Realize that Schmidt played in a different offensive time than Jones. Schmidt won 6 of his 8 home run titles while hitting under 40 home runs each. He won two titles while hitting 36. His power numbers are much more impressive compared to Jones than comparing the numbers one to one. The 70s-80s was a different power era than the 1990s-2000s.
Unlike many mother's basement statisticians, I also think fielding is part of the game and Schmidt is better than Jones and Boggs in that area.
I'd pick Schmidt.
A fair knock against Schmidt is he didn't have a good batting average, but he definitely was a power hitter. And that he won 3 MVPs and was in the top 10 in voting 9 times (that's half the number of years of a lengthy career), says he was considered top by his contemporaries.
Last edited by drcy; 02-16-2014 at 09:52 AM.
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