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Top 10 poll #10: #10 player in history - Runoff

Who is the #10 player in baseball history?


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broncosmitty

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I’d never realized Bench played so many games at third and played so poorly there, until just now.

Also didn’t realize Campanella had a higher OPS and than the other two.
 

LHG

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Isn’t playing defense part of playing baseball? One of the reasons Thomas isn’t SERIOUSLY talked about yet is because he was a DH. Don’t tell me that doesn’t factor in. If Bench was primarily a 1B, we would hardly remember his name. If Ozzie was a LF, his flips would have been an oddity, but he wouldn’t be a HOFer.
How you play defense does factor in. That's why I do lean on WAR. Its not perfect but it does take that into account. I think Schmidt was the best 3rd baseman that ever played (sorry Matt Williams) but I won't bump him up higher than I think he should be just because there are no 3rd basemen yet on the list. I'm okay with a bunch of 1st baseman and outfielders above him if they were better all around players.
 

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Looking ahead to poll #11, I would encourage voters to look again at Tris Speaker. In 22 seasons, he earned a 134.9 WAR (the only two with higher WARs not yet ranked are Young and Clemens). His WAR7 is 62.7 and his OPS+ is 158 (Hornsby, Trout and Musial all have better in these 2 categories). I would rank Hornsby higher but Speaker is among the guys being talked about now and should start getting some serious looks.
 
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