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Who is on your all-time team for your favorite MLB team in your lifetime?

C- Johnny Bench
1B-Joey Votto
2B-Joe Morgan
SS-Barry Larkin
3B-Pete Rose
LF-George Foster
CF-Eric Davis
RF-Ken Griffey Sr.
SP-Tom Seaver
RP-Aroldis Chapman

I like your list. Votto vs. Tony Perez is a tough choice.
Seaver for right handed pitcher (although the Reds never won a pennant with him in Cincinnati)
Don Gullet for left handed pitcher.
John Franco for LH relief pitcher.
 
I like your list. Votto vs. Tony Perez is a tough choice.
Seaver for right handed pitcher (although the Reds never won a pennant with him in Cincinnati)
Don Gullet for left handed pitcher.
John Franco for LH relief pitcher.

No problem taking Franco over Chapman. He was pretty automatic in his heyday as well.
 
Phillies:
1b Ryan Howard
2b Chase Utley
SS Jimmy Rollins
3b Michael Jack Schmidt
C Carlos Chooch Ruiz
LF Chuck Klein
CF Richie Ashburn
RF Bobby Abreu
RHP Curt Schilling
LHP Steve Carlton
Reliever Brad Lidge
Manager Dallas Green
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I'd definitely put John Callison ahead of Abreu in right and Jim Bunning ahead of Schilling as the RHP.
 
As a kid growing up and coming of age in the early 70's, I had two pennants on the wall in my room: Phillies and Red Sox. For whatever reason, the BoSox stuck and the sillies fell by the wayside (may have been that awful, generic Vet stadium back in the day- I ran around on it and it was like concrete!)

Anyway, I digress. here are the players I remember from roughly the early 70's on...

Pitcher: Pedro Martinez. That 1999 year was simply incredible.
Catcher: Carlton Fisk. As important as Varitek was to the team recently, Fisk gets the nod.
1b: After considering Mo Vaughn, had to go with Yaz
2b: No contest for me here, Dustin Pedroia
ss: Nomar. couldn't really think of anyone to compete here...
3b: Wade Boggs. great pure hitter- and not a bad fielder either
LF: Jim Rice. thought about Manny, but he was a bit too much of a head case. Rice was
simply awesome.
CF: Fred Lynn. here's another difficult choice for me as Ellsbury was/is damn good
RF: Dewy Evans. No contest.
DH: David Ortiz. Ditto no contest. Simply great clutch hitter
Closer: Jonathan Pappelbon. Lots of good ones, Including the guy who ended up at
Oakland (name escapes me), but Pap helped them end "the curse".
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How can you have an all time Red Sox team without the greatest hitter ever?
 
How can you have an all time Red Sox team without the greatest hitter ever?

If you go back to the original question, John asked that we name our picks for the greatest during our lifetime as fans. I began watching in the early to mid 70's. Never got to see Williams play. And, IMHO, he is in fact the greatest hitter ever.
 
I posed the question in your lifetime, because some positions on teams would be obvious.

Such as Honus Wagner SS Pgh, Pie Traynor 3B Pgh, Babe Ruth RF NYY, Ted Williams Bost, etc.
 
My team is the Phillies--and I like the caveat that it has to be within one's lifetime. I'll try to go further and stick with guys I actually saw at a game.

1b Ryan Howard
2b Utley
3b Michael Jack Schmidt (maybe the best I ever say play)
SS Rollins/Bowa (hard for me to pick here)
C Boone
OF (I'll go with three here, rather than being specific about R/L/C)
John Callison
Garry Maddox
The Bull (but points to Dykstra)

P
Lefty
Cole Hamels
(but a mention of Doc, as he's one of only two with a post season no no)
Not sure I saw Bunning live (throwing out the first pitch Opening Day does not count, IMHO), or he would be on the list.

RP
Tug
Lidge

Bench
Cookie Rojas
Tony Taylor (winning run, as I recall, in The Last Game at Connie Mack, which I attended).

