All Time Single Season Teams

Originally posted by pwdennis
Braves - Atlanta only

1B - Andres Galarraga 1998
2B - Davey Johnson 1973
SS - Jeff Blauser 1993
3B - Bob Horner 1979
RF - Henry Aaron 1970 *
CF - Ralph Garr 1974
LF - Rico Carty 1970
C - Earl Williams 1971
(* I refuse to leave Hammerin' Hank off this team)

No room for Chipper Jones, especially his 1999 season (.319 AVG, .441 OBA, .633 SLG, 45 HR, 110 RBI, 116 R)?

I was looking at starting pitchers the Braves have had. Strong cases could also be made for Denny Neagle, 1997 and Kevin Millwood, 1998. Not to mention, if Smoltz was not put in the closer role, his 1996 season would surely rank high on the list. As a side note, I now understand why some Braves' fans aren't too broken up about the prospect of seeing Glavine and Maddux going to other teams. While a fair amount of the Braves' regular season dominance goes to Glavine and Maddux, these two did not carry the team, even the pitching staff alone. The Braves have been blessed with solid performances by their #3, sometimes even their #4 starters.

[WiredTiger]

For the Braves I think I would have moved 1996 John Smoltz into the rotation and put 1975 Al Hrabosky as a closer.

[gyb13]

I'd start C Rudy York 1938 and have Bill Freehan 1967 off the bench. I'd start 1B Norm Cash 1961 over Hank Greenberg 1938. Or maybe leave Fielder as the backup 1B and have Hank 1940 start in LF. I'd start 3B Eddie Yost 1959 and have Ray Boone 1956 off the bench. Heilmann as a DH is cheating, so I'd start him (1923 version) in RF, with backup OFs Rocky Colavito 1961, Al Kaline 1955, and Sam Crawford 1907. The DH would be John Grubb 1986.
On the pitchers, I may find place for Dizzy Trout 1944, Hank Aguirre 1962, Virgil Trucks 1949 (over Mclain, Fidrych, and Bridges). I'd take John Hiller 1973 (not 72) and Lopez 79 (not 84). Hogsett is good too, but why not George Uhle 1931.

[gyb13]

1B Jim Gentile 1961
DH Harold Baines 1999
reserve C Mickey Tettleton 1989
reserve CIF Eddie Murray 1984
reserve MIF Bobby Grich 1974
SP Palmer 73 instead of 75
SP Mussina 94 instead of 97
SP Ben McDonald 93 over Flanagan
Not much in the bullpen, though you could try to find places for Billy Hoeft 1961, Bob Reynolds 1973, Mark Eichhorn 1994, and Randy Myers 1997 (over Tippy, Hoyt, Hall)

[gyb13]

C Dave Valle 1986 (keep Stinson as backup)
SS ARod 2000 over 1996
LF start Bradley over Paciorek
CF Griffey 1993 over 1997
backup MIF Joey Cora 1997

[TimmyB]

Originally posted by WiredTiger
For the Braves I think I would have moved 1996 John Smoltz into the rotation and put 1975 Al Hrabosky as a closer.

Hrabosky was in St. Louis in '75. He didn't go to Atlanta until 1980...

[gyb13]

2B Doerr 1944 instead of 1950
RF Earl Webb 1931 (Evans 87 was mostly a 1B)
DH Manny Ramirez 2001
backup C Wally Schang 1920
backup CIF Yaz 1970
backup MIF Rico Petrocelli 1969
backup COF Ruth 1919
SP Pedro 2000 over 99
SP Cy Young 1901, Lefty Grove 1936, and Frank Sullivan 1955 (over Clemens/Ferris/Kinder)
Bullpen: George Susce 1955, Radatz 1963 over 64, Lowe 1999 over 2000, Ellis Kinder 1953

[gyb13]

