All-Time One-Team Hall of Famers Team

The New York Times published an article today on this very subject:  http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/hall-of-famers-who-played-for-one-team/?emc=eta1.  Thanks to Garth Potts for the heads-up.  Pretty decent bench, even if you just counted the coaches.  If you have a question about which team someone played for, just click on the name.  Perhaps most impressive are those whose careers were in the free agency era:  Puckett, Rice, Ripken, Young, Brett and Gwynn.  There are some baseball historians who would argue that Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke should make this team.  Indeed, they would both be starters.  Tough decision to sit Clemente, but Musial’s offensive numbers are clearly superior.  Interesting notes:  Both White Sox pitchers here are switch hitters and both Combs and Reese were (ahem) colonels.

1b -       LOU GEHRIG*

2b -       CHARLIE GEHRINGER*

3b -       MIKE SCHMIDT*

SS -      CAL RIPKEN*

 C -       JOHNNY BENCH*

LF -       TED WILLIAMS*

CF -      JOE DiMAGGIO*

RF -      STAN MUSIAL*

DH -      CARL YASTRZEMSKI*

PH - (r)   ROY CAMPANELLA*

PH - (l)   MEL OTT*

PH - (b)  MICKEY MANTLE*

PR -       Bid McPhee*

Pitching

RH -      Walter Johnson*

RH -      BOB FELLER*

RH -      BOB GIBSON*

RH -      Addie Joss*

RH -      TED LYONS*

LH -      CARL HUBBELL*

LH -      SANDY KOUFAX*

LH -      WHITEY FORD*

Mgr -     BOB LEMON*

Coaches – BILL DICKEY*, ERNIE BANKS*, ROBIN YOUNT*, BROOKS ROBINSON*, PEE WEE REESE*, TRAVIS JACKSON*, JIM RICE*, BOBBY DOERR*, AL KALINE*

Broadcasters - JIM PALMER*, PHIL RIZZUTTO*, DON DRYSDALE*

Paradigm Shifter - JACKIE ROBINSON*

Reserves

LUKE APPLING*

GEORGE BRETT*

ROBERTO CLEMENTE*

Earle Combs*

Red Faber*

TONY GWYNN*

BILL MAZEROSKI*

KIRBY PUCKETT*

WILLIE STARGELL*

BILL TERRY*

PIE TRAYNOR*

Ross Youngs*

Key

*Hall of Fame (By definition, but don’t you like the visual constellation effect?)

ALL CAPS = All-Star

Bold = Inspiration