Of the currently 275 Hall of Names teams that have been published here (and archived here) we have done 18 (going on 20) All-Birthday squads; including those Mike mentioned, here they are, so if your day is listed, you won't have to do the legwork! All-Birthday teams (Aug. 27 and Sept. 5 are in the queue coming up):

• January: 1
• February: 17 * 18 * 29
• March: 17
• April: 14
• May: 1 * 24 * 25 * 26
• June: 6
• July: 7 * 20
• August: 9
• September: NONE YET
• October 20
• November: NONE YET
• December: 25 * 26 * 31

Well, I was born on June 19th so the team for my day would be...

CA: Casper Asbjornson 235/272/303 97 games 56 OPS+
1B: Lou Gehrig 340/447/632 2164 games 179 OPS+
2B: Duane Kuiper 271/325/316 1057 games, 82 OPS+
3B: Don Gutteridge 256/308/362 1151 games, 84 OPS+
3B: Bob Aspromonte 252/308/336 1324 games, 85 OPS+
SS: Johnnie LeMaster 222/277/289 1039 games 60 OPS+
LF: Butch Davis 243/274/380 166 games 78 OPS+
CF: Dustan Mohr 249/332/422 504 games 92 OPS+
RF: Buck Stanton 200/200/333 13 G, 36 OPS+
DH: Doug Mientkiewicz 268/356/404 920 games 98 OPS+
IF: Frank McLaughlin 228/259/331 107 G, 97 OPS+ (1880's)
CA: Tom Terrell 250/250/250 1 game 53 OPS+
UT: Fernando Gonzalez 235/274/336 404 G, 71 OPS+

SP: Eddie Cicotte 208-149 2.38 ERA 123 ERA+ 502 G, 361 GS
SP: Jerry Reuss 220-191 3.64 ERA 100 ERA+ 628 G, 547 GS
SP: Bill Swift (1930's) 95-82 3.58 ERA 107 ERA+ 336 G, 163 GS
SP: Jim Slaton 151-158 4.03 ERA 94 ERA+ 496 G, 360 GS
SP: Bruce Chen 35-37 4.63 ERA 95 ERA+ 242 G, 112 GS

Closer: Bob Gibson 12-18-13 4.24 ERA 94 ERA+ 98 G 18 GS
RP: Don Ferrarese 19-36-5 4.00 ERA 97 ERA+ 183 G 50 GS
RP: Red Anderson 5-8-0 4.35 ERA 94 ERA+ 36 G 9 GS
RP: Willis Roberts 17-15-7 4.64 ERA 92 ERA+ 148 G 18 GS
RP: Claudio Vargas 41-36-1 4.91 ERA 92 ERA+ 147 G 108 GS
RP: Ozzie Osborn 3-0-0 4.50 ERA 87 ERA+ 24 G 0 GS
RP: Dan Adams 4-11-3 3.74 ERA 81 ERA+ 47 G 16 GS

So I have Bob Gibson closing...er...not that one. I have a 200 game winner with a sub-2.50 ERA as my ace, as long as he doesn't take any bribes. I do have Lou Gehrig though!

Pitching isn't too bad with just 2 guys below 90 for ERA+ and one of them can sing...oh, not that Ozzie Osborn.

My backup catcher only got into one game ever but I do have one! My RF also is kind of pathetic.

So, I have pitching and a HOF'er at first and...well...lets hope they are good fielders as no one else is above 98 for OPS+.

Oops, did career rather than career year.

CA: Casper Asbjornson 305/349/381 45 games 101 OPS+
1B: Lou Gehrig 373/474/765 155 games 221 OPS+
2B: Don Gutteridge 273/335/366 132 games, 103 OPS+
3B: Bob Aspromonte 294/354/401 137 games, 119 OPS+
SS: Johnnie LeMaster 240/317/307 141 games 76 OPS+
LF: Butch Davis 344/359/508 33 games 137 OPS+
CF: Dustan Mohr 274/394/437 117 games 113 OPS+
RF: Frank McLaughlin 233/268/358 63 G, 113 OPS+ (1884)
DH: Doug Mientkiewicz 306/387/464 151 games 123 OPS+
2B: Duane Kuiper 280/375/330 107 games, 100 OPS+
UT: Fernando Gonzalez 276/320/398 80 G, 90 OPS+
CA: Tom Terrell 250/250/250 1 game 53 OPS+
OF: Buck Stanton 200/200/333 13 G, 36 OPS+

