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Old 11-19-2025, 07:47 PM
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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 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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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
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Winfield
Carew
Maris
Medwick
McGwire
Kaline
Kershaw
Marichal
Gehringer
Frisch etc. etc.
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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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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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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.
Forgot all about Bernie, nicely done.
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Might want sub Earl Williams in at catcher.
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Might want sub Earl Williams in at catcher.
Good call, I never even thought of him. So catcher improves to 7.9 which brings the team to over 400!
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What about first name? I would think George would be impossible to beat.
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What about first name? I would think George would be impossible to beat.
OK I'll bite. Obviously George Ruth gives a massive leg up but after him all I think of for major stars is Brett and Sisler (and Kell, but Brett's already got third) we can have guys like Scott, Foster and Springer in the OF, and don't get me wrong we're racking up war at an amazing rate, but I feel like you had other big names in mind.

I need a catcher, 2b, ss and SP
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OK I'll bite. Obviously George Ruth gives a massive leg up but after him all I think of for major stars is Brett and Sisler (and Kell, but Brett's already got third) we can have guys like Scott, Foster and Springer in the OF, and don't get me wrong we're racking up war at an amazing rate, but I feel like you had other big names in mind.

I need a catcher, 2b, ss and SP
Tom Seaver's real first name was George.
George Davis, HOF ss
Junior Griffey's real first name is George as well.
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We could have fun with guys named Larry who never went by Larry. Berra and Jones. If you take regular Larry's you can add Walker, Doby and Hisle for a good outfield, Bowa at short, Doyle at 2b, Dierker or Gura pitching (without looking it up I imagine they're super close) so I need a 1b, there's gotta be someone I'm not thinking of.
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Tom Seaver's real first name was George.
George Davis, HOF ss
Junior Griffey's real first name is George as well.
Nice call. I didn't think of Davis and didn't know about Seaver or Griffey
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Willie Mays, Willie Randolph, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Billy Hamilton, Billy Herman, Bill Terry, Bill Dickey...
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Willie Mays, Willie Randolph, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Billy Hamilton, Billy Herman, Bill Terry, Bill Dickey...
Funny I was just thinking a variation of William team would be good.

Willie Davis might make the team with his over 60 WAR. No room for Stargell with Terry on the team. Ditto Keeler and Wilson and McGee
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Funny I was just thinking a variation of William team would be good.

Willie Davis might make the team with his over 60 WAR. No room for Stargell with Terry on the team. Ditto Keeler and Wilson and McGee
And lest we forget.
William Roger Clemens.
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Saw that the Sporting News looked a cumulative WAR for all players with the same last names, and just like this thread, concluded Johnson and Williams were at the top:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/...u17n50h577x9zu
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We could have fun with guys named Larry who never went by Larry. Berra and Jones. If you take regular Larry's you can add Walker, Doby and Hisle for a good outfield, Bowa at short, Doyle at 2b, Dierker or Gura pitching (without looking it up I imagine they're super close) so I need a 1b, there's gotta be someone I'm not thinking of.
Napoleon Larry Lajoie
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Napoleon Larry Lajoie
NICE so our non-Larry Larry team has Yogi, Chipper and Nap. Pretty impressive!
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NICE so our non-Larry Larry team has Yogi, Chipper and Nap. Pretty impressive!
You could put Larry Doby in center on your regular Larry list.
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Larry was only a nickname for Lajoie not part of his real name which was just Napoleon, I believe.
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You could put Larry Doby in center on your regular Larry list.
I had him on the regular list with Hisle and Walker
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