Twitter's Best All-time MLB Lineup

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Lineup Appearances
16 – Barry Bonds
13 – Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Bench, Mike Trout
12 – Hank Aaron, Lou Gehrig, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays
11 – Ken Griffey Jr.
10 – Babe Ruth (1 as pitcher)
8 – Derek Jeter, Rogers Hornsby
7 – Roberto Alomar
6 – Albert Pujols, Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson (most used pitcher)
5 – Chipper Jones, Ivan Rodriguez, Roberto Clemente, Ted Williams
4 – George Brett, Honus Wagner, Joe Morgan, Josh Gibson, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Yogi Berra
3 – Bob Gibson, Cal Ripken, Chase Utley, Frank Thomas, Jackie Robinson
2 – Adrian Beltre, Eddie Mathews, Gary Sheffield, Greg Maddux, Mickey Mantle, Robinson Cano, Ryne Sandberg, Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Yadier Molina
1 – Alan Trammell, Arky Vaughan, Bert Campaneris, Carney Lansford, Cliff Lee, Craig Biggio, Curt Schilling, Darrin Erstad, Dave Stewart, Fergie Jenkins, Gerrit Cole, Hank Greenberg, Ichiro Suzuki, Jimmie Foxx, Joe Mauer, John McGraw, Juan Bell, Justin Verlander, King Kelly, Larry Walker, Lefty Grove, Luis Aparicio, Mike Piazza, Minnie Minoso, Nolan Ryan, Omar Vizquel, Orlando Cepeda, Ozzie Smith, Pete Rose, Robin Ventura, Robin Yount, Rod Carew, Ron Santo, Terry Steinbach, Tony Gwynn, Vladimir Guerrero, Walter Johnson, Will Clark, Willie McCovey
Most Similar Lineups

By construction, Jared Carrabis had the least unique lineup with Roberto Clemente and Rogers Hornsby being his only two players that appeared on less than 12 teams, at 5 and 8, respectively.

By position, the most similar lineups were those of Wayne Randazzo and Ian Browne. They each had the following six players:

C – Johnny Bench
1B – Lou Gehrig
3B – Mike Schmidt
LF – Ted Williams
RF – Hank Aaron
CF – Willie Mays

Of their remaining players they each had a player who appeared on 8 rosters (Hornsby & Jeter) and a player unique to their own roster (Ozzie Smith and Curt Schilling).

Most Unique Lineup
Nathalie Alonso had the most unique lineup overall, with only four players appearing on even four or more rosters, and only Roberto Alomar who appeared on seven rosters, appear on more than five.
Lineups by Salary
The average lineup was worth $174,281,300 using WhatIfSports' player salaries. With a low of $144 million from Chris O’Connell and a high of $244 million with my own team. The full list:

Brandon Wilhoite$244M
Voros McCracken$200M
Evan Grant$195M
Marc Carig$193M
Ernie Acosta$193M
Lin Brehmer$191M
Ben Shpigel$191M
Max Wildstein$190M
Jared Carrabis$190M
Kevin Frandsen$190M
Wayne Randazzo$188M
Mark Saxon$186M
Ben Nicholson-Smith$185M
Jon Heyman$176M
Bill Baer$176M
Bill Plunkett$171M
Ian Browne$170M
Alex Brockman$169M
Josh Donaldson$166M
Blake Silvers$165M
Jack Flaherty$164M
David Adler$162M
Blake Snell$162M
Homer Bush$159M
Bryce Harper$156M
Christian Yelich$156M
Larry Stone$152M
CC Sabathia$149M
Tyler Kepner$149M
Fergie Jenkins$148M
Nathalie Alonso$147M
Chris O’Connell$144M