SP: Eddie Cicotte 29-7-1 1.82 ERA 175 ERA+ 40 G, 35 GS
SP: Bill Swift (1930's) 15-8-1 2.70 ERA 152 ERA+ 39 G, 21 GS
SP: Jerry Reuss 18-6-3 2.51 ERA 139 ERA+ 37 G, 29 GS
SP: Jim Slaton 15-9-0 3.63 ERA 115 ERA+ 32 G, 31 GS
SP: Claudio Vargas 6-8-0 4.34 ERA 115 ERA+ 23 G 20 GS

Closer: Bob Gibson 6-7-11 3.90 ERA 106 ERA+ 41 G 1 GS
RP: Bruce Chen 7-4-0 3.29 ERA 143 ERA+ 37 G, 15 GS
RP: Don Ferrarese 1-5-1 3.27 ERA 129 ERA+ 43 G 0 GS
RP: Willis Roberts 5-4-1 3.36 ERA 130 ERA+ 66 G 0 GS
RP: Red Anderson 4-6-0 4.18 ERA 97 ERA+ 32 G 6 GS
RP: Dan Adams 4-9-3 3.51 ERA 88 ERA+ 36 G 14 GS
RP: Ozzie Osborn 3-0-0 4.50 ERA 87 ERA+ 24 G 0 GS

A bit short on AB's but I do have 172 games started so we'd just cut back on Adams starts (88 ERA+) to make that work.

5 solid relievers with 2 inning eaters, 3 starters over 135 for ERA+ and all 5 at 115+. Sweet.

A very, very weak bench and a lot of missing games especially in the outfield. Still, having Gehrig 1927 helps a lot.

The pitching is very good.  Cicotte (1919), Reuss (1975), Swift (1935), Slaton (1979) and Chen (2005) will give you 1200 first rate innings. But, a double play combination of Kuiper and Lemaster is comical.  There isn't a half-decent offensive season there among the two. Aspromonte was decent in 1964. 

My b-day (June 30) double play combo of Grudzielanek and Tony Fernandez is nice (1999 OPS+ of 109 and 124, respectively).  I'll work on the rest of the team later.

October 22 looks interesting.

I challenge anyone to find a worse team than my birthday (November 1) produces. My best pitcher is Fernando Valenzuela, my top hitter is Vic Power, and my sole HOFer (Bid McPhee) never played a game in the 20th century. My starting outfield would probably feature Gary Redus. That's just sad.

But, in addition to Power, you have Pete Rambo.  That aint chopped liver right there.

Here is March 16:

C  Clint Courtney, 1956, 300/362/445, 113 OPS+, 101 Games
1B Hee Seop Choi, 2004, 251/370/449, 116 OPS+, 126 Games
2B Buddy Myer, 1935, 349/440/468, 138 OPS+, 151 Games
SS Stephen Drew, 2006, 316/357/517, 115 OPS+, 59 Games
3B Rick Renick, 1970, 229/317/391, 94 OPS+, 81 Games (also OF/SS)
LF Rick Reichardt, 1968, 255/328/421, 130 OPS+, 151 Games
CF Lloyd Waner, 1929, 353/395/479, 114 OPS+, 151 Games
RF Quinton McCracken, 2002, 309/367/458, 110 OPS+, 123 Games
DH Curtis Granderson, 2007, 293/351/543, 134 OPS+, 119 Games * (CF)

Bench Abraham Nunez, 2005, 285/343/361, 84 OPS+, 139 Games (2B/SS/3B)
Bench Art Kruger, 1907, 233/285/322, 87 OPS+, 100 Games (LF/CF)
Bench Ken O'Dea, 1936, 307/423/423, 127 OPS+, 80 Games (C)
Bench Don Blasingame, 1957, 271/343/368, 90 OPS+, 154 Games (2B)
Bench Jake Flowers, 1930, 320/372/439, 96 OPS+, 89 Games (2B/SS)

SP Tom Bradley, 1971, 15-15-2, 2.96 ERA, 122 ERA+, 45 G, 39 GS
SP Vern Olsen, 1940, 13-9-0, 2.97 ERA, 126 ERA+, 34 G, 20 GS
SP Bill Duggleby, 1905, 18-17-0, 2.46 ERA, 118 ERA+, 38 G, 36 GS
SP Ralph Works, 1911, 11-5-0, 3.87 ERA, 90 ERA+, 30 G, 15 GS
SP Bill Bernhard, 1902, 18-5-1, 2.15 ERA, 160 ERA+, 28 G, 25 GS

RP Don Florence, 1995, 3-0-0, 1.50 ERA, 279 ERA+, 14 G, 0 GS (entire career - why?)
RP Brian Wilson, 2006, 2-3-1, 5.40 ERA, 83 ERA+, 31 G, 0 GS
RP Charles Hudson, 1987, 11-7-0, 3.61 ERA, 121 ERA+, 35 G, 16 GS
RP Vic Keen, 1923, 12-8-1, 3.00 ERA, 133 ERA+, 17 G, 10 GS
RP Brandon League, 2006, 1-2-1, 2.53 ERA, 186 ERA+, 33 G, 0 GS

The lineup is pretty weak with a good 2B and a pretty decent outfield.  The infield is generally pretty weak and the bench will be no help at all (especially when you consider that the numbers are for their best season!).  Perhaps Granderson or Waner should move to RF so McCracken can DH, but they both played almost exclusively in center.

