Tim Ellsworth

Build a baseball dream team: Left-handed starter

May 27th, 2006

Some updated results:

Right field:
1. Ruth, 64 pts.
2. Aaron, 60 pts.
3. Clemente, 27 pts.

Catcher:
1. Bench, 43 pts.
2. Berra, 42 pts.
3. Campanella, 22 pts.

Right-handed starter:
1. Johnson, 47 pts.
2. Young, 34 pts.
3. Mathewson, 27 pts.
4. Clemens, 26 pts.
5. Gibson, 18 pts.

Now, for the left-handed starters. This ought to be a lot easier than the right-handed starters. Rank your top five. Use www.baseball-reference.com for stats:

Steve Carlton
Whitey Ford
Tom Glavine
Lefty Grove
Carl Hubbell
Randy Johnson
Sandy Koufax
Hal Newhouser
Warren Spahn

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12 Responses to “Build a baseball dream team: Left-handed starter”

  1. Marty says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 12:44 pm

    After painstakingly researching the stats on these other positions I’m going to give myself a break and do this one purely on knowledge I already have and gut instinct. If I am way off base feel free to point it out to me.

    1. Lefty Grove
    2. Sandy Koufax
    3. Warren Spahn
    4. Steve Carlton
    5. Carl Hubbell

  2. Tony Foeller says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 12:56 pm

    Gibson 5th? Gibson 5th? Treachery! Treachery afoot!

    1. Koufax
    2. Spahn
    3. Johnson
    4. Ford
    5. Carlton (how’d the Cards let him slip away?)

  3. Gordon Cloud says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 4:58 pm

    Koufax
    Carlton
    Grove
    Johnson
    Spahn

  4. Scott Gladin says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 5:46 pm

    1. Spahn
    2. Koufax
    3. Johnson
    4. Grove
    5. Glavine

  5. Alex F says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 7:57 pm

    Koufax
    SPahn
    Carlton
    Grove
    Glavine

  6. Craig says:
    May 28th, 2006 at 8:02 am

    Koufax
    Carlton
    Spahn
    Grove
    Ruth (why he’s the best ever)

  7. Chuck says:
    May 29th, 2006 at 7:41 am

    1. Koufax
    2. Johnson
    3. Hubbell
    4. Spahn
    5. Ford

  8. Tim says:
    May 29th, 2006 at 4:38 pm

    So, which gets more weight — career stats or ability? I’ll go with ability:

    1. Koufax
    2. Spahn
    3. Grove
    4. Johnson
    5. Carlton

  9. Bob M. says:
    May 29th, 2006 at 7:38 pm

    Spahn
    Koufax
    Carlton
    Grove
    Glavine

  10. Mike O'Donnell says:
    May 30th, 2006 at 9:15 am

    1. Koufax
    2. Spahn
    3. Grove
    4. Carlton
    5. Ford

  11. Greg P says:
    May 31st, 2006 at 11:49 am

    1. Koufax
    2. Johnson
    3. Spahn
    4. Carlton
    5. Donovan Osborne

  12. Brett says:
    May 31st, 2006 at 3:04 pm

    Koufax
    Spahn
    Grove
    Carlton
    Johnson