Yaz vs. Cabrera

[bagwell368]

On Sports Center they just said - Cabrera chasing Yaz.

As an eye witness to Yaz's season I want to draw the distinctions between the two:

1. Corrected numbers, some would look at the raw numbers and say Cabrera was as good or better. No

Yaz: .339/.432/.647 47 HR OPS+ 193

MC: .339/.403/.622 41 HR OPS+ 169 (obviously pending end of season)

2. Besides leading the league in BA HR and RBI, Yaz led in runs, hits, TB; Cabrera leads only in TB and GDIP at a massive 28 (Yaz had 5).

3. Fielding. Yaz won the GG and in spectacular fashion - and is one of the best fielding LF's of all time. Cabrera is below average at 3B or 1B.

4. Yaz had probably the greatest last two weeks of a season in MLB history in leading his team to the pennant (9th place the year before). This race was by far the greatest 4 team race in history, with all 4 teams having a shot at winning it outright going into the last 2 games of the season. It's routinely listed as one of the top 5-10 races of all time.

The Tigers are 3 games out of 1st, with little chance at one of the WC's.

If you go by rWAR, it's 12.0 > 6.3 as of today

Yaz 1967 >> MC 2012

[rocket]

They said he was chasing the triple crown that the most recent person who won it was Yaz. What are you trying to make out if this thread? We all know Cabbys defense isn't good and neither is his baserunning so what was then point of comparing the 2 lol.... just stop it.

[Jeffy25]

Not to mention, didn't Yaz get better as the season went on?

[bagwell368]

They said he was chasing the triple crown that the most recent person who won it was Yaz. What are you trying to make out if this thread? We all know Cabbys defense isn't good and neither is his baserunning so what was then point of comparing the 2 lol.... just stop it.

What I am expecting is that given the average ages of the posters here, and the difference in raw stats, that some folks are going to make the leap to Miggy > Yaz. I'm just putting down my take on it. Don't like it, produce your own post. Bleating isn't what I had in mind.

[bagwell368]

Not to mention, didn't Yaz get better as the season went on?

Yeah, he hit like .512 the last 12 games. Had a decent WS too.