Twist on a theme - all time biggest crowd drawing starting 9

[mq711]

How about Hank Aaron as DH and Earl Weaver as manager (not the best manager in history but was very entertaining). And love him or hate him, Barry Bonds was the most “must TV” baseball player I can recall.

[Eggoman]

Hard to argue with most of the teams fielded so far, but I would LOVE to see Satchell Paige take the bump...

[obcbobd]

The OP's team was pretty good. Made a few minor changes

1b - Lou Gehrig
2b - Jackie Robinson
3b - Mike Schmidt
ss - Cal Ripken Jr.
c - Josh Gibson
p - Nolan Ryan
LF - Babe Ruth
Rf - Roberto Clemente
Cf - Mike Trout

[SAllen2556]

Drawing power:

P - Mark Fidrych
C - Yogi Berra
1b - Cap Anson
2b - Jackie Robinson
ss - Cal Ripken
3b - Pete Rose
LF - Babe Ruth
CF - Ty Cobb
RF - Reggie Jackson
DH - Barry Bonds

No one drew more people to a ball game than "The Bird".

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Thinking outside the box of guys who were "must see" even if only for a time. None of these guys were draws their entire career like Ruth or Mantle, but for a significant time you couldn't get tickets to their games.

LHP - Fernando Valenzuela
1b - Mark McGwire
OF - Sammy Sosa
SS - Cal Ripken
OF - Ichiro

Anyone else you can think of?

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Thinking outside the box of guys who were "must see" even if only for a time. None of these guys were draws their entire career like Ruth or Mantle, but for a significant time you couldn't get tickets to their games.

LHP - Fernando Valenzuela
1b - Mark McGwire
OF - Sammy Sosa
SS - Cal Ripken
OF - Ichiro

Anyone else you can think of?

Ozzie Smith. I was going back and forth between having Banks at 1B and Ozzie at SS or Musial at 1B and Banks at SS. Maybe it is the mid-west bias, but Ozzie was always must see. Ripken was popular, but not as popular as Ozzie in my opinion. Also, Ken Griffey Jr and Mike Trout were the other two guys I wanted to make room for, just not over the three I chose.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Did Ozzie sell tickets at away stadiums? Musial? Banks? I mean don't get me wrong, they were great, but I'm talking about people who brought crowds wherever they went for a period of time. After Ripken broke the record every game he played was a new record. Griffey had a stretch where people were likely coming just to see him, I think that's a good add, and while I love Trout he can't even fill the Angel's ballpark.