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Originally Posted by G1911
I agree. He’s the clear pick, but also possibly the weakest player on the all-time team. C and 3B seem to be the weakest positions that it would be easiest for a player to come along and dethrone. Boggs, Brett, Baker, Brooks, Mathews, Chipper, all are well below Schmidt. 3B skews pretty modern.
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I agree that Schmidt is not considered to be at the same level of all-time greats like Ruth, Aaron and Mays, but I was surprised to see that he is currently 19th in WAR all time for position players with a WAR of 106.8 on Baseball Reference. Eddie Mathews is at 23rd with a WAR of 96.1.
Third base has historically been the least represented position in the HoF, and as you said, more modern players tend to be thought of as the best at the position.