Starting Friday, the Subway Series turns 30. And like any 30th birthday, that time is ripe for some deeper reflection — about three decades of memorable games, memorable performances and memorable moments.So let’s take this chance to look back at that time and build a team out of the best Subway Series performers. These aren’t necessarily the best players at each position over those three decades, though it does work out that way quite often, but rather the players who have done the best in this specific series matchup.(Statistics from regular season only.)Catcher: Mike Piazza, Mets38 games, 161 PA, .317/.398/.554, 8 HR, 25 RBIIt was Piazza and Jorge Posada for so long in this rivalry, and Piazza has the edge with an OPS better than .950 in games against the Yankees. From 1999 through 2002, Piazza went 30-for-82 (.366) with eight homers in 23 games against the Yankees. He had 10 RBIs against them in six games in 1999.Memorable Subway Series moment: Clubbing the grand slam off Roger Clemens before everything turned chaotic between the two in 2000First base: Mark Teixeira, Yankees34 games, 146 PA, .264/.377/.587, 11 HR, 32 RBIThis was a competitive spot: Carlos Delgado had a nine-RBI game against the Yankees, no Met has hit more Subway Series homers than Pete Alonso’s 11, and Jason Giambi’s numbers could give Teixeira’s a run for their money. Still, Teixeira owned the Mets even late in his career. He hit three homers in a series in April 2015, part of a blistering start to a bounce-back season for the first baseman.Memorable Subway Series moment: Scoring all the way from first base on Luis Castillo’s dropped popupSecond base: Jeff McNeil, Mets34 games, 136 PA, .336/.412/.496, 4 HR, 20 RBIAmong players with more than 15 games in the Subway Series, only Derek Jeter has a higher batting average than McNeil’s .336. That includes going 9-for-18 in 2021. Ironically, the only year McNeil struggled in the Subway Series was 2022, when he won the National League batting title.Memorable Subway Series moment: Swatting the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of last season’s series opener in Queens on July 4.Third base: Alex Rodríguez, Yankees59 games, 247 PA, .310/.401/.529, 13 HR, 39 RBIFunnily enough, Rodríguez’s most impressive performance in this series came without a home run: In 2005, he collected 14 hits in 23 at-bats against Mets pitching, including nine in a three-game series in the Bronx. The 2006 season series was the pinnacle for third basemen: David Wright won the opener with a walk-off at Shea Stadium in May, and Rodríguez’s grand slam was part of a seven-RBI performance in the season finale in the Bronx in July. This was a tight call between Wright and Rodríguez, but the latter wins out with a big advantage in on-base percentage.Memorable Subway Series moment: That big performance in the series finale in 2006Shortstop: Derek Jeter, Yankees87 games, 398 PA, .364/.419/.536, 13 HR, 44 RBIOn a rate basis, yeah, you can make a good case for Francisco Lindor (24 games, 113 PA, .304/.425/.598, 6 HR, 21 RBI), who also memorably delivered a three-homer game against the Yankees in September 2021. However, nobody has stepped to the plate in a Subway Series as often as Jeter did; in fact, nobody is within 140 plate appearances of him in series history. Which makes the huge batting average and slugging numbers — compared to .310 and .440 career marks — even more impressive.