Joe DiMaggio

Is Joe Dimaggio the only 6 tool player in mlb history?

He had power, speed, high batting average, range, strong arm & a great batting eye so 6 tools. I can't think of another player that had all that skill as guys like Mantle, & other sluggers struck out a ton. Is Dimaggio the only 6 tool player in mlb history? or did he have 7 tools for attracting hott girls like Marilyn Monroe?

Public Comments

1. yes of course
2. There's only five tools. If you're going to define a sixth tool, then you have to make a list of people who had them, so the odds are someone out there has six tools.
3. he was only able to attract monroe, but she confessed that he wasn't good lover,(quote)
4. Except for maybe the arm Ruth had everything that Joe D had and.......Ruth was a good pitcher .So does that make Ruth a 7 or 8 tool player?
5. Today, there are a some great athletes... I think Matt Holiday meets your qualifications as a 6 tool guy And I think A-rod meets your qualifications as a 7 tool guy. Joe D is a great ball player, I am sure he had great instincts on the bases and in the field... but the guy had 30 stolen bases in his career.... He had a lot of tools, but NOT speed.
6. Willie Mays
7. Carlos Beltran has all of those 6 tools. Beltran is the best center fielder in the game
8. Batting average is not a tool. The other five that you list are tools, and many great players have had the "five" tools . Ruth, Mays, Bad Henry, Cobb, Speaker, and many others. I could make a list of about 100 5 tool players and all or most all are in the Hall of Fame.
9. joe was a great player..
10. I thought you were going to say Marilyn Monroe was the 6th tool. They were only married for like 300 days or so.