To expand on my above post.
New metrics are not biased against old players. FWAR tells us Babe was the best player of all time in terms of overall production. It says he and Ted are back to back as hitters. It tells us Ozzie Smith gathered the most value at SS on defense. It shows us that the 4 pitchers to provide the most production over the course of their careers are Clemens, Cy Young, Walter Johnson and Greg Maddux.
Here is the Fangraphs DEF leaders ALL TIME at each position (excluding P ) :
C- Pudge Rodriguez
1b- Hughie Jennings
2b-Frankie Frisch
SS- Ozzie Smith
3b- Brooks Robbinson
LF-Willie Wilson
CF- Andruw Jones
RF-Jesse Barfield
now you might quibble with this list a little bit, but there's no player listed that wasn't considered the best of their era with the glove at their position. (and the spread of eras seems to show that the bias isn't as bad as one might think)
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