The Pirates Franchise Deep Six

Another Deep Six! This time with the team from Pittsburgh!

	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1st	Babe Adams	Jason Kendall	Jake Beckley	Bill Mazeroski	Pie Traynor	Honus Wagner	Barry Bonds	Max Carey	Roberto Clemente
2nd	Wilbur Cooper	Manny Sanguillen	Elbie Fletcher	Claude Ritchey	Tommy Leach	Arky Vaughan	Ralph Kiner	Andrew McCutchen	Paul Waner
3rd	Sam Leever	Tony Pena	Gus Suhr	Johnny Ray	Richie Hebner	Gene Alley	Fred Clarke	Andy Van Slyke	Dave Parker
4th	Bob Friend	George Gibson	Donn Clendenon	Neil Walker	Don Hoak	Jay Bell	Willie Stargell	Ginger Beaumont	Orlando Merced
5th	Jesse Tannehill	Smoky Burgess	George Grantham	Rennie Stennett	Bill Madlock	Dick Groat	Mike Smith	Matty Alou	Bill Hinchman
6th	John Candelaria	Jim Pagliaroni	Bob Robertson	Phil Garner	Bobby Bonilla	Jack Wilson	Bob Skinner	Jake Stenzel	Chief Wilson

This is an interesting one. At certain positions they're incredibly deep (left field, center field), at others they're surprisingly shallow (pitcher, first base) and others have steep dropoffs (shortstop, right field).

Al Oliver, Bill Virdon and Lloyd Waner were all fine players who were eligible in center field, but the Pirates had so much strength there that even their longevity couldn't get them onto the list. At least, that was how I felt when I put the list together. Maybe on a different day they'd have made the cut. Andrew McCutchen could potentially overtake Carey if 2015 is another superb season for him. It was actually a pretty close call.