Was Chipper Jones the BEST offensive 3B of all time

[Mondo Jay]

Plus, he named his son Shea!!! I laugh at that still...

It was his daughter, but yes, that shit is funny. (Sorry Mets fans)

 

[Mistaken4193]

It was his daughter, but yes, that shit is funny. (Sorry Mets fans)

I thought it was his son????

 

[Mistaken4193]

Except for the fact that Cabrera has played more games at 1b then 3b.

Chipper played 3 years in left field when we had Vinny Castilla

 

[wilwhite]

Schmidt had 90.9 oWAR over 18 seasons for an average of 5.05 per season.

A-Rod has 51.4 oWAR over 10 seasons with the Yankees for an average of 5.14 per season.

By that, A-Rod is the best offensive 3B of all time. Now excuse me while I go throw up.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Schmidt had 90.9 oWAR over 18 seasons for an average of 5.05 per season.

A-Rod has 51.4 oWAR over 10 seasons with the Yankees for an average of 5.14 per season.

By that, A-Rod is the best offensive 3B of all time. Now excuse me while I go throw up.

Steroids bro.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Chippers also a big time conspiracy theorist, he be a great addition to The Hoop, IMO.

But Id rather have Edgar Martinez or Miggy manning the hot corner. (Game restrictions not withstanding.)

I can possibly see Miggy in the conversation because he actually played some 3B, but Edgar was really a career DH. Miggy was probably about as good as guys like Killebrew and Dick Allen at 3B, but all 3 of them were good DH candidates when you get right down to it.

 

[Indrid Cold]

It was his daughter, but yes, that shit is funny. (Sorry Mets fans)

He named his son "Stadium"...

 

[Chewbaccer]

Mike Schmidt is the best 3B of all time because of his defense to go with his bat, but as a blind homer, Chipper Jones is the best with the bat at third base.

Eddie Mathews wouldn't hit .200 in Chipper's era.

If you go by peak years, Brett is a bit better, but throughout the course of a career, Chipper was good longer. And Chipper's peak years weren't bad compared to Brett's either, so I'll take Chipper.

 

[Chewbaccer]

WAR is a useless, made up stat.

 

[broncosmitty]

I can possibly see Miggy in the conversation because he actually played some 3B, but Edgar was really a career DH. Miggy was probably about as good as guys like Killebrew and Dick Allen at 3B, but all 3 of them were good DH candidates when you get right down to it.

Miggy has played a hundred games at two different OF spots, 720some at first nearly 700 at third and not even 60 as a DH. And many of those were when his foot was bout to fall off.

He's not great defensively, anywhere. But Ive seen worse at both infield spots, from his own teammates in the last month of last season alone. He has much better hands and range than people give him credit for.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Mike Schmidt is the best 3B of all time because of his defense to go with his bat, but as a blind homer, Chipper Jones is the best with the bat at third base.

Eddie Mathews wouldn't hit .200 in Chipper's era.

If you go by peak years, Brett is a bit better, but throughout the course of a career, Chipper was good longer. And Chipper's peak years weren't bad compared to Brett's either, so I'll take Chipper.

Mathews played in the same era in as Hank Aaron, so do you also think Aaron would've been nothing special in Chipper's era?

 

[Chewbaccer]

IMO, Chipper is the second best switch hitter of all time, only behind Mantle. And I love Chipper's philosophy at the plate, he said something like "I'm just trying to find a gap, I hit homers off mistakes.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Mathews played in the same era in as Hank Aaron, so do you also think Aaron would've been nothing special in Chipper's era?

Hank was a better athlete than Mathews.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Hank was a better athlete than Mathews.

And Carlos Beltran was a better athlete than Chipper Jones, so what's your point?

 

[Tharvot]

I'd have to say I found his thoughts on Newtown pretty offensive.

 

[Chewbaccer]

And Carlos Beltran was a better athlete than Chipper Jones, so what's your point?

I don't think Hank would have ever been the home run king playing in Chipper's era, but I think he was a good enough player to still be a very good player.

Of course, give a guy like that modern equipment to work with and they might adapt, and I'm not old enough to have seen them play, but o you really think Babe Ruth puts up the same numbers against Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux?

 

[Chewbaccer]

I'd have to say I found his thoughts on Newtown pretty offensive.

That's your first problem, being offended by what someone you'll probably never meet said.

 

[Nosferatu]

Not even a mention of Harmon Killebrew?

 

[Chewbaccer]

Not even a mention of Harmon Killebrew?

I never saw him play, but I just have him pictured in my head as a better offensive version of Adam Dunn. I'm probably way off base, but that's just what I think of when I think Harmon Killebrew.

 

[Chewbaccer]

I never saw him play, but I just have him pictured in my head as a better offensive version of Adam Dunn. I'm probably way off base, but that's just what I think of when I think Harmon Killebrew.

Actually, it's the image I have of Eddie Mathews as well.