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MLB: The 5 Greatest Shortstops to Ever Play the Game
The Cheat Sheet ^ | October 14, 2016 | Michael Laurila

Posted on 10/14/2016 4:13:30 PM PDT by EveningStar

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To: EveningStar; grey_whiskers

Its not called bias. Its called performance.

Jeter lifetime BA: .310
Ripken lifetime BA: .276

Ripken was the iron man, but that doesn’t make him necessarily the better player. Its very close, but I wouldn’t attribute it to bias. And who won more World Series Championships? Jeter by a mile.


61 posted on 10/14/2016 6:11:31 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: grey_whiskers

I was at an o’s game when mark belanger homered... We fans called him out three times to tip his hat, which he did with the greatest smile on his face... Great shortstop... Better than ripken,


62 posted on 10/14/2016 6:36:50 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: CommerceComet

Phil Rizutto


63 posted on 10/14/2016 6:38:50 PM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: Gay State Conservative

Brooks played third and said the reason he made the hall of fame was he only had to play three square feet with belanger beside him


64 posted on 10/14/2016 6:39:09 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: EveningStar

65 posted on 10/14/2016 6:42:30 PM PDT by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: BlueLancer

I was 11 during the 1968 season but still have fond memories. How would you say McAuliffe compares to Alan Trammel?


66 posted on 10/14/2016 6:50:11 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
To be honest, I pretty much quit following Detroit sports after I left Michigan to go to the Naval Academy. The only Tigers team that I remember was made up of Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Willie Horton, Dick McAuliffe, Bill Freehan, Micky Lolich ... I wouldn't know Alan Trammel if he came up and slapped me on the back.

Although I guess McAuliffe was probably better known as a second baseman, I remember him more as the shortstop. remember his speed and area of coverage at shortstop and his lead-off hitting and running the base paths.

67 posted on 10/14/2016 7:01:43 PM PDT by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: teeman8r
Brooks played third and said the reason he made the hall of fame was he only had to play three square feet with belanger beside him

Well, yes. That and the 1970 World Series (in which Orioles 20-game winner Dave McNally hit a grand slam in his first at-bat)...

68 posted on 10/14/2016 7:05:41 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: luvbach1

No, not close, and probably never will be..


69 posted on 10/14/2016 7:07:47 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: EveningStar

Only 1 has a hitting stat named after him - Mario Mendoza


70 posted on 10/14/2016 7:34:21 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Karliner

I remember Omar facing three pitchers in the same at bat. Not many have done that.


71 posted on 10/14/2016 8:14:40 PM PDT by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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To: Robwin

Great post.


72 posted on 10/14/2016 8:18:37 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Karliner

And Addison Russell of the Cubs.


73 posted on 10/14/2016 8:32:14 PM PDT by jch10 (Stand strong! we have a country to save!)
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To: EveningStar

I think the 1965 AL MVP might be a candidate.


74 posted on 10/14/2016 8:46:46 PM PDT by daler
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To: EveningStar

Omar Vizquel. Shortstop Cleveland Indians back in the day. The best ever, imo!


75 posted on 10/14/2016 8:47:58 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: BlueLancer

Now you’re talking.


76 posted on 10/14/2016 8:50:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: poinq
How many wins did he have? Babe had 94 and 714 HRs. I put Mays second.
77 posted on 10/14/2016 8:53:21 PM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: grey_whiskers

oh those Os!

Tthanks for that memory...


78 posted on 10/14/2016 8:59:25 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: deadrock

That’s the winning argument. If another position player’s defensive stats don’t include ERA of 2.28 over 100+ games then it is pretty much a given.

Freegards


79 posted on 10/14/2016 9:01:21 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: teeman8r
I like how they had *FOUR* 20-game winners (all 4 starters) in 1971 with a team ERA of 2.99.

Too bad they lost to the Pirates in 7 games in the series; just like they lost again to the Pirates in 7 games in 1979.

80 posted on 10/14/2016 9:05:28 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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