I would like a list of the Hundred Top Baseball Players in History and
another list of the top 100 Baseball Players today.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 28 Aug 2005 11:53 PDT

Hi overnightcopy,

After compiling two lists of 100 greatest players of all time, I am
unable to locate a single list of the 100 best players today. I have
however, located several other lists:

*Top 100 paid players in 2005

*Top 100 MLB.com Fantasy Baseball Preview for 2004

*Top 100 MLB.com Fantasy Baseball Preview for 2005

Please let me know if this information would interest you.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by overnightcopy-ga on 28 Aug 2005 12:24 PDT

I don't know much about Fantasy players and salaries aren't a good indicator.

For current day players, you can go according to top all time batting
averages as of the end of last season.

For historic, Hall of Famers would do.

I need the names only, no teams or years.

Ideally in a .csv file.

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Clarification of Question by overnightcopy-ga on 28 Aug 2005 12:24 PDT

So there are two lists here.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 28 Aug 2005 12:50 PDT

You say: "For current day players, you can go according to top all
time batting averages as of the end of last season."

See these lists:

Batting Average: All-Time Leaders (Current Through 2004 Season)
'Top 100'
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg1.shtml

Batting Average: Single Season Leaders (Current Through 2004 Season)
'Top 100'
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg2.shtml


Regarding Hall of Famers: There are more than 100. Do you want the complete list?

Waiting to hear your views.

Rainbow~

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 28 Aug 2005 13:07 PDT

For current players, according to their batting average, would this suffice?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting?league=mlb

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 28 Aug 2005 13:56 PDT

H overnightcopy,

I have located a site where you can specify the criteria you would
like to get players' comparisons. For example I selected the
following:

Start Date: 4/4/1990
End Date: 8/27/2005
Sort by: Batting Average
Descending
Minimum Plate Appearances: 502

Here is the result:
http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/CompareInfo.py?StartDate=04%2F04%2F1990&EndDate=08%2F27%2F2005&GameType=all&PlayedFor=0&PlayedVs=0&Park=0&SortField=Case+When+AtBats+%3E+0+Then+Hits%2FAtBats+else+0.0+end&SortDir=desc&MinPA=502

(Sorry about the long url)

Looking forward to your clarification.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by overnightcopy-ga on 28 Aug 2005 15:42 PDT

Hall of Fame List will be fine.

Need these in .csv format.

Hi overnightcopy,

I've compiled the list of Hall of Famers into a csv file. This file is
available for you to save and download at the following url:

http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=172KN2D9MKMUK2A84GW2LSTLHX

This file will remain on the server for only 7 days, so please
download it as soon as possible.


Source of Research:
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/lists/players.htm


I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions regarding my answer
please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Thank you for the tip.
Rainbow~