The pitching is pathetic.  I'm going to need my starters to throw a lot of innings, but most to them are used to it because their careers ended around the first World War.  The bullpen is even weaker than the starters and I couldn't even find an 11th pitcher to round out the bullpen without resorting to pitchers from the 19th century or guys who threw only one or two games in their career.  Speaking of which, Florence seems to have had a great 14 games in the bullpen in 1995, but that was his only major league season.  Anybody know why he didn't get another chance?

It looks like Florence was picked up by Baltimore and stunk up the joint in triple A in 1996.  Here's his complete record.  Interesting club, Brian.

Yeah, on further inspection he got by mostly on luck in 1995.  23 baserunners allowed in 12 innings means you have to be awfully lucky to only allow 2 earned runs.

March 22

(pos name year avg hr rbi ops+)
c Gene Oliver 1965 .270 21 58 127
1b George Crowe 1957 .271 31 92 110
2b Billy Goodman 1950 .354 4 58 117 (lost out to Phil Ruzzotu in the MVP)
3b Sean Berry 1996 .281 17 95 122
ss Mike Morse 2005 .278 3 23 93 (and we think JonnyMac is bad)
lf Moose Solters 1937 .323 20 109 124 (listed as OF but with a name like Moose he must have been a LFer)
rf Glenallen Hill 1995 .264 24 86 112
cf Myron Allen 1887 .276 4 77 104 (listed as OF but also played SS/2b/3b so he must have been athletic)

defense might be an issue with this bunch

IF Marv Owen 1934 .317 8 96 117
C Jack Boyle 1893 .286 4 81 100
OF Jimmie Sebring 1904 .277 4 74 99
OF Hank Stienbacher 1938 .331 4 61 111

decent bench...

(pos name year  w-l era era+)
SP Ramon Martinez 1991 20-6 2.92 126
SP Dick Ellsworth 1963 22-10 2.11 167
SP Cory Lidle 2001 13-6 3.59 121
SP Eric Rasmussen 1977 11-17 3.48 110

only 4 starters of merit...

(pos name year  w-l sv era era+)
RP Norm Branch 1941 5-1 2 2.87 137
RP Rich Monteleone 1992 7-3 3.30 118
RP Carlos Velazquez 1973 2-2 2 2.85 147
RP Bill Chappell 1908 2-4 0 1.79 134
RP Bill Butland 1942 7-1 1 2.51 149
RP Ed Cole 1938 1-5 3 5.18 96

A horrible pen...makes Tbays look good.

February 10:

C  Lenny Webster, 1998, 285/317/434, 95 OPS+, 108 G
1B Jim Keenan, 1889, 287/395/453, 138 OPS+, 87 G (mostly C, American Association)
2B Cotton Tierney, 1922, 345/378/515, 127 OPS+, 122 G
SS Cesar Izturis, 2004, 288/330/381, 88 OPS+, 159 G
3B Randy Jackson, 1953, 285/341/476, 108 OPS+, 139 G
LF Lance Berkman, 2004, 316/450/566, 161 OPS+, 160 G
CF Lenny Dykstra, 1993, 305/420/482, 143 OPS+, 161 G
RF Ruben Mateo, 2000, 291/339/447, 94 OPS+, 52 G  (RF/CF)
DH Ralph Hodgin, 1943, 314/356/415, 125 OPS+, 117 G  (3B/LF/RF)

Bench Kevin Sefcik, 1998, 314/421/432, 124 OPS+, 104 G (2B/SS/3B/LF/CF/RF)
Bench Alex Gordon, 2007, 245/318/408, 86 OPS+, 112 G (3B/1B)
Bench Walt Lerian, 1928, 272/385/381, 98 OPS+, 96 G (C)
Bench Bob Spence, 1970, 223/285/362, 75 OPS+, 46 G (1B)
Bench Mike Champion, 1977, 229/271/286, 57 OPS+, 150 G (2B)

