The Greatness of Chipper

Well, Cybermetrics got me thinking again with Cy's post over there today.

Players with .300 Avg, 1000 XBH, 1500 BB, 150 SB, 1500 RBI:

Chipper Jones

That's the whole list.  So that's pretty cool.  But here are some other exclusive lists of which he's a part.

.300/.400/.500 career guys:

Dan Brouthers
Ty Cobb
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Hank Greenberg
Harry Heilmann
Todd Helton
Rogers Hornsby
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Chipper Jones
Edgar Martinez
Stan Musial
Lefty O'Doul
Mel Ott
Albert Pujols
Manny Ramirez
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Frank Thomas
Joey Votto
Larry Walker
Ted Williams

1500 RBI, 1500 R, 1500 BB (the 1500 Club, as it were)


Barry BondsLou Gehrig
Chipper Jones
Mickey Mantle
Stan Musial
Mel Ott
Babe Ruth
Mike Schmidt
Jim Thome
Ted Williams
Carl Yastrzemski
 And, of course, both groups combined (which gives us totals and rates combined):


Lou Gehrig
Chipper Jones
Stan Musial
Mel Ott
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams


Honestly, I know all about the "let's make a list fallacy," as Bill James called it, but I nonetheless find it impressive that one can create a group with just these six names on it.  I mean, the other five are generally regarded as some of the best pure hitters of all time (although Mel Ott is often left out of such discussions).  And only one of them played his entire career post-integration:  the great Chipper Jones.