Thursday, March 27, 2008

All Time Great Lineup

1-Rickey Henderson- LF
2- Joe Morgan- 2B
3- George Herman "Babe" Ruth- RF
4- Willie Mays-CF
5- Mike Schmidt- 3B
6- Louis "Iron Man" Gehrig- 1B
7- Johnny Bench- C
8- Ozzie Smith- SS
9- Bob Gibson- P

CL- Mariano Rivera (c. 1999)

Rickey- Most SBs ever, most leadoff HR ever, high OBP lots of walks.
Morgan- great defense, lots of hitting, power for the position.
Ruth- Best power hitter ever, dominating force in the middle of the Line-up.
Willie Mays- 5 tool player, can play great Defense, drives runs in.
Schmidt- Arguably the best power hitter of the 70s and 80s. can drive in runs, very good at third.
Gehrig- Good defensive 1st baseman, hit behind Ruth, many RBIs good situational hitting.
Bench- Best overall catcher, can call games, play defense and hit.
Ozzie- best defensive SS ever, still got about 2800 hits.
Bob Gibson- 1968 season and the 1967 world series, in his era the most unstoppable pitcher in the game.

Rivera- unhitable, between 1996 and 2001 the most succescful reliever in ML history

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