C Hartnett 1937 over 1930
SS Bill Dahlen 1896 over 1894 (and maybe over Banks)
LF Topsy Hartsel 1901 (williams to bench and stephenson out)
backup C Rick Wilkins 1993
backup 2B Ross Barnes 1876 (unless you really want Ryno )
SP Clarkson 1887 over 1885, Fergie 1970 over 1971, Bill Hutchinson 1890 (over 3-finger), Ed Reulbach 1905 (over alexander), Corcoran 1884 over 1880.
MR how about a dark horse like Chuck McElroy 1991 (over Elston)?
CL Lee Smith 1983 (over Abernathy)

[JamesI]

Originally posted by gyb13
1B Jim Gentile 1961
DH Harold Baines 1999
reserve C Mickey Tettleton 1989
reserve CIF Eddie Murray 1984
reserve MIF Bobby Grich 1974
SP Palmer 73 instead of 75
SP Mussina 94 instead of 97
SP Ben McDonald 93 over Flanagan
Not much in the bullpen, though you could try to find places for Billy Hoeft 1961, Bob Reynolds 1973, Mark Eichhorn 1994, and Randy Myers 1997 (over Tippy, Hoyt, Hall)

Myers was a closer, so that eliminated him (only 2 closers.) Murray is better defensivly at first and since in the example it didn't matter if the DH was actually a DH that's why I put Gentile at DH. I hate Bobby Grich, so that's why he wasn't on the team. And I just disagree on the pitcher changes.

[gyb13]

3B Tony Perez 1970 (Rose on bench over Groh)
LF Charlie Jones 1884
backup C Bubbles Hargrave 1923
backup MIF Pete Rose 1965 36 Frank Fennelly 1885 (over McPhee)
backup OF Foster and Mike Donlin 1903
SP Elmer Smith 1887, Billy Rhines 1890, even Rijo 1993 (over Seaver/White)
SU Junior Thompson 1939 and Frank Williams 1987 (over Murphy/Borbon)
CL Ted Abernathy 1967 and Danny Graves 2000 (over Shaw/Brantley)

[gyb13]

C Joe Torre 1966, Javy 1997 as backup
3B Chipper Jones 1999
CF Murphy over Garr, with Alou 1968 as backup
RF Aaron 69 over 70
backup 2B Quilvio Veras 2000 (over Treadway)
backup OF Lonnie Smith 1989 (over Andruw?)
SP Maddux 95 over 94, Niekro 78 over 69, Glavine (maybe 91 over 98), Millwood 99 over Avery, and Smoltz 1996 (more value as a SP than as a CL)
RP Bedrosian 82 over 84, Rick Camp 1980 (smoltz moves to SP), maybe Tom House 1974, Gene Garber 1982....

[SmedIndy]

Originally posted by gyb13
C Hartnett 1937 over 1930
SS Bill Dahlen 1896 over 1894 (and maybe over Banks)
LF Topsy Hartsel 1901 (williams to bench and stephenson out)
backup C Rick Wilkins 1993
backup 2B Ross Barnes 1876 (unless you really want Ryno )
SP Clarkson 1887 over 1885, Fergie 1970 over 1971, Bill Hutchinson 1890 (over 3-finger), Ed Reulbach 1905 (over alexander), Corcoran 1884 over 1880.
MR how about a dark horse like Chuck McElroy 1991 (over Elston)?
CL Lee Smith 1983 (over Abernathy)

You gots yer criteria - I gots mine. I didn't want to overload on the 19th century guys - I discount 1884 because of the three leagues. And I thought about McElroy - but have too many bad memories.

[WiredTiger]

Originally posted by TimmyB
Hrabosky was in St. Louis in '75. He didn't go to Atlanta until 1980...

My mistake. I just think of the Mad Hungarian as a Brave.

[TimmyB]

Originally posted by WiredTiger
My mistake. I just think of the Mad Hungarian as a Brave.

It's too bad we haven't heard from any Card fans yet. That '75 season belongs on someone's list...