Major League Baseball All-Century Team

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description 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 (MLB) players from the 20th century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots.[1]

The top two vote-getters from each position, except outfielders (nine), and the top six pitchers were placed on the team. A select panel then added five legends to create a thirty-man team:[1]—Warren Spahn (who finished #10 among pitchers), Christy Mathewson (#14 among pitchers), Lefty Grove (#18 among pitchers), Honus Wagner (#4 among shortstops), and Stan Musial (#11 among outfielders).[1]

The nominees for the All-Century team were presented at the 1999 MLB All-Star Game at Fenway Park.[2] 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.[3]

Selected players

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Lou Gehrig received the most votes of any player.
Key
* 'Legends' chosen by select panel
** Player still active in 1999
ö Player is deceased
† Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Player Position Votes
Script error: No such module "Sort".† Pitcher 992,040
Script error: No such module "Sort".† Pitcher 970,434
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Pitcher 867,523
Script error: No such module "Sort".** Pitcher 601,244
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Pitcher 582,031
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Pitcher 479,279
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö* Pitcher 337,215
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö* Pitcher 249,747
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö* Pitcher 142,169
Script error: No such module "Sort".† Catcher 1,010,403
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Catcher 704,208
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö First baseman 1,207,992
Script error: No such module "Sort".** First baseman 517,181
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Second baseman 788,116
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Second baseman 630,761
Script error: No such module "Sort".† Third baseman 855,654
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Third baseman 761,700
Script error: No such module "Sort".†** Shortstop 669,033
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Shortstop 598,168
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö* Shortstop 526,740
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 1,158,044
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 1,156,782
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 1,125,583
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 1,115,896
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 1,054,423
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 988,168
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö Outfielder 777,056
Script error: No such module "Sort".†** Outfielder 645,389
Script error: No such module "Sort".ö Outfielder 629,742
Script error: No such module "Sort".†ö* Outfielder 571,279

Pete Rose controversy

There was controversy over the inclusion in the All-Century Team of Pete Rose, who had been banned from baseball for life 10 years earlier. Some questioned Rose's presence on a team officially endorsed by Major League Baseball, but fans at the stadium gave him a standing ovation. During the on-field ceremony, which was emceed by Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, NBC Sports' Jim Gray questioned Rose about his refusal to admit to gambling on baseball.[4] Gray's interview became controversial, with some arguing that it was good journalism,[5] while others objected that the occasion was an inappropriate setting for Gray's persistence.[6] After initially refusing to do so, Gray apologized a few days later.[7] On January 8, 2004, more than four years later, Rose admitted publicly to betting on baseball games in his 2004 autobiography My Prison Without Bars.

See also

References

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