Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Best Second Baseman of the Modern Era?
Wow, that's a tough one, folks. I think, though, that it would probably have to come down to one of these three guys; Joe Morgan, Ryne Sandberg, or Roberto Alomar (Hall of Famers, each of them). What do you say that we flush it out a little bit? Here, folks, are the total stats. A) Runs scored; 1) Morgan-1,650, 2) Alomar-1,508, 3) Sandberg-1,318......B) Hits; 1) Alomar-2,724, 2) Morgan-2,517, 3) Sandberg-2,386......C) Doubles; 1) Alomar-504, 2) Morgan-449, 3) Sandberg-403......D) Triples; 1) Morgan-96, 2) Alomar-80, 3) Sandberg-76......E) Home-runs; 1) Sandberg-282, 2) Morgan-268, 3) Alomar-210......F) Runs-batted-in; 1) Alomar-1,134, 2) Morgan-1,133, 3) Sandberg-1,061......G) Stolen-bases; 1) Morgan-689, 2) Alomar-474, 3) Sandberg-344......H) Walks; 1) Morgan-1,865, 2) Alomar-1,032, 3) Sandberg-761......I) Batting-average; 1) Alomar-.300, 2) Sandberg-.285, 3) Morgan-.271......J) On-base-percentage; 1) Morgan-.392, 2) Alomar-.371, 3) Sandberg-.344......K) Slugging-percentage; 1) Sandberg-.452, 2) Alomar-.443, 3) Morgan-.427......L) Total number of gold-gloves; 1) Alomar-10, 2) Sandberg-9, 3) Morgan-5....................................................................................................Alright, so what do we frigging have here? With these 12 categories, we have Alomar winning five of them, Morgan five, and Sandberg only two. We also have Sandberg coming in third (i.e., last) in eight of the categories. This leads me to think that it would probably have to come down to Morgan or Alomar (yeah, yeah, I know, statistics aren't everything)....Alright, how 'bout this for a compromise? Based upon those dominant back to back MVP seasons (1975-76), we go with Mr. Morgan in the short run. But, based upon an entire 15-16 year career, we go instead with Mr. Alomar. A deal?.......................................................................................................P.S. No. No spitting. No spitting will be allowed.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Alomar by a landslide....Morgan played on the Big Red Machine,he had much better hitters hitting in front and behind him,plus better fielders around him.Robby played on some bad teams but nine times out of ten he was the best player on the team,you cant say that about Joe Morgan.Now,poor Sandberg played for the Cubs....nuff said.
I tend to agree, Russ. I would just remind you, though, that that 1993 Blue Jays team (and some of the ones that followed) had Paul Molitor, Joe Carter, John Olerud, and some other pretty good players.
Post a Comment