Major League Baseball Centennial All-Time Teams
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In 1969, Major League Baseball celebrated its centennial with a landmark event: the naming of its first official All-Time Team and an accompanying All-Time "Living" Team, both unveiled at a star-studded banquet on July 21, the night before that year's All-Star Game.[1] For the first time, fans played a central role in the selection process, voting for all-time franchise teams in each major league city, which served as nominees for the national team. Supplemented by ballots from The Sporting News and a panel of writers and broadcasters, finalists were chosen for each position, leading to Oscar-style award presentations at a gala attended by Hall of Famers, current stars, politicians, and celebrities.[2]
At the same event, Babe Ruth was crowned the greatest player of all time, while Joe DiMaggio was honored as the greatest "living" player.[3]
Greatest All-Time Player – Babe Ruth
- Finalists – Joe DiMaggio and Ty Cobb
All-Time "Living" Team
Greatest "Living" Player – Joe DiMaggio
- Finalists – Ted Williams and Stan Musial
See also
- Major League Baseball All-Century Team
- Major League Baseball All-Time Team, a similar team chosen by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1997
- 1969 Major League Baseball season
- Latino Legends Team
- Team of the century
- DHL Hometown Heroes
- List of MLB awards
- Baseball awards § United States
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum