назад +3

    Stan the man should have been included in the left fielders

    • @DGW1952
      @DGW1952 4 месяца назад +1

      By saying that Musial was not quite left fielder and not quite first baseman, Mr. Gentrovo condemns him to a purgatory in which he fails to be among the best at either position. That's absurd. The proper course of action would be to bite the bullet and concede that Musial played almost twice as many games in the outfield as the infield, and therefore was an outfielder. And, by doing so, give him the credit he so richly deserves.

  • @rejean2744
    @rejean2744 День назад

    Yaz was such a great defensive left fielder and not just in Fenway park .

  • @bryanjones4444
    @bryanjones4444 16 дней назад +1

    If you give Bonds credit for his statistics he must be #1. Personally I would leave Bonds off all greatest list for obvious reasons.

  • @michaelestrada6840
    @michaelestrada6840 8 месяцев назад +1

    Cool content bro keep it coming.

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      Cool content? Do you know ANYTHING about baseball?

  • @jeffreylockhart8292
    @jeffreylockhart8292 8 месяцев назад +1

    Honestly imagine Ted Williams numbers he played all the years he was not playing active fighter pilot, yes agreed

  • @GentrovoKolyova
    @GentrovoKolyova  8 лет назад +2

    I also want to add that I did heavily consider Willie Stargell. In fact, I am still debating that he more than likely deserves a place on here. However, the one thing that drove me away from placing him on the list was that he was more of a first baseman during about 40% of his career.

  • @jaytrace1006
    @jaytrace1006 11 месяцев назад +5

    Hey, if you ever make a list of most arrogant a-holes in baseball history, Barry Bonds might finally make #1…

  • @dennissollars9062
    @dennissollars9062 3 года назад +3

    Consider Making a Top-Ten List for Guitars.

  • @twisterroot2470
    @twisterroot2470 9 месяцев назад +1

    Forgot to mention Ted's two triple crowns, third losing the batting title by a couple percentage points!

  • @danieladkins5242
    @danieladkins5242 6 месяцев назад +1

    Pete Rose won 2 gold gloves in left field. That was his best position but they moved him to make way for Foster.

  • @frankanuzzi9740
    @frankanuzzi9740 3 года назад +1

    Great list I def think 1 and 2 are greatest all time maybe.I’m glad you got Barry up there he’s def top 3 player all time

    • @charleynewman5758
      @charleynewman5758 2 года назад

      He cheated Idiot

    • @williammarriott6131
      @williammarriott6131 8 месяцев назад

      No 1 on the all time cheater list...wonder how long before he dies of some doped related disease?

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      How in the He!! can you think Juicer Bonds (oops, Barry Bonds) should be on the list?

  • @DGW1952
    @DGW1952 4 месяца назад +2

    I'm not sure what you mean when you say "Rickey Henderson, a great personality". From what I can glean by way of interviews and body language on the diamond, he ranks right up there with Barry Bonds as one of the most egotistical persons ever to play the game. Great, yes, but he knew it, and he made sure everyone else knew it. Though the numbers don't (quite) match, and though he may not belong somewhere on this list (and I'm not saying he does), I would still pick Lou Brock to play on my side any day. Why? Because he was a self-effacing blue-collar worker who went out day after day and quietly did what he did (which was a heck of a lot) for the good of the team and the players around him, without the distasteful histrionics and self-aggrandizement.

  • @snuffyballparks6501
    @snuffyballparks6501 8 месяцев назад +1

    Anybody wanna guess the highest WAR LF'er career for the Yankees? One of my favorite players but WAY under the radar. A vey solid all around player.

    • @Pronzini1
      @Pronzini1 8 месяцев назад +1

      Roy White?

    • @anthonytripp2251
      @anthonytripp2251 2 месяца назад

      Roy White played LF at the REAL Yankee Stadium better than anyone ever.

