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Originally Posted by KCRfan1
Brett is the only PLAYER to exceed 3000 hits, 600 doubles, 100 triples, 300 home runs, and 200 stolen bases. Add in his rbi's, walks, runs scored, and a post season batting average of .337 ( 10 hr's and 23 rbi's ), while winning a batting title in three different decades. Ended his career hitting over .300. Brett was far more of a complete offensive force than Schmidt ever was, and Brett was easily the better performer in post season play. I'll take Brett over Schmidt every time.
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Brett is another bad example of average over OBP. Schmidt had a .380 OBP and .527 slugging. Brett was .369 and .487, so no, he was not a better hitter. His slugging was worse and he didn't get on base as much as Schmidt. Defensively Schmidt was better, so he was the better hitter and fielder. He also played over 2200 games at third base, while Brett played 1692, with over 1000 games started elsewhere besides third base. That is a good chunk of his career not at the position you're ranking him at.