A bit of baseball trivia

So, My bro and I were discussing the relative merits of Willy Mays and Mickey Mantle. I posed the proposition that I’d as soon have Miguel Cabrera as either one, which might be regarded as heresy by some. The facts are that we left out (in the Mays/Mantle discussion) two of their contemporaries who were probably better all around baseball players anyway! To stretch it out a bit I’ll call one player B and the other, player S.

S – Full Seasons played, career,

 BA –batting average, lifetime

OBP – On base  percentage, lifetime, 

SLG – slugging average , lifetime

>100 – seasons with more than 100 RBIs 

 >300 – seasons hitting over .300

                          S          BA        OBP      SLG      >100      >.300

 Mantle             18         .298       .421      .557        4(!)         10

Mays                 23         .302      .384      .557         10           10

Cabrera             11         .321       .399     .569         11           8

Player B            17         .344       .482     .634          9            16

Player S             22        .331       .417      .559         10          18

 

Still want Mays or Mantle first?  As it stands, Cabrera in 11 seasons has a better everything than Mays, and beats Mantle in BA, Slugging (averages) and RBI production. (by the way, Cabrera is only 30!) The surprise is that Player B and Player S are better than all of them ! Who are they?