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Originally Posted by novakjr
I'm not trying to diminish Brooks, he's honestly one of my all time faves, while I was never much of a fan of Santo, but the numbers don't lie..Santo might've been better overall when comparing their primes..
Schmidt however, was a beast. It's almost unfair to compare any 3B to him..
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From '67 - '72 I was constantly immersed in baseball, listening to games, watching games, reading SI and every other sports mag I could get hold of, and of course buying the cards. Santo and Brooks were in their prime and Santo was never mentioned in the same breath among me or my friends. I would say that part of the problem was that Santo was overshadowed by Billy Williams, Ernie Banks and Fergie Jenkins. Over in Baltimore, it was Brooks and Frank Robinson in the same breath, maybe Palmer as well, then Boog Powell, Dave Mcnally, etc.
Brooks just had way higher status than Santo among everyone outside of Chicago. Maybe it wasn't fair, but that's how it was.