All Movie Roster

I love baseball. I love movies. Heck, I love baseball movies. So i came up with the idea to compile a Marjor League Baseball sized roster of the top baseball movie characters. Thats right 25 of the best baseball movie characters of all time listed by position. I'll even throw in some coaches. I've also added my favorite quote (either said by them or about them) and a little bio of each of the characters. Each of the movies will be Fiction and since I havent seen every movie ever made, it will obviously only consist of the movies I've seen. A lot of them will be from the same movie, because most of these movies have too many great characters not to mention them. So without further adu, here is my Top 25 (Plus Owner, Managers, Grounds Crew, and even a Broadcaster):

Catcher
Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), Bull Durham- "C'mon meat, throw me that weak ass shit" Crash Davis plays an aging catcher who uses his knowledge of the game to mentor a young pitcher.

Hamilton "The Babe" Porter (Patrick Renna), The Sandlot- "You make your wienies from your momma's toe jam!" The Great Hambino is the portly kid on the Sandlot Baseall team. His word battle with Philips is quite possibly the best dialogue ever writtin.

First Baseman
Lou Collins (Timothy Busfield)- Little Big League "You think I'd miss my chance to ride the Thundering Frog" Lou Collins is the managers best friend. He's also soon to be his Step-Father. That is if he can take Randy Johnson deep to get the team into the playoffs.

Second Baseman
Tanner Boyle (Chris Barnes)- Bad News Bears "Those Yankees are real turds" Tanner Boyle is very outspoken for the Bears. He gets easily irritated and his temper got him into a fight...with the 7th grade. The little squirt is one of the funniest characters to ever act the game of baseball.

Shortstop
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez (Mike Vitar), The Sandlot- "Man, this is baseball, you gotta stop thinking! Just have fun" The movie never actually shows Benny playing a position but he does comment that he rotates all 8. Being the best I figured short would probably be the best for him. Plus i had nobody else to put here. He pickles the beast and then steals home for the Dodgers.

Alan "Yeah Yeah" McClennan (Marty York), The Sandlot- "Yeah yeah, so does my sister, but I didn't bring her along!" Lets face it there are no good baseball movies about shortstops. Thats a shame. But Yeah Yeah is a good character. Plus, he was one of the pioneers of Bungee Jumping. "Of course, we all know why."

Third Baseman
Roger Dorn (Tom Berenger), Major League- "I activated myself." Third base didn't have much to choose from. Dorn is a high class guy with low class talent. He doesnt like to go all out because its not a good investment for his body. In ML2 he becomes the owner, runs out of money and reactives himself to play again.

Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnel), A League of Their Own- "Evelyn. Your kid ate the line up." Not one of my favorite characters but like I said it was slim pickin's at third base. She adds good humor to the movie and the scene where she catches the foul ball and eats the hotdog gives me a good laugh.

Left Field
Taka Tanaka (Takaaki Ishibashi), Major League 2- "YOU HAVE NO...YOU HAVE NO...MARBLES....YOU HAVE NO MARBLES" Taka Tanaka was traded for Jack Parkman from the Giants..."Not those Giants." The Tokyo Giants. He has an unorthodox style of going all out to catch the ball, mostly resulting in knocking himself out. The clash between him and Pedro Cerrano is priceless.

Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry), The Sandlot- "Oh yeah, the Great Bambino. Of course! I thought you said the Great Bambi" Smalls is the new kid in town and doesnt know how to make friends. He also doesnt know much about baseball. But Benny takes him under his wing and teaches Smalls the game. In the process he picks up 8 great friends and gets them all in to the "biggest pickle" they've ever been in.

Center Field
Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), Major League- "Willie Mays Hayes. I hit like Mays, and I run like Hayes" He wasnt even on the orginal invitee roster. But his blazing speed force Lou Brown to give him a uniform. Now if only he could learn to hit the ball on the ground. Of course, "he could be pointing at the right fielder."

Micheal "Squints" Palladorus (Chauncey Leopardi), The Sandlot- "For-ev-er, For-ev-er, For-ev-er, For-ev-er..." He put the moves on the life guard. And ended up marrying her. "They had nine kids" The Smart Alec of the team, he's full of one liners, and he also takes the role of storyteller.

Right Field
Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert), Major League- "Look at the... score... board... now.... GRASSHOPPER" The buddhist praises the Great Jobu. A little statue that he gives rum and cigars to, so that he will be able to hit a curveball. Cerrano hits big home runs in both Major League movies and is even responsible for helping the minor league Buzz team beat the Big Club.

Starting Pitchers
Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner), For Love of the Game- "Clear, the mechanism" The best pitching character of all time. He goes into Yankee Stadium and throws a perfect game. The whole game he battles with emotions, the past, and the decision of whether to retire (since he's being told he will be traded)

Ebbie Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), Bull Durham- "A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while." The young pitcher that is mentored by Crash Davis, the kid has a lot to learn. He nees to learn how to pitch, he needs to learn to hand the media, and he needs to learn not to punch with your pitching hand.

Ryan Dunne (Freddy Prince Jr.)- Summer Catch- "I love her" The local "lawn boy" falls in love with the beautiful girl and also has to deal with the fact that he's pitching against the best baseball prospects in the nation. He throws an 8 1/3 inning no hitter, leaves to get the girl, and still gets his check.

