Official 8th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[Pwnasaurus]

We are pleased to present the all-time draft - Baseball Edition.

Essentially, the game will follow the same well-refined format as the hockey all-time draft. It is designed primarily as a fun competition, but of greater importance is to honor the history of baseball and the players that have shaped the game, from the early beginnings to the present day.
The format is quite simple. A drafting order will be randomly generated. This draft order will reverse every second round (snake draft).

Each team will draft a complete roster, with a total of 25 players and one manager (grand total of 26 draft picks). Each team should have a starter at each position (1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CF, RF, LF, C), as well as a full starting rotation of 5 and a closer. There will also be no DH included within the rosters.


Your goal is to assemble the best possible roster, choosing from any player who has ever played baseball, at any level, anywhere in the world. At the conclusion of the draft, regular season voting will be conducted by your peers in the draft (possibly others, such as spectators who happen to follow the draft and participate in discussion). From these voting results we will determine our regular season standings, and then the playoffs begin!

I'll split the draft into 2 leagues, then playoffs will behave in this fashion after regular season concludes.

Playoff Format

Each playoff round will last a week for discussion of the matchups and for each team to state its case, at which point more votes are taken. In this case you vote for the winner of the series and how many games it will take. This continues until we have determined our champion.

Rules
1. NEVER mention an undrafted player. It is poor etiquette. If quoting a source about a player you’re drafting, simply substitute the undrafted player with XXXX XXXX.

2. The time limit changes throughout the draft. This will be how it runs:

Round 1-2: 24 Hour Time Limit
Round 3-7: 12 Hour Time Limit
Round 8-21: 8 Hour Time Limit
Round 22-26: 4 Hour Time Limit

If you are not sure whether you will be available to make your pick within the allotted time, please send a list of players to someone who will be there for that time. This way the draft can progress nicely.

3. You MUST send a private message to the next GM to alert them that it is their turn. This is mandatory and it is crucial to the draft going smoothly. You should also change your board preferences so that you receive an email when you receive a PM. Many have found that this ensures that when it's your turn, you know as soon as possible.

4. Please be advised that it is MANDATORY to vote if you expect to participate in the next All-Time Draft. Put some effort into it. It's only fair that the best team wins. You can make your votes based on whatever criteria are important to you, but we are all expected to have an open mind and listen to the arguments for why each roster is better.

5. The draft is 26 rounds long. Each team will make 26 picks with one player at each position and one manager alongside extra bench players.

6. Trades are allowed, but are certainly not essential to winning or doing better. You can trade a player you've already drafted, as well as future picks. Trading conversations are always held via PM, but you may announce that you are shopping a pick or looking to move up/down to get the attention of other GMs. You must always trade one asset for another asset. (or 2 for 2, or 3 for 3, etc) (no 2-for-1 or 3-for-2 deals or else you wouldn't end up with 26 picks)

7. When making a pick, you should be posting at least three lines about the player. This can be in your own words or copied and pasted from a cited source. This is done for a couple of reasons: 1) To prove that you know something about him/have researched him. 2) To show the other GMs why this is a good pick.

8. DO NOT MENTION UNDRAFTED PLAYERS.

Co-Gm's are allowed and encouraged if you dont have as much knowledge of baseball. No more than 2 GM's to a team though.

If you select a player who played most of his career at lets say 1B but played for 2 years at LF, and choose him to play left field. You can draft him at both...however...this will downgrade the players ability. Its a risk that you can make but you have a better chance of winning if you have everyone at there natural position.

You will need to have atleast 1 Manager, 1 C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 1 LF, 1 CF, 1 RF, 5 SP, 3 RP including 1 closer. And again like the position players, if you move a reliever to a starter or vice versa, then that will affect how effective your player will be. NO DH

FOR PLAYOFFS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT VOTING IS DONE REGULARLY and if you want to stay for another Baseball ATD then it is a good idea to vote because it will give us the mindset that you care about the draft and not just your team.


Winner/Runnerup
1st Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/BintZ (New York Mets)
2nd Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/Chaosrevolver (Brooklyn Dodgers)
3rd Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/Ranger Wolf (New York Highlanders)
4th Edition: Chaosrevolver (Chicago Cubs)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)
5th Edition: UL Washington (Brooklyn Superbas)/Pwnasaurus (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
6th Edition: Gootie (Chicago Whales)/Modo (Yomiuri Giants)
7th Edition: UL Washington (Chicago Orphans)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)
8th Edition: Darko (New York Yankees)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)

The Teams

1. Fish on The Sand - Cleveland Indians (American League)
2. JaysCyYoung - Toronto Maple Leafs (American League)
3. papershoes/Wrigley - Kansas City Athletics (American League)
4. Porn*/GIN ANTONIC - Toronto BJs (American League)
5. UL Washington - Brooklyn Bridegrooms (American League)
6. Darko - New York Yankees (American League)
7. bluesfan94 - St. Louis Stars (National League)
8. td_ice - Pittsburgh Pirates (National League)
9. 87and71 - Pittsburgh Porters (National League)
10. Gootie - Chicago Whales (American League)
11. Modo - Sioux City Cornhuskers (National League)
12. Pwnasaurus - St. Louis Cardinals (National League)
13. DisgruntledHawkFan - Montgomery Biscuits (National League)
14. ryan callahan - San Francisco Giants (National League)
15. GarbageGoal - Providence Steamrollers (American League)
16. Old Man Willie - Brooklyn Robins (National League)
17. Shawked - Chicago Black Sox (American League)
18. Winger For Hire - Homestead Grays (National League)
19. Vegeta - Detroit Tigers (American League)
20. le_sean - Montreal Royals (National League)

Round 1

1. Cleveland Indians - Babe Ruth - OF
2. Toronto Maple Leafs - Willie Mays - OF
3. Kansas City Athletics - Walter Johnson - SP
4. Toronto BJs - Ted Williams - OF
5. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Lefty Grove - SP
6. New York Yankees - Barry Bonds - OF
7. St. Louis Stars - Josh Gibson - C
8. Pittsburgh Pirates - Lou Gehrig - 1B
9. Pittsburgh Porters - Honus Wagner - SS
10. Chicago Whales - Ty Cobb - OF
11. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Sandy Koufax - SP
12. St. Louis Cardinals - Rogers Hornsby - 2B
13. Montgomery Biscuits - Christy Mathewson - SP
14. San Francisco Giants - Cy Young - SP
15. Providence Steamrollers - Hank Aaron - OF
16. Brooklyn Robins - Randy Johnson - SP
17. Chicago Black Sox - Roger Clemens - SP
18. St. Louis Stars - Grover Cleveland Alexander - SP
19. Pittsburgh Porters - Stan Musial - OF/1B
20. Montreal Royals - Tris Speaker - OF

Round 2

21. Montreal Royals - Satchel Paige - SP
22. Detroit Tigers - Alex Rodriguez - SS/3B
23. Homestead Grays - Eddie Collins - 2B
24. Chicago Black Sox - Mickey Mantle - OF
25. Homestead Grays - Rickey Henderson - OF
26. Providence Steamrollers - Nap Lajoie - 2B
27. San Francisco Giants - Tom Seaver - SP
28. Montgomery Biscuits - Mike Schmidt - 3B
29. St. Louis Cardinals - Bob Gibson - SP
30. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Ken Griffey Jr - OF
31. Chicago Whales - Greg Maddux - SP
32. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Pedro Martinez - SP
33. Pittsburgh Pirates - Warren Spahn - SP
34. Brooklyn Robins - Carl Yastrzemski - OF
35. New York Yankees - Joe DiMaggio - OF
36. Detroit Tigers - Jimmie Foxx - 1B
37. Toronto BJs - Johnny Bench - C
38. Kansas City Athletics - Eddie Mathews - 3B
39. Toronto Maple Leafs - Joe Morgan - 2B
40. Cleveland Indians - Steve Carlton - SP

Round 3

41. Cleveland Indians - Cal Ripken - SS
42. Toronto Maple Leafs - George Brett - 3B
43. Kansas City Athletics - Yogi Berra - C
44. Toronto BJs - Ernie Banks - SS
45. Detroit Tigers - Kid Nichols - SP
46. New York Yankees - Hank Greenberg - 1B
47. Brooklyn Robins - Bob Feller - SP
48. Pittsburgh Pirates - Roy Campanella - C
49. Detroit Tigers - Nolan Ryan - SP
50. Chicago Whales - Jackie Robinson - 2B
51. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Roberto Clemente - OF
52. St. Louis Cardinals - Duke Snider - OF
53. Montgomery Biscuits - Albert Pujols - 1B
54. Montreal Royals - Frank Robinson - OF
55. Providence Steamrollers - Eddie Plank - SP
56. Homestead Grays - Jim Palmer - SP
57. Chicago Black Sox - Mel Ott - OF
58. Homestead Grays - Chipper Jones - 3B/OF
59. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Miguel Cabrera - 1B/3B
60. San Francisco Giants - Whitey Ford - SP

