Greatest DH in history

[tycobb420]

other winners:

Catcher: Johnny Bench
1b: Albert Pujols
2b: Lou Whitaker
3b: Mike Schmidt
SS: Cal Ripken
LF: Rickey Henderson
CF: Ken Griffey Jr.
RF: Reggie Jackson
RHP: Pedro Martinez
LHP: Randy Johnson
REL: Rollie Fingers
Closer: Mariano Rivera

 

[tycobb420]

Forgot to set the timer again...sigh...

 

[Thumb]

Big Hurt.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Tough call between Thomas and Martinez, but I went with Frank Thomas.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Couple good ones. Frank Thomas over Martinez.

 

[kalinecountry]

Some really good hitters in this list.
Seems like the top DH might come from Frank Thomas, Edgar Martinez, and David Ortiz.
Molitor, McRae, Baylor, Davis, Baines were no slouches either.

 

[hellifino]

Tough call between Thomas and Martinez, but I went with Martinez, only because I think Thomas played more 1st base than DH.

 

[tycobb420]

I chose Thomas and really don't think it's that close...and that is not a slam against Edgar.

 

[Rebbiv]

Career Away

Martinez 119.19 RC/650 .926 OPS

Thomas 117.95 RC/650 .925 OPS


Pretty even if you asked me.

 

[tycobb420]

Career Away

Martinez 119.19 RC/650 .926 OPS

Thomas 117.95 RC/650 .925 OPS


Pretty even if you asked me.

Thomas=HOF Martinez= Hall of Very good

 

[Rebbiv]

Let's see....Lou Whitaker = Hall of Very Good.....Joe Morgan = HOF.....yet Whitaker won.

 

[tycobb420]

Big Frank:

.301, 521, 1704, .419 OBP, .555 Slug, .974 OPS, 4550 TB, 2468 hits, 495 doubles (2322 games)

Edgar: .312, 309, 1261, .418, .515, .933 OPS, 3718 TB, 2247 hits, 514 doubles (2055 games)

Frank had about 2 extra seasons.

 

[tycobb420]

Frank in the Top 10 of offensive cats: 165x

Edgar in same Top 10 offensive cats: 120x

 

[tycobb420]

Awards:

Frank 1993 and 1994 MVP (Named on ballots 11x)
Edgar: No MVP (Named on ballots 5x)

HOF Vote:

Edgar: 2010 (36%) 2011 (32.9%)
Frank: First Ballot HOF (not yet eligible)

 

[tycobb420]

Let's see....Lou Whitaker = Hall of Very Good.....Joe Morgan = HOF.....yet Whitaker won.

Weak argument: Detroit board.

 

[beez]

I chose Edgar...I LOVE Frank Thomas but I always think of him as more of a 1B I guess. I'd be interested in seeing how many games he played at each if anyone wants to post it.

 

[tycobb420]

I chose Edgar...I LOVE Frank Thomas but I always think of him as more of a 1B I guess. I'd be interested in seeing how many games he played at each if anyone wants to post it.

971 at 1b (out of 2322 games)

 

[beez]

I chose Edgar...I LOVE Frank Thomas but I always think of him as more of a 1B I guess. I'd be interested in seeing how many games he played at each if anyone wants to post it.

971 at 1b (out of 2322 games)

Wow...maybe I should retract my vote n go for Frank.

I think I partially voted for Edgar because he was MR DH...He was the 1st person I looked at as a true DH and that did it very well.

 

[wolverine304]

I find it funny that there's a mariner in a lot of these. Griffey, Arod, Ichiro, Johnson, Edgar. And they haven't won SHIT lol.

 

[hellifino]

Frank in the Top 10 of offensive cats: 165x

Edgar in same Top 10 offensive cats: 120x

but remember the big Hurt got most of that by playing 1st base,Martinez was a DH for a lot longer.