The most all-time greats at a single position active at the same time

[G1911]

A reflection of how weak 3B is when it comes to all-time greats, but Brooks Robinson, Ron Santo and Eddie Matthews all overlap from 1960-1968 to give us 3 that are probably in the top 10 all-time. The fourth would be Ken Boyer, Craig Nettles or Dick Allen (the one I would choose - he played more 1B in his career but he was a 3B in this period) who are all probably in the top 20, with a weak list of comparison.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by G1911

A reflection of how weak 3B is when it comes to all-time greats, but Brooks Robinson, Ron Santo and Eddie Matthews all overlap from 1960-1968 to give us 3 that are probably in the top 10 all-time. The fourth would be Ken Boyer, Craig Nettles or Dick Allen (the one I would choose - he played more 1B in his career but he was a 3B in this period) who are all probably in the top 20, with a weak list of comparison.

Killebrew played 791 games at 3B during his career, if you want to add a 573 HR guy to this list.

[philliesfan]

I think 1975 Third Base had Mike Schmidt, Brooks Robinson, Pete Rose, and Craig Nettles

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I think 1975 Third Base had Mike Schmidt, Brooks Robinson, Pete Rose, and Craig Nettles

Brett.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Brett.

and the tragically underrated Buddy Bell

[packs]

Catcher is a light position for the HOF but assuming Posey gets in you'll have had Pudge, Mauer and Posey (all MVP winners) playing at the same time along with possible HOFer Yadi Molina, and though he isn't a candidate Jorge Posada is in there too.

Piazza retired too early to overlap with Posey.

[Peter_Spaeth]

2003 or so, Alomar, Biggio, Cano, Utley, Kent