The All-Topps Era Baseball Mega All-Star Team

I’ve put together a massive spreadsheet of baseball players with some basic statistical analysis. The spreadsheet has four sheets, over 3,500 players, and stats from 1876 through 2024. With it, I can do all sorts of compilations and comparisons between players.

For instance, Topps has been producing their flagship Topps Baseball Cards every year since 1952. I used the spreadsheet to quickly put together an all-star team of the greatest players since 1952.

Of course, to make a true All-Star team, we need backup players on the reserves. The dugout bench would look something like this:

1. Albert Pujols OF
2. Pete Rose OF
3. Cal Ripken Jr. SS
4. Mickey Mantle OF
5. Carl Yastrzemski OF
6. Miguel Cabrera 3B
7. Joe Morgan 2B
8. Ivan Rodriguez C
9. Eddie Murray 1B

And the reserve pitchers in the bullpen would be:

1. Randy Johnson
2. Steve Carlton
3. Tom Seaver
4. Greg Maddux
5. Nolan Ryan
6. Mariano Rivera (the closer)

All of the position players on this team have a combined 8,658 home runs, for an average of 481 home runs per player.

All of the pitchers on this team have a combined 27,581 strikeouts, for an average of 3,940 strikeouts per pitcher.

You can find a complete listing of Mega All-Stars, including All-Star teams from every year between 1952 to the present day at https://stevesnotebook.com/heroes/