The No-Looking at Stats Comparison Game

[Cedrique]

I mean it's not a landslide, but hell Kingman played first base and he still had a better WAR in nearly 2000 less PA's. He also had a better OPS and wRC+, a better wOBA and a better WAA. I don't see any way you spin it where you can say Carter is better, especially by a "landslide" as OBX said (not putting him down, I think a lot of people value Carter over Kingman)

Yeah, I'll give you that. My initial thought was that Carter would be much better, which he certainly wasn't. Kingman was known as a one trick pony (albeit it was a pretty good trick. He actually hit more homeruns per at bat than Hank Aaron), but when I compared them I saw that according to the stats Carter was also very bad at defense.

 

[Omar 382]

Paul Konerko or Fred Lynn?

 

[Cedrique]

konerko.

Bob Walk or Mike Krukow

 

[Cedrique]

I was way off on that last one. I guess Paul Konerko's gaudy homerun totals swayed my opinion but Lynn was clearly better.

 

[tducey]

Bob Walk

Carlos Delgado or Andres Gallaraga

 

[DragonfromTO]

Bob Walk

Carlos Delgado or Andres Gallaraga

Delgado

Bill Doran or Steve Sax?

(Also, Krukow was better )

 

[Mondo Jay]

Delgado

Bill Doran or Steve Sax?

(Also, Krukow was better )

Doran.

Jeff Blauser or Walt Weiss

 

[DragonfromTO]

Doran.

Jeff Blauser or Walt Weiss

Blauser

Trot Nixon or Jermaine Dye?

 

[Omar 382]

Blauser

Trot Nixon or Jermaine Dye?

Something tells me Dye's power in the steroid era will really deflate the impact of that power, and (if I'm remembering right) he didn't have a good OBP, so I'm going with Nixon. (Now I'm going to sweat it out looking up their stats).

Raul Mondesi or Ken Caminiti?

 

[Omar 382]

I think I got it right going with Nixon

 

[Cedrique]

Something tells me Dye's power in the steroid era will really deflate the impact of that power, and (if I'm remembering right) he didn't have a good OBP, so I'm going with Nixon. (Now I'm going to sweat it out looking up their stats).

Raul Mondesi or Ken Caminiti?

speaking of the steroid era......

I think this one is close. I'm going with Caminiti


Moises Alou or Jim Wynn

 

[Omar 382]

speaking of the steroid era......

I think this one is close. I'm going with Caminiti


Moises Alou or Jim Wynn

Alou. George Brett or Dave Winfield?

 

[obxyankeefan]

I would take Brett, but Winfield's numbers are better than most think.

Ron Santo Sal Bando

 

[Omar 382]

I would take Brett, but Winfield's numbers are better than most think.

Ron Santo Sal Bando

Santo. Graig Nettles or Adrian Beltre?

 

[tducey]

Beltre

Todd Stottlemyre or Steve avery

 

[Mondo Jay]

Beltre

Todd Stottlemyre or Steve avery

Stottlemyre.

Chris Chambliss or Leon Durham

 

[Cedrique]

Stottlemyre.

Chris Chambliss or Leon Durham

Durham.

Rick Reuschel or Jerry Reuss

 

[DragonfromTO]

Durham.

Rick Reuschel or Jerry Reuss

No question about it , Reuschel.

Willie Wilson or Chet Lemon?

 

[Omar 382]

I don't know enough about Lemon without looking it up so I won't answer. Robinson Cano or Jeff Kent?

 

[kcden]

Cano.

Mike Cameron or Andy Van Slyke?