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The Major League Baseball All-Time Team was chosen in
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to comprise the top
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and top player in each of 13 positional categories across
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history. The team, announced by
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in conjunction with the
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celebrated around the 1997
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, were chosen by a panel of 36 members of the
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in a first- and second-place
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See also

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Latino Legends Team The Latino Legends Team was an all-time all-star baseball team selected in 2005 to honor the history of Latin American players in Major League Baseball. The players were chosen by fan voting. Ballots were available both online at MLB.com and at ...
* MLB All-Century Team * ''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 * Baseball awards#United States *
Team of the century In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
* List of MLB awards *
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...


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and Hyperion (joint). . {{MLBATT All-Time Team 1997 Major League Baseball season All-time Team Awards established in 1997