MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association /NLBPA Negro League Baseball Players Association - New Owners under Affirmative Action)
1. Henry Aaron - Atlanta Braves
Qualifications; Played in both the Negro Leagues and the Major Leagues for a total just over 20 years. President of Baseball Operations of the Atlanta Braves for 20 years. His lifetime playing statistics in the Majors include a .305 Avg, 755 Home-Runs and one MVP Award. Has one World Series Ring to his name. Was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Other notable statistics; greatest one year Home-Run total - 47
Hammered 44 Home-Runs in a season 4 times.
2. Frank Robinson/Joe Morgan - Homestead Grays (Greatest Negro League Team of all-time)
Qualifications; Frank Robinson - Played in the Major Leagues for over 20 years. Became the first African American Manager with the Cleveland Indians in 1976. Has Managed in the Major Leagues for roughly 30 years. His lifetime playing statistics in the Majors include 586 Home-Runs and he's the only Major Leaguer to ever win an MVP in both the National and American Leagues. Has two World Series rings to his name. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics; Won the World Series with both an American League and National League team.
Qualifications; Joe Morgan - Played in the Major Leagues for over 20 years. Has been a Baseball Commentator for 25 years. Played with the expansion Houston Colt 45's, later the Houston Astros before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds (a team Robinson played on likewise). Won the MVP trophy twice (in 1975 and 1976), where he likewise won two World Series rings. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics; 1976 Stats - .320 avg 27 Homeruns 111 RBI 60 SB 11 CS
3. Willie Mays/Willie McCovey/Barry Bonds - San Francisco Giants
Qualifications; Willie Mays - Played in both the Negro Leagues and the Major Leagues for over 20 years. Is known as the Greatest Centerfielder of all-time. Won 12 Gold Glove Awards and three MVP Awards. His lifetime playing statistics also include 660 Homeruns, a .302 Avg and one World Seried ring. Has a Grandstand at the Giants Park in San Francisco named after him. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics; Hit 50+ Homeruns in a year twice. Had 2 30HR/30SB Campaigns.
Qualifications; Willie McCovey - Played in the Major Leagues for over 20 years. Was known to hit the ball further than any man in the Majors when he played. At San Francisco's home park, they named beyond the Right-Field Grandstand McCovey Cove (the water in which the balls end up, if hit far enough). His lifetime statistics include 1 MVP Award and 521 lifetime Homeruns. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics; MVP Campaign of 1969 - .320 avg 45 HR 126 RBI.
Qualifications; Barry Bonds - Played in the Major Leagues for just over 20 years.
Played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. Won 8 Gold Gloves. Hammered 762 lifetime Home-Runs, the all-time mark. Deserved a World Series Ring in 2002, when his Giants were winning the 6th game (that would have won them the Series), yet ended up losing games 6 and 7 to the Anaheim Angels. Won 7 MVP Awards in his storied career. Barry Bonds Godfather is Willie Mays. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics; 1 40HR/40SB season. 5 30HR/30SB seasons. 73 HR in 2001.
4. Cito Gaston/Dave Winfield - Toronto Blue Jays
Qualifications; Cito Gaston - Played in the Major Leagues for almost ten years. Served as Batting Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays under Bobby Cox in 1983. Was instrumental in orchastrating perhaps the best offence in the Majors in his time there. Was promoted to Manager in 1989 and proceeded to guide the Jays to the playoffs in 4 of his first 7 years as Manager. Returned as the Blue Jays Manager for the 2009 after a 14 year hiatis. Gaston became the first African-American to win the World Series as a Manager (and has won two rings as Manager to date). He will surely be enshrined into Cooperstown once his Managerial Career ends.
Other notable statistics - Helped Dave Winfield enormously when Winfield joined the San Diego Padres in 1974. Gaston was picked as a representative of the Padres in the 1970 all-star game.
Qualifications; Dave Winfield - Played in the Majors for over 20 years. Played a storied career which encompassed tours in 5 cities including Toronto in 1992. 1992 was the year Winfield won his only World Series ring, playing under former teamate Cito Gaston. Winfields' lifetime statistics include 465 Homeruns and 5 consecutive 100+ RBI campaigns with the New York Yankees. Was inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics - Finished his playing career with his hometown Minnesota Twins.
5. Ozzie Smith - St. Louis Cardinals
Qualifications; Played in the Majors for around 20 years almost exclusively with the Cardinals. Was ironically traded after his rookie season in San Diego for a fellow shortstop, Gary Templeton (most people thought that San Diego got the better of the deal). As he left the Padres in the trade to St. Louis, he dispelled the sentiment of being the lesser shortstop and went on to win 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards. He won 1 World Series ring with St. Louis, and was duly inducted into Cooperstown.
Other notable statistics - Stole 30+ bases in 11 separate campaigns.
6. Ken Griffey Jr./Ken Griffey Sr. - Seattle Mariners
Qualifications; Ken Griffey Jr.- Played in the Majors for over 20 years. Won 10 consecutive Gold Glove Awards with the Mariners from 1990-1999. Griffey Jr. won the American League MVP in 1997 and finished his career with 632 Homeruns. Many would argue that Griffey Jr. was as great a Centerfielder as Willie Mays.
Other noteable statistics; Hit 40+ HRs in 7 of eight seasons between 1993-2000.
Qualifications; Ken Griffey Sr. - Played in the Majors for roughly 20 years. He started his career with the Cincinnati Reds and was known as one of the fastest men in the game. When he moved to the Mariners in 1989 he joined his son Jr. as the first father/son combination to ever play together in the Majors.
Other notable statistics - Led the N.L in Batting Average in 1976.
7. Jim Rice - Boston Red Sox
Qualifications; Began his career in 1974 and played for 16 years. His highest one season HR was 46 a total he posted in 1978. His stat line for that year; .315 avg 46 HR 139 RBI 25 2B 15 3B 121 RUNS 213 Hits MVP.
Duly elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 2009.
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