What's Your All-Time Indians Team?

[Mott the Hoople]

Since we're coming to the end of an era, I thought somebody should come up with an All-Time Indians Team.
I tried to include the players best season, and even a potential batting order.

LF Joe Jackson - 1913 .460 OBP Like starting the game with a runner on 1st.
SS Omar Vizquel - 1999 Frankly the best SS I ever saw.
DH Albert Belle - 1995 50 HR, 52 2B
1B Jim Thome - 2002 52 HR
3B Al Rosen - 1953 AL MVP
RF Rocky Colavito - 1959 42 HR 14 A Don't knock the Rock.
2B Nap Lajoie - 1906 10 WAR Season
C Jim Heagan Started 12 years, 2 World Series
CF Kenny Lofton - 1993 70 SB .325 BA
Bench:
Manny Ramirez
Roberto Alomar

Starting Pitchers
Bob Feller - Because he's the GOAT
Louis Tiant - 1968 1.60 ERA
Gaylord Perry 1972 29 CG Cy Young Award
Sam McDowell - 1970 20-12 2.92 ERA 304 K
Cory Kluber 2 Cy Young Awards

Spot starter - Satchel Paige - Cuz I wanted to put him on.
Manager - Terry Francona - Could've, should've won in 2016.

Note: Some of these old-timers might have played before the Indians name, but those other names were so short lived I made them honorary Indians.

Who were some of your favorite players?

 

[Criznit]

Does 1920 or 1921 Stan Coveleski stand a chance of making the team?

 

[Alabuckeye]

I'm only going to make mine from my years of following the club....~1978 to 2021.

LF- Albert Belle
RF- Manny Ramirez
CF- Kenny Lofton
C- Sandy A.
1B- Jim Thome
2B- Robby A(although I'd take the 2 years of Carlos Baerga over him if he'd been able to sustain)
3B- Jose Ramirez
SS- Omar Vizquel
DH- Andre Thornton

Bench- Michael Brantley, Rick Manning, Brook Jacoby, Julio Franco, Frankie Lindor, Travis Hafner,

SP- Cliff Lee
SP- Corey Kluber
SP- Rick Sutcliffe
SP- CC Sabathia
SP- Bartolo Colon(he could really gas it!)

Honorable Mention- Charles Nagy, Neil Heaton, Dennis Martinez, Bert Blyleven,

RP- Cody Allen
RP- Eric Plunk
RP- Paul Shuey
RP- Paul Assenmacher
RP- Andrew Miller(yeah, I know we got 1 year out of him, but boy was it a year.....)


RP- Dan Spillner(no, not really)

 

[col63onel]

My favorite players, only of who I've watched

C- Victor Martinez; would;ve gone Sandy if I could have the healthy version
1B - Jim Thome, easy
2B- Carlos Baerga, 91-95 version (before he started partying)
SS - Jhonny Peralta, criminally underrated because he followed a fan favorite. But easily the best offensive SS in club history, save the guy who flips people off with Mets
3B - Travis Fryman, really good offensively and defensively
LF - Albert Belle, my all time favorite Indian
CF - Kenny Lofton, back when speed mattered, he was the best base stealer in the AL
LF - Joe Carter, first Indian I remember rooting for
DH - Pronk

SP - CC Sabathia
SP - Bartolo Colon
SP - Jake Westbrook
SP - Carlos Carrasco
SP - Charlie Nagy

Obviously other guys were better, but these guys I had the most fun rooting for

RP - Rafael Betancourt
RP - Paul Assemacher
CL - Jose Mesa

Jose Mesa in 95 was just unhittable. We'll just end that there.

 

[TomD]

1B: Jim Thome
2B: Carlos Baerga
SS: Omar Vizquel
3B: Jose Ramirez
LF: Joe Carter
CF: Kenny Lofton
RF: Manny Ramirez
C: Sandy Alomar
DH: Andre Thornton

SP: Corey Kluber
SP: Cliff Lee
SP: CC Sabathia
SP: Charles Nagy
SP: Bartolo Colon

 

[Criznit]

It seems like the only "locks" are Lofton in CF and Thome at 1st.

 

[daddywags]

It seems like the only "locks" are Lofton in CF and Thome at 1st.

Tris Speaker?

 

[33Y0]

I'll split mine into two groups... Group 1 is players of my generation and Group 2 is All Time

Group 1
C Victor Martinez (reeeally wanted Sandy, but)
1B Jim Thome
2B Carlos Baerga
SS Omar Vizquel
3B Travis Fryman
LF Albert Belle
CF Kenny Lofton
RF Manny Ramirez
DH Travis Hafner
Bench:

SP CC Sabathia
SP Corey Kluber
SP Cliff Lee
SP Bartolo Colon
SP Charles Nagy

CL: Andrew Miller

Group B
C Sandy Alomar Jr. (Okay, I'll flop to him here)
1B Jim Thome
2B Nap Lajoie
SS Omar Vizquel
3B Travis Fryman
LF Joe Jackson
CF Kenny Lofton
RF Manny Ramirez
DH: Andre Thorton

SP Bob Feller
SP Louis Tiant
SP Gaylord Perry
SP CC Sabathia
SP Corey Kluber

CL Jose Mesa (Yes, I flipped this from Miller)

 

[sportscoach]

Tris Speaker?

I think most people are too young... I think outside of those who did that Indians fantasy draft that had all the players, most people don't know him well sadly

 

[Criznit]

Tris Speaker?

Good call.

 

[biggie4]

Avila and Boudreau.
how about our own angry hamster— better than when I see above

 

[PPark]

How anyone could compile a list without Gomer Hodge is beyond me. I’m stunned absolutely stunned!

Okay. Maybe Cats is old enough to have seen him play—pinch hit—too

Gomer! Gomer!

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Hell, Cy Young didn't make a list yet. Or HOF CF Earl Averill.
Just because people have passed away, doesn't mean they weren't great.
That's what makes baseball so great. You can go to baseball-reference.com and look at stats from 100 years ago.

 

[33Y0]

Here's a fun one... the Indians all-time team by WAR

C Steve O'Neill 23.2
1B Jim Thome 47.9
2B Nap Lajoie 80.0
3B Bill Bradley 35.1
SS Lou Boudreau 61.7
OF Tris Speaker 74.2
OF Kenny Lofton 48.5
OF Earl Averill 47.9
DH LARRY DOBY 43.4

SP Bob Feller 65.2
SP Stan Coneleski 55.3
SP Mel Harder 47.9
RP Doug Jones 10.7

https://starrcards.com/nap-lajoie-h...ns-all-time-roster-by-wins-above-replacement/

 

[Seiklis]

So if the point of this team is the Indians name...that's 1915 to 2021...

Get Lajoie off the lists, we literally got in this mess cause he left