In the NFL and NBA, it's difficult to be seen as an all-time great player if you don't win a championship.

An individual player has less of an overall impact in baseball typically than they do in football and basketball, so with Mike Trout as this era's best evidence, there are plenty of all-time greats in baseball who haven't won championships.

With that in mind, here are 10 retired players who were generally well-liked by fans who we wish would have won a World Series.

Joey Votto

Joey Votto recently retired after a 17-year career spent exclusively with the Cincinnati Reds. He's one of the greatest players in the history of one of the sport's most historically successful franchises and will one day have his No. 19 retired by the Reds.

Considering Votto finished his career with a .920 OPS, the 2010 NL MVP will have a very compelling Hall of Fame case when he becomes eligible for the Cooperstown ballot in 2029.

Unfortunately, Votto never got to play in a World Series, as he wasn't part of an era equivalent to "the Big Red Machine." Votto hit .244 in 11 career postseason games, never homering in the playoffs. The Reds reached the postseason four times in his career, going 0-4 in the series he was a part of.

Jim Thome

The Cleveland teams of the 1990s were some of the most loaded squads to never win a World Series, and Jim Thome was at the forefront of those teams.

Thome is one of the most universally liked people in the baseball world, and he was a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection in 2018 by virtue of his 612 career home runs, which are eighth in MLB history.

What's been forgotten is that Thome also swatted 17 postseason home runs in his career. Though he appeared in the postseason with the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Twins and Baltimore Orioles later in his career, all 17 of Thome's playoff home runs came with Cleveland.

Cleveland lost to the Atlanta Braves in six games in the 1995 World Series and seven games to the Florida Marlins in the 1997 Fall Classic. Had Cleveland been able to prevail in either of those matchups, Thome would probably be recognized as one of the best postseason home run hitters of all time.

Torii Hunter

One of the most popular players of his era, Torii Hunter won a staggering nine Gold Glove Awards while also hitting 353 home runs and recording 2,452 hits.

Hunter is most remembered for the 12 seasons he had with the Minnesota Twins across two stints, but he also spent five years with the Los Angeles Angels and a pair of campaigns with the Detroit Tigers. He's the rare player who was popular at all his stops.

But despite playing in 48 career postseason games and reaching the ALCS with the Twins (2002), Angels (2009) and Tigers (2013), Hunter never got the opportunity to play in the World Series during his 19-year career.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Ichiro Suzuki could have very well been the Seattle Mariners' pick here, but it was impossible not to include Ken Griffey Jr., one of the few beloved players from the 1990s who hasn't been connected to performance-enhancing drugs in any way.

Junior appeared in the postseason with the M's in both 1995 and 1997, with Seattle losing in the ALCS in the first of those two seasons despite Griffey hitting .364 over 11 playoff games.

Amazingly, Griffey wouldn't appear in the postseason again until the 2008 season as a member of the White Sox, when he recorded two hits in 10 at-bats as Chicago lost in four games to the eventual AL champion Tampa Bay Rays. In parts of nine seasons with the Cincinnati Reds prior to that, Griffey didn't play in the playoffs once.

With amazing athleticism and probably the sweetest swing of all time, Griffey made 13 All-Star Game appearances, won 10 Gold Glove Awards, was a seven-time Silver Slugger selection and hit 630 career home runs, which are seventh in MLB history. The 1997 AL MVP was a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection in 2016. The only thing missing from his resume was the World Series.

Roy Halladay

Roy Halladay has postseason glory, as he tossed a no-hitter in the first playoff start of his career on Oct. 6, 2010 for the Philadelphia Phillies. He did so against a Reds lineup that included the aforementioned Votto and Hall of Famer Scott Rolen, making him the second pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter in the playoffs.

But Halladay didn't join the Phillies until his age-33 season, and the furthest he would ever reach in the postseason was the NLCS that year.

The overwhelming majority of Halladay's Hall of Fame career came with the Toronto Blue Jays. Over 12 seasons north of the border, he won 148 games, making six All-Star Game appearances and winning the 2003 AL Cy Young. The Blue Jays, though, never reached the postseason with Halladay during an era where there was only one wild-card representative per league.

The 2.37 postseason ERA that Halladay posted in five playoff starts with the Phillies makes you wonder what could have been if he had gotten to the postseason earlier in his career in Toronto. Whether it was as a Blue Jay or with the Phillies in 2010 and/or 2011, it's hard to believe Halladay never even reached the World Series, let alone won it. It's basically the only thing he didn't accomplish.

