Build the best position player you can ...

[TigerNation]

... out of non Hall of Famers (you KNEW we had to have a companion thread). Let's say we use the following attributes to build a player out of:

Contact hitting: Joe Jackson , Pete Browning, Ichiro , Mike Donlin?
Plate Discipline: Barry Bonds , Eddie Stanky, Donie Bush, Eddie Yost?
Power: Mark McGwire?
Speed: Vince Coleman/Kenny Lofton?
Baserunning instincts: ?
Fielding: Mark Belanger?
Throwing: Jesse Barfield, Rocky Colavito, Shawon Dunston?

Joe Jackson should be in there for throwing arm. When he still played with the mill hands he was able to throw the ball over four hundred feet. I know that during an all-star charity event he was in a throwing contest with Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker and won, throwing the ball 396 feet on a line.

[hellborn]

"out of non Hall of Famers"

Boy, I'm a dope...I've fixed my choices above.
Sorry!

[RuthMayBond]

Contact and place hitting - Cobb
Power hitting - Ruth
Baserunning acumen - Cobb (assuming he could tone it down for the modern game)
Strike zone judgment - Splinter
OF play - Mays
IF Arm - Ripken
Pivot - Maz
Leadership - Brett
Humanity - Musial
Dignity - Gehrig

"out of non Hall of Famers"

[hellborn]

Contact and place hitting - Bill Buckner
Power hitting - Frank Howard (Tim Jordan for an oldie)
Speed - Willie Wilson
Baserunning acumen - Eric Davis
Strike zone judgment - Eddie Stanky
OF play - Eric Davis
IF play - Marty Marion
OF Arm - Bo Jackson (just for firing a strike to home flat footed from the track)
IF Arm - Shawon Dunston
Pivot - Tommie Herr
Leadership - Joe Carter
Humanity - Dale Murphy
Guts - Pete Reiser
Dignity - Andre Dawson
Calm Under Pressure - Buddy Biancalana
Clutch Hitting - Jack Clark
Brawl Presence - Frank Howard, Billy Martin
Sense of Humor - Larry Andersen

[RuthMayBond]

just take Joe Jackson and leave him be.

He probably did deserve one hypothetical Gold Glove in 1917 but I'm hoping I can think of a better fielder than a corner OF.

[CTaka]

Contact hitting: Joe Jackson
Plate discipline: Eddie Gaedel Or Max Bishop among real players
Power hitting: Mark McGwire, Frank Howard
Speed: Jim Thorpe
Baserunning instincts: Larry Walker, Scott Rolen
Fielding: Marty Marion, Bill Dahlen
Throwing arm: Jesse Barfield, Bob Meusel

[The Splendid Splinter]

my requirement is no active players or 1800s players, but I'll put them () though if I see maybe a better guy.


Contact hitting: Joe Jackson
Plate Discipline: Ferris Fain or Max Bishop.... basically a coin flip
Power: Mark McGwire
Speed: Rickey Henderson
Baserunning instincts: Tim Raines (Carlos Beltran- strictly on SB% here)... I don't know who would be the best in baserunning as far as 1st to 3rd and things like that but I'm sure Raines is up there anyway
Fielding: Johnny Mostil
Throwing: Ken Caminiti... (just from what I've seen- I'm sure there's probably better options)

Or you could say Barry Bonds in the early 90s.... he had all of the categories above except for throwing...

[dgarza]

Baserunning instincts: ?

Kazuo Matsui? Sam Jethroe? Eric Byrnes? Carlos Beltran?

[Gee Walker]

Plate Discipline: Max Bishop
Baserunning Instincts: Willie Wilson
Speed: Bo Jackson
Contact Hitting: Riggs Stephenson

[Blackout]

just take Joe Jackson and leave him be.

[RuthMayBond]

... out of non Hall of Famers (you KNEW we had to have a companion thread). Let's say we use the following attributes to build a player out of:

Contact hitting: Joe Jackson , Pete Browning, Ichiro , Mike Donlin?
Plate Discipline: Barry Bonds , Eddie Stanky, Donie Bush, Eddie Yost?
Power: Mark McGwire?
Speed: Vince Coleman/Kenny Lofton?
Baserunning instincts: ?
Fielding: Mark Belanger?
Throwing: Jesse Barfield, Rocky Colavito, Shawon Dunston?