Best All Time Red Sox (by position)
My list of All-time best and worst Red Sox by position:
1B) Yaz
2B) Bobby Doerr
SS) Nomar Garciaparra
3B) Wade Boggs
OF) Ted Williams
OF) Jim Rice
OF) Manny Ramirez
C) Carlton Fisk
SP) Pedro Martinez
SP) Cy Young
SP) Tim Wakefield
SP) Mel Parnell
SP) Roger Clemens
RP) Dick Radatz
RP) Jonathan Papelbon
RP) Bob Stanley
Manager: Terry Francona
Comments: Lots of tough omissions, like Mo Vaughn, Dutch Leonard, who had an ERA UNDER 1.00 in 1914 in 224 innings! and many more. Although Rice, Manny and Williams all played left field, they are all three hall of famers and are so good it would seem silly to omit. Dom DiMaggio was an OBP machine and would be a nice fit on the current team. Dwight Evans also measures up well, but not quite on par with the Big 3. Clemens is included with the pitching despite several years of mediocrity and being out of shape and being a lame big game pitcher. Tim Wakefiled makes it because he has been good for so long and has been versatile and has had many streaks where he carried the team on his own. Bob Stanley makes it because he was versatile and was the best pitcher on good teams for many years.
