Greatest Right Fielder of all Time

[batcave76]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]Kinda, the years where stats were inflated cause of expansion was the first 5-6 years of the 80s. Then those scrub teams finally started getting competitive and much more talented. Yzerman I think was a rookie in what 1984? So he caught the end of it, but there were still some bad teams out there. However, Edmonton was stacked back in the day and the Wings were not.

The only ppl I've heard referred to as "The great one" are Gretzky and Jackie Gleeson! Was Gretzky as good as Howe? No. But he and the Oilers were, during their run, as exciting as any team in any sport, IMO.

 

[beez]

I gotta say I believe Ruth is the best player of all time. I used to not think so but after looking into record books/.stats..reading about him and other players, I have to think he has to be considered the best baseball player of all time.

 

[kalinecountry]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]
[quote="KalineCountry":xp2rwaef]Kaline will get my vote, call it what you want...
I know he isn't the best RF all-time, but how could I not give my vote for my favorite Tigers' player.

That said,
Ruth,
Aaron,
FRobinson,
Ott,
Kaline,
Heilmann,
Crawford,
Clemente,
Waner,

Fielding and Throwing arms with Consistent Accuracy, Kaline, Clemente, Ichiro.

Agreed. I still can't figure out Ichiro. How can he have a gun of an arm. He looks like my niece. [/quote:xp2rwaef]

He is amazing. A rather smallish player with the same type of throws as Kaline and Clemente, the ball is on a line like a frozen rope in the blink of an eye that is thrown faster and past the runner trying to advance. Watching RF'ers as I have due to my never ending comps to Kaline, Ichiro is the closest imo to him and Clemente.
Other RF'ers had strong throwing arms, Colavito, Parker, Winfield, Dawson, Furilla, Evans, Walker, Maris, RSmith etc. sometimes the strength of throw was too much, and accuracy not as consistently good.

 

[zoombabyzoom]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]Kinda, the years where stats were inflated cause of expansion was the first 5-6 years of the 80s. Then those scrub teams finally started getting competitive and much more talented. Yzerman I think was a rookie in what 1984? So he caught the end of it, but there were still some bad teams out there. However, Edmonton was stacked back in the day and the Wings were not.

The only ppl I've heard referred to as "The great one" are Gretzky and Jackie Gleeson! Was Gretzky as good as Howe? No. But he and the Oilers were, during their run, as exciting as any team in any sport, IMO.

Oilers had to be so fun to watch. Well if you were a fan of them lol. Its like watching someone play NHL 12 on easy

 

[Mitchrapp]

Back then the Oilers were king 4 on 4. They wanted one of theirs and one opposing player to get taken off. The reason for the rule change. But I thought all things considered, the Wings played them tough in the playoffs b

 

[tycobb420]

One thing to remember when comparing Ruth and Aaron's career totals: Ruth started as a pitcher and was not a full time OF until he got to NY. From 1914-1917: he was a pitcher. 1918-1919: He did both. Also, 1914-1919 was the dead ball era.

 

[tycobb420]

Babe-6 Hank-5 Al Kaline-1

 

[food4thought]

One thing to remember when comparing Ruth and Aaron's career totals: Ruth started as a pitcher and was not a full time OF until he got to NY. From 1914-1917: he was a pitcher. 1918-1919: He did both. Also, 1914-1919 was the dead ball era.

My vote went for Ruth and I can't believe it's even debated that much. I never saw any of these guys but Ichiro, but the numbers per season for Ruth are just mindboggling, especially considering (as tycobb pointed out) that Ruth started his hitting greatness at the end of the deadball era. Ruth forever changed the game, and that has to go into consideration as well.

 

[tycobb420]

Forgot to mention Cobb won CF over Mays.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Forgot to mention Cobb won CF over Mays.

Detroit fan base, no doubt. Might be different if we asked Giants fans .

 

[jimrice]

Ruth was the man.

My favorite tidbit....

In 1924, Ruth had 46 homers, second place had 27. Dominating.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Ruth was the man.

My favorite tidbit....

In 1924, Ruth had 46 homers, second place had 27. Dominating.

Just as dominating, 1919 - 29 homers, more than 4 other AL teams. The Red Sox only had 33 total. 29 were Ruth's.

 

[mattym]

This one'll be much more harmonious: Ruth. Aaron second.

 

[tycobb420]

Babe-8 Hank-5 Al-2

 

[byco42]

Ruth is the obvious choice to me in a very talent-rich position, he stands in relief.

 

[Mitchrapp]

And if you run out of pitching you can use Ruth in relief.

 

[byco42]

I applied the double entendre intentionally.

 

[tycobb420]

Ruth-11 Aaron-5 Kaline-2

Other winners:

CF: Ty Cobb
LF: Ted Williams

 

[kalinecountry]

True story about Elmer Flick the hall of fame RF for the indians. Following the 1907 season with Cobb winning the batting title, Tigers manager Hughie Jennings tried to trade Cobb to the indians for Flick even up. The indians declined the offer.

 

[beez]

KalineCountry[/color]]True story about Elmer Flick the hall of fame RF for the indians. Following the 1907 season with Cobb winning the batting title, Tigers manager Hughie Jennings tried to trade Cobb to the indians for Flick even up. The indians declined the offer.

Cleveland sports=1 big failure.