Prime 9 - Greatest Centerfielders

[thedude]

I'd go:

Mays
Cobb
Mantle

Mays being the most complete all around player.

Mantle's range factor would show him to be a below average center fielder.

[baizboll]

Mantle's range factor would show him to be a below average center fielder.

When healthy, Mantle was an very good CFer. He had outstanding speed with a good arm and could chase them down with the best of them, excluding Willy.

[thedude]

Mantle's range factor would show him to be a below average center fielder.

When healthy, Mantle was an very good CFer. He had outstanding speed with a good arm and could chase them down with the best of them, excluding Willy.

He might have had the ability to be a great center fielder, but over the course of his career he wasn't actually a good center fielder compared to Speaker and Mays who were two of the greatest center fielders to ever put on a glove.

I should add that Ty Cobb was not in the Mays/Speaker class either.

[baizboll]

Mantle's range factor would show him to be a below average center fielder.

When healthy, Mantle was an very good CFer. He had outstanding speed with a good arm and could chase them down with the best of them, excluding Willy.

He might have had the ability to be a great center fielder, but over the course of his career he wasn't actually a good center fielder compared to Speaker and Mays who were two of the greatest center fielders to ever put on a glove.

I should add that Ty Cobb was not in the Mays/Speaker class either.

Saying that Mantle was a below avg fielder and "he wasn't actually a good center fielder compared to Speaker and Mays who were two of the greatest center fielders to ever put on a glove" is a strangely worded comparison or comment. If Mays was the best fielder, obviously everyone else can only be no higher than 2nd best. But to say Mantle wasn't a good CFer just because he wasn't as good as Willie is a non sequitur. I saw Mantle play probably over 1000 games in CF and I thought he was quite a good fielder.

[thedude]

When healthy, Mantle was an very good CFer. He had outstanding speed with a good arm and could chase them down with the best of them, excluding Willy.

He might have had the ability to be a great center fielder, but over the course of his career he wasn't actually a good center fielder compared to Speaker and Mays who were two of the greatest center fielders to ever put on a glove.

I should add that Ty Cobb was not in the Mays/Speaker class either.

Saying that Mantle was a below avg fielder and "he wasn't actually a good center fielder compared to Speaker and Mays who were two of the greatest center fielders to ever put on a glove" is a strangely worded comparison or comment. If Mays was the best fielder, obviously everyone else can only be no higher than 2nd best. But to say Mantle wasn't a good CFer just because he wasn't as good as Willie is a non sequitur. I saw Mantle play probably over 1000 games in CF and I thought he was quite a good fielder.

Maybe a pharpsed that poorly. I should have said, Mantle was a below average center fielder. In his career his range was worse than that of an average center fielder for the same period.