Dr. Giganto

Considering how much I despise work, I figured a good way to kill time would be to pick a certain major league franchise, and pick the best player at each position that played for that team. I'll also give some stats and a few reasons why...I'll start with the Yankees, but then I'll do a few more later...

C Yogi Berra - 15-time All-Star, 3-time AL MVP, Most World Series Championships ever (10), Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972

1B Lou Gehrig - 2130 consecutive games played, 6-time All-Star, 2-time AL MVP, First player ever to have his number retired, Career .340 batting average, 493 HRs, 1995 RBIs, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1939, holds major league record for career grand slams (23), first player to hit 4 home runs in a game, AL-record 184 RBIs in 1931.

2B Tony Lazzeri - 1-time All-Star, 5 World Series championships. Elected to Hall of Fame in 1991. First player to hit two grand slams in one game. Holds AL record for RBIs in a single game (11). Batted .354 in 1929

SS Derek Jeter - 4 World Series Championships, carrer .315 batting average, 2000 World Series MVP, 1-time Gold Glover, 1996 AL Rookie of the year, 6-time All-Star

3B Graig Nettles - 2 World Series championships, 2 Gold Glove awards, 6-time All-Star, 1976 AL Home-Run leader (32)

RF Babe Ruth - Career .342 batting average, 714 Homeruns, 2213 RBIs, 2062 walks, 60 homeruns in 1927, Career 2.28 ERA, 96-46 record, 7 World Series championships, Elected to Hall of Fame in 1936, 2-time All-Star, AL MVP in 1923 (at the time, you were only allowed to be MVP once in your career)

CF Mickey Mantle - 536 career homeruns, 7 World Series championships, record 18 World Series homeruns, 3-time AL MVP, 16-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove Award. Elected into the Hall of Fame in 1971

LF Dave Winfield - Elected to Hall of Fame in 2001, 1 World Series Championship (not with Yankees), 12-time All-Star (consecutive), 7 Gold Glove awards

DH Don Baylor - 71 HRs and 265 RBIs in 3 years as Yankees DH. All-time leader in Hit by Pitches, 1-time All-Star (not with Yankees), 1979 AL MVP (not with Yankees), 1 World Series championship (not with Yankees).

SP Ron Guidry - 2 World Series championships, career 3.29 ERA, 25-3 record in 1978, 1.74 ERA in 1978, 4-time All-Star, 1978 Cy Young Award Winner, 5 Gold Glove Awards

SP Whitey Ford - Elected to Hall of Fame in 1974, 8-time All-Star, 1961 AL Cy Young Award Winner, 1961 World Series MVP, Career 2.75 ERA, 3-time American League wins leader, 236 career wins

RP Mariano Rivera - 336 career saves, 2.43 career ERA, 2 50-save seasons, 4 World Series Championships, career 0.75 postseason ERA in 108.2 innings pitched, 6-time All-Star, 1999 World Series MVP