Round 4

61. San Francisco Giants - Mickey Cochrane - C
62. Pittsburgh Porters - Joe Jackson - OF
63. St. Louis Stars - Oscar Charleston - OF
64. Chicago Black Sox - Brooks Robinson - 3B
65. Montreal Royals - Carl Hubbell - SP
66. Providence Steamrollers - Gaylord Perry - SP
67. Brooklyn Robins - Al Kaline - OF
68. Montgomery Biscuits - Tom Glavine - SP
69. Kansas City Athletics - Mike Mussina - SP
70. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Don Drysdale - SP
71. Chicago Whales - Ed Walsh - SP
72. Pittsburgh Porters - Mariano Rivera - RP
73. St. Louis Cardinals - Rube Waddell - SP
74. St. Louis Stars - Smokey Joe Williams - SP
75. New York Yankees - Mordecai Brown - SP
76. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Reggie Jackson - OF
77. Toronto BJs - Curt Schilling - SP
78. Pittsburgh Pirates - Juan Marichal - SP
79. Toronto Maple Leafs - Clayton Kershaw - SP
80. Cleveland Indians - Wade Boggs - 3B

Round 5

81. Cleveland Indians - Charlie Gehringer - 2B
82. Toronto Maple Leafs - Ferguson Jenkins - SP
83. Pittsburgh Pirates - Pop Lloyd - SS
84. Toronto BJs - John Smoltz - SP/RP
85. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Arky Vaughan - SS
86. New York Yankees - Robin Roberts - SP
87. Homestead Grays - Ivan Rodriguez - C
88. St. Louis Cardinals - Harmon Killebrew - 1B/3B
89. Detroit Tigers - Rollie Fingers - RP
90. Chicago Whales - Gary Carter - C
91. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Pete Rose - IF/OF
92. Kansas City Athletics - Jeff Bagwell - 1B
93. Montgomery Biscuits - Roberto Alomar - 2B
94. San Francisco Giants - Barry Larkin - SS
95. Providence Steamrollers - Bill Dickey - C
96. Brooklyn Robins - Cool Papa Bell - OF
97. Chicago Black Sox - Phil Niekro - SP
98. St. Louis Stars - Ryne Sandberg - 2B
99. Pittsburgh Porters - Frank Thomas - 1B
100. Montreal Royals - Johnny Mize - 1B

Round 6

101. Brooklyn Robins - Rod Carew - 2B/1B
102. Detroit Tigers - Turkey Stearnes - OF
103. Homestead Grays - Addie Joss - SP
104. Chicago Black Sox - Mike Piazza - C
105. Montreal Royals - Craig Biggio - 2B
106. Providence Steamrollers - Jim Edmonds - OF
107. San Francisco Giants - Larry Walker - OF
108. Montgomery Biscuits - Derek Jeter - SS
109. St. Louis Cardinals - Tony Gwynn - OF
110. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Manny Ramirez - OF
111. Chicago Whales - Roy Halladay - SP
112. Pittsburgh Porters - Hoyt Wilhelm - SP/RP
113. Pittsburgh Pirates - Kevin Brown - SP
114. St. Louis Stars - Luke Appling - SS
115. New York Yankees - Carlton Fisk - C
116. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Mark McGwire - 1B
117. Toronto BJs - Ichiro Suzuki - OF
118. Kansas City Athletics - Robin Yount - SS/OF
119. Toronto Maple Leafs - Harry Heilmann - OF
120. Cleveland Indians - Hal Newhouser - SP

Round 7

121. Cleveland Indians - Tim Raines - OF
122. Toronto Maple Leafs - Willie McCovey - 1B
123. Kansas City Athletics - Lou Whitaker - 2B
124. Toronto BJs - Kirby Puckett - OF
125. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Frankie Frisch - 2B
126. New York Yankees - Bert Blyleven - SP
127. Brooklyn Robins - Adrian Beltre - 3B
128. Pittsburgh Pirates - Willie Stargell - 1B/OF
129. Pittsburgh Porters - Home Run Baker - 3B
130. Chicago Whales - Ron Santo - 3B
131. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Biz Mackey - C/SS
132. St. Louis Cardinals - Al Simmons - OF
133. Montreal Royals - Dennis Eckersley - RP/SP
134. San Francisco Giants - Scott Rolen - 3B
135. Providence Steamrollers - George Sisler - 1B
136. St. Louis Stars - Tim Keefe - SP
137. Chicago Black Sox - Ozzie Smith - SS
138. Homestead Grays - Jim Thome - 1B
139. Detroit Tigers - Ralph Kiner - OF
140. Montgomery Biscuits - Billy Wagner - RP

Round 8

141. Montgomery Biscuits - John Clarkson - SP
142. Pittsburgh Pirates - Paul Molitor - 3B/2B
143. Pittsburgh Pirates - Vladimir Guerrero - OF
144. Chicago Black Sox - Don Sutton - SP
145. St. Louis Stars - Dan Brouthers - 1B
146. Providence Steamrollers - Billy Williams - OF
147. San Francisco Giants - Billy Hamilton - OF
148. Montreal Royals - Alan Trammell - SS
149. St. Louis Cardinals - Dizzy Dean - SP
150. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Dazzy Vance - SP
151. Chicago Whales - Joe Medwick - OF
152. Pittsburgh Porters - Carlos Beltran - OF
153. Homestead Grays - Cristobal Torriente - OF
154. Brooklyn Robins - Jim Bunning - SP
155. New York Yankees - George Davis - SS
156. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Goose Gossage - RP
157. Toronto BJs - Andy Pettite - SP
158. St. Louis Cardinals - Bruce Sutter - RP
159. Toronto Maple Leafs - Joe Cronin - SS
160. Cleveland Indians - Mike Trout - OF

Round 9

161. Cleveland Indians - Gabby Hartnett - C
162. Toronto Maple Leafs - Joe Mauer - C
163. Kansas City Athletics - Lefty Gomez - SP
164. Toronto BJs - Trevor Hoffman - RP
165. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Johan Santana - SP
166. New York Yankees - Lee Smith - RP
167. St. Louis Stars - Old Hoss Radbourn - SP
168. Homestead Grays - Nomar Garciaparra - SS
169. Pittsburgh Porters - Joe Gordon - 2B
170. Chicago Whales - Don Mattingly - 1B
171. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Troy Tulowitzki - SS
172. Kansas City Athletics - Lou Brock - OF
173. Montgomery Biscuits - Dan Quisenberry - RP
174. San Francisco Giants - Jeff Kent - 2B
175. Providence Steamrollers - Tom Henke - RP
176. Brooklyn Robins - Jonathan Papelbon - RP
177. Chicago Black Sox - Francisco Rodriguez - RP
178. Detroit Tigers - Robinson Cano - 2B
179. Detroit Tigers - Bret Sabrehagen - SP
180. Montreal Royals - Stan Coveleski - SP

Round 10

181. Montreal Royals - Albert Belle - OF
182. Detroit Tigers - Sammy Sosa - OF
183. Homestead Grays - Catfish Hunter - SP
184. Chicago Black Sox - Rafael Palmeiro - 1B
185. Brooklyn Robins - Chase Utley - 2B
186. Providence Steamrollers - Rick Reuschel - SP
187. San Francisco Giants - Cap Anson - 1B
188. Montgomery Biscuits - Andre Dawson - OF
189. St. Louis Cardinals - Buck Leonard - 1B
190. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Sparky Lyle - RP
191. Chicago Whales - Gary Sheffield - OF
192. Pittsburgh Porters - John Franco - RP
193. Pittsburgh Pirates - Kent Tekulve - RP
194. St. Louis Stars - Mule Suttles - OF/1B
195. New York Yankees - Bobby Grich - 2B
196. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Thurman Munson - C
197. Toronto BJs - Graig Nettles - 3B
198. Kansas City Athletics - Paul Waner - OF
199. Toronto Maple Leafs - Goose Goslin - OF
200. Cleveland Indians - Luis Tiant - SP

Round 11

201. Cleveland Indians - Troy Percival - RP
202. Toronto Maple Leafs - Eddie Murray - 1B
203. St. Louis Cardinals - King Kelly - C/OF
204. Toronto BJs - Nellie Fox - 2B
205. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Smoky Joe Wood - SP
206. New York Yankees - Felix Hernandez - SP
207. St. Louis Stars - Ed Delahanty - OF
208. Pittsburgh Pirates - Zack Greinke - SP
209. Pittsburgh Porters - Orel Hershiser - SP
210. Chicago Whales - Omar Vizquel - SS
211. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Mike Marshall - RP
212. Kansas City Athletics - Lloyd Waner - OF
213. Montgomery Biscuits - Ted Simmons - C
214. San Francisco Giants - Lance Berkman - OF/1B
215. Providence Steamrollers - Luis Aparicio - SS
216. Brooklyn Robins - Jorge Posada - C
217. Chicago Black Sox - Justin Verlander - SP
218. Homestead Grays - Nap Rucker - SP
219. Detroit Tigers - Buster Posey - C
220. Montreal Royals - Ken Boyer - 3B

