1977 American League All-Star Teams

 By JT 

As with the previous post I have always thought the All-Star teams were not a great basis for judging a player's season. The MLB All-Star teams are voted on by fans and they have 25 or so players and sometimes a player is only there to represent a team. Nonetheless, it is one measure. We will post the AP, the UPI, and The Sporting News Teams as well. 

Here are the AL starters for the 1977 All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.

So, the consensus First-team is 

C—Carlton Fisk, Boston (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

1B—Rod Carew, Minnesota (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

2B—Willie Randolph, New York (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

3B—George Brett, Kansas City (MLB, AP)

         Graig Nettles, New York (TSN, UPI)

SS—Rick Burleson, Boston (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

OF—Larry Hisle, Minnesota (AP, UPI, TSN)

OF—Ken Singleton, Baltimore (AP, UPI)

OF—Richie Zisk, Chicago (MLB, UPI)

OF—Bobby Bonds, California (AP, TSN)

OF—Jim Rice, Boston (TSN)

OF—Carl Yastrzemski, Boston (MLB)

OF—Reggie Jackson, New York (MLB)

DH—Jim Rice, Boston, Boston (AP, UPI)

          Hal McRae, Kansas City (TSN)

LHP—Frank Tanana, California (AP, UPI)

RHP—Jim Palmer, Baltimore (MLB, AP)

            Nolan Ryan, California (UPI, TSN)

Relief—Sparky Lyle, New York (UPI)

Consensus Second-team

C—Thurman Munson, New York (AP, UPI)

1B—George Scott, Boston (AP)

        Jason Thompson, Detroit (UPI)

2B—Bump Wills, Texas (AP)

          Don Money, Milwaukee (UPI)

3B—Graig Nettles, New York (AP)

        George Brett, Kansas City (UPI)

SS—Fred Patek, Kansas City (AP)

        Robin Yount, Milwaukee (UPI)

OF—Bobby Bonds, California (UPI)

OF—Jim Rice, Boston (UPI)

OF—Mickey Rivers, New York (UPI)

OF—Lyman Bostock, Minnesota (UPI)

DH—Reggie Jackson, New York (UPI)

LHP—Sparky Lyle, New York (AP)

            Rod Guidry, New York (UPI)

RHP—Nolan Ryan, California (AP)

            Jim Palmer, Baltimore (UPI)

Relief—Bill Campbell, Boston (UPI)

And the AL WAR All-Star team, using Baseball-Reference WAR