mine pete rose
2006-08-09 05:12:45 · 18 answers · asked by jh 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Peter Edward (4,400 hits) Rose. Period. End of debate.
2006-08-09 05:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. October 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the guy the Reds shouldn't have traded - Frank Robinson.
To compare Pete Rose to Robinson is a joke. Rose was a singles hitter who played for a long time, a guy whose career OPS is a horrible .784. Robinson, on the other hand, had 586 homers among his almost-3,000 hits, and an awesome OPS of .936.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather take a guy who actually creates runs over a good singles hitter. Pete Rose may be a Cincinnati institution, but he's certainly not the best in franchise history.
If I had to go beyond Robinson, then it would be Bench and Morgan. Both of those guys were far, far better than Pete Rose. I can't believe anyone would even pick that guy.
2006-08-09 12:42:44 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose
2006-08-09 12:53:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose
2006-08-09 12:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by jodycat2@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose was great at getting hits. But he wasn't even the best player on the Big Red Machine. That honor goes to good ol' #5 Johnny Bench. But the best ever would have to be Frank Robinson. He's one of the best players in the history of the game, period. And even though the Reds traded him, he's got to be considered as the best Red ever to have played the game. Fortunately for the Reds, the trade that sent him to the Orioles was one that sparked the start of the Big Red Machine, and let the Reds develop into the best team in baseball in the 1970s.
2006-08-09 13:15:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose,defiantly
2006-08-09 12:17:25 · answer #6 · answered by Wish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Bench. He was a key offensive player in the great Big Red Machine teams. He was a team leader and a Cincinnati icon. He played his entire career with the Reds. Most important in my picking Bench is that he is the standard by which all catchers after him get measured. It's hard to pick against a guy who set the standard.
Joe Morgan was my second choice. He had power and speed and won two MVP's in the two season the Reds won the World Series.
Frank Robinson was a great choice, I think of him more as an Oriole, but he did win an MVP and a triple crown in Cincinnati.
2006-08-09 13:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by ulbud k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose.
2006-08-09 12:16:06 · answer #8 · answered by charles c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose-The Hall Of Famer!
2006-08-09 14:17:23 · answer #9 · answered by B-Dub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeez ... all your answerers are morons. Joe Morgan? Please. Even Pete Rose is a bit of a joke.
The best, hands down, was FRANK ROBINSON. A 5-tool player (Rose had no power, no speed), before the steroid era Robinson was #4 all time in home runs, he won The Triple Crown, and is the only person in baseball history to win the three MVP awards (NL, AL, All-Star game).
Joe Morgan is too much a joke to even mention, but Rose was only a slapping singles hitter - that's all. Certainly talented, but not a good allround player, nowhere near "best player" category.
Lastly, Robinson was a team leader. Rose was an peevish divider.
FRANK ROBINSON.
2006-08-09 12:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by robabard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pete Rose, then Johnny Bench.
2006-08-09 12:30:13 · answer #11 · answered by nureal1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