Sorry if this has been discussed at length previously, but I couldn’t seem to find anything.  Anyone ever try putting together teams from each decade, i.e. All-Decade Teams?  I have been trying to do so for a game I am playing and have used two criteria:

1. Players can only appear on one team, the decade where they have the most at-bats or games pitched.
2. Hall of Famers are given the nod over non-HOFers unless there is extreme circumstances.

Let me know if this has already been discussed or if you are interested in me posting what I have accumulated so far.

post it…

I’ll start with my team of pre-1900s.  The roster size is 26 players; 2 catchers, 2 1st basemen, 2 2nd basemen, 2 shortstops, 2 3rd basemen, 6 outfielders, and 10 pitchers.  Please provide any feedback you have (roster size to small, too big, player opinions, etc).  Here goes

Pre-1900s
C - Buck Ewing
C - Deacon McGuire
1B Cap Anson
1B - Dan Brouthers
2B - Frank Grant
2B - Bid McPhee
3B - John McGraw
3B - Lave Cross
SS - George Davis
SS - Hughie Jennings
OF - Billy Hamilton
OF - Ed Delahanty
OF - Jesse Burkett
OF - Hugh Duffy
OF - Joe Kelley
OF - King Kelly
P - Cy Young
P - Kid Nichols
P - Amos rusie
P - John Clarkson
P - Charles Radbourn
P - Tim Keefe
P - Pud Galvin
P - Mickey Welch
P - Clark Griffith
P - Tony Mullane

Notable snubs appear to be: Roger Connor (1B), Jake Beckley (1B), Cupid Childs (2B), John Ward (SS), Jim O’Rourke (OF), Sam Thompson (OF), Tommy McCarthy (OF), Jimmy Ryan (OF), and George Van Haltren (OF).

Any suggestions, disagreements, comments are very welcome.  Please feel free to add anything.  In a few days I will add the team of the 1900s decade.

1B Roger Connor - better hiiter than Anson, tho not as long a csareer. More durable and better D than Brouthers.

And I’d add Ward as a SS-P, and ditch Mulllane (pitched in a weaker league). but oevrlal, nice job! Luv the inclusion of Grant, the only black player likley worthy to be here.

Thanks for the info on James’ teams, I’ll look those up (do you know the publication year on that?).  Also, good idea on Ward, forgot about the P that he brought to the table.

In addition, the manager of the P1900 team would be Frank Selee.

The team of the decade of the 1900s:

Manager - Connie Mack
C - Roger Bresnahan
C - Johnny Kling
1B - Frank Chance
1B - Harry Davis
2B - Napoleon Lajoie
2B - Johnny Evers
3B - Jimmy Collins
3B - Bill Bradley
SS - Honus Wagner
SS - Joe Tinker
OF - Sam Crawford
OF - Pete Hill
OF - Fred Clarke
OF - Elmer Flick
OF - Willie Keeler
OF - Roy Thomas
P - Christy Matthewson
P - Ed Walsh
P - Three-Finger Brown
P - Ed Plank
P - Joe McGinnity
P - Rube Waddell
P - Addie Joss
P - Vic Willis
P - Jack Chesbro
P - Jesse Tannehill

Notable snubs: Bobby Wallace (SS), Jimmy Sheckard (OF)