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Old 11-19-2025, 07:47 PM
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Default Best one last name team

Weird things that run through my mind...

What is the best starting 9 you can put together with one last name.

Robinson?
Williams?
Martinez?
Who else you got?

I'll start with Robinson:

C - Wilbert Robinson 6.7
1b - Eddie Robinson 14.8
2b - Jackie Robinson 63.9
ss - Craig Robinson -2.7 lol
3b - Brooks Robinson 78.3
of - Frank Robinson 107.2
of - Bill Robinson 7.6
of - Floyd Robinson 17.9
sp - Don Robinson 17.4

311.1 if WAR is the most important. I was trying to use players at their primary positions, I could get creative with guys who made occasional appearances at other positions and improve the number.
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Old 11-20-2025, 01:18 AM
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Weird things that run through my mind...

What is the best starting 9 you can put together with one last name.

Robinson?
Williams?
Martinez?
Who else you got?

I'll start with Robinson:

C - Wilbert Robinson
1b - Eddie Robinson
2b - Jackie Robinson
ss - Craig Robinson
3b - Brooks Robinson
of - Frank Robinson
of - Bill Robinson
of - Floyd Robinson
sp - Don Robinson
Smith:

C: Will
1B: Dominic
2B:George
SS: Ozzie
3B: Al
OF: Lonnie
OF: Reggie
OF: Dwight (Sr.)
P: Lee

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Old 11-20-2025, 05:42 AM
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Jackson (WAR in parenthesis)

C: Conor Jackson (2.2)
1B: Ron Jackson (7.2)
2B: Damian Jackson (6.6)
SS: Travis Jackson (44.2)
3B: Randy Jackson (12.4)
OF: Reggie Jackson (74)
OF: Joe Jackson (62.2)
OF: Austin Jackson (21.9)
SP: Larry Jackson (52)

Total WAR = 282.7

Honorable Mention: Bo Jackson (8.3)

Johnson would probably have a higher total WAR simply because of Walter, but be a little less balanced.
Jones would be up there too.

But it may be hard to top Robinson

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Old 11-20-2025, 09:32 AM
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C Charles Johnson 22.6
1B Cliff Johnson 16.2
2B Davey Johnson 27.5
3B Billy Johnson 14.4
SS Howard Johnson 22.2
LF Bob Johnson 55.7
CF Lance Johnson 30.2
RF Roy Johnson 17.4
RHP Walter Johnson 167.8
LHP Randy Johnson 101.1

Total 475.1 WAR
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Rodriguez would get you a pretty great team if you started with ARod and Pudge.

Hernandez as well, starting with Keith and Felix.

Jones or Gibson would be interesting too.
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Cool thread - Would be tough to top Johnson so I thought maybe another route with unique last names (According to baseball reference)
But the list got stupid long real fast:
Ruth
Gehrig
Mantle
Koufax
Musial
Spahn
Foxx
Speaker
Anson
Lajoie
Hornsby
Campanella
Bench
Seaver
Killebrew
Ohtani
Drysdale
Munson
Winfield
Carew
Maris
Medwick
McGwire
Kaline
Kershaw
Marichal
Gehringer
Frisch etc. etc.
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C Charles Johnson 22.6
1B Cliff Johnson 16.2
2B Davey Johnson 27.5
3B Billy Johnson 14.4
SS Howard Johnson 22.2
LF Bob Johnson 55.7
CF Lance Johnson 30.2
RF Roy Johnson 17.4
RHP Walter Johnson 167.8
LHP Randy Johnson 101.1

Total 475.1 WAR
that's not a starting 9 so sorry, but Randy has to go and you have a still impressive 374 WAR
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Did we do Williams yet? Ted and Billy is a pretty good start. Matt at 3B. Ken in the OF.
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Nobody took up Williams and I think I can beat Johnson...

C - George Williams 1.5
1b - Billy Williams 63.7
2b - Jimmy Williams 32.5
ss - Chester Williams 9.2
3b - Matt Williams 46.6
OF - Ted Williams 121.8
OF - Bernie Williams 49.6
OF - Ken Williams 42.7
P - Woody Williams 30.2

397.8 WAR

EDIT - Was working on the list while you were posting Peter. Great minds.
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Smith:

C: Will
1B: Dominic
2B:George
SS: Ozzie
3B: Al
OF: Lonnie
OF: Reggie
OF: Dwight (Sr.)
P: Lee
I'd want a starter so maybe Sherry Smith?
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