All-Time #MLBRank, Nos. 10-1

ByABC News
July 22, 2016, 3:40 PM

— -- It's here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the top 100 baseball players across all positions.

To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value.

The top 100 will roll out this week. Here are Nos. 10-1.

So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11.

We've also rolled out the top 10 players at each position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders

All-Time #MLBRank: 10-1

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Babe Ruth

Position(s)
Right field, left field, left-handed starter

Teams
Boston Red Sox (1914-19), New York Yankees ('20-34), Boston Braves ('35)

Honors
AL MVP (1923), two-time AL All-Star ('34-35), Hall of Fame ('36)

Championships
7 -- Boston Red Sox (1915, '16, '18), New York ('23, '27, '28, '32)

Career stats
.342/.474/.690 (all-time leader), 1.164 OPS (all-time leader), 2,837 hits, 714 HRs, 2,214 RBIs

Did you know?
Babe Ruth is MLB's all-time leader in slugging percentage (.690) and OPS (1.163). His 714 home runs rank third all time. But that's not the only stat in which he ranks third. Ruth's career ERA of 2.28 ranks third among starters since earned runs were officially kept in both leagues in 1913 (minimum 1,000 IP). -- Callinan