Ozzie Guillen versus Shawon Dunston

Shawon Dunston of the Chicago Cubs and Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox both started their major league careers at shortshop in 1985. Both were mainstays at their position in Chicago for over 10 years.

Who was better Shawon Dunston or Ozzie Guillen? Let's look at their stats:

	Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO
Shawon Dunston	18 Years		1,814	5,927	736	1,597	292	62	150	668	203	44	1,000
Ozzie Guillen	16 Years		1,993	6,686	773	1,764	275	69	28	619	239	25	511
					AB/R	AB/H	AB/2B	AB/3B	AB/HR	AB/RBI	AB/BB	AB/IBB	AB/SO
Shawon Dunston: Averages					8.1	3.7	20.3	95.6	39.5	8.9	29.2	134.7	5.9
Ozzie Guillen: Averages					8.6	3.8	24.3	96.9	238.8	10.8	28.0	267.4	13.1

	GS	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	SB	CS	SB%	Errors	AVG	OBP	SLG
Shawon Dunston	5	56	49	41	98	212	82	.721	215	.269	.296	.416
Ozzie Guillen	1	141	60	7	114	169	108	.610	222	.264	.287	.338

(the bold items are the one who has the better stats)
The main stat that sticks out most to me is that Shawon beats out Ozzie in career batting average, on-base average, and slugging percentage. Shawon has more homeruns, but Ozzie has fewer strikeouts. But Shawon has more homeruns.

One might point out that Ozzie has more runs, triples and hits. But let's compare the averages. Who has the better averages in each category?

Shawon:
• Runs
• Hits
• Doubles
• Triples
• RBI
• Intentional Walks
• Hit by Pitch
• Ground into double plays
• Stolen Bases
• Caught Stealing

Ozzie:
• Walks
• Strikeouts
• Sacrifice Hits
• Sacrifice Flies

TEN categories for Shawon. Just four for Ozzie. Hit by pitch should count, because it shows how willing you are willing to sacrifice yourself to get on base. Guillen had been hit by a pitch seven times? Surely those were times that Guillen couldn't get out of the way.

Oh, don't even try to pull fielding over on Shawon either. Who has less errors? Dunston. Who has the better arm, Shawon or Ozzie? Please. Shawon Dunston was said to have the fastest arm in baseball--including all the pitchers.