It's here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the top 100 baseball players across all positions.
To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value.
The top 100 will roll out this week. Here are Nos. 40-31.
So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41.
We've also rolled out the top 10 players at each position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders
All-Time #MLBRank: 40-31
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Mike Trout
Position(s)
Center field
Teams
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011-present)
Honors
Rookie of the Year (2012), five-time All-Star ('12-16), four Silver Sluggers ('12-15), MVP ('14), two All-Star MVPs ('14-15)
Championships
None
Career stats*
.306/.400/.560, OPS -- .960, Hits -- 853, HRs -- 158, RBI -- 459
*Stats through July 20, 2016
Did you know?
Trout is 24 years old and already has five All-Star selections, a Rookie of the Year award, four Silver Sluggers and three second-place MVP finishes to his name. Trout, Barry Bonds, Yogi Berra and Stan Musial are the only players to have four straight top-2 finishes in MVP voting at least once. Trout and Miguel Cabrera are the only players to reach at least 100 hits and 15 HR before the All-Star break at least three times before turning 25. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Info
Miguel Cabrera
Position(s)
First base, third base
Teams
Florida Marlins (2003-07), Detroit Tigers ('08-present)
Honors
Four-time NL All-Star (2004-07), two NL Silver Sluggers ('05-06), four AL Silver Sluggers ('10, '12-13, '15), seven-time AL All-Star ('10-16), two-time AL MVP ('12-13), AL Triple Crown ('12)
Championships
1 -- Florida (2003)
Career stats*
.320/.398/.559, OPS -- .956, Hits - 2,434, HRs -- 426, RBIs -- 1,498
*Stats through July 20, 2016
Did you know?
Cabrera won the AL Triple Crown in 2012 with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. He was the first player to lead his league in all three categories since Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967. The only other Tigers player to win a batting Triple Crown is Ty Cobb, who won his 103 years before Cabrera. Among Venezuelan-born players, Cabrera ranks first all time in home runs (426), RBIs (1,498) and OPS (.956). -- Marty Callinan, ESPN Stats & Info
Joe Morgan
Position(s)
Second base
Teams
Houston Colt .45s (1963-64), Houston Astros (1965-71, '80), Cincinnati Reds ('72-79), San Francisco Giants ('81-82), Philadelphia Phillies ('83), Oakland A's ('84)
Honors
10-time NL All Star (1966, '70, '72-79), All-Star MVP ('72), five NL Gold Gloves ('73-77), two-time NL MVP ('75-76), one NL Silver Slugger ('82), Hall of Fame ('90)
Championships
2 -- Cincinnati (1975-76)
Career stats*
.271/.392/.427, OPS -- .819, Hits -- 2,517, HRs -- 268, RBIs -- 1,133
Did you know?
Morgan had an amazing five-year run, spanning 1972 to 1976 in which he had a .303/.431/.499 slash line, along with 310 stolen bases (with an 83 percent success rate). No second baseman has led his league in on-base percentage since Morgan last did in 1976. Morgan led the NL three years in a row (fellow second baseman Carew led the AL in 1974 and 1975). -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info
Pete Rose
Position(s)
Left field, first base, third base, second base, right field
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1963-78, '84-86), Philadelphia Phillies ('79-83), Montreal Expos ('84)
Honors
Rookie of the Year (1963), 17-time All-Star ('65, '67-71, '73-82, '85), MVP ('73), World Series MVP ('75), two Gold Gloves ('69, '70), Silver Slugger ('81),
Championships
3 -- Cincinnati (1975, '76) Philadelphia ('80)
Career stats
.303/.375/.409, OPS -- .784, Hits -- 4,256 (all-time leader), HRs - 160, RBIs -- 1,314, Games -- 3,562 (all-time leader), At-bats -- 14,053 (all-time leader)
Did you know?
Rose is MLB's all-time leader in hits, games, plate appearances and at-bats. He won the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year and 1973 NL MVP, was a 17-time All-Star and three-time World Series winner, but what's often forgotten is that it was he and not Game 6 hero Carlton Fisk who was named MVP of the 1975 World Series. -- Jacob Nitzberg, ESPN Stats & Info
Warren Spahn
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
Boston Braves (1942, '46-52), Milwaukee Braves ('53-64), New York Mets ('65), San Francisco Giants ('65)
Honors
17-time All-Star (1947, '49-54, '56-59*, '61-63*), Cy Young ('57), Hall of Fame ('75)
*Played in two All-Star Games in '59, '61 and '62
Championships
1 -- Milwaukee (1957)
Career stats
W-L: 363-245, 63 shutouts, 5,243.2 innings pitched, 3.09 ERA, 2,583 strikeouts, 1.195 WHIP
Did you know?
Spahn ranks sixth all-time in wins (363) despite not winning his first game until he was 25. Of those 363 wins, 322 were complete games, 80 more complete-game wins than any other pitcher in the past 100 years. -- Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info
Josh Gibson
Position(s)
Catcher
Teams
Homestead Grays (1930-31, '37-40, '42-46)*, Pittsburgh Crawfords ('32-36)*, Veracruz Azules ('40-41)
*Negro League teams
Honors
Hall of Fame (1972)
Championships
6 - Homestead (1937-38, '42-'45)
Career stats*
.350/.401/.624, OPS -- 1.026, Hits -- 638, HRs -- 107, RBIs -- 351
*Negro League
Did you know?
Nicknamed the Black Babe Ruth, some accounts estimate that Gibson hit between 800-1,000 HR in his Negro League career. Gibson legendarily hit a ball completely out of Yankee Stadium in 1934 and was described by Roy Campanella as "not only the greatest catcher but the greatest ballplayer I ever saw." He never had the opportunity to play in MLB, as he died in 1947. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Info
Tom Seaver
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
New York Mets (1967-77, '83), Cincinnati Reds ('77-82), Chicago White Sox ('84-86), Boston Red Sox ('86)
Honors
NL Rookie of the Year (1967), 12-time NL All-Star ('67-73, '75-78, '81), three NL Cy Youngs ('69, '73, '75), Hall of Fame ('92)
Championships
1 -- New York (1969)
Career stats
W-L: 311-205, 61 shutouts, 4,783.0 innings pitched, 2.86 ERA, 3,640 strikeouts, 1.121 WHIP
Did you know?
Seaver was the 1967 Rookie of the Year, and he followed that with three Cy Young awards en route to 311 wins and 3,640 strikeouts. At the time of his Hall of Fame election, Seaver received the highest percentage of votes ever (98.84 percent) and was the first player to wear a Mets cap on his Hall of Fame plaque. -- Nitzberg
Jimmie Foxx
Position(s)
First base
Teams
Philadelphia A's (1925-35), Boston Red Sox ('36-42), Chicago Cubs ('42, '44), Philadelphia Phillies ('45)
Honors
Three-time AL MVP (1932, '33, '38), nine-time AL All-Star ('33-41), Hall of Fame ('51)
Championships
2 -- Philadelphia A's (1929, '30)
Career stats
.325/.428/.609, OPS -- 1.038, Hits - 2,646, HRs -- 534, RBIs -- 1,922
Did you know?
When Foxx hit his 500th home run in 1940, he became the second player ever to reach the mark, joining Babe Ruth. Only one player (Alex Rodriguez) has reached the mark at a younger age than Foxx, who was just shy of his 33rd birthday at No. 500. -- Braunstein
George Brett
Position(s)
Third base
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1973-93)
Honors
13-time All-Star (1976-88), MVP ('80), three Silver Sluggers ('80, '85, '88), Gold Glove ('85), Hall of Fame ('99)
Championships
1 -- Kansas City (1985)
Career stats
.305/.369/.487, OPS -- .857, Hits -- 3,154, HRs - 317, RBIs -- 1,596
Did you know?
Brett is known as being the ultimate Yankees-killer. From 1976 to 1980, combining regular season and postseason, Brett hit .342 with 14 home runs and 53 RBIs in 66 games against the Yankees. That included a game-tying eighth-inning home run in Game 5 of the 1976 ALCS, a three-homer game in the 1978 ALCS, and a pennant-clinching home run in the 1980 ALCS. -- Simon
Albert Pujols
Position(s)
First base, designated hitter, left field, third base
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (2001-11), Los Angeles Angels ('12-present)
Honors
NL Rookie of the Year (2001), six NL Silver Sluggers ('01, '03-04, '08-10), three-time NL MVP ('05, '08-09), two NL Gold Gloves ('06, '10), nine-time NL All-Star ('01, '03-10), AL All-Star ('15)
Championships
2 -- St. Louis (2006, '11)
Career stats*
.310/.394/.575, OPS -- .970, Hits -- 2,756, HRs -- 579, RBIs -- 1,770
*Stats through July 20, 2016
Did you know?
Pujols is one of nine players in MLB history to hit 500 home runs with a career batting average of .300 or better. The others in that group are Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Thomas and Manny Ramirez. The 600/.300 club that Pujols can join in the next season or two currently consists of Aaron, Mays and Ruth. -- Callinan