All-time Arkansas born/raised team.

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Catcher

Bill Dickey

Raised in Kensett

Notes: Dickey was part of some great New York Yankee teams from 1928 to 1946 that included such names as Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio. Dickey was not bad himself, finishing with a career .313 average, 202 home runs and 1,209 RBIs. Perhaps his finest season was 1938, when he finished second in the American League Most Valuable Player voting, 109 points behind Jimmie Foxx. He hit .313 with 27 homers and 115 RBIs that season. Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, home of the minor League Arkansas Travelers, is named in part after Dickey (along with his brother, George "Skeeter" Dickey, who also played in the majors, and brothers Witt and Jack Stephens). Inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1954.

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First Base

George Kell

Born in Swifton

Notes: Though he primarily played at third base most of his career, he did spend parts of nine of his 15 seasons in the Major Leagues at first base (85 games total). A Lifetime .306 hitter, Kell finished fourth in the American League Most Valuable Player voting in 1950. He finished his career with 2,054 hits, 78 home runs and 870 RBIs. A 10-time all-star, Kell broke in with the A's in 1943. He Later played for the Tigers (1946-I952), Red Sox (1952-54), White Sox (1954-56) and Orioles (1956-57). Kell got into broadcasting after his retirement and was the voice of the Tigers from 19591996. Inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983.

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Second Base

Don Kessinger

Born in Forrest City

Notes: Though he came up as shortstop and won two Gold Gloves with the Cubs in the 1969 and '70 seasons, Kessinger spent time at second base starting in the 1976 season when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals. Played 78 games at second in four of his 16 seasons in the majors. Know more for his glove than his bat, Kessinger's Lifetime fielding percentage is .960. Offensively, he finished with 1,931 hits, 14 home runs and 527 RBIs.

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Shortstop

Arky Vaughan

Born in Clifty

Notes: Vaughn played 14 seasons in the majors beginning in 1932 with the Pirates. He spent 10 seasons in Pittsburgh before closing out his career in 1948 with Brooklyn. A lifetime .318 hitter, Vaughan finished with 2,103 hits, 96 home runs and 926 RBIs. He finished third in National League MVP voting twice (1935 and 1938). Inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1985.

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Third Base

Brooks Robinson

Born in Little Rock

Notes: Known as one of the greatest third baseman of all time, Robinson accumulated an amazing 16 Gold Gloves during his 23-year career, the second most all time (Greg Maddux finished his career with 18) and the most by third baseman. He owns a lifetime .971 fielding percentage. He wasn't bad at the plate, compiling a .267 Lifetime average with 268 home runs and 1,357 RBIs. Perhaps his finest season was 1964 when be bettered Yankee Mickey Mantle for American League Most Valuable Player honors after hitting .317 with 28 homers and 118 RBIs and committed only 14 errors in 494 chances at third. He was also World Series MVP in 1970, Leading the Orioles over the Reds. Inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983.

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Outfield

Lou Brock

Born in EL Dorado

Notes: Brock played 19 seasons for the Cubs and Cardinals, compiling 3,023 hits. A lifetime .293 hitter, Brock finished with 149 home runs and 900 RBIs. Brock was known for his base-stealing ability, having Led the National League in stolen bases eight times, including a then-record 118 in 1974, the same year he finished second in the National League Most Valuable Player voting. He held the all-time stolen base record until Rickey Henderson broke the mark in 1991. Inducted into baseball's hall of fame in 1985.

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Outfield

Torii Hunter

Born in Pine Bluff

Notes: A first-round pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 1993 amateur draft (20th overall), Hunter spent 11 seasons with the Twins before signing with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2008 season. Hunter is a Lifetime .278 hitter heading into the 2008 campaign with 1,371 hits and 213 home runs and 788 RBIs. Like another Arkansas great, Brooks Robinson, Hunter is known for his glove, having won eight straight Gold Gloves starting with the 2001 season. He is currently in a tie with seven others for sixth-all time. Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente each have 12.

