ESPN Poll: Greatest RH batter of all time

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:54 pm

I agree Frank Thomas should be on the list. But who do you take off?

Thomas won 2 MVPs and was in the Top 5 in MVP voting six times. I remember him carrying the 1993 White Sox even though he was walked so much in the post season.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:59 pm

55486C6E60050 wrote: Frank Thomas may deserve to be on the list, but he played in a heavy hitters era.

Jimmie Foxx and Rogers Hornsby really stick out considering the era the played. Jimmie Foxx especially. Foxx played in the 20s and 30s. He had more HRs, runs, RBIs, and a far better average and OPS than Frank Thomas in almost the same amount of games. His numbers are crazy amazing!

The 20's and 30's had more offense than any other era. The 1930 A's won 102 games with an era of 4.94.

ops+ has Foxx at 163 and Thomas at 156 for their careers, closer than I expected.

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Wed May 24, 2017 4:18 pm

We have a tie so far. Anymore votes coming in?

Jerseykc · Post by **Jerseykc** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:57 pm

Manny & no A-Rod?

iwatch · Post by **iwatch** » Sun May 28, 2017 9:03 pm

Jimmy Foxx but only because Rogers Hornsby is not listed. That's like leaving Cy Young off the best pitcher listed so we can include Jake Arrieta.