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One of my co-workers was telling me today that Soriano is the worst 2B in the last 50 years, basing his whole argument solely on the number of errors. I do not believe you can pick one stat (like errors) and say that because a player has more errors than anyone else they are the worst, but at the same time I have not watched soriano (or a lot of other 2B) enough to say whether he is in fact the worst in the last 50 years. What is your take, who is the worst defensive 2B in the last 50 years?
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soriano has gotta be right up there. when you have 46 more than the next closest person over a 5 year time frame, there isnt anything mitigating about it.
Ive seen enough of him to know a) he has a lead glove b) doesnt react well c) not as much range as he should with his speed
maybe he isnt the worst in the past 50 years, but he certainly is the worst everyday second baseman of this generation. -
let's see...the worst defensive 2B of the last 50 years by PCA would be Jorge Orta
But Soriano is in the top ten as far as defensive futility...one of the worst in recent memory.Comment
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Wasn't Lenny Harris awful?Comment
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Rodger Hornsby was one of the worst fielding second basemen ever. Had 893 errors with a .965 fielding percentage.Comment
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I actually think Soriano has pretty good range, just a terrible glove. A lead glove as you said. The 46 more errors than the next guy stat really does cement Soriano as being one of the worst defensive 2Bman in recent times. Of course, his bat and speed make up a lot for that. It makes a good question - is Soriano more valuable at 2B where he is among the premiere offensive 2Bman in the game but arguably the worst defensively, or does he have more value in LF where he does less damage in the field, but his offensive output is less valuable? I smell a poll coming...Originally posted by rockin500Last edited by DoubleX; 03-22-2006, 12:27 PM.Comment
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With all of the new defensive statistics at our disposal, were Steve Sax and Timmy Tuffle as bad as we remember?1885 1886 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011
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Before Whitaker came around, the Tigers had a couple of miserable 2d basemen in Gary Sutherland and Tito Fuentes.
Can't get much worse than these 2!1968 and 1984, the greatest ever.Comment
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Going by errors alone is stupid. What second baseman had the most errors in the past 50 years? Why...it's Joe Morgan! Does that mean Lil Joe was the worst second baseman of the past half-century?!?"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants." -- Ken Smith
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Steve Sax was.Originally posted by STLCards2
I'm not sure if Glenn Beckert's bat made up for his glove.Comment
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So we're all stupid?Originally posted by Chancellor
Willie Randolph is almost as bad as Joe Morgan then.
And Pedro Garcia was SO much better.Comment
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Yes, yes it does.Originally posted by Chancellor
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You do relize there were a ton of errors back then, right?Originally posted by RedSoxVT92Comment
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... and Rogers Hornsby didn't play in the last 50 years.Originally posted by NaliamegodComment
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Juan Samuel made a TON of errors. He should be up there somewhere.
Chuck Knoblauch is the worst I've seen in the postseason.Comment
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