By greatest I want you to consider all elements of the game, e.g. all offensive categories as well as sellar defensive skills. Remember, this player has a great blend of both skills. Good Luck.
2007-09-04 13:00:47 · 20 answers · asked by Cyborg 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
George Brett - greatest third baseman ever.
2007-09-04 13:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brooks Robinson. For the people that said Schmidt - you're all crazy. He wasn't even the best 3rd baseman of his time. Look at the numbers. Except for homeruns, George Brett owned Mike Schmidt in pretty much every offensive and defensive category. Brett was actually the better fielder throughout hid career. Schmidt won all those gold gloves because the other 3rd basemen in the NL at the time sucked.
Schmidt/Brett
BA: .267/.305
Hits: 2234/3154
Runs: 1506/1583
RBI: 1595/1595
HR: 548/317
SB: 174/201
Fldg %: .961/.970
Looking at those numbers, the only thing Schmidt did better than his own counterparts was hit the longball.
2007-09-04 15:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by DoReidos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jack Schmidt
548 career HRs
10 Gold gloves in 11 season ('76 - '86)
3 time league MVP
12 seasons as an All-Star
1595 career RBIs
career .907 OBS
Robinson
268 career HR
16 Gold gloves
1 MVP
15 seasons as an all start (18 games, 2 games played a season '60-62)
1357 RBI
.723 career OBS
Robinson was the better fielder, maybe the best of all time. But Schmidt was probably the 2nd best.
Offensively, Schmidt is far and away superior to Robinson.
Answer : Mike Schmidt.
2007-09-04 13:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this question will on no account truly be spoke back a hundred%. American League followers will say Brooks Robinson and national League followers will say Mike Schmidt. the two have been head and shoulders above the different third baseman, previous and contemporary. Brooks replaced into probable the greater advantageous shielding participant yet Michael Jack replaced into greater effective on the plate. interior the destiny it relies upon on how baseball perspectives A-Rod. needless to say some will nonetheless say he's a shortstop and others will yield to the reality that he hasn't performed shortstop for years. If he remains at third he won't be seen a large shielding participant yet his bat will actual be seen the terrific of all third baseman.
2016-10-09 23:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jack Schmidt.
Despite Schmidt's .267 lifetime batting average, he is clearly the best 3rd baseman in Major League history. It's not really close.
3 NL MVPs, 1 World Series MVP, 10 Gold Gloves, 6 Silver Sluggers, 8 time NL Home Run Champ, 4 time NL RBI leader, 548 HRs, 1595 RBIs, 1507 BB, 1506 runs.
Schmidt was also considered an excellent baserunner who had very good speed as a younger player.
2007-09-04 14:22:30 · answer #5 · answered by ihateeverybodyexceptyou 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being an Oriole fan, I am biased to say Brooks Robinson, but there is also George Brett & Mike Schmidt too. All 3 great players, offensively & defensively
2007-09-04 13:08:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both offensively and defensively it's Mike Schmidt. Defense only it's Brooks Robinson.
2007-09-04 16:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazingly, Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt both hit .267 over their careers. Brooks highest over 23 years was .317, Mike's highest was .316.
Mike hit 548 homeruns for 16 years, Brooks hit 268.
Brooks might have had a higher average without his last 3 years. Mike ended with 1 low year.
For 4 World Series appearances with playoffs, a total of 9 playoff series, 39 games, Brooks had 5 home runs with 3 of those for winning World Series teams, and .303 total batting average.
Mike had 2 home runs for the '80 Phils' World Series Champs, batting .381. Yet Mike batted .50 in '83 World Series, and for 8 playoff series only .236 with 4 homeruns.
16 Gold Gloves vs 10 Gold Gloves.
Brooks Robinson was the "Vacuum Cleaner".
Choose your pitching era, size of man, weight lifting.
Helping his teammates, helping them win awards.
I choose the "Vacuum Cleaner" because Mike Schmidt chose Brooks Robinson.
2007-09-04 14:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by Scraggles 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mike Schmit, Brooks Robinson, and A-rod.
2007-09-04 13:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A-Rod, unless he goes to another team and plays SS in which case he becomes the greatest SS and Mike Schmidt the best 3B.
2007-09-04 14:01:44 · answer #10 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