Round 12

221. Montreal Royals - Jim Kaat - SP
222. Detroit Tigers - Urban Shocker - SP
223. Toronto Maple Leafs - Billy Pierce - SP
224. Chicago Black Sox - Dustin Pedroia - 2B
225. Brooklyn Robins - Chief Bender - SP
226. Providence Steamrollers - Bob Lemon - SP
227. San Francisco Giants - Adam Wainwright - SP
228. Montgomery Biscuits - Pud Galvin - SP
229. St. Louis Cardinals - Lou Boudreau - SS
230. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Roger Connor - 1B
231. Chicago Whales - David Cone - SP
232. Pittsburgh Porters - Ron Guidry - SP
233. New York Yankees - Dave Righetti - RP/SP
234. St. Louis Stars - John Donaldson - SP
235. Pittsburgh Pirates - Richie Ashburn - OF
236. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Earl Averill - OF
237. Toronto BJs - Dwight Gooden - SP
238. Kansas City Athletics - John Wetteland - RP
239. Homestead Grays - Craig Kimbrel - RP
240. Cleveland Indians - Babe Adams - SP

Round 13

241. Cleveland Indians - Sadaharu Oh - 1B
242. Homestead Grays - Aroldis Chapman - RP
243. Kansas City Athletics - Early Wynn - SP
244. Toronto BJs - Todd Helton - 1B
245. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - John Hiller - RP
246. Pittsburgh Pirates - Randy Myers - RP
247. St. Louis Stars - Martin Dihigo - IF/OF/P
248. New York Yankees - David Wright - 3B
249. Pittsburgh Porters - Armando Benitez - RP
250. Chicago Whales - Robb Nen - RP
251. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Bobby Doerr - 2B
252. St. Louis Cardinals - Red Ruffing - SP
253. Montgomery Biscuits - Dave Winfield - OF
254. San Francisco Giants - Pee Wee Reese - SS
255. Providence Steamrollers - Dick Allen - 1B/3B
256. Brooklyn Robins - Jesse Orosco - RP
257. Chicago Black Sox - Luis Gonzalez - OF
258. Toronto Maple Leafs - Joe McCarthy - MGR
259. Detroit Tigers - Edgar Martinez - 3B
260. Montreal Royals - Tug McGraw - RP

Round 14

261. Montreal Royals - Kenny Lofton - OF
262. Detroit Tigers - Madison Bumgarner - SP
263. Homestead Grays - Enos Slaughter - OF
264. Chicago Black Sox - C.C Sabathia - SP
265. Brooklyn Robins - Joe Sewell - SS
266. Providence Steamrollers - David Price - SP
267. San Francisco Giants - Wade Davis -RP
268. Montgomery Biscuits - Bernie Williams - OF
269. St. Louis Cardinals - Ron Perranoski - RP
270. Sioux City Cornhuskers - David Ortiz - 1B
271. Chicago Whales - Arthur Rhodes - RP
272. Pittsburgh Porters - Casey Stengel - MGR
273. Pittsburgh Pirates - Minnie Minoso - OF
274. St. Louis Stars - Ray Dandridge - 3B
275. New York Yankees - Joe Nathan - RP
276. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Wilbur Wood - RP/SP
277. Toronto BJs - Dale Murphy - OF
278. Kansas City Athletics - Hilton Smith - SP/RP
279. Toronto Maple Leafs - Sam Crawford - OF
280. Cleveland Indians - Tim Hudson - SP

Round 15

281. Cleveland Indians - Keith Foulke - RP
282. Toronto Maple Leafs - Tommy Bridges - SP
283. Kansas City Athletics - Greg Holland - RP
284. Toronto BJs - Sparky Anderson - MGR
285. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Zach Wheat - OF
286. New York Yankees - Eric Gagne - RP
287. Montreal Royals - Jeff Reardon - RP
288. Pittsburgh Pirates - Koji Uehara - RP
289. Pittsburgh Porters - Yadier Molina - C
290. Chicago Whales - Jason Isringhausen - RP
291. Sioux City Cornhuskers - John Candelaria - SP/RP
292. St. Louis Cardinals - Bill Terry - 1B
293. Montgomery Biscuits - Joe Torre - C/1B/3B
294. San Francisco Giants - Cole Hamels - SP
295. Providence Steamrollers - Todd Worrell - RP
296. Brooklyn Robins - Doug Jones - RP
297. Chicago Black Sox - Tony LaRussa - MGR
298. Homestead Grays - Kiki Cuyler - OF
299. Detroit Tigers - Willie Hernandez - RP
300. St. Louis Stars - Huston Street - RP

Round 16

301. St. Louis Stars - Bobby Shantz - RP
302. Detroit Tigers - B.J. Ryan - RP
303. Homestead Grays - Eddie Cicotte - SP
304. Chicago Black Sox - Brad Lidge - RP
305. Brooklyn Robins - Fred McGriff - 1B
306. Providence Steamrollers - Robin Ventura - 3B
307. San Francisco Giants - Rafael Soriano - RP
308. Montgomery Biscuits - Roy Face - RP
309. St. Louis Cardinals - Rob Dibble - RP
310. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Jack Morris - SP
311. Chicago Whales - Chris Carpenter - SP
312. Pittsburgh Porters - Waite Hoyt - RP/SP
313. Pittsburgh Pirates - Russell Martin - C
314. Montreal Royals - Bobby Abreu - OF
315. New York Yankees - Andruw Jones - OF
316. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Mark Eichhorn - RP
317. Toronto BJs - Tom Gordon - SP/RP
318. Kansas City Athletics - Jeff Nelson - RP
319. Toronto Maple Leafs - Firpo Marberry - RP/SP
320. Cleveland Indians - Larry Doby - OF

Round 17

321. Cleveland Indians - Walter Alston - MGR
322. Toronto Maple Leafs - Red Faber - SP
323. Kansas City Athletics - Francisco Cordero - RP
324. Toronto BJs - Lindy McDaniel - RP/SP
325. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Joe McGinnity - SP
326. New York Yankees - Bill Dahlen - SS/3B
327. St. Louis Stars - Ellis Kinder - RP/SP
328. Pittsburgh Pirates - Rick Aguilera - RP
329. Pittsburgh Porters - Andrew McCutchen - OF
330. Chicago Whales - Earl Weaver - MGR
331. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Vince Coleman - OF
332. St. Louis Cardinals - Ernie Lombardi - C
333. Montgomery Biscuits - Jason Giambi - 1B
334. San Francisco Giants - Jim McCormick - SP
335. Providence Steamrollers - Gary Lavelle - RP
336. Brooklyn Robins - Cliff Lee - SP
337. Chicago Black Sox - Jose Valverde - RP
338. Homestead Grays - Sergio Romo - RP
339. Detroit Tigers - John McGraw - MGR
340. Montreal Royals - Ben Zobrist - 2B/SS/OF

Round 18

341. Montreal Royals - Darrell Porter - C
342. Detroit Tigers - Bill Mazeroski - 2B
343. Homestead Grays - Masaichi Kaneda - SP
344. Chicago Black Sox - Jimmy Rollins - SS
345. Brooklyn Robins - Dan Plesac - RP
346. Providence Steamrollers - Bob Welch - SP
347. San Francisco Giants - Don McMahon - RP
348. Montgomery Biscuits - Steve Bedrosian - RP
349. St. Louis Cardinals - John McGraw - 3B/SS
350. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Bullet Joe Rogan - SP/OF
351. Chicago Whales - Juan Gonzalez - OF
352. Pittsburgh Porters - Joey Votto - 1B
353. Pittsburgh Pirates - Billy Herman - 2B
354. St. Louis Stars - Leon Day - SP
355. New York Yankees - Harry Brecheen - SP
356. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Hack Wilson - OF
357. Toronto BJs - Roger Maris - OF
358. Kansas City Athletics - Wes Ferrell - SP
359. Toronto Maple Leafs - Tony Oliva - OF
360. Cleveland Indians - Lance Parrish - C

Round 19

361. Cleveland Indians - Roberto Hernandez - RP
362. Toronto Maple Leafs - Jeff Montgomery - RP
363. Kansas City Athletics - Kerry Wood - SP/RP
364. Toronto BJs - Jack Glasscock - SS
365. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Hanley Ramirez - SS
366. New York Yankees - Keith Hernandez - 1B
367. St. Louis Stars - Héctor Espino - OF
368. Pittsburgh Pirates - Jon Matlack - SP
369. Pittsburgh Porters - Jon Lester - SP
370. Chicago Whales - Tony Fernandez - SS/3B/2B
371. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Joe Hoerner - RP
372. St. Louis Cardinals - Al Hrabosky - RP
373. Montgomery Biscuits - Michael Young - SS/3B/2B
374. San Francisco Giants - Jose Bautista - OF/3B
375. Providence Steamrollers - Jim Rice - OF
376. Brooklyn Robins - Ron Cey - 3B
377. Chicago Black Sox - Mark Teixeira - 1B
378. Homestead Grays - Max Lanier - SP
379. Detroit Tigers - Norm Cash - 1B
380. Montreal Royals - Bill Freehan - C

