1977 National League All-Star Teams

 By JT 

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 NL starts for the 1977 All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.

So, the consensus First team is 

C—Ted Simmons, St. Louis (AP, UPI, TSN)

 Johnny Bench, Cincinnati (MLB)

1B—Steve Garvey, Los Angeles (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

2B—Joe Morgan, Cincinnati (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

3B—Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia (AP, UPI, TSN)

 Ron Cey, Los Angeles (MLB)

SS—Gary Templeton, St. Louis (AP, UPI, TSN)

         Dave Concepcion, Cincinnati (MLB)
OF—George Foster, Cincinnati (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)
OF—Greg Luzinski, Philadelphia (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)

OF—Dave Parker, Pittsburgh (MLB, AP, UPI, TSN)


LHP—Steve Carlton, Philadelphia  (AP, UPI, TSN)

RHP—Tom Seaver, Cincinnati (AP, UPI)

            Rick Reuschel, Chicago (TSN)

            Don Sutton, Los Angeles (MLB)

Relief—Bruce Sutter, Chicago (UPI)

Consensus Second-team

C—Johnny Bench, Cincinnati (AP, UPI)
1B—Willie McCovey, San Francisco (AP)

         Tony Perez, Montreal (UPI)
2B—Rennie Stennett, Pittsburgh (AP, UPI)
3B—Ron Cey, Los Angeles (AP)

        Pete Rose, Cincinnati (UPI)
SS—Larry Bowa, Philadelphia (AP)

         Dave Concepcion, Cincinnati (UPI)
OF—Reggie Smith, Los Angeles (AP, UPI)
OF—Jeff Burroughs, Atlanta (AP, UPI)
OF—Bobby Murcer, Chicago (AP-t)
OF—Lou Brock, St. Louis (AP-t)

OF—Dave Winfield, San Diego (UPI)

LHP—Tommy John, Los Angeles (AP, UPI-t)

            John Candelaria, Pittsburgh (UPI-t)
RHP—Rick Reuschel, Chicago (AP)

Relief—Rollie Fingers, San Diego (UPI)

             Goose Gossage, Pittsburgh (UPI)

And finally here is the ML WAR All-Star Team—