From the article: Top 10 Third Basemen in Major League Baseball History
It's not the deepest position among great players, with just a handful in the Hall of Fame. Who was the best to make their mark at the hot corner? Was it power hitters such as Mike Schmidt and Eddie Mathews, great pure hitters such as George Brett and Wade Boggs, or the incomparable fielding of Brooks Robinson?
Scott's pick: Mike Schmidt. He combined the power of Mathews with the fielding of Robinson to dominate the 1980s.
You Make The CallCal Jr.
- How can you not include Cal Ripken Jr., one of the best ballplayers of all-time, Hall of Fame shoo-in, etc. (Note from guide: Because Ripken played the majority of his career at shortstop, he is on that list at No. 4.) http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguehistory/tp/top10shortstops.htm
- —Guest dverdak
Brooks Robinson
- I think Brooks Robinson should be #1 or #2. There was no better 3rd sacker than Brooksie.
- —Guest Mark
Ken Boyer should have made the list
- Ken Boyer was the NL MVP in 1964 leading the Cardinals to the World Championship. He also was a top-notch fielder, although maybe not as good as brother Clete of the Yankees. He was a clutch player in the field as well as a hitter.
- —APBAGreat
Ken Caminiti
- I would like to think that Ken Caminiti is one of the top fielding third basemen of all-time. He had a rifle for an arm and would get to balls that no other third baseman would and still throw the runner out. He got errors on balls that other guys wouldn't even get a glove on.
- —Guest edward starr
3rd basemen
- Where is A-Rod, or is he disregarded because of steroids? Note from editor: Rodriguez has played more games at shortstop, so he's on that list. http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguehistory/tp/top10shortstops.htm
- —Guest gd
