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Nope. |
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Bill James ranked Mantle 6th.
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How long ago?
Mantle isn't even in the top 10 all time hitters. Let alone when you include pitchers. |
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2002 I believe. I would not rank him quite that high myself, but Bill James certainly knows a lot about baseball.
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Bill James also had a center field bias at the time. Four of his top 6 were centerfielders.
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Then again, maybe the best all around players tend to be center fielders. Look at me, I can be, center field.
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His stats were skewed too much to value for that position. This has since been "taken care of" by the new generation of stat geeks who have more than taken over for James. Offensive WAR per plate appearance shows the players who made the most of their times at the plate. To me, these are the ten greatest hitters, based on their production per plate appearance, of all time: 1 Babe Ruth 2 Barry Bonds 3 Ty Cobb 4 Willie Mays 5 Hank Aaron 6 Honus Wagner 7 Tris Speaker 8 Stan Musial 9 Rogers Hornsby 10 Eddie Collins Mickey Mantle is #12 |
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Again, 7th all-time in OPS+, 6th if you only count retired guys. And he played, by far, the most valuable defensive position of the 6. And was good at it. * - Yes, I am accounting for pitchers. Last edited by Tabe; 07-19-2018 at 12:36 AM. |
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