All-MLB Team
Sport | Baseball |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Awarded for | Best players at each position as voted by fans and a panel of experts (50% weight each) |
History | |
First award | 2019 |
The All-MLB Team is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) honor given[clarify] to the best players across both leagues at each position during the season. Selections to the first and second teams are determined by a fan vote and a panel consisting of media members, former players, and baseball officials.[1] The honor was established in 2019.
The career leader in selections is Shohei Ohtani, who has been named an All-MLB player six times. Ohtani is also the only player to be named to both teams in the same season (as a designated hitter and starting pitcher respectively), accomplished in 2021 and 2022, and is the only player to be named to the first team twice in the same season, in 2023. Freddie Freeman has notably been named to an All-MLB team in each of the first five seasons of the honor's existence.
Description
The roster of each team consists of one catcher, four infielders (one for each position), three outfielders regardless of position, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers. Before the 2022 season, the designated hitter was only used in the American League (as well as interleague games hosted by American League teams), except during the COVID-19-affected 2020 season.
Selections
^ | Denotes players who are still active in Major League Baseball |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected |
Player (in bold text) |
Indicates the player who won the American/National League Most Valuable Player Award in the same year |
Player (in italics) |
Indicates the player who won the American/National League Cy Young Award in the same year |
Season | Position | First team | Second team | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | ||
2019[1] | C | J. T. Realmuto^ | Philadelphia Phillies | Yasmani Grandal^ | Milwaukee Brewers |
1B | Pete Alonso^ | New York Mets | Freddie Freeman^ | Atlanta Braves | |
2B | DJ LeMahieu^ | New York Yankees | Jose Altuve^ | Houston Astros | |
3B | Anthony Rendon^ | Washington Nationals | Alex Bregman^ | Houston Astros | |
SS | Xander Bogaerts^ | Boston Red Sox | Marcus Semien^ | Oakland Athletics | |
OF | Cody Bellinger^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | Ronald Acuña Jr.^ | Atlanta Braves | |
Mike Trout^ | Los Angeles Angels | Mookie Betts^ | Boston Red Sox | ||
Christian Yelich^ | Milwaukee Brewers | Juan Soto^ | Washington Nationals | ||
DH | Nelson Cruz | Minnesota Twins | Yordan Alvarez^ | Houston Astros | |
P | Gerrit Cole^ | Houston Astros | Jack Flaherty^ | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Jacob deGrom^ | New York Mets | Zack Greinke^ | Arizona Diamondbacks Houston Astros | ||
Max Scherzer^ | Washington Nationals | Charlie Morton^ | Tampa Bay Rays | ||
Stephen Strasburg | Washington Nationals | Hyun-jin Ryu | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
Justin Verlander^ | Houston Astros | Michael Soroka^ | Atlanta Braves | ||
RP | Josh Hader^ | Milwaukee Brewers | Aroldis Chapman^ | New York Yankees | |
Kirby Yates^ | San Diego Padres | Liam Hendriks^ | Oakland Athletics | ||
2020[2] | C | Salvador Pérez^ | Kansas City Royals | J. T. Realmuto^ (2) | Philadelphia Phillies |
1B | Freddie Freeman^ (2) | Atlanta Braves | José Abreu^ | Chicago White Sox | |
2B | DJ LeMahieu^ (2) | New York Yankees | Brandon Lowe^ | Tampa Bay Rays | |
3B | Manny Machado^ | San Diego Padres | José Ramírez^ | Cleveland Indians | |
SS | Fernando Tatís Jr.^ | San Diego Padres | Corey Seager^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
OF | Mookie Betts^ (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Ronald Acuña Jr.^ (2) | Atlanta Braves | |
