Celebrating Corky Miller and his former teammates!

[Don Votto]

Corky Miller All-Stars
Corky Miller has been in professional baseball since 1998.

If he could put a team together of all of the major leaguers he has played with both at the major league level, and the minor league level--here would be that team. [Even on his OWN all-star team, Corky's a back-up!]





POSITION/NAME
BA
HR
RBI
OPS



C- JOE MAUER
.323
105
634
.872



1B- JIM THOME
.276
612
1699
.956



2B- DUSTIN PEDROIA
.302
99
494
.822



SS- BARRY LARKIN
.295
198
960
.815



3B -CHIPPER JONES
.303
468
1623
.930



LF- MANNY RAMIREZ
.312
555
1831
.996



CF- KEN GRIFFEY JR
.284
630
1836
.907



RF- ANDRUW JONES
.254
434
1289
.823



DH- DAVID ORTIZ
.287
432
1432
.929









POSITION/NAME
RECORD
ERA
SAVES



SP-Tom Glavine
305-203
3.54
--





SP-John Smoltz
213-155
3.33
154




SP-Curt Schilling
216-146
3.46
--




SP-Tim Hudson
206-111
3.44
--




SP-David Wells
239-157
4.13
13




RHRP- Joe Nathan
58-30
2.77
342




LHRP- Aroldis Chapman
15-13
2.40
77





I guess a line-up would be: (does it matter--but I factored in OBP here)
SS-Larkin .371 OBP
C- Mauer .405 OBP
LF-Ramirez .411 OBP
1B-Thome .402 OBP
3B- C. Jones .401 OBP
DH-Ortiz .381 OBP
CF-Griffey .370 OBP
RF-Jones .337 OBP
2B- Pedroia .369 OBP

[Z-Fly]

Votto doesn't get the nod over Thome?

[Don Votto]

No, Votto does not get the nod over Thome.

To me, it's not even close.
Votto has only played seven years, Thome performed for over 20 years.

Career numbers-wise... Thome's 612 Home runs ranks 7th all-time. 1699 RBI-ranks 24th all-time.

Jim Thome should be first ballot Cooperstown Hall of Fame.
As of today....
Joey Votto should be first ballot Reds Hall of Fame.

Some baseline numbers



AGES 23-30
THOME
VOTTO


OPS 1.000 SEASONS
2
2


SLG .500 SEASONS
7
6


OBP.400 SEASONS
5
5


HR 30+ SEASONS
5
2


RBI 100+ SEASONS
5
2


WALKS 100+ SEASONS
5
2




Thome's fielding at 1B vs Votto's fielding at 1B


FIELDING AT 1B
THOME
VOTTO


FPCT
.994
.993


RF/9
9.31
8.94


RF/G
8.93
8.65

[Z-Fly]

No, Votto does not get the nod over Thome.

To me, it's not even close.
Votto has only played seven years, Thome performed for over 20 years.

Career numbers-wise... Thome's 612 Home runs ranks 7th all-time. 1699 RBI-ranks 24th all-time.

Jim Thome should be first ballot Cooperstown Hall of Fame.
As of today....
Joey Votto should be first ballot Reds Hall of Fame.

Some baseline numbers



AGES 23-30
THOME
VOTTO


OPS 1.000 SEASONS
2
2


SLG .500 SEASONS
7
6


OBP.400 SEASONS
5
5


HR 30+ SEASONS
5
2


RBI 100+ SEASONS
5
2


WALKS 100+ SEASONS
5
2




Thome's fielding at 1B vs Votto's fielding at 1B


FIELDING AT 1B
THOME
VOTTO


FPCT
.994
.993


RF/9
9.31
8.94


RF/G
8.93
8.65



I like that stats, but it is two different eras of baseball. IMO players should always be judged among their peers. I think that would give Votto the advantage.

[RedlegJake]

While Votto has been a star caliber player every season it is hard to argue against Thome, who was a great slugger who also walked a lot, and was a strong defensive player at first. Give Joey five more years at his career levels or better and I think he over takes Thome but right now I would agree with Don Votto.