Round 20

381. Montreal Royals - Ted Lyons - SP
382. Detroit Tigers - Gene Garber - RP
383. Homestead Grays - Katsuya Nomura - C
384. Chicago Black Sox - Heath Bell - RP
385. Brooklyn Robins - Moises Alou - OF
386. Providence Steamrollers - Placido Polanco - 2B/3B
387. San Francisco Giants - Tommy John - SP
388. Montgomery Biscuits - Cesar Cedeno -OF
389. St. Louis Cardinals - Max Carey - OF
390. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Rod Beck - RP
391. Chicago Whales - Torii Hunter - OF
392. Pittsburgh Porters - Matt Williams - 3B
393. Pittsburgh Pirates - Jimmy Dykes - 3B/2B
394. St. Louis Stars - Stu Miller - RP/SP
395. New York Yankees - Gene Tenace - C
396. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Carlos Delgado - 1B
397. Toronto BJs - Fernando Valenzuela - P
398. Kansas City Athletics - Will Clark - 1B
399. Toronto Maple Leafs - Vida Blue - SP
400. Cleveland Indians - John Olerud - 1B

Round 21

401. Cleveland Indians - Steve Kline - RP
402. Toronto Maple Leafs - Mike Timlin - RP
403. Kansas City Athletics - Bobby Bonilla - 3B/OF
404. Toronto BJs - Victor Martinez - C/1B
405. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Tony Lazzeri -2B
406. New York Yankees - Pete Browning - OF
407. St. Louis Stars - Wally Schang - C/OF
408. Pittsburgh Pirates - Lenny Dykstra - OF
409. Pittsburgh Porters - Takashi Saito - RP
410. Chicago Whales - Andrew Miller - RP
411. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Connie Mack - MGR
412. St. Louis Cardinals - Bob Stanley - RP
413. Montgomery Biscuits - David Wells - SP
414. San Francisco Giants - Buck Ewing - C
415. Providence Steamrollers - Rick Dempsey - C
416. Brooklyn Robins - Elston Howard - C
417. Chicago Black Sox - Brian McCann - C
418. Homestead Grays - Rabbit Maranville - SS/2B
419. Detroit Tigers - Chuck Klein - OF
420. Montreal Royals - Darrell Evans - 3B/1B

Round 22

421. Montreal Royals - Orlando Cepeda - 1B/OF
422. Detroit Tigers - Mike Cuellar - SP
423. Homestead Grays - Steve Garvey - 1B
424. Chicago Black Sox - Derek Lowe - SP/RP
425. Brooklyn Robins - Chuck Finley - SP
426. Providence Steamrollers - Paul Lindblad - RP
427. San Francisco Giants - Kenley Jansen - RP
428. Montgomery Biscuits - Norm Charlton - RP
429. St. Louis Cardinals - Bill Foster - SP
430. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Maury Wills - SS
431. Chicago Whales - Jason Kendall - C
432. Pittsburgh Porters - Roger Bresnahan - C
433. Pittsburgh Pirates - Charlie Keller - OF
434. St. Louis Stars - Toby Harrah - 3B/SS
435. New York Yankees - Willie Randolph - 2B
436. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Dave Stieb - SP
437. Toronto BJs - Chuck Knoblauch - 2B
438. Kansas City Athletics - Mickey Tettleton - C
439. Toronto Maple Leafs - Steve Howe - RP
440. Cleveland Indians - Al Brazle - RP/SP

Round 23

441. Cleveland Indians - Tony Phillips - OF/2B/3B/SS
442. Toronto Maple Leafs - Vada Pinson - OF
443. Kansas City Athletics - Julio Franco - SS/2B/1B
444. Toronto BJs - Brian Giles - OF
445. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Deacon White - 3B/C
446. New York Yankees - Brad Ziegler - RP
447. St. Louis Stars - Rube Foster - MGR
448. Pittsburgh Pirates - Teddy Higuera - SP
449. Pittsburgh Porters - Noodles Hahn - SP
450. Chicago Whales - Matt Holliday - OF
451. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Rick Honeycutt - RP
452. St. Louis Cardinals - Joe Torre - MGR
453. Montgomery Biscuits - Tim Wakefield - SP
454. San Francisco Giants - Bruce Bochy - MGR
455. Providence Steamrollers - Willie Wilson - OF
456. Brooklyn Robins - Bert Campaneris - SS
457. Chicago Black Sox - Brian Wilson - RP
458. Homestead Grays - Ryan Braun - OF/3B
459. Detroit Tigers - Evan Longoria - 3B
460. Montreal Royals - Darren O'Day - RP

Round 24

461. Montreal Royals - Mike Stanton - RP
462. Detroit Tigers - Joakim Soria - RP
463. Homestead Grays - Tony Watson - RP
464. Chicago Black Sox - Ian Kinsler - 2B
465. Brooklyn Robins - Mike Adams - RP
466. Providence Steamrollers - Allie Reynolds - SP/RP
467. San Francisco Giants - Prince Fielder - 1B
468. Montgomery Biscuits - Luis Castillo - 2B
469. St. Louis Cardinals - Dwight Evans - OF
470. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Arlie Latham - 3B
471. Chicago Whales - Brian Fuentes - RP
472. Pittsburgh Porters - Elmer Flick - OF
473. Pittsburgh Pirates - Terry Forster - RP
474. St. Louis Stars - Jake Beckley - 1B
475. New York Yankees - Bobby Cox - MGR
476. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Bobby Bonds - OF
477. Toronto BJs - Jimmy Key - SP
478. Kansas City Athletics - Miguel Tejada - SS
479. Toronto Maple Leafs - Jim Sundberg - C
480. Cleveland Indians - Eric Chavez - 3B

Round 25

481. Cleveland Indians - Fred Lynn - OF
482. Toronto Maple Leafs - Gil McDougald - 2B/SS/3B
483. Kansas City Athletics - Miller Huggins - MGR
484. Toronto BJs - Otis Nixon - OF
485. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Virgil Trucks - SP/RP
486. New York Yankees - Jim Brewer - RP
487. St. Louis Stars - Don Mossi - RP/SP
488. Pittsburgh Pirates - Babe Herman - 1B/OF
489. Pittsburgh Porters - Bobby Wallace - SS/3B
490. Chicago Whales - Bret Boone - 2B
491. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Jacoby Ellsbury - OF
492. St. Louis Cardinals - Red Schoendienst - 2B
493. Montgomery Biscuits - Jim Leyland - MGR
494. San Francisco Giants - Dick Radatz - RP
495. Providence Steamrollers - Paul Konerko - 1B
496. Brooklyn Robins - Jose Vidro - 2B
497. Chicago Black Sox - Johnny Damon - OF
498. Homestead Grays - Reggie Smith - OF
499. Detroit Tigers - Darryl Strawberry - OF
500. Montreal Royals - Dick Williams - MGR

Round 26

501. Montreal Royals - Roy Oswalt - SP
502. Detroit Tigers - Joe Dugan - 3B/SS
503. Homestead Grays - Tommy Lasorda - MGR
504. Chicago Black Sox - Josh Donaldson - 3B
505. Brooklyn Robins - Leo Durocher - MGR
506. Providence Steamrollers - Danny Murtaugh - MGR
507. San Francisco Giants - Bobby Thigpen - RP
508. Montgomery Biscuits - Alfonso Soriano - 2B/OF
509. St. Louis Cardinals - Burleigh Grimes - SP
510. Sioux City Cornhuskers - Joe Girardi - C
511. Chicago Whales - Derrek Lee - 1B
512. Pittsburgh Porters - Dutch Leonard - SP/RP
513. Pittsburgh Pirates - Chuck Tanner - MGR
514. St. Louis Stars - Chet Lemon - OF
515. New York Yankees - Dummy Hoy - OF
516. Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Fred Clarke - MGR
517. Toronto BJs - Clay Carroll - RP
518. Kansas City Athletics - Monte Irvin - OF
519. Toronto Maple Leafs - David Robertson - RP
520. Cleveland Indians - Moe Drabowsky - RP/SP

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[Fish on The Sand]

The Cleveland Indians would like to begin this draft by saying welcome everyone and that its nice to be back after a hiatus last time. I felt a little burned out but its nice to be back.

Having said that, the Cleveland Indians would like to begin this version of the all time draft by "improving history". At least for the Cleveland Indians.

Without any further adieu, let's begin.

With the 1st overall pick in the draft the Cleveland Indians select...

