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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Greatest Defensive Players

Now that I've completed this lengthy list, I'd like to conclude it by puting forth my all-defensive team, the ten best players at each respective position.  I'm not going to have a lengthy write-up for each of these players because it would take too much time, and many of them have already been written about it in the previous posts. 

Left Field                                                          Center Field
1.)  Barry Bonds                                               1.)  Willie Mays
2.)  Ted Williams                                               2.)  Ken Griffey, Jr.
3.)  Stan Musial                                                 3.)  Joe DiMaggio
4.)  Rickey Henderson                                       4.)  Mickey Mantle
5.)  Pete Rose                                                    5.)  Duke Snider
6.)  Manny Ramirez                                            6.)  Kirby Puckett
7.)  Carl Yastrzemski                                          7.)  Jimmy Wynn 
8.)  Lou Brock                                                    8.)  Dale Murphy
9.)  Willie Stargell                                                9.)  Larry Doby
10.) Goose Goslin                                               10.) Fred Lynn

Right Field                                                           Third Base
1.)  Hank Aaron                                                  1.)  Mike Schmidt
2.)  Babe Ruth                                                     2.)  Brooks Robinson
3.)  Frank Robinson                                             3.)  Eddie Matthews
4.)  Roberto Clemente                                          4.)  George Brett
5.)  Shoeless Joe Jackson                                     5.)  Wade Boggs
6.)  Tony Gwynn                                                  6.)  Alex Rodriguez
7.)  Ichiro Suzuki                                                  7.)  Chipper Jones
8.)  Reggie Jackson                                               8.)  Stan Hack
9.)  Al Kaline                                                        9.)  Ron Santo 
10.) Dave Winfield                                               10.) Ray Dandridge

Shortstop                                                              Second Base
1.)  Ernie Banks                                                    1.)  Eddie Collins
2.)  Cal Ripken, Jr.                                                2.)  Joe Morgan
3.)  Derek Jeter                                                     3.)  Charlie Gehringer
4.)  Ozzie Smith                                                     4.)  Jackie Robinson
5.)  Joe Cronin                                                       5.)  Roberto Alomar
6.)  Barry Larkin                                                    6.)  Craig Biggio
7.)  Robin Yount                                                    7.)  Ryne Sandberg
8.)  Omar Vizquel                                                  8.)  Lou Whitaker
9.)  Nomar Garciaparra                                         9.)  Jeff Kent
10.) Jimmy Rollins                                                 10.) Bobby Grich

First Base                                                              Catcher
1.)  Lou Gehrig                                                      1.)  Johnny Bench
2.)  Jimmie Foxx                                                    2.)  Ivan Rodriguez
3.)  Hank Greenberg                                              3.)  Yogi Berra
4.)  Eddie Murray                                                  4.)  Roy Campanella
5.)  Mark McGwire                                               5.)  Mike Piazza
6.)  Willie McCovey                                              6.)  Carlton Fisk
7.)  Jeff Bagwell                                                     7.)  Bill Dickey
8.)  Harmon Killebrew                                           8.)  Gary Carter
9.)  Albert Pujols                                                   9.)  Joe Torre
10.) Jim Thome                                                     10.) Jorge Posada

Pitcher
1.)  Roger Clemens
2.)  Sandy Koufax
3.)  Greg Maddux
4.)  Randy Johnson
5.)  Tom Seaver
6.)  Steve Carlton
7.)  Bob Gibson
8.)  Pedro Martinez
9.)  Nolan Ryan
10.) Walter Johnson

By the way, I realize that all of my numbers are uneven.  For some reason, they're straight while I'm writing this, but once it shows up on the main page, they're all crooked.  Go figure.

2 comments:

Jack said...

Joe Morgan??, Chipper Jones?? By the way, some of your numbers are crooked.

Brian said...

Thanks, I hadn't noticed. Yeah, they were good ballplayers. There aren't a whole lot of other players to choose from.