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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss
It’s a gross, rainy day in DC. Thankfully football is on, but I am still bored. So why not start a thread. Here goes:
(Open for discussion): I am assuming the following are the best 9 players who have a card in the t206 set. Not the best t206 cards, the best players. I say 9 bc after Plank, I cant think of who I would put at 10.
1. Cobb
2. Wagner
3. Johnson
4. Mathewson
5. Young
6. Speaker
7. Lajoie
8. E Collins
9. Plank
So who are the next 6 best players, making up 10-15? Here is my ranking:
10. Crawford
11. Clarke
12. Tinker
13. Chance
14. Keeler
15. Dahlen
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I agree with your top 9, but I think Tinkers, Evers, and Chance are very close to each other and would be part of a 3rd Tier, along with Clarke, Keeler (Keeler had few dominant seasons and was not a great fielder) and others.
My 10 through 15 would be:
10) Walsh (although I think a lot of his success was b/c of his spitball)
11) Waddell
12) "Home Run" Baker
13) Joe McGinnity
14) TIE between George Davis (put up a career WAR of 84.5), Sam Crawford and Bill Dahlen.
Honorable Mentions: Had Addie Joss lived a little longer, he'd likely be up there too, Vic Willis (put up a WAR of 8 ore more 4x), and Mordecai Brown