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. 50-41.

So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51.

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: 50-41

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Nolan Ryan

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Position(s)

Right-handed starter

Teams

New York Mets (1966, '68-71), California Angels ('72-79), Houston Astros ('80-88) Texas Rangers ('89-93)

Honors

Six-time AL All-Star (1972-73, '75, '77, '79, '89), two-time NL All-Star ('81, '85), Hall of Fame ('99)

Championships

1 -- New York (1969)

Career stats

W-L: 324-292, 61 shutouts, 5,386 innings pitched, 3.19 ERA, 5,714 strikeouts (all-time leader), 2,795 walks (all-time leader), 1.247 WHIP

Did you know?

Ryan is baseball's all-time strikeout leader with 5,714, 839 more than any other player. His seven no-hitters are also the most all time, three more than any other player. An eight-time All-Star, Ryan has his jersey retired by three different teams (Angels, Astros, Rangers). -- Jacob Nitzberg, ESPN Stats & Info

Mariano Rivera

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Position(s)

Right-handed reliever

Teams

New York Yankees (1995-2013)

Honors

13-time All-Star (1997, '99-2002, '04-06, '08-11, '13), World Series MVP ('99), All-Star MVP ('03)

Championships

5 -- (1996, '98-2000, '09)

Career stats

W-L: 82-60, 1,283 2/3 innings pitched, 2.21 ERA, 1,173 strikeouts, 1.000 WHIP, 652 saves (all-time leader)

Did you know?

Rivera's 1.00 WHIP is the lowest in the live-ball era. Rivera was also the last player to wear No. 42 after it was retired for Jackie Robinson. -- Nitzberg

Lefty Grove

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Position(s)

Left-handed starter

Teams

Philadelphia A's (1925-33), Boston Red Sox ('34-41)

Honors

MVP (1931), six-time All-Star ('33, '35-39), Hall of Fame ('47)

Championships

2 -- Philadelphia (1929, '30)

Career stats

W-L: 300-141, 35 shutouts, 3,940 2/3 innings pitched, 3.06 ERA, 2,266 strikeouts, 1.278 WHIP

Did you know?

The first 300-game winner to start his career in the live ball era, Grove was also the first pitcher to lead MLB in ERA three years in a row. He capped that run with 31 wins in 1931, tied for the most by any pitcher in the last 100 years. -- Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info

Cal Ripken Jr.

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Position(s)

Shortstop, third base

Teams

Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001)

Honors

Rookie of the Year (1982), two-time MVP ('83, '91), 19-time All-Star ('83-2001), eight Silver Sluggers ('83-86, '89, '91, '93-94), two-time All-Star MVP ('91, '01), two Gold Gloves ('91-92), Hall of Fame ('07)

Championships

1 -- Baltimore (1983)

Career stats

.276/.340/.447, .788 OPS, 3,184 hits, 431 HRs, 1,695 RBIs, 350 double plays grounded into (all-time leader), 2,632 consecutive games played (all-time leader)

Did you know?

Looking beyond the consecutive games streak, Cal Ripken Jr. is one of 11 position players and two shortstops to have multiple seasons in which he was worth at least 10 Wins Above Replacement (the other shortstop is Honus Wagner). Ripken and Barry Bonds are the only ones whose careers began within the last 50 years to do so. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info

Ernie Banks

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Position(s)

Shortstop, first base

Teams

Chicago Cubs (1953-71)

Honors

14-time All-Star (1955-62*, '65, '67, '69), two-time MVP (1958-59), Gold Glove ('60), Hall of Fame ('77)

*Played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60 and '62

Championships

None

Career stats

.274/.330/.500, .830 OPS, 2,583 hits, 512 HRs, 1,636 RBIs

Did you know?

Banks hit 512 home runs in his 19-year career, which ranks second in Cubs franchise history behind Sammy Sosa (545). Banks hit 176 home runs in a four-year stretch from 1957-60. Those home runs alone would have been good for 13th in Cubs history. "Mr. Cub" won back-to-back National League MVP awards in 1958 and 1959, beating out Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in '58, and Eddie Mathews and Aaron in '59. -- Marty Callinan, ESPN Stats & Info

Bob Feller

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Position(s)

Right-handed starter

Teams

Cleveland Indians (1936-41, '45-56)

Honors

Eight-time All-Star (1938-41, '46-48, '50), Hall of Fame ('62)

Championships

1 - Cleveland (1948)

Career stats

W-L: 266-162, 44 shutouts, 3,827 innings pitched, 3.25 ERA, 2,581 strikeouts, 1.316 WHIP

Did you know?

