All-Stars for All Time

William F. McNeil is a longtime baseball historian and the author of numerous books on the game. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he is the recipient of five Robert Peterson awards for increasing the public’s awareness of the Negro Leagues. He lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments      viii

Preface     



1. Baseball’s All-Time All-Star Teams Through the Years     

2. Methodology     

3. The Nineteenth-Century All-Stars     

4. Baseball’s Greatest Catchers     

5. Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers     

6. Baseball’s Greatest First Basemen     

7. Baseball’s Greatest Second Basemen     

8. Baseball’s Greatest Shortstops     

9. Baseball’s Greatest Third Basemen     

10. Baseball’s Greatest Right Fielders and Left Fielders     

11. Baseball’s Greatest Center Fielders     

12. Baseball’s Legendary All-Stars     



Appendix: The Steroid Problem     

Bibliography     

Index