This was a little difficult for us.

While Albert Pujols was a certified offensive juggernaut throughout the first decade of the 2000s, we are talking about a baseball organization that has had Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, and Bob Gibson, so ranking Pujols #2 means that we are taking a bit of a risk.

When you talk about the greatest hitter in history Stan “The Man” Musial is often discussed, and why wouldn’t he be?  Musial played his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals where he smacked 3,630 Hits (amazingly with an even amount Home and Away), which is still enough for fourth all-time and is the most for any single team.  Musial was incredibly consistent for years and he was a six-time National League Hits leader with three second-place finishes and two third-place finishes and with that kind of production you can imagine there would be multiple Batting Titles.  That was in fact the case as he won that accolade in 1943, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1957 and it took until his 18th season to see him bat under .300. 

Scott Hartnell was a very popular, tenacious player during his National Hockey League career, earning All-Star honors in 2012 while a member of the Philadelphia Flyers.  It was when he was with Philly that his job was at its apex, as he had a pair of 30 Goal seasons there and was a significant part of their deep playoff run in 2010.  He would also play for the Nashville Predators and the Columbus Blue Jackets in his career.

Rick Nash was the first overall pick in the 2002 NHL Draft, and he would quickly prove to the Columbus Blue Jackets that they made a good selection.  As a sophomore, Nash would put he puck in the net 41 times, which was enough to win the Maurice Richard trophy for the most Goals in a Season.  Nash would never win that award again, but he would have seven more 30 Goal campaigns, two of which were at least 40.