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)

All Time Rays 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 T.Hall

1B C.Pena (L)

2B B.Lowe (L)

SS B.Zobrist (S)

3B E.Longoria

LF C.Crawford (L)

CF K.Kiermaier (L)

RF A.Huff (L)

DH BJ Upton

Lineup v LH

C W.Ramos

1B Y.Diaz

2B B.Lowe (L)

SS J.Lugo

3B E.Longoria

LF R.Arozarena

CF BJ Upton

RF B.Zobrist (S)

DH D.Jennings

Bench

SS W.Franco

RF/LF M.Joyce (L)

Starters

D.Price (L)

J.Shields

S.Kazmir

C.Archer

B.Snell (L)

Bullpen

R.Hernandez

F.Rodney

T.Glasnow

A.Cobb

S.McClanahan (L)

All Time Mariners 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 D.Wilson

1B A.Davis (L)

2B R.Cano (L)

SS A.Rodriguez

3B K.Seager (L)

LF M.Cameron 

CF K.Griffey, Jr (L)

RF I.Suzuki (L)

DH E.Martinez 

Lineup v LH

C M.Zunino

1B J.Olerud (L)

2B B.Boone

SS A.Rodriguez

3B K.Seager (L)

LF P.Bradley

CF K.Griffey

RF I.Suzuki (L)

DH E.Martinez

Bench

SS JP Crawford (L)

3B A.Beltre

RF J.Buhner

Starters

F.Hernandez

R.Johnson (L)

J.Moyer (L)

M.Moore

M.Langston (L)

Bullpen

K.Sasaki

E.Diaz

F.Garcia

E.Hanson

J.Paxton (L)