Top 32 tournament 2B Gehringer vs Alomar

[obxyankeefan]

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

2Basemen Bracket is:

1 R Hornsby 6
32 J Franco 0

16 J Gordon 1
17 J Kent 4

8 B Grich 7
25 J Evers 0

9 F Frisch 5
24 N Fox 2

4 J Morgan 12
29 D Pedroia 3

13 C Biggio 8
20 R Cano 3

5 R Carew 9
28 L Doyle 0

12 W Randolph 5
21 B Doerr 4

3 N Lajoie 12
30 C Knoblauch 0

14 J Robinson 16
19 B McPhee 1

6 C Gehringer 11
27 D Pratt 0

11 R Alomar 13
22 T Phillips 0

2 E Collins 6
31 C Childs 1

15 C Utley 8
18 B Herman 4

7 L Whitaker 8
26 B Myers 1

10 R Sandberg 13
23 T Lazzeri 2

1 R Hornsby 14
17 J Kent 0

8 B Grich 6
9 F Frisch 0

4 J Morgan 8
13 C Biggio 3

5 R Carew 10
12 W Randolph 1

3 N Lajoie 12
14 J Robinson 1

6 C Gehringer
11 R Alomar

2 E Collins
15 C Utley

7 L Whitaker
10 R Sandberg

1 R Hornsby
8 B Grich

4 J Morgan
5 R Carew

3 N Lajoie

 

[obxyankeefan]

Charlie Gehringer Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Del Pratt 11-0

Roberto Alomar Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Tony Phillips 13-0

 

[obxyankeefan]

This one looks like it could be interesting. Old school Tiger fans vs some of the younger guys.

 

[calsnowskier]

What was Gehringers defensive reputation?

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I don't have this one to be very close... I got Gehringer for the win!!!

I am looking at the career ratio batting numbers( category of stats from baseball references)- Gehringer was better at every single ratio stat than Alomar was(HR%, BB%, SO%, etc). Not to mention Gehringer was better than the average player of his time in ALL the categories as well, Alomar was not at HR% and XBH%... And the kicker here is that Alomar's days the average HR% and XBH% were higher...

Gehringer also is significantly better at dWAR, better BEST seasons and better overall career...

Both players have almost identical number of games at 2B and plate appearances... so neither player gets the longevity advantage...

 

[DragonfromTO]

What was Gehringers defensive reputation?

The Mechanical Man was very highly regarded defensively.

 

[calsnowskier]

OPS+ 120+: Alomar - 6; Gehringer - 9
OPS+ 130+: Alomar - 6; Gehringer - 7
OPS+ 140+: Alomar - 3; Gehringer - 3
OPS+ 150+: Alomar - 1; Gehringer - 0 (149 in '34)

Very close, but a SLIGHT edge to Gehringer.

20+ SB with a 67% success rate seasons...

Alomar - 9, Gehringer - 0

Alomar wins this hands down, and it was actually a weapon for Alomar while it was simply not a part of Gehringers game.

Alomar and Gehringer both had good defensive reputations, so I will judge this as a draw.

WAR7

Alomar - 42.8; Gehringer - 50.5

This one is SOOO close, that It really comes down to SBs vs WAR7, and Gehringer wins that one handily, so I vote Gehringer.

 

[Howie115]

As a Tiger fan, I was I was alive during the years Gehringer played. Would have been a fun guy to watch.