View Full Version : PICK FOUR: Left Field
Appling
08-25-2006, 07:08 AM
What if the Baseball Hall of Fame were made more exclusive -- admitting no more than four players at each position?
Who would be your four picks at Left Field?
Erik Bedard
08-25-2006, 07:22 AM
Williams, Musial, Simmons, Yaz. In that order.
PhillyA_man
08-25-2006, 07:45 AM
In no particualr order:
Simmons, Musial, Yaz, Williams
KCGHOST
08-25-2006, 10:02 AM
Delahanty, Burkett, Williams, and Musial , in order of appearance.
Myankee4life
08-25-2006, 11:19 AM
Musial, Williams, Yaz, Simmons
1905 Giants
08-25-2006, 03:03 PM
No question that Musial and Williams belong in there, along with Delahanty and Simmons
soberdennis
08-25-2006, 04:36 PM
Teddy Ballgame and Stan the Man are Head and Shoulders above the rest.
After that I could throw a blanket over the rest and close my eyes and pull two out. When I did, I came up with Yaz and Kiner.
redban
08-25-2006, 09:03 PM
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Ralph Kiner(IMO,he's get overlooked a lot)
And then...I dunno....I'd say Willie Stargell
rockin500
08-25-2006, 11:11 PM
after stan and ted, its shooting darts at the board.
538280
08-26-2006, 10:35 AM
Williams, Musial, Yaz, Delahanty. A lot of not yet eligible and/or Negro Leaguers in between too.
LouGehrig
08-26-2006, 10:43 AM
In all seriousness, this is fascinating. Where is Barry Bonds?
In addition, Musial played more right field than left field, and even played over 100 games in center one season.
538280
08-26-2006, 10:56 AM
Where is Barry Bonds?
Not yet eligible.
yankillaz
08-26-2006, 11:38 AM
Easy:
Teddy Ballgame, The Man, Yaz and Big Ed.
God!!! The same as Chris!!!
bama50
08-26-2006, 02:55 PM
Even though he was a little weird Ted Williams was the man.
ElHalo
08-26-2006, 02:59 PM
I only voted for three (Williams, Musial, Delahanty) because my fourth wasn't a choice. Joe Jackson. All four of those guys rate in my top 15 players of all time.
If I had to choose another player from this list, it would be Simmons, although I'm tempted to say Manny Ramirez would pass Simmons were he eligible. Barry Bonds can go **** himself.
brett
08-26-2006, 09:55 PM
Musial, Williams, Simmons and Yaszstczrzemski
Edgartohof
08-27-2006, 10:22 AM
Williams, Musial, Delehanty, Yaz
though I would have replaced Yaz with Rickey Henderson if he were eligible.
-Kyle-
08-27-2006, 10:34 AM
Anynbody that voted Kiner needs to have their head examined.
The Commissioner
08-27-2006, 08:26 PM
I'm a huge Yaz fan, but I can't believe that he's receiving more support that Delahanty and Simmons?
-Kyle-
08-28-2006, 10:05 AM
I'm a huge Yaz fan, but I can't believe that he's receiving more support that Delahanty and Simmons?
OPS+
Ed:152
Yaz:130
Al: 132
Yaz went through his decline phase, however, and he played in a stronger league and had better defense.
538280's system:
Yaz: 393.62
Ed: 375.8
Al: 342.01
538280
08-28-2006, 10:24 AM
OPS+
Ed:152
Yaz:130
Al: 132
Yaz went through his decline phase, however, and he played in a stronger league and had better defense.
Not to mention his peak, when he was better than those guys too. Yaz's career rates are just lower because he played for so long.
538280's system:
Yaz: 393.62
Ed: 375.8
Al: 342.01
You really like my system that much? This is like the 3rd or 4th time I"ve seen you reference it. Great, if you like it.
538280
08-28-2006, 10:29 AM
BTW, these would be the top 10 LFers by my system:
1.Barry Bonds-555.12
2.Ted Williams-479.46
3.Rickey Henderson-476.36
4.Stan Musial-458.22
5.Carl Yastrzemski-393.62
6.Tim Raines-383.08
7.Ed Delahanty-375.80
8.Willie Stargell-356.73
9.Al Simmons-342.01
10.Billy Williams-334.94
-Kyle-
08-28-2006, 10:43 AM
You really like my system that much? This is like the 3rd or 4th time I"ve seen you reference it. Great, if you like it.
It seems to make sense, as long as you trust win shares, which I do.