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THE ALL-POSITION FRANCHISE LINEUP
Here are the rules:
1. Assign a team/franchise to the position where it’s placed stars (HOFers, MVPs, All-Stars & Cy Youngs) throughout its history.
2. Use each team/franchise just once.
3. Arrange the franchise positions into a batting order based on each’s composite offensive skills.
1. SS Pittsburgh Pirates (Vaughn, Wagner, Groat)
2. 2B St. Louis Cardinals (Hornsby, Schoendienst, Herr)
3. LF Boston Red Sox (Williams, Yaz, Rice, Ramirez)
4. CF New York Yankees (Combs, DiMaggio, Mantle)
5. 1B NY/San Francisco Giants (Terry, Mize, McCovey, Clark)
6. 3B Boston/Milw./Atl. Braves (Matthews, Pendleton, Jones)
7. RF Detroit Tigers (Heilmann, Kaline, Gibson)
8. C Cincinnati Reds (Lombardi, Bench)
9. SP Brooklyn/LA Dodgers (Roe, Drysdale, Koufax, Sutton, Valenzuela, Hershiser)
RP Phila./Oakland A’s (Fingers, Eckersley, Street)
Have a better lineup? Send it to me!