My All Stars Baseball Team!!!

[Shurnuff]

This would be my All Star Baseball Team. You can agree and or disagree or come up with your own All Star Baseball Team.

1st base
Lou Gehrig
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.340 2164 8001 1888 2721 493 1995 102
SLG
.632

(very close call with Eddie Murry)


2nd base
Joe Morgan
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.271 2649 9277 1650 2517 268 1133 689
SLG
.427

(2nd Ryne Sanberg)


3rd baseman
Mike Schmidt
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.267 2404 8352 1506 2234 548 1595 174
SLG
.527

(2nd George Brett)



Shortstop
Ozzie Smith
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.262 2573 9396 1257 2460 28 793 580
SLG
.328

(2nd Erine Banks)



Catcher
Johnny Bench
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.267 2158 7658 1091 2048 389 1376 68
SLG
.476

2nd Carlton Fisk)



Outfielders


Willie Mays
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.302 2992 10881 2062 3283 660 1903 338
SLG
.557

Hank Aaron
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.305 3298 12364 2174 3771 755 2297 240
SLG
.555

Mickey Mantle
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB
.298 2401 8102 1677 2415 536 1509 153
SLG
.557

(2nd Babe Ruth, Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, the outfielder were the very hard to pick from it is very loaded with talent)


Starting Left Handed Pitcher
Sandy Koufax
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.76 165 87 .655 397 2325.0 2396 817

(2nd Steve Carlton)



Starting Right Handed Pitcher
Bob Gibson
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.91 251 174 .591 528 3885.0 3117 1336 2

(2nd Tom Seaver)



Relief Pitcher
Lee Smith
G GS Wins Losses ERA GF SV IP
1022 66 71 92 3.03 802 478 1289.3
Hits ER HR BB K WHIP
1133 434 89 486 1251 1.256

(2nd Rollie Fingers)


My All Star Team will win at least 130 to 140 games per year!!!

 

[jdog23]

SO no Barry Bonds

 

[Shurnuff]

SO no Barry Bonds

NO

 

[Blunt]

WTF??? Eddie Murray??? Carleton Fisk??? Mantle over Ruth?? Lee Smith???

 

[Mo-Better]

This list seems more like a popularity list than an All-Star list. Not sayiing these aren't legitimate All-Stars but....

As much as I enjoyed watching Ozzie Smith his 267 batting average disqualifies him. How can you pick Ozzie Smith over Derek Jeter? Jeter has a lifetime 317 batting average.

I'm not going to pick this list apart but you need to rethink this list.

 

[doggish_098]

Bonds needs to mentioned with any all time great team. With or without the roids he was one of the best.

When you think about catchers you may not think it now but the Molina brothers are up there among the best.

 

[Blunt]

SO no Barry Bonds

Ted Williams trumps him.

 

[SlimNGifted]

This list seems more like a popularity list than an All-Star list. Not sayiing these aren't legitimate All-Stars but....

As much as I enjoyed watching Ozzie Smith his 267 batting average disqualifies him. How can you pick Ozzie Smith over Derek Jeter? Jeter has a lifetime 317 batting average.

I'm not going to pick this list apart but you need to rethink this list.

When putting together a complete team, you have to consider defense and defensively Ozzie Smith has no equal at his position. If it was all about offensive stats only, Jeter still wouldn't get the nod at SS, you'd have to give it to Honus Wagner and A-Rod before Jeter.

For the same reasons regarding putting a complete team on the field, I'd have to find a way to get Rickey Henderson on my squad leading off.

 

[Blunt]

When putting together a complete team, you have to consider defense and defensively Ozzie Smith has no equal at his position. If it was all about offensive stats only, Jeter still wouldn't get the nod at SS, you'd have to give it to Honus Wagner and A-Rod before Jeter.

Offense trumps defense. Smith was way too weak offensively (though he did improve considerably) to make anything but an all-time all-FIELDING team.

For the same reasons regarding putting a complete team on the field, I'd have to find a way to get Rickey Henderson on my squad leading off.

There's no room for Henderson in an all-time outfield already filled with the greatest players in history. Pinch-runner, maybe.

