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. 10-1.

So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11.

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: 10-1

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Stan Musial

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Position(s)

First base, left field, right field

Teams

St. Louis Cardinals (1941-44, '46-63)

Honors

Three-time MVP (1943, '46, '48), 24-time All-Star ('43-44, '46-63*), Hall of Fame ('69)

*played in two All-Star Games in 1959, '60, '61 and '62

Championships

3 -- St. Louis (1942, '44, '46)

Career stats

.331/.417/.559, .976 OPS, 3,630 hits, 475 HRs, 1,951 RBIs

Did you know?

Musial had 3,630 career hits, which ranks fourth all time. Amazingly, he had 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 hits on the road (he hit .336 at home, 10 points better than his road batting average). -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info

Walter Johnson

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Position(s)

Right-handed starter

Teams

Washington Senators (1907-1927)

Honors

AL MVP (1913, '24), Hall of Fame ('36)

Championships

1 -- Washington (1924)

Career stats

W-L: 417-279, 110 shutouts (all-time leader), 5,914 1/3 innings pitched, 2.17 ERA, 3,509 strikeouts, 1.061 WHIP

Did you know?

Johnson was baseball's original strikeout king; he was the only member of the 3,000 strikeout club for over 50 years. Johnson led the league in strikeouts a record 12 times, one more than Nolan Ryan. His 110 shutouts are 20 more than any other player in MLB history. -- Jacob Nitzberg, ESPN Stats & Info

Ty Cobb

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Position(s)

Center field

Teams

Detroit Tigers (1905-26), Philadelphia A's ('27-28)

Honors

MVP (1911), Hall of Fame ('36)

Championships

None

Career stats

.366 (all-time leader)/.433/.512, .945 OPS, 4,189 hits, 117 HRs, 1,933 RBIs

Did you know?

Cobb, the only player to lead his league in hits eight times, ranks second all time in hits, runs and triples, as well as fourth in doubles and stolen bases. His 54 steals of home are most all time, and his .367 batting average is also the best ever. He led the American League in that category a whopping 12 times, including nine in a row from 1907-15. -- Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info

*Note Elias lists Cobb at .367 and Baseball Reference lists him at .366.

Lou Gehrig

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Position(s)

First base

Teams

New York Yankees (1923-39)

Honors

Two-time MVP (1927, '36), Triple Crown ('34), seven-time All-Star ('33-39), Hall of Fame ('39 -- special election)

Championships

6 -- New York (1927-28, '32, '36-38)

Career stats

.340/.447/.632, 1.080 OPS, 2,721 hits, 493 HRs, 1,995 RBIs

Did you know?

Gehrig -- not Babe Ruth -- has the Yankees' career RBI record (1,995). Gehrig also holds the record for highest slugging percentage in a World Series. He slugged 1.727 in a four-game sweep of the Cardinals in 1928. -- Simon

Mickey Mantle

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Position(s)

Center field, first base

Teams

New York Yankees (1951-68)

Honors

20-time All-Star ('52-65*, '67-68), Triple Crown ('56), three-time MVP (1956-57, '62), Gold Glove ('62), Hall of Fame ('74)

*played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60, '61 and '62

Championships

7 -- New York (1951-53, '56, '58, '61-62)

Career stats

.298/.421/.557, .977 OPS, 2,415 hits, 536 HRs, 1,509 RBIs

Did you know?

His best season came in 1956, when he won the Triple Crown with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs and 130 RBIs. Only three other players have had that high an average, that many home runs and that many RBIs in a season: Babe Ruth (three times), Jimmie Foxx (once) and Hack Wilson (once). -- Simon

Barry Bonds

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Position(s)

Left field

Teams

Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-92), San Francisco Giants ('93-2007)

Honors

Seven-time MVP (1990, '92-93, 2001-04), 14-time All-Star ('90, '92-98, '00-04, '07), eight Gold Gloves ('90-94, '96-98), 12 Silver Sluggers ('90-94, '96-97, '00-04)

Championships

None

Career stats

.298/.444/.607, 1.051 OPS, 2,935 hits, 762 HRs (all-time leader), 1,996 RBIs, 2,558 BBs (all-time leader), 688 IBBs (all-time leader)

Did you know?

