An integral part of the "Big Red Machine" and the best shortstop in his of his era. The talk at the time was that Concepcion, along with Morgan, Bench, and Rose were all destined to become hall-of-famers. Due to the emergance of offensive weapons the likes of Ripken, Garciaparra, Jeter, Tejada, and Alex Rodriguez, Concepcion has become a forgotton footnote from the pre-ESPN era. I'm not so certain that Davey rates with the game's all time stars in their own individual eras, but he was most definately the best of his.

I give Conception 5 stars because there isn't a 6 star option. We all know of the good things he did on the field with one of the best gloves I've ever seen and a decent bat. It's my opinion that it's bad timing (or bad luck for number 13) that he isn't in the Hall of Fame yet because of the following things: He was one of the last "defensive" shortstops before shortstops started hitting. He was unfortunate enough to be surrounded by such great Reds shortstops as Leo Cardenas and Barry Larkin (a sure hall of famer) and it made what he did kind of expected. He was over shadowed by such great teammates as Bench, Perez, Morgan, Rose, Foster, May & Griffey. If you compare him to other "great" shortstops of his era, his defense shines and he out hit most of them. Maybe if he had invented the backflip instead of the blue print for modern day shortstops, he'd be in the Hall already!!!

A good glove man who played on some of the best teams in MLB history. I'm suprised he is currently at the top of this list because he was not even in Ripkin's category (total package) and his glove was not in the category of the Wzard of Oz's. Must be a lot of Red fans who have voted.

Very good player, sometimes the best N.L. shortstop during his long career. Good though not great hitter, and an important if slightly overlooked player on a superb club, though not quite Hall worthy in my book. I would put him somewhere from the middle to the lower third of shortstops on this list.

Concepcion was a good player on a great team. He WAS NOT, however, the greatest shortstop in MLB history nor has anyone with a double digit IQ ever seriously asserted that he was in the top half dozen. Every RIA member currently residing in the state of Ohio is henceforth prohibited from voting on this list.

Conception could do it all and did it on a winner.

A good if not extremely flashy glove man and eventually a decent hitter. I wouldn't put him in the top five all time though, let alone at the top of this list.

There must be quite a few die-hard Reds fans that have rated Concepcion so far. I was fortunate to see Concepcion with the Big Red Machine play in person when I was a kid. He was a great defensive player, but in no way does he belong among the top ten shortstops. Top ten would mean total package, and Concepcion did not fit that bill.

Greatest fielding shortstop to ever play the game on Astroturf or grass. His nickname was Senor' Slick due to his crafty glove and magically gifted hands and his effortless and gracefully smooth and polished ability to go get and catch baseballs that others had up to that time never ever stood a chance at. There has never been a better all around defensive shortstop ever and that includes up to the present.He was as sure handed a gloveman that ever lived (and yes that includes the highly overrated,showboat Ozzie Smith).No shortstop has ever caught the ball better !! Almost all of Concepcion's errors were throwing errors,where he would go rediculously deep in the hole,make the play and try to throw somebody out when he should have eaten the ball. That was his Achille's heel. He was so strong armed that he thought he could throw everybody out and that's where he picked up probably 95% of his errors. But,Concepcion will be remembered best as the man who defensively revolutionized and redefined the position of shortstop when he became the very first shortstop to ever play the shortstop position in the outfield (fringe).He got Sparky Anderson's permission to try it and it worked because he had a strong enough arm and enough quickness and range to make it work. Concepcion also invented the purposeful one hop throw to first base as he believed that the ball picked up speed when it skipped off of the ground.He is rated the top latin infielder of all time by latin fans in all of the Latin American countries and is the role model that all of the now established latin shortstops and infielders idolized and patterned themselves after.He ended up his 19 year career as a 9 time national league all-star with 5 gold gloves,2 silver stick awards and a National League All-Star MVP award. He was a lifetime 267 hitter with a little power at about 7 homers a year and 62 rbi's but that was top shelf for a shortstop back in the 1970's & 80's.

One of the best fielders I ever saw! If he had a better bat he might have been a 5.