by Paul Semendinger
November 27, 2023
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Here are the Top 10 Yankees Position Players (by WAR) Who Are Not In Monument Park:
1. Alex Rodriguez (54.0 WAR, 8th All-Time)
2. Roy White (46.9 WAR, 11th All-Time)
3. Tony Lazzeri (46.4 WAR, 12th All-Time)
4. Earle Combs (45.0 WAR, 14th All-Time)
5/6. Robinson Cano & Graig Nettles (Tie) (44.4 WAR, 15th All-Time)
7. Brett Gardner (44.3 WAR, 17th All-Time)
8. Charlie Keller (42.5 WAR, 19th All-Time)
9. Gil McDougald (40.7 WAR, 23rd All-Time)
NOTE: Aaron Judge has accumulated 41.5 WAR ranking ahead of McDougald, but he is still active)
10. Tommy Henrich (39.5 WAR, 24th All-Time)
Tony Lazzeri attended the same high school as Joe DiMaggio. A famous athlete of a less sterling reputation who graduated from that school is OJ Simpson. The current mayor of San Francisco is also an alum. The school is called Galileo, but known by pretty much everybody as simply Gal.
Don't believe A-Rod will be in Monument Park... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Combs picture is one of my favorite. He definitely should be in Monument Park.
I‘m a big Charlie Keller fan for the Park. What a great player he was before an age-30 back injury took away his power. A consistent 6-WAR per year player beforehand. Great postseason performer too.
Earl Combs should be in Monument Park. I really like Graig Nettles, he was my favorite Yankee as a kid, but he played only half of his career as a Yankee. I have a soft spot for Tommy Henrich, but he was never dominant. ARod and Cano made their own beds. The rest were great Yankees, but not quite good enough for enshrinement in Monument Park.