I should have mentioned Hornsby, even after adjusting for his extremely friendly context he’s the best hitting 2B. I valued defense high enough to keep him from the top spot in favor of Collins and Morgan.
I pick Berra over Bench for his consistency. Bench largely had the Campanella pattern where he was great one season and then his bat fell off the next. Berra was consistently excellent offensively. A more modern player will probably end up taking this spot, C is one of the ‘weak’ spots.
A-Rod has a fantastic argument for SS over Wagner. If he had done it without steroids, I’d probably take him. He played almost as many games at 3B but the better half of his career is at SS, so I rate him there. He’d top Schmidt if you ignore roids too. I think the cheating hurts, and so take Hans and Mike.
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