Your dream roster for your favorite team

muskiesfan · Dec 15, 2013

I had a lot of fun with this, but it was awfully difficult. A lot of good players get left off.

Compose a 25 man roster for your favorite team. It has to be made up of players that actually played for that team.

Here is the one I did for the Reds. I must have changed it 10+ times and still keep thinking I need to make some changes. :lol: I thought about dropping a pitcher or two to add some more people to the bench.

C Johnny Bench
1B Ted Kluszewski
2B Joe Morgan
SS Barry Larkin
3B Pete Rose
RF Frank Robinson
CF Ken Griffey, Jr.
LF Adam Dunn

Bench
C Ernie Lombardi
OF Vada Pinson
IF Brandon Phillips
IF Dave Concepcion

SP Eppa Rixey
SP Tom Browning
SP Bucky Walters
SP Paul Derringer
SP Tony Mullane

RP Clay Carroll
RP John Franco
RP Joe Nuxhall
RP Rob Dibble
RP Pedro Borbon
RP Rawly Eastwick
RP Aroldis Chapman
RP Danny Graves

Ryan The Orange · Dec 15, 2013

Are we assuming the players have the abilities they had when they were on the team or anytime in their career?

muskiesfan · Dec 15, 2013

Ryan The Orange said:
Are we assuming the players have the abilities they had when they were on the team or anytime in their career?

Any time is fine. The most important part is that they actually played for the team you are making a roster for.

MrMet · Dec 15, 2013

C Mike Piazza
1B Keith Hernandez
2B Roberto Alomar (for times other than when he played with the Mets)
SS Jose Reyes
3B David Wright
RF Duke Snider
CF Willie Mays
LF Carlos Beltran

Bench
C Gary Carter
OF Darryl Strawberry
IF Carlos Delgado
IF Buddy Harrelson
OF Rickey Henderson
IF John Olerud

SP Tom Seaver
SP Nolan Ryan
SP Doc Gooden (less the drugs)
SP Warren Spahn
SP Tom Glavine

RP Billy Wagner
RP John Franco
RP Tug McGraw
RP Roger McDowell
RP Randy Myers
RP Jesse Orosco

Damn, that was tough, obviously, most of those guys wouldn't make the list if it was based solely on their performances as Mets, but in their heydays, damn this could be a hell of a team, haha

Austin · Dec 15, 2013

Rangers

1B - Rafael Palmeiro
2B - Ian Kinsler
SS - Michael Young
3B - Alex Rodriguez
LF - Rusty Greer
CF - Josh Hamilton
RF - Juan Gonzalez
C - Pudge Rodriguez
DH - Larry Parrish

SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Fergie Jenkins
SP - Gaylord Perry
SP - Charlie Hough
SP - Yu Darvish

RP - Joe Nathan
RP - Jeff Russell
RP - Mitch Williams
RP - John Wetteland

Bench

1B - Will Clark
1B - Mark Teixeira
2B - Julio Franco
3B - Buddy Bell
OF - Jose Canseco
OF - Ruben Sierra
OF - Pete Incaviglia

arexcrooke · Dec 15, 2013

C-Yogi Berra
1b-Lou Gehrig
2b-Robbie Cano
SS-Derek Jeter
3B-Wade Boggs
LF-Rickey Henderson
CF-Mickey Mantle
RF-Babe Ruth
Bench
OF-Joe DiMaggio
OF-Reggie Jackson
IF-Craig Nettles
IF-Alex Rodriguez
IF-Don Mattingly
C-Thurman Munson
SP-Whitey Ford
SP-Lefty Gomez
SP-Red Ruffing
SP-Andy Pettitte
SP-Catfish Hunter
RP-Mariano Rivera
RP-Goose Gossage
RP-Sparky Lyle
RP-Dave Righetti
RP-John Wettland

CatdaddysCards · Dec 15, 2013

Royals

C-Bob Boone
1b- Eric Hosmer
2b-Frank White
SS-Angel Berroa
3b-George Brett
LF-Alex Gordon
CF-Carlos Beltran
RF-Bo Jackson
DH-Wil Myers

