"Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,​The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?""--Amazon. A sportswriter and lifelong student of the game, Posnanski that tells the story of baseball through the lives of its greatest players. His choices include iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. Rather than relying on records and statistics, he retraces players' origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball's past and present. The result is a rich pageant of baseball history, and stories that have long gone unheard. -- adapted from jacket

Includes index.

In order from #100 to #1: Ichiro Suzuki -- Mike Mussina -- Carlos Beltrán -- Roberto Alomar -- Larry Walker -- Tony Gwynn -- Roy Campanella -- Ozzie Smith -- Bullet Rogan -- Mariano Rivera -- Max Scherzer -- Mike Piazza -- Curt Schilling -- Charlie Gehringer -- Gary Carter -- Sadaharu Oh -- -Cool Papa Bell -- Phil Niekro -- Kid Nichols -- Ferguson Jenkins -- Carlton Fisk -- Derek Jeter -- Clayton Kershaw -- Miguel Cabrera -- Willie McCovey -- Justin Verlander -- Frank Thomas -- Brooks Robinson -- Robin Roberts -- Bert Blyleven -- Sandy Koufax -- Monte Irvin -- Gaylord Perry -- Hank Greenberg -- Robin Yount -- Ernie Banks -- Johnny Mize -- Steve Carlton -- Smokey Joe Williams -- Arky Vaughan -- Pete Rose -- Reggie Jackson -- Jeff Bagwell -- Rod Carew -- Joe DiMaggio -- Bob Feller -- Chipper Jones -- Buck Leonard -- Adrián Beltré -- Al Kaline -- Nolan Ryan -- Warren Spahn -- Ken Griffey Jr. -- Wade Boggs -- Eddie Mathews -- Bob Gibson -- Cal Ripken Jr. -- Yogi Berra -- Jackie Robinson -- Tom Seaver -- Roberto Clemente -- Nap Lajoie -- Carl Yastrzemski -- Pedro Martínez -- Christy Mathewson -- George Brett -- Cy Young -- Jimmie Foxx -- Mel Ott -- Greg Maddux -- Johnny Bench -- Eddie Collins -- Randy Johnson -- Mike Trout -- Grover Cleveland Alexander -- Pop Lloyd -- Rickey Henderson -- Albert Pujols -- Lefty Grove -- Joe Morgan -- Frank Robinson -- Mike Schmidt -- Tris Speaker -- Rogers Hornsby -- Alex Rodriguez -- Josh Gibson -- Lou Gehrig -- Roger Clemens -- Honus Wagner -- Mickey Mantle -- Satchel Paige -- Stan Musial -- Ty Cobb -- Walter Johnson -- Ted Williams -- Oscar Charleston -- Henry "Hank" Aaron -- Barry Bonds -- Babe Ruth -- Willie Mays.