Defensive All-Time All-Star Teams

[Lemmy]

I think you have to stick with guys you've seen and the farther back you go, the harder it is to compare, but:
C. Carlton Fisk, Benito Santiago
1B. Don Mattingly, Derek Lee
2B. Roberto Alomar, Dustin Pedroia
SS. Tony Fernandez, Alan Trammell
3B. Scott Rolen, Robin Ventura
CF. Jim Edmonds, Fred Lynn
RF. Jesse Barfield, Dave Parker
LF. Darin Erstad, Ricky Henderson
P. Greg Maddux, Mark Buehrle

[Dude Paskert]

I'll amend my list to those I have seen personally:
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LF - (I really can't think of anyone that I saw live that was great here. There probably were fine LFers on visiting teams that I am just forgetting right now.)
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You must have never seen Inky in Arlington?
Bobby V used to play that clod in CF, for chrissakes...

[Herr28]

That I have seen and that jump out at me:
C-Carlton Fisk Red Sox version
1B-Keith Hernandez
2B-Edgardo Alfonzo
SS-Rey Ordonez
3B-Graig Nettles
LF-Kevin McReynolds
CF-Juan Lagares
RF-Dwight Evans
P-Ron Guidry

as you can see there is a slight bias

Exactly. I have seen a couple games at random parks when I was in a far away city on business or TDY in the Army, but almost all of the games I have seen have come at 3 places nearby: Busch Stadium when I was a kid, the Metrodome when living in by downtown Minneapolis, and now the Rangers either in Arlington or in AAA Round Rock.

[PVNICK]

That I have seen and that jump out at me:
C-Carlton Fisk Red Sox version
1B-Keith Hernandez
2B-Edgardo Alfonzo
SS-Rey Ordonez
3B-Graig Nettles
LF-Kevin McReynolds
CF-Juan Lagares
RF-Dwight Evans
P-Ron Guidry

as you can see there is a slight bias

[Herr28]

I'll amend my list to those I have seen personally:

C - Yadier Molina, Tom Pagnozzi, Tony Pena
1B - Keith Hernandez, Doug Mientkiewicz, Albert Pujols
2B - Tom Herr, Ryne Sandberg, Jose Oquendo
SS - Ozzie Smith
3B - Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre
LF - (I really can't think of anyone that I saw live that was great here. There probably were fine LFers on visiting teams that I am just forgetting right now.)
CF - Jim Edmonds, Torii Hunter
RF - Larry Walker, Dwight Evans, Jesse Barfield, Ichiro Suzuki
P - Mark Langston

[Dude Paskert]

Just guys I've seen...

C - Bench
1B - Keith Hernandez
2B - Sandberg
3B - Buddy Bell
SS - Ozzie Smith
LF - Willie Wilson
CF - Andruw Jones
RF - Jesse Barfield
P - Greg Maddux

[JR Hart]

C Pudge Rodriquez
1B JT Snow
2B Frank White
SS Ozzie Smith
LF Yaz
CF Willie Mays
RF Ichiro
P Jim Kaat

[blade1969]

C - Ivan Rodriguez
1B - Keith Hernandez
2B - Joe Gordon
3B - Brooks Robinson
SS - Mark Belnager
LF - Roberto Clemente
CF - Andruw Jones
RF - Carl Yastrzemski

[bluesky5]

Since lots of others are only doing players they saw then I will too:

C - Yadier Molina, Pudge Rodriguez
1B - Doug Mientkiewicz, Joey Votto
2B - Roberto Alomar, Chase Utley
SS - Omar Vizquel, Nomar Garciaparra
3B - Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre
LF - Starling Marte, Eric Byrnes
CF - Andruw Jones, Ken Griffey Jr.
RF - Ichiro Suzuki, Jason Heyward
SP - Greg Maddux, Mark Buehrle

[baseball junkie]

My contribution to the madness. I'm only picking player I actually watched play.

