All-Time New York Baseball Team

As we make our way through the states we come to New York. Remember, these lists aren't about players that played in New York, but about players born in New York. I think this lineup may be the most dominant so far.

POS	NAME	YRS	BORN
C	Joe Torre	1960-1977	Brooklyn
1B	Lou Gehrig	1923-1939	New York City
2B	Lou Whitaker	1977-1995	Brooklyn
3B	Alex Rodriguez	1994-present	New York City
SS	Phil Rizzuto	1941-1956	Brooklyn
OF	Carl Yastrzemski	1961-1983	Southhampton
OF	Rocky Colavito	1955-1968	New York City
OF	Hank Greenberg	1930-1947	New York City
DH	Edgar Martinez	1987-1994	New York City
SP	Warren Spahn	1942-1965	Buffalo
SP	Whitey Ford	1950-1967	New York City
SP	Orel Hershiser	1983-2002	Buffalo
CP	John Franco	1984-2005	Brooklyn

MANAGER

John McGraw, (Tuxton) - from 1899-1932 he racked up 10 NL Pennants and 3 World Series rings.

The more I look at this lineup the more it scares me. This team would absolutely destroy other teams. A pitching staff that rivals the Ohio team and a true powerhouse offense. Combine that with the fact that the bench for this team would include Craig Biggio, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Palmer as the fourth starter, and, just because he has one of my favorite names, Heathcliff Slocumb in the bullpen and I'm not sure there is any stopping them.

I am aware that Greenberg played first base and not the outfield, but I just couldn't bring myself to leave Edgar off the list. And since the only position Edgar ever really played was DH, I gave him the nod there and moved Greenberg. I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

The thing I noticed most while doing this is how good of a player Joe Torre actually was. For his career he had 252 HR and a .297 BA. He was also a 9 time All-Star and, in 1971, led the league in batting average (.363), hits (230), total bases (352), and runs batted in (137) on his way to being named the NL MVP. Not too bad for someone known as a manager more than anything.