The Baseball Scholar

2021 All-MLB Team

Dave Franks
3–5 minutes

In 2019 Major League Baseball started naming an All-MLB Team. Like all other MLB awards, the winners are voted on by media, former players, and baseball officials. Never a fan of awards being given based on the opinions of people, regardless of their voting qualifications, my list is based on the same data that I base all other rankings on this site. In most cases you’ll see the lists are similar and in some years identical. Like MLB’s official All-MLB Team, I will be listing two teams, first team and second team. Each team will consist of one catcher, one infielder at each position, three outfielders regardless of specific outfield position, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers. To be eligible for any position hitters needed to have at least 350 plate appearance, starting pitchers needed to start at least 15 games, and relief pitchers needed to accumulate at least 30 innings pitched. For players that logged substantial time at multiple positions, they will be eligible for the position they logged the most time at.

If you think I’m wrong and the voting committee got it right, leave a comment and let me know why.

First Team

  • Catcher – Salvador Perez

    • Salvador Perez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.5 125 161 665 620 88 169 24 0 48 121 1 0 28 170 .273 .316 .544 .859

  • First Base – Vladimir Guerrero, Jr

    • Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.7 166 161 698 604 123 188 29 1 48 111 4 1 86 110 .311 .401 .601 1.002

  • Second Base – Marcus Semien

    • Marcus Semien
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.1 131 162 724 652 115 173 39 2 45 102 15 1 66 146 .265 .334 .538 .873

  • Third Base – Jose Ramirez

    • José Ramírez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.8 140 152 636 552 111 147 32 5 36 103 27 4 72 87 .266 .355 .538 .893

  • Shortstop – Fernando Tatis, Jr

    • Fernando Tatis Jr.
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.6 158 130 546 478 99 135 31 0 42 97 25 4 62 153 .282 .364 .611 .975

  • Outfield – Juan Soto

    • Juan Soto
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.1 164 151 654 502 111 157 20 2 29 95 9 7 145 93 .313 .465 .534 .999

  • Outfield – Bryce Harper

    • Bryce Harper
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.9 170 141 599 488 101 151 42 1 35 84 13 3 100 134 .309 .429 .615 1.044

  • Outfield – Aaron Judge

    • Aaron Judge
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.1 150 148 633 550 89 158 24 0 39 98 6 1 75 158 .287 .373 .544 .916

  • Designated Hitter – Shohei Ohtani

    • Shohei Ohtani
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.9 150 158 639 537 103 138 26 8 46 100 26 10 96 189 .257 .372 .592 .965

  • Starting Pitcher – Walker Buehler

    • Walker Buehler
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.1 60 33 33 16 4 2.48 207.2 0 0 0 61 57 52 212 26.0% 0.97

  • Starting Pitcher – Zack Wheeler

    • Zack Wheeler
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.5 66 32 32 14 10 2.79 213.1 3 2 0 72 66 46 247 29.1% 1.01

  • Starting Pitcher – Robbie Ray

    • Robbie Ray
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.9 63 32 32 13 7 2.84 193.1 0 0 0 62 61 52 248 32.1% 1.05

  • Starting Pitcher – Max Scherzer

    • Max Scherzer
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.1 59 30 30 15 4 2.46 179.1 1 0 0 53 49 36 236 34.1% 0.87

  • Starting Pitcher – Carlos Rodon

    • Carlos Rodón
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.1 54 24 24 13 5 2.38 132.2 1 1 0 39 35 36 185 34.6% 0.96

  • Relief Pitcher – Aaron Loup

    • Aaron Loup
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.8 24 65 2 6 0 0.96 56.2 0 0 0 9 6 16 57 26.1% 0.94

  • Relief Pitcher – Josh Hader

    • Josh Hader
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.2 29 60 0 4 2 1.24 58.2 0 0 34 8 8 24 102 45.5% 0.84

Second Team

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