  • @donjennings9034
    @donjennings9034 7 месяцев назад +2

    I think you better rethink Ted as the greatest hitter of all time. He can only be number two. I don't mind arguments about who is after Babe, but I have tried every way possible to find any hitter better than Babe...can't. Yes, I know he was not typically in left field, I'm just arguing with your comment. Bonds would not make my list as he was a cheater. But, I would never rate Henderson above Simmons. I like your list for the most part. I'm a huge fan of Shoeless Joe. 👍

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      Har, har, har. Babe played with a short porch. Ted played with a long right field. Ted lost FIVE years to military service. Give Ted 150 more home runs and what do you have? If you can't find a better hitter than Babe, you are not looking very hard.

    • @donjennings9034
      @donjennings9034 5 месяцев назад

      @@dougamundson6836 Babe didn't need a short porch.

    • @donjennings9034
      @donjennings9034 5 месяцев назад

      @@dougamundson6836 Really? .690 Slugging, Pitched for 5 years, 11.76 HR/AB, .26 RBI/AB. 182.6 WAR. Williams - .634 Slugging, 3 years military, 14.79 HR/AB, .24 RBI/AB, 121.8 WAR. Looks like your having trouble finding something. 🤣 1. Ruth 2. Williams 3. Gehrig.

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      And Williams lost 5 years to Military Service. Compare parks. Williams lost lots of home runs to the park, and Ruth gained lots of home runs. Williams has the highest On Base % ever. @@donjennings9034

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      But, he had one. @@donjennings9034

  • @jeffreylazear
    @jeffreylazear 4 месяца назад

    To not have Stan The Man Musial on this list is silly. Regarding Ralph Kiner, remember the outfield walls of old Forbs Field were over 400 feet away. Hard to hit homers there!

  • @jeffreylockhart8292
    @jeffreylockhart8292 8 месяцев назад +1

    Ralph Kiner was a blurry call. He didn't play that many years . Yes for a few years he was outstanding

    • @Snoopydad
      @Snoopydad 4 месяца назад

      I think that him making the Hall was a joke for such an abbreviated carear.

    • @WilliamMedve
      @WilliamMedve 3 месяца назад

      Partner the guy led the national league 7 straight years in home runs playing in Forbes Field 457 to center 406 left center 365 left field

    • @WilliamMedve
      @WilliamMedve 3 месяца назад

      ​@Snoopydad you're a joke you don't know baseball.history he led the league in hrs 7 straight years

  • @lukefreezy2425
    @lukefreezy2425 6 лет назад +1

    1. Ted Williams
    2. Barry Bonds
    3. Stan Musial
    4. Al Simmons
    5. Rickey Henderson
    6. Ed Delahanty
    7. Goose Goslin
    8. Carl Yastrzemski
    9. Billy Williams
    10. Willie Stargell

  • @pjiidoesthat8986
    @pjiidoesthat8986 2 месяца назад +1

    Before the steroids he could have retired and still made the hof,
    he ended his career with
    7 Mvps, 8 Gold Gloves and never had his FP% dip below 900 better yet it stayed the 9D's so yes man's does need to be here on this list
    And if we're being adults and Baseball fans who actually watch baseball not just bits and pieces of people's careers he should be in the Hof

  • @WilliamMedve
    @WilliamMedve 3 месяца назад

    Willie Stargell. but maybe not enough games at left field. I heard the commentator mention Matt Holiday .What did he do that was so special come on lets get real

  • @BluesImprov
    @BluesImprov 4 месяца назад +2

    Just a question. . .Does Stan "The Man" Musial belong on ANY of your lists??? By the way, the statistic Stan said he was most proud of is almost never mentioned in stories about him. Namely, Musial has the MOST Total Bases of ANY left-handed hitter who ever played. . .More than ANY left-handed hitter EVER. . .Even more than Barry Bonds. And Bonds hit WAY more homers than Stan, but because Stan was such an all-time great hitter, he still ended up with MORE Total Bases. Just seems Stan is kind of forgotten many times.

  • @pukulu
    @pukulu Год назад

    Jim Rice would have played left field more often except that his manager, Don Zimmer, decided that Rice would become the designated hitter of the Red Sox. Rice did not like being removed from the field like that but he kept on with his career.