SP Allie Reynolds, 1952, 20-8-6, 2.06 ERA, 160 ERA+, 35 G, 29 GS
SP Herb Pennock, 1924, 21-9-3, 2.83 ERA, 146 ERA+, 34 G, 25 GS
SP Larry McWilliams, 1983, 15-8-0, 3.25 ERA, 114 ERA+, 35 G, 35 GS
SP Jim Barr, 1976, 15-12-0, 2.89 ERA, 126 ERA+, 37 G, 37 GS
SP Bobby Jones, 1994, 12-7-0, 3.15 ERA, 133 ERA+, 24 G, 24 GS

RP Dane Johnson, 1997, 4-1-2, 4.53 ERA, 100 ERA+, 38 G, 0 GS
RP Al Jones, 1984, 1-1-5, 4.43 ERA, 94 ERA+, 20 G, 0 GS
RP Sherman Jones, 1961, 1-1-2, 4.42 ERA, 92 ERA+, 24 G, 2 GS
RP Bob Logan, 1945, 7-11-1, 3.18 ERA, 121 ERA+, 34 G, 25 GS
RP Ryan Bowen, 1993, 8-12-0, 4.42 ERA, 94 ERA+, 27 G, 27 GS
CL Billy O'Dell, 1965, 10-6-18, 2.18 ERA, 162 ERA+, 62 G, 1 GS

This team is kind of interesting.  The starting pitching is excellent and the closer had a fantastic season, but the rest of the bullpen is kind of weak (including a couple of starters who will have to move to a new role).  There are a couple of great hitters in the outfield (Berkman and Dykstra), but Mateo isn't a great RF. 

There are absolutely no worthwhile 1B born on this date.  Bob Spence appears to be the best of a poor lot, so I moved Jim Keenan from his primary position of catcher to help out.  Unfortunately he was playing in the American Association at the time, so his numbers aren't all that impressive.  In a few years time I'd put Alex Gordon over there or at 3B and force somebody else to try 1B.  Izturis is obviously going to be a weak spot in the batting order, but Sefcik can play short if more offense is needed.  Alberto Castillo was a late cut from the team, though he was actually a better hitter than Mike Champion who gets a spot on the bench.

My B-day barely only musters 28 people, so I'll take that challenge (the worst team ever one). At least it saves sorting through the roster...I'll just go with everyone, and eliminate 3 people. It looks like I have utility infielders and long relievers (i.e., not good enough to start all the time) in most spots. Keep in mind, I cut 3 people from this team. My starters are decent, but my lineup, oh that lineup.

P/OF Bullet Rogan, Negro leagues (KC Monarchs) :   1924 had  16 wins and a .411 average, in the Hall. Obviously starts and plays OF for this team.
SP Vida Blue, OAK, 1971 :   24-8, ERA 1.82 (ERA+ 183), 312 IP, 301/88 K/BB, MVP and CY young, almost qualified for RoY too at age 21. Now that is a career year.
SP Duke Esper 1895      :   3.92 ERA (122 ERA+), 218 IP, 39/79 K/BB
SP Freddie Fitzsimmons 1931 :   253.7 IP, 3.05 ERA (122 ERA+), strong with the bat that year too : .228/.297/.413, 4HR in  92 ABs
SP Bob Milacki, BAL, 1989   :   243 IP, 3.81 ERA (102 ERA+), 113/88 K/BB, 1.321 WHIP

Bullpen
SP/RP Ray Dobens, BOS (AL), 1929 :   28.3 IP, 3.81 ERA (112 ERA+), 1.447 WHIP 3/8 batting
RP Chad Paronto, ATL, 2006       :   65 games, 56.7 IP, 41K/19BB, ERA 3.18(ERA+ 139), WHIP 1.271
SP/RP Gus Keriazakos, WSH (AL), 1954 : 59.7 IP, 3.77 ERA (95 ERA+), in other two seasons ERA was over 12.
SP/RP Willie Garoni 1899         : 4.50 ERA (83 ERA+), 1.400 WHIP, 10 IP
SP George Daly 1909 :        21 IP, 6.00 ERA, but no HR at least.
RP John Glaiser 1920 :       14.7 IP, 4.91 ERA (76 ERA+), 2/7 K/BB, 1 Save...I have a closer!
RP Paul Mccullough 1929 :   7.3 IP, 8.59 ERA, WHIP only 1.227
SP Terry Taylor, SEA, 1988  :   5 starts, 23 IP, 6.26 ERA (67 ERA+), 1.609 WHIP

