2007-05-01 15:49:25 · 18 answers · asked by Bend Them Strings 6 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Good question.
My dads fav player was Rod Carew, mine was Don Mattingly, but growing up watching Gwynn its hard to imagine anyone being a better hitter for average than Gwynn.
My vote is Gwynn just because I saw him play everyday. But a very hard question after looking at the stats.
2007-05-01 16:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by beedubbz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rod Carew was a good contact hitter. Tony Gwynn is my favorite of the three. But George Brett has to be the best overall.
He had more power than Carew and Gwynn and played the toughest position of the three.
2007-05-01 16:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by will4144 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rod Carew.
Carew played before the major expansion in the number of teams--this expansion diluted the pitching talent. Gwynn and Brett had more of an advantage than Carew because the pitching was weaker due to this dilution effect.
Because the stats of all three are so close, I would take Carew due to the fact he hit during a period of better pitching.
2007-05-01 19:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by RealTruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Keith on that point. Tony Gwynn was the best contact hitter I ever saw; Carew was second. George hit with more HR and extra-base power. Not an easy question to answer. I'm gonna have to pass on this one.
2007-05-01 18:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tony Gwynn
2007-05-01 16:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by JAR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To young to remember Rod Carew or George Brett played. Although I remember seeing Mr Carew from time to time when he was the Angels hitting coach in the 90s. I will say Tony Gwynn, since I had the opportunity to see him play. It was awesome seeing a living legend play. Thanks be to God, inter-league play was invented. I got to see him play when the Padres faced the Angels.
2007-05-01 18:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tie between Carew and Gwynn. Best control hitters I saw.
2007-05-01 17:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by gman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends. If you needed a sacrifice bunt it would be carew, he was the best. If you needed a home run it would be Brett. If you just neede a base hit, then it would be Gwynn.
2007-05-02 07:38:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Career stats
PA == plate appearances
OBP == on-base percentage
SLG == slugging average
RC == runs created
adjOPS == adjusted On-base Plus Slugging, normalizes to a scale where 100 is league average and higher is better.
Player // PA // OBP // SLG // RC // adjOPS
Carew 10550 .393 .429 1588 131
Brett 11624 .369 .487 1892 135
Gwynn 10232 .388 .459 1670 132
That's a lot closer than I thought it'd be. Anyway... I'd go with Brett. A point of OBP is harder to come by than a point of SLG, but what Brett gives back in on-base he more than makes up for with power. And he played third base (quite well), and that's a bit harder to find than an outfielder or a first baseman (if Carew had stayed at second he'd have a better case).
All three worthy of their Hall plaques, of course. Could argue for any one of them. I'll take Brett.
2007-05-01 16:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tony Gwynn great overall player
2007-05-01 16:00:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