re: Top MLB players of the 80s at each position

3rd - Mike Schmidt
Greatest 3rd baseman of all time????

Mattingly was pretty damn good in 80's
First full year 83 (really 84 since 83 he only had 279 AB) and then went to 6 All-Star games, won 1 MVP and finished in top 5 in another and another top 10 vote, and 5 gold gloves


Murray I could see but not Cooper

Schmidt stats

1980 31 Phillies 150 548 104 157 25 8 48 1 121 89 10 119 0 13 2 6 .286 .380 .624
1981 32 Phillies 102 354 78 112 19 2 31 1 91 73 18 71 0 3 4 9 .316 .435 .644
1982 33 Phillies 148 514 108 144 26 3 35 0 87 107 17 131 0 7 3 11 .280 .403 .547
1983 34 Phillies 154 534 104 136 16 4 40 2 109 128 17 148 0 4 3 10 .255 .399 .524
1984 35 Phillies 151 528 93 146 23 3 36 0 106 92 14 116 0 8 4 15 .277 .383 .536
1985 36 Phillies 158 549 89 152 31 5 33 0 93 87 8 117 0 6 3 10 .277 .375 .532
1986 37 Phillies 160 552 97 160 29 1 37 0 119 89 25 84 0 9 7 8 .290 .390 .547
1987 38 Phillies 147 522 88 153 28 0 35 0 113 83 15 80 0 6 2 17 .293 .388 .548
1988 39 Phillies 108 390 52 97 21 2 12 0 62 49 10 42 0 6 6 11 .249 .337 .405
1989 40 Phillies 42 148 19 30 7 0 6 0 28 21 4 17 0 3 0 6 .203 .297 .372


Brett stats
1980 27 Royals 117 449 87 175 33 9 24 1 118 58 16 22 0 7 1 11 .390 .454 .664
1981 28 Royals 89 347 42 109 27 7 6 0 43 27 7 23 0 4 1 7 .314 .361 .484
1982 29 Royals 144 552 101 166 32 9 21 0 82 71 14 51 0 5 1 12 .301 .378 .505
1983 30 Royals 123 464 90 144 38 2 25 0 93 57 13 39 0 3 1 9 .310 .385 .563
1984 31 Royals 104 377 42 107 21 3 13 1 69 38 6 37 0 7 0 11 .284 .344 .459
1985 32 Royals 155 550 108 184 38 5 30 0 112 103 31 49 0 9 3 12 .335 .436 .585
1986 33 Royals 124 441 70 128 28 4 16 0 73 80 18 45 0 4 4 6 .290 .401 .481
1987 34 Royals 115 427 71 124 18 2 22 0 78 72 14 47 0 8 1 10 .290 .388 .496
1988 35 Royals 157 589 90 180 42 3 24 0 103 82 15 51 0 7 3 15 .306 .389 .509
1989 36 Royals 124 457 67 129 26 3 12 0 80 59 14 47 0 9 3 18 .282 .362 .431
1990 37 Royals 142 544 82 179 45 7 14 0 87 56 14 63 0 7 0 18 .329 .387 .515
1991 38 Royals 131 505 77 129 40 2 10 0 61 58 10 75 1 8 0 20 .255 .327 .402
1992 39 Royals 152 592 55 169 35 5 7 0 61 35 6 69 0 4 6 15 .285 .330 .397
1993 40 Royals 145 560 69 149 31 3 19 0 75 39 9 67 0 10 3 20 .266 .312 .434

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I thought his 2nd Cy was in NL in 90?

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1985 and 1989.

Dave Steib is also one of those forgotten pitchers. The 80s doesn't have that one great pitcher because of the endpoints. I'd probably go Tudor for a guy who was top tier for the full 10 years. But I think Saberhagen might taken him even though he started in 1984.

Morris stats

Year Age Team G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1977 22 Tigers 7 6 0 1 1 .500 3.74 1 0 0 45.2 189 38 19 20 4 23 0 28 2 0 0 -
1978 23 Tigers 28 7 10 3 5 .375 4.33 0 0 0 106.0 469 107 51 57 8 49 5 48 4 3 0 -
1979 24 Tigers 27 27 0 17 7 .708 3.28 9 1 0 197.2 806 179 72 76 19 59 4 113 9 4 1 -
1980 25 Tigers 36 36 0 16 15 .516 4.18 11 2 0 250.0 1,074 252 116 125 20 87 5 112 6 4 2 -
1981 26 Tigers 25 25 0 14 7 .667 3.05 15 1 0 198.0 798 153 67 69 14 78 11 97 2 2 2 -
1982 27 Tigers 37 37 0 17 16 .515 4.06 17 3 0 266.1 1,107 247 120 131 37 96 7 135 10 0 0 -
1983 28 Tigers 37 37 0 20 13 .606 3.34 20 1 0 293.2 1,204 257 109 117 30 83 5 232 18 3 0 -
1984 29 Tigers 35 35 0 19 11 .633 3.60 9 1 0 240.1 1,015 221 96 108 20 87 7 148 14 2 0 -
1985 30 Tigers 35 35 0 16 11 .593 3.33 13 4 0 257.0 1,077 212 95 102 21 110 7 191 15 5 3 -
1986 31 Tigers 35 35 0 21 8 .724 3.27 15 6 0 267.0 1,092 229 97 105 40 82 7 223 12 0 0 -
1987 32 Tigers 34 34 0 18 11 .621 3.38 13 0 0 266.0 1,101 227 100 111 39 93 7 208 24 1 1 -
1988 33 Tigers 34 34 0 15 13 .536 3.94 10 2 0 235.0 997 225 103 115 20 83 7 168 11 4 11 -
1989 34 Tigers 24 24 0 6 14 .300 4.86 10 0 0 170.1 743 189 92 102 23 59 3 115 12 2 1 -
1990 35 Tigers 36 36 0 15 18 .455 4.51 11 3 0 249.2 1,073 231 125 144 26 97 13 162 16 6 2 -
1991 36 Twins 35 35 0 18 12 .600 3.43 10 2 0 246.2 1,032 226 94 107 18 92 5 163 15 5 1 -
1992 37 Blue Jays 34 34 0 21 6 .778 4.04 6 1 0 240.2 1,005 222 108 114 18 80 2 132 9 10 2 -
1993 38 Blue Jays 27 27 0 7 12 .368 6.19 4 1 0 152.2 702 189 105 116 18 65 2 103 14 3 1 -
1994 39 Indians 23 23 0 10 6 .625 5.60 1 0 0 141.1 636 163 88 96 14 67 2 100 13 4 0 -

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Jack Morris was nasty, stats don't do him justice. He was a guy that pitched to the park and got outs completed games . He took the ball and you knew he was going 8.

Loved Mike Scott but he was not better than Morris

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Loved Mike Scott but he was not better than Morris

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disagree

Ok... I only did this because I was really curious but 80's


Mattingly: 1300 Hits, 615 runs, 272 doubles, 15 triples, 164 home runs, 717 RBI, 8 SB, 7 CS, 4022 AB, 314 Walks, 238 Strike Outs.... .323 Avg over that span. Mattingly had 12 AB in 82, 279 in 83, and first full season in 84.

Murray: 1642 Hits, 858 runs, 289 doubles, 19 triples, 274 home runs, 996 RBI, 52 SB, 18 CS, 5612 AB, 754 Walks, 733 Strike Outs.... .293 Avg over that span. Murray played all 10 seasons of 80's