Top 32 tournament RF Ruth vs Robinson

[obxyankeefan]

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

Rightfield Bracket is:

1 B Ruth 9
32 J D Drew 0

16 D Winfield 10
17 G Sheffield 3

8 R Jackson 7
25 E Flick 0

9 P Waner 7
24 W Keeler 0

4 F Robinson 7
29 K Cuyler 0

13 D Evans 13
20 I Suzuki 7

5 R Clemente 11
28 B Giles 2

12 T Gwynn 9
21 S Sosa 1

3 M Ott 7
30 R Staub 1

14 R Smith 6
19 V Guerrero 9

6 A Kaline 9
27 S Rice 0

11 H Heilmann 6
22 B Bonds 0

2 H Aaron 9
31 H Stovey 0

15 A Dawson 8
18 B Abreu 6

7 S Crawford 6
26 H Hooper 0

10 L Walker 9
23 E Slaughter 1

1 B Ruth 8
16 D Winfield 2

8 R Jackson 6
9 P Waner 2

4 F Robinson 13
13 D Evans 0

5 R Clemente 13
12 T Gwynn 3

3 M Ott 9
19 V Guerrero 2

6 A Kaline 13
11 H Heilmann 1

2 H Aaron 12
15 A Dawson 0

7 S Crawford 3
10 L Walker 6

1 B Ruth 5
8 R Jackson 1

4 F Robinson 11
5 R Clemente 5

3 M Ott 11
6 A Kaline 3

2 H Aaron 6
10 L Walker 0

1 B Ruth
4 F Robinson

3 M Ott
2 H Aaron

 

[obxyankeefan]

Babe Ruth Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat JD Drew, Dave Winfield, and Reggie Jackson 22-3

Frank Robinson Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Kiki Cuyler, Dwight Evans, and Roberto Clemente 31-5

 

[MilkSpiller22]

there is no way to vote against Babe here unless you really look down on the period he played in... Robinson might be a top 10 player of all time, but he is certainly no Babe Ruth...

 

[Cedrique]

Yeah, Ruth is easily the greatest baseball player of all time, but even if you take away the pitching if you assume he played Rightfield for most or all of the rest of the time he is still easy to pick here. That being said, Robinson was very consistantly great for a long time. I'm not exactly sure how dWAR stats are calculated but according to that his defense was his one flaw that kept him back a little.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah, Ruth is easily the greatest baseball player of all time, but even if you take away the pitching if you assume he played Rightfield for most or all of the rest of the time he is still easy to pick here. That being said, Robinson was very consistantly great for a long time. I'm not exactly sure how dWAR stats are calculated but according to that his defense was his one flaw that kept him back a little.

This tourney really showed me how GREAT Robinson was. I always knew he was good, but he was before my time. I didn't realize he legitimately belonged in the elite crowd of players.

 

[Cedrique]

This tourney really showed me how GREAT Robinson was. I always knew he was good, but he was before my time. I didn't realize he legitimately belonged in the elite crowd of players.

Yeah, I think sometimes the guys who stay in baseball in other capacities sometimes get overlooked for some reason. Joe Torre wasn't on the level as Robinson, but I don't think a lot of people realize he was a borderline hall of famer as a player before he made it in as an executive a couple years ago.