Player(s) you associate each team with

[Majingir]

Just something I thought would be interesting to have. People list all 30 teams, and the name of 1 or 2 players that they think of when thinking of a certain team. It doesn't have to be the best player to ever play for that team,or even a guy who was there for the longest time.

Some people might name real old school guys since that's when they watched too, but others might name some newer guys since they haven't watched for as long(or just don't really know anyone from that team)

EAST
Boston
NY Yankees
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Toronto

CENTRAL
Detroit
Cleveland
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago

WEST
Texas
Oakland
LA Angels
Seattle
Houston

National League
EAST
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Washington
NY Mets
Miami

CENTRAL
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee

WEST
Arizona
San Francisco
Colorado
San Diego
LA Dodgers

I'll do my full list later,but will just do AL East for now(since that's easiest for me to do):

EAST
Boston-Pedro,Manny
NY Yankees-Jeter
Baltimore-Ripken Jr
Tampa Bay-Upton,Crawford
Toronto-Halladay

CENTRAL
Detroit-Verlander
Cleveland-CC Sabathia
Minnesota-Santana
Kansas City-Mike Sweeney
Chicago-Frank Thomas

WEST
Texas-Ivan Rodriguez
Oakland-Giambi
LA Angels-Garret Anderson
Seattle-Ichiro
Houston-Bagwell

National League
EAST
Atlanta-Chipper
Philadelphia-Schilling
Washington-Zimmerman
NY Mets-Piazza
Miami-Willis

CENTRAL
St. Louis-McGuire
Cincinnati-Pete Rose
Pittsburgh-Kendall
Chicago Cubs-Sammy
Milwaukee-Braun

WEST
Arizona-Randy Johnson
San Francisco-Bonds
Colorado-Helton,Walker
San Diego-Tony Gwynn
LA Dodgers-Jackie Robinson(wasn't exactly LA dodgers but still was Dodgers)

[kodiak]

Baltimore-Cal Ripken Jr
Boston-Ted Williams
New York-Donnie (Baseball) Mattingly
Tampa Bay-David Price
Toronto-Joe Carter/John Olerud

Chicago-Harold Baines/Frank Thomas
Cleveland-Albert Belle
Detroit-Alan Trammell/Lou Whittaker
Kansas City-George Brett
Minnesota-Kirby Puckett

Houston-Mike Scott/Killer B's
LA Angels-Wally Joyner
Oakland-Dave Stewart/Jose Canseco
Seattle-Ken Griffey Jr
Texas-Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez/Juan Gonzalez

Atlanta-Dale Murphy/Big 3 pitchers
Miami-Livan Hernandez
New York-Doc Gooden/Daryl Strawberry
Philadelphia-Mike Schmidt
Wash/Mont-Gary Carter

Chicago-Ryne Sandberg
Cincy-Pete Rose
Milwaukee-Robin Yount
Pitt-Willie Stargell
St Louis-Stan Musial

Arizona-Luis Gonzalez
Colorado-Todd Helton
LA-Fernando Valenzuela
SD-Tony Gwynn
SF-Will Clark

I know some guys played for more than one team

[BigBoi23]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

This is strictly a stream of consciousness.
EAST
Boston: Ted Williams
NY Yankees: Babe Ruth
Baltimore: Cal Ripken Jr.
Tampa Bay: Wade Boggs
Toronto: Joe Carter

CENTRAL
Detroit: Ty Cobb
Cleveland: Jim Thome
Minnesota: Rod Carew
Kansas City: George Brett
Chicago: Joe Jackson

WEST
Texas: Nolan Ryan
Oakland: Rickey Henderson
LA Angels: Vlad Guerrero
Seattle: Ken Griffey, Jr.
Houston: Craig Biggio

National League
EAST
Atlanta: Hank Aaron
Philadelphia: Mike Schmidt
Washington: Bryce Harper
NY Mets: David Wright
Miami: Dontrelle Willis

CENTRAL
St. Louis: Stan Musial
Cincinnati: Pete Rose
Pittsburgh: Roberto Clemente
Chicago Cubs: Ernie Banks
Milwaukee: Robin Yount

