MLB's 10 Greatest Shortstops of All Time

[cartman00000001]

yep, you read that correctly. Great offense, great defense, great teammate, and something A-Rod will never have....clutch capability.

[HoustonGM]

yep, you read that correctly. Great offense, great defense, great teammate, and something A-Rod will never have....clutch capability.

Oh please.

Cal Ripken, overall: .276/.340/.447
A-Rod, overall: .306/.389/.578

Ripken, 2 outs, RISP: .247/.366/.408
A-Rod, 2 outs, RISP: .274/.403/.486

Ripken, Close & Late: .282/.353/.443
A-Rod, Close & Late: .279/.375/.530

Ripken, High Leverage: .279/.352/.444
A-Rod, High Leverage: .305/.393/.582

All of these splits have large sample sizes, and whaddya know, each player bats basically the same as he does overall. The only "clutch" stat that backs up your statement is playoff performance, which both players have significantly smaller sample sizes of.

[TheNamelessPoet]

yea... i gotta say... Cal over A-Rod you are NUTS!!!

[RedsoxRockies]

Larkin hasn't yet been inducted to the Hall of Merit because he hasn't been retired long enough. He'll be on their ballot, AND will definitely get in next year.

Ah, ok.

[cartman00000001]

Oh please.

Cal Ripken, overall: .276/.340/.447
A-Rod, overall: .306/.389/.578

Ripken, 2 outs, RISP: .247/.366/.408
A-Rod, 2 outs, RISP: .274/.403/.486

Ripken, Close & Late: .282/.353/.443
A-Rod, Close & Late: .279/.375/.530

Ripken, High Leverage: .279/.352/.444
A-Rod, High Leverage: .305/.393/.582

All of these splits have large sample sizes, and whaddya know, each player bats basically the same as he does overall. The only "clutch" stat that backs up your statement is playoff performance, which both players have significantly smaller sample sizes of.

yea... i gotta say... Cal over A-Rod you are NUTS!!!

doesn't matter. My team, my opinion, my SS.

I would also love for you to come up with stats to show me how each player helps in the clubhouse. I'll come back in lets say.............1000 years when you come up with that nugget.

[HoustonGM]

doesn't matter. My team, my opinion, my SS.

Fair enough. I'm not disputing your point of Cal over A-Rod (although I disagree with it), just that it's simply untrue to say that A-Rod "isn't clutch" and Ripken "is clutch." And you're free to hold that "opinion", but it's wrong.

I would also love for you to come up with stats to show me how each player helps in the clubhouse. I'll come back in lets say.............1000 years when you come up with that nugget.

Uh. Right. I don't know what this has to do with the topic at hand, but okay.

[reflections]

Bill Dahlen is victim of this. Great defensive shortstop around the turn-of-the-century PLUS had a solid bat. He should be in the Hall and is one of the best shortstops to ever play, but he's not, and is ALWAYS overlooked.

Definitely. It's crazy considering when he retired how he was the career leader/or near the top in almost all the important batting and fielding stats, but now he is nowhere in the talk about best shortstops, except for maybe a side note.

[RedsoxRockies]

Definitely. It's crazy considering when he retired how he was the career leader/or near the top in almost all the important batting and fielding stats, but now he is nowhere in the talk about best shortstops, except for maybe a side note.

I agree, he should be in definately. But, you have to consider how retarted most sports writers are, as Bruce Jenkins taught us.

[reflections]

I agree, he should be in definately. But, you have to consider how retarted most sports writers are, as Bruce Jenkins taught us.

true that.

[cartman00000001]

qwUh. Right. I don't know what this has to do with the topic at hand, but okay.

point is 90% of statistics are correct 50% of the time.

[HoustonGM]

point is 90% of statistics are correct 50% of the time.

Uh.

Okay. Whatever.

[RickD]

My 10 Favorite SS in no particular order:

Trammell
Vaughan
Larkin
Smith
Jeter
Banks
Ripken, Jr
Wagner
Yount
Reese

[Coach Owens]

As soon as I saw what website that was on, I looked at it just to see what stupidity there was in it and what do you know, it says Jeter is a great defensive shortstop. It's a shame, really. Of course, this is the same website that said the Seahawks need to cut Josh Wilson in order to compete next year.