STATS, Inc., selected an All Star Team for each major league season beginning in 1876, in The All-Time Major League Baseball Sourcebook (1998). STATS also named All-Deadball Era teams for the American League and for the National League. (See the All Deadball Era teams.)
Here the annual STATS All Stars for 1901-19 are presented by position and league. Each player named at more than one fielding position or for more than one major league is marked (*) at each listing.
Each annual All Star Team includes one player at each of 8 "regular" positions and four pitchers. Catcher was only semi-regular position during the period: the contemporary Baseball Magazine named two or more catchers to its annual team for each league to 1914; one catcher from 1915.
Overall
Leaders across all positions and leagues
AL and NL All Stars by Position
Pitcher
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Outfield
Federal League All Stars by Year
FL 1914-15
Nicknames. Here Frank Baker is "Frank Baker" but Walter Maranville is "Rabbit Maranville". As a writer or a reader, I am uneasy about when a nickname is appropriate. On the other hand, "Frank 'Home Run' Baker" is clear and complete but intolerably long in a table.Leaders across all positions and leagues
All Star Teams, 1901-19 * multiple positions or leagues five or more appearances () number of consecutive appearances ------------------------ 13 Ty Cobb AL OF (13 consecutive) 12 Honus Wagner NL *SS (12) --including one OF 10 Eddie Collins AL 2B (9) 10 Christy Mathewson NL P (7) 9 Walter Johnson AL P (7) 9 Tris Speaker AL OF (7) 8 Nap Lajoie AL 2B 8 Frank Baker AL 3B (6) 8 Larry Doyle NL 2B 8 Sherry Magee NL *OF --one 1B 7 Eddie Plank *AL P --one Federal League 7 Sam Crawford AL OF 6 Frank Chance NL 1B (6) 5 Cy Young AL P 5 Joe Jackson AL OF 5 Fred Clarke NL OF 5 Gavy Cravath NL OF (5) 5 Mordecai Brown NL P (5) 5 G.C. Alexander NL P 5 Ed Konetchy *NL 1B --one Federal League 5 Mike Donlin *NL OF --one 1B 5 Roger Bresnahan NL *C --one OFAL and NL All-Stars by position
Pitcher AL Clark Griffith 01 Roscoe Miller 01 Roy Patterson 01 Cy Young 01 02 03 04 08 Bill Bernhard 02 Red Donahue 02 Rube Waddell 02 04 05 Bill Dinneen 03 Earl Moore 03 *Eddie Plank 03 04 05 09 11 12 *Jack Chesbro 04 Nick Altrock 05 Ed Killian 05 07 Addie Joss 06 07 08 *Al Orth 06 Bob Rhoads 06 Doc White 06 Bill Donovan 07 Ed Walsh 07 08 11 12 Ed Summers 08 Chief Bender 09 10 13 14 Harry Krause 09 George Mullin 09 Jack Coombs 10 *Russ Ford 10 Walter Johnson 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 Vean Gregg 11 Joe Wood 12 15 *Cy Falkenberg 13 Reb Russell 13 Harry Coveleski 14 16 Dutch Leonard 14 Jim Scott 15 Ernie Shore 15 *Babe Ruth 16 17 Bob Shawkey 16 Jim Bagby 17 Eddie Cicotte 17 19 Carl Mays 17 18 Stan Coveleski 18 19 Scott Perry 18 Allan Sothoron 19 NL Bill Donovan 01 Noodles Hahn 01 02 *Al Orth 01 Deacon Phillippe 01 03 05 *Jack Chesbro 02 Jesse Tannehill 02 Jack Taylor 02 Sam Leever 03 Christy Mathewson 03 04 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Joe McGinnity 03 04 06 Jack Harper 04 Kid Nichols 04 Red Ames 05 Ed Reulbach 05 08 Mordecai Brown 06 07 08 09 10 Jack Pfiester 06 Vic Willis 06 Orval Overall 07 09 Tully Sparks 07 Nick Maddox 08 Howie Camnitz 09 King Cole 10 Earl Moore 10 Babe Adams 11 G.C. Alexander 11 14 15 16 17 Rube Marquard 11 12 13 Larry Cheney 12 16 *Claude Hendrix 12 Tom Seaton 13 Jeff Tesreau 13 14 Bill James 14 Dick Rudolph 14 Al Mamaux 15 Erskine Mayer 15 Fred Toney 15 17 Jeff Pfeffer 16 Eppa Rixey 16 Ferdie Schupp 17 Hippo Vaughn 17 18 19 Wilbur Cooper 18 Burleigh Grimes 18 Lefty Tyler 18 Jesse Barnes 19 Dutch Ruether 19 Slim Sallee 19 Catcher AL Ossee Schreckengost 01 02 05 06 Harry Bemis 03 Joe Sugden 04 Nig Clarke 07 Boss Schmidt 08 Bill Carrigan 09 Ted Easterly 10 Oscar Stanage 11 Jack Lapp 12 Jeff Sweeney 13 Wally Schang 14 17 19 Ray Schalk 15 Les Nunamaker 16 Steve O'Neill 18 eleven different catchers in eleven years, 1906-16 NL Deacon McGuire 01 Johnny Kling 02 03 Mike Grady 04 *Roger Bresnahan 05 06 07 08 George Gibson 09 Larry McLean 10 Chief Meyers 11 12 13 14 Frank Snyder 15 Ivy Wingo 16 17 