All time baseball card team - what would yours be?

[hcv123]

You get to pick 1 card at each player position - If the position is listed on the card front - the player has to be in that position on your "team" (example - can't use 1914 Baltimore news Ruth as an "outfield" card) - Not limited to post war. Think if you could own only 9 cards in your collection - One for a player at each position, Which 9 would they be? Think about the combination of player and card significance. I'll also allow (since it's a thread I'm starting) 3 runner ups. These can be cards you own or would want to own (I do not own any of the pictured cards.....yet - I do own other copies of some of them). Here are mine:

1st base - 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig
2nd Base - 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson
3rd base - 1968 Topps Test 3D Brooks Robinson
Shortstop - T206 Wagner
Pitcher - 1968 Venezuelan Nolan Ryan
Catcher - 1968 Kahn's Johnny Bench
Left Field - 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth
Center field - 1953 Stahl Meyer Mickey Mantle
Right Field - 1967 Topps Giant Stand up Clemente

Runner ups:
Right Field - 1958 Kahn's Weiners Clemente
Center field - 1959 Bazooka Mickey Mantle box
Center field - T3 Ty Cobb

[jason.1969]

I'll answer a little differently just to avoid a lot of repeats. Though I'm not really a rookie card collector, I will list my top RCs per position.

C - 1968 Topps Johnny Bench
1B - 1934 Goudey Hank Greenberg
2B - 1965 Topps Joe Morgan
3B - 1975 Topps George Brett
SS - 1979 OPC Ozzie Smith
OF - 1954 Topps Hank Aaron
OF - 1957 Topps Frank Robinson
OF - 1969 Topps Reggie Jackson
P - 1972 Topps JR Richard

I know my pitcher looks like he doesn't belong, but I'm a big fan of his. Plus I sold my Koufax so my only other pre-1980 pitcher RCs are Eck, Sutter, and Blyleven.

[hcv123]

No right or wrong here. Not even anything to debate. Just another angle on sharing personal preference of card collecting - can be, but doesn't have to be cards you own. Overlap, no overlap -doesn't matter -what are/ would be your picks?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Maybe these with Ted as DH.

[SAllen2556]

These, for me, were ones that I thought, artistically, just....wow! Not necessarily the best player or the most expensive card, just cards that have really caught my eye over the years. (I shall own that e95 Cobb someday!)

Starter: Walter Johnson t206 portrait
Catcher: 1953 Bowman color Roy Campanella
First Base: 1888 Goodwin Dan Brouthers
Second Base: 1933 Goudey Charlie Gehringer
Shortstop: t206 Wagner
Third Base: 1935 Diamond Stars Stan Hack
Right Field: 1972 Topps Roberto Clemente
Center Field: E95 Ty Cobb
Left Field: 1974 Topps Pete Rose

Runner up is '34 Goudey Greenberg

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[egri]

For me:

Outfield:
1941 Play Ball Ted Williams
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
T206 Tris Speaker

3B-1952 Topps Eddie Mathews

SS-T206 Honus Wagner

2B-1953 Topps Jackie Robinson

1B-1933 Goudey Jimmie Foxx

P-1968 Topps Nolan Ryan

C-1949 Bowman Roy Campanella

[nat]

This is a fun idea. I'm going to go with cards that are actually in my collection. (Otherwise we're going to get a lot of 34 Gehrigs at 1B.)

P - 1953 Topps Satchel Page
C - 1935 Diamond Star Mickey Cochrane
1B - 1975/76 Calbee Sadaharu Oh
2B - T206 Nap Lajoie
3B - JCM 54 Shigeo Nagashima
SS - 1933 DeLong Rabbit Maranville
LF - 1985 Topps Rickey Henderson
CF - Salutations Exhibit Joe DiMaggio
RF - T206 Fred Clarke

--Bench--
P - 1888 Allen & Ginter John Clarkson
1B - 1934 Goudey Jimmie Foxx
1B - 1952 Topps Johnny Mize