CA Gary Carter (Honorable Mention, Tony Pena and Ivan Rodriguez and all three Molina Brothers!)
1B Keith Hernandez
2B Roberto Alomar (Honorable Mention, Willie Randolph)
3B Mike Schmidt (Honorable Mention, Adrian Beltre and Scott Rolen)
SS Ozzie Smith (Honorable Mention, Cal Ripken Jr. and Omar Vizquel)
LF Willie Wilson (Don't suppose I can claim Doug Glanville or Lance Johnson here?)
CF Andruw Jones (Honorable Mention, Devon White and Kenny Lofton)
RF Andre Dawson (Honorable Mention, Ichiro Suzuki and Jason Heyward)
P Greg Maddux (Honorable Mention, Jim Abbott)

[westfield]

Rodriguez/Bench
1B - Hernandez/Pujols
2B - Maz/Alomar
SS - Belanger/Ozzie Smith
3B- Brooks/Nettles
LF - YAZ/Warren Cromartie
CF -Jones/Mays
RF - Clemente/Harry Hopper
P-Gibson/Katt

A couple of guys who wont make the cut but really impressed me with their fielding skills - Johnny Callison(RF)- wheels, very strong arm and really knew how to position self for best results possible. Gets lost among RF in NL among Aaron, Robinson and Clemente. Ken Berry(CF) - really good "get back" and covered a lot of ground for the White Sox. Willie Davis (CF) - one of the fastest players ever. His rep got unfairly damaged by a terrible single game WS performance. Clete Boyer(3B)Right there with Nettles as best fielding Yankee 3B - quick hands, arm -really good at playing bunts.

[Brettxe]

C- Pudge Rodriguez
1B- Hal Chase
2b- Gil McDougal
SS- Ozzie Smith
3b- Jackie Robinson
lf- Barry Bonds
Cf- Jimmy McAleer
rf- Vlad Guerrero
Dh- Rafael Palmeiro (best fielding DH of all time)
P- Martin Dihigo

I was trying to be unconventional with a few of these picks. And an infield comprised of 4 Jackies or 4 McDougals would be amazing.

[Yankillaz]

I loved his stance while catching, and copied it back then while in Little League!

Me too!!! Of course, when I used to play behind the plate. He was a maestro.

Regarding Fernandez, he had some glove maneurs. Check the video that is from 1990.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZKJAdFi2s

[Herr28]

I'm going to do this list by eyewitness, since I think defense is something that you have to see:

C: Tony Peña. Best defensive catcher I've seen. Here in DR there are baseball schools that follow his game.
1B: Don Mattingly. Smooth.
2B: Roberto Alomar. Seemed so effortless
3B: Ken Caminiti. Adrian Beltré is very close, but young Caminiti was a sight.
SS: Tony Fernandez. I missed Ozzie at his 1978-1989 apex. I started watching late in 1989 and on. Tony is unparalleled. Although I'm giddy with Simmons.
LF: Barry Bonds. He was that good.
CF: Devon White. Pardon me Lofton, Edmonds and Jones.
RF: Larry Walker. Easily.

SP: Greg Maddux. The GGs were with merit.

I love a lot of your picks! Tony Pena was one of my favorite catchers of the 1980s, and I was really thrilled when we got him before the 1987 season. Of course, that trade was a bad one overall for the Cardinals (gave up Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere, and Nady van Slyke for Tony). I loved his stance while catching, and copied it back then while in Little League!

Alomar and Caminiti were both fine fielders, I never saw much of Tony Fernandez (even though he was already a star during my height of baseball watching) but I always heard he was very good. Devo was amazing in center field, at least during games I watched. He also took over for another great center fielder on that Angels team, Gary Pettis.

[Yankillaz]

I'm going to do this list by eyewitness, since I think defense is something that you have to see:

C: Tony Peña. Best defensive catcher I've seen. Here in DR there are baseball schools that follow his game.
1B: Don Mattingly. Smooth.
2B: Roberto Alomar. Seemed so effortless
3B: Ken Caminiti. Adrian Beltré is very close, but young Caminiti was a sight.
SS: Tony Fernandez. I missed Ozzie at his 1978-1989 apex. I started watching late in 1989 and on. Tony is unparalleled. Although I'm giddy with Simmons.
LF: Barry Bonds. He was that good.
CF: Devon White. Pardon me Lofton, Edmonds and Jones.
RF: Larry Walker. Easily.

SP: Greg Maddux. The GGs were with merit.