Athlete of the Month, May 2024

 April

Luka Doncic.  Runners-up: Oleksandr Usyk, Xander Schauffele, Jaylen Brown

Jan-Travis Kelce

Feb- Patrick Mahomes

March - Caitlin Clark

April - Mookie Betts

May- Luka Doncic

Nearing the halfway mark - who will win 2024 Athlete of the Year?

All Time NL Roster

I've just finished going through the all time rosters of every MLB team.  

What I have also done, but not published, is use my cross comparative WAR metric to select the best single season for all the members of those rosters.  

From that pool, best single seasons from the All Time rosters of every MLB team from the All Time 40 Man Rosters (the Astros are in the AL, Brewers in NL, for these purposes).  Each team has to have a representative. 

Catchers

Johnny Bench          (1972) Reds

Mike Piazza             (1997) Dodgers

Buster Posey  (1B)   (2012) Giants

First Base

Albert Pujols             (2009) Cardinals

Dick Allen  (3B/LF)  (1964) Phillies

Todd Helton  (L)        (2004) Rockies

Second Base

Rogers Hornsby       (1924) Cardinals             

Joe Morgan (L)        (1975) Reds

Jackie Robinson (3B/1B/LF)  (1951) Dodgers

Shortstop

Honus Wagner         (1908) Pirates

Arky Vaughan (L)   (1935) Pirates

Ernie Banks (1B)    (1959) Cubs

Robin Yount (CF)    (1982) Brewers

Third Base

Ron Santo                (1967) Cubs

Mike Schmidt          (1980) Phillies

Eddie Mathews        (1959) Braves

Left Field

Barry Bonds  (L)     (2001) Giants

Stan Musial (L) (1B/RF/CF)   (1948) Cardinals

Frank Robinson (1B/RF)         (1962) Reds

Center Field

Willie Mays            (1965) Giants

Duke Snider (L)      (1953) Dodgers

Right Field

Sammy Sosa            (2001) Cubs

Bryce Harper (L)     (2015) Nationals

Hank Aaron (LF/CF)   (1959) Braves

Mel Ott (3B) (L)      (1938) Giants

Giancarlo Stanton    (2017) Marlins

Pitching Staff

Christy Mathewson   (1908) Giants

Dwight Gooden         (1985) Mets

Steve Carlton (L)       (1972) Phillies

Bob Gibson               (1968) Cardinals

Grover Cleveland Alexander (1915) Phillies

Sandy Koufax (L)     (1963) Dodgers

Tom Seaver               (1971) Mets

John Clarkson (RF)   (1889) Braves

Jacob DeGrom          (2018) Mets

Greg Maddux            (1995) Braves

Randy Johnson (L)    (2001) DBacks

Craig Kimbrel           (2012) Braves

Josh Hader (L)          (2021) Brewers

Trevor Hoffman        (1998) Padres

All Time AL Roster

 I've just finished going through the all time rosters of every MLB team.  

What I have also done, but not published, is use my cross comparative WAR metric to select the best single season for all the members of those rosters.  

From that pool, best single seasons from the All Time rosters of every MLB team from the All Time 40 Man Rosters (the Astros are in the AL, Brewers in NL, for these purposes).  Each team has to have a representative. 

Catchers

Bill Dickey (L)            (1937) Yankees

Joe Mauer   (L)   (1B)  (2009) Twins

First Base

Lou Gehrig (L)                    (1927) Yankees

Jimmie Foxx                       (1932) Athletics

George Sisler (L)                 (1920) Orioles

Second Base

Nap Lajoie                          (1910)  Indians/Guardians

Eddie Collins                      (1915)  White Sox

Craig Biggio  (C)               (1997) Astros

    