WEST
Arizona: Luis Gonzalez
San Francisco: Willie Mays
Colorado: Todd Helton
San Diego: Tony Gwynn
LA Dodgers: Sandy Koufax

[Chaos81]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Boston: Pedro Martínez
NY Yankees: Mickey Mantle
Baltimore: Cal Ripken Jr.
Tampa Bay: James Shields
Toronto: Joe Carter

CENTRAL
Detroit: Alan Trammell
Cleveland: Jim Thome
Minnesota: Kirby Puckett
Kansas City: George Brett
Chicago: Frank Thomas

WEST
Texas: Nolan Ryan
Oakland: Rickey Henderson


I gave up here.

[Perfect Zero]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Without looking at other lists first (Note: this was a list of the first people to come to mind):

EAST
Boston-Ted Williams
NY Yankees-Babe Ruth
Baltimore-Frank Robinson
Tampa Bay-Wade Boggs
Toronto-Joe Carter

CENTRAL
Detroit-Ty Cobb
Cleveland-Doc Johnston
Minnesota-Joe Mauer
Kansas City-George Brett
Chicago-Joe Jackson

WEST
Texas-Pudge Rodriguez
Oakland-Rickey Henderson
LA Angels-Vladimir Guerrero
Seattle-Ken Griffy Jr.
Houston-Craig Biggio

National League
EAST
Atlanta-Chipper Jones
Philadelphia-Mike Schmidt
Washington-Gary Carter (with the Expos)
NY Mets-Mike Piazza
Miami-Hanley Ramirez

CENTRAL
St. Louis-Bob Gibson
Cincinnati-Pete Rose
Pittsburgh-Andrew McCutchen
Chicago Cubs-Ernie Banks
Milwaukee-Bob Uecker

WEST
Arizona-Randy Johnson
San Francisco-Willy Mays
Colorado-Dante Bichette
San Diego-Tony Gwynn
LA Dodgers-Kirk Gibson

[Chrisksaint]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

I'm younger so this will probably be a lot of current players and whatever just pops into my head first.


EAST
Boston- David Ortiz
NY Yankees- Derek Jeter
Baltimore- Cal Ripken
Tampa Bay- Evan Longoria
Toronto- Jose Bautista- this was hard cause I've probably never seen them play

CENTRAL
Detroit- Justin Verlander
Cleveland- Manny Ramirez
Minnesota- Joe Mauer
Kansas City- Bo Jackson
Chicago- Frank Thomas

WEST
Texas- Ivan Rodgriguez
Oakland- Rickey Henderson
LA Angels- Mike Trout
Seattle- Ken Griffey
Houston- Nolan Ryan

National League
EAST
Atlanta- Chipper Jones
Philadelphia- Ryan Howard
Washington- Ryan Zimmerman I guess
NY Mets- Mike Piazza
Miami- Gary Sheffield/Jeff Conine

CENTRAL
St. Louis- Albert Pujols
Cincinnati- Pete Rose
Pittsburgh- Andrew McCutchen
Chicago Cubs- Andre Dawson
Milwaukee- Ryan Braun

WEST
Arizona- Randy Johnson
San Francisco- Barry Bonds
Colorado- Todd Helton
San Diego- Yeah i'm not gonna attempt this one
LA Dodgers- Jackie Robinson or Kirk Gibson if were looking for LA

[RoundingThird]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Boston - New: Pedroia, Ortiz Old: Williams, Yaz
New York - New: Jeter, Rivera Old: Mantle, Ruth
Tampa Bay - Price, Crawford
Baltimore - New: Wieters, Davis Old: Ripken Sr., Ripken Jr.
Toronto - Bautista, Halladay

Detroit - New: Miggy Old: Cecil Fielder
Minnesota - New: M&M boys Old: Carew
Chicago - Konerko, Buerhle
Kansas City - New: Hosmer Old: Brett, Jackson
Cleveland - New: Lee, Sabathia Old: Feller