    • @pukulu
      @pukulu Год назад

      Ralph Kiner also drew plenty of walks. He was a modern hitter, emphasizing on-base percentage and slugging percentage at the same time. Baseball statisticians rate him very highly as did Ted Williams. Kiner's best year was probably 1949 with an 8.1 WAR but he finished 4th in the MVP voting behind Jackie Robinson (9.3 WAR) and Stan Musial (9.2 WAR) and Enos Slaughter (6.0 WAR). Kiner was great in 1947 too, but Bob Elliot got the MVP.

  • @charleynewman5758
    @charleynewman5758 2 года назад

    He should be on your list he had over 3,000 hits

  • @robertdurrwachter
    @robertdurrwachter 8 месяцев назад +2

    What about STAN THE MAN MUSIAL?

  • @slewisforre
    @slewisforre 8 лет назад

    We have the same to three. But I have a hard time putting my other seven in an order. I put Stickers Joe on mine and George Foster. I want to add Sweet Lol and Stan the Man, but I'm trying not to be a homer.

  • @ABDOSPIANO
    @ABDOSPIANO 11 месяцев назад +1

    Forgot two triple crowns for Ted Williams!

  • @briandeline5065
    @briandeline5065 6 лет назад

    Decent list, but Yaz above Simmons because he put his numbers up primarily in a pitcher's era, remember, they had to lower the mound.

  • @MyRobertallen
    @MyRobertallen 6 месяцев назад

    Musial most certainly was mainly a LF. Nevertheless, Shoeless Joe Jackson = GOAT LF (and nickname). Pre-PDS Bonds = 3. 4 = Rickey. Sweet Gretsch, though. RFGA, Ph.D.

  • @eddierivera1860
    @eddierivera1860 7 месяцев назад

    Ted Williams.

  • @larrypower8659
    @larrypower8659 8 месяцев назад

    Three Red Sox, well deserved. No mention of defense for any one of these players? Not all were great defensively but Yaz surely was.

  • @charleynewman5758
    @charleynewman5758 2 года назад +1

    You better have Lou Brock

    • @jerryklooster438
      @jerryklooster438 4 месяца назад

      Charley - great base stealer. Good post-season stats. 3000 hits. Definitely in the top 25 of all-time left fielders.

    • @othgmark1
      @othgmark1 4 месяца назад

      ​@@jerryklooster438Brock was in a pitcher's era as well batting averages were low. Not a power guy but an incredible leadoff hitter. Bonds was a cheater and without juice might have made the list anyway but a horrible arm and his fielding in general dropped off later.

    • @jerryklooster438
      @jerryklooster438 4 месяца назад

      @@othgmark1 Brock, as I said was a great base stealer and has excellent post season stats - but to call him an "incredible leadoff hitter" is quite a stretch. His .343 career on base percentage is among the lowest of any hall of famer.

    • @othgmark1
      @othgmark1 4 месяца назад

      @@jerryklooster438 What l mean by incredible leadoff hitter is anytime he got to first he was in scoring position. Everyone behind him in the batting order benefited when he was on base. Only Ricky Henderson was better at disrupting pitchers. I met Lou a few years before he passed and he was as nice a person as you hoped he would be. I feel fortunate to have seen him play in his prime.

  • @WilliamMedve
    @WilliamMedve 3 месяца назад

    I cant understand how Barry Bonds won 8 gold gloves He didnt come close to throwing out Sid Bream .He had a candy arm isnt that counted for gold glove awards

  • @Veganisbadhunter-wx5nt
    @Veganisbadhunter-wx5nt 7 месяцев назад

    Manny Ramirez over Jim Rice everyday. I watched both players and Ramirez much bigger impact.

  • @9Ballr
    @9Ballr 3 месяца назад

    Even counting Bonds' steroid years, Williams still has the better overall batting record.