Andruw Jones

You might have to do a double take on this one—no, Andruw Jones never won a World Series. For as much success as the Braves had in the 1990s and early 2000s, their lone title came in 1995. Jones didn't make his MLB debut until August 1996.

To his credit, Jones got to work quickly on his postseason resume, homering twice in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series at Yankee Stadium when he was only 19 years old:

But while the Braves won Game 1 of the 1996 World Series 12-1, they would lose in six games that year.

Atlanta reached the postseason in every year across Jones' first decade with the team. In 1999, they again met the Yankees in the Fall Classic, that time getting swept.

Jones played in 76 postseason games in his career, 75 of them as a member of the Braves. He homered 10 times and flashed one of the greatest gloves in center field that the sport has ever seen. Jones never won a World Series, though.

Johan Santana

Injuries limited Johan Santana's career to just parts of 12 seasons, but at the height of his powers, there wasn't a more dominant pitcher in the sport.

Between 2004 and 2007, Santana finished in the top five in AL Cy Young voting every season, capturing the honor in both 2004 and 2006 as a member of the Minnesota Twins. During his first season with the New York Mets in 2008, Santana led baseball with a 2.53 ERA, finishing third in NL Cy Young Award voting. From 2004-2008, Santana led all pitchers in innings pitched (1,146.2) and WAR (29.8), according to FanGraphs.

However, Santana made just 11 career postseason appearances, six of which came out of the bullpen in 2002 for the Twins. As it turned out, that trip to the ALCS with the Twins in 2002 was the furthest Santana would ever go in the postseason.

Trevor Hoffman

Obviously, it's unfortunate that during a 20-year career spent entirely with the Padres organization, Tony Gwynn wasn't able to win a World Series. The same can be said for his longtime teammate Trevor Hoffman.

Hoffman spent parts of 16 seasons with the Padres, the bulk of his Hall of Fame career. He finished his career with a staggering 601 saves, second only to Mariano Rivera's 652. Hoffman also doesn't have the postseason resume of Rivera.

During an 18-year career that also featured brief stints with the Florida Marlins and Milwaukee Brewers, Hoffman reached the postseason on just four occasions. He and the Padres made it to the Fall Classic in 1998 but were swept by Rivera's Yankees. Hoffman took the loss in Game 3 of the '98 World Series, giving up a go-ahead home run to Scott Brosius in the top of the eighth inning.

Rivera had few slip-ups in his decorated postseason career, but he had ample opportunities to bounce back from the ones he did, such as blowing Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Hoffman only had the chance to pitch in 12 postseason games, so the blown save in Game 3 of the 1998 World Series looms large on his playoff resume.

Vladimir Guerrero

The last great Montreal Expo, Vladimir Guerrero never reached the postseason in parts of eight seasons with his original employer.

Guerrero got to play in the postseason quite frequently during his six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but the furthest the Halos reached with Vladdy Sr. was the ALCS in 2009, which they ultimately lost to the Yankees.

A resurgent Guerrero was an All-Star in 2010 with the Texas Rangers at the age of 35, serving primarily as their DH. For the first time in franchise history, the Rangers reached the World Series. However, the Rangers lost in five games to an upstart Giants team.

Guerrero's total postseason resume was a mixed bag. He hit really well for the Angels in October in 2008 and 2009, but finished his playoff career with a .263 batting average and only two home runs to show across 171 at-bats.

Adrian Beltré

Adrian Beltré's first postseason action came in 2004 as a member of the Dodgers, following his 48-home run breakout season that saw him finish runner-up to Barry Bonds in NL MVP voting. In what turned out to be his final games with the Dodgers, Beltré and the Dodgers lost in four games in the NLDS to the Cardinals.

It would be seven more years until Beltré returned to the postseason, although in his first year with the Rangers, he helped Texas to win their second straight NL pennant. Beltré homered five times and drove in nine runs during the postseason run, but it was again the Cardinals who knocked Beltré out. The Rangers had the Cardinals down to their last out in Game 6 of the World Series, but a misplay by Nelson Cruz in right field extended the series and St. Louis ultimately won the series in seven games.

The Rangers would reach the postseason with Beltré in 2012, 2015 and 2016, but they never advanced beyond their initial round with the Hall of Famer again.