An Atlanta Braves roster from the “all-time-elsewhere” list
BRAVES HITTING
- C – Ted Simmons. At least he’s a Hall of Famer now.
- 1B – George Sisler. Has the distinction of the best WAR in a Braves uniform among all of these starters.
- 2B – Brandon Phillips. It probably won’t surprise you to know that his best days came in Cincinnati.
- SS – Ozzie Guillen. At least he was good somewhere. But a 0.7 Braves WAR is above the water line, so that’s something.
- Graig Nettles. His name means “Yankees”, though he also played for the Twins, Indians, Padres, and Expos. For 1 season (1987), though, he pinch-hit a lot for the Braves.
- Lloyd Waner. Career .321 average and actually hit .421 for Boston in all of 19 games back in 1941.
- “Ducky” Joe Medwick. Hall of Famer… and a Boston Braves for a few months in 1945.
- Babe Ruth. Heard of him.
- Enos “Country” Slaughter. Cardinal fans still sing of his mad dash in the 1946 World Series. Braves fans have no idea he was ever in Milwaukee (1959 for 11 games).
Total “elsewhere WAR”? 989. That’s the second-most in the majors behind the Dodgers.
Nine members of the Hall of Fame are on the list. The best 2 WAR values of all. Both Babe Ruth and Cy Young are here.
That latter name is probably really annoying to Old Hoss Radbourn, who was a “real” Brave: pitching between 1886 and 1889 for Boston and recording 12.8 WAR in the process… even if he didn’t know what that meant.
Next. Outstanding in his field. dark
So the Atlanta Braves clearly have their own legends. The funny part is that they can claim to have had a lot more of them. It’s kinda like certain unmentionable college football programs claiming extra national championships.