Bench

Billy Butler
Johnny Damon
Mike Moustakas
Bob Hamlin
Salvador Perez
Alcides Escobar

SP

Brett Saberhagen
Mark Gubicza
James Shields
Storm Davis
Yordano Ventura

RP

Kelvin Herrera
Tim Collins
Joakim Soria
Greg Holland
Dan Quisenberry

I'm waiting on men's group to start at church and quickly put one together off the top of my head. These are only guys I've seen play. The rotation was difficult, as it has been very poor since I've been a fan, but is looking like we have a bright future in Ventura, Lamb, Zimmer and Almonte!

jbhofmann · Dec 15, 2013

REDS

C- Johnny Bench
1B- Joey Votto
2B- Joe Morgan
SS- Barry Larkin
3B- Aaron Boone
LF- Frank Robinson
CF- Eric Davis
RF- Jay Bruce

SP- Jose Rijo
SP- Tom Browning
SP- Danny Jackson
SP- Johnny Cueto
SP- Jim Maloney

RP- Rob Dibble
RP- Aroldis Chapman
RP- Scott Williamson
RP- Randy Myers
RP- John Franco

B- Pete Rose
B- Ken Griffey Jr
B- Reggie Sanders
B- Brandon Phillips
B- Joe Oliver
B- Bip Roberts

TwinGnats · Dec 16, 2013

C: Joe Mauer – Brian Harper
1B: Kent Hrbek – Justin Morneau
2B: Rod Carew – Joe Conin
3B: Harmon Killebrew – Joe Cronin
SS: Paul Molitor – Joe Cronin
LF: Torii Hunter/Tony Oliva (Platoon) – Sam Rice
CF: Kirby Puckett – Sam Rice
RF: Dave Winfield – Sam Rice
DH: Jim Thome/Goose Goslin (Platoon)

SP1: Walter Johnson
SP2: Steve Carlton
SP3: Jim Kaat
SP4: Jack Morris
SP5: Frank Viola

MR1: Johan Santana
MR2: Bert Blyleven
MR3: Joe Nathan
ST: Jeff Reardon
CL: Rick Aguilera

Batting Order (LHP)

1. Rod Carew
2. Joe Mauer
3. Kirby Puckett
4. Harmon Killebrew
5. Dave Winfield
6. Paul Molitor
7. Torii Hunter
8. Kent Hrbek
9. Goose Goslin

Batting Order (RHP)

1. Rod Carew
2. Joe Mauer
3. Kirby Puckett
4. Harmon Killebrew
5. Dave Winfield
6. Jim Thome
7. Paul Molitor
8. Tony Oliva
9. Kent Hrbek

HOF:11
Potential HOF:6 (Mauer, Hunter, Thome, Morris, Santana, Nathan)
MVP Awards: 6
All Star Seasons: 135
Gold Glove Awards: 43
Silver Slugger Awards: 25
Batting Titles: 14
HR Titles: 7
Cy Young Awards: 7
ERA Titles: 9
Strikeout Titles: 22
Save Titles: 1
Top 100 Hitters (EloRater): 7
Top100 Pitcher (EloRater): 4

muskiesfan · Dec 16, 2013

I should have either taken less pitchers or went with a 40 man roster. I feel like I left out so many players.

[MENTION=3164]jbhofmann[/MENTION] Danny Jackson, Eric Davis, and Jim Maloney were on my rosters a few times. I kept tinkering. Nice list.

jbhofmann · Dec 16, 2013

muskiesfan said:
I should have either taken less pitchers or went with a 40 man roster. I feel like I left out so many players.

@jbhofmann Danny Jackson, Eric Davis, and Jim Maloney were on my rosters a few times. I kept tinkering. Nice list.

Yeah I could have went a ton of different ways but ultimately I decided on a team that I would most enjoy watching. Nice thread idea.

