The Baseball Scholar

2017 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 – Gary Sanchez

    • Gary Sánchez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.0 131 122 525 471 79 131 20 0 33 90 2 1 40 120 .278 .345 .531 .876

  • First Base – Joey Votto

    • Joey Votto
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.1 163 162 707 559 106 179 34 1 36 100 5 1 134 83 .320 .454 .578 1.032

  • Second Base – Jose Altuve

    • Jose Altuve
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.7 160 153 662 590 112 204 39 4 24 81 32 6 58 84 .346 .410 .547 .957

  • 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
    7.0 146 152 645 585 107 186 56 6 29 83 17 5 52 69 .318 .374 .583 .957

  • Shortstop – Carlos Correa

    • Carlos Correa
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.7 152 109 481 422 82 133 25 1 24 84 2 1 53 92 .315 .391 .550 .941

  • Outfield – Aaron Judge

    • Aaron Judge
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.0 174 155 678 542 128 154 24 3 52 114 9 4 127 208 .284 .422 .627 1.049

  • Outfield – Mike Trout

    • Mike Trout
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.9 180 114 507 402 92 123 25 3 33 72 22 4 94 90 .306 .442 .629 1.071

  • Outfield – Giancarlo Stanton

    • Giancarlo Stanton
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.9 158 159 692 597 123 168 32 0 59 132 2 2 85 163 .281 .376 .631 1.007

  • 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
    4.3 146 155 645 556 91 160 28 0 39 119 1 1 70 140 .288 .375 .549 .924

  • Starting Pitcher – Corey Kluber

    • Corey Kluber
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.9 49 29 29 18 4 2.26 203.2 5 3 0 56 51 36 265 34.1% 0.87

  • Starting Pitcher – Max Scherzer

    • Max Scherzer
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.2 57 31 31 16 6 2.52 200.2 2 0 0 62 56 55 268 34.4% 0.90

  • Starting Pitcher – Stephen Strasburg

    • Stephen Strasburg
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.3 57 28 28 15 4 2.52 175.1 1 1 0 55 49 47 204 29.1% 1.02

  • Starting Pitcher – Gin Gonzalez

    • Gio González
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.5 67 32 32 15 9 2.96 201 0 0 0 69 66 79 188 22.7% 1.18

  • Starting Pitcher – Chris Sale

    • Chris Sale
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.9 63 32 32 17 8 2.90 214.1 1 0 0 73 69 43 308 36.2% 0.97

  • Relief Pitcher – Craig Kimbrel

    • Craig Kimbrel
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.6 31 67 0 5 0 1.43 69 0 0 35 11 11 14 126 49.6% 0.68

  • Relief Pitcher – Andrew Miller

    • Andrew Miller
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3 32 57 0 4 3 1.45 62.2 0 0 2 11 10 21 95 38.9% 0.84

Second Team

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