Robinson or Mays?

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

They were all premium 3rd baseman. Schmidt was the best of them, and the best of that group defensively.

Disagree; except for the Schmidt part.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Disagree; except for the Schmidt part.

It's cool if Brooks was your favorite player. Statistically, by virtue of their offense, Schmidt, Brett, and Chipper were all greater 3rd basemen than Robinson.

[hcv123]

So here were my thoughts in order as I read through the posts:

1) Hands down I would go for the Mays card (Brooks likely the more loved person between the 2 notwithstanding)

2) Looks like most people agree

3) HOLY CRAP! Forget about Mays or Robinson - Is that a glove box or a store marketing piece?

4) Wow! It IS a glove box!

5) I wonder if I can talk him out of his other one?

6) Crap! That all happened WAY too fast!

AWESOME pickup Mike! As mentioned - time for Mays and/or Robinson later....

[G1911]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

It's cool if Brooks was your favorite player. Statistically, by virtue of their offense, Schmidt, Brett, and Chipper were all greater 3rd basemen than Robinson.

Brooks Robinson OPS+ = 105, 5% better than league average bat over career. Mays is one of the greatest of all time, Brooks was an entertaining fan favorite and great glove. I'd pick Mays by a long shot as the better player and love the 53 Mays image. Don't think Brook is even remotely close to the player Mays was. Chipper, Brett, Schmidt, easily better 3B all time by any look at numbers. Love the 57 Brooks still, a good card too as the toughest card in another popular set.

The 58 Brooks though, I hated paying even $4 for that card and it's 'unique' image.