He is remembered as much for his humanitarianism as for his renown in right field. Clemente won four batting titles, 12 Golden Glove awards and finished his career with 3,000 hits. He died at 38, in 1972, in a cargo plane that was carrying supplies and food to Nicaragua.

Runner-up: Roger Clemens.

Worthy of consideration: Tim Duncan, Sidd Finch, Kevin Garnett, Stan Mikita, David Pearson, Deion Sanders, Sammy Sosa,Warren Spahn, LaDainian Tomlinson, Dominique Wilkins.