George Brett

The term pure hitter was invented for players like George Brett, who is the only third baseman in history with more than 300 homers and 3,000 hits, and he has more career walks (1,096) than strikeouts (908). When Brett went on the disabled list to open the 1984 season, teammate Dan Quisenberry said Brett piled up 3,154 hits with a .305/.369/.487 career line, and he also had some decent pop with 665 doubles and 317 home runs. He won a batting title in three different decades as well and made a serious run at hitting .400 in 1980 when he finished the season with a .390/.454/.664 line to win AL MVP honors.