Top 32 tournament 2b LaJoie vs Gehringer

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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 9
11 R Alomar 3

2 E Collins13
15 C Utley 2

7 L Whitaker 5
10 R Sandberg 7

1 R Hornsby 10
8 B Grich 0

4 J Morgan 9
5 R Carew 2

3 N Lajoie
6 C Gehringer

2 E Collins
10 R Sandberg

1 R Hornsby
4 J MOrgan

 

[obxyankeefan]

Nap Lajoie Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Chuck Knoblauch and Jackie Robinson 25-1

Charlie Gehringer Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Del Pratt and Roberto Alomar 20-3

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Power- Lajoie wins( close)
XBH%
Lajoie- Career=8.6, Best=13.1, # of 499+PA seasons better than average=7, MLB average=5.0
Gehringer- Career=8.8, Best=11.9, # of 499+PA seasons=5, MLB average=6.8

BB- Gehringer wins(NOT CLOSE)
BB%
Lajoie- Career=4.9, Best=8.9, # 499+PA seasons better=6, MLB average=7.3
Gehringer-Career=11.6, Best=17.7, # of 499+PA seasons=5, MLB average=8.3

SO- Lajoie wins(VERY CLOSE)
SO%
Lajoie-Career=3.3, Best=1.6, # of 499+ seasons=8, MLB average=9.3
Gehringer- Career=3.6, Best=1.8, # of 499+ seasons=8, MLB average=8.2

BA- Lajoie(close)
Lajoie- Career=.338, Best=.426, # of seasons over 300=17, # of 499+ seasons better=7
Gehringer- Career=.320, Best=.371, # of seasons over 300=14, 499+PA better=8



Defense- Lajoie wins(VERY CLOSE)
dWAR
Lajoie- Career=10.1, Best=3.3, # of seasons 1 or over=6, # of seasons over 0=13
Gehringer- Career=10.7, Best=2.3, # of seasons 1 or over=6, # of seasons over 0=12

career longevity- Lajoie wins(only 200 more PA)
positional longevity- Gehringer wins(nearly 200 More games)
# of 499+ PA seasons- Lajoie=13 Gehringer=14


THis one is extremely tough for me... It looks like Lajoie was a dead ball era POWER bat, vs a top of the order guy... I hate analyzing dead ball power bats because without the HR, I have a lot of trouble giving him a value that I understand...

I am going to go with Gehringer only because I understand his numbers MORE, and he owned the only comparison that was NOT CLOSE...