We’ll start off one of the greatest players of all time, Roberto Clemente. He played the outfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 60s and 70s.  On September 30^th, 1972, he had his 3000^th hit. However, on December 31^st, he was aboard a cargo jet taking medicine to earthquake-torn Nicaragua. The plane crashed that night, leaving no survivors. Roberto Clemente is now in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his number was retired by the Pirates. Number 21 will always be Roberto Clemente.

Nolan Ryan was an amazing pitcher in the 80’s and 90’s. He leads the all-time strikeout list and has seven career no-hitters. People called him “The Ryan Express”. He also is in the Hall of Fame.

Hank Aaron, “The Homerun King”, finished his career with 755 homeruns. He was number 44 on the Atlanta Braves. When he played, there were no steroids to bulk up players. He was just a machine, belting homeruns left and right. Will anyone ever catch up to his mark of 755?

Not far behind Hank Aaron is Babe Ruth. He belted 714 career homers. He played for the New York Yankees long before Aaron was around. People in New York call Yankee Stadium “The House That Ruth Built”. He was known as “The Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swat”, and several other names. However, most people know him as Babe Ruth.

Mickey Mantle was a spectacular baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees in the 50’s and 60’s. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were in a race to get to 61 homeruns. However, that record was broken 30 years later by Mark McGwire.

Take a look at some of these old pictures. Notice that Baseball was a lot different back then.