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:

(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.