Greatest living player for each team?

[Dr. Jack]

great article here
Who’s the greatest living player for each team? | HardballTalk

I wanted to open it up for any of the Pro Sports. But below from above article for MLB. Which one of these do you disagree with? Or add your own!

Yankees: Derek Jeter. He’s the Captain. And count the rings, baby. Yogi Berra actually may be a less controversial choice, however.

Red Sox: Yastrzemski, reasons noted.

Rays: Has to be Carl Crawford, doesn’t it? I don’t think anyone else is in the conversation until Longoria gets a few more years under his belt.

Blue Jays: Roberto Alomar may have played in too many other places. Dave Stieb? Yeah, I’ll go with Stieb.

Orioles: Ripken, in probably the easiest choice on the list.

Tigers: Al Kaline has held this title since Ty Cobb died I think. May be the longest-tenured to hold the title.

White Sox: Frank Thomas, though I feel like there’s some old timer who is still alive that I’m forgetting.

Royals: George Brett, and he may actually be an easier call than Ripken.

Twins: Hmm. Lots of good choices here. I think Killebrew has to be the man, though. Carew is defensible.

Indians: This is hard now that Feller is gone. It might actually be either
Manny or Albert Belle. Which should at least make the Greatest Living Player banquet pretty interesting.

Angels: Another toughie for me. Jim Edmonds, unless you think he had too much time in St. Louis. Tim Salmon? Yikes.

Athletics: Rickey says that Rickey would like a custom made “Rickey is the Greatest Living Oakland A” t-shirt made, please. Said Rickey.

Mariners: Ken Griffey, Jr. What, you were expecting Alvin Davis? And is Alvin Davis still alive?

Rangers: I think for political purposes we have to say Nolan Ryan, but it’s probably actually Pudge Rodriguez in terms of value.

Braves: Hank Aaron, in another easy choice.

Mets: Tom Seaver

Phillies: Mike Schmidt, though if you listen to Phils fans who didn’t follow the team until 2008, you’d think it was “Chooch!”

Marlins: Do they still call Jeff Conine “Mr. Marlin?” And even if they do, does it matter? Hanley Ramirez has to be getting close to the legit title.

Nats: Because they have mostly rejected their Expos heritage, they are not allowed to use Raines or Dawson. This I command. They can have the Livan Hernandez they deserve.

Cubs: Ernie Banks is the Cubs’ Yastrzemski. Discuss.

Cardinals: Does any team have a better 1-2 punch for this list than Musial (current) and Pujols (on deck)?

Brewers: Robin Yount, because Molitor excelled elsewhere too long. I need to find some other list for Rob Deer, though, because he rules.

Astros: Jeff Bagwell, unless someone has “suspicions” that he wasn’t really an Astro. That’s how this works, right?

Pirates: Pretty soon there won’t be any living Pirates who ever finished above .500. For now I guess it’s Dave Parker.

Reds: A ton of choices here. I’ll go with Joe Morgan, though I’ll accept arguments for Rose and Bench based on longevity and more homogeneously Reds career, respectively.

Giants: Say Hey! And actually, the Mays-Bonds combo may rival the Musial-Pujols one depending on how we define “greatest.”

Dodgers: Harder than you’d think. Their good teams were always populated by lots of good players, not one mega-stud. Koufax? Dare I say … Garvey? Help me people.

Padres: Has to be Tony Gwynn.

Rockies: Todd Helton may be the most boring Greatest Living Player for any team.

Diamondbacks: Randy Johnson probably is the one Greatest Living Player who did the most good stuff for other teams. But you’ll have that when you’ve only been around since 1998.

Argue away, folks.

[BLBisinnocent]

Pirates-barry

[be47320]

^ fact

like him or not

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

Jays - Delgado or Halladay. I'll go with Carlos.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

A's-- Reggie

although some of the pitchers would have to get mentioned: the Eck, Catfish, among others.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

For me, Bob Gibson is tops for the Cards.

Would take him over Pujols or Musial. So dominant they had to change the game (height of the mound) to give hitters a better chance.

[FlyersFan]

Reds- Deion Sanders

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Others for your consideration:

Pirates: Bonds was only there 7 years and those 7 years werent like his last 14 years at SF.

Heads above Parker IMO are Ralph Kiner and Bill Maz. Would pick Maz.

Phillies: Have to give Steve Carlton consideration

O's: Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson

Brewers: Paul Molitor

Cubs: Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins

Red Sox: Carlton Fisk and Wade Boggs

Montreal: The Hawk and Gary Carter

Astros: personally liked "the Beav" Craig Biggio and felt he contributed as much as Bagwell to the Astros success during their time together

[mark12]

If you are taking only players who played in Washington has to be Frank Howard.

[cali]

Angels: Rod Carew, Nolan Ryan, Reggie Jackson problem is all are probably better known for being on other teams. I owuld imagine Salmon or Garret Anderson.
Astros: Craig Biggio should be in the discusion
Cubs: Think Sandberg would probably win among younger fans
Pirates: Bonds
Dodgers: Piazza? Stats wise best offensive catcher in history
Marlins: Mike Lowell better numbers then Conine except for BA.
Yankees; So many to choose from, but Jeter isn't even the best shortstop on the roster now so.....

[Dr. Jack]

How about Toronto? Joe Carter?

And no way Mike Lowell for Marlins. Not Conine either. It has to be Hanley

[mark12]

For me Bench was a better player than Morgan for the Reds.

[cali]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jack

How about Toronto? Joe Carter?

And no way Mike Lowell for Marlins. Not Conine either. It has to be Hanley

Yeah Hanley is a better fit. And Joe Carter had the World Series heroics so that works. For the Reds it has to be Pete Rose.

[cali]

Also where does A-Rod fit in? I know he isn't well liked but he will go down as one of the best ever based on numbers.

[cman]

Yanks/Mariners/ Like him or not....A Rod- Jeter was never even the best player on his team-Rivera was for most years-
Orioles-Frank Robinson
Red Sox- Roger Clemons- Yaz is close because the catcher is a hard position
TB-Crawford
Toronto-Roger Clemons

CWS-Frank Thomas
Cleveland-Omar Vizquel-hitting stats are not huge but was incredible for defense
Minnesota-Puckett---by far the weakest of best players I can come up with
KC-George Brett
Detroit-Besides Billy Chapel....I am gonna go Lance Whitaker-250 HR by a 2nd baseman is amazing


Texas- Nolan Ryan-but A Rod is close and has 1 more world series then him
Anaheim-Nolan Ryan
Sea- A Rod...Griffey is close but OF are supposed to hit HR...not ss
OAk -Rickey Henderson-

Be back with NL later

wde