OF Babe Ruth

​

Ruth is widely considered the greatest player to have ever played the game. This is why he is going 1st overall. While being the former leader in career and single season home runs, Ruth is still the all time leader in career WAR, Slugging, OPS, and 2nd in career on base percentage.

While his abilities and prowess at the plate are unquestioned, Ruth was also a prolific pitcher. Despite this he will spend his time in Cleveland manning one of the two corner outfield spots which he played almost equally throughout his career.

Ruth gives the Indians the best combination of power and on base ability in the history of the game and puts the team on the right track to winning a championship.

 

[JaysCyYoung]

The Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club would like to thank Pwnasaurus for yet again organizing and putting together this superb eighth annual Baseball All-Time Draft for the rest of us peons to participate in and enjoy. It has been several years since I previously participated in this ignominious event, but I am nonetheless pleased to return from my hiatus and discuss the greats of this sport's illustrious history with you fine gentlemen.

With those pleasantries now out of the way, we will finally make our selection. With the second overall pick in the 2016 HFBoards Baseball All-Time Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are pleased to select, a native of Westfield, Alabama, from the Fairview Industrial High School (Fairview, Alabama), CF Willie Mays.

The Say Hey Kid is by acclamation the greatest all-around player in the history of baseball. Known for his limitless range and defensive excellence in centre field, Mays won a then-record 12 Gold Gloves (all consecutively) over 22 masterful seasons patrolling the outfield at New York's Polo Grounds, San Francisco's Candlestick Park, and at New York's Shea Stadium. A tremendously durable athlete, Mays played a record 2,829 career games as a centre-fielder and was worth 18.1 career Defensive Wins Above Replacement (dWar). During his career, he was calculated to have been worth 178 runs above the average centre-fielder according to Baseball-Reference.com, leading the league in Total Zone Runs on three occasions (five times amongst centre-fielders). Mays also led the National League in dWAR in 1954.

In addition, Mays led the National League in putouts twice (and is the career leader in the category with 7,095), assists three times, double plays turned five times, and range factor twice. His infamous defensive play in game 1 of the 1954 World Series against the Cleveland Indians at his home Polo Grounds in New York is known simply as "The Catch" and remains an indelible moment in the history of baseball. It has since grown to define defensive excellence on a play and remains one of the most well-known, popular moments in the game's lengthy history.

Mays ranks first in lifetime JAWS by a centre-fielder, posting a 115.0 mark. He also ranks first in career Wins Above Replacement by a centre-fielder with an other-worldy 156.2 mark and an unmatched 7-year WAR of 73.7. Only two other centre-fielders are even within 10 WAR of Mays over a 7 year span. He led the league in home runs on four occasions, including a high of 52 in 1965, and his 660 homers rank fifth all-time. In eleven different seasons, he hit 30 or more home runs, and in six different campaigns he hit 40 or more homers. Mays ranked second only to Babe Ruth in career home runs upon his retirement in 1973. Additionally, a prolific run producer, Mays' posted ten seasons of 100 RBI or greater and his 1,903 RBI rank 11th all-time.

He led the league in Wins Above Replacement nine times, including ten times if only position players are included, offensive WAR six times, OBP twice (including a high mark of .425 in 1971 when he led the league in the category as a 40 year-old), slugging percentage five times, and OPS five times. Mays ranks seventh all-time with 2,062 runs scored and led the league in that category twice. A life-time .302 hitter, Mays won the 1954 batting title with a .345 average and was runner-up on three other occasions between 1955 and 1958. Altogether, he compiled ten .300 or greater batting seasons and finished in the top ten of batting average on nine occasions. Known for his speed and intelligence on the base-paths, Mays recorded 338 total lifetime steals and led the league in stolen bases for four consecutive seasons between 1956 and 1959. Characterized by smartly picking his spots, he was fast, but not reckless, leading the National League in stolen base percentage five times (including as a 40 year-old in 1971, when he stole 23 of 26 bases). He also led the league in triples on three separate occasions, posting a career high of 20 in 1957, and 140 total over his career.

In the power and speed category from Baseball-Reference.com, Mays led the Senior Circuit a record 8 times, including six consecutive seasons from 1955-1960 when he was in his prime. Amongst one of the newer Sabremetric statistics, Mays ranked first in Win Probability Added four times, and ranks second in lifetime WPA with 99.5, the highest current ranking by a right-handed batter.

Selected to a record 24 MLB All-Star Games, Mays' matchless combination of power, speed, and defensive acumen was unparalleled in his time and today has been matched by few peers. A recipient of the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1954 and 1965, and a runner-up or third-place finisher four other times, Mays' accomplishments are a litany of baseball excellence. He played with grace, elegance, class, and consistently gave an honest effort in each game. As ESPN's Tim Kurkjian stated: "When Mays came to the majors in 1951, no one had ever seen anyone like him. Even now, he remains the greatest combination of power, speed and defense in baseball history."

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Kansas City As would like to thank pwnasaurus and select SP Walter Perry Johnson. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1936. Primary team: Washington Senators.

"We idolized that guy. Just sat there and watched him pitch. Down around the knees—woosh! One after the other. He had something all right. I pitched against a lot of guys and saw a lot of guys throw, and I haven’t seen one yet come close to as fast as he was. " Lefty Grove

Addie Joss could not have been more right when he predicted “That young fellow is another Cy Young. I never saw a kid with more than he displayed. Of course, he is still green, but when he has a little experience he should be one of the greatest pitchers that ever broke into the game. He has terrific speed and a motion which does not put much strain on his arm and this will all improve as he goes alongâ€.

Walter Johnson came from humble beginnings, the son of a Kansas farmer. It wasn’t until his parents moved the family out west that he began to pick up the trade that would make him one of the most recognizable stars the game has ever seen. Johnson was a natural from the moment he stepped on to the southern California sandlots "From the first time I held a ball, it settled in the palm of my right hand as though it belonged there and, when I threw it, ball, hand and wrist, and arm and shoulder and back seemed to all work together."

Labor Day weekend of 1908, Johnson’s sophomore campaign in the junior circuit, saw one of the most dominating performances of his career. The twenty year-old Johnson started three consecutive games, September 4, 5 and 7, and shutout the New York Yankees in each of those contests giving up six, four and two hits respectively—truly one of the most remarkable pitching performances of any generation.

In 1911, famed sportswriter Grantland Rice popularized the nickname “The Big Train†in referring to Johnson. At a time when trains were the fastest things known to man, Ty Cobb recalled Johnson’s fastball as “Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speedâ€. “The Big Train†added to his arsenal when he developed a curveball in the early 1910s and put together a string of ten straight twenty win seasons. During his career, Johnson amassed eleven seasons with a sub 2.00 ERA and completed 531 of his 666 career starts.

In 1924, the Senators made the World Series for the first time. After playing on very poor teams for nearly two decades, Johnson finally got the opportunity to shine on baseball’s grandest stage. In the 9th inning of Game 7, Senators skipper Bucky Harris called on Johnson in relief “You're the best we've got, Walter, We've got to win or lose with youâ€- and win they did. Johnson blanked the Giants for four innings and earned the victory and Washington’s only World Series championship.

DID YOU KNOW

THAT WALTER JOHNSON'S FINAL MAJOR LEAGUE APPEARANCE CAME AS A PINCH-HITTER IN THE SAME GAME IN WHICH BABE RUTH HIT HIS THEN-RECORD 60TH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON ON SEPT. 30, 1927?

ESSENTIAL STATS
Year Inducted: 1936 See 4 more from 1936
Primary Team: Washington Senators See 5 more from Washington Senators
Position Played: Pitcher See 75 more from this position
Bats: Right See 163 more right handed batters
Throws: Right See 220 more right handed throwers
Birth place: Humboldt, Kansas See 1 more from Kansas
Birth year: 1887 See 4 more born this year
Died: 1946, Washington, District of Columbia
Played for:
Washington Senators (1907-1927)
Managed:
Washington Senators (1929-1932)
Cleveland Indians (1933-1935)

CAREER AT A GLANCE
Games
802
Hits
4913
Runs
1902
Innings Pitched
5914.1
Wins
417
Losses
279
Winning %
.599
Games Started
666
ERA
2.17
Complete Games
531
Shutouts
110
WHIP
1.061
Saves
34
Earned Runs
1424
Walks
1363
Strikeouts
3509

http://baseballhall.org/hof/johnson-walter

When Bill James ranked pitchers a decade ago in his "New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract," he had Walter Johnson at the top of his list,

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/31469/hall-of-100-best-pitcher-of-all-time

Thinking that way, I think I would forget about the eras and positions and do what the founders of the HOF did -- draft the best available player: Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson.

http://www.billjamesonline.com/the_five/

Game Score is a metric devised by Bill James to determine the strength of a pitcher in any particular baseball game. ... Walter Johnson had the most 100-point game scores with four apiece. Johnson had two in 1918, one in 1919, and a fourth in 1926;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score

I’ve spent the last three weeks listing and discussing the best major league everyday players since 1900 using a special version of Bill James’ Win Shares called Win Shares Above Bench. ... As before, I will rely heavily upon Fangraphs and Baseball Reference for little factoids about each player. I’ll also be referring to some basic pitching stats, such as strikeouts, walks, ERA and something called Batting Average on Ball in Play (the proportion of batted balls that fall in for hits, not including home runs).