C Bob Wood, CIN, 1899 :    .314/.406/.443, OPs+ 131 in 194 ABs
1B Dick Simpson, CIN, 1968 :       .197/.292/.322 (86 OPS+) in 233 ABs, chose the only year he had 100 ABs. Young player (played age 18-25), perhaps eaten alive by the era of the pitcher? Starting at 1B because I don't have a 1B.
SS/3B Ron Theobald, MIL, 1971 : .276/.342/.325 in 388 ABs, 19 sac bunts, at least gets on base once in a while.
SS/3B Ted Lepcio, BOS/DET, 1959 :  .280/.332/.417 (101 OPS+), 218 ABs
2B Joe Mathes, St. Louis Terriers, 1914: .294/.362/.329 in 85 ABs
OF Carmelo Martinez, SD, 1985      :   .253/.362/.434 (123 OPS+) in 514 ABs, 21 HR provides some much needed occasional pop. 
OF Elmer Miller, NYY, 1917 :      .251/.336/.319 (OPS+ of 121), 379 ABs, 21 Sac bunts
OF Bullet Rogan, Negro leagues (KC Monarchs) : Probably my best hitter at any position, he plays when not starting

Bench
OF George Gerken CLE, 1928 :      .226/.306.322 (64 OPS+), 115 ABs
OF Hank Perry, DET, 1912 :        .167/.231/.194 in 36 ABs
2B/SS/3B Ernie Bowman, SFG, 1961   :  .211/.231/.316 (46 OPS+), 38 ABs
3B Jerry Maddux, ATL, 1978         :   .214/.267/.214 in 14 ABs

Oh, that was the July 28th team above

It pays to be born in September I think. It falls roughly nine months after Christmas holiday enthusiasms and such. Anyway, my birthday is September 17 and here's my team:

Manager

Rube Foster

Lineup

Ezra Sutton DH           1884     497 PA     .346/.384/.455     163 OPS+     22 K
Frank Schulte LF*        1911     687 PA     .300/.384/.534     156 OPS+     21 triples, MVP
Earl Webb RF               1931     660 PA     .333/.404/.528     148 OPS+     67 doubles
Orlando Cepeda 1B      1963     629 PA     .316/.366/.563     165 OPS+
Ernie Koy CF                1938     574 PA     .299/.352/.468     122 OPS+
Bob Dillinger 3B           1948     722 PA     .321/.385/.415     110 OPS+     34 K
Dick Padden 2B            1904     520 PA     .238/.325/.298     103 OPS+
Otto Krueger SS           1902     512 PA     .266/.313/.315      97 OPS+
Les Peden C                 1953     33 PA       .250/.344/.393     100 OPS+

Bench 

Roy Luebbe C               1925     18 PA       .000/.118/.000     -68 OPS+     blech!
Wayne Krenchicki IF     1984     204 PA     .298/.358/.470     127 OPS+
Thad Bosley OF             1985     202 PA     .328/.391/.511     140 OPS+
Ernie Walker OF            1914     147 PA     .298/.366/.405     135 OPS+
Butts Wagner UT           1898     284 PA     .226/.279/.307      67 OPS+ 

Rotation 

Danny Haren                 2007     26 G/ 26 GS     173.1 IP     170 ERA+     7.2 K/9     2.4 W/9     projected to reach 35 GS and 230 IP
Sheriff Blake                 1928     34 G/ 29 GS     240.2 IP     155 ERA+     2.9 K/9     3.8 W/9
Nick Cullop                    1916     28 G/ 22 GS     167.0 IP     141 ERA+     4.1 K/9     1.7 W/9
Whitey Glazner             1921     36 G/ 25 GS     234.0 IP     138 ERA+     3.4 K/9     2.2 W/9
Willie Sudhoff               1903     38 G/ 35 GS     293.2 IP     128 ERA+     3.2 K/9     1.7 W/9

Bullpen

Cisco Carlos**               1967     8 G/ 7GS        41.2 IP     359 ERA+     5.8 K/9     1.9 W/9     5.0 h/9
John Franco                  1988     70 G/ 0 GS     86.0 IP     229 ERA+     4.8 K/9     2.8 W/9
Casey Janssen               2007     52 G/ 0 GS     57.1 IP     195 ERA+     4.9 K/9     2.5 W/9     projected to reach 70 G and 77.1 IP
Jim Umbricht                1962     34 G/ 0 GS     67.0 IP     186 ERA+     7.4 K/9     2.3 W/9
Tom Waddell                 1984     58 G/ 0 GS     97.0 IP     133 ERA+     5.5 K/9     3.4 W/9
Al Gettel                       1947     31 G/ 21 GS   149.0 IP    109 ERA+     3.9 K/9     3.7 W/9  

Comments 

I love this team. Aside from the fact that it is an absolute black hole at catcher, every other area is strong. There is one other possibility at catcher and that's George Gilham, who had 3 AB and 1 GP with a -100 OPS+ in 1920. We should do more September/ October birthday studies to see if my "Holiday Enthusiasm Theory" is correct.  
           

