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Graig Nettles (born August 20, 1944), nicknamed "Puff", is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman.During a 22-year baseball career, he played for the Minnesota Twins (1967–1969), Cleveland Indians (1970–1972), New York Yankees (1973–1983), San Diego Padres (1984–1986), Atlanta Braves (1987), and Montreal Expos (1988).
Nolan Arenaldo, the active leader and 35th all-time in games played as a third baseman Mike Schmidt holds the National League record. Eddie Mathews held the National League record for 23 years. Eddie Yost was the first player to appear in 2,000 games at third base. Pie Traynor held the major league record for 26 years.
The position of the third baseman. A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number 5.
But still, Groh was widely regarded as one of the top third basemen of his era, and helped the Reds win the 1919 World Series against the infamous Chicago "Black Sox."
Nolan James Arenado (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ n ɑː d oʊ /; born April 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Arenado is widely recognized as one of the best defensive third basemen of all time. He is the only infielder to win the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of his ...
Adrian Beltre. Beltre is one of the best third basemen of all time, and in a few months, he'll have the Hall of Fame plaque to prove it. Over his 21-year career, Beltre amassed 3,166 hits and 477 ...
Mathews is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the game. [3] [4] He was an All-Star for nine seasons. [5] He won the National League (NL) home run title in 1953 and 1959 and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner-up both of those seasons. He hit 512 home runs during his major league career.
Nolan Arenado collected four National League Silver Sluggers at third base with the Colorado Rockies from 2015 to 2018, and a fifth with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022. [8] José Ramírez also collected five Silver Sluggers at third baseman, all with the Cleveland Indians/Guardians franchise (2017–2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). [9]