# Major League Baseball All-Time Team

"none" is a legitimate description when the title is already adequate; see [[WP:SDNONE]] 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 (1954–1966 Atlanta Braves (1966–1975) 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) | 2019 | 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) |