Addendum to September 17th team post:

*Frank Schulte played RF in 1911, but had played 140 games in LF in his career prior to that year, so the switch from RF to LF would be easier for him than others. **Cisco Carlos had 7 starts and 1 relief appearance in 1967, but that 359 ERA+ was just to tantalizing to leave out of the bullpen and I noticed in the example that one of the relievers had 4 starts and 2 relief appearances, so what the heck.

My birthday is October 13...I was surprised to be able to put together a pretty solid lineup around Eddie Mathews...lots of on-base guys. The rotation steadily goes downhill after Rube, but we have a decent bullpen anchored by Hoffman. The bench was tough to fill out as there was, for whatever reason, an inordinate number of third-basemen and catchers and a dearth of second- and first-baseman. Eligible postitions for each player are listed after the stats. LINEUP CF Ben Paschal 1925 275PA .360/.417/.611 160OPS+ OF LF Eddie Yost 1951 716PA .283/.423/.424 131OPS+ 3B/OF 1B Bob Bailey 1970 429PA .287/.407/.597 166OPS+ 3B/1B/OF 3B Eddie Mathews 1953 681PA .302/.406/.627 171OPS+ 3B RF Lou Clinton 1962 436PA .294/.349/.540 133OPS+ OF C Frankie Hayes 1940 529PA .308/.389/.477 125OPS+ C SS Scott Cooper 1993 596PA .279/.355/.397 96OPS+ 3B/SS/1B 2B Fred McMullin 1918 278PA .277/.356/.319 103OPS+ 3B/2B DH Damian Miller 2005 431PA .273/.340/.413 97OPS+ C BENCH Mike Gazella 1927 148PA .278/.403/.417 116OPS+ 3B/SS Swede Risberg 1919 464PA .256/.317/.345 86OPS+ SS/1B Monty Fariss 1992 187PA .217/.297/.325 78OPS+ OF/2B Fred Lewis 1884* 353PA .321/.365/.418 151OPS+ OF Jim Price 1969 214PA .234/.294/.417 94OPS+ C *split between the American Association and the Union Association STARTERS Rube Waddell 1905 328IP 27-10 1.48ERA 179ERA+ SP Bill Donovan 1903 307IP 17-16 2.29ERA 127ERA+ SP Julio Valera 1992 188IP 8-11 3.73ERA 107ERA+ SP Xavier Rescigno 1943 133IP 6-9 2.98ERA 116ERA+ SP/RP Jerry Robertson 1969 180IP 5-16 3.96ERA 93ERA+ SP BULLPEN Trevor Hoffman 1998 73IP 53SV 1.48ERA 258ERA+ CL Tim Crabtree 1996 67IP 5-3 2.54ERA 209ERA+ RP Randy Moffitt 1976 103IP 6-6 2.27ERA 160ERA+ RP Frank Lacorte 1980 83IP 11SV 2.82ERA 116ERA+ RP George Frazier 1982 111IP 3.47ERA 115ERA+ RP Brian Hickerson 1992 87IP 5-3 3.09ERA 107ERA+ RP

Sorry I'm clearly clueless about formatting.

 

LINEUP

 

CF Ben Paschal     1925 275PA .360/.417/.611  160OPS+      OF

LF Eddie Yost      1951 716PA .283/.423/.424  131OPS+      3B/OF

1B Bob Bailey      1970 429PA .287/.407/.597  166OPS+      3B/1B/OF

3B Eddie Mathews   1953 681PA .302/.406/.627  171OPS+  3B

RF Lou Clinton     1962 436PA .294/.349/.540  133OPS+      OF

C  Frankie Hayes   1940 529PA .308/.389/.477  125OPS+     C

SS Scott Cooper    1993 596PA .279/.355/.397  96OPS+       3B/SS/1B

2B Fred McMullin   1918 278PA .277/.356/.319  103OPS+   3B/2B

DH Damian Miller   2005 431PA .273/.340/.413   97OPS+    C

 

BENCH

 

Mike Gazella    1927 148PA .278/.403/.417  116OPS+    3B/SS

Swede Risberg   1919 464PA .256/.317/.345  86OPS+     SS/1B

Monty Fariss     1992 187PA .217/.297/.325   78OPS+     OF/2B

Fred Lewis       1884* 353PA .321/.365/.418  151OPS+   OF

Jim Price         1969    214PA .234/.294/.417   94OPS+     C

*split between the American Association and the Union Association

 

STARTERS

 

