Top 32 tournament 1B Brouthers vs Palmeiro

[obxyankeefan]

Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15).

1basemen Bracket is:

1 L Gehrig 6
32 J Giambi 0

16 J Beckley 0
17 T Helton 7

8 F Thomas 8
25 B Terry 0

9 J Thome 7
24 G Sisler 1

4 C Anson 3
29 N Cash 4

13 W McCovey 5
20 D Allen 0

5 R Connor 1
28 F McGriff 12

12 E Murray 10
21 J Olerud 3

3 J Foxx 15
30 L Berkman 0

14 M Cabrera 10
19 K Hernandez 7

6 J Bagwell 9
27 J Clark 1

11 J Mize 4
22 H Greenberg 6

2 A Pujols 12
31 M Teixeira 0

15 M McGwire 5
18 H Killebrew 17

7 D Brouthers 6
26 T Perez 2

10 R Palmeiro 9 higher seed
23 W Clark 9

1 L Gehrig 14
17 T Helton 0

8 F Thomas 9
9 J Thome 0

29 N Cash 1
13 W McCovey 8

28 F McGriff 6
12 E Murray 7

3 J Foxx 12
14 M Cabrera 1

6 J Bagwell 6
22 H Greenberg 7

2 A Pujols 12
18 H Killebrew 1

7 D Brouthers
10 R Palmeiro

1 L Gehrig
8 F Thomas

13 W McCovey
12 E Murray

3 J Foxx
22 H Greenberg

2 A Pujols

 

[obxyankeefan]

Dan Brouthers Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Tony Perez 6-2

Rafael Palmeiro Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Will Clark 9-9

 

[obxyankeefan]

Tough one. One of the best of the pre 1900s vs one of the best from the Steroids era.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

First things first Dan Brouthers was taller and bigger than Rafael palmeiro... SO I believe the power numbers of brouthers...

Power- Brouthers Wins (close)
clearly less HRs due to time period, but was better at getting XBH with a career of 10% vs 9.9% and a high of 13.8 vs 12.3. while the MLB average in brouthers days was 5.5% vs 7.5 for palmeiro... As for OPS+ Brouthers has a 170 career average while Palmeiro Never had over 160.

SO- Brouthers wins(close)
had a career 3.1%(best season 1.1 and had 4 seasons less than 2%) and 10 seasons better than his average (MLB average 6.8)
vs Palmeiro 11.2%(best season at 5.4% and 3 seasons less than 8%) and 9 seasons better than his average(MLB average 16.0)

BB- Brouthers wins(VERY CLOSE)

Brouthers- career= 10.9%, best= 17.2, seasons above average=10, seasons above 13%=4, MLB average= 6.9
Palmeiro- career=11.2, Best= 15.7, seasons above average=7, seasons above 13%=6, MLB average= 8.8

BA- Brouthers wins(not close)

Career longevity- Palmeiro(not close) 12046 PA vs 7676 PA
Positional longevity- Palmeiro- 2139 games vs 1633 games

Brouthers was a better contact hitter, power hitter, average hitter and walked more often... Brouthers wins...

 

[UK Cowboy]

Raffy all day