Szymborski: Who's in the future 100? (Insider) Stark: The perception of greatness in the Top 100 My Top 10: Kurkjian | Stark | Olney | Crasnick | Schoenfield Top 10s: LHP | RHP | C | SS | 3B | 2B | 1B | LF | CF | RF We're counting down the greatest players in baseball history. Ozzie Smith Ron Vesely/MLB Photos/Getty Images ALL-TIME #MLBRANK A big chunk of that came from his 10.5 WAR season in 1982, the third-best year ever by a shortstop. Schoenfieldīefore the move to the outfield, Yount compiled almost two-thirds of his career value via WAR at shortstop (50.4 of 77.0). He never matched those numbers again but was a model of consistency and even won a second MVP Award after moving to center field when he hurt his shoulder. 331/.379/.578 with 29 home runs, leading the AL in slugging, OPS, doubles and hits and won a Gold Glove for the pennant-winning Brewers. Yount's 1982 season might be the best ever for a shortstop: He hit. Robin Yount Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images
HALL OF FAME SHORTSTOP SERIES
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Larkin spent the entirety of his 19-year Hall of Fame career with his hometown team, leading the Reds to two postseason appearances and a World Series crown in 1990. Red (no offense to the mascot of the same name). 815, Hits - 2,340, HRs - 198, RBIs - 960Īn easy favorite to watch, but a weird bat-first rep in retrospect: just one 20-homer and one 30-homer season, no "black ink," but the one MVP award and the one World Series win.
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He wouldn't crack my top 10, but he's in a group of the very good pre-integration shortstops, along with George Davis, Arky Vaughn, or Luke Appling - good players all, but not guys I'd take ahead of Luis Aparicio or Pee Wee Reese, let alone Trammell or Larkin. As AL president, however, he did hire MLB's first black umpire in 1966. His long legacy in the game included stints as manager, general manager and AL president, although his tenure running the Red Sox included the team refusing to sign any black players. He would have started more had All-Star Games begun earlier in his career. After the Pirates gave up on him, he landed with the Senators and became the AL's best shortstop of the 1930s, starting seven All-Star Games. One of the few Hall of Famers who were given up on as a young player. Joe Cronin George Rinhart/Corbis/Getty Images
Tigers fans will remember his great postseason in 1984, when he hit three home runs and drove in nine runs in eight games as the Tigers won their last World Series, with Trammell winning World Series MVP.
He did a bit of everything on the field, more solid than flashy - hit for average, decent power for a 1980s shortstop and won four Gold Gloves. One of the best eligible players not in the Hall of Fame, Trammell is a statistical match for Barry Larkin, but while Larkin cruised in, Trammell will have to await a Veterans Committee selection. The only shortstops with his kind of resume are either in the Hall of Fame or not yet eligible (Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter). If the voters don't screw up the MVP award vote in 1987, his case for the Hall of Fame is almost identical to Larkin's, but because the writers blew that, they can subsequently make a phony distinction that penalizes one of the best shortstops ever. Join the discussion by using the #MLBRank hashtag, and follow along BBTN and on Facebook.ġ0.
Thursday brings the top 10 infielders by position of all time, followed by pitchers and catchers on Friday. This week, we bring you the top 10 at each position. To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value. Do you want big names? Big numbers? Big personalities? Welcome to All-Time #MLBRank, our ranking of the top 100 players in baseball history.
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