Nate Colbert 17 · Dec 16, 2013

San Diego

C Fred Kendall
C Terry Kennedy
1B Nate Colbert
1B Fred McGriff
2B Roberto Alomar
2B Tim Flannery
SS Ozzie Smith
SS Garry Templeton
3B Graig Nettles
3B Chase Headley
OF Dave Winfield
OF Ollie Brown
OF Tony Gwynn
OF Johnny Grubb
OF Clarence Gaston
SP Randy Jones
SP Gaylord Perry
SP Jake Peavy
SP Dave Dravecky
SP Bruce Hurst
RP Craig Lefferts
CL Goose Gossage
CL Rollie Fingers
CL Trevor Hoffman
CL Mark Davis

gracecollector · Dec 16, 2013

Chicago Cubs - Pretty solid up and down the lineup, including reserves. Relief pitching is the weakest, so I included some starters as middle relievers. Sorry, much like Ty Cobb in Field of Dreams, Sammy Sosa wanted to play for us, but none of us could stand the bastard (Rogers Hornsby almost missed the cut for the same reason - but we needed his versatility).

C- Gabby Hartnett
1B- Cap Anson
2B- Ryne Sandberg
SS- Ernie Banks
3B- Ron Santo
LF- Billy Williams
CF- Hack Wilson
RF- Andre Dawson

SP- Mordecai Brown
SP- Greg Maddux
SP- Fergie Jenkins
SP- Hippo Vaughn
SP- Grover Alexander

RP- Bruce Sutter
RP- Lee Smith
RP- Charlie Root
RP- Kerry Wood
RP- Carlos Zambrano

B- Rogers Hornsby (SS, 3B, 2B, 1B, OF)
B- Phil Cavaretta (OF)
B- Kiki Cuyler (OF)
B- Mark Grace (1B)
B- Billy Herman (2B)
B- King Kelly (Catcher)

NickM · Dec 16, 2013

Dodgers

SP Sandy Koufax
SP Clayton Kershaw
SP Greg Maddux
SP Juan Marichal
SP Pedro Martinez
RP Hoyt Wilhelm
RP Don Sutton
RP Don Drysdale
RP Dazzy Vance
RP Eric Gagne
C Mike Piazza
C Roy Campanella
C Gary Carter
1B Eddie Murray
1B Gil Hodges
2B Jackie Robinson
2B/SS Maury Wills
SS Pee Wee Reese
3B Dick Allen
3B/SS Arky Vaughan
LF Frank Robinson
CF Rickey Henderson
RF Duke Snider
OF Paul Waner
OF Manny Ramirez

gmsieb · Dec 16, 2013

1ST PUJOLS
2ND CAREW
SS FREGOSI
3RD GLAUS
C BOONE
OF VLADIMIR
OF TROUT
OF FRANK ROBINSON
DH REGGIE JACKSON

B SALMON
B BAYLOR
B ECKSTEIN
B GRICH
B DOWNING
B LYNN
B GARRETT ANDERSON
B EDDIE MURRAY
B LYMON BOSTOCK

SP NOLAN RYAN
SP JERED WEAVER
SP LANGSTON
SP CHUCK FINLEY
SP TANANA
SP LACKEY
SP WITT
SP CHANCE
CLOSER KROD
BP PERICVAL
BP SHIELDS

tpeichel · Dec 16, 2013

TwinGnats said:
C: Joe Mauer – Brian Harper
1B: Kent Hrbek – Justin Morneau
2B: Rod Carew – Joe Conin
3B: Harmon Killebrew – Joe Cronin
SS: Paul Molitor – Joe Cronin
LF: Dave Winfield – Sam Rice - Tony Oliva
CF: Kirby Puckett – Sam Rice - Tony Oliva
RF: Torii Hunter – Sam Rice - Tony Oliva
DH: Jim Thome – Goose Goslin

SP: Jim Kaat
SP: Walter Johnson
SP: Steve Carlton
SP: Jack Morris
SP: Frank Viola

RP: Johan Santana
RP: Joe Nathan
RP: Bert Blyleven
RP: Jeff Reardon
CL: Rick Aguilera