  • @cmozzy70
    @cmozzy70 4 месяца назад

    Bonds - yes. “Roids” stuff is nonsense. Just look at increase in avg HR per team from ‘90 -‘00 versus avg HR per team ‘10-‘20. ‘10-‘20 was super-clean & yet showed an even larger increase. So obviously Roids cannot be attributed as the cause of increases in HR per. team

    • @othgmark1
      @othgmark1 4 месяца назад

      You really choose to ignore science and all other evidence? Dream on Bonds cheated and was caught.

  • @charleynewman5758
    @charleynewman5758 2 года назад

    He is right fielder Rickey Henderson

  • @richardwiesemeyer9120
    @richardwiesemeyer9120 7 месяцев назад

    Yaz was only great with the bat a few seasons his longevity made his numbers high. Great fielder with a good arm

    • @MichaelGibbons-uk2mc
      @MichaelGibbons-uk2mc 4 месяца назад

      Overrated. He use to pull up well before the warning track even when the ball would hit the wall at eye level or below. He played alot of outs into singles or doubles.

  • @nicholasschroeder3678
    @nicholasschroeder3678 8 месяцев назад

    I dont think the guys who took drugs to the point of physical deformity really belong in the discussion. It's a shame, given the obvious incredible talents of Bonds, which were clear before his head turned into a pumpkin, but he cheated at the game. Just because the league tolerated it, doesn't change things. Btw, this isn't controversial.

  • @sheldynbell7381
    @sheldynbell7381 3 года назад +4

    Dude there’s no way Barry is not number one.

    • @williammarriott6131
      @williammarriott6131 8 месяцев назад +1

      No 1 worst human being to ever play baseball!

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      So, according to you, cheaters should be #1?

  • @DrD313
    @DrD313 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bonds is #1. Not even close.

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah, Juicer Bonds at #1. Har, har, har.

  • @deepdrag8131
    @deepdrag8131 Месяц назад

    You didn’t give enough attention to defense. If you had you’d have rated Yaz higher.

    • @GentrovoKolyova
      @GentrovoKolyova  Месяц назад

      Left field is one of lowest rated areas for value in regards to defense. Offense is more important for this position. Thanks for the feedback.

  • @henry-bo3np
    @henry-bo3np 8 месяцев назад +5

    You can NOT put Barry Bonds on this list. It's like putting Ben Johnson on the list of all-time greatest sprinters. Barry Bonds cheated, and everybody knows it. It's why Barry Bonds is not in the Hall of Fame.

    • @bobwhite2
      @bobwhite2 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, agree 100%

    • @byronwilliams6128
      @byronwilliams6128 8 месяцев назад

      So did Big Papi and he’s a first ballot HOFer also Bonds was already on the list before alleged steroid use. Bonds is not in the HOF because sanctimonious hypocrisy! You should be more outraged that Ortiz is in than including Bonds on a list that anyone who knows anything about baseball would agree.

    • @pjiidoesthat8986
      @pjiidoesthat8986 2 месяца назад

      Before the steroids he could have retired and still made the hof,
      he ended his career with
      7 Mvps, 8 Gold Gloves and never had his FP% dip below 900 better yet it stayed the 9D's so yes man's does need to be here on this list

    • @henry-bo3np
      @henry-bo3np 2 месяца назад

      @@pjiidoesthat8986, and so could "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (.358 lifetime batting average). But then Shoeless Joe threw a World Series, and was banned from baseball for life. Lesson: don't cheat!

    • @Thomas-lc3hi
      @Thomas-lc3hi 2 месяца назад

      Barry bonds is not on the list there is no list the best left the best left fielder hitter of all time regardless of that other foolishness that people talk about

  • @Pronzini1
    @Pronzini1 8 месяцев назад +1

    "Never donned his hat?" That should have said "never doffed his hat." Ted was an awful outfielder too.

  • @williammarriott6131
    @williammarriott6131 8 месяцев назад +1

    I knew it, you had to sink to bonds level. Most doped up player in history. Was not even the best fielder in Pittsburg, could not throw a runner out at 3rd base (thanks for not being able to throw out Sid Bream with a LEG BRACE to send the Pirates to the WS!!!!).