Bonds is the all-time leader in home runs (762), walks (2,558) and MVP awards (seven). No other player in MLB history has won more than three MVP awards. Bonds also holds the top two spots in single-season on-base percentage. His .609 on-base percentage in 2004 is the highest and his .582 OBP in 2002 ranks second. -- Marty Callinan, ESPN Stats & Info

Ted Williams

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Position(s)

Left field

Teams

Boston Red Sox (1939-42, '46-60)

Honors

Two-time MVP (1946, '49), two Triple Crowns ('42, '47), 19-time All-Star ('40-42, '46-51, '53-60*), Hall of Fame ('66)

*played in two All-Star Games in '59 and '60.

Championships

None

Career stats

.344/.482 (all-time leader)/.634, 1.116 OPS, 2,654 hits, 521 HRs, 1,839 RBIs

Did you know?

Williams won two Triple Crowns and two MVPs -- yet neither of his MVPs came in the Triple Crown years, or in his famed .406 season in 1941. He ranks first all time in on-base percentage at .482, a number reached in a single season in the past 50 years by only two players. -- Braunstein

Hank Aaron

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Position(s)

Right field

Teams

Milwaukee Braves (1954-65), Atlanta Braves ('66-74), Milwaukee Brewers ('75-76)

Honors

24-time NL All-Star ('55-74*), AL All-Star ('75), NL MVP (1957), three NL Gold Gloves ('58-60), Hall of Fame ('82)

*played in two All-Star Games in 1959, '60, '61 and '62

Championships

1 -- Milwaukee (1957)

Career stats

.305/.374/.555, .928 OPS, 3,771 hits, 755 HRs, 2,297 RBIs (all-time leader), 6,856 TBs (all-time leader)

Did you know?

Aaron was baseball's all-time home run leader from 1974 to 2007, finishing with 755 career home runs. Aaron had 20 or more home runs in 20 consecutive seasons, the most such seasons and longest such streak all time. -- Nitzberg

Willie Mays

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Position(s)

Center field

Teams

New York Giants (1951-52, '54-57), San Francisco Giants ('58-72), New York Mets ('72-73)

Honors

Rookie of the Year (1951), two-time MVP ('54, '65), 24-time All-Star ('54-73*), 12 Gold Gloves ('57-68), Hall of Fame ('79)

*played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60, '61 and '62

Championships

1 -- New York (1954)

Career stats

.302/.384/.557, .941 OPS, 3,283 hits, 660 HRs, 1,903 RBIs

Did you know?

Willie Mays hit 660 home runs, including 18 off fellow Hall of Famer Warren Spahn, the most Mays hit off any single pitcher, and the most Spahn surrendered to any hitter. Mays also notched double-digit HRs off HOFer Don Drysdale. Mays totaled 1,859 RBIs with the Giants, one shy of Mel Ott's franchise record. Mays is the franchise's leader in doubles, runs and hits. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Info

Babe Ruth

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Position(s)

Right field, left field, left-handed starter

Teams

Boston Red Sox (1914-19), New York Yankees ('20-34), Boston Braves ('35)

Honors

AL MVP (1923), two-time AL All-Star ('34-35), Hall of Fame ('36)

Championships

7 -- Boston Red Sox (1915, '16, '18), New York ('23, '27, '28, '32)

Career stats

.342/.474/.690 (all-time leader), 1.164 OPS (all-time leader), 2,837 hits, 714 HRs, 2,214 RBIs

Did you know?

Babe Ruth is MLB's all-time leader in slugging percentage (.690) and OPS (1.163). His 714 home runs rank third all time. But that's not the only stat in which he ranks third. Ruth's career ERA of 2.28 ranks third among starters since earned runs were officially kept in both leagues in 1913 (minimum 1,000 IP). -- Callinan

For more about Babe Ruth and the 1927 Yankees, check out The Diary of Myles Thomas.