Best Utility Player (To Name an Award After)

[DuluthFan]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/45876/the-best-utility-infielder-of-all-time?ex_cid=espnapi_public

 

Punto wins hands down! Ha!

[Reider]

What makes David Schoenfield the expert authority on deciding the peramiters?

[cmathewson]

Cesar Tovar

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Punto was disqualified for playing full time in 2006, but there are other Ex Twins who finished high on the list -- in fact one of them is the declared winner. Before reading the article can you guess who?

[Mr. Brooks]

What makes David Schoenfield the expert authority on deciding the peramiters?

 

Probably because he wrote the article?

[Rick Blaine]

Cesar Tovar

 

Cesar Tovar wasn't really a utility player. He was a regular who played a lot of different positions. As a Twin he average over 600 plate appearances for seven years and in 1967 appeared in 164 games (still an American League record---Maury Wills played in 165 for the Dodgers in 62)

 

Not meaning to nic pic, just a friendly comment.

[Rick Blaine]

I'd pick Frank Quilici just because I like Frank Quilici. Best buck- ninety hitter around.

[Halsey Hall]

TK's favorite, Reb.

[Mr. Brooks]

I'd pick Frank Quilici just because I like Frank Quilici. Best buck- ninety hitter around.

 

Better than Florimon?

[Monkeypaws]

Denny Hocking. We'd call it the Snaggletooth Award.

 

I remember year AND years ago, living in France, and there was a channel that ran the CBS evening new with Dan Rather, and they ran a story about Hocking, for reasons I have since forgotten. I have been a fan ever since.

[Highabove]

Rich Rollins.

At one time, Baseball Players wore glasses

 

 

[nicksaviking]

Nice win for the Twins, but by narrowing his parameters, he missed 2 time WS champion Al Newman. Reboulet and Hocking did pop into my mind while reading the topic of the article, but I would have never guessed Reboulet had a better WAR than Hocking.

[Thrylos]

Rich Rollins.

At one time, Baseball Players wore glasses

 

 

 

Nope.

 

Rollins was a third baseman. The third baseman who made Killebrew move across the diamond. Not utility. Career 830 games at 3B and 27 in other positions

[cmathewson]

Tovar is the only Twin to play all nine positions in a single game.