MGR

Probably Green--but Cholly did take the Phils to 5 straight post-seasons.
 
I like your list. Votto vs. Tony Perez is a tough choice.
Seaver for right handed pitcher (although the Reds never won a pennant with him in Cincinnati)
Don Gullet for left handed pitcher.
John Franco for LH relief pitcher.

The Reds have never really been known for pitching. But watching Chapman was fun the past few years (I'm a Phils Phan but my closest MLB team is Cincy, by a nose)
 
1B- Keith Hernandez
2B-Wally Backman
SS-Bud Harrelson
3B-David Wright
LF-Cleon Jones
CF-Carlos Beltran
RF-Darryl Strawberry
C-Jerry Grote
SPR-G. Thomas Seaver
SPL-Jerry Koosman
RP-Tug McGraw
RP-John Franco

There are a lot of great players I left off here but I refuse to stick one of them on as a DH because that little league league uses it.
 
Phillies:
1b Ryan Howard
2b Chase Utley
SS Jimmy Rollins
3b Michael Jack Schmidt
C Carlos Chooch Ruiz
LF Chuck Klein
CF Richie Ashburn
RF Bobby Abreu
RHP Curt Schilling
LHP Steve Carlton
Reliever Brad Lidge
Manager Dallas Green
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Good list. Chuck Klein did not play in my lifetime. He retired in 1944. Richie Ashburn's last year with the Phil's was 1959, the year before I was born.
 
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I didn't follow the rules but if I substituted for Klein it would be either Luzinski, Burrell, or Werth
I would definitely go with "The Bull," if we weren't such a horrendous outfielder. That really is a toss up between those three guys.
 
As a kid growing up and coming of age in the early 70's, I had two pennants on the wall in my room: Phillies and Red Sox. For whatever reason, the BoSox stuck and the sillies fell by the wayside (may have been that awful, generic Vet stadium back in the day- I ran around on it and it was like concrete!)

Anyway, I digress. here are the players I remember from roughly the early 70's on...

Pitcher: Pedro Martinez. That 1999 year was simply incredible.
Catcher: Carlton Fisk. As important as Varitek was to the team recently, Fisk gets the nod.
1b: After considering Mo Vaughn, had to go with Yaz
2b: No contest for me here, Dustin Pedroia
ss: Nomar. couldn't really think of anyone to compete here...
3b: Wade Boggs. great pure hitter- and not a bad fielder either
LF: Jim Rice. thought about Manny, but he was a bit too much of a head case. Rice was
simply awesome.
CF: Fred Lynn. here's another difficult choice for me as Ellsbury was/is damn good
RF: Dewy Evans. No contest.
DH: David Ortiz. Ditto no contest. Simply great clutch hitter
Closer: Jonathan Pappelbon. Lots of good ones, Including the guy who ended up at
Oakland (name escapes me), but Pap helped them end "the curse".
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Red Sox

Some Red Sox greats:

LF - Ted Williams , Jim Rice, Carl Yastremski
CF - Jimmy Persiaw (sp) , Dom Damagio
RF - Jackie Jensen, Dwight Evans
3rd - Frank Malzone
SS - Rico Petroselli
2nd - Bill Goodman,
1st - Vern Stevens, Big Poppy
C - Carlton "Pugh" Fisk
P - Rocket Roger Clemons,
 
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Red Sox

Some Red Sox greats:

LF - Ted Williams , Jim Rice, Carl Yastremski
CF - Jimmy Persiaw (sp) , Dom Damagio
RF - Jackie Jensen, Dwight Evans, Tony Conigliaro
3rd - Frank Malzone
SS - Rico Petroselli
2nd - Bill Goodman,
1st - Vern Stevens, Big Poppy
C - Carlton "Pugh" Fisk
P - Rocket Roger Clemons,


LF Williams, Yaz and Rice
CF: Domaggio and Fred Lynn
Jimmy Piersall doesn't make this team
RF: Evans, Jensen, Mike Greenwell
3b: Wade Boggs, Rico Petrocelli, Malzone
SS: Nomar Garciaparra, Rick Burleson
2B: Bobby Doerr (HOF) Jerry Remmy, Goodman
1b: Jimmy Foxx, Mo Vaughn (Vern Stephens was not a first baseman)
C: Jason Veritek, Fisk
RP: Pedro Martinez, Clemons
LP: Mel Parnell
DH: David Ortiz
 
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Since we’re in a down period for sports to me until March Madness, I got to thinking about baseball.

