When you think of center fielders, some of the greatest all-around players in baseball history come to mind: Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr., Ty Cobb, and currently, Mike Trout, just to name a few. As one of the game’s “glamour” positions, the best center fielders are wizards with both the bat and the glove; during the 2000s, two of the best center fielders in baseball were Jim Edmonds of the St. Louis Cardinals and Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. Both were All-Star and MVP-caliber players in their primes who won numerous Gold Gloves and in full, their careers sit right at the borderline of the Hall of Fame. In comparing the careers of these two sterling center fielders and their Hall of Fame credentials, naturally this also leads to the question:
Who was better – Jim Edmonds or Andruw Jones?
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