[general_re]

He hit 100 RBIs or more exactly twice, in 1990 and '91, when he had exactly 100 both years, and that was despite having 40 home runs in the juiceball year of 1990. Compare that to, say, Ernie Banks, who had 100 or more RBIs eight times, had twice as many career home runs as Ryno and 600 more RBIs, had a career slugging pct. of .500 versus Ryno's .452. And Ernie had a fielding pct of .986 to boot. Banks was the complete package - Ryno wasn't. IMO, of course ;)

[BlackRazor]

He hit 100 RBIs or more exactly twice, in 1990 and '91, when he had exactly 100 both years, and that was despite having 40 home runs in the juiceball year of 1990. Compare that to, say, Ernie Banks

Oh, OK, you're comparing him to guys in the 500 HR Club! When you called him a "lightweight", I didn't realize you were using so high a frame of reference!

[sharkhawk]

Ernie's fielding pct included a large number played at first base. Can't compare to 2b.

[bjs1779]

Compare that to, say, Ernie Banks,

You can't do that, Ernie never played 2nd base. Look at 2nd baseman stats and you will see Sandberg was one of the best.

[JURB]

He hit 100 RBIs or more exactly twice, in 1990 and '91, when he had exactly 100 both years, and that was despite having 40 home runs in the juiceball year of 1990.

You do realize that Sandberg was a #2 hitter through-out his career. If you are going to talk about RBI's (a woefully insufficient measure of a player's offensive contribution), you might as well also mention runs scored, especially since Ryno was a top of the order hitter. And in that category, he topped 100 runs scored seven times. And funny you mention 1990 as a juiceball year (it wasn't), Sandberg's 40 home runs led the league.