Top 32 tournament Bench vs Ferrell

[obxyankeefan]

I thought I would try something to get some more talk about baseball history on here. Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15). I will put one matchup per position each week and over 31 week we will vote for who the best at that postion is.

Catcher Bracket is:

1 J Bench
32 R Ferrell

16 T Munson
17 W Schang

8 B Dickey
25 R Campanella

9 G Harnett
24 L Parrish

4 C Fisk
29 J Clements

13 G Tenace
20 J Kendall

5 Y Berra
28 R Martin

12 B Ewing
21 R Bresnahan

3 I Rodriguez
30 D McGuire

14 J Mauer
19 J Posada

6 M Piazza
27 V Martinez

11 T Simmons
22 D Porter

2 G Carter
31 S Lollar

15 E Lombardi
18 B Freehan

7 J Torre
26 S Burgess

10 M Cochrane
23 J Sundberg

 

[obxyankeefan]

Johnny Bench 75 BRWAR
Rick Ferrell 29.8 BRWAR

 

[calsnowskier]

Just to be a contrarian.


Bench is clearly the best ever.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Just to be a contrarian.


Bench is clearly the best ever.

Most likely, but some of these will get some discussions going. Right now the #1 vs #32 should all be laughable.

 

[navamind]

Why is Ferrell in the HOF again?

 

[obxyankeefan]

Why is Ferrell in the HOF again?

IDK 95 OPS+ and the rest of his number do not look average to me. I would say he either was a great defensive catcher for his time or he accumalated the WAR by stayinga round a while.

He as already been passed for #32 at Catcher by Yadier Molina. Maybe I should have waited a week

 

[da55bums]

y berra #5, holy crap, he revolutionized the position, was an All star almost every year of his career, 3 mvps and a few rings. Berra and Bench are argued 1 and 2, Gary Carter #2, a farce I say, a farce.

 

[obxyankeefan]

y berra #5, holy crap, he revolutionized the position, was an All star almost every year of his career, 3 mvps and a few rings. Berra and Bench are argued 1 and 2, Gary Carter #2, a farce I say, a farce.

I used BRWAR as a reference to rank them. WAR being a cumulative stat, I would think that Carter, Rodriguez, and Fisk all played significantly more games then Berra to be ahead of him. The one that stuck out to me was Campanella at 25.

 

[soxfan1468927]

y berra #5, holy crap, he revolutionized the position, was an All star almost every year of his career, 3 mvps and a few rings. Berra and Bench are argued 1 and 2, Gary Carter #2, a farce I say, a farce.

Well then you can vote for Berra over those guys when he comes up. He wasn't ranking them, just listing them by their WAR values and allowing people to vote.

 

[soxfan1468927]

I used BRWAR as a reference to rank them. WAR being a cumulative stat, I would think that Carter, Rodriguez, and Fisk all played significantly more games then Berra to be ahead of him. The one that stuck out to me was Campanella at 25.

That's why this will get more interesting once the votes get down to 16 or 8 guys left.

 

[obxyankeefan]

That's why this will get more interesting once the votes get down to 16 or 8 guys left.

There are a few in each position that will be interesting this round, but the #1 - #32 game was going to be bad regardless. Bench Ferrell, Mays Cameron, Ruth Drew, and the others are really no Brainerd. Just a good place to start.