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All Time Baseball Roto Team

I wrote an article to this effect in 1999 for the site, and it was a by-position, by-season best-ever fantasy lineup, with the catch that you could only use one season per player, i.e., you couldn't use Babe Ruth's 1920 and 1921 seasons. Second, it was only the raw stats, not adjusted for era. Third - it was only players from 1900 on. Here's the team:

POSPLAYERYEARABHRRBIRUNSSBBA
CIvan Rodriguez19996003511311625.332
CMike Piazza1997556401241045.362
1BLou Gehrig19316194618416317.341
2BRogers Hornsby19226234215214117.401
3BAlex Rodriguez20075835415614324.314
SSHanley Ramirez2007639298112551.332
CIJimmie Foxx1932585581691513.364
MIJoe Morgan19764722711111360.320
OFTy Cobb1911591812714783.420
OFBabe Ruth19215405917117717.378
OFHack Wilson1930585561911463.356
OFChuck Klein1930648401701584.386
OFLarry Walker19975684913014333.366
UTGeorge Sisler19206311912213742.407
POSPLAYERYEARIPERAWHIPWINSSAVESK
PEd Walsh19064641.42.860406269
PChristy Matthewson1908390.21.43.827370259
PWalter Johnson19133461.14.780360243
PGrover Alexander1915376.11.22.842310241
PSandy Koufax1965335.22.04.855270382
PSteve Carlton1972346.11.97.993270310
PEric Gagne200382.11.20.692255137
PTrevor Hoffman1998731.48.84945386
PDennis Eckersley199073.1.61.61444873

Let me know if you think I made any omissions. I originally had ARod at SS for his 40/40 season in 1998, but switched him to 3B because it was thin and put Hanley Ramirez in his place .