Constructing Baseball teams from only Marvel Superheroes (and a villain or two) ! This is the greatest idea on the whole internet. THE perfect Youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSm5_1ryZQQ

Me, I don't think any of their 1B ideas can catch the ball. I am putting Cap at 1B.

My team would be:

Pitchers:

Dr. Strange
Scarlett Witch
Loki
Thanos

Closer:

Doc Octopus

Catcher - The Thing
1B - Captain America
2B - Black Widow
SS - Spiderman
3B - Antman/Giant Man

LF - Captain Marvel
CF - Iron Man
RF - Thor

DH - Hulk

Manager: Nick Fury
GM: Odin
Running the Farm Clubs: the Soceress Supreme, Prof. X,

I thought that in choosing Spidey for 2B the ones that went that way did not take into account the need for 2B to pivot to turn the DP. I think Natashia has an edge there.

I like your choices a lot but I think I would put iron man at 1B in honor of Lou Gehrig and cap in centerfield and maybe the fire guy from fantastic 4 in rotation to throw heaters or the stretch guy as a starter or stretch relief because he can release the ball so close to the plate so quickly he would be unhitable.

I would steal 2nd and 3rd every time, if The Thing was catching. You think that pile of stone is throwing anyone out? The ball would almost disappear in his big dumb hands. And he wouldn't have the get-up and go/throw that Pudge had.

But he could block the plate really well.

YEs, for sure. That was actually the first thing I thought of when reading it. Ultimate plate blocker, both for plays at home and pitching. ( though with the new rules in MLB, not sure how much he would be allowed to use his size for plays at home )

Silver Surfer for CF.

Silver Surfer for CF is an inspired choice mdc2276, how did I forget him? One of my favorites. I gave my original FF comics where the SS made his first appearance (the Galactus issues) to my brother as a wedding present (I gave the bride, my sister-in-law, something else, don't worry. Can't remember what though...).

I forgot that the Thing would have to throw runners out. Not exactly Pudge Rodriguez, true. Human Torch as a pitcher is a good one dino27.

I gave away a lot of my comics for gifts as well.

I am using the ratings from Marvel.com. Back in the 90s the marvel character trading cards had their abilities broken up into 6 categories. - Durability -- Energy -- Fighting Skills -- Intelligence -- Speed -- Strength. On a scale from 1 - 7. The website also has this for some of characters. Very handy for this topic!
Many of the characters have listed ability ratings, many also do not. And I will only include the relevant ratings for my choices, leaving out energy & fighting skills.

Lastly, I think it is best to leave out characters such as "One Above All" or "Beyonder" or "Galactus", for obvious reasons. And even silver surfer is pushing it, but I think we can decide where to draw the line based on common sense and sportsmanship.

C - Iron Man
DURABILITY - 6 / INTELLIGENCE - 6 / SPEED - 5 / STRENGTH - 6
https://www.marvel.com/characters/iron-man-tony-stark/in-comics


2B - Nightcrawler
DURABILITY - 5 / INTELLIGENCE - 5 / SPEED - 7 / STRENGTH - 4
https://www.marvel.com/characters/nightcrawler


CF - Silver Surfer
DURABILITY - 7 / INTELLIGENCE - 4 / SPEED - 7 / STRENGTH - 6
https://www.marvel.com/characters/silver-surfer

2 out of 7 is Average Human.
3 out 7 is Super Human.
4,5,6, and 7 out of 7... Better than Super Human.


That's all
I have for now....