Many can recite the greatest players ever for their teams, like Honus Wagner being the Pirates all-time shortstop and Pie Traynor being the third baseman. What I’m looking for is what would be your all-time team for your favorite team in YOUR lifetime as a fan. I know we have Phillies, Orioles, Yankees, Mets and even Red Sox fans in here. Some of those teams should be very, very good.

Now I haven’t consulted any statistics. This is strictly from my eye test, and I know from waking up in the morning to some females that my eyes have deceived me. God bless the person who invented make-up, but I digress.

For those of you who consult WAR and all those statistics, that’s fine, but let me state this, whatever Wally Pipp’s WAR was, was INCREDIBLY WRONG because Pipp’s replacement was none other than Lou Gehrig, maybe the greatest first baseman of all-time. So there’s no convincing me WAR is accurate because how does anyone know how good any replacement will be?

Now keep in mind this includes over 20 consecutive losing seasons of Pirates baseball so my selections were talently challenged. There are probably some good players I just can't think of at the moment too.

Catcher – The Panamanian Road Runner, Manny Sanguillen. Sanguillen was for a number of years the second best catcher in the National League. The best just happened to be the best catcher in the history of the game in Johnny Bench. Honorable Mention: Jason Kendall

First Base – Pops, the Captain, Wilver Dornell Stargell. If it weren’t for Stargell, the options are not great: Sid Bream, Jason Thompson.

Second Base – Had I been born five years earlier, this would be clearly Bill Mazeroski, the king of the double play. I loved watching Dave Cash and hated to see him go to the Phillies, but my pick would be his replacement, Rennie Stennett. Before injuring his leg, he was coming into his own and hitting .336 only points behind his teammate Dave Parker in the batting race. He was never the same after that.

There have been some other good second basemen: Jose Lind, Phil Garner and Neil Walker, but I think Walker defensively is more of a product of analytic field positioning.

Shortstop – Gene Alley might be the choice here were I older but I’m going to go with Jumpin Jack Wilson over Jay Bell and Tim Foli. As you can see, shortstop hasn’t been a position of great strength for the Pirates.

Third Base – Bill Madlock. A two-time batting champion with the Pirates, the Mad Dog was solid. Honorable Mention: Bonilla, Hebner and not sure if Freddie Sanchez should be considered a 3B or a 2B. Would of loved if Alvarez would of become this pick.

Left field – The pre-steroids Barry Bonds.

Center field – Andrew McCutchen – far more bat than Van Slyke or the antelope, Omar Moreno.

Right field – the Great One, Roberto Clemente, over Dave Parker.

RHP – This may become Garrett Cole but for now my choice is Doug Drabek in a close call over Bert “be home” Blyleven.

LHP – Liriano over Candelaria. Perhaps if I were a bit older Bob Veale might be my choice.

RP – Going to go with Kent Tekulve over Dave Giusti.
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Mgr – The Irishman, Danny Murtaugh.

So what would be your favorite team’s starting lineup in your lifetime?
FIRST BASE------Ryan Howard/Pete Rose
SECOND BASE--Chase Utley
SHORTSTOP-----Jimmy Rollins
THIRD BASE-----Michael Jack Schmidt
CATCHER---------Carlos Ruiz
LEFT FIELD-------Greg Luzinski
CENTER FIELD--Garry Maddox
RIGHT FIELDER- Jayson Werth/Bake McBride
RHP-----------------Robin Roberts/Curt Schilling
LHP------------------Steve Carlton
CLOSER------------Brad Lidge/Tug McGraw
 
