What if? Hall Of Fame All-Star Team

What if we were in a fictional baseball league, filled with Fictional baseball players?

What if in that fictional league there was a fictional Hall of Fame filled with those fictional Players?

What if using those fictional hall of fame players we picked the best of the best to make a Hall of Fame All-Star team?

Yes it sounds like a What if…on steroids. But that’s exactly what I have done. Combing thru the Hall of Fame for the players that would make up the 25 Man roster to end all rosters

Here is your Glavine 300 Hall of Fame/All-Star Team

Leadoff: B.C. Santiago CF, the 10 time All-Star, MVP, ROY and 11 Time Silver Slugger would be an excellent table setter. An average season from BC would be something like 12 homers 60 RBI, 50 steals and a 311 AVG with a 374 OBP. While he never won a GG in CF he finished his career with 117 Plus plays against 17 Negative plays. He would not need a defensive sub late in games as he would be the anchor to this team in the OF

In the 2 spot:  Benito Miranda 2nd, kind of a this worlds Dustin Pedroia. On a team full of players that were probably Captains on their teams…he would be the Captain of Captains. With a .311 AVG-.391 OBP to go with 17 Homers and 21 steals a season he is the perfect kind of bat in the two hole. If you get distracted by Santiago on base Miranda will make you pay. Batted .315 in the playoffs in over 700 AB’s Miranda was clutch. A solid glove man at 2^nd. Could come out for a defensive wizard in a tight game

The Three-Hole: Renyel Franco  1^st, 12x AS, 3 X GG, 8 X SS, 6 X MVP, 3 X HRD Champ. I will go on record right now and say that Franco is in the top three batters in this league ever.  An excellent 1^st baseman, could have played RF and maybe even 3^rd for a good chunk of his career. His average offensive season is a MVP worthy 35 HR-105 RBI 7 steals with a .346 AVG and .432 OBP.  This switch hitter is the ideal 3 Hole hitter and doesn’t need to come out for defence or a runner late in the game

Cleanup: Esteban Tatis DH,  9 x AS, 5 X MVP, ROY.   820 career homers and over 2000 career RBI. Tatis is a monster at the plate. Luckily we are having a DH as he was brutal at 1^st base. Tatis would smack 55 homers and drive in 139 Runs in a typical year while batting .306 with a .383 OBP. 

The RBI Men 5^th:  AlbertBarrios 3rd 11 X AS, 3 X MVP, 10 X SS.  Not much need for an RBI guy after Tatis bats, more like a guy to get on base and restart the batting order.  Albert is that guy. With the ability to hit 40 homers and steal 20+ bases will batting close to 300 and an OBP just below .400   His defence at 3^rd is a little below AVG  so a late inning slide to LF or RF would help the team late in games.

RBI Man-2 6^th:  David Molina RF  10 X AS 2 X MVP 9 X SS  Another Monster Left Handed hitting bat in this lineup. Molina would be good for 46HR-130RBI along with 11 Steals and a .317 AVG. Had a plus arm in RF picking up double digit assist numbers several times. Was prone to mental lapses from time to time and could use a defensive Sub to be on the safe side.

And Batting 7^th:  Joel Gomes LF  6 X AS, 2 X MVP, 3 X SS, 1 X GG-LF   One of the few players on this team with a Gold Glove, albeit for his play in LF. Gomes could run fairly well but was best known as a power bat. 40 Homers and 113 RBI would be a normal season for him.

#8:  Pedro Johnson C 8 X AS, 7 SS. It took until season 47 to elect a Catcher to the Hall of Fame team. Pedro is a real winner though.  A Career .326 hitter with an OBP over 400 Johnson was mostly known for his bat. While he did play in a whole boatload of games as a catcher he often came out late for rest or a defensive sub. Hopefully this team can provide him with a solid back up?

The Weakest Bat? #9: Bob Drew SS 9X AS, 3 X GG 2 X SS. Two years before the only catcher went into the hall we elected the only SS.  Drew is probably the 2^nd best fielding SS to play for any length of time in our league.  Not a bad guy to have hitting last as he could blast 35 or so homers while stealing 7 bases a year.

THE BENCH

Catcher?: DT May  3^rd  7 x AS, 4 x SS at 3^rd and SS.  Like I said before only one true catcher has ever been elected into our Hall of Fame. Therefore we get DT May…he somehow caught 40 innings at the big league level, throwing out 50% of runners with an ERA of 2.66   May was a plus defender at 3^rd and 2^nd and could handle SS for a few innings if needed.  Plus speed and power make him a perfect jack of all trades for this team.

Power off the Bench: Willie Merced 1^st, 7 X AS, 5 X MVP, ROY, 5 X SS  You could honestly flip a coin between Merced and Tatis as your DH. Merced was actually a stronger fielder and baserunner so probably has more value off the bench…even though he could never play anything more then 1^st base.  Off the bench you are looking at about 11 homers in 125 AB’s

The Wizard of OZ:  Oswaldo Redondo  3^rd 10 X AS, 2 x MVP, 8 x SS, 2 x GG 2^nd and 1^st. We have not elected many players known for their gloves. The Wizard though was one of the few…Could handle everything from SS down to 1^st base in his prime. Chalking up 117 plus plays at his primary position of 3^rd base. Also a fairly dynamic offensive player as he had a season with over 50 homers and 30 steals.

The Thief:  BC Julio 2^nd,  5 X AS, 2 x MVP 4 X SS  Julio ran his way into the Hall. 1000 Career steals and 1500 Career runs. A good walk guy as well, with almost as many walks as strikeouts, he sported a .386  OBP at the end of his career. Mostly played a bad second base but could slide to the COF to help late in games.

From top to bottom a very solid gathering of Batters. And of course they should be…they are in the Hall of Fame.  Anyone you think I unfairly left off?  Let me know in the comments section.

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