Texas - Kinsler, Hamilton
Los Angeles - Trout, Weaver
Seattle - New: Ichiro Old: Griffey Sr. and Jr.
Oakland - New: Cespedes Old: Henderson
Houston - New: ??? Old: Biggio, Bagwell, Berkman

Washington - Harper, Zimmerman
New York - New: Wright Old: Strawberry, Piazza
Atlanta - New: Chipper, Heyward Old: Aaron
Miami/Florida: New: ??? Old: Beckett, Lowell
Philadelphia: New: Rollins, Howard

Cincinnati: Votto, Phillips
St. Louis: New: Wainwright, Pujols Old: Musial, McGwire
Pittsburgh: New: McCutchen Old: Clemente
Chicago: Soriano
Milwaukee: Braun, Fielder

San Francisco: New: Cain, Posey Old: Mays, Bonds
Los Angeles: New: Kemp, Kershaw Old: Robinson
Arizona: New: Upton, Montero Old: Johnson, Schilling
Colorado: Helton, Tulowitzki
San Diego: New: Gonzalez Old: Gwynn

[Majingir]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Finished my list in OP. Some names I did have to look up on teams roster, not to randomly pick the biggest name, but cause many teams I just forgot ___ played on their team(cause I haven't thought of those players in baseball since they retired, whether it was a few years, or like 10 years ago), but the second I saw their name, I was like "How could I forget ___!"(Piazza on Mets,Walker on Rockies were a few I can't believe I forgot at first lol)

[Speedy_Bronco]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

EAST
Boston-Pedro Martinez
NY Yankees-Derek Jeter
Baltimore-Cal Ripken Jr.
Tampa Bay-Jorge Cantu
Toronto-Jose Bautista

CENTRAL
Detroit-Justin Verlander
Cleveland-Grady Sizemore
Minnesota-Joe Mauer
Kansas City-Aaron Crow
Chicago-Chris Sale

WEST
Texas-Josh Hamilton
Oakland-Eric Chavez
LA Angels-Mike Trout
Seattle-Ken Griffey Jr.
Houston-Lance Berkman

National League
EAST
Atlanta-Chipper Jones
Philadelphia-Jimmy Rollins
Washington-Bryce Harper
NY Mets-David Wright
Miami-Mike/Giancarlo Stanton

CENTRAL
St. Louis-Albert Pujols
Cincinnati-Brandon Phillips
Pittsburgh-Roberto Clemente
Chicago Cubs-Alfonso Soriano
Milwaukee-Ryan Braun

WEST
Arizona-Randy Johnson
San Francisco-Barry Bonds
Colorado-Troy Tulowitzki
San Diego-Adrian Gonzalez
LA Dodgers-Jackie Robinson

[JWR3232]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Cool idea for a thread. Here's mine:

EAST
Boston-Pedro Martinez
NY Yankees-Mariano Rivera
Baltimore-Cal Ripken Jr
Tampa Bay-Carl Crawford
Toronto-Roy Halladay

CENTRAL
Detroit-Ty Cobb
Cleveland-Jim Thome
Minnesota-Torii Hunter
Kansas City-George Brett
Chicago-Frank Thomas

WEST
Texas-Nolan Ryan
Oakland-Ricky Henderson
LA Angels-Chuck Finley (who in turn makes me think of Bruce Campbell)
Seattle-Ken Griffy Jr
Houston-Jeff Bagwell

National League
EAST
Atlanta-Chipper Jones
Philadelphia-Mike Schmit
Washington-Steven Strasburg
NY Mets-Dwight Gooden
Miami-Josh Johnson

CENTRAL
St. Louis-Mark McGwire
Cincinnati-Joe Morgan
Pittsburgh-Roberto Clemente
Chicago Cubs-Ernie Banks
Milwaukee-Prince Fielder

WEST
Arizona-Randy Johnson
San Francisco-Willy Mays
Colorado-Todd Helton
San Diego-Trevor Hoffman
LA Dodgers-Jackie Robinson

[SPTO]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

I'm gonna go with guys i've personally seen.