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Outfield

Kevin McReynolds

Born in Little Rock

Notes: A first-round pick of the San Diego Padres (sixth overall) in 1981, McReynolds played for the Padres, Mets and Royals during his 12-year career (1983-1994). The former Arkansas Razorback finished with a .265 career batting average and 211 home runs and 807 RBIs. Perhaps his finest season came in 1988 for the New York Mets. McReynolds finished third in the National League Most Valuable Player voting after hitting 27 homers and driving in 99 in helping Lead the Mets to the National League Championship game.

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Starting Pitcher

Dizzy Dean

Born in Lucas

Notes: A 1953 inductee into baseball's Hall of Fame, Dean was part of the 1934 "Gashouse Gang," with brother Paul "Daffy" Dean, as the St. Louis Cardinals won 95 games and the World Series in seven games over Detroit. "Dizzy" won an incredible 30 games that season for the Cardinals and Led the League in shutouts (7) and strikeouts (195) on the way to winning National League Most Valuable Player honors. He also finished second in a 1935 and 1936. He finished a 12-year career, which also included stops with the Cubs and Browns, with 150 wins and 1,163 strikeouts.

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Cliff Lee

Born in Benton

Notes: The former Arkansas Razorback enjoyed his finest campaign as a professional in 2008, going 22-3 and winning the American League Cy Young Award. He Led the League with a 2.54 earned run average and two shutouts. He was the American League starting pitcher for the all-star game. Heading into the 2009 season, Lee had 76 wins in seven seasons and 733 strikeouts.

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Preacher Roe

Born in Ash Flat

Notes: Won an 227 games over 12 seasons with the Cardinals, Pirates and Dodgers from 1938 until 1954. He finished his career with 956 strikeouts and a 3.43 earned run average. Perhaps his best campaign came in 1951 when he went 22-3 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and pitched 19 complete games. He finished fifth in the National League Most Valuable Player voting that season and was named the Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (there were no Cy Young Awards until after the 1956 season).

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Lon Warneke

Born in Mount Ida

Notes: Known as the "Arkansas Hummingbird," Warneke pitched 15 seasons for the Cubs and Cardinals. Warneke finished with 192 wins, 1,140 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average. Warneke won 20 games twice during his career, including his finest season in 1932 when he Led the League with 22 wins and a 2.37 earned run average. He finished second in the National League MVP's balloting to the Phillies Chuck Klein that year.

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Johnny Sain

Born in Havana

Notes: Pitched 11 seasons, starting in 1942, with three teams (Braves, Yankees and A's) and finished with 139 wins, a 3.49 earned-run average, 910 strikeouts and 51 saves. Sain finished second in the National League Most Valuable Player voting and was named the Sporting News' National League Pitcher of the Year in 1948 after going 24-15 with a 2.00 earned-run average and 28 complete games. Converted to a reliever Later in his career, he Led the American League with 22 saves while pitching for the New York Yankees.

RELATED ARTICLE: Henry Clyde "Pea Ridge" Day.

Though Baseball Hall of Famer JOSEPH FLOYD VAUGHAN was born in Arkansas and moved to California at an early age, his nickname of "ARKY" stuck with him. But Arky Vaughan was not the only Arkansas-born player to have earned a nickname relative to geography.

HENRY CLYDE DAY was born on Aug. 25, 1899 in Pea Ridge (Benton County) and the town name stuck with him throughout his playing days. "PEA RIDGE" Day pitched the better part of four seasons, compiling a 5-7 record in more than 122 major-league innings with the Cardinals, Reds and Dodgers.

Day was known for his antics on the mound, including making "hog calls" to opposing batters. Reportedly this practice stopped in 1931 while he was pitching for the Brooklyn Robins (now the Los Angeles Dodgers) in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. After striking out the first two batters and doing his "hog call" after each strike out, he had an 0-2 count on Babe Ruth before Ruth belted a shot out of the park.

Day, whose attempts to come back from arm surgery were unsuccessful, sadly took his own life in 1934.--By Phillip Seaton