Top 32 tournament 2b Morgan vs Biggio

[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
13 C Biggio

5 R Carew
12 W Randolph

3 N Lajoie
14 J Robinson

6 C Gehringer
11 R Alomar

2 E Collins
15 C Utley

7 L Whitaker
10 R Sandberg

1 R Hornsby
8 B Grich

 

[obxyankeefan]

Joe Morgan Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Duston Pedroia 12-3

Craig Biggio Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Robinson Cano 8-3

 

[obxyankeefan]

I can see most people voting for Morgan, but I have never thought he was as good as he got credit for being. IDK what it is about him.

 

[navamind]

A 2B with a .271/.392/.427 (135 wRC+, behind only Hornsby/Collins/Lajoie at 2B) and career SB% of 81%? He was pretty freaking good.

I always found it hilarious that Morgan dismissed walks as an announcer when Morgan was among the best players of all-time in drawing walks (16.5% walk rate).

 

[StanMarsh51]

I can see most people voting for Morgan, but I have never thought he was as good as he got credit for being. IDK what it is about him.

He had a 12 season stretch where he had a 140 OPS+ while averaging about 45 steals a season.

Just to put that in perspective, if you take the 6 best years of Biggio's career (from an OPS+ perspective), that averages to a 135 OPS+.

 

[calsnowskier]

This one isn't even close. Mirgan was a 2B his entire career. He had a higher peak. He had a better spread. He was a better, more efficient base stealer.

I am not sure what argument could possibly be made in favor of Biggio.