Top 32 tournament CF Hamilton vs Puckett

[obxyankeefan]

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

Centerfield Bracket is:

1 W Mays 9
32 M Cameron 0

16 J Wynn 8
17 C Lemon 3

8 C Beltran 10
25 E Burks 1

9 D Snider 9
24 F Lynn 0

4 M Mantle 9
29 E Averill 0

13 W Davis 5
20 C Cedeno 4

5 K Griffey JR 13
28 B Williams 0

12 A Jones 9
21 J O' Rourke 0

3 T Speaker 6
30 D White 0

14 J Edmonds 12
19 V Pinson 1

6 J DiMaggio 4
27 B Butler 0

11 B Hamilton
22 K Puckett

2 T Cobb
31 T Leach

15 J Damon
18 M Carey

7 K Lofton
26 L Doby

10 R Ashhburn
23 T Hunter

1 W Mays
16 J Wynn

8 C Beltran
9 D Snider

4 M Mantle
13 W Davis

5 K Griffey JR
12 A Jones

3 T Speaker
14 J Edmonds

6 J DiMaggio

 

[obxyankeefan]

Billy Hamilton Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Kirby Puckett Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[obxyankeefan]

Before anyone says anything this is the old Billy Hamilton from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

In this case I agree with Cal and just don't trust Hamilton's stats. So I have to go with Puckett.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Kirby puckett might be the worst HOF player in the past 20 years... He does not belong IMO...


But this vote really questions what we are doing here, are we picking the player who had the better career, the one who was better compared to his peers, or the player that we think would be best in modern baseball...

At 5'6, I would never want Hamilton in my OF... Nor on my team... He is just way to short... But he played in a time where others were similar sizes... Hamilton clearly had the better career, his stats are absolutely unreal(maybe they are)...

at least in other votes where we compared the pre-1900 player I thought the player was close... But there is not one part of Puckett's numbers that compare to Hamilton's... So I am torn with this vote...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Might have to go Hamilton for that 1894 season... DAMN!!!

 

[HammerDown]

Kirby Puckett was a creep on the level of Lenny Dykstra; maybe worse.