The Top Ten

1. Walter Johnson (387 WSAB/560 WS): In this year’s Hardball Times Annual, David Gassko ranked the all-time best pitchers using something called Pitching Wins Above Replacement. David’s system is similar to Win Shares Above Bench, but it differs in one significant way: it adjusts for the increasing level of competition over time. It gives current pitchers credit for succeeding in a tougher environment (better training, medical support and a larger pool of talent to draw upon).

As far as I know, that is the only legitimate way you can develop a system that doesn’t place the Big Train first among the post-1900 pitchers (Johnson is second in PWAR). Pitching from 1907 through 1927, he was among the top three league leaders in strikeouts fifteen times, ERA twelve times and shutouts eleven times. He placed in the top 10 youngest players twice at the beginning of his career, and the top 10 oldest players four times at the end of his career. I won’t bother quoting all the superlatives associated with the man; he was simply awesome, dude.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-all-time-best-pitchers/

 

[Porn*]

Toronto BJ's are pleased to select with the 4th OV pick:

LF - Ted Williams

The Splendid Splinter carried a bat to class in high school and once proclaimed, "A man has to have goals … and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'"

He won six batting titles, led his league 12 times in OBP and nine times in slugging percentage. At 41, he hit .316 and slugged .645. That goal just may have come true. --

Perhaps the best pure hitter the game has ever seen, Ted Williams is the last player to register a .400 batting average, as he hit .406 as a 22-year-old in 1941. That was was the first of what would be six batting titles he won, but he was by no means a slap hitter.

Despite losing three prime season to World War II, he still managed to hit 521 home runs with 1,839 RBI and 1,798 runs scored. His career line of .344/.482/.634 is as impressive as any in baseball history, and it could be a long time if ever before we see another hitter like Williams.

19 x All Star
1941 AL batting_title
1941 Major League Player of the Year
1942 AL Triple Crown
1942 Major League Player of the Year
1942 AL batting_title
1946 AL MVP
1947 AL Triple Crown
1947 AL batting_title
1947 Major League Player of the Year
1948 AL batting_title
1949 AL MVP
1949 Major League Player of the Year
1957 Major League Player of the Year
1957 AL batting_title
1958 AL batting_title
8th All Time career batting avg .344
1st All Time On Base % .482

 

[UL Washington]

The Brooklyn Bridegrooms select SP Lefty Grove

I realize this is a slight reach for Lefty, but need to ensure I grab an ace while I can. So, like last draft, I've decided to draft arguably the greatest LHP in the history of baseball.

300-141
3.06 ERA (148 ERA+)
2,266 Ks
8 20-win seasons
9 ERA titles
1931 MVP

Lefty had a great career but his peak performance was even more ridiculous. Between 1928 and 1933 he went 152-41 with a 2.67 ERA (167 ERA+).

Also really good in World Series appearances going 4-2 with a 1.75 ERA over 51.1 IP.

 

[ImporterExporter]

I have Darko's pick. I'll let him add to the bio later if he wants to.

The New York Yankees will select Barry Bonds OF


Sending pm to bluesfan now....

 

[bluesfan94]

The St. Louis Stars are pleased to give the proverbial finger to another team in this draft and are even more happy to anchor their battery by selecting C Josh Gibson. Gibson is probably the best catcher of all time as well as one of the best power hitters.

 

[td_ice]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, Lou Gehrig, 1B

Career slash, .340/.447/.632 /1.080

Gehrig scored over 100 runs and drove in over 100 runs for 13 straight seasons. He led the American League in runs 4 times, home runs three times, runs-batted in five times, on-base percentage five times, and batting average once. He finished among the league’s top three hitters seven times. He racked up eight 200-plus hit seasons.

In 1931, he set the AL single-season RBI mark with 184—hitting behind Ruth, who knocked in 163 of his own. One wonders who was left on base for Gehrig to bring home. His 1934 triple-crown season was remarkable, as he hit .363, knocked 49 homeruns, and drove in 165 runs. Gehrig still holds the major league record for grand slams, with 23.

He was the All-Star first baseman for the first seven All-Star teams, from 1933-39, though he retired just shy of the 1939 game. During his 17 seasons, the Yankees won seven pennants and six World Series. Gehrig’s World Series contributions include a .361 batting average, ten home runs, and 35 RBI in 34 games.

 

[ImporterExporter]

The Pittsburgh Porters are thrilled to be able to welcome home, by far the greatest SS of all time, with the 9th overall pick,

Honus Wagner SS

The gap between Wagner and the next best SS of all time, when you factor in OPS+, WAR, WAR7, and JAWS is staggering. He was an unbelievable hitter but also a gold glove caliber fielder as well and a terror on the basepaths. He could do it all. Some very, very good players left, but SS is such a shallow and premium position, to be able to fill it with the best all time, and a Pittsburgh icon was just to much to pass up here.

Too many amazing stats to post: You can see for yourself here:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wagneho01.shtml

In his 21-year career, Wagner won eight batting titles, a National League record he shares with xxxxxxxx. He batted above .300 for 17 consecutive seasons -- including seven times hitting at least .350 -- and finished with a .329 lifetime average.

He was the second player to reach 3,000 hits, and his total of 3,430 is seventh all-time. His 252 triples are a National League record and third most overall. He led the league in doubles eight times and had 651 for his career (No. 6 all-time).

During an era when 2-1, 3-1 and 3-2 games were the norm, Wagner knocked in at least 100 runs nine times, winning the RBI title in four seasons.


Some great quotes on Wagner by some other all time greats:

-Although Ty Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all-around player, and most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called Wagner "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond."[2]

"At shortstop there is only one candidate, the immortal Honus Wagner. He was just head and shoulders above anyone else in that position. Fellows like xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx were all great fielders. But Honus could more than out-field all of them. He was perhaps the greatest right-handed hitter of all time. He had remarkably long arms, hams for hands, and just drew the ball to him. xxxxxxx once told me he could have been as good in any position but he made his greatest name as shortstop. He led the National League seven times at bat and he was always up with the leaders when he was in his forties."
-Babe Ruth

-Bill James cites Wagner's 1908 season as the greatest single season for any player in baseball history. He notes that the league ERA of 2.35 was the lowest of the dead ball era and about half of the ERAs of modern baseball. Since Wagner hit .354 with 109 RBI in an environment when half as many runs were scored as today, he asks, "if you had a Gold Glove shortstop, like Wagner, who drove in 218 runs, what would he be worth?"
-Bill James, renowned baseball historian

"Acknowledging that there may have been one or two whose talents were greater, there is no one who has ever played the game that I would be more anxious to have on a baseball team."
-Historian / Author Bill James in The Biographical Encyclopedia (2000)

-Christy Matthewson asserted that Wagner was the only player he faced that did not have a weakness. Matthewson felt the only way to keep Wagner from hitting was to not pitch to him.

-Hall of Fame manager xxxxxxx, was remarkably concise when talking about Wagner. "They'd tell ya this feller was great but ...," the Old Perfessor said. "And then they'd tell you what his weakness was. With Wagner, though, there weren't any buts. He was great, period."


-"He was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him." - xxxxxxxx (another HOF manager)

"I name Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop - but because Honus could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player."
- xxxxxxxxx(HOF manager) in The Sporting News (December 6, 1955)



I have more stuff to post, but will wait until we get further along. To many names need edited out haha.

PM'ing next now.

 

[Gootie]

The Chicago Whales are proud to select CF Ty Cobb

Accomplishments:

- Career slash: .366/.433/.512
- Career WAR: 149.3
- Six 9+ WAR seasons (1909-1912, 1915, 1917)
- 11 batting titles, 8 slugging titles, 10x OPS leader, 11x OPS+ leader
- 892 career stolen bases
- Walk rate (9.6%) more than 2x his K rate (4.1%)
- 1911 AL MVP
- First member of the Hall of Fame
- Made fat stacks investing in Coca-Cola, General Motors, and cotton futures

"Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest."

"Cobb is a *****. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

"I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him. He was the greatest all time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing."

"The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy."

 

[Dr Pepper]

With our first pick in the draft, Sioux City selects Sandy Koufax, SP.

