Mickey Mantle

Ruth's slugging percentages in 1920 and 1921 were .847 and .846. Neither figure has ever been approached. In fact, a slugging percentage higher than .704 has been achieved only 20 times, eight by Ruth. In 1923, hitting .393, he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, and capped off the year by ushering the Yankees to their first World Series Championship. He also led the American League in home runs from 1919-1924, and again from 1926-1931.

Yadier Molina who was born on July 13th in the year of 1982 is a Puerto Rican baseball player that has found his way to the MLB and has really made a mark on the game. ("Yadier Molina." Famous Birthdays. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2016.) Molina was born in Bayamon Puerto Rico and grew up with his father Benjamin Molina, his mother Gladys Matta Molina, and then his two brothers Bengie and Jose. Yadi’s father was a ameture catcher in Puerto Rico but also worked as a toolsman too. Baseball was in the family for a long time and that is all that him and his brothers knew growing up which would explain why they all three made a professional career out of it. Both his brothers Bengie and Jose ended up being major league catchers as well, but nothing like their brother Yadier. They all knew he had something special growing up and playing as a kid. Molina never really focused on the catching

Smith’s nephew, former WWE wrestler David, was the first to post on Facebook. “Today Smith lost his long arduous battle with cancer,” he wrote. “This will be the last post from this account. God bless you, Smith. We all love you.” Davey Boy Smith also sent out a tribute on Twitter, writing, “R.I.P to my uncle.” Smith was the oldest of 12 and appeared on WrestleMania 26 alongside Bret — who

Mickey is known for having one of the best baseball careers in history. He was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. As a boy he grew up around baseball non-stop. His father who was a baseball-loving player, Mickey Cochrone, played for the Detroit Tigers as a catcher. He taught Mickey Jr. to become a switch hitter as a boy. When in high school a New York MLB scout came to watch him and they got him right of the bat. He played two years in the minors and then he finally played in the majors. At age 19 in 1951 he played his first pro ball game with the Yankees. He spent his whole time with Yankees. He played 18 years with them and had big time awards along the way. He was a three-time American League Most Valuable Player, ( 1956-1957, 1962). He had a total 563 home runs in his career and in 1956 he won the American League Triple Crown award with 52 home runs and 130 runs batted and averaged .353. He was plagued by leg injuries which was caused by osteomyelitis. He officially retired in March 1, 1969. August 13, 1995, at age 63 he died of a heart attack because of drinking problems. He had a wife and three children. Mantle was inducted into the Hall of Fame of MLB in

Problems with his parents, he would drink. Disagreement with his girlfriend, he would drink. Bad day at work, he would drink. No matter what difficulty he encountered or strain life would throw at him alcohol was always the answer. This, on top of the good times. Favorite sports team won, he would drink. Concert at the coliseum, he would drink. Fishing with friends, he would drink. The problem, he stated, was that his problems only got worse when he drank. So, he figured the answer was to drink more.

He was under an immense amount of stress and various health problems and later died at age 47 but his company still moved on with his wife maintaining it in his honor.

Recently in July 2016, Pete Rose was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds’ Hall of Fame and his number, 14, was retired by the organization (Pete Rose Inducted into Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame). There has always been a lot of controversy surrounding Rose, but the Reds finally took a step that should have been taken a long time ago, they honored one of the best players to play for their organization. It is time for the baseball Hall of Fame to do the same.

Pete Rose was a player who revolutionized the game of baseball. This all around baseball player, who once played for the Cincinnati Reds, remains as the All-Time Major League leader in hits with a total of 4,256, games played with a total of 3,562, at bats with a total of 14,053, singles with a total of 3,215 and outs with a total of 10,328. He won a large amount of prizes and acknowledges like: The Roberto Clemente Award, World Series MVP, Golden Globe awards and many others. He also managed the Cincinnati Reds after his retirement. He finished with an over .500 winning record as he led the Red to a total of 412 wins and 373 loses. These are numbers of a player who without a doubt should be immortalized in the walls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

Rose was born in 1941 in Cincinnati, to Harry and LaVerne Rose. Pete’s father, Harry, played a number of sports himself at a semi-professional level. One of which was baseball. This born athletic talent would set Pete on a course of greatness in the game of baseball. The sport that was his first love.

In 2000, Derek was named the MVP of both the All-Star Game and the World Series, as the Yankees downed the Mets to capture the Subway Series and a fourth title in Jeter's five seasons in the Majors.

elected into the baseball hall of fame, and was the first player to have their number retired.

Ruth visited children in hospitals and orphanages. While his actions during his career kept him from gaining a job in baseball during his retirement, he made public appearances during his final years on his support on American efforts in WWII. In a tragic turn of events, Babe Ruth became ill with cancer in 1946 and died from it two years later in 1948. Ruth was the first baseball star to have captures the attention of the public so much. He was the star, the ray of hope America was looking for after WWI.

With the Red Soxs he batted .338 and .300. He had 108 RBIs and slugged .469

Joe DiMaggio Jr. was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California (Caso). He had Italian Immigrant parents and grew up in San Francisco, California (Joe Bio). He lived in a small house, but with a big family (Joe Bio). His first baseball experience was at the age of ten (MCSF). He used baseball as an excuse to not help his father with fishing (MCSF). He started playing Minor league baseball at the age of 17 for the San Francisco Seals (Joe Bio). On 1930 he dropped out of high school, so he can play baseball at the diary-wagon parking lot (MCSF).

Roberto Clemente was born on August 18, 1934 to Melchor and Luisa Clemente. He was the youngest out of seven children. His dad was a sugarcane foreman and Roberto sometimes would bring water to the workers on the field. As a boy he was good at sports. He excelled in baseball and javelin throwing. He was so good at both he had a choice to make: he could either represent Puerto Rico at the 1952 olympics or he could play baseball for the professional Santurce baseball team. He chose to play baseball. As a kid Roberto was very motivated, he once earned a penny a day for three years to pay for a bike that he wanted. Roberto Clemente received his first contract by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954. He was invited to a Dodgers-Santurce tryout and he beat