Rube Waddell    1905 328IP 27-10 1.48ERA   179ERA+  SP

Bill Donovan    1903 307IP 17-16 2.29ERA   127ERA+   SP

Julio Valera    1992 188IP 8-11 3.73ERA    107ERA+      SP

Xavier Rescigno 1943 133IP 6-9 2.98ERA     116ERA+   SP/RP

Jerry Robertson 1969 180IP 5-16 3.96ERA    93ERA+     SP

 

BULLPEN

 

Trevor Hoffman  1998 73IP  53SV  1.48ERA   258ERA+    CL

Tim Crabtree    1996 67IP  5-3 2.54ERA     209ERA+         RP

Randy Moffitt   1976 103IP 6-6 2.27ERA     160ERA+        RP

Frank Lacorte   1980 83IP  11SV 2.82ERA    116ERA+      RP

George Frazier  1982 111IP 3.47ERA         115ERA+          RP

Brian Hickerson 1992 87IP 5-3 3.09ERA    107ERA+         RP

Nicely done, actionjackson and williams5. Action's club is a definite contender, but you do need a catcher and Wayne Krenchicki and Thad Bosley back there almost all the time is going to cause a few problems. Where is Tippy Martinez when you need him?

Jordan, I'm sure Missus Action has you beat with her birthday on April 4. There is one starting pitcher with more than 30 starts. The next highest is 14. The total among the 11 lame pitchers that can actually start a game is 107 GS. Doesn't really allow for the luxury of a good bullpen does it? It could've been a really nice team. The up the middle group includes Ray Fosse at catcher, with Mickey Owen backing up (I'd kill for that kind of catching), Tommy Herr and Jim Fregosi at the keystone combo and Tris Speaker in CF, with Gil Hodges and Mike Epstein at 1B and DH, not to mention Scott Rolen at 3B, and Joe Vosmik in LF, as well as Cameron Maybin, who just got called up but with that pitching they ain't going nowhere. Looks like a lot of double digit games if you ask me. If anyone can come up with a reasonable semblance of a team feel free, but this one looks really tough. They'd be very exciting to watch, perhaps more so than the current edition of your Toronto Blue Jays, but they would probably lose more games, despite having a Yankee like offense. I'm stumped.

Presenting...Your Ides of March Assassins!

Player/Manager: Arlie Latham (0-3 with the 1896 St. Louis Browns)

C: Ray Noble (.234/.265/.383 with the 1951 New York Giants in 141 AB)
1b: Kevin Youkilis (.293/.392/.452 with this year's Bosox)
2b: Don Lang (Played a grand total of three games at second in his career, such as it was, batted .269/.364/.356 in 323 AB with the 1948 Cardinals)
3b: Mike Pagliarulo (A combined .303/.357/.465 in 370 AB in 1993 with the Twins and Orioles)
ss: Whitey Wietelmann (.271/.335/.348 with the 1945 Boston Braves)
Lf: Mickey Hatcher (.302/.342/.406 with the 1984 Twins; he doubles as the hitting coach.)
Cf: Bobby Bonds (.288/.355/.512 for the 1971 Giants, started 28 games in center that year)
Rf: Harold Baines (.304/.361/.541 with the 1984 White Sox)
DH: Arlie Latham (.301/.368/.374 with the 1886 Browns)

C: Dave Watkins(.176/.291/.284 in 148 AB with the 1969 Phillies, bats right)
INF/Emergency C: Doc Casey (.268/.300/.325 with the 1904 Cubs, caught 3 games, switch-hitter)
INF: Kim Batiste (.282/.298/.436 for the 1993 Phillies, bats right)
OF: Bill Hallman (.246/.301/.328 for the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers, bats left)
OF: Fred Bennett (.281/.333/.371 in 89 AB for the 1931 Pirates, bats right)

RHSP: Lou Fette (20-10, 2.88 ERA with 259 IP for 1937 Braves)
RHSP: Rosy Ryan (17-12, 3.01 ERA in 172.2 IP for 1922 Giants)
RHSP: Rube Peters (5-6, 4.14 ERA in 28 G, 11 GS, 108.2 IP for 1912 White Sox)
?HSP: Bill Wise (23-18, 3.04 ERA in 364.1 IP for Washington of the not-really-a-major-league Union Association in 1884. He had brief cups of coffee in the major leagues on either side of this year.)
RHSP: Roscoe Coughlin (4-6, 4.26 ERA in 95 IP for the 1890 Cubs)

RHRP: Jim Kern (13-5, 29 SV, 1.57 ERA in 71 G and 143 IP for the 1979 Rangers)
RHRP: Bob Locker (7-5, 20 SV, 2.09 ERA in 77 G and 124.2 IP for the 1967 White Sox)
RHRP: Wayne Granger (6-5, 35 SV, 2.66 ERA in 67 G and 84.2 IP for the 1970 Reds)
RHRP: Vladimir Nunez (4-5, 2.74 ERA in 52 G, 92 IP for 2001 Marlins)
RHRP: Nellie King (4-1, 3.15 ERA in 38 G, 60 IP for the 1956 Pirates. He's also the broadcaster, which ought to be interesting when he gets into games)
LHRP: Rafael Perez (0-0, 1.71 ERA in 27 G, 42 IP for this year's Indians. He's also exactly my age, and hence would be on the team even if we didn't need a lefty.)

