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To avoid spamming the general blog page with the Player Value posts for each season/team, this blog page will serve as a separate listing of all of the Player Value posts for each season/team. These posts will be less detailed, mainly just listing out the top players each season and including the necessary files.
In this post I will list out the All-Time St.Louis Cardinals lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. If you had to give this NL team a DH spot, you would probably go with Mark McGwire in 1998, who was mainly a 1B. McGwire in 1998 has the 6th highest Batting Value season in Cardinals history since 1912, at 70.21. All 5 seasons ahead of him are from players already on the All-Time team (Hornsby and Musial). Note that Stan Musial in 1943, 1944, and 1949 actually had the top 3 RF seasons, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Musial in LF in 1951 added more value over Joe Medwick in LF in 1937 than Musial in RF in 1943 did over Ludwick in RF in 2008; thus, Musial stayed in LF and Ludwick was slotted in at RF. Similarly, Rogers Hornsby is 1917 also had the actual top SS season. However, Hornsby at 2B in 1922 added more value over Frankie Frisch at 2B in 1927 than Hornsby at SS in 1917 did over Ozzie Smith at SS in 1987; thus, Hornsby stayed at 2B and Smith was inserted at SS. Lastly, Harry Breechen in 1943 was the actual 2nd best RP season. Breechen at SP in 1948 added more value over Dizzy Dean at SP in 1934 than Breechen at RP in 1943 did over Ted Wilks in 1948; thus, Breechen stayed at SP and Wilks was inserted at RP. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 827.3710 (4th in NL, 9th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 231.4382 (4th in NL, 11th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 236.5744 (2nd in NL, 3rd in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 4.4233 (9th in NL, 13th in MLB) The All-Time Cardinals are well-rounded, ranking in the top 5 in the NL for all fielder positions, and 7th for pitchers. They rank in the top 5 to 10 in the NL for all Player Value components as well. They are truly one of the elite teams when it comes to fielding and pitching, while still being great at hitting and solid at baserunning. Where they fall short is their pitchers' ability at fielding, batting, and baserunning; this is why they rank 4th in Pitching Value but fall to 7th for the overall Player Value from their pitchers. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is anchored by nearly three 90+ Player Value seasons from Hornsby, Musial, and Pujols. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
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