Baseball

Players and achievements across international baseball.

People in Baseball

25 profiles

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Babe Ruth

Transforming baseball through record-breaking home-run hitting.

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Jackie Robinson

Breaking Major League Baseball’s modern colour barrier in 1947.

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Willie Mays

Combining exceptional hitting, running and outfield defence.

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Hank Aaron

Breaking Babe Ruth’s career home-run record.

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Roberto Clemente

Combining baseball excellence with humanitarian work.

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Shohei Ohtani

Excelling as both a major-league pitcher and hitter.

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Ichiro Suzuki

Bringing record-setting contact hitting from Japan to Major League Baseball.

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Sadaharu Oh

Hitting 868 career home runs in Japanese professional baseball.

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Pedro Martínez

Dominating major-league hitters with a fastball, curve and changeup.

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Mariano Rivera

Saving 652 major-league games with his signature cut fastball.

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Fernando Valenzuela

Sparking Fernandomania with his extraordinary 1981 rookie season.

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Albert Pujols

Combining 700 home runs with more than 3,000 major-league hits.

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Satchel Paige

Bringing legendary Negro-league pitching to the majors at forty-two.

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Josh Gibson

Establishing an extraordinary batting record in the Negro leagues.

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Ted Williams

Batting .406 in 1941 and becoming one of baseball’s most accomplished hitters.

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Lou Gehrig

Combining extraordinary power hitting with 2,130 consecutive major-league games.

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Mickey Mantle

Winning seven World Series with the Yankees and the 1956 batting Triple Crown.

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Sandy Koufax

Dominating baseball with three Cy Young Awards and a perfect game for the Dodgers.

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Ken Griffey Jr.

The baseball star whose 630 home runs and spectacular centre-field defence made him a defining player of his generation.

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David Ortiz

Delivering clutch hits and three World Series titles for the Boston Red Sox.

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Miguel Cabrera

Winning baseball’s 2012 batting Triple Crown.

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Hideo Nomo

Opening a path from Japanese baseball to MLB with his tornado pitching delivery.

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Hideki Matsui

Winning World Series MVP after a championship-clinching performance for the Yankees.

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Iván Rodríguez

Setting exceptional defensive standards as a major-league catcher.

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Toni Stone

Breaking a gender barrier in Negro leagues baseball.