19 Mike Gonzalez 18 First Base AL Buck Freeman 01 Charlie Hickman 02 03 Harry Davis 04 05 06 07 Claude Rossman 08 Jake Stahl 09 10 Jim Delahanty 11 Stuffy McInnis 12 13 14 Jacques Fournier 15 Wally Pipp 16 George Sisler 17 19 George H. Burns 18 NL Joe Kelley 01 Jake Beckley 02 Frank Chance 03 04 05 06 07 08 *Ed Konetchy 09 10 11 12 Jake Daubert 13 14 Fred Luderus 15 19 Hal Chase 16 17 *Sherry Magee 18 Second Base AL Nap Lajoie 01 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 *Danny Murphy 05 Eddie Collins 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NL Tom Daly 01 Heinie Peitz 02 Claude Ritchey 03 Miller Huggins 04 05 Sammy Strang 06 Ed Abbaticchio 07 Johnny Evers 08 14 Larry Doyle 09 10 11 12 15 16 17 19 Jim Viox 13 George Cutshaw 18 Shortstop AL Kid Elberfeld 01 07 George Davis 02 05 06 Freddy Parent 03 04 Germany Schaefer 08 Donie Bush 09 11 14 John Knight 10 Heinie Wagner 12 Jack Barry 13 Ray Chapman 15 17 18 Roger Peckinpaugh 16 19 NL *Honus Wagner 01 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Bill Dahlen 02 Joe Tinker 13 Rabbit Maranville 14 19 Buck Herzog 15 Art Fletcher 16 *Rogers Hornsby 17 18 Third Base AL Jimmy Collins 01 05 07 Lave Cross 02 Bill Bradley 03 04 Frank LaPorte 06 Hobe Ferris 08 Frank Baker 09 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 Ossie Vitt 15 Larry Gardner 16 Buck Weaver 19 NL Otto Krueger 01 *Tommy Leach 02 Harry Steinfeldt 03 06 09 Art Devlin 04 Ernie Courtney 05 Dave Brain 07 Hans Lobert 08 11 Bobby Byrne 10 Heinie Zimmerman 12 13 14 Heine Groh 15 17 18 19 *Rogers Hornsby 16 Outfield American League ## = number of seasons as a regular centerfielder [TB6] 2 *Mike Donlin 01 9 Fielder Jones 01 Socks Seybold 01 02 06 2 *Ed Delahanty 02 Buck Freeman 02 03 3 Sam Crawford 03 05 07 08 09 11 14 Patsy Dougherty 03 1 Elmer Flick 04 05 06 07 Willie Keeler 04 6 Chick Stahl 04 George Stone 05 06 17 Ty Cobb 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Doc Gessler 08 19 Tris Speaker 09 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 *Danny Murphy 10 Joe Jackson 11 12 13 16 19 Bobby Veach 15 17 *Babe Ruth 18 19 No regular centerfielder was selected for 1901-03 or 05. If Jones covers 1901 (he was a career CF), Crawford covers 1903, 1905 (he played center, 1907-09), that leaves 1902. National League ## = number of seasons as a regular centerfielder [TB6] Jesse Burkett 01 2 *Ed Delahanty 01 Jimmy Sheckard 01 11 11 Ginger Beaumont 02 Fred Clarke 02 03 07 08 09 *Honus Wagner 02 2 *Mike Donlin 03 04 05 08 2 *Roger Bresnahan 03 Harry Lumley 04 06 6 Cy Seymour 04 05 John Titus 05 12 1 *Sherry Magee 06 07 08 10 11 13 14 10 Roy Thomas 06 7 *Tommy Leach 07 13 Moose McCormick 09 1 Mike Mitchell 09 3 Solly Hofman 10 Frank Schulte 10 11 3 Owen Wilson 12 10 Dode Paskert 12 18 Gavy Cravath 13 14 15 16 17 Joe Connolly 14 Tommy Griffith 15 Bill Hinchman 15 16 Zack Wheat 16 George J. Burns 17 18 19 13 Edd Roush 17 18 19 8 Hi Myers 19 No regular centerfielder was selected for 1901, 08-09, 11, or 13-16. If Magee covers four seasons (he played some SS and some CF), Hinchman covers 1915-16 (he hit triples), Sheckard covers 1901 (he was young), that leaves 1909.Federal League All-Stars
1914 position 1915 Art Wilson C Art Wilson Fred Beck 1B *Ed Konetchy Duke Kenworthy 2B Lee Magee Baldy Louden SS Jimmy Esmond Ed Lennox 3B George Perring Steve Evans OF Steve Evans Benny Kauff OF Benny Kauff [cf] Dutch Zwilling [cf] OF Dutch Zwilling [cf] *Cy Falkenberg P Nick Cullop *Russ Ford P Dave Davenport *Claude Hendrix P George McConnell Jack Quinn P *Eddie Plank * one or more appearances on AL and NL All Star Teams Konetchy, Magee, McConnell, and Plank moved to the Federal League offseason 1914-15.
Outfield positions. Should an honorary "team" include one leftfielder, one centerfielder, one rightfielder? Should an honorary "team" include at least one centerfielder? Opinions differ. STATS treats the outfield as one position played by three members of each team. In 4 of 20 AL seasons and 8 of 20 NL seasons, the trio of outfielders selected by STATS includes no regular CF.
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