10th Best Ranger Ever Community Project

by philkid3 on Aug 20, 2008 6:23 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

Congratulations to Charlie Hough on being named the eighth greatest Texas Rangers player ever by narrowly edging out Kenny Rogers 46-41 in the tie-breaker vote. As consolation, Rogers makes it to the ninth slot.

Our list so far:

Ivan Rodriguez 1991-2002

Juan Gonzalez 1989-99, 2002-03

Nolan Ryan 1989-93

Rafael Palmeiro 1989-93, 1999-03

Alex Rodriguez 2001-03

Rusty Greer 1994-2002

Michael Young 2000-08

Charlie Hough 1980-90

Kenny Rogers 1989-95, 2000-02, 2004-05

Now it's time to decide who the 10th greatest Ranger player ever is. I would suggest judge it the same way you would evaluate MLB players over a career, but consider their careers were only as long as the years and games they played with the Texas Rangers. Consider not just best seasons, but total contribution, and perhaps a bit of profile.

If there's anyone not on the ballot who you think should be considered as the 11th best Ranger, please let me know in the comments.

Write-In Votes

If there's someone not on the list who you want to vote for, please vote "OTHER," then write your vote down in a reply. If you label that reply as "Write In" it will be much easier for me to find. Thanks!

Poll

Who is the 10th best Texas Rangers player ever?

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10 may be an arbitrary number. . .

. . . but Buddy Bell HAS to be in the top 10. Has to be.

by philkid3 on Aug 20, 2008 6:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Off Interest on Pete O'Brien

I’ll repost this for the interest primarily of the LSB member who mentioned O’Brien was one of his favorites and wanted to see him on the ballot.

In doing some revisionist MVP voting I noticed his defense year to year seemed not just good but great (well behind Keith Hernandez at the time, but that’s not fair). Completely concidentaly today, I noticed in this thread at Baseball Fever that Matt Sounders, a sabermetrician who I have a lot of respect for, ranks him as the second best defensive first baseman ever.

I thought that was pretty neat.

(BTW, he ranks Pudge as the best catcher, but that’s not too much of a surprise. Bell was also up there among third basemen.)

by philkid3 on Aug 20, 2008 6:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Updated Career Function

Bell, Buddy 101.67
Harrah, Toby 95.19
Sundberg, Jim 90.16
Sierra, Ruben 90.03
Franco, Julio 81.91
Hargrove, Mike 81.06
Teixeira, Mark 75.63
O’Brien, Pete 70.39
Clark, Will 68.15
Oliver, Al 64.06
Incaviglia, Pete 56.18
Burroughs, Jeff 52.54
Palmer, Dean 47.59
Parrish, Larry 44.30
Grieve, Tom 27.12

by philkid3 on Aug 20, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This exercise makes me a little sad

It’s like the Rangers Hall of Fame thing. Once you get passed the first few you really have to start stretching to pick guys.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Aug 20, 2008 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i don't know how Sierra has lasted this long

frustrating

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by willamos2 on Aug 20, 2008 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bell frustrates me MUCH more.

That said, there’s a whole lot of closeness at this point.

by philkid3 on Aug 20, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sundberg

Truly he must be in the top 10. He was the original best Ranger ever. If it hadn’t been for Pudge, he would be the best catcher ever to play for Texas.

by Parman on Aug 20, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Im pissed sunny isnt in the top 3 or 4

and really disappointed.

"I’m sure you’ve seen Kiker before but I’ll just reiterate that the kid is mean on the mound. He is only 5’10’’ but he is an intimidator. He looks like he hates hitters. He has the juice for pressure situations."
-Jason Parks on Jul 22, 2008 10:08 PM

by Jayslick on Aug 21, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs