Jose Canseco -vs- Mike Piazza

[Billy Costigan]

Jose Canseco
career
home runs: 462
batt avg: .262
RBI's: 1,407

Mike Piazza
career
home runs: 427
batt avg: .308
RBI's 1,335

who would you say was the better baseball player?

 

[NewToVolCountry]

Ehhh, I guess Piazza.

 

[underscore]

Better overall player, Piazza.

Better hitter, Piazza.

Better fielder, either not that great but since Canseco was so lousy, edge to Piazza.

About the only area that Canseco has the edge is in power. But I'll take Piazza's power along with his average any day over a free swinging roid freak.
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[Chris4Vols22]

Piazza.

 

[golfballs]

Piazza

 

[govols120]

Piazza. It's not really that close.

 

[crusse10]

Give me Mike, for sure.

I may be biased.

 

[Billy Costigan]

Piazza. It's not really that close.

stats would disagree.

 

[golfballs]

Giambi was on steroids so all of his stats have asterisks.

 

[GAVol]

stats would disagree.

The fact that Piazza compiled much of those stats while playing the most demanding defensive position on the field makes it not close.

 

[Pulscifer]

Piazza and it's not even close. Canseco's a fraud.
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[jaybird_1981]

This isn't even a debate when you take positional adjustments into account.