Major League Baseball All-Century Team
In 1999, the Major League Baseball All-Century Team was chosen by popular vote of fans. To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest Major League Baseball players from the past century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots.
The top two vote-getters from each position, except outfielders, and the top six pitchers were placed on the team. A select panel then added five legends to create a thirty-man team:—Warren Spahn, Christy Mathewson, Lefty Grove, Honus Wagner, and Stan Musial.
The nominees for the All-Century team were presented at the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park. Preceding Game 2 of the 1999 World Series, the members of the All-Century Team were revealed. Every living player named to the team attended.
For the complete list of the 100 players nominated, see .
Selected players
Player | Player's name |
Position | Players's position |
Votes | Number of votes |
* | 'Legends' chosen by select panel |
** | Player still active in 1999 |
ö | Player is deceased |
† | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
Player | Position | Votes |
† | Pitcher | 992,040 |
† | Pitcher | 970,434 |
†ö | Pitcher | 867,523 |
** | Pitcher | 601,244 |
† | Pitcher | 582,031 |
†ö | Pitcher | 479,279 |
†ö* | Pitcher | 337,215 |
†ö* | Pitcher | 249,747 |
†ö* | Pitcher | 142,169 |
† | Catcher | 1,010,403 |
†ö | Catcher | 704,208 |
†ö | First baseman | 1,207,992 |
** | First baseman | 517,181 |
†ö | Second baseman | 788,116 |
†ö | Second baseman | 630,761 |
† | Third baseman | 855,654 |
† | Third baseman | 761,700 |
†** | Shortstop | 669,033 |
†ö | Shortstop | 598,168 |
†ö* | Shortstop | 526,740 |
†ö | Outfielder | 1,158,044 |
† | Outfielder | 1,156,782 |
†ö | Outfielder | 1,125,583 |
† | Outfielder | 1,115,896 |
†ö | Outfielder | 1,054,423 |
†ö | Outfielder | 988,168 |
†ö | Outfielder | 777,056 |
†** | Outfielder | 645,389 |
Outfielder | 629,742 | |
†ö* | Outfielder | 571,279 |