OT - Best 3B ever?

[Mikehealer]

Brett and Schmidt, in that order, and no need to consider anyone else. At least that's the way I see it.

[frankbmd]

Oliver "Ghost" Marcelle

[z28jd]

I think batting average is a horrible stat to zero in on for Schmidt. He hit for power and had over 1500 walks. That means he was getting on base plenty, enough to lead the league three times in OBP. He has a higher OBP(just barely) than Nap Lajoie, who hit .338 career.

So despite the low average, he still got on base at a high clip, he is the best power hitting third baseman and he was top rated defensively. He is the best third baseman.

Pie Traynor might get knocked down by modern stats, but when they named the all-time team for the first century of baseball(1869-1969) he was the third baseman and Jimmy Collins was second, both ahead of Eddie Mathews right near the end of his career.

[earlywynnfan]

I think Evil is putting up a valiant attempt here, but he's fighting a losing battle.

I'm more interested in what a few members are thinking by picking Brett over Schmidt?? I'm a big Brett fan, but to me 3B is the position where there's very little room for argument.

Ken

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I think Evil is putting up a valiant attempt here, but he's fighting a losing battle.

I'm more interested in what a few members are thinking by picking Brett over Schmidt?? I'm a big Brett fan, but to me 3B is the position where there's very little room for argument.

Ken

I don't think there is a question on any infield position:

Gehrig, Hornsby, Wagner, Schmidt

[Bocabirdman]

I Don't Know!

[vintagecpa]

As a lifetime Braves fan, Chipper was great, but he was never the feared hitter or solid fielder that Schmidt was. Chipper had a bad leg injury his rookie season that took away some of his quickness moving forward. I always wondered what type of numbers he would have put up if he would had that extra speed during his career. I would put both Schmidt and Brett ahead of Jones. Probably a few others also.

[KCRfan1]

Brett is the only PLAYER to exceed 3000 hits, 600 doubles, 100 triples, 300 home runs, and 200 stolen bases. Add in his rbi's, walks, runs scored, and a post season batting average of .337 ( 10 hr's and 23 rbi's ), while winning a batting title in three different decades. Ended his career hitting over .300. Brett was far more of a complete offensive force than Schmidt ever was, and Brett was easily the better performer in post season play. I'll take Brett over Schmidt every time.

[familytoad]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I don't think there is a question on any infield position:

Gehrig, Hornsby, Wagner, Schmidt

+ 100, especially Schmidt