 

[SlimNGifted]

Offense trumps defense. Smith was way too weak offensively (though he did improve considerably) to make anything but an all-time all-FIELDING team.



There's no room for Henderson in an all-time outfield already filled with the greatest players in history. Pinch-runner, maybe.

Offense trumps defense? OK, we'll explain that to teams that won World Series without having the most potent offenses....

 

[Mo-Better]

When putting together a complete team, you have to consider defense and defensively Ozzie Smith has no equal at his position. If it was all about offensive stats only, Jeter still wouldn't get the nod at SS, you'd have to give it to Honus Wagner and A-Rod before Jeter.

For the same reasons regarding putting a complete team on the field, I'd have to find a way to get Rickey Henderson on my squad leading off.

I'm not questioning Smith's ability to make a play at his position. But an all-star has to deliver both on the field and in the batters box. If I'm pitching the 267 don't concern me the way a 317 would. Plus Jeter has a history of delivering in the biggest games.

 

[THUG_NASTY_305]

 

[Blunt]

Offense trumps defense? OK, we'll explain that to teams that won World Series without having the most potent offenses....

Very few, if any, have. Don't confuse defense with pitching.

Bottom line is that an individual player's offense has a far greater impact on the outcome of games day-by-day than his defense does. Carrying a solely defensive player is a luxury that only otherwise solid offensive teams can afford.

 

[jdc12]

Outside of your 2b, ss, outfield, and pitching staff I think that's a pretty good team you got there.

 

[SamSneed]

pitcher i have to go with the ryan express

 

[doggish_098]

Outside of your 2b, ss, outfield, and pitching staff I think that's a pretty good team you got there.

who would you pick over Gibson? He had the best era for a year in baseball history and he wasn't afraid of anyone he faced on the mound.

 

[Blunt]

who would you pick over Gibson? He had the best era for a year in baseball history and he wasn't afraid of anyone he faced on the mound.

Actually, Pedro Martinez in 2000 (at the height of the offensive era) had arguably the best pitching year of all time. His ERA was over 3.0 runs lower than the league average, and he set the record for the lowest Batting Average Against (.167).

Gibson's amazing year in 1968 came at a time when ALL pitching was ridiculous. (Gibson's record setting ERA was just 1.87 runs lower than the average.) They changed the rules the next year to give hitters a shot. The years 1963-1968 were insane for pitchers.

 

[doug777]

I'll take Yogi Berra over Bench.

 

[SlimNGifted]

Very few, if any, have. Don't confuse defense with pitching.

Bottom line is that an individual player's offense has a far greater impact on the outcome of games day-by-day than his defense does. Carrying a solely defensive player is a luxury that only otherwise solid offensive teams can afford.

Exactly the point, this team ALREADY has a ton of offensive weapons in the lineup so if you can have the "luxury" of a defensive wizard (no pun intended) then you should by all means have one. Defense SAVES runs and hits that your offensive juggernaut might not be able to save -especially up the middle.

 

[jdc12]

who would you pick over Gibson? He had the best era for a year in baseball history and he wasn't afraid of anyone he faced on the mound.

Pedro and Walter Johnson I'm taking over Gibson, even though Johnson played in the whites-only era.

And Pedro in 2000 >>>> Gibson in 1968.

 

[Shurnuff]

God dammit 1am football still on I will reply on my list later

 

[Blunt]

Exactly the point, this team ALREADY has a ton of offensive weapons in the lineup so if you can have the "luxury" of a defensive wizard (no pun intended) then you should by all means have one. Defense SAVES runs and hits that your offensive juggernaut might not be able to save -especially up the middle.

Then you're not really choosing the best players at their positions, but rather players you wanna mix and match for one game?

 

[Shurnuff]

WTF??? Eddie Murray??? Carleton Fisk??? Mantle over Ruth?? Lee Smith???

Yeah and????...................

 

[Shurnuff]

 

[Acur]

No Mr. October?

 

[Shurnuff]

No Mr. October?

Nope He maybe on my bench as a third stringer!!!!!