I imagine the lineup would go like this:

1. Latham DH (r)
2. Youkilis 1b (r)
3. Baines rf (l)
4. Bonds cf (r)
5. Pagliarulo 3b (l)
6. Hatcher lf (r)
7. Wietelmann ss (s)
8. Lang 2b (r)
9. Noble c (r)

I initially drew this team up as a whole career sort of deal, and the results were less than spectacular. But with everyone having a career year, the offense goes from passable to pretty good and the starting pitching goes from godawful to sort of OK. Doc Casey would be seeing a lot of playing time, spelling Pagliarulo, who in the year I picked wasn't a full-time player. I considered putting him at catcher, but figured that it would be counter to the spirit of the game.

I figure this team might win 65 games or so in a full season. The pitching would likely get us killed, but on days when the starters were able to get it to the bullpen, the Assassins might just have a chance to get within striking distance...

What a great team name. "The Ides of March Assassins."  Better than the Dec. 25 "Christmas Presence," for sure. Anyone think of a date that would be more open to a great team name than that one?

My June 21 team:

Lineup

 C   Charlie Moore, 1983         .301/.355/.410    124 OPS+    151 games
1B  Charlie Levis, 1884           .225/.231/.321      77 OPS+      91 games
2B  Billy Gilbert, 1901               .270/.320/.327      84 OPS+    127 games
SS  Spencer Adams, 1927      .266/.333/.332      71 OPS+      88 games
3B  Hunter Hill, 1905                .209/.278/.254       72 OPS+   104 games
OF  Randy Moore, 1933           .302/.356/.425     130 OPS+   135 games
OF  Red Barron, 1929              .190/.227/.238        17 OPS+     10 games
OF  Jeff Baker, 2006                 .368/.379/.825      189 OPS+     18 games

Rotation

LHSP  Matt Kilroy, 1887                        46-19   3.07 ERA   133 ERA+   69 G, 69 GS   !!!!
RHSP Rick Sutcliffe, 1984                    20-6      3.64 ERA   109 ERA+   35 G, 35 GS
LHSP  Ed Lopat, 1951                           21-9     2.91 ERA   131 ERA+   31 G, 31 GS
LHSP  Donovan Osborne, 1996         13-9      3.53 ERA    121 ERA+   30 G, 30 GS
LHSP  Russ Van Atta, 1933                  12-4     4.18 ERA    93 ERA+     26 G, 22 GS

Bench

 C   Bert Adams, 1919     .233/.252/.293   59 OPS+   78 games
OF  Ed Watkins, 1902      .000/.250/.000   -22 OPS+  1 game   (bleaarrgh)
IF/OF  Garrett Jones         .154/.241/.269   36 OPS+   11 games (so far thru 2007)

Bullpen 

LHRP  Jeff Musselman, 1987     12-5   3 SV   4.15 ERA   109 ERA+   68 G, 1 GS
RHRP Gene Pentz, 1977                5-2   2 SV   3.83 ERA     93 ERA+   41 G, 4 GS
LHRP  Mike Beard, 1975                 4-0   0 SV   3.20 ERA   118 ERA+   34 G, 2 GS
LHRP  Jackie Collum, 1954           7-3   0 SV    3.76 ERA   112 ERA+   36 G, 2 GS
RHRP  Sendy Rleal, 2006               1-1   0 SV    4.44 ERA   102 ERA+   42 G, 0 GS

Not much I can say about this team, except the bench, which I don't want to talk about.

  

 

November 25 is interesting: http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=11&day=25

A change to the Assassins lineup listed above: I somehow overlooked Robert Fick, who will now be our starting catcher, hopefully playing as well as he did for the 2001 Tigers, batting .272/.339/.476 for an OPS+ of 118. Ray Noble moves to the bench, and Dave Watkins will be sent down to our AAA club, the Conspirators.

As for other team names, why not the July 4th Revolutionaries, Minutemen or Patriots? The November 7th Revolutionaries, Reds or Commissars? The 14th July Robespierres, Revolutionaries (yes, I know-I seem to have a one track mind here), Guillotines or Sans-Cullottes?