Utility Player

[tycobb420]

alright folks, who is your utility guy? The pinch hitter poll remains open for now.

 

[spockmaster]

if anyone votes for Don Kelly, i will hunt you down and kill you.

 

[bdtay71]

if anyone votes for Don Kelly, i will hunt you down and kill you.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

 

[packersfantheo]

Don Smelly all the way.

 

[tycobb420]

Don Kelly-2 Tony Phillips-1

 

[Mitchrapp]

Don Kelly, just mess with the polls.

 

[Mitchrapp]

You always forget Rupert Jones with these polls.

 

[spockmaster]

im gonna kill sooooooooo many people.

 

[kalinecountry]

It looks like my pal Spock is getting his button pushed. lol



For me, on the surface it looks like the 5 or so years of Tony Phillips 24 WAR,
or a near career Tiger Tom Brookens 9 WAR.
Wockenfuss 5+WAR,
Mickey Stanley 12WAR and about 80% games played in the outfield.

Kind of leaning to Phillips as he played both infield and outfield and had very good obp along with .280ish ave.

 

[doc08]

It was between Phillips and Halter in my mind. Some of the names were not really utility guys, they were just part time players. Halter could play ANY position so I gave my vote to him.

 

[coachd45]

Shane Halter gets my vote.

 

[tycobb420]

Don kelly is becoming a board legend.

 

[Thumb]

I voted for Kelly.

A utility guy IMO does not have to be a great hitter.

Don Kelly can play 7 positions average or better, can be emergency catcher if needed.

That alone is a great deal of value, compared to guy who play fewer positions.

Throws a yellowhammer curveball if you need him to pitch

He's not a great player, but he's a guy you love to have on your bench.

 

[bavarianinnman]

had to go with phillips he was one of my favorites

 

[tycobb420]

I am having fun watching this vote go back and forth...

 

[biggunsbob]

You cannot count what Stanley did in the 1968 World series... he gets my vote..

 

[biggunsbob]

im gonna kill sooooooooo many people.

Not me....I'm safe from the gun...

 

[jimrice]

I voted for Kelly.

A utility guy IMO does not have to be a great hitter.

Don Kelly can play 7 positions average or better, can be emergency catcher if needed.

That alone is a great deal of value, compared to guy who play fewer positions.

Throws a yellowhammer curveball if you need him to pitch

He's not a great player, but he's a guy you love to have on your bench.

Which 7 positions does he play average or better? I'll concede corner outfield and maybe third, otherwise, disagree with "average".

 

[tigers99888]

LOL Skeeter Barnes.. Man did the Tigers have some sucky players back in the day.. HAHAHAHAH!!!! I still remember him..

 

[tycobb420]

Tony Phillips with an 11-5 lead and 52% of the vote.