Phillies:
1b Ryan Howard
2b Chase Utley
SS Jimmy Rollins
3b Michael Jack Schmidt
C Carlos Chooch Ruiz
LF Chuck Klein
CF Richie Ashburn
RF Bobby Abreu
RHP Curt Schilling
LHP Steve Carlton
Reliever Brad Lidge
Manager Dallas Green
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Good list but
the op stated in your lifetime Klein probably wouldn't be on your list and probably not Ashburn

For me it was either the Red sox or the Phils. The sox lineup from earlier pretty much nailed it thank god for Yaz playing 1b later in his career but you can flop Oritz and Yaz in 1B/Dh.

Tough between Pedro and Clemens and I think the poster was referring to Eckersley as the closer but he really didn't close till he got with the A's. But that was pretty spot on. Evans over Greenwell easy. Pedroia over Barrett easy. Aparacio Petrocelli maybe if I was older but its Nomar. Boggs no brainer. Lynn for sure its really Rice or Manny tough to call so since I met Jim Rice I will go with him.

but for the phils

Cant say much for LF or CF Probably the BULL and Maddox. And would have to go with Boone at C. Maybe the best defensive catcher ever couldn't hit though. Slightly before me Tony Gonzo was a favorite but Maddox was probably better. You also have Burrell in left but isn't he just the BULL redux??

1B would have to Howard as I was a bit later than Richie Allen, but Allen is the best Phils 1Bman all time. Rose didn't play enough years but I would give Thome a consideration.
 
Boone hit 254 lifetime, which isn't too bad (better than Clay Dalrymple, that's for sure). Fisk only hit 269 lifetime and Carter 262.
 
Boone hit 254 lifetime, which isn't too bad (better than Clay Dalrymple, that's for sure). Fisk only hit 269 lifetime and Carter 262.
Funny you mention Clay Dalrymple. My father took me (7 years old) and my little sister on the train from Trenton to Shea to see the Phils play the Mets (hat day - Mets hat, but still) on Sept. 29, 1968. Clay Dalrymple hit a home that day. My hero, Richie Allen, hit 3 consecutive bombs. Even the Mets fans gave him an ovation. My story has the same feel as the second testimonial below, except that he was 6 and I was 7. I will never forget that last homer, as described below, and the feeling I had watching that thing fly out of the park. I can remember my father laughing.

From the Mets DB:

LINK: Mets/Phillies

September 29, 1968 Shea Stadium
Philadelphia Phillies 10, Mets 3
Glenn Don
August 31, 2002

I was at this game. Richie Allen hit three home runs all to different fields in an awsome display of power! I got a hat because it was fan appreciation day!
Howard S.
September 4, 2002


I was 6 years old, a Phillies fan and Richie Allen was my favorite player. Richie Allen hit 3 consecutive home runs including a grand slam with 2 out in the 9th inning. He drove in 7 runs in the Phillies 10-3 win. It was the only game I ever saw him play in person, and it was the only game in his career where he hit 3 home runs.
Dean H.
June 28, 2006


I was sitting behind 3rd base about 25 rows up when I saw Richie Allen hit 3 consecutive home runs, including a grand slam off of Ron Taylor, who had just entered the game. The ball went about halfway up the light pole in left center field. It was the longest home run I've ever seen at Shea in the 41 years I've been going there! The crowd was absolutely stunned! We were actually applauding Allen's effort as he was rounding 3rd base.
 
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Boone hit 254 lifetime, which isn't too bad (better than Clay Dalrymple, that's for sure). Fisk only hit 269 lifetime and Carter 262.
yeah but those two actually had the slugging to backup their defense or the other way around the defense to back up their slugging
 
Boone: 105 HR 826 RBI .346 Slugging--Fielding .986
Fisk: 370 HR 1330 RBI .457 Slugging--Fielding .988
Carter: 324 HR 1225 RBI .439 Slugging--Fielding .991

So the point is made.
Would like to see their WAR values.

Still, Fisk might not be that famous were it not for the HR in 1975....
 
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