The Baseball Scholar

2019 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 – Mitch Garver

    • Mitch Garver
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.1 155 93 359 311 70 85 16 1 31 67 0 0 41 87 .273 .365 .630 .995

  • First Base – Pete Alonzo

    • Pete Alonso
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.5 144 161 693 597 103 155 30 2 53 120 1 0 72 183 .260 .358 .583 .941

  • Second Base – DJ LeMahieu

    • DJ LeMahieu
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.6 136 145 655 602 109 197 33 2 26 102 5 2 46 90 .327 .375 .518 .893

  • Third Base – Alex Bregman

    • Alex Bregman
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.9 167 156 690 554 122 164 37 2 41 112 5 1 119 83 .296 .423 .592 1.015

  • Shortstop – Marcus Semien

    • Marcus Semien
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.5 138 162 747 657 123 187 43 7 33 92 10 8 87 102 .285 .369 .522 .892

  • Outfield – Mike Trout

    • Mike Trout
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.9 177 134 600 470 110 137 27 2 45 104 11 2 110 120 .291 .438 .645 1.083

  • Outfield – Cody Bellinger

    • Cody Bellinger
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.6 161 156 660 558 121 170 34 3 47 115 15 5 95 108 .305 .406 .629 1.035

  • Outfield – Christian Yelich

    • Christian Yelich
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7 174 130 580 489 100 161 29 3 44 97 30 2 80 118 .329 .429 .671 1.100

  • Designated Hitter – Nelson Cruz

    • Nelson Cruz
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.4 164 120 521 454 81 141 26 0 41 108 0 1 56 131 .311 .392 .639 1.031

  • Starting Pitcher – Justin Verlander

    • Justin Verlander
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.4 57 34 34 21 6 2.58 223 2 1 0 66 64 42 300 35.4% 0.80

  • Starting Pitcher – Jacob deGrom

    • Jacob deGrom
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.2 59 32 32 11 8 2.43 204 0 0 0 59 55 44 255 31.7% 0.97

  • Starting Pitcher – Gerrit Cole

    • Gerrit Cole
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.6 55 33 33 20 5 2.5 212.1 0 0 0 66 59 48 326 39.9% 0.90

  • Starting Pitcher – Mike Minor

    • Mike Minor
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    8 71 32 32 14 10 3.59 208.1 2 1 0 86 83 68 200 23.2% 1.24

  • Starting Pitcher – Lance Lynn

    • Lance Lynn
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.7 73 33 33 16 11 3.68 208.1 0 0 0 89 85 59 246 28.1% 1.22

  • Relief Pitcher – Kirby Yates

    • Kirby Yates
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3 28 60 0 0 5 1.2 60.2 0 0 41 14 8 13 101 41.6% 0.90

  • Relief Pitcher – Will Harris

    • Will Harris
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    1.9 33 68 0 4 1 1.5 60 0 0 4 14 10 14 62 27.1% 0.93

Second Team

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