Tampa Bay Rays Name All-Time Al Lang Team

03/28/2008, ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay Rays named 25 players to the All-Time Al Lang Field Team today, coinciding with the final game to be played at Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field. The team includes 21 Hall of Famers. Members of the Rays front office selected the players from teams that held Spring Training on the site:

Teams:
Boston Braves 1922-37
New York Yankees 1925-42, 1946-50, 1952-61
St. Louis Cardinals 1938-42, 1946-97
New York Giants 1951
New York Mets 1962-87
Baltimore Orioles 1992-95
Tampa Bay Rays 1998-2008

All-Time Al Lang Field Team:
Catcher
Yogi Berra (NYY/NYM) - HOF (1946-50, 1953, 1965) .285 BA, 359 HR, 1,430 RBI
Gary Carter (NYM) - HOF (1985-89) .262 BA, 324 HR, 1,225 RBI
First Base
Stan Musial (STL) - HOF (1941-42, 1946-63) .331 BA, 475 HR, 3,630 Hits
Lou Gehrig (NYY) - HOF (1925-39) .340 BA, 493 HR, 1,995 RBI
Second Base
Rogers Hornsby (BOS) - HOF (1928) .358 BA, 301 HR, 2,930 Hits
Red Schoendiest (STL) - HOF (1946-56, 1961-63) .289 BA, 2,449 Hits, 773 RBI
Third Base
Wade Boggs (TB) - HOF (1998-99) .328 BA, 3,010 Hits, 1,513 Runs
Ken Boyer (STL/NYM) - (1955-65, 1966-67) .287 BA, 282 HR, 2,143 Hits
Shortstop
Ozzie Smith (STL) - HOF (1982-96) .978 Fielding %, 2,460 Hits, 580 SB
Cal Ripken (BAL) - HOF (1992-95) .276 BA, 431 HR, 3,189 Hits
Outfield
Joe DiMaggio (NYY) - HOF (1936-42, 1946-50) .325 BA, 361 HR, 2,214 Hits
Willie Mays (NYG/NYM) - HOF (1951, 1972-73) .301 BA, 660 HR, 3,283 Hits
Monte Irvin (NYG) - HOF (1951) .293 BA, 99 HR, 443 RBI (MLB stats)
Mickey Mantle (NYY) - HOF (1952-61) .298 BA, 536 HR, 2,415 Hits
Roger Maris (NYY/STL) - (1960-61, 1967-68) .260 BA, 275 HR, 851 RBI
Lou Brock (STL) - HOF (1964-79) .293 BA, 3,023 Hits, 938 SB
Babe Ruth (NYY/BOS) - HOF (1920-34, 1935) .342 BA, 714 HR, 2,217 RBI
Darryl Strawberry (NYM) - (1983-1987) .259 BA, 335 HR, 1,000 RBI
Starting Pitcher
Bob Gibson (STL) - HOF (1959-75) 251 Wins, 2.91 ERA, 3,117 K
Tom Seaver (NYM) - HOF (1967-77, 1983) 311 Wins, 2.86 ERA, 3,640 K
Nolan Ryan (NYM) - HOF (1966, 1968-71) 324 Wins, 3.19 ERA, 5,714 K
Whitey Ford (NYY) - HOF (1950, 1952-61) 236 Wins, 2.75 ERA, 1,956 K
Steve Carlton (STL) - HOF (1965-71) 329 Wins, 3.22 ERA, 4,136 K
Closer
Dennis Eckersley (STL) - HOF (1996-97) 197 Wins, 3.50 ERA, 390 Saves
Lee Smith (BAL/STL) - (1990-93, 1994) 71 Wins, 3.03 ERA, 478 Saves

Source: MLB