Greatest to Wear the Number: #20

sweaver · 08-21-2002, 09:31 AM

A nice field here as well.

SmedIndy · 08-21-2002, 09:53 AM

I voted for Schmidt, but wouldn't be surprised if Robby took it.

Where's Throwback to vote for Pie Traynor?

tortured angel · 08-21-2002, 09:56 AM

Gotta go with Schmidt. After all, he was the first Troy Glaus.

KCBOOMER · 08-21-2002, 10:13 AM

I really wanted to vote for Josh Gibson. We give great lip service to the Negro League players but never honor them in our voting. But it is the lack of data thing.

Went with Robby. I remember when he came up. He was a stud from day one. Other than defense (Robby did win 1 GG) where Scmidt shined Robby was slightly better in all other categories. But it is close. Rather than read of a litany of numbers Robby has an RCAA of 865 and Schmidt has an RCAA of 633.

08-21-2002, 10:26 AM

Mike Schmidt is the best third baseman in history. And he'd be my selection here, but I had to go with my heart on this one.

Josh Gibson.

JamesI · 08-21-2002, 10:36 AM

I had to go with Robby, still the only player to get the mvp in both leagues.

moose · 08-21-2002, 10:54 AM

schmidt. great group though.

LeGrandOrange · 08-21-2002, 11:04 AM

I like Michael Jack Schmidt. But I love Frank Robinson and he thus gets my vote. The stats are close, but Robby wins on account of being the first official African-American manager (and somehow doing well enough with the '02 Expos) and by being a "sound baseball mind".

Ytown Tribe fan · 08-21-2002, 01:03 PM

Pretty fair field.

I took Schmidt by a whisker over Robby, but Josh was probably a better hitter than any of them, and a decent catcher to boot.

pwdennis · 08-21-2002, 01:25 PM

Frank Robinson
Josh Gibson
Mike Schmidt
Don Sutton

Probably the best top-card strength of any uniform number polled to date. My conscience bothers me a little for not picking Gibson but I just don't have enough empirical data to make him my choice. One thing of which I am certain is that there was never a more determined competitor than Frank Robinson

Skip · 08-21-2002, 01:32 PM

Robby barely.

spitball · 08-21-2002, 03:20 PM

Frank Robinson...Just a hero from my youth.

NCFella19 · 08-21-2002, 07:38 PM

I go with Schmidt after a great deal of waffling.

VNV Nation · 08-21-2002, 08:09 PM

I went with Schmidt. Most people who have done rankings of the top 100 players ever have them extremely close, usually in the top 20-25. I think that, if we're having some parlor game all-time draft, I'd pick Schmidt before Robby.

pathogan · 08-21-2002, 09:13 PM

Great field. Josh, Schmidt and f Robby.

View Poll Results: Greatest to Wear the Number: #20
Lou Brock	0	0%
Josh Gibson	5	17.86%
Monte Irvin	0	0%
Frank Robinson	13	46.43%
Mike Schmidt	10	35.71%
Don Sutton	0	0%
Pie Traynor	0	0%
other (please state who in post)	0	0%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

08-21-2002, 09:31 AM	#1
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Greatest to Wear the Number: #20 A nice field here as well.

08-21-2002, 10:13 AM	#4
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	I really wanted to vote for Josh Gibson. We give great lip service to the Negro League players but never honor them in our voting. But it is the lack of data thing. Went with Robby. I remember when he came up. He was a stud from day one. Other than defense (Robby did win 1 GG) where Scmidt shined Robby was slightly better in all other categories. But it is close. Rather than read of a litany of numbers Robby has an RCAA of 865 and Schmidt has an RCAA of 633. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

08-21-2002, 01:25 PM	#10
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	Frank Robinson Josh Gibson Mike Schmidt Don Sutton Probably the best top-card strength of any uniform number polled to date. My conscience bothers me a little for not picking Gibson but I just don't have enough empirical data to make him my choice. One thing of which I am certain is that there was never a more determined competitor than Frank Robinson __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

08-21-2002, 07:38 PM	#13
NCFella19 All-NetShrine Team Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 417	I go with Schmidt after a great deal of waffling. __________________ "It's not the high price of stardom that bothers me, it's the high price of mediocrity." -- Bill Veeck

08-21-2002, 09:53 AM	#2
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	I voted for Schmidt, but wouldn't be surprised if Robby took it. Where's Throwback to vote for Pie Traynor?

08-21-2002, 09:56 AM	#3
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	Gotta go with Schmidt. After all, he was the first Troy Glaus.

08-21-2002, 10:26 AM	#5
BigKlu Posts: n/a	Mike Schmidt is the best third baseman in history. And he'd be my selection here, but I had to go with my heart on this one. Josh Gibson.

08-21-2002, 10:36 AM	#6
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	I had to go with Robby, still the only player to get the mvp in both leagues.

08-21-2002, 10:54 AM	#7
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	schmidt. great group though.

08-21-2002, 11:04 AM	#8
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	I like Michael Jack Schmidt. But I love Frank Robinson and he thus gets my vote. The stats are close, but Robby wins on account of being the first official African-American manager (and somehow doing well enough with the '02 Expos) and by being a "sound baseball mind".

08-21-2002, 01:03 PM	#9
Ytown Tribe fan Guest Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scrappers territory Posts: 2,515	Pretty fair field. I took Schmidt by a whisker over Robby, but Josh was probably a better hitter than any of them, and a decent catcher to boot.

08-21-2002, 01:32 PM	#11
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Robby barely.

08-21-2002, 03:20 PM	#12
spitball Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Studio City, Ca. Posts: 1,751	Frank Robinson...Just a hero from my youth.

08-21-2002, 08:09 PM	#14
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	I went with Schmidt. Most people who have done rankings of the top 100 players ever have them extremely close, usually in the top 20-25. I think that, if we're having some parlor game all-time draft, I'd pick Schmidt before Robby.

08-21-2002, 09:13 PM	#15
pathogan william Blake's Innkeeper Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,828	Josh Great field. Josh, Schmidt and f Robby.

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