re: The Greatest SEC Baseballer of All Time

Some all time LSU greats:


Eddy Furniss
.371 BA
349 hits (SEC record)
80 HR (SEC record)
309 RBI (SEC record)
87 doubles (SEC record)
689 total bases (SEC record)


Todd Walker
.396 BA
310 hits
52 HR
246 RBI
61 doubles
51 stolen bases
234 runs scored
*in three seasons

Huddy only played two years at AU but was named the Rotary Smith NCAA player of the year, led the nation in wins, hit .396, 18 HRs, 95 RBIS, 108 hits, 183 total bases and slugged .690. All in the same season.

Come on guys. If you want Bama fans to give credit where it's due, don't put your zingers in baseball threads

I don't know if the criteria is pro career or college, but if it's college it's hard to top Dave Magadan. It's hard to go with a clear cut best in a three year period.

Best pro career? Joe Sewell from Alabama is the only Hall of Famer from the SEC I think (I don't know about Mizzou or A&M. Frank Thomas should get in, and guys like Tim Hudson have an outside shot.

My vote is for Frank Thomas.

And Will Clark > Palmeiro imo

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Criteria = use your gut

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I noticed where OM got their arse beat by literally the worst MSU basketball team to ever step foot in the Hump... I'm still LMAOO! DWI

Oh wait... this was about baseball. OM will get beat by the Dawgs in that sport too.. Rafael Palmeiro says hello BTW.

Helton hit .370 with 38 HRs, 238 RBIs, 65 2Bs, 11 3Bs

Was also 19-5 with 2.24 ERA, 11 complete games, 23 saves, 193 Ks in 172 IP.

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quote: It's not easy trying to pinpoint the very best college baseball player in the Southeastern Conference. But you should consider Todd Helton from Knoxville, who is still actually playing baseball professionally to this day. He started out in the majors in 1997 with the Colorado Rockies, but he was playing baseball before that with the Tennessee Volunteers. He was their star first baseman (as well as the pitcher). His baseball accomplishments began even earlier, at Knox Central High School. He lettered in baseball as well as football. In his senior year, his batting average was .690 and he had hit a total of 12 home runs. Those achievements earned him Regional Player of the Year. After high school, he went on to the University of Tennessee. As first baseman and pitcher, he earned All-American and All-Southeastern Conference awards in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Helton also won the SEC Play of the Week several times. While playing on the Volunteers, he was part of Team USA as a freshman. Before he joined the Colorado Rockies, Helton won National Collegiate Player of the Year in 1995. That would not be his only major honor when leaving Tennessee. He was also named the Collegiate Baseball's Co-National Player of the Year, the SEC Male Athlete of the Year (not usually awarded to baseball players) and the Dick Howser Player of the Year. That's just a few of his many awards. While with the Volunteers, he helped bring them to three NCAA Regional appearances in a row, and a 3rd place finish in the College World Series. His stats during his last year at U of T included a .407 batting average. Helton led the SEC with 20 home runs, 27 doubles, 92 RBIs and 105 hits. He also had a 1.66 ERA. After graduation from University of Tennessee, he was a 1st round draft pick in 1995 for Major League Baseball (MLB). He took some time to improve his game on a few A, AA and AAA teams and then hit the major-leagues in July of 1997. His list of accomplishments kept on growing. In 2001, 2002 and 2004 he was awarded the Gold Glove. To date, he holds several records with the Colorado Rockies, for home runs, doubles, hits, walks, and RBIs. The best. Ever. Period. Rocky Top and all that jazz. You can't see us.

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V,B

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Come on Bama fans, give credit where credit is due.

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if we gave a frick about baseball we would do just that.

Michael Roth

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Posted by pivey14 Will Clark /thread

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He made me a Giants fan 25 years ago.