02-16-2017, 10:47 PM
(02-15-2017, 07:50 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Ehhhhh...
Sticking to players in the modern era, that would put him in the same category as Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Frank Robinson, Joey Votto, Jose Rijo, Barry Larkin, George Foster, etc. He's certainly not up there with them.
Phillips probably squeaks in the bottom of the next tier behind folk like Tony Perez, Ted Kluzewski, and on par with the Mario Soto, Jim Maloney, Eric Davis, and Johnny Cueto-type Reds careers, and right above the Adam Dunns/Jay Bruces.
Your comparing apples and c-clamps.. Had Phillips played with the BRM he would be right up there with the greats, but he didn't. His fielding was utterly astonishing at times and he was no slouch at bat either. I actually had hoped he would retire as a Red, but that wasn't to be. Many things have changed baseball including pitching and how the game is played fundamentally. Would he have fit in back when Ty Cobb was stabbing guys in the legs with his spikes? Nobody will ever know. As far as I'm concerned he was the greatest 2nd baseman we had. Morgan didn't have the glove skills so we bid farewell and hope our next 2nd baseman is just as great.
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