W.Taveres is very fast. The fastest, I don't know about that. In football, you think of Bob Hayes. He was a real baller, meaning he was world class speed who also was a playa. Not a novelty. W.Gault wasn't a novelty, but not of the caliber on Hayes.

Who's the fastest (relevant) player in baseball history?

Deion Sanders

To be honest, right now I think Willy T. is the fastest player in baseball. He hits a routine ground ball to second and almost beats it out. He has 69 infield hits this year. That is crazy.

Ichiro lose a step or something?

if willy t was left handed he'd be way quicker to first than ichiro

I would take Willy over Ichiro in a foot race by a split second.

Ryan will have a little more to say I'm sure, but you can't ignore Crawford down in TB.

Willy T is VERY fast, but is not a good base runner yet... He will get better I hope, but thhe still makes some mistakes on the paths and reading the ball when it is hit and he is on the move...

Willy T is VERY fast, but is not a good base runner yet... He will get better I hope, but thhe still makes some mistakes on the paths and reading the ball when it is hit and he is on the move...

apologies for the double post

Not asking who's the smartest...the fastest.

Willy T is ridiculously fast.

Honestly i think jose rayes for the mets might be the fastest player in baseball. Willy T is definetly in the top 2 or 3 though. He just needs to learn how to get a jump, and he will steal 50+ bases a year.

I'm guessing Ricky Henderson must have had some quicks too.

im gonna go with bullard...reyes is the fastest...i also saw a poll of big league players, and they agreed

Willy T, Reyes, & Crawford are probably the current upper-tier....

It's probably some guy we've never heard of who can't hit, or field but is on someone's roster as a PHer because he can flat out fly


as for Henderson....he wasn't the fastest but he studied and read pitchers better than anyone

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Ricky-be-Ricky had the best baseball istincts I've ever seen. I think that, as much as his talent, led to his success and longevity.

Saw a scouts take on the fastest players in the game and he said Willy had the fastest time to first base over anyone in baseball by almost 2 tenths of a second. This being from the right side when Reyes and Crawford come from the left has to mean he is the fastest. Also Rocco Baldelli from Tampa has some serious wheels.

I was going to mention Baldelli but he didn't play this year

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just after that last play, i'm gonna rank watch Willy run right behind Vlad making throws from RF the 2 most enjoyable things to watch in baseball.

jayson stark wrote an article about this.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2137637&num=0

his findings:

NL: taveras, reyes, then pierre
AL: logan, gathright, then crawford

Sid Bream could still out run them all.

As far as flat out historical speed, I would have to give Lou Brock serious consideration.

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Sid Bream could still out run them all

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Only with Barroid Bonds in LF.....

Jackie...thanks for digging up that article, I was about to until I saw you did.

From home to 1st noone's faster that Willie T. From 1st to home or 2nd to home, you *might* give the slight nod to Reyes...