All-Decade Team 1920s AL

Upon exhausting our list of All-Time Franchise teams, see the tab above, we've set our sights on putting together teams of the decade. There are a few guidelines we established upon making the teams. First, we decided to start in the 1920s as we've generally focused post 1920. We may go back and do a teens list at the end. Second, players can, and will, appear on multiple decade teams. Third, for the most part (exceptions will undoubtedly be made), the player had to play a majority of that decade. Finally, we put weight on career numbers within that decade over name recognition. For example, Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched in the 1920s, but his hay day was the teens, so he didn't quite make the list. Exceptions are/were made if there simply were no contemporaries at the position. We added a few positions for these lists including an extra infielder, and extra outfielder, and 2 extra starting pitchers. We did away with the DH in lieu of these changes. Even more than franchise team lists, these are highly subjective, but we think we've mostly found common ground. As always, we'd love your opinions as well!

C - Mickey Cochrane - Philadelphia Athletics
1B - Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees
2B - Eddie Collins - Chicago Whitesox/Philadelphia Athletics
3B - Jimmy Dykes - Philadelphia Athletics
SS - Joe Sewell - Cleveland Indians
IF - George Sisler - St. Louis Browns
OF - Babe Ruth - New York Yankees
OF - Ty Cobb - Detroit Tigers
OF - Harry Heilmann - Detroit Tigers
OF - Al Simmons - Philadelphia Athletics
SP - Urban Shocker - St. Louis Browns/New York Yankees
SP - Herb Pennock - Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees
SP - Stan Covaleski - Cleveland Indians/Washington Senators
SP - Waite Hoyt - New York Yankees
CL - Firpo Marberry - Washington Senators

Check out www.baseball-reference.com for complete statistics on all these players.