2006-11-20 05:29:09 · 15 answers · asked by smitty 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
This is an opinion poll for sports fans
Please don't refer to any site (I already have a list which I will post later)
Please attempt to list 5, 10 or more
Please show off your baseball knowledge
2006-11-20 05:48:25 · update #1
WHAT'S UP MY PEEPS BRENT AND TOUGHGUY.
I DID MEAN LIST IN ORDER OF GREATNESS (WHAT I THOUGHT WAS UNDERSTOOD).
YOUR WAY IS STILL A GOOD WAY NOT TO HAVE TO PICK BETWEEN. & CHOOSE WHO IS BETTER.
SOMETIMES I MAKE A LIST AND PUT IT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. ORDER.
2006-11-20 13:36:17 · update #2
A list per the baseball page:
LARKIN
YOUNT
REESE
RIPKEN
TRAMMELL
SMITH
RIZUTTO
APARICIO
CONCEPTION
WILLIS
FREGOSI
CAMPANERIS
GROAT
DARK
PETROCELLI
CARDENAS
BOWA
MCMILLIAN
BELANGER
2006-11-27 03:24:50 · update #3
Cal Ripken
Ozzie Smith
Ernie Banks
Phil Rizzuto
Pee Wee Reese
Robin Yount
Dave Concepcion
Barry Larkin
Alan Trammell
Larry Bowa
2006-11-20 14:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by rcaines1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vern Stephens, Phil Rizzuto, Ozzie Smith, Luis Aparicio, Dave Concepcion, Ernie Banks, Pee Wee Reese, Lou Boudreau, Roy McMillan, Larry Bowa, Mark Belanger, Robin Yount, Cal Ripken Jr.
2006-11-20 06:40:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm listing my top 5, with some reasons for choosing them.
1) Cal Ripken Jr. - Although his average and OBP aren't all that impressive, he combined steady power with impeccable fielding for a long period of time. I don't care about "The Streak," but I admire his consistency, and he dominated the shortstop position in the AL for a long period of time.
2) Ernie Banks - It's a combination of things. The 500 homers, the MVP awards, and the steady demeanor. The only negative is that he actually more games at first base than SS during his career, although he won both his MVP awards at short.
3) Barry Larkin - Ripken's NL counterpart during the 1990s, he was often overshadowed. However, despite much lower home run totals, his other numbers are better than those of Ripken. He had a higher BA, OBP and OPS, and was a consistent run scorer. He also earned an MVP and a couple of Gold Gloves. If he'd played in a big market, he would have been a superstar.
4) Robin Yount - Another quiet, steady performer who spent his whole career with one team - notice a theme here? I would have liked to see him walk a little more, but it's tough to argue with those MVP awards (one earned in the outfield) and the big years he had in the 1980s.
5) Ozzie Smith - I know a lot of people will have him at the top, but I can't go overboard on a guy with a .665 career OPS. Those are Freddie Patek-like numbers. What gets Smith on here, and what got in the HOF is, of course, his defense. For all the outs he made while at bat, he also saved a ton of runs for his pitchers. The Gold Gloves were all well-earned, and of course he hit that very dramatic homer that no Cards fan will ever forget.
Others I considered were Pee Wee Reese, Dave Concepcion, Alan Trammell and Maury Wills. I also thought while doing this list that we're living in a golden age for shortstops, with at least three guys - Jeter, ARod, and Tejada - that I would consider if they weren't still active.
2006-11-20 05:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by Craig S 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ozzie Smith
Don Kessenger
Cal Ripken
Larry Bowa
Ernie Banks
Pee Wee Reese
Paul Moliter
2006-11-20 09:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To start off with nobody that ever played shorstop could field the baseball like Ozzie Smith! I am throughly convinced of this. Based on overall fielding, hitting etc here is my list:
1. Cal Ripken Jr.
2. Ernie Banks
3. Ozzie Smith
4. Barry Larkin
5. Alan Trammel
6. Pee Wee Reese
7. Lou Boudreau
8. Luis Aparicio
9. Bill Mazeroski
10. Maury Wills
2006-11-20 09:07:21 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i'm shocked to confirm Hank Greenberg on everybody's checklist, on condition that he retired one 300 and sixty 5 days after the cutoff of this question. little question an incredible first baseman, yet i'm thinking of people who performed maximum of their careers from 1946-recent time. So, no Hank or vast Cat on my checklist. My checklist is likewise constrained to those who performed first base greater beneficial than the different place for the duration of their profession: a million) Willie McCovey 2) Eddie Murray 3) Harmon Killebrew 4) Don Mattingly 5) Todd Helton 6) Will Clark 7) Orlando Cepeda 8) Tony Perez Killebrew wasn't the main suitable fielder, yet he ought to mash that ball like few others. And on a similar time as Helton being ranked 5th ought to look extreme, he's positioned up staggering numbers (regardless of the Coors result) that have him on music for the corridor. Mattingly and could Clark are the two men who won't make the corridor, yet who i think of had stunning height values at specific factors of their profession.
2016-10-22 10:30:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smitty tough list to order. Since you didn't ask to rank them I will list in no particular order:
Cal Ripken
Luis Aparicio
Ozzie Smith
Ernie Banks
Phil Rizzuto
Pee Wee Reese
Robin Yount
Dave Concepcion
Rick Burleson
Barry Larkin
Maury Wills
Alan Trammell
Mark Belanger
Lou Boudreau
Larry Bowa
2006-11-20 07:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by Brent 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bucky Dent
Bill Russell
Roy Smalley
U.L. Washington
Spike Owen
Walt Weiss
Shawn Dunston
Greg Gagne
Jose Offerman
2006-11-20 10:56:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ozzie Smith
Cal Ripkin Jr
Larry Bowa
2006-11-20 05:33:20 · answer #9 · answered by Hank 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Phil Rizzuto
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2006-11-25 05:41:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