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Robert Marcus "Goldie" Paige is an American former professional baseball catcher. Over the course of his 25-season professional career, he played for five different teams, though he is best known for his two stints with the Kansas City Royals (2023-2028, 2036-2043). Only the second player in MLB history (along with Mariano Rivera) to be unanimously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he is considered by most to be the greatest baseball player of all time, and among the most talented and noteworthy athletes of all time.

Originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2020 MLB Draft, his Rookie of the Year win in 2020 was the first accolade in a long career in which he won league MVP awards in 16 of his 25 seasons, the most all-time by a single player, and became just the second player in MLB history to earn multiple Triple Crown awards, shattering Ted Williams' previous record of two with 13 Triple Crown wins. He also holds a number of all-time statistical records, including most Home Runs in both a career (1,333) and a single season (85), highest career on-base plus slugging, and most career hits (4,594). Not only does he hold many of baseball's most coveted records, but the magnitude of the lead he holds in many of them is staggering. For example, his 1,333 career home runs place him 565 home runs above the previous all-time record held by Barry Bonds of 768, and his 3,227 career runs batted in clears Henry Aaron's previous record of 2,297 by 930. The size of his statistical footprint in all areas of hitting has left little room for arguing that he is the greatest hitter in baseball's history, and the proportional advantage he has over all other hitters have led to many making the argument that he is the greatest athlete of any sport of all time.