Shortstop

Cal Ripken            (3B)       (1991)  Orioles

Lou Boudreau                     (1948)  Indians/Guardians       

Alex Rodriguez                   (2002)  Rangers

Third Base

George Brett (L)    (1B)      (1980)  Royals

Wade Boggs (L)                  (1985) Red Sox

Left Field              

Ted Williams (L)                 (1946) Red Sox

Carl Yastrzemski (L)  (1B) (1967) Red Sox

Rickey Henderson               (1990) A's

Center Field

Mickey Mantle (S)    (1B)   (1957) Yankees

Ty Cobb         (L)                 (1917) Tigers

Joe DiMaggio                      (1941) Yankees

Mike Trout                           (2012) Angels

Ken Griffey, Jr. (L)              (1996) Mariners

Tris Speaker      (L)              (1912) Red Sox

Right Field

Babe Ruth     (L)       (LF)   (1923) Yankees

Aaron Judge              (CF)   (2022) Yankees

Mookie Betts             (CF)   (2018) Red Sox

DH

Shohei Ohtani (L)     (RHP)  (2023) Angels

Pitching Staff

Walter Johnson                 (1913) Senators/Twins

Pedro Martinez                 (2000) Red Sox

Hal Newhouser (L)          (1945) Tigers

Ed Walsh                          (1908) White Sox

Bob Feller                        (1946) Indians/Guardians

Roger Clemens                (1997) Blue Jays

Rube Waddell                  (1904) Athletics

Ed Cicotte                        (1917) White Sox

Cy Young                         (1903) Red Sox

Zack Greinke                   (2009) Royals

Ron Guidry (L)                (1978) Yankees

Dennis Eckersley             (1990) Athletics

Mariano Rivera                (2008) Yankees

Fernando Rodney            (2012) Rays

           

All Time Blue Jays Roster

  Through 2023.

 Largely, this is a focus on career regular season value, due to time considerations.  I'm doing this with the idea of a possible tournament, so I'm not just putting together the best 26 players, I'm trying to construct a roster.  Every spot has a backup, 16 position players/10 pitchers.  Making platoon considerations, each team has 2 dedicated closers, each bullpen has a lefty.

Lineup v RH

C E.Whitt (L)

1B J.Olerud (L)

2B R.Alomar (S)

SS T.Fernandez (S)

3B J.Donaldson 

LF G.Bell

CF L.Moseby (L)

RF J.Bautista

DH C.Delgado (L)

Lineup v LH

C R.Martin

1B E.Encarnacion

2B R.Alomar (S)

SS T.Fernandez (S)

3B J.Bautista 

LF G.Bell

CF V.Wells

RF J.Barfield

DH C.Delgado (L)

Bench

2B A.Hill

SS A.Gonzalez

LF S.Stewart

Starters

D.Stieb

R.Halladay

J.Key (L)

P.Clancy

P.Hentgen

Bullpen

T.Henke

D.Ward

J.Guzman

R.Clemens

D.Wells (L)

All Time Senators(II)/Rangers

 Through 2023.

 Largely, this is a focus on career regular season value, due to time considerations.  I'm doing this with the idea of a possible tournament, so I'm not just putting together the best 26 players, I'm trying to construct a roster.  Every spot has a backup, 16 position players/10 pitchers.  Making platoon considerations, each team has 2 dedicated closers, each bullpen has a lefty.

Lineup v RH

C I.Rodriguez

1B R.Palmeiro (L)

2B I.Kinsler 

SS A.Rodriguez

3B A.Beltre

LF R.Greer (L)

CF J.Hamilton (L)

RF J.Gonzalez 

DH M.Teixeira (S)

Lineup v LH

C I.Rodriguez

1B R.Palmeiro (L)

2B T.Harrah

SS E.Andrus

3B B.Bell

LF F.Howard

CF J.Gonzalez

RF R.Sierra

DH A.Rodriguez

Bench

C J.Sundberg

2B/SS/3B M.Young

Starters

C.Hough

K.Rogers (L)

F.Jenkins

K.Brown

N.Ryan

Bullpen

J.Wetteland

F.Cordero

Y.Darvish

G.Perry

J.Matlack (L)