Top 32 tournament SS Wagner vs Garciaparra

[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.

Shortstop Bracket is:

1 H Wagner
32 N Garciaparra

16 PW Reese
17 L Boudreau

8 B Dahlen
25 A Fletcher

9 L Appling
24 D Bancroft

4 G Davis
29 O Vizquel

13 B Larkin
20 J Sewell

5 R Yount
28 V Stephens

12 A Trammell
21 J Tinker

3 C Ripken JR
30 T Fernandez

14 E Banks
19 L Aparicio

6 O Smith
27 J Rollins

11 D Jeter
22 B Campaneris

2 A Rodriguez
31 R Peckinpaugh

15 J Cronin
18 J Glasscock

7 B Wallace
26 M Tejada

10 A Vaughan
23 J Fregosi

 

[obxyankeefan]

Honus Wagner BRWAR 131
Nomar Garciaparra BRWAR 44.2

 

[navamind]

Honus Wagner BRWAR 131
Nomar Garciaparra BRWAR 44.2

And a large portion of Nomar's career WAR came from 6 seasons (97-00, 02-03). 40.5 WAR came in those six seasons alone.

Nomar was a great player those years, but outside of that, he added very little value. After 2003, he had only one year with numbers in line with his career averages (2006), and he was playing 1B.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Nomar without the injuries might be up there with Cal as far as SS go. I always enjoyed the late 90's debate of Jeter vs Nomar, even though I was fighting a losing battle back then.