LOL
sorry dude Trammell was not better than Ripken. NO way...
Ripken was just as loyal, hit more homers and not only fielded the position well, he revolutionized the position.....
1. His pursuit of Gehrig's record drove him to play every single game for years -- which I believe hurt his overall numbers.
2. Ripken only "revolutionized" the shortstop position in that he proved that a big man could play there. He wasn't a great fielder by any stretch . . . in fact, I've always said he would have been remembered as a better player if he had been a third baseman from the beginning.