Bear with me, for the Dead Ball era is not my area of expertise. Please call me out if I've made some glaring omission
C Roger Bresnahan
1B Frank Chance
2B Nap Lajoie
3B Jimmy Collins
SS Honus Wagner
OF Ty Cobb
OF Roy Thomas
OF Willie Keeler
U Buck Freeman
RHP Cy Young
LHP Eddie Plank
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ReplyDeleteEnjoying your posts, including your all-decade teams.
ReplyDeleteExcept for the OF, your choices are extremely solid (although Mathewson & Waddell cound make strong cases over Young & Plank).
I would suggest an OF of Sam Crawford, Fred Clarke, and Elmer Flick.
Crawford is a 'glaring omission' to use your term. Among OF with min 2,000 PA, Wahoo Sam was 1st in WAR, H, HR, RBI; 3rd in SLG; 4th in OPS; and 9th in BA.
Clarke & Flick were each Top Ten in virtually every offensive category.
Cobb only played half the decade, although he did have a HUGE impact in those 5 years.
Keeler's career was great, but in decline by the back half of the 1900s.
My thoughts.
Thanks for your entries, Tyler!
Thanks Joe! I'm admittedly not as knowledgeable about pre-live ball era history as I should be. Clearly you know a lot more than I do hehe
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