Favorite "hitting" Shortstops

[Larryrickenbacker]

Howdy,

OK, so you didn't manage to land Metzger or little Eddie Brinkman for 75 cents. You want to try combining defense with a little offense at SS. Who are you two picks?

Larry

PS: I'd probably suggest Kessinger and Harrelson, and of course they'd be slanted more toward defense than offense..

[The Senators]

I have used Templeton with some pretty good results.

[emoryeagles]

Templeton always hits, though you can expect 35 erros minimum.

[The Senators]

I just went back and looked at the most recent time I had Templeton...He hit .339 with 11 HRs at Wrigley, but he made 46 errors...Didn't realize his defense sucked so bad. Well, maybe he had good range, or maybe I was willing to take the trade off...or maybe I had too many leagues going on at once and didn't notice... :oops:

[voovits]

I suppose he doesn't count, but I'm getting a .327 avg and 1.090 OPS through 222AB from Rick Auerbach. He is currently my starting SS even considering the awful defense.

[chess2899]

Voovits said:

[quote:64744a2700]I suppose he doesn't count, but I'm getting a .327 avg and 1.090 OPS through 222AB from Rick Auerbach. He is currently my starting SS even considering the awful defense.[/quote:64744a2700]

That explains why you are #2 on the Top 60 list for the 70s/80s Players Championships. :roll:

I just picked him up for round 3 as my 2nd choice! 8-)

[voovits]

[quote:45e2082073="chess2899"]
That explains why you are #2 on the Top 60 list for the 70s/80s Players Championships. :roll:
[/quote:45e2082073]

Actually, he hasn't been playing for a lot of the season.
I have had insanely good luck with free agents in the 70s.
Perez, Kingman and Oliva all with top years, all off the FA wire. As of now, I currently have 98 more runs scored than the second highest team in my league.

I wasn't using Auerbach at first because his D was so bad, but because Burleson was hitting so poorly, I benched him and started Auerbach instead.
I started using him regularly from game 61, and I have had a W/L record of 42-12 since.

The lesson here is that you definitely use him and take the hit defensively if you have his best year.

[JONCHUCKERY]

He's pricey but I've gotten good results from Concepcion the couple of times I've used him...

590 89 161 16 5 20 71 48 73 29 14 21 .273 .325 .419...1976
637 100 177 18 3 22 78 67 99 25 6 26 .278 .344 .419...1979

If you get Yount's best year he'll put up a bunch of offense...With Templeton you have to decide if the 100+ runs he'll score and the 40-50+ RBI are worth the 30-40 errors...Belanger on his best card can give you a .300BA and 100 runs scored at the top of the order

[The Senators]

Eddie Brinkman '74 gave me 12 HRs and 70 RBI's at Oakland batting 9th...I would sign on for that every season if I could.

[Larryrickenbacker]

Howdy,

Noticing Freddie Patek's proclivity for hitting Doubles, good speed and base-swiping ability, I tried him once. He's quite affordable, afterall.
I was disappointed. His OBP was Metzger-like. The Doubles weren't there and SBs can only occur when one is on [i:9daf7a6b37]base[/i:9daf7a6b37]. The [i:9daf7a6b37]one[/i:9daf7a6b37] time I drafted Belanger he hit well for me.

Eggman