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Originally Posted by Orioles1954
Brooks Robinson is the beginning and end as the greatest third baseman of all-time. It amazes me that when speaking of a POSITION that only offense is brought up. Of course, Brooks has defense won by a mile. Very clutch postseason performer and a leader on some of the greatest teams in modern baseball history. Manny Machado of the Orioles is going to be very, very special at that position.
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I'll take the (probably) second-best defensive 3B who is definitely the best offensive 3B over the guy who was definitely the best defensive 3B but only the 15th or 20th best offensive 3B.
Brooks Robinson - 268 HRs, 104 OPS+
Mike Schmidt - 548 HRs, 147 OPS+
All the credit in the world to Brooks defensively but Schmidt was better all-around - and it's really not even close.