Major League Baseball All-Time Team

The Major League Baseball All-Time Team was chosen in 1997 to comprise the top manager and top player in each of 13 positional categories across Major League Baseball history. The team, announced by Classic Sports Network in conjunction with the events celebrated around the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, were chosen by a panel of 36 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America in a first- and second-place Borda count voting system.

Position First-team selection Team(s) represented
by season
Year of
induction into
National Baseball
Hall of Fame
Total
votes
(First-team
votes)
Runner-up Team(s) represented
by season
Year of
induction into
National Baseball
Hall of Fame
Total
votes
(First-team
votes)
Catcher Johnny Bench Cincinnati Reds (1967–1983) 1989 52 (24) Yogi Berra New York Yankees (1946–1963)
New York Mets (1965)
1972 22 (4)
First baseman Lou Gehrig New York Yankees (1923–1939) 1939 66½ (31) Jimmie Foxx Philadelphia Athletics (1925–1935)
Boston Red Sox (1936–1942)
Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944)
Philadelphia Phillies (1945)
1951 19 (3)
Second baseman Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933)
New York Giants (1927)
Boston Braves (1928)
Chicago Cubs (1929–1932)
St. Louis Browns (1933–1937)
1942 44 (17) Joe Morgan Houston Astros (1963–1971, 1980)
Cincinnati Reds (1972–1979)
San Francisco Giants (1981–1982)
Philadelphia Phillies (1983)
Oakland Athletics (1984)
1990 23 (6)
Shortstop Honus Wagner Louisville Colonels (1897–1899)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1917)
1936 55 (23) Cal Ripken, Jr. Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001) 2007 24 (6)
Third baseman Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies (1972–1989) 1995 50 (21) Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles (1955–1977) 1983 37 (13)
Left fielder Ted Williams Boston Red Sox (1939–1942, 1946–1960) 1966 68 (32) Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1944, 1946–1963) 1969 36 (4)
Center fielder Willie Mays San Francisco Giants (1951–1952, 1954–1972)
New York Mets (1972–1973)
1979 57 (25) Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers (1905–1926)
Philadelphia Athletics (1927–1928)
1936 22 (7)
Right fielder Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox (1914–1919)
New York Yankees (1920–1934)
Boston Braves (1935)
1936 67 (31) Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves (1954–1974)
Milwaukee Brewers (1975–1976)
1982 36 (5)
Designated hitter Paul Molitor Milwaukee Brewers (1978–1992)
Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995)
Minnesota Twins (1996–1998)
2004 48 (22) Harold Baines Chicago White Sox (1980–1989, 1996–1997, 2001–2002)
Texas Rangers (1989–1990)
Oakland Athletics (1990–1992)
Baltimore Orioles (1993–1995, 1997–1999, 2000)
Cleveland Indians (1999)
Not applicable 12 (3)
Right-handed starting pitcher Walter Johnson Washington Senators (1907–1927) 1936 30 (9) Cy Young Cleveland Spiders (1890–1898)
St. Louis Perfectos (1899–1900)
Boston Americans (1901–1908)
Cleveland Naps (1909–1911)
Boston Rustlers (1911)
1937 25 (12)
Left-handed starting pitcher Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers (1955–1966) 1972 32 (11) Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946–1964)
New York Mets (1965)
San Francisco Giants (1965)
1973 28 (11)
Relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley Cleveland Indians (1975–1977)
Boston Red Sox (1978–1984, 1998)
Chicago Cubs (1984–1986)
Oakland Athletics (1987–1995)
St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1997)
2004 40 (16) Rollie Fingers Oakland Athletics (1968–1976)
San Diego Padres (1977–1980)
Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1982, 1984–1985)
1992 29 (9)
Manager Casey Stengel Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–1936)
Boston Braves (1938–1943)
New York Yankees (1949–1960)
New York Mets (1962–1965)
1966 22 (6) Joe McCarthy Chicago Cubs (1926–1930)
New York Yankees (1931–1946)
Boston Red Sox (1948–1950)
1957 18 (6)

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