Best Short Stops in MSU History

[PhredPhantom]

List the best 3 in order.
(Obviously Forsythe is not anywhere on this list.)

I don’t know who the best three are but I would think Matthew Maniscalco would be on the list. I’m just not a good enough MSU Baseball historian to remember who the others would be.

Your thoughts?

 

[skydawg1]

Lane Forsythe
Bunky Kateon
Hunter Skinner

 

[Perd Hapley]

Paul Petrulis was damn good.

Brad Freeman and Maniscalco were solid.

Adam Frazier was really good as a college SS despite it not being his natural spot.

Jordan Westburg was good once he got adjusted.

We really haven’t had that many good ones, and certainly none that were considered elite guys that could play SS at the next level. Its certainly the hardest position of all to recruit high level guys into the college ranks. Outside of those 5 guys, for the past 30+ years we’ve generally just put a guy who was a plus defender but average to well below average hitter in that spot.

 

[dawgman.sixpack]

Alex Grammas probably should be given some consideration.

 

[60sdog]

Alex Grammas probably should be given some consideration.

He’s absolutely the best we ever had. Good MLB career also.

 

[Dogpatrol]

Steve D’ercole was a good one

 

[dawgman.sixpack]

Steve D’ercole was a good one

as an added bonus he also pitched mid-week as a starter

 

[jethreauxdawg]

How heavily do we weight Omaha performance, especially championship series?

 

[dawgman.sixpack]

He’s absolutely the best we ever had. Good MLB career also.

sounds as though you have wisdom which comes with age

 

[thatsbaseball]

LOL Just in case he reads this board old buddy Bobby Croswell. On our first CWS team and made All SEC at SS.

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

List the best 3 in order.
(Obviously Forsythe is not anywhere on this list.)

I don’t know who the best three are but I would think Matthew Maniscalco would be on the list. I’m just not a good enough MSU Baseball historian to remember who the others would be.

Your thoughts?

That's a long list but of those I've personally seen I'd have to say (in no particular order) Jon Shave, Matthew Maniscalco, Adam Frazier, Brad Freeman, Jordan Westburg, Steve D'ercole'.

 

[HotMop]

Javarious Windberg was a phenom, damn shame we wasted his talent.

 

[mcdawg22]

List the best 3 in order.
(Obviously Forsythe is not anywhere on this list.)

I don’t know who the best three are but I would think Matthew Maniscalco would be on the list. I’m just not a good enough MSU Baseball historian to remember who the others would be.

Your thoughts?

I think he only played SS one year, but Berkery had a great senior year.

 

[Poppy IV]

Odis Davis
Wayne Pinkerton
Bobby Crosswell

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Maniscalco was the best pure fielder. But even he missed a routine pop fly.

Remember that Forsythe won us a national title with his glove. He’s got something mental going on now but he was a big part of the mixed drink in 2021.

Brad Freeman used to laugh when he’d airmail throws. He’s not even close. I mean may as well go Jonathan Ogden lulzzz

Jon Shave maybe?

Ryan Gridley was very solid, as was Adam Frazier.

 

[She Mate Me]

Alex Grammas probably should be given some consideration.

I doubt many or any of us saw him play, but this is the answer, no doubt. He stuck in the majors for 10 years because he was about as smooth a fielder as there was.

My dad saw him a lot and said he was among the best fielding infielders he ever saw.

 

[msstatelp1]

sounds as though you have wisdom which comes with age

I'm old so I don't remember if it was Mark Twain, Shania Twain, or Confucius that said:

Wisdom does not necessarily come with age. Age comes all by itself.

On second thought maybe it was Abraham Lincoln.

 

[The Peeper]

How heavily do we weight Omaha performance, especially championship series?

That would depend on whether someone wanted a very small inaccurate sample size or a let's say more accurate 3 season sample size

 

[knock him out john]

Steve D’ercole was a good one

yes, he was! Nobody seems to remember Steve.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

That would depend on whether someone wanted a very small inaccurate sample size or a let's say more accurate 3 season sample size

His fielding percentage was pretty dang good, until this year.

 

[thekimmer]

yes, he was! Nobody seems to remember Steve.

I remember him well. He was a pretty good pitcher also. My first game ever at DNF I saw him pitch a whopping 12 and a third innings against South Alabama. The man that came along next, Bobby Parker, was solid over there and had a good bat too.

 

[L4MANDW]

Maniscalco was the best pure fielder. But even he missed a routine pop fly.

Remember that Forsythe won us a national title with his glove. He’s got something mental going on now but he was a big part of the mixed drink in 2021.

Brad Freeman used to laugh when he’d airmail throws. He’s not even close. I mean may as well go Jonathan Ogden lulzzz

Jon Shave maybe?

Ryan Gridley was very solid, as was Adam Frazier.

I think that something mental for Lane’s gotta name and it’s David Mershon. Now that he’s healthy, he’s a force to be reckoned w/esp after those solo 2xplays Sat & Sun.

I’m w/ya on Lane, Gridley, & Frazier.

 

[knock him out john]

I remember him well. He was a pretty good pitcher also. My first game ever at DNF I saw him pitch a whopping 12 and a third innings against South Alabama. The man that came along next, Bobby Parker, was solid over there and had a good bat too.

I had forgetten about him pitching some.

 

[onewoof]

Pete Young, Burke Masters

 

[knock him out john]

Odis Davis
Wayne Pinkerton
Bobby Crosswell

Odis Davis! Wow. Forgot about him.

 

[knock him out john]

Jocko Potts was a true gem at short or was it second?

 

[PhredPhantom]

I'm old so I don't remember if it was Mark Twain, Shania Twain, or Confucius that said:

Wisdom does not necessarily come with age. Age comes all by itself.

On second thought maybe it was Abraham Lincoln.

When I was young, I was poor.
Now, after years and years of hard work,
I am no longer young.

 

[maroonmania]

Brad Hildreth has to be on this list somewhere. Can't believe he hasn't been mentioned.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Jocko Potts was a true gem at short or was it second?

second, I think Croswell was at SS