Juan Soto^ (2) | Washington Nationals | Michael Conforto^ | New York Mets | ||
Mike Trout^ (2) | Los Angeles Angels | Mike Yastrzemski^ | San Francisco Giants | ||
DH | Marcell Ozuna^ | Atlanta Braves | Nelson Cruz (2) | Minnesota Twins | |
P | Trevor Bauer | Cincinnati Reds | Gerrit Cole^ (2) | New York Yankees | |
Shane Bieber^ | Cleveland Indians | Clayton Kershaw^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
Yu Darvish^ | Chicago Cubs | Dinelson Lamet^ | San Diego Padres | ||
Jacob deGrom^ (2) | New York Mets | Kenta Maeda^ | Minnesota Twins | ||
Max Fried^ | Atlanta Braves | Hyun-jin Ryu (2) | Toronto Blue Jays | ||
RP | Nick Anderson^ | Tampa Bay Rays | Brad Hand^ | Cleveland Indians | |
Liam Hendriks^ (2) | Oakland Athletics | Devin Williams^ | Milwaukee Brewers | ||
2021[3] | C | Salvador Pérez^ (2) | Kansas City Royals | Buster Posey | San Francisco Giants |
1B | Vladimir Guerrero Jr.^ | Toronto Blue Jays | Freddie Freeman^ (3) | Atlanta Braves | |
2B | Marcus Semien^ (2) | Toronto Blue Jays | Ozzie Albies^ | Atlanta Braves | |
3B | Austin Riley^ | Atlanta Braves | Rafael Devers^ | Boston Red Sox | |
SS | Fernando Tatís Jr.^ (2) | San Diego Padres | Trea Turner^ | Washington Nationals Los Angeles Dodgers | |
OF | Bryce Harper^ | Philadelphia Phillies | Nick Castellanos^ | Cincinnati Reds | |
Aaron Judge^ | New York Yankees | Teoscar Hernández^ | Toronto Blue Jays | ||
Juan Soto^ (3) | Washington Nationals | Kyle Tucker^ | Houston Astros | ||
DH | Shohei Ohtani^ | Los Angeles Angels | Yordan Alvarez^ (2) | Houston Astros | |
P | Walker Buehler^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | Max Fried^ (2) | Atlanta Braves | |
Corbin Burnes^ | Milwaukee Brewers | Kevin Gausman^ | San Francisco Giants | ||
Gerrit Cole^ (3) | New York Yankees | Shohei Ohtani^ (2) | Los Angeles Angels | ||
Robbie Ray^ | Toronto Blue Jays | Julio Urías^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
Max Scherzer^ (2) | Washington Nationals Los Angeles Dodgers |
Zack Wheeler^ | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
RP | Josh Hader^ (2) | Milwaukee Brewers | Raisel Iglesias^ | Los Angeles Angels | |
Liam Hendriks^ (3) | Chicago White Sox | Kenley Jansen^ | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
2022[4] | C | J. T. Realmuto^ (3) | Philadelphia Phillies | Will Smith^ | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1B | Paul Goldschmidt^ | St. Louis Cardinals | Freddie Freeman^ (4) | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
2B | Jose Altuve^ (2) | Houston Astros | Andrés Giménez^ | Cleveland Guardians | |
3B | Manny Machado^ (2) | San Diego Padres | Nolan Arenado^ | St. Louis Cardinals | |
SS | Trea Turner^ (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Francisco Lindor^ | New York Mets | |
OF | Mookie Betts^ (3) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Julio Rodríguez^ | Seattle Mariners | |
Aaron Judge^ (2) | New York Yankees | Kyle Schwarber^ | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
Mike Trout^ (3) | Los Angeles Angels | Kyle Tucker^ (2) | Houston Astros | ||
DH | Yordan Alvarez^ (3) | Houston Astros | Shohei Ohtani^ (4) | Los Angeles Angels | |
P | Sandy Alcántara^ | Miami Marlins | Dylan Cease^ | Chicago White Sox | |
Alek Manoah^ | Toronto Blue Jays | Max Fried^ (3) | Atlanta Braves | ||
Shohei Ohtani^ (3) | Los Angeles Angels | Aaron Nola^ | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
Framber Valdez^ | Houston Astros | Max Scherzer^ (3) | New York Mets | ||
Justin Verlander^ (2) | Houston Astros | Julio Urías^ (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
RP | Emmanuel Clase^ | Cleveland Guardians | Ryan Helsley^ | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Edwin Díaz^ | New York Mets | Ryan Pressly^ | Houston Astros | ||
