Frank Baker was also the best third baseman in MLB history until Eddie Mathews arrived, based on career Wins Above Average (WAA). And it isn’t even close.
Yes, Frank Baker is sadly under rated because he played most of his career in the deadball era, and thus his home run numbers are less than many of the guys who followed.
Good info! It's sad that players make 100,000 per game...Great video! I'm partial to the Dunston-Sandberg-Grace Double Play Combo of the Cubs from the 90's!LOL
With all respect to Mr. James. the Cincinnati infield of Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion, and Pete Rose was pretty good. So was the Los Angeles quartet of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, and Ron Cey. The Reds had a slight advantage over the Dodgers at catcher, although that isn't considered an infield position.
Agreed. Those Reds and Dodgers infields are comparable. I'd also add Baltimore's Robinson, Belanger, Powell and Johnson/Grich infield as an honorable mention.
Craig Nettles, Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph and Chris Chambliss is my contribution. The 1976 Big Red Machine infield is, hands down, the very best infield ever.
The best long term infield ever was the Ron Cey, Bill Russell, Davey Lopes, Garvey infield. I rate them slightly better than the reds as they were together much longer than the Red infield.
3b Scott Brosius, SS Derek Jeter, 2b Chuck Knoblauch, 1b Tino Martinez. 3b George Brett, SS UL Washington, 2b Frank White, 1b John Mayberry. 3b Ken Oberkfell, SS Ozzie Smith, 2b Tommy Herr, 1b Keith Hernandez
Recently uncovered documents reveal that Mack actually sold off the infield for a single Nestle's $100,000 bar. Sad.
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Frank Baker was also the best third baseman in MLB history until Eddie Mathews arrived, based on career Wins Above Average (WAA). And it isn’t even close.
Yes, Frank Baker is sadly under rated because he played most of his career in the deadball era, and thus his home run numbers are less than many of the guys who followed.
Stuffy McInnis. Now that's a baseball name.
Good info! It's sad that players make 100,000 per game...Great video! I'm partial to the Dunston-Sandberg-Grace Double Play Combo of the Cubs from the 90's!LOL
With all respect to Mr. James. the Cincinnati infield of Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion, and Pete Rose was pretty good. So was the Los Angeles quartet of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, and Ron Cey. The Reds had a slight advantage over the Dodgers at catcher, although that isn't considered an infield position.
Agree with Dodgers infield, although none of them are Hall-Of-Famers...
1B Perez > McInnis
2B Morgan = Collins
SS Concepcion > Barry
3B Rose > Baker
Agreed. Those Reds and Dodgers infields are comparable. I'd also add Baltimore's Robinson, Belanger, Powell and Johnson/Grich infield as an honorable mention.
Craig Nettles, Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph and Chris Chambliss is my contribution. The 1976 Big Red Machine infield is, hands down, the very best infield ever.
I like how “above average batter” hit 320-327 for 4yrs 😂
The best long term infield ever was the Ron Cey, Bill Russell, Davey Lopes, Garvey infield.
I rate them slightly better than the reds as they were together much longer than the Red infield.
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@@tommyfu9271 Do those guys play more than 2 years together?
@deepcosmiclove long term i can't argue
And we'll never see a long term infield again
@@tommyfu9271 When the Giants won those 3 world series 2010-14 they didn't have the same infield for any of them.
When baker led in home runs, were those over the wall or in the park homers?
3b Scott Brosius, SS Derek Jeter, 2b Chuck Knoblauch, 1b Tino Martinez.
3b George Brett, SS UL Washington, 2b Frank White, 1b John Mayberry.
3b Ken Oberkfell, SS Ozzie Smith, 2b Tommy Herr, 1b Keith Hernandez
1964 St. Louis Cardinals?