The No-Looking at Stats Comparison Game

[Omar 382]

Here's the game. You post two players from any era in MLB. For the sake of this thread, we're only looking at MLB performance, so don't add anything to a player like Monte Irvin because of his ***** League performance. After you post the two players, without looking any stats or anything up, you immediately say which one you think is a better player. It is perfectly fair (and good) to account for war time, era played in, etc. After you post your answer, you post two new players. You can look up the players afterward and see if your memory and intuition holds up to which player you picked. No cheating! I'll start it out. Since I'm the first one, I won't be answering any players. Here we go:

Mel Ott or Roy Campanella?

 

[broncosmitty]

Mel Ott. Unless you need a catcher.

Mickey Mantle vs Tris Speaker.

 

[da55bums]

Mel Ott. Unless you need a catcher.

Mickey Mantle vs Tris Speaker.

Tris Speaker

UL Washington or Roy Smalley

 

[broncosmitty]

Tris Speaker

UL Washington or Roy Smalley

Washington

Floyd Bannister or Mark Gubicza

 

[Omar 382]

(if you don't know either player at all, don't post. just waste until you at least recognize the two player's names and know something, no matter how small, about them)

 

[DragonfromTO]

Tris Speaker

UL Washington or Roy Smalley

Smalley and it's not even close

Edit: I was going to add my two names but I see now that someone got in ahead of me.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Washington

Floyd Bannister or Mark Gubicza

Gubicza.

Jimmy Wynn or Reggie Smith

 

[Omar 382]

Gubicza.

Jimmy Wynn or Reggie Smith

Close. I'm going Smith.

Johnny Callison or David Cone?

 

[Omar 382]

Gubicza.

Jimmy Wynn or Reggie Smith

Looking at the stats now, it's even hard to say. They're very similar, but Smith played longer. I'm still going Smith

 

[calsnowskier]

What is the point of "This or That" threads? It doesnt encourage any conversation or debate.

 

[Omar 382]

What is the point of "This or That" threads? It doesnt encourage any conversation or debate.

Sure it does. You guess which player was better, then afterwards it's fun to see if you were right or wrong. In a society that is so used to just checking a player's Fangraph page to determine their value, this thread relies solely on one's memory and/or intuition.

 

[calsnowskier]

Sure it does. You guess which player was better, then afterwards it's fun to see if you were right or wrong. In a society that is so used to just checking a player's Fangraph page to determine their value, this thread relies solely on one's memory and/or intuition.

I find that these types of threads just go on tit-for-tat and rarely if ever get sidetracked to an actual discussion.

Either way, just MHO, so carry on...

 

[DragonfromTO]

I find that these types of threads just go on tit-for-tat and rarely if ever get sidetracked to an actual discussion.

Either way, just MHO, so carry on...

You can also have a discussion with yourself, and think about why you were wrong when you were wrong and what types of players and skill sets you might subconsciously be underrating and overrating.

 

[Omar 382]

Johnny Callison or David Cone?

Does anyone have an answer?

 

[obxyankeefan]

Close. I'm going Smith.

Johnny Callison or David Cone?

Cone

Hubie Brooks or Travis Fryman

 

[da55bums]

Cone

Hubie Brooks or Travis Fryman

Love some Fryman

Brian Harper or Steve Yeager

 

[Cedrique]

Love some Fryman

Brian Harper or Steve Yeager

Yeager.

Jose Cruz or Jose Cruz Jr

 

[obxyankeefan]

Jose Cruz Jr

Steve Swisher or Nick Swisher

 

[broncosmitty]

Jose Cruz Jr

Steve Swisher or Nick Swisher

Nick Swisher

Billy Ripken or Butts Wagner

 

[Cedrique]

Nick Swisher

Billy Ripken or Butts Wagner

Wagner.... and it isn't even close


Darryl Strawberry or Bob Lemon