Top 32 tournament 2b Randolph vs Doerr

[obxyankeefan]

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

2Basemen Bracket is:

1 R Hornsby 6
32 J Franco 0

16 J Gordon 1
17 J Kent 4

8 B Grich 7
25 J Evers 0

9 F Frisch 5
24 N Fox 2

4 J Morgan 12
29 D Pedroia 3

13 C Biggio 8
20 R Cano 3

5 R Carew 9
28 L Doyle 0

12 W Randolph
21 B Doerr

3 N Lajoie
30 C Knoblauch

14 J Robinson
19 B McPhee

6 C Gehringer
27 D Pratt

11 R Alomar
22 T Phillips

2 E Collins
31 C Childs

15 C Utley
18 B Herman

7 L Whitaker
26 B Myers

10 R Sandberg
23 T Lazzeri

1 R Hornsby
17 J Kent

8 B Grich
9 F Frisch

4 J Morgan
13 C Biggio

5 R Carew

 

[obxyankeefan]

Willie Randolph Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Bobby Doerr Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[obxyankeefan]

Interesting one as it pits arguably the best Yankees 2b against arguably the best Red Sox 2b.

 

[calsnowskier]

Tough one. Do you like longevity, or peak? Doerr had better numbers at the plate, but 1400 few PAs. I seem to remember Randolph as a good defender, but that may have just been his rep since he played for the Yanks (I still ignore defensive stats - they simply are not useful yet, IMHO). I have no idea about Doerrs defensive rep.

I think I will go with Doerr because he was SOOO much better during his 13+ seasons than Randolph was in his BEST 13 seasons (by a good margin).

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Tough one. Do you like longevity, or peak? Doerr had better numbers at the plate, but 1400 few PAs. I seem to remember Randolph as a good defender, but that may have just been his rep since he played for the Yanks (I still ignore defensive stats - they simply are not useful yet, IMHO). I have no idea about Doerrs defensive rep.

I think I will go with Doerr because he was SOOO much better during his 13+ seasons than Randolph was in his BEST 13 seasons (by a good margin).

I 100% disagree with you!!! It's not just about numbers it is where you would hit the batter. Randolph would hit either in the one or 2 hole and he was elite at that, he had good OBP, good speed and did not strike out much. Doerr's numbers look like a number 3 hitter but not a very good one. I would much rather have Randolph in my lineup because he does his job better!! He was also a better defender. So to me this is not even close!!!

Randolph wins!!!