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Graph of the Day: Recent Greats of Third Base

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Ron Santo had the shortest career, but the best season of the group.  It's amazing how he tracked Brett's line until eight or so years out.  Schmidt was obviously a monster, but that drop off is extreme.  He was either great or mundane.  Nettles and his rubber balls had a long career, consistently beneath the long orange line of Brooks Robinson.