  • @SSGMacGeek22
    @SSGMacGeek22 9 месяцев назад

    Your list should not have any steroids players

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson12345 7 месяцев назад

    If you don't consider Babe Ruth...
    1. Ted Williams
    2. Barry Bonds (If Bonds never used steroids he'd be #1. But oh well)
    3. Rickey Henderson
    4. Carl Yastrzemski
    5. Al Simmons
    6. Tim Raines
    7. Goose Goslin
    8. Billy Williams
    9. Ed Delahanty
    10. Minnie Minoso
    If you count Manny Ramirez stick him at #8 and kick Minoso off. Obviously if you include Ruth he's #1 and everyone slides down. I left Rice off because.. too many strikeouts.. too few walks.. no speed. mediocre fielder. Just not enough.. Joe Medwick.. too much of his production was crammed into three or four monster years.. I felt they were a little bit of an anomaly. Ralph Kiner thought hard.. just not enough length to the career at the end of the day. If he had some kind of speed or a good glove maybe.. but he didn't.

  • @mannyrodriguez4992
    @mannyrodriguez4992 4 года назад

    Hey Gentrovo i knew from the beginning that you would not put BONDS #1 and it would be TED WILLIAMS.. Let me just tell you that WILLIAMS WAS AWESOME but BARRY BONDS is THE GREATEST ALL AROUND PLAYER OF ALL TIME and that includes WILLIE MAYS... BARRY BONDS WAS IN A LEAGUE ALL OF HIS OWN...INTENTIONAL WALKS , HOMERUNS, STOLEN BASES, SLUGGING PERCENTAGE , 8 TIMES GOLD GLOVE WINNER and many many others... But listen to this GENTROVO... When have you heard of a guy with more that 700 PLUS HOMERUNS and 500 PLUS STOLEN BASES... COME ON MAN..... BARRY BONDS IS THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME !!! AND ALSO THE MOST FEARED HITTER OF ALL TIME.. MOST INTENTIONAL WALKS EVER... COME ON MAN... YOU WERE SCARED OF PUTTING HIM # 1... YOU MADE A BIGGGG MISTAKE... TED WILLIAMS # 2... BARRY BONDS #1..

    • @GentrovoKolyova
      @GentrovoKolyova  4 года назад

      Manny Rodriguez Thanks for the feedback.

    • @RealBigR
      @RealBigR 4 года назад +1

      Steroids says it all.

    • @sheldynbell7381
      @sheldynbell7381 3 года назад

      Dude I agree I mean look how many times he was walked and still hit 50 plus homers

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 5 месяцев назад

      Anybody that thinks Bonds was a great player must teach his kids to cheat. Juicers......juicers.....juicers......Har, har, har.

  • @jimtruscott5670
    @jimtruscott5670 Месяц назад

    Ruth was a greater hitter than Williams.

  • @writerconsidered
    @writerconsidered Месяц назад

    Sorry I don't like your focus. When judging fielding positions you should be judging fielding. As a Sox fan the Best left fielder is Carl Yastrzemski was the best. Rice and Williams don't even rate. Yes Ted was a far better hitter than Yaz. But Ted could never field the wall anywhere as close to Yaz's ability. Fielding needs to come first and hitting second. And Rice doesn't even rate hitting compared to Yaz.

  • @charleynewman5758
    @charleynewman5758 2 года назад

    I am mad at you because you put a cheater And he ruined Hank Aaron career

  • @charleynewman5758
    @charleynewman5758 2 года назад

    I disagree with most of them

  • @anthonytripp2251
    @anthonytripp2251 2 месяца назад

    Manny Ramirez was a clown in the field, a total liability. Barry Asterisk Bonds belongs in the hall of SHAME. Roy White deserved a mention.

  • @bobwhite2
    @bobwhite2 8 месяцев назад

    Any list without Tris Speaker is false.

  • @SSGMacGeek22
    @SSGMacGeek22 9 месяцев назад

    Barry Bonds, steroids, he shouldn’t be on any list