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MilkSpiller22
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I would have to say yes!!!
No, maybe not even the best in Braves history.
I would have to say yes!!!
Do names like Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt ring a bell? How 'bout George Brett? Jones is not even close.
Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt come to mind as guys who could potentially dispute this, pound for pound.
Do names like Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt ring a bell? How 'bout George Brett? Jones is not even close.
Jones not even close to Brett offensively?
Pretty ridiculous claim....
Actually, Matthews and Jones are with 5 points of each other in career wRC+. Schmidt is just outside of that range. I'll take George Brett at the height of his powers against just about any 3B, however.
Not even close.
I think both of them have Chipper beat by just a bit.
I feel like it's important to look at the stats in the context of the time in which they played...
Schmidt led in HRs 8 times, RBI 4 times, OBP 3 times, slugging 5 times.
Mathews only led in HRs twice and OBP once, but he was also royally screwed by his home parks...hit 238HRs at home and 274 on the road, for example. Most hitters are going to have a bit of an advantage at home, and Banks hit 290 at home and 222 on the road (the Wrigley boost) as an example of an extreme home park advantage.
Chipper led in BA once and OBP once, both in a kinda short 128 game season in '08. Jones also had a bit of a home park boost, 259 HRs there to 209 on the road.
I'd take Chipper over Boggs with the bat, though, despite all of Wade's batting titles...prefer a hitter with power and Boggs also got an extreme boost from Fenway for the first part of his career.
Tough for me to pick between Jones and Brett...George's best years were better, IMHO.
BR War has it
1 Mike Schmidt 106.5
2 Eddie Mathews 96.4
3 Wade Boggs 91
4 George Brett 88.4
5 Chipper Jones 85
Chipper was great and will deserve his HOF votes when he gets in, but he is not the best 3b or Switch Hitter to have ever played the game.