Congratulations, Boys

Of course, the 1919 Sox didn't sport the very best outfield in the history of baseball. Can anyone tell me what team did?

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[ricky]

Oh, without a doubt, the 1980 Greenfield Hill Little League All Star Team in game two of the All Star tournament--that would be Bob Handal in right, me in center, and Dave Renzulli in left.

The argument ends there. There's never been an outfield like that before or since.

Christ, raindrops couldn't fall beyond the infield dirt that we couldn't catch.

[Linkmeister]

Any outfield with Tris Speaker in it. Or maybe the late 1940s Yankees with DiMaggio and Heinreich and somebody.

[Lance Mannion]

Best as in best all around players or best as in if you hit a fly ball you'd better have hit it out of the park or best as in it didn't matter what they did with their gloves because they were going to kill you when they came to the plate?

In the 80s the Toronto Blue Jays had Lloyd Moseby, George Bell, and Jesse Barfield. That's a pretty fearsome group.

Greenwell, Burks, and Evans patrolling Fenway, also pretty good. And for one brief shining moment they had Lynn, Evans, and Rice out there.

Brooklyn had Duke Snider, Carl The Rifleman Furillo, and Sandy Amaros in the 50s, but in the late 40s they had Pete Reiser, Dixie Walker, and Joe Medwick playing together.

But I think the prize has to go to the 27 Yankees. Ruth, Earl Combs, and Bob Meusel.

[Lance Mannion]

Of course, right now, an outfield of Dye, Rowand, and Podsednik looks pretty darn good.

[PSoTD]

Mantle, Maris and Berra in 61 hit 137 home runs. Maris and Mantle were also 1-2 in MVP voting that year.

[SAP]

I second that outfield, Lance.

[Scott Lemieux]

The 41 Yankees: DiMaggio 357/440/643 Henrich 277/377/519 Keller 296/418/580. Not bad.

The mid-90s Tribe deserves a mention too...

[doghouse riley]

Pittsburgh Crawfords in the 30s--Cool Papa Bell, Sam Bankhead, Jimmie Crutchfield, and, on occasion, Josh Gibson.

[Josh]

Much as I hate to say it the late 70s Yankee outfield was pretty good Reggie, Mickey "Cheap Shot" Rivers, and Lou Pinella

[Exiled in NJ]

I'd have to agree about the 60-61 Yanks, but the Pirates in 1960, Clemente, Virdon and Bob Skinner, could flat out hit line drives in their sleep. The 58 Braves: Aaron, Bill Bruton and Wes Covington weren't bad either but Covington tore up his knee.

[Tracy]

The best outfield ever was the Phillies in the mid-1890s. Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton, Sam Thompson. All in the Hall of Fame, and all deserving.

[Domoni]

Willie Mays playing all by himself.

[The Heretik]

The all Alou outfield: Mattie, Felipe, and Jesus win the family division. Evans, Rice, and Lynn were around for longer than you think, Lance.

Contrary to what Tim McCarver might have said about the White Sox being the greatest team ever, there was an outfield that was part of a team with a greater claim to that title.

Earle Combs hit .356 with 231 hits, Bob Meusel hit .337 with 103 RBIs, and the slacker of the bunch G.H. Ruth hit .356 with 192 hits, 164 RBIs and um 60 home runs when players stuffed their bodies with hot dogs, not steroids. They say the Ruth kid could pitch at one time too.

This outfield that batted .356,.337, and .356 was part of a team that won 110 games in a 154 game season, was in first place from opening day to last, and won the World Series in a sweep. This team is of course the 1927 Yankees, the team known as Murderers Row.

[PSoTD]

Heretik - I can't believe you didn't add Cedric Durst to your 1927 litany!

[Tom Scudder]

Were Cobb and Tris Speaker ever teammates? Hah, yes, the '28 philadelphia A's - Cobb was 41, Speaker 40, and neither was the best outfielder on the team, that honor going to Al Simmons.

They also had a 20-year-old Jimmy Foxx. And Lefty Grove - arguably the Best Pitcher Ever. Good team. The '29 team's outfield was even better, though, albeit without the two over-the-hill hall of famers.

[Vanya]

1978 Red Sox with Lynn, Rice and Dwight Evans. No contest.

[mistersports07]

Lefty Grove, best pitcher ever? I don't think so.
Check this ranking out on www.rankopedia.com
Grove is not in the top 10.

[Jim Meeker]

1912-1915 Boston Red Sox.

Hooper, Lewis, Speaker. Always has been considered the greatest outfield in history