Each State's Greatest Baseball Player

Monte Irvin of Orange, New Jersey

Notes: This is based not necessarily on where the player was born, but where he was trained to play baseball. And, as you will see, personal feelings will be set aside, except where steroids are concerned: All players known to have used steroids are ineligible.

1. Alabama: Willie Mays of Fairfield.

2. Alaska: Chad Bentz of Juneau.

3. Arizona: Jim Palmer of Scottsdale.

4. Arkansas: Brooks Robinson of Little Rock.

5. California: Joe DiMaggio of San Francisco.

6. Colorado: Roy Halladay of Arvada.

7. Connecticut: Jeff Bagwell of Killingworth.

8. Delaware: Chris Short of Milford.

9. District of Columbia: Maury Wills of Washington.

10. Florida: Steve Carlton of North Miami.

11. Georgia: Ty Cobb of Royston.

12. Hawaii: Shane Victorino of Wailuku.

13. Idaho: Harmon Killebrew of Payette.

14: Illinois: Robin Roberts of Springfield.

15. Indiana: Sam Rice of Morocco.

16. Iowa: Bob Feller of Van Meter.

17. Kansas: Walter Johnson of Humboldt.

18. Kentucky: Jim Bunning of Southgate.

19. Louisiana: Mel Ott of Gretna.

20. Maine: George Gore of Hartland.

21. Maryland: Babe Ruth of Baltimore.

22. Massachusetts: Mickey Cochrane of Bridgewater.

23. Michigan: Derek Jeter of Kalamazoo.

24. Minnesota: Dave Winfield of St. Paul.

25. Mississippi: Frank White of Greenville.

26. Missouri: Albert Pujols of Independence.

27. Montana: Dave McNally of Billings.

28. Nebraska: Grover Cleveland Alexander of St. Paul.

29. Nevada: Greg Maddux of Las Vegas.

30. New Hampshire: Carlton Fisk of Charlestown.

31. New Jersey: Monte Irvin of Orange.

32. New Mexico: Alex Bregman of Albuquerque.

33. New York: Lou Gehrig of Manhattan.

34. North Carolina: Gaylord Perry of Williamston.

35. North Dakota: Roger Maris of Fargo.

36. Ohio: Cy Young of Newcomerstown.

37. Oklahoma: Mickey Mantle of Commerce.

38. Oregon: Mickey Lolich of Portland.

39. Pennsylvania: Honus Wagner of Carnegie.

40. Rhode Island: Nap Lajoie of Woonsocket.

41. South Carolina: Joe Jackson of Greenville.

42. South Dakota: Dave Collins of Rapid City.

43. Tennessee: Todd Helton of Knoxville.

44. Texas: Tris Speaker of Hubbard.

45. Utah: Bruce Hurst of St. George.

46. Vermont: Ray Fisher of Middlebury.

47. Virginia: Justin Verlander of Goochland.

48. Washington: Ryne Sandberg of Spokane.

49. West Virginia: Jesse Burkett of Wheeling.

50. Wisconsin: Al Simmons of Milwaukee.

51. Wyoming: Tom Browning of Casper.