Defensively and offensively he and Chipper are the best third baseman of this generation. After watching him play on a daily basis for five years in Seattle I have to say he belongs in the HOF. Ironically, If he doesn't make it into Cooperstown Safeco will have played a large role. Compare his stats in Safeco during his prime to those in the other parks he played in. If you drop Mike Schmidt during his prime in Safeco he would have much different stats. The same can be said about Chipper Jones. For what its worth, when I consider all of the players I have watched in my life Beltre is only surpassed by Schmidt and Brett at third base.
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1971 Pirates Ticket Quest:
98 of 153 regular season stubs (64%), 14 of 14 1971 ALCS, NLCS , and World Series stubs (100%)
If you have any 1971 Pirate regular season game stubs (home or away games) please let me know what have!
1971 Pirates Game used bats Collection 18/18 (100%)
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