The Major League Baseball All-Time Team was chosen in
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
to comprise the top
manager
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and top player in each of 13
positional categories across
Major League Baseball
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history. The team, announced by
Classic Sports Network in conjunction with the
events celebrated around the 1997
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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, were chosen by a panel of 36 members of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America in a first- and second-place
Borda count
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voting system
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.
See also
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Major League Baseball Centennial All-Time Teams
*
Latino Legends Team
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MLB All-Century Team
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''DHL'' Hometown Heroes (2006): the most outstanding player in the history of each MLB franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value
*
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Team of the century
*
List of MLB awards
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Notes
References
*Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). ''ESPN
Information Please Sports Almanac''.
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1997 Major League Baseball season
All-time Team
Awards established in 1997