EAST
Boston: Wade Boggs
NY Yankees: Derek Jeter
Baltimore: Cal Ripken Jr.
Tampa Bay: Evan Longoria
Toronto: Dave Stieb

CENTRAL
Detroit: Trammel and Whittaker (they go hand in hand)
Cleveland: Albert Belle
Minnesota: Justin Morneau
Kansas City: George Brett
Chicago: "Black jack" McDowell

WEST
Texas: Juan Gonzalez
Oakland: Jose Canseco
LA Angels: Mark Langston
Seattle: Ken Griffey Jr.
Houston: Biggio and Bagwell

National League
EAST
Atlanta: Greg Maddux
Philadelphia: Chase Utley
Washington: Bryce Harper (Expo days i'd say Gary Carter)
NY Mets: Keith Hernandez
Miami: they're all a bunch of transients LOL j/k um, Robb Nen

CENTRAL
St. Louis: Albert Pujols
Cincinnati: Barry Larkin
Pittsburgh: Jason Kendall
Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa
Milwaukee: Ryan Braun (honorable mention for Tony Plush LOL)

WEST
Arizona: Luis Gonzalez
San Francisco: Barry Bonds
Colorado: Todd Helton
San Diego: Tony Gwynn
LA Dodgers: Orel Hershiser

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

Gonna say the first name to come to mind:

Boston Red Sox - Pedro Martinez
New York Yankees - Bernie Williams
Tampa Bay Rays - Evan Longoria
Baltimore Orioles - Cal Ripken Jr.
Toronto Blue Jays - Joe Carter

Chicago White Sox - Frank Thomas
Kansas City Royals - Bret Saberhagen
Minnesota Twins - Kirby Puckett
Detroit Tigers - Cecil Fielder
Cleveland Indians - Pedro Cerrano

Texas Rangers - Juan Gonzalez
Anaheim Angels - Chuck Finley
Oakland A's - Mark McGwire
Seattle Mariners - Ken Griffey Jr.

Atlanta Braves - Chipper Jones
New York Mets - John Franco
Philadelphia Phillies - Curt Schilling
Florida Marlins - Gary Sheffield
Washington Nationals - Jose Vidro (really just because I thought Expos first)

St. Louis Cardinals - Albert Pujols
Chicago Cubs - Ryne Sandberg
Houston Astros - Jeff Bagwell
Milwaukee Brewers - Paul Molitor
Pittsburgh Pirates - Doug Drabek
Cincinnati Reds - Barry Larkin

Arizona Diamondbacks - Jay Bell
San Francisco Giants - Barry Bonds
Los Angeles Dodgers - Mike Piazza
Colorado Rockies - Larry Walker
San Diego Padres - Tony Gwynn


Again, these arent players I truly associate with each team, they're just the first players that came to mind when typing the team name out. Pretty interesting what happened there. Clearly, I started watching baseball in the 90s, lol.

[NYJets]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

This is strictly a stream of consciousness.
EAST
Boston: Pedro Martinez
NY Yankees: Derek Jeter
Baltimore: Cal Ripken Jr.
Tampa Bay: Carl Crawford
Toronto: Carlos Delgado

CENTRAL
Detroit: Justin Verlander
Cleveland: Jim Thome
Minnesota: Kirby Puckett
Kansas City: George Brett
Chicago: Frank Thomas

WEST
Texas: Ivan Rodriguez
Oakland: Mark McGwire
LA Angels: Garrett Anderson
Seattle: Ken Griffey, Jr.
Houston:Jeff Bagwell

National League
EAST
Atlanta: Greg Maddux
Philadelphia: Jimmy Rollins
Washington: Stephen Strasburg
NY Mets: Mike Piazza
Miami: Dontrelle Willis

CENTRAL
St. Louis: Albert Pujols
Cincinnati: Joe Morgan
Pittsburgh: Roberto Clemente
Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa
Milwaukee: Prince Fielder

