Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Top 10 Yankee Shortstops
Back to the top 10 Yankees by position.
Unlike most positions, the Yankees' long-term record at shortstop is thin, especially after (or should that be "before"?) the top 2. If you're looking for 1980s or early '90s shortstops like Bobby Meacham, Andre Robertson, Wayne Tolleson, Alvaro Espinoza or Spike Owen, forget it.
8. Norman "Kid" Elberfeld, 1903-09. The man brought in with the first trade the Highlanders/Yankees ever made, he was known as the Tabasco Kid for his temper (and later just "Kid"). He had 2 .300 seasons, and while he wasn't a great hitter he was not terrible by the standards of the Dead Ball Era. There's not much I can say about his fielding: The gloves used back then were not conducive to shortstops making fewer than 40 errors a season. He did help the Yankees finish 2nd in both 1904 and 1906 (his best season), although by the time the team finished that high again (1910), he was gone.
Top 10 Yankee Shortstops
Back to the top 10 Yankees by position.
Unlike most positions, the Yankees' long-term record at shortstop is thin, especially after (or should that be "before"?) the top 2. If you're looking for 1980s or early '90s shortstops like Bobby Meacham, Andre Robertson, Wayne Tolleson, Alvaro Espinoza or Spike Owen, forget it.
8. Norman "Kid" Elberfeld, 1903-09. The man brought in with the first trade the Highlanders/Yankees ever made, he was known as the Tabasco Kid for his temper (and later just "Kid"). He had 2 .300 seasons, and while he wasn't a great hitter he was not terrible by the standards of the Dead Ball Era. There's not much I can say about his fielding: The gloves used back then were not conducive to shortstops making fewer than 40 errors a season. He did help the Yankees finish 2nd in both 1904 and 1906 (his best season), although by the time the team finished that high again (1910), he was gone.