2023[5] | C | Adley Rutschman^ | Baltimore Orioles | Jonah Heim^ | Texas Rangers |
1B | Freddie Freeman^ (5) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Matt Olson^ | Atlanta Braves | |
2B | Marcus Semien^ (3) | Texas Rangers | Ozzie Albies^ (2) | Atlanta Braves | |
3B | Austin Riley^ (2) | Atlanta Braves | José Ramírez^ (2) | Cleveland Guardians | |
SS | Corey Seager^ (2) | Texas Rangers | Francisco Lindor^ (2) | New York Mets | |
OF | Ronald Acuña Jr.^ (3) | Atlanta Braves | Adolis García^ | Texas Rangers | |
Mookie Betts^ (4) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Aaron Judge^ (3) | New York Yankees | ||
Corbin Carroll^ | Arizona Diamondbacks | Kyle Tucker^ (3) | Houston Astros | ||
DH | Shohei Ohtani^ (5) | Los Angeles Angels | Yordan Alvarez^ (4) | Houston Astros | |
P | Gerrit Cole^ (4) | New York Yankees | Kyle Bradish^ | Baltimore Orioles | |
Zac Gallen^ | Arizona Diamondbacks | Nathan Eovaldi^ | Texas Rangers | ||
Shohei Ohtani^ (6) | Los Angeles Angels | Kevin Gausman^ (2) | Toronto Blue Jays | ||
Blake Snell^ | San Diego Padres | Sonny Gray^ | Minnesota Twins | ||
Spencer Strider^ | Atlanta Braves | Jordan Montgomery^ | St. Louis Cardinals Texas Rangers | ||
RP | Josh Hader^ (3) | San Diego Padres | Devin Williams^ (2) | Milwaukee Brewers | |
Félix Bautista^ | Baltimore Orioles | Emmanuel Clase^ (2) | Cleveland Guardians |
Most selections
The following players have been selected for an All-MLB Team three or more times.
Updated as of the conclusion of the 2023 Major League Baseball season.
^ | Denotes players who are still active in Major League Baseball |
Player | Pos | Total | First Team | Second Team |
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Shohei Ohtani^ | DH/P | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Freddie Freeman^ | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Mookie Betts^ | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Gerrit Cole^ | P | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Yordan Alvarez^ | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Josh Hader^ | RP | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Trout^ | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Liam Hendriks^ | RP | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Aaron Judge^ | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 |
J. T. Realmuto^ | C | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Max Scherzer^ | P | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Marcus Semien^ | SS/2B | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Juan Soto^ | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Ronald Acuña Jr.^ | OF | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Max Fried^ | P | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Kyle Tucker^ | OF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
See also
- All-NBA Team, a similar honor for National Basketball Association (NBA) players
- All-Pro, a similar honor for National Football League (NFL) players
- NHL All-Star team, a similar honor for National Hockey League (NHL) players
- MLS Best XI, a similar honor for Major League Soccer (MLS) players.
References
- ^ a b Calcaterra, Craig (November 25, 2019). "MLB announces an 'All-MLB' team". nbcsports.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (December 9, 2020). "Here is the star-studded 2020 All-MLB Team". MLB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (November 23, 2021). "The '21 All-MLB Team is here. And it's stacked". MLB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ Casella, Paul (December 5, 2022). "Here is the star-studded 2022 All-MLB Team". MLB.com. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ Casella, Paul (December 16, 2023). "Here are your 2023 All-MLB First and Second Team winners". MLB.com. Retrieved December 16, 2023.