Feller won 266 games in an 18-year career interrupted by three years of military service. Feller's most impressive season came in baseball's first full year back after World War II, when he went 26-16 with a 2.18 ERA, 348 strikeouts and 10 shutouts. Feller is one of two pitchers to record at least that many strikeouts and that low an ERA in the live ball era. The other is Sandy Koufax (382 strikeouts, 2.04 ERA in 1965). -- Simon

Satchel Paige

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Position(s)

Right-handed starter

Teams

Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-34, '36)*, Kansas City Monarchs ('35, '40-47)*, Cleveland Indians ('48-49), St. Louis Browns ('51-53), Kansas City A's ('65)

*Negro League teams

Honors

Two-time AL All-Star (1952-53), Hall of Fame ('71)

Championships

4 -- Pittsburgh (1933), Kansas City Monarchs (1940, '42, '46)

Career stats*

W-L: 28-31, 4 shutouts, 476 innings pitched, 3.29 ERA, 288 strikeouts, 1.279 WHIP

*Major League stats

Did you know?

Paige began pitching for the Birmingham Black Barons at age 20, and debuted in the major leagues for the Cleveland Indians at age 41, the first black pitcher in the American league. He pitched one game for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965 at age 58. He was the first Negro Leagues player elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971. -- Nitzberg

Steve Carlton

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Position(s)

Left-handed starter

Teams

St. Louis Cardinals (1965-71), Philadelphia Phillies ('72-86), San Francisco Giants ('86), Chicago White Sox ('86), Cleveland Indians ('87), Minnesota Twins ('87-88)

Honors

10-time NL All-Star (1968-69, '71-72, '74, '77, '79-82), four NL Cy Youngs ('72, '77, '80, '82), NL Gold Glove ('81), Hall of Fame ('94)

Championships

2 -- St. Louis (1967), Philadelphia ('80)

Career stats

W-L: 329-244, 55 shutouts, 5,217 2/3 innings pitched, 3.22 ERA, 4,136 strikeouts, 1.247 WHIP

Did you know?

Nicknamed "Lefty," Carlton has the second-most wins (329) and strikeouts (4,126) among left-handed pitchers. He was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young awards, and is the last player to throw 300 innings in a season (304 in 1980). -- ESPN Stats & Information

Yogi Berra

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Position(s)

Catcher

Teams

New York Yankees (1946-63), New York Mets ('65)

Honors

18-time AL All-Star (1948-62*), three-time AL MVP ('51, '54-55), Hall of Fame ('72)

*Played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60 and '61

Championships

10 -- New York Yankees ('47, '49-53, '56, '58, '61-62)

Career stats

.285/.348/.482, .830 OPS, 2,150 hits, 358 HRs, 1,430 RBIs

Did you know?

Berra's 10 World Series rings are the most of any player. Berra hit 358 home runs in his 19-year career, but what's most impressive is how infrequently he struck out. Berra struck out 414 times in all, never whiffing more than 38 times in a season. Over the 10-year period spanning 1948 to 1957, Berra hit 249 home runs and struck out only 239 times. -- Simon

Tris Speaker

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Position(s)

Center field

Teams

Boston Americans (1907), Boston Red Sox ('08-15), Cleveland Indians ('16-26), Washington Senators ('27), Philadelphia A's ('28)

Honors

MVP (1912), Hall of Fame ('37)

Championships

3 -- Boston (1912, '15), Cleveland ('20)

Career stats

.345/.428/.500, .928 OPS, 3,514 hits, 117 HRs, 1,531 RBIs, 792 doubles (all-time leader)

Did you know?

In 22 seasons, Speaker had 3,514 hits, fifth-most all time. He had 150 or more hits in 18 of those seasons, tied with Pete Rose and Ty Cobb for the most such seasons in the modern era. Of those hits, 792 were doubles, most all time. He led the league in doubles eight times, including four in a row from 1920-23. -- Nitzberg