JOE DIMAGGIO, OUTFIELDER
Career: 13 seasons, all with Yankees (1936-42, 1946-51)
Career stats: .325 batting average, 2,214 hits, 361 home runs
World Series championships: 9 (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951)
LOU GEHRIG, FIRST BASEMAN
Career: 17 seasons, all with Yankees (1923-39)
Career stats: .340 batting average, 2,721 hits, 493 home runs
World Series championships: 6 (1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938)
MICKEY MANTLE, OUTFIELDER
Career: 18 seasons, all with Yankees (1951-68)
Career stats: .298 batting average, 2,415 hits, 536 home runs
World Series championships: 7 (1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962)
BABE RUTH, OUTFIELDER
Career: 22 seasons (1914-35)
Years with Yankees: 15 seasons (1920-34)
Career stats: .342 batting average, 2,873 hits, 714 home runs as outfielder; 163 games, 94 wins, 46 losses, 2.28 ERA as pitcher
Stats with Yankees: .349 batting average, 2,518 hits, 659 home runs as outfielder; 158 games, 89 wins, 46 losses, 2.23 ERA as pitcher
World Series championship (titles won with Yankees in bold): 7 (1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932)
Bottom line: Welcome to the most iconic Mount Rushmore in pro sports history.
The images of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth were etched in granite long ago.
Derek Jeter merits a close look, but on the strength of superior WAR/162 totals, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle have firm holds on the fourth spot. Oh, and a combined 16 World Series titles doesn't hurt their causes, either.