HOF:11
Potential HOF:6 (Mauer, Hunter, Thome, Morris, Santana, Nathan)
MVP Awards: 6
All Star Seasons: 135
Gold Glove Awards: 43
Silver Slugger Awards: 25
Batting Titles: 14
HR Titles: 7
Cy Young Awards: 7
ERA Titles: 9
Strikeout Titles: 22
Save Titles: 1
Top 100 Hitters (EloRater): 7
Top100 Pitcher (EloRater): 4

Very good list. One change I would make is putting Tony Oliva into the starting lineup for Torii Hunter. Oliva was the MVP runner-up in 1965 and 1970 and would have had his best season in 1971 when he led the league with a .337 average along with a league leading slugging % of .546, but only had 487 ABs because of his bad knees. He only managed 28 ABs the following year and was really never the same player again. Torii had a 15th place MVP finish, but that's it. Along with his two runner-ups for the MVP, Oliva had two other top 10 finishes (4th and 10th).

maxe0213 · Dec 16, 2013

arexcrooke said:
C-Yogi Berra
1b-Lou Gehrig
2b-Robbie Cano
SS-Derek Jeter
3B-Wade Boggs
LF-Rickey Henderson
CF-Mickey Mantle
RF-Babe Ruth
Bench
OF-Joe DiMaggio
OF-Reggie Jackson
IF-Craig Nettles
IF-Alex Rodriguez
IF-Don Mattingly
C-Thurman Munson
SP-Whitey Ford
SP-Lefty Gomez
SP-Red Ruffing
SP-Andy Pettitte
SP-Catfish Hunter
RP-Mariano Rivera
RP-Goose Gossage
RP-Sparky Lyle
RP-Dave Righetti
RP-John Wettland

I like a lot of your lineup but I would definitely make some changes. I'd have ARod starting instead of Boggs as well as Clemens instead of Catfish.

tpeichel · Dec 16, 2013

Frank Viola got the Twins a World Series ring and a Cy Young, but I think Santana was just a little bit better. Should have had three Cy Youngs from 2004-2006 and came close a couple other times too, so I think I'd move Santana into the starting rotation.

TwinGnats · Dec 17, 2013

I thought about that (I actually did, I'm such a nerd) but this allows Santana to pitch middle relief, especially a situation with two or three men on and you need a strikeout to end the inning. Viola has also never ben a RP, I wonder if he could be effective as one.

As far as Hunter goes, he actually came in 6th one year for MVP, but I was focusing on his 9 Gold Gloves and a need for some extra speed. Here's a better question, do I have the outfielders in the right position. Thinking that I should move Hunter to Left an Winfield to right.

tpeichel said:
Frank Viola got the Twins a World Series ring and a Cy Young, but I think Santana was just a little bit better. Should have had three Cy Youngs from 2004-2006 and came close a couple other times too, so I think I'd move Santana into the starting rotation.

tpeichel · Dec 17, 2013

TwinGnats said:
I thought about that (I actually did, I'm such a nerd) but this allows Santana to pitch middle relief, especially a situation with two or three men on and you need a strikeout to end the inning. Viola has also never ben a RP, I wonder if he could be effective as one.

As far as Hunter goes, he actually came in 6th one year for MVP, but I was focusing on his 9 Gold Gloves and a need for some extra speed. Here's a better question, do I have the outfielders in the right position. Thinking that I should move Hunter to Left an Winfield to right.

Hmm, Santana was awesome in the pen. If he is going to be in the pen,I'd have him close though. I think I'd stick with Oliva's bat in the OF. He did win a Gold GLove in 1966 when he had good knees and with Puckett and Winfield you have thirteen gold gloves between them so I wouldn't be concerned about outfield defense. With Winfield's arm, I think you want him in RF with Oliva in left. Torii is a great late-inning defensive replacement. Now that I think about it, what might be ideal is a platoon. Here are the splits: Oliva -vs- right handers (.319/.372/.518) Hunter -vs- left handers (.290/.353/.489)

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