Miles Pennfield II, Hardball- (Dances to Big Poppa on the mound) Completely unhittable. As long as he can wear his headphones on the mound. The fact that he jams out to Big Poppa makes him one of the greatest pitching characters of all time. That and without him the Kekembas wouldnt be "Goin to the ship WHAT!"

Chet "Rocket" Steadman (Gary Busey), Rookie of the Year- "Dont take this game to seriously, because one day it will all be over. You're gift will be gone" The veteran grudgingly takes young Henry under his wing but very willingly takes Henry's mom from loser Jack Bradfield. He helps Henry lead the cubs until he blows out his arm in the final game versus the Mets.

Relievers
Jim Bowers, Little Big League- "On behalf of the entire Apache Nation, we accept this olive branch of peace." Bowers is the comic relief at the back end of the Twins bullpen. He truly understand the intricasies of the water balloon and he just loves to have a good time. And Guys, "The horse's name is Friday."

Kenny DeNunez (Brandon Quintin Adams), The Sandlot- "All the pros do it." "DeNunez played triple a ball...but he never got to the majors." The youngster mowed down the rich kids and could absolutely bring the little league heat.

Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross), Major League- "Yo! Bartender, Jobu needs a refill" Eddie Harris is the crafty, Christian, veteran of the Cleveland Indians. He uses his vasoline ball and his faith to get him through each and every game.

Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Rookie of the Year- "Okay. But this is the last time." The young phenom lights up the gun at triple digits all because he broke his arm. Very Billy Wagner esque. He eventually hones his talent and leads the Cubbies to the pennet. Not bad for a kid who rode the bench on his little league team.

Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), The Natural- "Pick me out a winner Bobby." The Greatest Player to Ever Play The Game. Or so he would have been had he not been shot. I mean he struck out the "Whammer." But Roy makes an amazing comeback and with the help of Bobby hits a towering fly ball the busts some lights.

Carlton "Doc" Windgate (Peter Mackenzie), Major League Back to the Minors- (Pitching in bullpen, his speed doesnt show up on the radar gun.) "Yeah we got that thing cheap at a police auction, it doesnt pick up anything under 55." Doc doesnt have the best stuff but he's pretty much the team Shrink. He keeps the Buzz together and always has advice ready for Coach Cantrell whether he wants it or not.

Closer
Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn (Charlie Sheen), Major League- "I want...Parkman" Wild Thing is a b.a. straight out of the California Penal League. He can bring it triple digits and isnt scared to go after anybody. That is if he can get the ball over the plate.

Owner
Billy Heywood (Luke Edwards), Little Big League- "Ever heard of CERTS!" Bill Heywood has the dream job. After his Grandfather dies he inherits the Minnesota Twins. He owns the team and soon fires the manger and takes on that role as well. Heywood's tactics put the struggling phillies right into the chase for the wild card.

Managers
Lou Brown (James Gammon), Manager, Major League- "We won yesterday. If we win today, that’s two-in-a-row. If we win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak; it has happened before" Lou Brown is the best played manager in the history of baseball movies. He looks like a manager, talks like a manager, and even has smart alec remarks like a manager. One of my favorite baseball movie characters of all time.

Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau), Asst Manager, Bad News Bears- "Now get back to the stands before I shave off half your mustache and shove it up your left nostril." Not the greatest role model but he did play minor league baseball. Okay so he's a washed up "neverwas" but he led probably the worst team in the history of California Little League to the league championship.

Phil Brickma (Daniel Stern), Pitching Coach, Rookie of The Year- "Let the big dog eat" Sal Martinella beaned Brickma in the minor leagues and he's been following around ever since. He's a little crazy and gives young Henry some not so good advice. And remember..."Its alllll free"

Jimmy Duggan (Tom Hanks), Hitting Coach, A League of Their Own- "THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL..." Jim Duggan has recently quit drinking and cannot believe that they are letting girls play baseball. His classic one liners make him one of the best managers to never coach the game.

Sal Martinella (Albert Hall), Third Base Coach, Rookie of the Year- "Throw the heat." Martinella's inability to pronoune Rowengartner is pure genius writing. Resinbagger, Gardenhoser, Rulenfurter, each one of those continually has me laughing.

Connor O'Neil (Keanu Reeves), First Base Coach, Hardball- "I love it when you call me Big Poppa" The coach of the Kekembas with a major gambling problem. He takes a group of Inner City losers (including himself), and turns them into a championship team. The scene where he speaks at G-Baby's funeral brings tears to my eyes every time.

Broadcaster
Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker), Major League- "Remember, fans, Tuesday is Die Hard Night. Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant" The best thing about Harry Doyle is that in real life Bob Uecker was actually a great broadcaster for the Brewers. Half of both movies he is drunk and fully hilarious.

Grounds Crew
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner), Field of Dreams- "Thats my corn out there. You guys are guests in my corn." Ray Kinsella plows over his cornfield to build a baseball field that turns out to be magical and allows Shoeless Joe Jackson, his father, and many other older players to come back and relive their dreams.

Keith and Kurt Uchima- Major League- "(In Japanese) They're Shitty" These two guys make me laugh because this is they're only line throughout the whole movie.

Minor Leagues
Rube Baker (Major League 2), Dottie Henson (A League of Their Own), Mel Clark (Angels In The Outfield), Amanda Wurlitzer (Bad News Bears), Kelly Leake (Bad News Bears), Jake Taylor (Major League), Jack Parkman (Major League 2), Hog Ellis (Major League Back to the Minors)