7× All-Star (1961–1962, 1963–1966)
4× World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965)
NL MVP (1963)
3× Cy Young Award (1963, 1965, 1966)
2× World Series MVP (1963, 1965)
3× Triple Crown (1963, 1965, 1966)
3× MLB wins leader (1963, 1965, 1966)
5× NL ERA leader (1962–1966)
4× MLB strikeout leader (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
Pitched four no-hitters
Pitched a perfect game on September 9, 1965
Los Angeles Dodgers #32 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Major League Baseball All-Time Team

"I can see how he won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five." - great player

"Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." - another great player

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St.Louis Cardinals are pleased to select an original Cardinal, 2B - Rogers Hornsby. His career accolades are many and well documented. They are especially astounding coming from a second baseman, traditionally not a source of offensive prowess this staggering. He can be placed just about anywhere in a batting order which will lend us flexibility later on in the draft.

- World Series Champion (1926)
- 2 Time NL MVP (4 Times Top 5 in Voting)
- 7 Time NL Batting Champion (12 Times Top 5)
- 9 Times NL Leader OBP%
- 9 Times NL Leader Slug%
- 5 Times NL Leader Runs Scored
- 4 Times NL Leader Hits (8 Times Top 5)
- 7 Times NL Leader Total Bases
- 2 Times NL Leader Home Runs (11 Times Top 5)
- 4 Times NL Leader RBI
- BB HOF (1942)

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

At work on my phone so I'll do my write up later, but I'll take the Christian gentleman, SP Christy Mathewson.

 

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants are happy to select what we consider an absolute steal, starting pitcher Cy Young. He had 511 wins, the most in MLB history, and had a very prolific and a very consistent 22 year career. He will fit in perfectly as my ace.

 

[GarbageGoal]

With the 15th pick, the Providence Steamrollers are proud to select right fielder Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron

Career avg: .305
Hits: 3771
HR: 755
RBI: 2,297


25× All-Star (1955–1975)
World Series champion (1957)
NL MVP (1957)
3× Gold Glove Award (1958–1960)
2× NL batting champion (1956, 1959)
4× NL home run leader (1957, 1963, 1966, 1967)
4× NL RBI leader (1957, 1960, 1963, 1966)
Atlanta Braves #44 retired
Milwaukee Brewers #44 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team

MLB Records:

6,856 total bases
2,297 runs batted in
1,477 extra-base hits

In the day and age of the likes of Mays, it is my belief Henry Aaron may in fact be one of the most underrated ballplayer in baseball history. Relegated to the small market of Milwaukee, he quietly, consistently, produced again and again without the "big seasons" that his counterparts enjoyed. To simply call him "The Home Run King" is to really overlook his true greatness.

 

[Tecumseh]

I would like to thank Pwnasaurus for all of his hard work and I'm glad to be back for my second season which will hopefully be an improvement on my first.

With that said, the Brooklyn Robins are proud to select SP Randy Johnson

22-year career

303-166
3.29 ERA
100 complete games
37 shutouts
104.3 WAR
4,875 strikeouts
135 ERA+
10.6 strikeouts per 9 innings (all-time record)
10x All-Star
5x Cy Young winner
4x ERA leader
9x Strikeout leader
2002 Triple Crown
2001 World Champion
2001 World Series MVP
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 on his first ballot (97.3%)

 

[Voight]

The San Francisco White Sox are proud to select Roger "Rocket" Clemens

Roger Clemens has a reasonable claim as the greatest pitcher of all time. Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Grover Cleveland Alexander spent all or most of their careers in the Dead Ball Era, before the home run was a real threat, and pitched while the color line was still in effect, barring some of the game's most talented players from participating. Sandy Koufax and Tom Seaver pitched when scoring levels were much lower and pitchers held a greater advantage. Koufax and 2015 inductees Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez didn't sustain their greatness for nearly as long. Greg Maddux didn't dominate hitters to nearly the same extent.

Clemens spent 24 years in the majors and racked up a record seven Cy Young awards, not to mention an MVP award. He won 354 games, led his leagues in the Triple Crown categories (wins, strikeouts and ERA) a total of 16 times and helped his teams to six pennants and a pair of world championships.

In 1999, while many of his performances and milestones were yet to come, he ranked number 53 on The Sporting News '​ list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected by the fans to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 2005, the updated Sporting News list moved Clemens up to #15.

By the end of the 2005 season, Clemens had won seven Cy Young Awards (he won the AL award in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 1998, and 2001, and the National League award in 2004), an MVP and two pitching triple crowns. With his 2004 win, he joined Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez as the only pitchers to win it in both leagues and became the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young. He has also won The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award five times, was named an All-Star 11 times, and won the All-Star MVP in 1986.

In October 2006, Clemens was named to Sports Illustrated's "all-time" team

24 MLB Seasons

354-184
3.12 ERA
139.4 bWAR
4,572 strikeouts (3rd all time)
143 ERA+
8.6 strikeouts per 9 innings
1986 AL MVP
2x Triple Crown (1997, 1998)
11x All-Star
7x Cy Young winner (6 AL, 1 NL)
7x ERA leader
5x Strikeout leader
4x WinsLeader
1998, 1999 World Series Champion
MLB All-Century Team
101 Complete Games (Led league 3 Times)
46 Shutouts (6x Led League)
2nd All Time in Wins
First ever 20 Strikeout Game April 29, 1986 (Held record for 12 years, before it being tied, also threw 20 strikeouts again in 1996)

 

[Pwnasaurus]

I have the Stars pick.

The Stars choose another Pwn favorite SP- Grover Cleveland Alexander. Alexander is best known for crushing the hopes and dreams of the 1926 Yankees and bringing St. Louis its first World Series championship. He could also rock a mean sweater.

 

[ImporterExporter]

The Porters were thrilled to be able to work out a fair deal with the good folks over in Detroit to move back up into the first round. Although he didn't play IN Pittsburgh, this all time great grew up just outside the city and had one of the greatest careers in baseball history. We're bringing him back to where his life began.

The man won 3 NL MVP's, was runner up 4 times and finished top 10 an amazing 14 times over the course of his career. I have him as a top 12 player all time personally and thought the value was too good not to go up and get him at 19. Deadly 1-2 punch with Wagner and Musial right behind him.......


Stan "The Man" Musial OF/1B

Musial batted .331 over his career and set National League (NL) records for career hits (3,630), runs batted in (1,951), games played (3,026), at bats (10,972), runs scored (1,949) and doubles (725), most of which were later broken by xxxxxxxxx; his 475 career home runs then ranked second in NL history behind xxxxxxxx total of 511. His 6,134 total bases remained a major league record until surpassed by Hank Aaron, and his hit total still ranks fourth all-time, and is the highest by any player who spent his career with only one team. A seven-time batting champion with identical totals of 1,815 hits at home and on the road, he was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and led St. Louis to three World Series championship titles. He also shares the major league record for the most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.[a] [2]


"No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.... He plays as hard when his club is away out in front of a game as he does when they're just a run or two behind."
—Ty Cobb, on Musial in a 1952 Life magazine article

Nearly two decades after Musial retired, baseball statistician Bill James and the Sabremetrics movement began providing new ways of comparing players across baseball history.[166] In 2001, James ranked Musial the tenth-greatest baseball player in history, and the second-best left fielder of all time.

"A couple years ago they told me I was too young to be president and you were too old to be playing baseball. But we fooled them." - President John F. Kennedy at the 1962 All Star Game

"An outfield composed of (Ty) Cobb, xxxxxx and (Babe) Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of xxxxxxxxx, (Stan) Musial and (Ted) Williams." - HOF manager

"Asked to describe the habits that kept him in baseball for so long, Musial once said: "Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day. If you must smoke, try light cigars. They cut down on inhaling." One last thing, he said: "Make it a point to bat .300." - Associated Press (01/19/2013, 'Stan Musial, Cardinals Hall of Famer, dies at 92', Source)

"Everybody's a Musial fan." - Former Cardinals Manager

"He could have hit .300 with a fountain pen." - Joe Garagiola

"He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat; he hit a single. He didn't hit in 56 straight games. He married his high school sweetheart and stayed married to her, never married a Marilyn Monroe. He didn't play with the sheer joy and style that goes alongside Willie Mays' name. None of those easy things are there to associate with Stan Musial. All Musial represents is more than two decades of sustained excellence and complete decency as a human being." - Sportscaster Bob Costas in ESPN SportsCentury (ESPN)

"He (Stan Musial) had greatness and warmth and affection and appreciation," sportscaster Bob Costas whose career started in St. Louis, told Scripps Howard News Service in 2003. "But there wasn't a specific thing for people to hang their hat on — other than those who really followed him and saw him play.... All he was was incredibly good for an incredibly long time and an unbelievably nice guy." - Los Angeles Times Obituary

"How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away." - Broadcaster Vin Scully

"I could have rolled the ball up there against Musial, and he would have pulled out a golf club and hit it out." - HOF pitcher

"I don’t want to be called that... There is one man that gets that respect, and that’s Stan Musial. I know El Hombre is The Man in Spanish. But he is The Man." - Current big league star (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

"In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and xxxxxxx. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time." - Hank Aaron

"I tried to have your stance and I was in the minors for eight years." - Former Cardinals Manager

"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - xxxxxxxxxx

"Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy." - HOF pitcher

"Stan isn't like most players. They hope they'll hit four for four. Stan is always sure he will." - Red Schoendienst in Sports Illustrated (12/23/1957, Sports Illustrated, 'Sportsman of the Year')

 

[le_sean]

With the 20th overall pick the Montreal Royals are pleased to select The Grey Eagle, CF Tristram E. Speaker.

