Who is the greatest player of all time by position?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I'm not sure why you would take Brooks Robinson over Schmidt. Schmidt's numbers are better in almost every category except for gold gloves and hits, and Robinson had around 1600 more plate appearances to get to his hit total while having the same career batting average and a much lower OBP and OPS. Schmidt is also way ahead in WAR and had 3 MVPs and a WS MVP in 1980.

Hi

I did not pick Robinson over Schmidt. One someone said that defense was so important and it is not all about offense first I said Schmidt had ten gold gloves and then I said if you did not want Schmidt then Robinson would be a good pick based on them wanting a combo of offense and defense if Schmidt did not meet their criteria.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Hi

I did not pick Robinson over Schmidt. One someone said that defense was so important and it is not all about offense first I said Schmidt had ten gold gloves and then I said if you did not want Schmidt then Robinson would be a good pick based on them wanting a combo of offense and defense if Schmidt did not meet their criteria.

I didn’t say defense was so important in any argument against Schmidt and he’s my pick. What I was saying is that it’s surprising to me that third base has not produced a true icon of the game like OF or 1B or 2B. Schmidt is a ridiculously good player but he’s not a Ted Williams or Hornsby level guy in my humble opinion.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Carter08

I didn’t say defense was so important in any argument against Schmidt and he’s my pick. What I was saying is that it’s surprising to me that third base has not produced a true icon of the game like OF or 1B or 2B. Schmidt is a ridiculously good player but he’s not a Ted Williams or Hornsby level guy in my humble opinion.

understood I misunderstood and you are 100% right on your point.

But on the flip side it was good for me to misunderstand it made me dig into third baseman and I learned alot more.