Dream Team

[triwak]

With the All-Star game approaching, thought I would start the periodic discussion of the best-of-the-best. A couple of rules: 1) A strict limit of 25 players. 2) All fielding positions must be represented at least once. I have also limited my team to HOF'ers, but that's just me. Let the arguments ensue!

C - Josh Gibson
C - Johnny Bench
1B - Lou Gehrig
1B/LF - Stan Musial
2B - Rogers Hornsby
2B/3B - Jackie Robinson
SS - Honus Wagner
3B - George Brett
CF - Ty Cobb
CF - Joe DiMaggio
CF - Mickey Mantle
CF - Willie Mays
LF - Ted Williams
RF - Babe Ruth
RF - Hank Aaron
RHP - Cy Young
RHP - Christy Mathewson
RHP - Grover Cleveland Alexander
RHP - Walter Johnson
RHP - Bob Feller
RHP - Satchel Paige
RHP - Bob Gibson
RHP - Nolan Ryan
LHP - Lefty Grove
LHP - Sandy Koufax

[milkit1]

Catcher johnny kling
1st base - hal chase frank chance
2nd- johnny evers and larry lajoie
SS - wagner and maranville
3rd- jimmy collins
Lf- duffy lewis
Cf- tris speaker
Rf- willie keeler
Pitching - mordecai brown and ed walsh
Relief - doc crandall and ed plank

[sgbernard]

I'll play along! I do an all time, and a more pre-war oriented for the sake of the board:

All Time

Starting Lineup batting order:


2B Nap Lajoie
SS Honus Wagner
LF Ted Williams
RF Babe Ruth
1B Jimmie Foxx
CF Willie Mays
3B Mike Schmidt
C Johnny Bench
SP Christy Mathewson

Bench:

C Josh Gibson
1B Lou Gehrig
1B Hank Greenberg
2B Rogers Hornsby
SS Pre-Roid A-Rod
3B Brooks Robinson
LF Stan Musial
CF Ty Cobb
CF Joe Dimaggio
RF Hank Aaron
RF Bobby Clemente
LHP Lefty Grove
RHP Greg Maddux
LHP Walter Johnson
RHP Bob Gibson
Relief: Dennis Eckersley


Pre War (mostly WWI, that is):

CF Ty Cobb
3B Jimmy Collins
2B Nap Lajoie
LF Ed Delahanty
SS Honus Wagner
1B Hal Chase
RF King Kelly
C Buck Ewing
SP Christy Mathewson

Bench:
C Roger Bresnahan
1B Dan Brouthers
1B Frank Chance
2B Eddie Collins
3B Willie Keeler
SS Hughie Jennings
LF Jesse Burkett
OF Tris Speaker
OF Joe Jackson
RHP Amos Rusie
RHP Walter Johnson
RHP Cy Young
RHP Mordecai Brown
RHP Kid Nichols
RHP Pete Alexander
LHP Eddie Plank

[Mikehealer]

C-Johnny Bench
1B-Lou Gehrig
2B-Nap Lajoie
3B-George Brett
SS-Honus Wagner
RF-Babe Ruth
CF-Ty Cobb
LF-Stan Musial
RHP-Tom Seaver
LHP-Sandy Koufax

Reserves(position player)
Mickey Mantle
Tris Speaker
Robin Yount

Reserves(pitchers)
Walter Johnson
Steve Carlton

[asoriano]

C - Roy Campanella
1B - George Sisler
2B - Nap Lajoie
SS - Cal Ripken, Jr.
3B - Chipper Jones
CF - Tris Speaker
LF - Ed Delahanty
RF - Roberto Clemente
RHP - Christy Mathewson
LHP - Eddie Plank
Relief: Mariano Rivera / Bruce Sutter

[mebeckwith]

C- Johnny Bench
1B- Lou Gehrig
2B- Joe Morgan
SS- Honus Wagner
3B- Mike Schmidt
LF- Ted Williams
CF- Willie Mays
RF- Babe Ruth


Rotation:
Walter Johnson
Lefty Grove
Tom Seaver
Randy Johnson
Bob Feller

Closer:
Mariano Rivera

[prewarsports]

I dont have much to add, but to me the easiest argument in sports is who is the best pitcher ever. Walter Johnson is so far ahead of everyone else on a list like this that any argument you use to justify someone else could be used to further Johnsons credentials because if he had been on a good team he would have won 500+ games with only around 125 losses. The guy was simply on a level that nobody else has come close to regardless of time period.

[pitchernut]

STARTERS
C. Ivan Rodriguez
1st. Kieth Hernandez
2nd. Roberto Alomar
SS. Ozzie Smith
3rd. Brooks Robinson
OF. Robert Clemente
OF. Ted Williams
OF. Stan Musial
Starting Pitcher
Randy Johnson

DUGOUT
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Frank Robinson
Hank Greenberg
Lou Gehrig
Roger Hornsby

BULL PEN
Satchell Paige
Warren Spahn
Bob Gibson
Jim Palmer
Whitey Ford

CLOSER
Hoyt Wilhelm

[Butch7999]

Yogi! Where's the love?

C Berra, Bench
1B Gehrig, Foxx
2B Hornsby, Lajoie
SS Wagner, Appling
3B Schmidt, Brett
OF Williams, Cobb
OF Mays, Speaker
OF Ruth, Aaron
RP Walter Johnson, Gibson, Mathewson, Alexander
LP Grove, Spahn
rp Wilhelm, Gossage, Rivera

Give us five more to call up from AAA for injuries: Musial, Mantle, Frank Robinson, and Koufax and Seaver.

[Hal Kaplan]

C Yogi Berra, Josh Gibson
1B Buck O'Neil, Lou Gehrig
2B Jackie Robinson, Rogers Hornsby
3B Brooks Robinson
SS Honus Wagner, Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith, Luis Aparicio
LF Ted Williams, Stan Musial
CF Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle
RF Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente
LHP Warren Spahn, Sandy Koufax
RHP Christy Mathewson, Satchel Paige
RP Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Hoyt Wilhelm