{"id":7610,"date":"2016-08-08T22:02:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:03:34","slug":"hall-of-famer-mike-schmidt-rated-number-one-all-time-best-third-baseman-by-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/hall-of-famer-mike-schmidt-rated-number-one-all-time-best-third-baseman-by-espn","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt Rated Number One All Time Best Third Baseman by ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESPN – Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt<\/a> was recently named all time best third baseman on ESPN\u2019s positional rankings. Mike Schmidt was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 and has earned numerous honors such as 12-time All-Star, 10 Gold Gloves, World Series MVP, three-time MVP and six Silver Sluggers. Source: ESPN<\/p>\n

According to the ESPN article<\/a> Senior Baseball Writer Dave Schoenfield had the following comments about Mike Schmidt:<\/p>\n

“Schmidt dominated the home run leaderboards in his era, winning eight home run crowns, was one of the best-fielding third basemen ever with nine Gold Gloves, had good speed early in his career and annually drew 100-plus walks. He’s the best third baseman ever and there isn’t really much debate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n