My All-Time Baseball Team

All-Time Starting Line-up

First Base – Lou Gehrig – 23 Career Grand slams (MLB record), .340 Career batting average and 1995 RBI

Second Base – Roger Hornsby - .358 Career batting average (number 1 all time for second basemen), 301 homeruns and 2,930 Career hits

Shortstop – Cal Ripken Jr. – 2632 straight games played (MLB record), 2 MVP awards and 3184 Career hits

Third base – Mike Schmidt – 3 MVP awards, 548 Career homeruns and 10 Gold Gloves

Catcher – Ivan Rodriguez – 2605 Career hits, .301 Career batting average and 13 Career Gold Gloves (MLB record for a catcher)

Outfield – Ted Williams – 2 MVP awards, .344 Career batting average and 1839 Career RBI (note: he missed nearly 5 total years of playing due to WW II and the Korean War)

Outfield – Willie Mays – 660 Career homeruns, 12 Gold Gloves and 2 MVP awards

Outfield – Hank Aaron – 755 Career homeruns (no steroids; bigger ball parks), 3771 Career hits and 2297 Career RBI

DH/Other – Babe Ruth – 714 Career homeruns, .690 Career slugging average (MLB record) and 2217 Career RBI (note: he was also a great pitcher)

All-Time Starting Rotation

Walter Johnson – 2 MVP awards, 417 Career wins and 110 shutouts (MLB record)

Greg Maddux – 355 Career wins, 3,371 Career Strikeouts and 18 Gold Gloves (MLB record)

CY Young – 511 Career Wins (MLB record), 2.63 Career ERA, 89 Career Shutouts

Randy Johnson – 5 CY Young awards, 4789 Career Strikeouts and 295 wins

Ed Walsh – 1.82 Career ERA (MLB record), 1.00 Career Whip Average and 6 sub-2.00 ERA seasons

All-Time Bullpen

Mariano Rivera – 482 Career saves, 0.77 Career Post Season ERA (MLB record) and save percentage of 88.9

Dennis Eckersley – 390 Career saves, 1 CY Young Award, 1 MVP

Hoyt Wilhelm – 143 Career wins, 2.43 Career ERA and 227 Career saves

Trevor Hoffman – 554 Career saves (MLB record), 2.78 Career ERA and 6 All-Stars

Goose Gossage – 124 Career wins, 310 Career saves and 9 All-Stars


Note - I do not respect players who cheated such as A-Rod, Bonds (whose head grew nearly two inches) and Mark Mcgwire. That is why none of these "greats" are on my list.