by Historical Abstract (Rnk), Total win shares (TWS), Win Shares as
Yankees(YWS)). A few position changes were made as is explained
below:
Player Pos Rnk TWS YWS URL
---------+---+---+---+---+--------------------------------------------
Berra C 1 375 375 www.baseball-reference.com/b/berrayo01.shtml
Gehrig 1B 1 489 489 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gehrilo01.shtml
Randolph 2B 17 312 251 www.baseball-reference.com/r/randowi01.shtml
Nettles 3B 13 321 204 www.baseball-reference.com/n/nettlgr01.shtml
Rizzuto SS 16 231 231 www.baseball-reference.com/r/rizzuph01.shtml
Ruth LF 1 756 574 www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml
DiMaggio CF 5 387 387 www.baseball-reference.com/d/dimagjo01.shtml
Mantle RF 3 565 565 www.baseball-reference.com/m/mantlmi01.shtml
***ey C 7 314 314 www.baseball-reference.com/d/dickebi01.shtml
Howard C 15 203 195 www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarel01.shtml
McDougald IF 33 194 194 www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdougi01.shtml
Lazzeri IF 19 252 243 www.baseball-reference.com/l/lazzeto01.shtml
Jeter IF 151 151 www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeterde01.shtml
Keller OF 17 218 213 www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellech01.shtml
Murcer OF 17 277 191 www.baseball-reference.com/m/murcebo01.shtml
Ford 22 261 261 www.baseball-reference.com/f/fordwh01.shtml
Ruffing 51 322 265 www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruffire01.shtml
Guidry 66 174 174 www.baseball-reference.com/g/guidrro01.shtml
Gomez 67 185 185 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezle01.shtml
Hoyt 78 262 169 www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoytwa01.shtml
Shawkey 95 223 201 www.baseball-reference.com/s/shawkbo01.shtml
Gossage 37 211 95 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gossari01.shtml
Righetti 137 126 www.baseball-reference.com/r/righeda01.shtml
Rivera 101 101 www.baseball-reference.com/r/riverma01.shtml
Lyle 161 98 www.baseball-reference.com/l/lylesp01.shtml
As much as I hate to admit it, this team would beat any other all-time
team, including the Cardinals, just as I said when I did this with the
Cardinals a little while back. Ruth is playing left because having
Dimaggio on the bench seemed silly, and he's a better fielder than
Mantle, and Mantle is a better fielder than Ruth. Picked McDougald
over Gordon because he played second, third, and short equally well
and had more win shares than Gordon as a Yankee. Picked Howard over
Munson because there's only a tiny difference between them and Howard
had better peak years.
I was going to install Mattingly as DH because he wasn't going to get
much playing time subbing for Gehrig. Instead, due to the other five
outfielders missing plenty of playing time, I was going to put in the
underrated Roy White. Finally, I put Jeter in as a third infielder
because others would object to leaving him out, and because Berra,
Howard and others above played outfield and because having only two
backup infielders is silly. The pitchers are the starters that made
the top 100 ranking and the four best relievers. Following are four
lineups (with everybody in their ranked position) and four rotations,
but for career and best Yankee seasons, as well as leftover players in
case anybody wants to dispute my selections.
I only did this one to confirm that it would indeed be the best team.
Don't expect another one from me, at least not anytime soon.
Player Pos Rnk TWS CWS URL
---------+---+---+---+---+--------------------------------------------
Berra C 1 375 375 www.baseball-reference.com/b/berrayo01.shtml
Gehrig 1B 1 489 489 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gehrilo01.shtml
Randolph 2B 17 312 251 www.baseball-reference.com/r/randowi01.shtml
Nettles 3B 13 321 204 www.baseball-reference.com/n/nettlgr01.shtml
Rizzuto SS 16 231 231 www.baseball-reference.com/r/rizzuph01.shtml
Keller LF 17 218 213 www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellech01.shtml
Mantle CF 3 565 565 www.baseball-reference.com/m/mantlmi01.shtml
Ruth RF 1 756 574 www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml
Dickey C 7 314 314 www.baseball-reference.com/d/dickebi01.shtml
Mattingly 1B 12 263 263 www.baseball-reference.com/m/mattido01.shtml
Lazzeri 2B 19 252 243 www.baseball-reference.com/l/lazzeto01.shtml
Rolfe 3B 44 162 162 www.baseball-reference.com/r/rolfere01.shtml
Crosetti SS 67 189 189 www.baseball-reference.com/c/crosefr01.shtml
White LF 25 263 263 www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitero01.shtml
DiMaggio CF 5 387 387 www.baseball-reference.com/d/dimagjo01.shtml
Murcer RF 17 277 191 www.baseball-reference.com/m/murcebo01.shtml
Howard C 15 203 195 www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarel01.shtml
Pipp 1B 83 203 169 www.baseball-reference.com/p/pippwa01.shtml
Gordon 2B 16 242 162 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gordojo01.shtml
Jeter SS 151 151 www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeterde01.shtml
Boyer 3B 63 160 107 www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml
Meusel LF 79 184 175 www.baseball-reference.com/m/meusebo01.shtml
Combs CF 34 227 227 www.baseball-reference.com/c/combsea01.shtml
Maris RF 28 223 148 www.baseball-reference.com/m/marisro01.shtml
Munson C 14 206 206 www.baseball-reference.com/m/munsoth01.shtml
Skowron 1B 75 183 141 www.baseball-reference.com/s/skowrbi01.shtml
McDougald 2B 33 194 194 www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdougi01.shtml
Dugan 3B 88 116 73 www.baseball-reference.com/d/duganjo01.shtml
Kubek SS 77 120 120 www.baseball-reference.com/k/kubekto01.shtml
Tresh LF 66 160 151 www.baseball-reference.com/t/treshto01.shtml
Williams CF 37 233 233 www.baseball-reference.com/w/willibe02.shtml
Henrich RF 34 208 208 www.baseball-reference.com/h/henrito01.shtml