WEST
Arizona: Randy Johnson
San Francisco: Barry Bonds
Colorado: Todd Helton
San Diego: Tony Gwynn
LA Dodgers: Sandy Koufax

[55]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

The first two names that come to mind off the top of my head for each team:

American League

EAST
Boston - Ted Williams & Carl Yastrzemski
NY Yankees - Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
Baltimore - Cal Ripken Jr. & Brooks Robinson
Tampa Bay - Evan Longoria & David Price
Toronto - Roy Halladay & Carlos Delgado

CENTRAL
Detroit - Ty Cobb & Lou Whitaker
Cleveland - Bob Feller & Jim Thome
Minnesota - Harmon Killebrew & Kirby Puckett
Kansas City - George Brett & Mike Sweeney
Chicago - Frank Thomas & Joe Jackson

WEST
Texas - Ivan Rodriguez & Juan Gonzalez
Oakland - Jose Canseco & Mark McGwire
LA Angels - Tim Salmon & Garret Anderson
Seattle - Ken Griffey Jr. & Randy Johnson
Houston - Jeff Bagwell & Lance Berkman

National League

EAST
Atlanta - Greg Maddux & Dale Murphy
Philadelphia - Mike Schmidt & Robin Roberts
Washington - Ryan Zimmerman & Bryce Harper
NY Mets - Darryl Strawberry & Dwight Gooden
Miami - Jeff Conine & Mike Stanton

CENTRAL
St. Louis - Stan Musial & Albert Pujols
Cincinnati - Barry Larkin & Pete Rose
Pittsburgh - Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell
Chicago Cubs - Ryne Sandberg & Ernie Banks
Milwaukee - Robin Yount & Paul Molitor

WEST
Arizona - Luis Gonzalez & Craig Counsell
San Francisco - Barry Bonds & Willie Mays
Colorado - Todd Helton & Larry Walker
San Diego - Tony Gwynn & Trevor Hoffman
LA Dodgers - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale

[BatsareBugs]

Re: Player(s) you associate each team with

I'm going to bend the rules a little bit.

AL East
Baltimore - Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, Nick Markakis
Boston - Manny Ramirez, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez
New York - Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, David Wells, Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina, Alfonso Soriano
Tampa - Carl Crawford, Aubrey Huff
Toronto - Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells

AL Central
Chicago - Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko
Cleveland - Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez, C.C. Sabathia
Detroit - Jeremy Bonderman, Bobby Higginson, Justin Verlander
Kansas City - Mike Sweeney, Ken Harvey
Minnesota - Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer, Johan Santana

AL West
Houston - Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Roy Oswalt, Hunter Pence
Los Angeles - Troy Glaus, David Eckstein, Tim Salmon
Oakland - Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson
Seattle - Ichiro, Edgar Gonzalez, Felix Hernandez, Bret Boone
Texas - Alex Rodriguez, Ivan Rodriguez, Josh Hamilton, Hank Blalock, Michael Young

NL East
Atlanta - Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz
Miami - Miguel Cabrera, Josh Willingham, Josh Beckett
Montreal - Vladimir Guerrero
New York - David Wright, Mo Vaughn, Jose Reyes
Philadelphia - Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, Chase Utley
Washington - Ryan Zimmerman

NL Central
Chicago - Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Corey Patterson, Sammy Sosa
Cincinnati - Adam Dunn, Sean Casey, Barry Larkin
Milwaukee - Geoff Jenkins, Jeromy Burnitz, Jose Hernandez, Richie Sexson
Pittsburgh - Jason Kendall, Jason Bay, Brian Giles
St. Louis - Albert Pujols, Mark Mcgwire, Chris Carpenter, Jim Edmonds

NL West
Arizona - Steve Finley, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez, Matt Williams
Colorado - Todd Helton, Larry Walker, Troy Tulowitzki, Clint Barmes
Los Angeles - Shawn Green, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Darren Dreifort, Kevin Brown, Adrian Beltre, Mark Grudzielanek
San Diego - Skip
San Francisco - Barry Bonds, Rich Aurilia, Jason Schmidt, J.T. Snow, Robb Nen