All-Time Yankees

The subject of the All-Time Yankees came up for APBA's BATS 2 set.

This is the lineup I went with....

1. CF-Joe DiMaggio
2. 1B-Lou Gehrig
3. LF- Babe Ruth
4. RF-Mickey Mantle
5. DH- Roger Maris
6. C- Dickey/Berra (and Munson)
7. 2B- Joe Gordon
8. 3B- Tony Lazzei
9. SS- Derek Jeter

I of course, started this league back in 2003 and finished it 2006 to 2007 or so, and looking back I should have played Earle Combs more (.176 in 17 AB's). It was a 64-game season, and the Yankees got forced to a tie-breaker with the Detroit Tigers for the A.L. East crown, after the Yankees somehow dropped their last two against the dismal Seattle Mariners.

Here is the stats:

NEW YORK YANKEES 42-23 (1 GB / 2nd Place)
MGR - Joe McCarthy
Home: ( 24 - 11 )
Road: ( 18 - 12 )
Streak: Lost 4
Players	G	AB	R	H	AVG	HR	RBI	2B	3B	K	BB	SB	E	OBP
RUTH, Babe	65	247	58	80	0.324	26	63	32	4	49	45	9	0	0.428
GEHRIG, Lou	65	258	73	83	0.322	18	52	20	16	46	29	1	0	0.390
DiMAGGIO, Joe	65	275	60	84	0.305	22	43	18	3	32	20	0	0	0.353
MANTLE, Mickey	65	241	44	69	0.286	20	64	12	1	60	39	4	0	0.386
LAZZERI, Tony	59	205	36	58	0.283	10	32	17	3	33	26	4	6	0.364
GORDON, Joe	52	176	29	47	0.267	6	27	17	8	25	13	11	14	0.317
DICKEY, Bill	24	84	15	22	0.262	10	27	6	1	16	10	0	0	0.340
JETER, Derek	49	170	25	40	0.235	7	26	5	2	52	9	4	9	0.274
MATTINGLY, Don	19	34	4	8	0.235	0	7	3	1	2	3	0	0	0.297
ROLFE, Red	11	26	5	6	0.231	1	4	2	1	2	4	1	1	0.333
MUNSON, Thurmon	20	67	6	15	0.224	4	9	3	0	31	25	0	1	0.435
BERRA, Yogi	21	68	10	15	0.221	2	5	2	2	7	6	0	0	0.284
RANDOLPH, Willie	19	43	9	9	0.209	0	1	1	1	4	9	5	4	0.346
WILLIAMS, Bernie	20	32	4	6	0.188	1	3	3	0	9	2	2	0	0.235
O'NEILL, Paul	14	38	5	7	0.184	0	4	1	0	10	7	1	0	0.311
MARIS, Roger	41	146	25	26	0.178	16	38	4	0	22	21	0	2	0.281
COMBS, Earle	9	17	1	3	0.176	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0.300
HOWARD, Elston	13	23	4	4	0.174	2	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.174
RIZZUTO, Phil	17	40	2	6	0.150	0	3	2	0	6	4	1	3	0.227
NETTLES, Graig	11	28	2	2	0.071	1	1	1	0	6	6	0	0	0.235
Batting Totals	65	2218	417	590	0.266	146	412	152	43	398	259	43	40	0.343
Pitchers	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	R	K	BB	ERA	W	L	SV	SHO
LOPAT, Ed	13	0	0	13.2	7	0	0	6	2	0.00	0	0	0	0
STOTTLEMYRE, Mel	12	0	0	13.1	13	3	3	6	4	2.03	0	0	0	0
LYLE, Sparky	26	0	0	38.2	30	11	12	17	16	2.56	3	1	0	0
GOSSAGE, Rich	18	0	0	16.1	12	5	5	10	9	2.76	0	2	9	0
GOMEZ, Lefty	16	16	4	114	81	42	47	81	38	3.32	10	1	0	2
FORD, Whitey	17	17	2	113.2	98	51	56	83	43	4.04	11	5	0	1
CHESBRO, Jack	12	9	0	72.1	58	33	33	45	23	4.11	5	3	0	0
HOYT, Waite	12	6	0	47	42	26	27	30	18	4.98	3	2	0	0
GUIDRY, Rod	16	16	4	101	100	64	65	74	32	5.70	9	5	0	2
RIVERA, Mariano	25	0	0	27.1	25	18	18	22	14	5.93	0	4	5	0
REYNOLDS, Allie	15	0	0	21.1	27	17	18	17	12	7.17	1	0	0	0
Pitching Totals	65	65	10	607	503	270	284	391	211	4.00	42	23	14	5

I probably would now go more towards what Pastor Rich has as his lineup of:

1. LF- Earle Combs

2. SS- Derek Jeter

3. DH- Babe Ruth

4. 1B- Lou Gehrig

5. CF- Joe DiMaggio

6. RF- Mickey Mantle

7. C- Bill Dickey

8. 2B- Joe Gordon

9. 3B- Tony Lazzeri

I swing (or roll) really well with Joe Gordon, moving Lazzeri to third -- who I feel is still a better option than Rolfe or Nettles at third.

Pitching didn't do great in this 64-game season of the original 26 franchises, as evident in Mo Rivera's 5.93 ERA!

Hope you all enjoy!