Player Rnk TWS CWS URL
-------------+---+---+---+--------------------------------------------
Ford 22 261 261 www.baseball-reference.com/f/fordwh01.shtml
Ruffing 51 322 265 www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruffire01.shtml
Guidry 66 174 174 www.baseball-reference.com/g/guidrro01.shtml
Gomez 67 185 185 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezle01.shtml
Righetti 137 126 www.baseball-reference.com/r/righeda01.shtml
Hoyt 78 262 169 www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoytwa01.shtml
Shawkey 95 223 201 www.baseball-reference.com/s/shawkbo01.shtml
Stottlemyre 177 177 www.baseball-reference.com/s/stottme01.shtml
Pennock 240 158 www.baseball-reference.com/p/pennohe01.shtml
Rivera 101 101 www.baseball-reference.com/r/riverma01.shtml
Chesbro 209 141 www.baseball-reference.com/c/chesbja01.shtml
Lopat 176 109 www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopated01.shtml
Caldwell 161 130 www.baseball-reference.com/c/caldwra02.shtml
Reynolds 170 128 www.baseball-reference.com/r/reynoal01.shtml
Lyle 161 98 www.baseball-reference.com/l/lylesp01.shtml
Chandler 127 127 www.baseball-reference.com/c/chandsp01.shtml
Peterson 121 107 www.baseball-reference.com/p/peterfr01.shtml
Raschi 113 104 www.baseball-reference.com/r/raschvi01.shtml
Pettitte 99 99 www.baseball-reference.com/p/pettian01.shtml
Gossage 211 95 www.baseball-reference.com/g/gossari01.shtml
Page 62 62 www.baseball-reference.com/p/pagejo01.shtml
Moore 57 36 www.baseball-reference.com/m/moorewi01.shtml
Arroyo 44 31 www.baseball-reference.com/a/arroylu01.shtml
Player Pos WS URL
---------+---+--+-----------------------------------------------
Berra C 34 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1954.shtml
Gehrig 1B 44 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927.shtml
Randolph 2B 31 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1980.shtml
Nettles 3B 28 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1976.shtml
Rizzuto SS 35 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1950.shtml
Keller LF 36 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1943.shtml
Mantle CF 49 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1956.shtml
Ruth RF 53 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1921.shtml
Dickey C 33 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1937.shtml
Mattingly 1B 34 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1986.shtml
Lazzeri 2B 30 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1929.shtml
Rolfe 3B 30 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1939.shtml
Jeter SS 35 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1999.shtml
White LF 34 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1970.shtml
DiMaggio CF 41 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1941.shtml
Murcer RF 38 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1971.shtml
Howard C 32 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1964.shtml
Skowron 1B 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1960.shtml
Gordon 2B 31 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1942.shtml
Boyer 3B 21 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1962.shtml
Crosetti SS 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1936.shtml
Meusel LF 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1921.shtml
Combs CF 31 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927.shtml
Maris RF 36 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1961.shtml
Munson C 25 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1973.shtml
Pipp 1B 22 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1922.shtml
McDougald 2B 27 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1957.shtml
Dugan 3B 17 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1924.shtml
Kubek SS 21 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1961.shtml
Tresh LF 29 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1963.shtml
Williams CF 33 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1999.shtml
Henrich RF 29 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1948.shtml
Player WS URL
-------------+--+-----------------------------------------------
Chesbro 53 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1904.shtml
Guidry 31 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1978.shtml
Gomez 31 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1934.shtml
Chandler 29 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1943.shtml
Righetti 20 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1986.shtml
Shawkey 27 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1920.shtml
Ruffing 26 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1932.shtml
Stottlemyre 26 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1969.shtml
Ford 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1964.shtml
Lyle 20 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1977.shtml
Caldwell 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1915.shtml
Reynolds 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1952.shtml
Hoyt 23 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927.shtml
Peterson 23 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1969.shtml
Gossage 20 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1978.shtml
John 23 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1979.shtml
Lopat 20 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1950.shtml
Pettitte 20 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1997.shtml
Raschi 19 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1949.shtml
Rivera 19 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2001.shtml
Page 19 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1949.shtml
Moore 24 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927.shtml
Arroyo 23 www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1961.shtml