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And #2 are the Cardinals - Who I believe you seriously under value.

Player manager/pinch hitter -Red Schoendist - Hall of fame 2nd baseman and Manager on the bench because of -
2nd Base - Rogers Hornsby - ROGERS FUCKING HORNSBY
1st Base - the first 11 years of Albert Pujols - Gold Glove defender who hits .320 with 35 HR and 105 RBI AVERAGE each year
3rd Base - is an issue - Kenny Boyer or Scott Rolen? Kenny Boyer - Barely - Because he won an MVP and is on all the "Best Players not in the HOF" articles and Scott spent as much time in Philly as he did in the Lou
Short Stop - Ozzie Smith. Best defensive short stop in a defense 1st era. One of the best fielders in history, dead average replacement level hitter but a force on the base paths
Catcher - Yadi Molina - Best Catcher of his generation and in the best 5 all time list

Monster infield without a doubt, and not the best part of the Cardinals because the 5 Outfielders ( I'm platooning a couple of HOF level outfielders, so sue me) the Cards can run out every day.

Stan Musial - THE MAN. Career counting numbers - average .331, Hits 3,630, Home runs, 475, RBI 1,951, with 6,134 total bases
Joe Medwick - National League Triple Crown Winner. Career numbers - average .324, Home runs 205, Hits 2,471, RBI 1,383
Lou Brock - Retired as the all time steals leader. Led the NL in triples and doubles in 1968 and in singles in 1972 career numbers average, .293, Hits, 3,023, Home runs, 149, RBI 900, Stolen bases 938
Enos Slaughter - 10 time all star. Career numbers- average .300, Hits 2,383, Home runs 169, RBI 1,304
Jim Edmonds. - 4th outfielder defensive replacement and pinch hitter. A gold Glove center fielder batting .284 with 393 home runs is the Cardinals utility outfielder.

Now that leaves us at pitching

Bob Gibson - SP, Win–loss 251–174, ERA 2.91, Strikeouts 3,117. 2 Cy Young Awards 1968 National League MVP
Dizzy Dean - SP injuries limited his career but was the last NL pitcher to win 30 games in a season HOF career was mainly 6 years with Cards during which he did things - Four time All-Star selection (1934, 1935, 1936, 1937) -Four consecutive strikeout titles (1934–1937) Led National League in complete games for four consecutive years (1934–1937)
Chris Carpenter - SP. Cy Young winner, two-time World Series champion, three-time All-Star twice named the Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, and Comeback Player of the Year. record 144–94, ERA 3.76, Strikeouts 1,697
Bob Forsch - SP. Holding on too long cost his ERA quite a bit (especially his last 2 years as an Astro) but his years as a Cardinal were strong - 2 no hitters and 163 victories, 20 game winner in 1977
John Tudor - SP. Ya just got to have a lefty. His 6 seasons in St Louis included his best years. in 85 he started 1-7 with a 3.7 ERA and then went 20-1 with an ERA of 1.37. Finished that year 21-8 with a 1,93 ERA

Relief pitchers -

Bruce Sutter - RP. Invented the Split Finger. HOFer. Cy Young winner, led the NL in saves 5 times
Adam Wainwright -RP. A good, almost great starter but in the bullpen here because of "THE CURVE" that won the pennant in 2006
Lee Smith - RP - HOF closer - Scary man with a scary fast ball

There you go. This is the second best roster of all time and only the fact that the Yankees have Babe Ruth puts 'em 2nd