9th all-time in career WAR with 133.7, Tris is the 2nd greatest CF of all-time after Willie Mays. In 22 seasons, Tris amassed 792 doubles, the most of all-time, 222 triples, good for 6th of all-time, and 3514 hits, placing him at 5th all-time. His .345 career batting average (6th) and .428 on-base percentage (11th) are testaments to how effective of an offensive player he was. He was awarded for his exceptional efforts by being named the MVP of the 1912 season. Bill James named him the 11th greatest players in his Top 100 list.

Speaker was involved in 3 World Series (1912, 1915 and 1920) and won all 3 times.

Not only was Tris an exceptional offensive player, he had a cannon arm. Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder.

“At the crack of the bat he'd be off with his back to the infield, and then he'd turn and glance over his shoulder at the last minute and catch the ball so easy it looked like there was nothing to it, nothing at all." — Smoky Joe Wood

"Tris Speaker would lead the outfielders in assists and he used to come in sometimes and get in a run down between first and second base." - Waite Hoyt

“You can write him down as one of the two models of ball-playing grace†- Grantland Rice

"Speaker was Willie Mays before there was Willie Mays." - Richard Johnson

 

[le_sean]

With the 21st overall pick the Montreal Royals are pleased to select Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige.

Negro League Stats

100-50 W-L record
3.22 RA/9 (ERA with Unearned runs)
1298.2 IP
8.1 SO/9
1.7 BB/9
6.9 H/9
0.950 WHIP


Major League Stats

28-31 W-L
3.29 ERA
3.61 RA/9
476.0 IP
5.4 SO/9
3.4 BB/9
8.1 H/9
1.279 WHIP​

With pitchers flying off the board, we wanted to step up and take one before our next pick way down the line. The best one the board is Satchel Paige, a flamethrower and most famous pitcher from the Negro Leagues. He essentially had one pitch thrown a multitude of different ways. When he got older, Satchel developed a "hesitation" pitch and focused on control. He still dominated.

Going from league to league, Paige reportedly pitched an estimated 2,500 games, had 300 shut-outs and 55 no-hitters. In one month in 1935, he pitched 29 consecutive games.

One he joined the Major Leagues with the Cleveland Indians in 1948, he was 42 years old. Paige ended the 1948 season with a 6–1 record with a 2.48 ERA, 2 shutouts, 43 strikeouts, 22 walks and 61 base hits allowed in 72 2⁄3 innings. He would help Cleveland Win a World Series.

“He could throw the ball right by your knees all day†— XXXXXX

"The best and fastest pitcher I've ever faced." - MLB Hall of Fame CF

"If Satch and I was pitching on the same team, we'd clinch the pennant by the fourth of July and go fishing until World Series time." - MLB Hall of Fame pitcher

 

[Vegeta]

There are a ton of great players still on the board, so I'm making this pick purely because I think this player is hands down, the best player left at a scarce position. With the 22nd pick in the draft, the Detroit Tigers select, SS/3B Alex Rodriguez.

Career Stats

.297/.382/.554
.937 OPS
142 OPS+
3,070 Hits
687 Homeruns
2,055 RBI
326 SB
5,733 Total Bases
118.9 WAR (12th All-time)

162 Game Averages: 183 H, 41 HR, 122 RBI

Accolades

3x MVP
14X All-Star
10x Silver Slugger
2x Gold-Glove


Regardless of what you may think of him, A-Rod has always been a hell of a ball player. He is likely going to be the 4th player in history to hit 700 Homeruns in the MLB, and has managed to be a consistent offensive force for over two decades. Though he may have abused PEDs, other players taken before him have as well, so I hope that this isn't held against him in voting. Arguably the best offensive shortstop in the history of baseball, the Tigers are willing to tolerate his narcissism so as long as he keeps jacking homers. ​

 

[Winger for Hire]

First off I'd like to thank Pwnasaurus for putting this together. I'd also like to thank td_ice for letting me know about this draft. And lastly I'd like to thank everyone else for participating and being welcoming to a newbie like myself.

With the 3rd pick in the 2nd round (23rd overall) the Homestead Grays select, Second Baseman from the Philadelphia A's/Chicago White Sox, Eddie "Cocky" Collins.

Collins is described as "an excellent place-hitter, slick fielder, and brainy baserunner. Eddie Collins epitomized the style of play that made the Deadball Era unique. At the plate, the 5-foot-9, 175-pound left-handed batter possessed a sharp batting eye, and aimed to hit outside pitches to the opposite field and trick deliveries back through the box. Once on base, Collins was a master at stealing, even though his foot speed wasn't particularly noteworthy. A believer in the principle that a runner steals off the pitcher and not the catcher, Collins practiced the art of studying pitchers – how they held the ball for certain pitches, how they looked off runners, all the pitcher’s moves. He focused especially on the feet and hips of the pitcher, rather than just his hands, and thus was able to take large leads off first base and get excellent jumps."

He would have been a 3 time MVP if not for Babe Ruth and Walter "Big Train" Johnson. Alas, he had to settle for just one MVP, in 1914 when he scored 122 runs, stole 55 bases, slashed .344/.452/.452, with an OPS+ of 176.

Career Stat Highlights
2826 Games Played (20th)
741 Stolen Bases (8th all-time)
.333 Batting Average (27th all-time)
.424 On Base% (12th all-time)
1821 Runs Scored (17th all-time)
4268 Total Bases (63rd all-time)
1499 Walks (19th all-time) compared to 468 strikeouts
123.9 bWAR (10th all-time for position players)
3315 Hits (11th all-time)
7630 Assists as 2B (1st all-time)
6526 Putouts as 2B (2nd all-time)

Postseason Numbers
6 World Series Appearances
4 World Series titles (Philly- 1910, 1911, 1913; Chicago- 1917)
34 Postseason games played
147 At-bats (128 Plate Appearances)
.344 Postseason Batting Average (.400 in Series his teams won)
.381 Postseason On Base % (.424 in Series his team won)
14 Stolen Bases (12 in Series his team won)

Collins was also an Ivy League grad (Columbia) and wasn't afraid to let everyone know it, earning the nickname "Cocky".

 

[Voight]

The Chicago Black Sox are proud to select (another Yankee) "The Commerce Comet" Mickey Mantle

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "The Commerce Comet" or "The Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Mantle was arguably the greatest offensive threat of any center fielder in baseball history. He has the highest career OPS+ of any center fielder and he had the highest stolen base percentage in history at the time of his retirement. In addition, compared to the four other center fielders on the all-century team, he had the lowest career rate of grounding into double plays (by far) and he had the highest World Series on-base percentage and World Series slugging percentage. He also had an excellent 0.984 fielding percentage when playing center field. Mantle was noted for his ability to hit for both average and power, especially tape measure home runs. He hit 536 MLB career home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is the career leader (tied with Jim Thome) in walk-off home runs, with a combined thirteen, twelve in the regular season and one in the postseason.

Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956, leading the major leagues in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI). He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that were played. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and a Gold Glove winner once. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including 7 championships, and holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123)

Named after Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane, Mantle hit home runs as far as Babe Ruth from both sides of the plate and when young could run like the wind.

He won three MVP Awards and could have won more. He drank too much and his knees went bad, but there's still only one Mick. "All I had was natural ability," he once said. There's no doubt Mantle was born to play ball.

Career Stat Highlights
2401 Games Played
.298 Batting Average
.421 On Base%
.977 OPS (11th all time)
1676 Runs Scored
1499 Walks
109.7 bWAR
2415 Hits
536 Home Runs
1503 RBI's
116 Offensive bWAR (13th all time)

Postseason Numbers
12 World Series Appearances
7 World Series titles (NYY 1951–1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962)
62 Postseason games played
230 At-bats
18 Home Runs (MLB Record)
40 RBI's (MLB Record)
26 Extra-Bse Hits (MLB Record)
42 Runs (MLB Record)
43 Walks (MLB Record)
123 Total Bases (MLB Record)

Career Highlights
20× All-Star (1952–1965, 1967, 1968)
7× World Series champion (1951–1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962)
3× AL MVP (1956, 1957, 1962)
Triple Crown (1956)
Gold Glove Award (1962)
AL batting champion (1956)
4× AL home run leader (1955, 1956, 1958, 1960)
AL RBI leader (1956)
New York Yankees #7 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
1974 Baseball HOF Inductee (88.2%, first ballot)
Multiple Records for switch-hitters including - highest OBP (career & regular season), slugging average (career & regular season), most home runs (career & regular seaso